Calverts Declared Dead Some 19 months after John Calvert, ME 83, and his wife, Elizabeth, went missing from the Hilton Head Island, S.C., resort they owned, a judge declared them dead. The Calverts were last seen March 3, 2008, heading to a meeting with Dennis Gerwing, who managed the finances of the Harbour Town resort. It was later revealed that Gerwing had stolen millions of dollars from clients including the Calverts. Investigators questioned Gerwing on March 11, 2008. He committed suicide later that day. A suicide note implied that he had murdered the Calverts. Searches in South Carolina and Georgia have turned up no sign of the couple. On Oct. 22, a DeKalb County, Ga., Probate Court judge officially declared the couple deceased. The Calverts split time between Hilton Head and Atlanta. The Calverts' family has established scholarships in each of their names. Donations to the John L. Calvert Memorial Scholarship may be sent to the Beta Theta Pi Foundation, P.O. Box 6277, Oxford, OH 45056. John Calvert was a Beta Theta Pi fraternity brother at Georgia Tech, and the fund will support a student at the Institute. than 30 years. She specialized in ethnic women's literature and was involved in international academic exchange programs. She also was a past president of the Georgia-South Carolina College English Association and served on the permanent book review staff of the Atlanta journalConstitution. Memorials in her name may be made to the Georgia Tech Foundation. John T h o m a s Etheridge, 87, of FayetteviHe, Ga., on Oct. 2. He was a professor of industrial management at Georgia Tech for 35 years. A Navy veteran, Mr. Etheridge received a bachelor's degree and master's degree from the University of Mississippi. Myree Wells Maas, 88, of Decatur, Ga., on Sept. 23. After graduating from Agnes Scott College in 1942, she worked as a fashion buyer for Davison's, where she met her future husband, Joseph Maas, IM 45. Mr. Maas died in 2006. The couple owned and operated the Casual Corner stores in Decatur, Ga. Darrell Russell McClure 54, of East Point, Ga., on Sept. 12. Mr. McClure was a security officer at Georgia Tech. Helen Bernice Harrold Naugle, 89, of At-
lanta, on Nov. 20. Dr. Naugle was a retired Georgia Tech English professor. She had studied 18th century English literature, receiving a bachelor's degree from the University of Mississippi College for Women, a master's from the University of Mississippi and a PhD from the University of Alabama. In addition to Tech, she also taught in Puerto Rico and Guam and at Woodward Academy during her career. In retirement, she shared her love for literature by teaching at Elderhostel and North Atlanta Senior Services. Emory Guy Orahood Jr., 87, of Atlanta, on Nov. 20, after a lengthy battle with Parkinson's disease. A Clemson University electrical engineering graduate and World War II Navy lieutenant, he retired from Reliance Electric Co. as executive vice president and chief operating officer after nearly 35 years with the company. Mr. Orahood was one of the founders of the Big Brothers Association of Atlanta and a former advisory board member for the Georgia Tech Advanced Technology Development Center. J u d e e J a k e s H a a s Rickner, 58, of Tulsa, Okla., on Aug. 15. Mrs. Rickner was a founding member of the fine arts board of Georgia Tech. She majored in speech and English at the University of South Florida and graduated summa
cum laude before working for ABC in Jacksonville, Fla., and later with TWA as a stewardess. She was the first chairperson of the Scottish Rite Medical Center Foundation and a vice president of the National Osteoporosis Foundation board. Pierre Leonard Schrichte, 74, of Doraville, Ga., on O c t 1. A paratrooper with the Army Special Forces, he worked for Eastern Air Lines and finished his career at Georgia Tech. Survivors include his daughter Anna Schrichte Saadatjoo, EE 83, son Pierre Stefan Schrichte, EE 84, MS EE 85, and grandson Matthew L. Schrichte, a student in the Ivan Allen College. J e r r y W a y n e T e m p l e , 64, of Atlanta, on Sept 24, after an eight-year battle with prostate cancer. A high school football player, he received a bachelor's degree in finance from Georgia State University and worked for Robinson Humphrey and later Jeffries in Atlanta before relocating his family to Richmond, Va., where he worked for Wheat First Union and BB&T He returned to Atlanta in 2007 because "he could only survive being away from his beloved Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and the Varsity for so long," his family said. Memorials in his name m a y be made to the Alexander-Tharpe Fund, 150 Bobby D o d d Way N . W , Atlanta, G A 30332.
January/February 2010
Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine
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