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Daniel Pendarvis III, IE 70, on July 30. Navy (Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal, and the Navy Commendation Medal)
Timothy D. Hassetf, MS CE 74, of Dallas, on June 1. Navy Engineer, CH2M Hill
Brad Smith, ME 89, of Marietta, Ga, on Aug. 28. Lockheed
Christopher Morrison Jones, Cls 74, of Gainesville, Ga, on June 12.
Harry R. Stamper III, IM 8 2, of Atlanta on July 1. Navy. President, Municipal Communications. Memorial contributions: Harry R. Stamper Ill Memorial Fund, Georgia Tech Foundation
James B. Jones, Phys 79, of Seattle on Jjuly 28. Psychiatrist. J^ickW. Kale Jr.,Phys74, ofDothanon July 30. Senior engineer, Southern Nuclear Plant Farley. Ellen Killelea, Arch 74, of Chelmsford, on June 16. Rochester, NY. Executive, construction industry. Frederick Meiwald, MS Inf oSci 70, of Las Vegas on Aug. 8. Air Force (Col, Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service medal Joint Service Commendation medal). Communications command, strategic air command, space command, U.S. Air Force. Daniel Pendarvis III, IE 70, on July 30. Navy (Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal, and the Navy Commendation Medal) Jeff L. Smith, IM 75, of HuntsviHe, Ala, on June 13. Georgia Tech football Industrial Engineer, Chrysler.
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ÂŁ\ f\ f\ f\ ^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Kendrick Ikeith Morrison, MS BC 06, of Atlanta, on May 24. Creative coordinator, Ralph Lauren Founder, The Knox Clayton Group. Margaret Clancy Powers, Cls 00, of Atlanta, on July 14. Gregory M. Siebe, ME 08, of Atlanta, onJune 23. Mechanical engineer.
Douglas Keith Ash, IE 87, of Commerce, Ga, on June 27. Navy (Lt. Cmdr.). Surgeon
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Richard Michael Librizzi, EE 87, of Hemdon, Va, on May 30. Software Engineering Institute of Carnegie Mellon University
Bradley Robert Gay, IE 11, of Avondale Estates, Ga, onAug. 5. Lambda Chi Alpha Engineer, Unisource Worldwide.
Phillip R. Mitchell Jr., Mgt 87, of Macon, Ga, on July 10. The L.H. Thomson Company
Paul 0. Simmons, MBA 10, of Cumming, Ga, on Aug. 8. Information technology director, CareerBuilder.com.
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Rumsey B. "Rooster" Taylor TECH'S"MYSTERY PLAYER"
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umsey B. "Rooster" Taylor, IE 50, of Princeton, Ky, on July 8. As a teenager, Taylor suffered from rheumatic fever, his spirits once lifted by a surprise letter from Tech athletic director and football coach WA Alexander, who encouraged him to overcome his illness and makeavisittoTechoncehehad recovered. Taylor later earned a football scholarship to thelnstitute In his first game as a Yellow Jacket the 1945 Orange Bowl, Taylor started off wearing his usual number 19. But during the game's first half, his jersey was torn He was handed a replacement-number 17-and proceeded to score Tech's second touchdown of thematch, baffling the game'sradio announcer, who enthused about a "mystery player" to his audience nationwide. Taylor's time on campus and on the gridiron was interrupted by his Army service in World War n, but he returned to Tech to complete his degree and compete again in the Orange Bowl in 1948. He later had a career with the Princeton Lumber Company. Sons: Rumsey "Buz" Taylor m, CE 76, and Dixon Taylor, CE8L