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Alabama Huntsville. Civilian, U.S. Army Missile Command. Founder/ president, Dantrol Inc. Son: Thomas Daniel, IE 80.
Ira P. Jones Jr., MS AE 51, of Hunstville, Ala., on Feb. 9. Army, World War II. Aeronautical research scientist, NACA. Flight test engineer.
Charles W. Gorton, MS ME 52, of Atlanta, on Feb. 10. Mechanical and chemical engineering professor, Georgia Tech.
Harvey Kahn Drucker, Cls 50, of Atlanta, on Dec. 29. Accountant. Son: Kirk Drucker, CE 92.
Robert Earl Griffith, Text 51, of Dublin, Ga., on Nov 4. Navy, Korean War. Happ Manufacturing, Haggar, and Spencer Industries. Facility manager, OshKosh B’Gosh. Children: Ellen Griffith, IE 83; James Griffith, CE 76; Robert Griffith, IM 88.
Thomas Clyde Elrod, IE 50, on Jan. 19. Army (Lt. Col.). Elrod Construction Company.
Rudolph Eric Gay, IM 58, of Jacksonville, Fla., on Jan. 20. Air Force. Owner, Southeastern Industrial Sales, Inc.
Ira P. Jones Jr., MS AE 51, of Huntsville, Ala., on Feb. 9. Army, World War II. Aeronautical research scientist, NACA. Flight test engineer, Edwards Air Force Base. Army ABMA missile program. Structures and dynamics lab, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center.
John A. Gillespie, IE 55, of High Point, N.C., on Feb. 15. Army (1st Lt.). DuPont. Hercules, Inc. Allen Tate Realtors.
Robert Glenn Larsen, IE 50, of Greenville, S.C., on Dec. 27. Navy, World War II. Textile industry.
William B. Gartner, ME 59, of Chambersburg, Penn., on Feb. 13. Air Force, Korean War. Grove Worldwide. Boeing.
Allen Dozier Layson, ME 52, of Huntersville, N.C., on Jan. 10. Army. Uniroyal. Anchor Continental. Phillip Levy Jr., Arch 51, of Atlanta, on Feb. 10. Air Force (Lt. Col.). John Frederic Luttrell, IM 57, of Atlanta, on Dec. 30. Air Force. Samuel Randolph McCartha Jr., Arch 50, of Rome, Ga., on Dec. 16. Navy (Chief Petty Officer), World War II. TVA. William F. McGavic, EE 53, of Branford, Fla., on Dec. 10. H. Clay Moore Jr., IM 51, IE 52, of Columbia, S.C., on Feb. 21. Air Force, Korean War. Owner, H. Clay Moore & Associates Inc. Painter. Norman L. Morgan, IM 50, of Sugar Hill, Ga., on Feb. 9. Army (Bronze Star),
Larry Cleo Morris NFL Star Aids Injury Research
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football star at Georgia Tech and in the NFL, Larry Morris, IM 55, died Dec. 19 in Austell, Ga. Following his death, his family provided his brain to a center at Boston University that is researching the brains of former football players to understand degenerative brain disease and the long-term impacts of concussions. Morris’ bruising style of play earned him the nickname “Brahm a B u l l . ” H e p l aye d o n t wo undefeated Yellow Jackets teams under Bobby Dodd and was a renowned linebacker during an 11-year NFL career. In 1963, Morris and the Chicago Bears clamped down on the New York Giants and quarterback Y.A. Tittle. The
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Bears won the game 14-10, and Morris was named the game’s MVP. Morris was named to the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame and the College Football Hall of Fame. After returning to Atlanta, Morris struggled as a real estate developer. His wife, Kay, told the New York Times that her husband’s poor business decisions owed to the early onset of dementia in his mid-50s. Morris had suffered several concussions during his career, and his wife said a geriatric psychiatrist believed his condition related to his football experience. His brain will help the Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy in its mission to better protect athletes against brain damage.
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