“We hope our endowment will further Tech’s goal of producing innovators for years to come.” — Evelyne M. and Manohar P. Kamat, MS AE 1969, Ph.D. ESM 1972, Retired Faculty Earning the title of Sigma Gamma Tau’s Most Valuable Aerospace Engineering Professor is one of Manohar P. Kamat’s most cherished honors. “I was given a plaque signed by every senior from the 2001 AE class,” said Kamat, noting that his greatest pleasure in academia over the course of three decades was mentoring and advising students. A native of Panaji, Goa, in India, Kamat studied civil engineering at the Universities of Pune and Leeds. While in England he met his Anglo-French wife of more than 46 years, Evelyne. A job with Lockheed Martin in Marietta, Georgia, gave Kamat the opportunity to work on intricate and complex aerospace structures for the first time in his career. While employed by Lockheed, Kamat married Evelyne and bought his first car, which for him was a “quantum leap for a man who could not afford a bike in India.” He enrolled in Georgia Tech’s aerospace engineering graduate program and went on to earn a Ph.D. in engineering science and mechanics from Tech. In 1972, Kamat became a U.S. citizen and was proud to vote in his first election. That year, he also
accepted a teaching position at Virginia Tech. He later joined Georgia Tech’s College of Engineering, where he taught until his retirement as professor of aerospace engineering in 2003. Evelyne, a librarian, has worked at Georgia Tech, Virginia Tech, Emory University, and for the Southeastern Library Network. She currently uses her bilingual skills in NASCAR’s membership department. As a Georgia Tech emeritus professor, alumnus, former Georgia Tech librarian, and parents to two Tech alumni (Subhash M. Kamat, MGT 1991, and Nikhil M. Kamat, BIOL 1998), Manohar and Evelyne Kamat’s deep connection to the Institute inspired them to establish an endowed fund within the Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering to support a lecture series. The Evelyne M. and Manohar P. Kamat Endowment Fund will be established after the Kamats receive lifetime income from a charitable gift annuity with the Georgia Tech Foundation. The Kamats’ generosity will serve as an enduring testament to their rich history with the Institute and their strong desire to support future generations of aerospace engineers.
Founders’ Council is the honorary society recognizing donors who have made estate or life-income gifts of $25,000 or more for the support of Georgia Tech. For more information, please GTALUMNIMAG.COM contact: VOLUME 90 NO.1 2014 404.894.4678 • founderscouncil@dev.gatech.edu • www.development.gatech.edu
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