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“ Just wanted to say thank you for putting together such an awesome publication. The magazine’s design is phenomenal, the photography stunning and the content engaging. It’s as good as Fast Company or Wired!” Blake Perdue, MBA 09 Raleigh, N.C.
Gumball Before Cannonball
I guess Ed Bolian (“Gearing Up for a Cannonball Run,” Vol. 90, No. 1) is too young to be aware of the original coast-to-coast race movie on which the Cannonball Run movies were undoubtedly based. This movie was The Gumball Rally, and it was released in 1976 starring a group of unknowns. It was a very funny movie and I would recommend it to anyone.
Gone to the Dogs
Pat McKeown, AE 65, MS IM 67 Fort Myers Beach, Fla.
Unsafe at High Speeds
One Handsome Yearbook Photo
The article on Ed Bolian’s Cannonball Run effort was in poor taste and does not reflect positively on the Tech community. It should not be glorified. This act was dangerous and illegal. Driving at 150 mph in a car with a trunk full of gasoline isn’t “handiwork”—it is idiotic. He should not be getting positive press from the Alumni Association.
Great spring issue (Vol. 90, No. 1) of the Alumni Magazine! On Page 19, you feature the “Tech Pet Hall of Fame.” However, I think you missed one. In the 1986 Blueprint, on Page 427, you will see my dog Shi Thead’s senior photo. He was a campus favorite from 1980-1987. He lived at 773 Techwood Drive with me, and went to class, track practice and everywhere I went. We both “got out” of Tech with business degrees.
Carson Olsheski, EAS 05 Atlanta
Fifth Street, Third House
The opening photo, “Fifth Street Bridge, Then and Now,” (Vol. 90, No. 1) bears significant meaning for many Phi Sigma Kappa brothers. The house shown in the 1950 insert picture became our House No. 2 during the late 1950s when we enjoyed a major growth spurt. At that time we rented two houses from Georgia Tech. We later bought the property on Fifth Street, and the construction lot in the lower right corner of the “Now” picture was where our House No. 3 once sat. Lots of good memories for us, and we loved being on that “Entrance to Tech” corner.
Bill Magee, IM 85 Rocky Face, Ga.
Dear Dearborn
Mojo, my 15-year-old lab/golden mix friend and I thoroughly enjoyed reading the latest issue. We particularly liked the article about the Dearborn Animal Clinic and Dr. Linda Ellington (“Home Sweet Dearborn,” Vol. 90, No. 1). I grew up in Decatur, Ga., and I remember Dearborn well. Mojo received great treatment by Dr. Ellington. The Rev. Dr. Jim (Joe) Watkins, IM 65 Pawleys Island, S.C.
More Animal Stories
Your animal-themed issue (Vol. 90, No. 1) was certainly interesting,
especially for a school that didn’t place much emphasis on the life sciences when I attended. The collection of articles brought back several memories for me. For one, I remember Chai of Lambda Chi, who was quite a favorite of many students. Ask anyone who was in my sophomore physics class in 1970. Chai would come into the large lecture hall in the Physics Building after Dr. Goda began his lecture. The St. Bernard would lie down on the floor next to the lecture table, and promptly go to sleep for the rest of the class! Chai made us almost die of envy! Also, the “Hedgehog Confidential” article didn’t come close to the top story that I remember. Steve Engel, a member of the football team who lived in Towers Dorm our freshman year, had a pet snake—likely a pigmy python or boa constrictor. One day the dean of student housing, Jerry Purser, went into Scott’s room to talk with him. As I remember the story, the snake was on top of his dresser (not in a cage), and Dean Purser, who was not very tall, stood at eye level with the snake. Fortunately, he never turned around and didn’t see it! Collins Nix, ISyE 73 Shreveport, La.
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