IN MEMORIAM
Penelope Witt Stamps: Philanthropist and Friend of Tech PENELOPE WITT “PENNY” STAMPS, HON 16, OF COCONUT GROVE, FLA., ON DEC. 13, 2018. Stamps was an honorary Georgia Tech alumna who, along with her husband, E. Roe Stamps IV, IE 67, MS IE 72, Hon PhD 14, gave generously to the Institute and had a profound impact on a generation of students. A dedicated philanthropist, designer and animal lover, Penny Stamps worked tirelessly for her many beloved charitable organizations, believing strongly that her commitment and leadership could make a meaningful difference for all of them. In 1993, Penny and Roe Stamps established the Stamps Family Charitable Foundation, an organization dedicated to supporting arts and culture, animal welfare programs and education. The Stamps Family Charitable Foundation has invested in Georgia Tech’s most promising undergraduate students for nearly two decades, beginning with gifts in support of the President’s Scholarship Program in 2000.
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The Stamps family expanded their support of Georgia Tech’s leading undergraduate students through the launch of the merit-based Stamps Leadership Scholars Program in 2006. This visionary initiative became a prototype for the program that has expanded on a national basis to include over 900 students from 40 universities nationwide. The Stamps’ philanthropy is also a major presence on campus in the form of Stamps Field, the Edward R. Stamps III Student Health Services and Stamps Student Center Commons. Penny Stamps grew up in Chicago and attended the University of Michigan, where she received a bachelor of arts degree, and more recently was awarded an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree. Now bearing her name, the Penny W Stamps School of Art and Design is the only school at Michigan named after a woman and is an enduring testimony to her work at the university. In addition to being a devoted mother and grandmother, Stamps
1940s Charles E. Brodnax Jr., ChE 48, of Atlanta, on Nov. 16, 2018. John Q. Bullard Sr., IM 43, MS IM 47, of Atlanta, on Dec. 14, 2018. Donald J. Crawley Sr., ME 47, of Acworth, Ga., on Jan. 14. Wilbur A. Dixon, ME 49, of Irwinton, Ga., on Dec. 17, 2018.
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loved tending to her garden, caring for her many pets and working with her favorite charitable organizations, including the Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden, Ransom Everglades School, Miami Humane Society, Grayvik Animal Care Center in Key Largo, and the Universities of Miami and Michigan. Stamps is survived by her mother Carmella, husband Roe, two children and two grandchildren.
Marvel A. Elliott, EE 43, of St. Petersburg, Fla., on Jan. 3. Durand A. Holladay, AE 45, of Winter Haven, Fla., on Dec. 9, 2018. Ben H. Lee, IM 41, of Maryville, Tenn., on Dec. 21, 2018. David Multach, Cls 45, of Miami, Fla., on Jan. 10. Claybourn B. Rhinehart, TE 49, of Akron, Ohio, on Oct. 27, 2018. William Thomason, EE 43, of
Williamsburg, Va., on Jan. 5. Marcus L. Yancey Jr., CE 44, of Austin, Texas, on Nov. 16, 2018. George E. Zeigler Jr., ME 41, of Charlotte, N.C., on Dec. 29, 2018.
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Robert W. Adams, CE 52, of West Long Branch, N.J., on Jan. 4.