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Orrin Lea Harrison Jr., Cls 38, of Dallas, on March 15. He retired from American Airlines in 1980 after more than 30 years with the company. He was a civilian instructor for the military in aerodynamics, hydraulics and aircraft electronics and an employee with Lockheed and American Airlines before joining the Army Air Corps in 1943. He was involved in atomic bomb drops in the Pacific with the 313th Bomb Wing and 20th Air Force. He was a church thrift shop volunteer, lay reader and vestry member.
Thomas E. Lawson Sr., TE 32, of Columbia, S.C., on Jan. 30. He spent most of his career as vice president and general manager of Pacific Mills’ four plants. In 1960, he helped organize American Sentinel Life Insurance Co., for which he served as vice president, corporate secretary and a board member until the company was sold in 1980. In Columbia, he was a past president and director of the Lions Club and former vice president of the Red Cross and United Way chapters. He was a Sunday school class president and chief financial officer at his church.
Alexander Hewatt McGraw, ChE 34, of Doerun, Ga., on Feb. 16. He managed Shepard Fertilizer Co. for many years. He later earned a master’s degree in education from Valdosta State and taught chemistry and physics at Westover High School in Albany for 10 years. Survivors include grandson Lex McGraw, Mgt 93.
John Stiles “Jack” Baldwin, ChE 46, of Houston, in March. He retired as vice president of Exxon’s Far Eastern operations, headquartered in Texas, in 1983. An ROTC member at Tech, he was commissioned as an ensign in 1943 and served on the USS Sea Cat. He retired from the Navy Reserve as a lieutenant in 1954. He was inducted into the inaugural class of the Georgia Tech Engineering Hall of Fame in 1994. He twice visited Nepal, climbing to the Everest Base Camp at 19,200 feet, and later climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, Huayna Picchu and Mount Rainier. Mr. Baldwin also bungee jumped from the Queenstown, New Zealand, bridge.
Carlos Edwin Byrd, TE 49, of Spartanburg, S.C., on Feb. 8. Mr. Byrd retired from Whittier Mills Co. A Navy veteran of World War II, he served on the USS Yorktown CV-5, which was sunk in the Battle of Midway in June 1942.
George Ray Chesnut Jr., IE 48, of Modoc, S.C., on Feb. 24. He retired as plant manager at Babcock and Wilcox. A Sigma Nu member and Navy Air Corps veteran, he was on the YMCA and Chamber of Commerce boards and chaired the Manufacturers Council in Augusta, Ga.
John Corry, EE 43, of DeBary, Fla., on May 24. A member of Phi Delta Theta at Tech, he was a self-employed real estate appraiser.
James Russell DeBardelaben, Cls 42, of Atlanta, on Feb. 22. He was a captain in the Army Air Corps during World War II and later was a captain for Delta Air Lines. He retired in 1979.
Oscar Diehl “O.D.” Glaus Jr., Cls 47, of Nashville, Tenn., on Feb. 16. He worked for Genesco for 49 years and taught classes on credit management. A Mason and Shriner, he graduated from Vanderbilt and served in the Army’s 75th Infantry Division during World War II, receiving the Purple Heart and two Bronze Stars.
Gustave A. “Dolph” Hanson, CE 49, of Tampa, Fla., on Jan. 27. A registered professional engineer and certified general contractor, Mr. Hanson worked in engineering and road and bridge construction for 45 years. He was a past president of the Florida Road Builders Association, Asphalt Contractors Association of Florida and Cone Brothers Contracting Co.
David O. Hatcher, GE 46, of Williamsville, N.Y., on March 5. He bought into Bernel Foam Co. in Buffalo in 1955. In 1967, he became CEO of Mead-Hatcher Inc. and its sister company, Posting Equipment Corp. He held four patents. He joined the Navy in 1944 while a freshman at the University of Alabama, was chosen for the V-12 program and sent to Georgia Tech.
William “Bill” I. Head, Text 49, of Kingsport, Tenn., on Feb. 4. An engineer and textile executive with Eastman Chemical Co. for 40 years, he patented textile yarns technology. He served in the Navy in World War II and as a captain in the Reserve. He earned a PhD in industrial management at Columbia Pacific University and an honorary doctorate from World University. He was a Mensa member and president of the International Society of Philosophical Inquiry.
Donald Carter Jenkins, EE 47, of Fairfax, Va., on Feb. 9. His career as an engineer included service to the Navy department at Norfolk Naval Shipyard and in Washington, D.C., and Arlington, Va., and work with General Electric. Until his retirement from Naval Air Systems Command Ground Support, he had been assigned to the HARM program, which developed the high-speed antiradiation missile used in Desert Storm. A co-op student and Army ROTC member, he served in the Army Signal Corps.
Malcolm Eugene “Gene” Kemph, EE 48, of Bamberg, S.C., on March 11. A Navy veteran of World War II, he retired from Georgia Power after a 36-year career as an electrical engineer.
Joseph Heath Laughlin Jr., Arch 49, of Big Canoe, Ga., on Feb. 10. Mr. Laughlin worked for R.P. Farnsworth Co., Gulf Oil and Delta Air Lines before becoming a project manager and later an estimator at Hardin Construction. He retired in 1986. An Army Air Corps veteran, he was a charter member of the Friendship Force of Big Canoe/North Georgia. He served on Big Canoe’s Smoke Signals staff for many years.
David Gawley Lewis Jr., Cls 43, of Columbus, Ga., on March 16. He was president of B & B Beverage Co. A member of Phi Delta Theta at Tech, he graduated from Auburn University after Army Air Corps service. He served as president of the Georgia Beer Wholesalers Association, Anne Elizabeth Shepherd Home and Kiwanis Club of Greater Columbus and as the Mardi Gras king of the St. Francis Auxiliary. Survivors include son David G. Lewis III, Mgt 90; daughter Lisa Lewis Armstrong, MS Mgt 86; and son-in-law Brad Armstrong, IM 82.
Robert Herman “Bobby” Maurer, ChE 47, of Dallas, on Feb. 18. He was a longtime Celanese Chemical Corp. employee. A Korean War veteran, he was a first lieutenant with the 1st Marine Division and received the Purple Heart.
John E. McDaniel Jr., IE 48, of Chesterfield, Mo., on March 12. He retired as the River Cement Co. vice president of sales in 1981. He was a life member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and was president of the Memphis, Tenn., branch; past president of the Memphis Engineers Club; and a member of the Engineers Club of St. Louis and the American Legion. President of Beta Theta Pi at Tech, he served in the 44th Infantry Division during World War II and received the Purple Heart and Bronze Star.
Harry K. Morrow, ME 43, of Rochester, N.Y., on March 27. His 60-year career included positions at General Electric, Peerless Electric Co. and the Eiger Sales Corp. He played football at Tech. He was a veteran of World War II and the Korean War and a lieutenant in the Navy Reserve.
Oris Leroy O’Daniel, ME 49, of Farmington Hills, Mich., on Feb. 11. Mr. O’Daniel worked in various truck engineering departments in a 30-year career with the Ford Motor Co. His efforts laid the groundwork for the design and production of the F-150 line of trucks. In retirement, he was a volunteer at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Mich., and a docent at Historic Spanish Point in Osprey, Fla. Prior to attending Tech, he served four years in the Navy submarine corps during World War II.
Harry Popkin, TE 43, of Atlanta, on March 23. A World War II veteran, he and his brothers created Camp Blue Star in 1948 after recognizing the need for a summer camp for Jewish children in the Southeast. After retiring from the operations of Blue Star Camps, he did youth work for B’nai B’rith and served as president of the temple in Atlanta. He also worked with his son in his business, Active Parenting Publishers.
John Joseph Rowe, Cls 45, of Bowie, Md., on Jan. 16. He retired in the late 1980s after working at ERCO and later ACF Industries; the Link Division of the Singer Corp.; and CAE and in simulation in Florida and Norway. A University of Maryland graduate, he worked as an engineer in the shipbuilding programs in Georgia and Rhode Island before serving as a Merchant Marine radio officer during World War II.
Charles Carlton Scruggs, IM 43, of Pensacola, Fla., on March 26. He owned a Krispy Kreme shop from 1951 to 1984. He served in the Navy in the Pacific during World War II. A captain of the baseball and basketball teams at Tech, he later played fast-pitch softball with the Clearwater Bombers and coached Little League.
Russell William Spreen, ME 42, of Houston, on March 20. He began his career with Tidewater Oil and held various positions in an 18-year career with M.W. Kellogg Co. in New York before joining Stone & Webster Process Industries in 1970. He returned to M.W. Kellogg in 1981 and from 1983 to ’86 served as president of Associated Kellogg Ltd. in Calgary, Alberta. Mr. Spreen served in the Navy as a lieutenant commander in the Pacific fleet and later in the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Edward Alva Strausser Sr., EE 48, of Villa Rica, Ga., on March 25. He was a registered engineer in Pennsylvania and Georgia and a registered engineer surveyor in Georgia. In his career, he was involved in supplying electrical service in rural north Georgia while at Patterson and Dewer Engineering and served as director of the computer center at Southwire. He served in the Pacific theater in the Army. Survivors include son Edward A. Strausser Jr., ABiol 74.
Joel William Thompson, ME 42, of Seabrook Island, S.C., on March 3. A naval officer during World War II, he joined Babcock and Wilcox as an engineer in 1942 and retired as vice president of sales in 1984. He led homeowners of Seabrook Island to incorporate it as a town and was elected its first mayor in 1987. A trumpet and cornet player with a love for jazz and big band music, Mr. Thompson formed The Barrier Islanders, a band that performed locally.
Lenox Thompson “Tom” Thornton, EE 48, of Braselton, Ga., on March 22. Mr. Thornton, who earned a master’s degree in journalism from Emory University and later a teaching certificate, was a teacher at Cross Keys High School in Atlanta from 1958 to 1975. A member of the Army ROTC at Tech, he served in the Army during World War II. He was a deacon and elder at his church and photographed more than 1,000 courthouses across the country.
Thomas R. Turner, IE 47, of Memphis, Tenn., on March 27. He retired from Buckeye Cellulose as division manager for external affairs after 40 years with the company. An Army Air Corps lieutenant during World War II, he was a Sunday school teacher at his church and a recipient of the Volunteer Center of Memphis’ Golden Rule Award. He was chairman of the boards of the Memphis Chamber of Commerce, Junior Achievement and Goodwill Industries.
David Ellery Willis, ME 42, of Rock Hill, S.C., formerly of Oak Ridge, Tenn., on Feb. 17. Mr. Willis retired from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. A co-op student at Tech, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Army Air Corps and served in North Africa and Italy during World War II. He was a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Denny Shermer Alford, IM 57, of Houston, on Feb. 10. He co-owned Lighting & Electrical Sales Co. An Eagle Scout in his youth, he was an elder at his church and a frequent Georgia Tech Alumni Travel participant.
Robert Bruce Bailey Sr., EE 52, of Birmingham, Ala., on March 18. He retired from Southern Company Services. In the Army in World War II, he maintained and repaired radios on jeeps, halftracks and tanks, then was attached to the 150th Signal Company, 10th Armored Division and was part of the crusade to free Europe. He attended Tech on the GI Bill.
Harry Frederick Boyce Jr., IM 58, of Columbus, Ga., on Feb. 5. He was president of Valuation Services; an Appraisal Institute member and officer of its Georgia chapter; past president of the Columbus Society of Real Estate Appraisers and Columbus Board of Realtors; and an officer of the Georgia Association of Realtors.
Jerry Eaton Clark, ME 58, of Orlando, Fla., on Feb. 27. He was an engineer for Martin Marietta for more than 30 years, retiring in 1998. A member of Lambda Chi Alpha at Tech, he was commissioned in the Army Corps of Engineers, sent to Germany and promoted to captain.
Harry Ware DeMille III, IM 50, of Decatur, Ga., on Feb. 25. He retired as an account executive with Sentry Insurance following a 37-year career. A member of Sigma Chi at Tech, he served as a B-25 crew chief in the Army Air Corps during World War II. A Boy Scouts leader for 65 years, his numerous scouting awards included the Eagle Scout and Silver Beaver awards.
Allan H. Eitel Jr., Arch 56, of Savannah, Ga., on Feb. 9. An Air Force veteran, he practiced architecture in Savannah before working for the Corps of Engineers, from which he retired in 1994. He then worked in private practice until 2002. A member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity at Tech, he also was a member of the Jaycees, Civitan Club, AMBUCS and American Institute of Architects and served as president of the Savannah Georgia Tech Club in 1972-73.
John William Freeman, BS 51, Arch 52, of Douglasville, Ga., on March 10. A registered professional engineer in Georgia, he retired from J.W. Freeman & Associates. He was a member of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity at Tech. In the Navy, he was stationed at the Admiral Islands Navy Air Base while serving in the Asia Pacific area.
Alexander John Gordon III, IM 52, of Lawrenceville, Ga., on Feb. 2. He spent 38 years working for Southern Bell and BellSouth Telecommunications, retiring as engineering manager of the East district in Atlanta in 1993. A member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity at Tech, he was commissioned at the Quantico Marine Corps base after graduation and served on active duty in Korea and stateside. He retired from the Marine Corps Reserve as a colonel in 1983.
Arthur “Art” Haywood, CE 51, of Tallahassee, Fla., on Feb. 27. Mr. Haywood retired from the Florida Department of Transportation bridge department as a deputy design engineer in 1985 and opened Haywood Engineering Inc., serving as a consulting engineer until 2004. He was a member of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials for more than 25 years and a lifetime member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and Chi Epsilon. He served in the Army Air Forces before attending Tech, at which he was a member of the Bulldog Club. He participated in mission projects in Spain and the Dominican Republic and was a member of Gideons International.
William Robert “Bob” Henry Jr., BS 51, Arch 52, of Rockvale, Tenn., on Jan. 28. A retired architect, Mr. Henry was a fellow of the American Institute of Architects and served as president of the organization’s Mississippi chapter. He was instrumental in the creation of Mississippi State University’s School of Architecture. A Navy veteran of World War II, he served in the Seabees in Saipan and the Marshall Islands.
Virgil Davis Hunt, IE 50, of Ruston, La., on Feb. 19. After serving as an Army officer during the Korean War, he returned to his hometown of Ruston and became a principal in the family business, Hunt Lumber Co. During his career, he served as president of the Southern Forest Products Association and Southern Pine Association. In retirement, he was a partner in a variety of business ventures. Survivors include his son Virgil Davis Hunt Jr., IM 83.
Ralph Anthony Johnson, IM 55, of Villa Rica, Ga., on March 2. Mr. Johnson, who had an MBA from Syracuse University, worked for General Electric for 28 years before becoming executive vice president of manufacturing at Phelps Dodge Inc. He became the owner of the Kendallville Castings foundry in the early 1990s and later worked in global sourcing for Eaton Corp. A member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity at Tech, he served 10 years in the Army following graduation. Mr. Johnson was a catechist, lector and Eucharistic minister at his church and a member and past president of the Kiwanis Club of Fairfield Plantation.
Alton Scott Little Sr., MS CE 50, of Auburn, Ala., on Feb. 3. He was an Auburn University College of Engineering professor for 35 years and later a campus planner and engineer there. He served several terms as president of the American Society of Professional Engineers and was instrumental in starting the Auburn chapter. While an undergraduate student at Auburn, he served in the Civilian Conservation Corps. He served in the Army during World War II and was stationed in France as a surveyor.
John R. Lowe, IM 51, of Hot Springs Village, Ark., on March 14. Mr. Lowe, a retired industrial engineer, served in the Army.
Hugh Carter McCullough, IM 50, of Duluth, Ga., on Feb. 14. Mr. McCullough was a retired vice president of VMC Products Inc., an Atlanta-based manufacturing company. A member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity at Tech, he was stationed in France for two years as an Air Force lieutenant following graduation.
D.H. “Mac” McFarland, CerE 50, of Montrose, Ala., on Feb. 28. Mr. McFarland worked with such firms as U.S. Steel during his career as a ceramic engineer and retired as vice president of sales for International Refractory Co. in 1984. A member of Kappa Sigma fraternity at Tech, he served as a pilot and flight instructor in the Army Air Corps during World War II and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.
George B. Moore, CE 53, of Naples, Fla., on Feb. 20. Mr. Moore traveled across the world in a 31-year career as an executive with Armco Steel’s international division, spending 16 years living in Germany, Spain, Mexico and Argentina. He was a Tau Beta Pi honor society member.
Lawrence H. Myers Jr., Cls 51, of Melbourne Beach, Fla., on Jan. 23.
Carter Northen Paden Jr., IM 51, of Lookout Mountain, Tenn., on Feb. 11. A member of Sigma Chi fraternity at Tech, he joined his father at Moccasin Bushing Co. in Chattanooga, Tenn., after graduation and in 1974 founded Southern Centrifugal Inc., now Metaltech International. At Georgia Tech, he established a chair in metals processing in the College of Engineering and a scholarship. During World War II, he served in the Navy as a radar operator on a destroyer.
Dewey Pendley, CE 53, of Bristol, Tenn., on Jan. 29. He moved to Bristol in 1960 and was president of Pendley Constructors for many years. He was a co-op student at Tech and later served in the Army Corps of Engineers.
Klaus Ritter, EE 58, on Oct. 25. He served in the military as a measurement engineer for experimental nuclear detonation for ballistic research laboratories in Baltimore, Eniwetok and Nevada Proving Grounds. While working as an engineer at the particle accelerator laboratory at Florida State University he studied art. In 1964, he moved to Germany and earned degrees in architecture. His work was displayed in various art and design shows. He also participated in post-World War II projects to camouflage rubble walls with sculptures, greenery and artwork.
Douglas W. Robertson, EE 50, MS EE 57, of Tucker, Ga., on Feb 18. He retired from the Georgia Tech Research Institute as director of the electronics and computer systems laboratory in 1982. Mr. Robertson specialized in speech systems, communications techniques and electromagnetic compatibility. Born in Crawford, Ga., he left home in 1941 to attend radar school and joined the Air Force, performing early radar research and repair during World War II. He enjoyed gardening and taught Sunday school for many years. Survivors include his son Don, ChE 74, MS ChE 76. Mr. Robertson was preceded in death by his son Julian Robertson, ABiol 74.
Otis Sanders, BS 50, Arch 52, of Statenville, Ga., on March 23. He worked as an architect for Zeb Lackey; Thompson and Sanders; and TMA Inc. International. He also taught drafting at Valdosta Technical College for 10 years. Mr. Sanders served in the Navy during World War II .
James Edward Scobey III, EE 53, of Clemmons, N.C., on Feb. 14. He was a retired NASA engineer and a Navy veteran of World War II.
William D. “Dan” Sheppard Jr., ME 57, of Duluth, Ga., on Feb. 5. He was an instrument engineer with Tennessee Valley Authority in Florence, Ala., and retired in 1994. A member of Sigma Nu at Tech, he served as an engineman fireman in the Navy and was commander of the Huntsville Power Squadron in 1999.
William G. Tucker, CE 54, of Georgetown, Texas, on Jan. 27. He retired from a 32-year career with J.A. Jones Construction Co. in 1993 as vice president and construction manager. He joined the Army Corps of Engineers following graduation from Tech and served in France during the postwar reconstruction. He was involved with the Military Order of the World Wars.
Samuel Joseph “Joe” Ward, IM 51, of Midlothian, Va., on March 9. In 1972, he joined the Bank of Virginia/Signet Banking Corp., for which he was in charge of public relations and community affairs until his retirement in 1993. A member of Alpha Tau Omega and Air Force ROTC at Tech, he served in the Air Force during the Korean War and retired from the Air Force Reserve as a colonel. A former member of the Georgia Tech Alumni Association’s board of trustees, he also served on boards and committees of the Virginia Banker’s Association, Virginia Chamber of Commerce and the Urban League of Richmond, from which he received a lifetime achievement award. Survivors include nephew Stephen P. Zelnak Jr., IM 69. Memorials may be sent to the Georgia Tech Scholarship Fund, Attention: Joe Ward Scholarship Fund, 760 Spring St., Suite 700, Atlanta, GA 30307.
William Pearsall “Pearce” Brown, Cls 61, on March 27. Mr. Brown, who lived in New York for 35 years, was a writer who had stories published by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He was an Eagle Scout.
Jackson Moody “Jack” Gissendaner, CerE 65, of Chattahoochee, Fla., on March 22. He worked at Gissendaner Mortgage Co. Following graduation, he was commissioned as an officer in the Air Force, stationed in Biloxi, Miss., and Orlando, Fla. He was a member of the Chattahoochee Rotary International Club and an avid photographer. Some of his photos were published by the Georgia Department of Tourism.
Marshall Highsmith, MS IS 67, of San Antonio, on Feb. 2. He entered the Air Force after receiving a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Southern Illinois University and served 20 years in various assignments as an officer in the computer science field. He then served in management positions in information services at the United Services Automobile Association. He also served as an adjunct computer science professor at several universities. For more than 30 years, he taught Sunday school classes and sang tenor in the choir at his church.
Allen E. Hyre, IM 63, of Roswell, Ga., on Jan. 20. A member of Kappa Sigma at Tech, he served in the Marine Corps and worked for Alcoa Inc.
George C. Lawrence, IM 61, of Yulee, Fla., on March 22. A stockbroker and bond trader, he worked for such companies as Merrill Lynch, E.F. Hutton and Shearson Lehman before retiring from Vystar Credit Union as portfolio manager. In retirement, he became a writer and had articles published in newspapers about his adventures growing up in rural seaside Maine. He also wrote a book, F.T., the Men, the Mills and the Selling Agencies, which chronicled his family’s work in the woolen industry.
John Sprole Lyons II, Cls 64, of Durham, N.C., on Feb. 23. The Rev. Lyons, who graduated from Georgia State College in 1966 and from Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur in 1970, briefly worked as a radio announcer before serving Presbyterian churches throughout the South.
Donald Ross Nulph, EE 60, of Roanoke, Va., on Feb. 19. Mr. Nulph retired from General Electric as an electrical engineer after more than 37 years with the company. He served in the Navy for four years and was a past president of the Appalachian Trail Club’s Roanoke chapter.
Robert Stephen Solomon, IM 62, of Mobile, Ala., on March 20. Following graduation, he served in the Army for a year and a half as a first lieutenant before joining his father in partnership as an independent insurance agent. He attended Georgia Tech on a football scholarship and played football under Bobby Dodd.
John N. White, IM 64, of Macon, Ga., on Feb. 5. Mr. White was the owner and operator of Dixie Cleaners for 41 years. A co-op student at Tech, he was a former member of the Macon Jaycees and a member of the Fraternal Order of Police “Sparky” O’Cain Lodge.
James E. Winborn, EE 61, of Boca Raton, Fla., on Jan. 27. He was a member of Tech’s Air Force ROTC and retired as a senior engineer with IBM. Survivors include his son Jeff Winborn, EE 85.
Yoshio Yamaki, ME 62, of Mechanicsville, Va., formerly of Honolulu, on Feb. 9. Mr. Yamaki retired from NASA in Hampton, Va. Before graduating from Tech, he worked for many years at Schofield Barracks in Hawaii. He was a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Ralph L. Buice Jr., PhD Chem 72, of Mableton, Ga., on Feb. 24. He was a 39-year Fernbank Science Center and DeKalb County School System veteran. Dr. Buice worked with NASA to develop tracking of satellites. He led hundreds of students through Fernbank as a chemistry instructor. He also was instrumental in developing its partnership with NASA’s Science, Engineering, Mathematics and Aerospace Academy.
Michael N. Charnigo, GMgt 73, of Salem, Mass., on Feb. 2. He was an area manager of performance chemicals with Buckman USA, based out of Memphis, Tenn.
Thomas C. Giles III, ME 73, of Lula, Ga., on March 9. Mr. Giles was a senior mechanical engineer with Stanley Engineering.
Paul Edward Nelson, M CP 77, of Salt Lake City, on March 9. A city planner and owner of Paul Nelson Associates consulting firm, he served in the Army; received a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Utah; and served in the British mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Michael Darwin Shirley, ICS 74, MS ICS 76, of Guyton, Ga., on Feb. 26. He worked for Advanced Business Software.
Leigh Bielenberg, ChE 83, of Atlanta, on March 8, from metastatic colon cancer. She was a chemical engineer for industrial and manufacturing firms in Georgia and Louisiana before working for Forsyth Fabrics in Atlanta and as a designer of fabric trims for Passementerie Europa, a job that included travel to Cairo to oversee the manufacturing of her designs. She was executive director of the Georgia National Abortion Rights Action League in the 1990s.
Monojit Ghosal, MS Mgt 83, of Atlanta, on Feb. 27. A native of India, he moved to Atlanta in 1976 to serve as a postdoctoral fellow at Tech. Dr. Ghosal, who had a PhD in chemistry as well as degrees in computer science and accounting, was a certified public accountant and retired from teaching at Valdosta State University in 2001.
Allen Tate Smith, ME 95, of Brunswick, Ga., on Feb. 5. Mr. Smith worked for Brunswick Cellulose. A member of Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity and a co-op student at Tech, he was a member of the Golden Isles Georgia Tech Club.
Tyler Robert Rowland, 21, of Tallahassee, Fla., on March 26, after a three-year battle with cancer. An industrial engineering major, he won many awards in botany in high school and in 2007 was interviewed by National Public Radio after his kudzu research was featured in a Tallahassee Democrat article. He received a Tallahassee/Thomasville Georgia Tech Club scholarship.
Frank Lawrence Murphy, 77, of Stone Mountain, Ga., on Feb. 8. He retired as risk manager at Georgia Tech. A Southern Connecticut University graduate, he was a chief warrant officer in the Air Force during the Korean War and Berlin crisis and was chief of reliability and maintainability at Avco Lycoming in Connecticut.
Edwena Thompson, 87, of Savannah, Ga., in February. Mrs. Thompson, who received a bachelor’s degree from Georgia Teachers College, was awarded a mistress of patience degree from Tech when her husband, Earl Thompson, received an industrial management degree in 1950. She later earned a master’s degree at Georgia College and taught junior high and middle grades mathematics in Wilkinson County. She was a member of the Georgia Council of Teachers of Mathematics and Delta Kappa Gamma Society International, a professional honor society of women educators; and served as the librarian of McIntyre, Ga. She is survived by her husband and their five children, including Frank, EE 74; Clint, ME 76; Cindy Thompson Erwin, HS 78; and Ken, ME 82.
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