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William D. Evans Jr., IM 38, of Winston-Salem, N.C., on May 10. He worked for many years with Crawford & Company in Raleigh and later was vice president of safety for Carolina Casualty Insurance Co. in Jacksonville, Fla. He was a major in the Army during World War II.
LeRoy A. Aarons, ChE 43, a resident of Falls Church, Va., on Jan. 31. He was a member of Alpha Phi Omega while at Tech and retired from the Navy.
Robert Curtis Barrett, ChE 42, a resident of Cartersville, Ga., on April 1. He was sales manager for Chemical Products Corp. in Cartersville for more than 35 years, retiring in 1987. Mr. Barrett previously worked in Venezuela for Standard Oil of Louisiana. He was a deacon and elder at his church.
Jack Cook, IM 49, of Wimberley, Texas, on April 28. Mr. Cook retired following a 37-year career with Southern Bell, at which he was a manager responsible for advancing computer automation systems. After graduating from Georgia Tech, he served in the Navy. Survivors include his son, Jack S. Cook Jr., ABiol 76.
Paul Truett Dietz, Cls 47, of Georgia, on April 24. He left Tech to enlist in the Navy and in 1944 received his wings and commission. He returned to Tech in 1949 but was called back to active duty in 1952. He transferred to the Navy Reserve in 1959 and continued flying until his retirement in 1971.
Millard R. Dusenbury, ChE 40, of Jekyll Island, Ga., on April 23. He spent 35 years working for Hercules Inc. in Wilmington, Del., and Brunswick, Ga. A member of Sigma Chi and the marching band while at Tech, he served as an Army captain during World War II, participating in the Middle East, North African and Italian campaigns, and was the commander of the German and Italian POW camp at Fort Rucker, Ala., upon his return to the United States.
William Dayton “Bill” Francis, IM 43, of Roswell, Ga., on May 4. He served in the Army and Army Reserve before beginning a career in textile manufacturing management. An Eagle Scout, he later served as a Scout leader. He also was a Mason and a member of Knights Templar and the Roswell Rotary Club.
Jarrell Bland Goodwin Jr., GE 44, of Augusta, Ga., on June 7. Mr. Goodwin received a law degree and served in the Navy aboard the USS Riddle in World War II. He was employed by the Georgia state legal and highway departments. He was a treasurer and an elder emeritus at his church.
Harold William Harrison, EE 43, of Los Altos, Calif., on April 2. In 1962, Mr. Harrison co-founded Aertech Industries, which specialized in semiconductor and microwave technologies pertaining to radar, telecommunications and satellite components, some of which were used in the United States’ first manned mission to the moon. The company was sold to TRW in 1974, but Mr. Harrison continued to serve as president until 1977. He later worked in operational consulting, specializing in corporate turnaround and merger situations for technology-based companies. During his career, Mr. Harrison also spent 13 years working for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, later NASA. The first real-time application of a digital computer to solve aeronautical problems was developed under his leadership. In 1957, Mr. Harrison was employed by General Electric to help in the design of the largest banking computer at the time. He also served on the national committee, which established the encoding in use today on all checks. Mr. Harrison served on the Georgia Tech Advisory Board from 1976 through 1982 and was inducted into Georgia Tech’s Engineering Hall of Fame in 1994.
W. Hugo Heidenreich Jr., IM 48, of Charlotte, N.C., on May 1. He retired from the insurance business in 1998. He joined the Westbrook Insurance Agency in 1948 and established the Heidenreich Agency in 1968. During his career, he was president of Charlotte’s Mutual Insurance Exchange and served on the Charlotte Mecklenburg Parks and Recreation Commission. Mr. Heidenreich lettered in football and track at Georgia Tech, where his studies were interrupted by service in World War II as a lieutenant in Gen. George Patton’s 3rd Army.
Archibald Little Jr., IM 48, of Stillwater, Okla., on May 29. Mr. Little retired from the Public Service Company of Oklahoma in 1981 after working in various positions with the company in Tulsa and Bartlesville for more than 30 years. In his 20 years in Bartlesville, he served as an officer of the Chamber of Commerce, the Kiwanis Club, the Jaycees, the United Fund, the American Red Cross chapter and the Boy Scouts. Mr. Little and his wife spent many years showing dogs with the Mid-Continent Kennel Club of Tulsa. During World War II, he served in the American Field Service as an ambulance driver attached to the British 8th Army.
Charles Robert Minors, EE 45, of Darien, Ga., on April 5. He worked for Georgia Power Company from 1946 to 1984, retiring as vice president of consumer affairs. He later spent several years working for the Edison Electric Institute. A Navy veteran of World War II, he served on the USS California in the Pacific.
John L. Rhodes Jr., IM 49, formerly of Milledgeville, Ga., and Atlanta, on May 19. He retired as senior manufacturing engineer following a 32-year career with Lockheed Aircraft in Marietta. Also a graduate of Georgia Military College, he was an Army officer during World War II and received the Purple Heart with two oak leaf clusters.
James F. Sands, Cls 43, of Statesboro, Ga., on April 16. After retiring from the Navy as a commander, he began a second career at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, where he researched air defense systems from 1961 to 1981. He joined the Navy as an aviation cadet in 1941 and was a fighter pilot during World War II. He also was involved in nuclear weapons training. He received a bachelor’s degree from the Naval Postgraduate School and a master’s degree in aeronautical engineering from MIT. His last Navy assignment was in weapons systems evaluation at the Pentagon from 1959 to 1961.
Monroe Jerome Smith Jr., TE 41, of Atlanta, on April 24. He was a retired manufacturer’s representative with C-R-S Inc. He was a member of Zeta Beta Tau fraternity while at Georgia Tech.
Kenneth W. Sutton, Cls 49, of Ocilla, Ga., on May 11. Mr. Sutton founded Farmer’s Trading Co., which later became Sutton Tractor Co. of Ocilla. Mr. Sutton was the last active charter member of the Ocilla Rotary Club. He served as a deacon, trustee and clerk and a member of the Steadfast Seekers Sunday school class at his church.
Franklin Duncan “Frank” Tidwell, Cls 45, of Douglasville, Ga., on May 13. Mr. Tidwell began working with Tidwell Construction Co. in 1939. He later served as its president and was part owner of the firm until retiring in 1982. He then evaluated the safety and probable life spans of bridges as a consultant to the Georgia Railroad. An Army veteran of World War II, he served under Gen. George Patton in the 95th Infantry Division. Known as the “Iron Men of Metz,” the infantrymen liberated Metz, France, from German occupation. Mr. Tidwell was an avid photographer and a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
William Dawsie “Bill” Tucker, IM 43, of Gainesville, Ga., on April 21. He worked for the Georgia Association of Petroleum Retailers before moving to Florida, where he spent 22 years as executive director of the Allied Gasoline Retailers Association. He returned to Atlanta in 1977 and served in the business office of the Georgia Baptist Convention until his retirement in 1990. He was treasurer of the Embry Hills Investment Club from 1982 to 2003. He was in the Army for three years, serving in Hawaii and Saipan, and was among the first U.S. troops to occupy Japan.
James Fennell Williams, EE 49, of Atlanta, on May 26. He worked briefly as a math instructor at Georgia Tech before joining the Coca-Cola Company in 1950. He became a vice president of the company in 1965, retired in 1982 and served as a consultant until 1994. A B-25 combat bomber pilot during World War II, he received the Distinguished Flying Cross. He retired as a colonel in the Air Force Reserve and in the 1980s received the Defense Department’s Distinguished Service Medal and a Patriots Award from the United Service Organizations. He served as a national board member of the Army Reserve Association and president of the Atlanta chapter. He also was a 30-year member of the Atlanta Rotary Club.
Louie Joe Allison, Text 51, of Kingsport, Tenn., on April 11. He retired from Tennessee Eastman Co. in 1986. In his 36-year career with the company, Mr. Allison was awarded two patents for textile improvement. A World War II veteran, he served in the Army Air Forces 15th Air Force. He was a member of the American Legion and the Optimist Club. Mr. Allison also was a Scoutmaster and a longtime committee chairman of the Boy Scouts of America Sequoyah Council.
Edward Ray Beeman, IM 50, of Zephyrhills, Fla., on May 20. Mr. Beeman helped Florida Power establish its first corrosion control department and worked for the company for 28 years. He served in the Coast Guard and was stationed on Tennessee Valley Authority dams during World War II.
Roy W. Blanton Jr., MS ME 59, PhD ME 63, of LaGrange, Ga., on May 12. A certified professional engineer, Dr. Blanton worked in academics, research and consulting during his career and retired from the University of Alabama in Huntsville as a professor.
Arthur Louis Burress Jr., IM 53, a resident of Metairie, La., on May 27. Mr. Burress received a master’s degree from Tulane University and retired from Shell Oil Co.
Robert Weyman “Bob” Bussey, EE 52, a resident of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., on Feb. 16. Mr. Bussey worked for Florida Power & Light Co. for 36 years, rising from engineer to a division manager of the Southeast division before retiring from the company in 1988. After receiving his wings in 1953, Mr. Bussey served in the Army Signal Corps as a liaison pilot in Texas and Germany.
James Freddie Conner, EE 50, a resident of Huntsville, Ala., on May 23. Mr. Conner retired as chief of product assurance and testing of the Pershing missile program in 1980 after 37 years of combined federal service. Mr. Conner served as a Navy airman in the Pacific theater during World War II. He began his career as an engineer for the Armed Services Security Agency, which later became the National Security Agency, and spent 10 years working for the Navy at the Mine Defense Lab in Panama City, Fla., before working for the Army on the Pershing program. He was present at more than 400 Pershing missile firings. Mr. Conner received the Meritorious Civilian Service Award in 1967. He was a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and a past secretary-treasurer of the American Institute of Electric Engineers. Mr. Conner received the Cross of Military Service from the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Ben M. Croker Sr., Text 54, a resident of Dallas, Ga., on April 24. He retired from Burlington Industries in 1998 after a 38-year career with the company. Following graduation from Georgia Tech, he served in the Navy for six years, achieving the rank of commander, and later in the Reserve.
Walter L. Cummings Jr., Cls 53, a resident of Schenectady, N.Y., on April 15. Mr. Cummings was employed by the state of New York Office of General Services as a contract administrator for many years before retiring in 1993. Mr. Cummings served in the Marine Corps and was a member of the White Plains Masonic Lodge and a member and past president of the Rotary International Club of Rotterdam, N.Y.
John Edmund Diehl, IE 56, a resident of Huntsville, Ala., on April 23. Mr. Diehl retired from the Chrysler Corp. following a 30-year career with the company. Mr. Diehl served in the Army during World War II and the Korean War.
Randolph William “Randy” Driggers, Cls 59, of Atlanta, on April 26. He worked for MM Systems Corp. for 35 years. After earning a master of divinity degree in the 1990s, the Rev. Driggers left his business career to serve as minister of education at Briarlake Baptist Church in Decatur, Ga. He was involved in several Atlanta-area churches, serving as a deacon, Royal Ambassador leader, youth worker and an adult Sunday school teacher. He was a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity while at Tech.
Edwin O’Rear Faulkner, IM 54, of Jackson, Ga., on May 23. He was the founder and president of Faulkner Co., a wholesale distributor of commercial HVAC and refrigeration products, and owner and president of Jo-Ness-Co Controls, an automatic controls panel engineering and manufacturing firm. Mr. Faulkner spent 10 years coaching youth sports in DeKalb and Fayette counties and served four years as the Fayette County High School athletic booster club president. He was a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity while at Tech.
Forest LaVerne Fowler Jr., IM 54, of Atlanta, on April 29. In 1956, he joined the family insurance business, Forest Fowler Agency, from which he retired in 1990 after 15 years as chief operating officer. Following graduation from Tech, where he was a member of Chi Phi fraternity, Phi Eta Sigma and the Industrial Management Society, Mr. Fowler was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Army and served two years at Fort Campbell, Ky., and Fort Belvoir, Va. He was a life member of the Capital City Club; founding director and second president of the Benedicts of Atlanta social club; and founding board member of New Life Center, a Christian rehabilitation ministry. He was a deacon emeritus at his church and a member of the Atlanta Kiwanis Club with 50 years of perfect attendance.
John William “Bill” Fussell, IE 57, a resident of Atlanta, on May 7. Mr. Fussell earned a master’s degree in city planning from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., while working in the real estate operations of the Postal Service. He also was a registered professional engineer. Mr. Fussell served in the Navy on the battleship Mississippi, on which he was a fleet boxing champion, and in the Merchant Marine during World War II.
James Frederick Holcomb, MS EE 58, who was a resident of Springfield, Va., on Dec. 18. He was a retired Army lieutenant colonel.
James D. Huddleston III, EE 53, MS EE 75, of Stone Mountain, Ga., on May 12. Mr. Huddleston retired as a principal engineer with Georgia Power. He began working for the company in 1951 while a co-op student at Tech. In 1969 he received the Georgia Power Engineering Association Engineer of the Year Award and in 2006 the association’s Lifetime Achievement Award. He served as a consultant to the Georgia Power corporate archives, to which he recently donated his lifetime collection of electric meters. He was a life member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
John C. Huskisson Jr., IM 51, of Savannah, Ga., on May 30. He began his advertising career with General Electric Co. in 1951, guiding the preparation of parts catalogs, instruction books and maintenance manuals for industrial and military equipment, and later worked for advertising agencies in Florida and Georgia. He was a former executive vice president of the Pidcock & Company agency in Savannah and for 15 years operated Huskisson Advertising. He was a charter member and president of the Advertising Club of Savannah, which twice awarded him its Hadley B. Cammack Award for excellence in advertising. He was awarded the Advertising Federation of America Silver Medal in 1960. Following retirement, he had a 15-year career with Publix Supermarkets. During World War II, he flew 18 combat missions as a B-26 pilot with the 9th Air Force in Europe. While a student at Georgia Tech, he was an editor of the Blueprint and a member of ANAK, Omicron Delta Kappa and the Ramblin’ Reck Club.
Marion Anderson Jones, CE 54, a resident of Atlanta, on April 21. Mr. Jones retired from Lockheed as a senior structural engineer following a lengthy career with the company. He received an MBA from Indiana State University.
James Byron Kemp, IM 55, of Chiefland, Fla., on April 8. In 2005, he retired as owner of Cedar Key Island Hopper Tours, a business he established in 1987. Mr. Kemp served in the Army Intelligence 111th Counter Intelligence Corps from 1955 through 1957 and received a law degree from Atlanta Law School in 1964. He co-founded and operated Kemp Realty in Jonesboro, Ga., from 1960 to 1976.
Wayne F. McWhorter, ChE 51, a resident of Louisville, Ky., on May 30. He served in the Army Air Forces during World War II and retired from Celanese Chemical Corp. as a chemical engineer.
Robert Lewis “Bob” Morris, ME 59, a resident of Atlanta, on April 4. A professional engineer, member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and licensed instrument-rated pilot, Mr. Morris solved engineering problems for a variety of national firms through a business he started in 1967. While a student at Georgia Tech, Mr. Morris worked at the Engineering Experiment Station. Mr. Morris, who had autism, served as a mentor to other adults with the disorder beginning in the late 1980s.
Sidney Thomas Nutting Jr., IE 50, a resident of Savannah, Ga., on May 6. Mr. Nutting was employed by Union Camp Corp., later International Paper Corp., for 43 years, retiring as vice president of unbleached papers with mills in Prattville, Ala., and Savannah. He previously served as mill superintendent of the Franklin, Va., bleached paper mill and earlier was manager of the Honeycomb Division with plants in Wisconsin, New York and New Jersey. During his career, he served as national president of the Paper Industry Management Association and as vice president of the mid-Atlantic region of the American Institute of Industrial Engineering. Mr. Nutting also served on numerous boards and councils and held both city- and state-level positions with the Chambers of Commerce in Alabama and Georgia. He served as president of the Savannah and Franklin, Va., Rotary clubs and as a director of the Montgomery, Ala., club. A Navy veteran of World War II, Mr. Nutting was a member of Alpha Pi Mu and AIIE while attending Georgia Tech. He was elected to vestries and served as a senior warden at various churches over the years. Mr. Nutting’s survivors include brother-in-law J. Earl Gilbreath Jr., IE 54.
Jere G. Osmer, ME 57, of Hendersonville, N.C., on March 24. Mr. Osmer retired from Pratt & Whitney.
Tom F. Pattillo, ME 51, a resident of New Smyrna Beach, Fla., on April 8. Mr. Pattillo, a citrus and fern grower, was past president of Pattillo Fruit Sales Inc. and a past field representative of Florida Orange Marketers. Mr. Pattillo served in both the Navy and Army.
David A. Smith, Cls 50, of Peachtree City, Ga., on Oct. 19. He was an industrial engineer with Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co.
Joseph Edwin Tatum Jr., EE 50, AE 57, of Canyon Country, Calif., on March 25. In a career with Lockheed Aircraft, Rockwell International and Northrop Aircraft, Mr. Tatum worked on the L-1011, space shuttle, stealth bomber and stealth fighter programs. An Army captain during the Korean War, he was a past president of the Tri-Canyon Kiwanis Club and a member of the Military Order of the World Wars.
Marshall Ray Twitty Jr., IE 58, of Manchester, Ga., on May 20. An Army veteran of the Korean War, he was a retired civil engineer with Raytheon. He was a member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity while at Tech.
Richard Dugger Vaughan, CE 51, of Ormond Beach, Fla., on May 28. He served in the Army during World War II and in 1951 began a career in environmental engineering with the U.S. Public Health Service, rising to assistant surgeon general with the rank of rear admiral before retiring in 1971. He then was an executive with ITT Palm Coast. He received master’s degrees in civil engineering and public health from the University of Michigan and was a diplomate of the American Academy of Environmental Engineering and chair of the city of Ormond Beach environmental advisory board. He enjoyed performing in musicals and served as president of Civic Music and the Daytona Playhouse and as a member of Seaside Music Theater’s advisory board.
James Walker III, Text 56, of Amelia Island, Fla., on May 11. Mr. Walker held various positions in the textile industry in Georgia, Florida, Ohio, New York and North Carolina and eventually purchased his own company, North American Rayon Corp. He sold the company to its employees in 1985.
Homer Watkins Jr., ChE 50, of High Point, N.C., on April 6. Mr. Watkins retired from Burlington Industries in 1989 after a 39-year career as a cost accountant with the company. A graduate of the Georgia Military Academy, he stood guard at the 1939 Atlanta premiere of Gone With the Wind while a cadet at the academy. He served in the Army with the 406 Anti-tank Division in the 102nd Infantry during World War II.
Sam L. Wohar, ME 52, of Alpharetta, Ga., on May 2. Mr. Wohar worked for Lockheed before joining Player and Company in 1971. He retired from the company in 1998 as chairman and CEO. Mr. Wohar served in the Army and attended Georgia Tech on the GI Bill. He was a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, National Society of Engineers, National Certified Pipe Welding Bureau and Atlanta Rotary Club.
Rutledge M. Beacham, Cls 68, of Atlanta, on April 6. Mr. Beacham spent the last 32 years of his commercial real estate career working for the Atlanta-based firm Carter, ultimately overseeing more than 2.7 million square feet of office, industrial and retail properties in Atlanta. He was a longtime member of the Building Owners and Managers Association, serving a year as president of the Atlanta chapter and two years as president of the Southern region. In 2003, BOMA awarded Mr. Beacham its Huey Member Service Award. He also was an Eagle Scout and a recipient of the Boy Scouts’ Silver Beaver Award.
David Bruce Clark, Cls 69, of Woodstock, Ga., on May 11. Mr. Clark completed his undergraduate and graduate degrees at Georgia State and began his career at Sears before starting his own computer company, Professional Consultants Inc., which he ran for more than 25 years. He served in the Army in Vietnam and received the Purple Heart. Mr. Clark played golf; ran with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain; participated in basketball and baseball leagues in Woodstock; and enjoyed Civil War history, playing Guitar Hero and perfecting dovetail joints.
Kenneth Joseph Gillam, AE 61, a resident of Charleston, S.C., on April 12. He was the president of ABC Awning & Venetian Blind Co. He served in the Air Force. Mr. Gillam was a deacon at his church and served as a member of the Executives Association of Greater Charleston and the National Rifle Association. Survivors include sons Kenneth J. Gillam Jr., IM 85, and David Allen Gillam, AE 89, MS AE 90, and daughter-in-law Cynthia Gillam, IM 85.
Hallie Bowen Holmes, BC 60, a resident of Flowery Branch, Ga., on April 6. Mrs. Holmes, who also had a bachelor’s degree in pre-med from the University of Georgia, assisted with the family real estate business, T.C. Holmes & Son. Mrs. Holmes was a member of the Daughters of the American Colonists, for which she had served as national president; the National Society of Southern Dames of America; the National Society of New England Women; the Gavel Society; and the Wally Byam Caravan Club, for which she had served as national treasurer.
Julian C. “Bo” Jett Jr., IM 68, MS IM 70, a resident of Charleston, S.C., on April 15. Mr. Jett retired as executive vice president of Macey & Company. While he was a student at Georgia Tech, he was a member of Chi Phi fraternity.
Douglas Grey Outlaw, CE 66, MS CE 67, of Tallahassee, Fla., on April 13. He worked for the Army Corps of Engineers for 22 years and for the Department of Environmental Protection for 18 years. He served in the Army Reserve for 28 years and retired as a lieutenant colonel.
Wayne M. Peavey, IM 63, a resident of Fitzgerald, Ga., on May 26. Mr. Peavey was a retired insurance adjuster for Allstate Insurance Co. He served in the Marine Corps Reserve and was a member of the Elks Club and a former member of the Jaycees.
Joseph Martin “Marty” Reynolds, MS Phys 64, MS NE 70, a resident of Atlanta, on April 2. He worked as an engineer, business development executive and contractor adviser with Sun Microsystems, ASTI, Bull and various technology companies in the Southeast. Mr. Reynolds also built computers and audio equipment, operated and maintained ham radios and restored and rode motorcycles. Last year, he took flight instruction training and flew solo.
Henry Grady Rylander Jr., PhD ME 65, a resident of Austin, Texas, on May 22. Dr. Rylander, who earned a bachelor’s and later a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin, was involved in the design of jet engines at the Westinghouse steam division before returning to Austin in 1947 and beginning a 50-year career teaching in UT’s department of mechanical engineering. He served as chairman of the department from 1976 to 1986 and was one of the founders of the Center for Electromechanics. Dr. Rylander, who researched tribology and machine design, published more than 100 technical articles and wrote or edited three books.
Guillermo Velasco Jr., TE 60, a resident of Norcross, Ga., on April 16. Mr. Velasco was a founding member of the Bolivian Association of Atlanta.
Charles Leroy Windham Jr., IM 63, of Decatur, Ga., on May 22. A member of the football team and president of Sigma Chi fraternity at Tech, Mr. Windham served as a lieutenant junior grade in the Navy and spent his career in chemical sales. He was a member of the Masonic Temple in Atlanta.
Charles Polke Yeomans, IM 60, of Morehead City, N.C., on May 28. Mr. Yeomans, who earned a master’s degree in accounting from Georgia State University, established World Imports of Fayetteville and Shore Decor in Morehead City.
James Everette Arnold, EE 77, of Rixeyville, Va., on June 3, following a swimming accident off the coast of Emerald Isle, N.C. Mr. Arnold received a master’s degree in electrical engineering from MIT and served as director of the advanced systems and technology division of the National Reconnaissance Office.
Earl Stanley “Stan” Bean Jr., Text 72, of Atlanta, on May 26, from a heart attack. He retired as president of Uniblend Spinners in New York. He began his career in textiles as a supervisor with Milliken in Greenville, S.C., then worked in sales management with Fiber Industries in Charlotte, N.C., and New York. A member of Beta Theta Pi at Tech, Mr. Bean entered the Institute as a civil engineering major in 1963. His studies were interrupted by service in the Army as a chief warrant officer and Cobra attack helicopter pilot. Mr. Bean served an extended tour of duty in Vietnam with the 101st Airborne Division, receiving a Bronze Star and the Purple Heart.
Will Chamberlin, IM 74, of Watkinsville, Ga., on April 9. Mr. Chamberlin was an industrial engineer for Reliance Electric for 20 years. In 1989, he and a friend started Classic Race Services, a company that facilitates road races throughout the Southeast. He served on the Sandy Creek Nature Center board and was a choir member and elder at his church.
James E. Delk III, APhys 76, of Atlanta, on May 15. Mr. Delk spent his career in nuclear energy. He obtained the rank of Eagle Scout.
Christopher Lee Feucht, IE 72, of Chesapeake, Va., on April 17. After leading short-term medical teams in needy areas across the globe, Dr. Feucht became director of missions at New Life Christian Fellowship’s family of churches in 1998 and for 12 years mobilized missionaries and mission teams in ministry efforts. He received a doctorate of medicine from the Medical College of Georgia. In the 1970s, he and his wife spent three months serving at a mission hospital in Tanzania. His family moved to Chesapeake in 1994 to work at Operation Blessing with the Flying Hospital.
John Michael McClure, MS IM 76, of Marietta, Ga., on May 11. A veteran of the Army National Guard, he retired following a 33-year career with Georgia Power and the Southern Company. He also was a graduate of the University of Georgia.
James Patrick Mellin, MS EE 72, of Bloomington, Minn., on Oct. 27. A retired lieutenant colonel, he served as a helicopter pilot in Vietnam and received the Distinguished Flying Cross for heroism. He was a 1958 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy.
Clyde Patrick Molloy, ME 70, of El Paso, Texas, on May 28, of cancer. He served 15 years of active duty in the Army and seven years in the Army Reserve in a variety of staff and command positions with operational troop units in Air Defense Artillery and Field Artillery, retiring with the rank of lieutenant colonel. He then worked for Hughes Aircraft from 1985 to 1995 as a senior member of the technical staff and with Raytheon as a principal systems engineer from 1995 until earlier this year. He was a Boy Scout pack and troop leader and a recipient of the Silver Beaver Award.
Richard E. Schier, IM 71, of Chattanooga, Tenn., on April 21. He worked for Unum Provident for 29 years, retiring in 2001. He was a member of the Order of Charlemagne and the Chattanooga chapter of the Tennessee Ornithological Society and a senior warden at his church. Mr. Schier played guitar and was an avid bird photographer.
Laird Wadsworth Shull Jr., IM 74, of Las Vegas, on May 31, from cancer. A member of Kappa Sigma fraternity while a student at Georgia Tech, Mr. Shull worked for Eastern Airlines from 1965 to 1990 and then spent 15 years with Northwest Airlines before retiring in 2006. Mr. Shull’s hobbies included gardening, bowling and playing tournament blackjack and poker.
Albert E. “Burt” Edwards, MS EE 80, of Arnold, Md., on April 16. He worked for many years as an executive director of AT&T Government Solutions in Columbia, Md. He received his bachelor’s degree in engineering from Stevens Institute in Hoboken, N.J., and enjoyed skydiving.
William George Lunsford, TChem 80, of Atlanta, on May 30, from complications of colon cancer. A textile chemist, he was the vice president of product development for Denim North America, located in Columbus, Ga. Mr. Lunsford, who traveled around the world to inspect jeans and fabrics and spot fashion trends, had visited all 50 states and more than 60 countries. Earlier this year, Denim North America honored Mr. Lunsford by naming the company’s development center for him. He joined the company in 2002 after working for various textile companies. Mr. Lunsford earned a master’s degree in textile chemistry from North Carolina State University. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that guests attending an open house in Mr. Lunsford’s memory were asked to dress in denim.
Randall Y. Grimes, PhD ME 97, a resident of Atlanta, on May 18, from complications of pulmonary hypertension. Dr. Grimes was a partner at WellStar Cardiovascular Medicine PC in Marietta. He earned bachelor’s degrees in molecular biology and physics from the University of Georgia and a medical degree from the Emory University School of Medicine and received the American College of Cardiology Young Investigator Award while completing a three-year cardiology fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. While at the hospital, he had advanced training in transesophageal echocardiography. In 1999, Dr. Grimes received a faculty appointment to Harvard University in the echocardiography division of MGH. Dr. Grimes was board certified in internal medicine and cardiology. He was a fellow of the American College of Cardiology and held a patent for devices and methods for percutaneous mitral valve repair. He also participated in the Ironman triathlon nine times and was a marathon runner and master division swimmer.
Kenneth Andrew Yousten, Arch 91, a resident of Fabius, N.Y., on March 26, from complications of Friedreich’s ataxia.
Charles J. Whittington, CS 05, of Fort Campbell, Ky., on March 27, 2009. He worked for a software firm in Alpharetta before enlisting in the Army in September 2006. He later was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the field artillery and assigned to the 320th Field Artillery, 101st Airborne Division already deployed to Iraq, where in January 2008 he was assigned to train the Iraqi army in and around Tikrit. He later was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 32nd Cavalry and worked as a fire support officer. The unit redeployed to Fort Campbell in late 2008. First Lt. Whittington’s survivors include father Terry Whittington, IM 73.
H. Roy Carroll, 93, of Seneca, S.C., on March 10. An avid Georgia Tech fan, he was the former owner of Carroll’s Union 76 Station. He was in the Civilian Conservation Corps.
Thomas K. Hamall, 77, of Peachtree City, Ga., on April 29. Before serving as director of university partnerships at Georgia Tech, Mr. Hamall was executive vice president of the Metro Atlanta Chamber from 1974 to 1983, during which time he was a leader in race relations and international trade. With Mr. Hamall at its helm, the chamber welcomed its first African-American member and first two African-American chairmen. Mr. Hamall’s survivors include daughter Claire Moyer, IM 86, and son Kenneth Hamall, ME 95, MS ME 97.
Paul H. Nichols Jr., 88, of Atlanta, on May 19. Dr. Nichols graduated from Emory Dental School; served in the Navy Dental Corps in World War II and the Korean War; and practiced dentistry in Toccoa, Ga., for 40 years. A longtime fan of Georgia Tech sports, he paid $1 in 1933 to attend a Tech football game, his first college football game. Memorials in his name may be made to the Alexander-Tharpe Fund.
Naron Damar Searcy, 70, of Eufaula, Ala., on June 8. He had a 33-year career with the federal government and later worked for Georgia Tech, retiring as assistant director of auditing. Mr. Searcy, a singer and guitar player, would volunteer to do taxes for senior citizens and to lead sing-alongs and teach square dancing to disabled children and adults.
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