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John B. Kackley, CE 37, of Jacksonville, Fla., on Nov. 15. He was a retired Navy captain. A member of Omicron Delta Kappa, Kappa Sigma and the Navy ROTC while at Georgia Tech, he received an MBA from Harvard University. Survivors include his son Charles B. Kackley, ICS 77.
Cloice Everett Temple, EE 36, of Cincinnati, on Sept. 19. Mr. Temple had worked as an engineer with Paramount Kings Island and was the former owner of Temple & Associates. He was a member of the Army ROTC while at Georgia Tech.
B. Pressley Walker III, ME 37, of St. Augustine, Fla., on Nov. 16. He was commissioned as a Navy officer in 1944 and after receiving an honorable discharge in 1946 went into the building supply business. He retired from Deebo Products Inc.
Clarence Ernest “Ace” Adams, IM 49, of Gainesville, Fla., on Oct. 16. Mr. Adams, a designated chartered property casual underwriter, worked for insurance companies in Atlanta, Philadelphia and Cincinnati before becoming a partner of Lanier Upshaw Insurance Agency in Lakeland, Fla., in 1967. He retired in 1990. During World War II, he was a B-25 pilot in the Army Air Corps. He served as a member of Sertoma and Kiwanis clubs and the Health Council of West Central Florida and as president of the Polk County Association of Insurance Agents.
William Hugh “Bill” Caffey Jr., IE 49, of Kingsport, Tenn., on Oct. 27. Mr. Caffey retired from Eastman Chemical as a senior electrical engineer. He was a past president of the local chapters of the International Society of Automation and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. A Navy veteran, he was a past president of the Northeast Tennessee Georgia Tech Club as well as the Skycrafters Flying Club, of which he was a founding member. Mr. Caffey built bird boxes for the Blue Bird Society and spent 40 years making a one-eighth-scale Southern Railway train on which children could ride through his yard. He was active in Boy Scout Troop 50 and helped all three of his sons become Eagle Scouts.
Spencer Maddox Cork, EE 44, of Macon, Ga., on Oct. 7. Mr. Cork, who participated in the co-op program at Georgia Tech, was a retired electrical engineer.
Robert Thomas “Tom” Cummings, TE 48, of Vero Beach, Fla., on Oct. 13. During World War II, he served as a captain in the Army Signal Corps in the Philippines, New Guinea and occupied Japan. He was an executive for U.S. Rubber Co. before joining AlliedSignal, from which he retired as president of the fibers division in 1984. Mr. Cummings then spent six months in Indonesia setting up a manufacturing plant as a volunteer for the International Executive Service Corps. Mr. Cummings served as president of the Virginia Manufacturers Association and was a recipient of the Good Scout award of the Greater New York Councils of the Boy Scouts of America.
Warner Settle Currie, Cls 42, of Atlanta, on Sept. 28. Mr. Currie received a law degree from Emory University, and he was a senior partner at Swift, Currie, McGhee and Hiers, practicing general liability and products liability litigation and labor relations law. He was a member of the Atlanta and American Bar associations, State Bar of Georgia, Defense Research Institute and Georgia Trial Lawyers Association. He was a frequent lecturer at tort and labor seminars. After retiring from private practice, Mr. Currie served as an adjunct professor at the Emory University School of Law. He was named the acting director of Emory’s LLM in litigation program in 1991 and was elected Most Outstanding Professor of the Year by the Student Bar Association in 1995. An Army veteran of World War II, he served in the 99th Infantry Division, attaining the rank of major in field artillery and receiving the Bronze Star and four battle stars.
James Rutherford Fair, ChE 42, a resident of Austin, Texas, on Oct. 11. Dr. Fair was the McKetta Centennial Energy chair emeritus in the chemical engineering department at the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Fair joined the university in 1979 and founded its separations research program, which he headed from 1982 to 1996. He received a master’s degree from the University of Michigan and a doctorate from UT-Austin. His earlier career included work with Shell Development and Monsanto Co. During World War II, he was involved with the government’s high explosives and synthetic rubber programs. Dr. Fair served as affiliate professor of chemical engineering at Washington University in St. Louis from 1964 to 1977. He was a former director of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers; a former president of James R. Fair Inc.; and a former vice president of Fractionation Research Inc. His many honors included numerous awards from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, which elected him a fellow; the Separations Science and Technology Award of the American Chemical Society; election to the National Academy of Engineering; and the Gold Medallion award from the American Society for Engineering Education. A member of Sigma Nu fraternity, he was inducted into the Georgia Tech Engineering Hall of Fame’s inaugural class in 1994. He served on the external advisory board of the Institute’s School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering for several years. Dr. Fair authored or co-authored seven books and more than 200 technical articles and book chapters. Also a researcher of railroad history, he published numerous articles and two full-length books on the subject.
John Lawrence “Pete” Gray, ChE 40, of Atlanta, on Nov. 22. Mr. Gray received a master’s degree in paper technology from the Institute of Paper Chemistry at Lawrence College in Appleton, Wis. After working with BFGoodrich as a process engineer, he began a 56-year career with Chemical Products Corp. and its affiliate company, Dellinger Management Co., both in Cartersville, Ga. Mr. Gray worked in a variety of positions with the company and ultimately became president and associate chairman of the board. He retired in 2003. He had served as chairman of the Georgia Business & Industry Association, a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, president of the Cartersville Rotary Club and as an elder at his church. Survivors include his daughter Mary Elizabeth Gray Hart, ChE 78, his son-in-law Frank A. Brown Jr., IE 70, and grandchildren Laurie Catherine Brown Jones, ABiol 95, and Frank Alvin “Chip” Brown III, Mgt 01.
Joseph Brooks Haas, Arch 44, of Jacksonville, Fla., on Nov. 12. A member of Sigma Chi fraternity at Tech, he served in the infantry in World War II as a lieutenant and engaged in combat in the European theater. He began practicing architecture with Reynolds, Smith and Hills in Jacksonville in 1947 and later developed his own commercial architectural design firm, Haas & Reed Architects. He was a member of the Rotary Club, a world traveler, an avid snow skier, a fencer and a sailor.
James Robert Huff, CE 49, of Centreville, Va., on Nov. 12. Mr. Huff worked for the Virginia Department of Highways and in Missouri before becoming public works director of Saratoga, Calif., in 1959. He was promoted to city manager in 1967. He later served as city or borough manager in Sikeston, Mo., Wilkinsburg, Pa., and Oskaloosa, Iowa, retiring in 1994. Mr. Huff served in the Army in the Philippines and received a master’s degree in public administration from San Jose State University.
Thomas Moore Jones Jr., EE 43, of Matthews, N.C., formerly of Atlanta, on Oct. 16. A co-op student and member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity and the track team at Georgia Tech, he served as a lieutenant in the Army Signal Corps of Engineers during World War II. After serving as a sales engineer with the John Underwood Co., he started his own business and pursued a career in engineering sales, representing manufacturers of boilers, fans and HVAC equipment. He retired from the company in 1981 and worked for Borie Davis Inc. until his second retirement at the age of 85. At his church, he served as chair of the board of deacons and was a choir member for more than 40 years. Survivors include his son, Thomas Methvin Jones Sr., IE 74.
Keith Thomas, IM 49, of Norcross, Ga., on Nov. 10. Mr. Thomas was the owner of POP Enterprises, a commercial printing firm in Chamblee, Ga. He was an Army veteran and a member of the Pinckneyville Bridge Club.
Lovic Pierce “Buddy” Baker, Cls 50, of Peachtree City, Ga., on Sept. 26. Mr. Baker joined the Navy at 17 and served five years before attending Georgia Tech. He left Tech at the beginning of his senior year to manage the family insurance business, L.P. Baker Agency, after the death of his father. He managed the agency for 39 years before retiring in 1987. He was active in the Boy Scouts and Habitat for Humanity and was an avid fan of the Atlanta Braves and the Yellow Jackets.
William Eugene “Bill” Ballew, IM 56, of Maryville, Tenn., on Oct. 11. A World War II veteran, Mr. Ballew retired following a 31-year career with Alcoa.
Charles Edwin “Ed” Baskin, IM 53, of Marietta, Ga., on July 8. A lifelong resident of Marietta, he was employed at Lockheed from 1955 until 1968 and at IBM from 1968 until 1988. He was a member of Georgia Tech’s varsity football team in 1950. As captain of the track team in 1952, he was SEC champion in the javelin. Survivors include his son, Ted Baskin, CS 96.
Vernon W. Bates, IM 57, of Sarasota, Fla., on Nov. 9. A Korean War veteran, he served with the Navy VP-21 Squadron from 1949 to 1952. He was an air traffic controller in Hampton, Ga. He was an emeritus member of the Grand Lodge of Georgia F&AM.
Charles Benson Bottoms Jr., Cls 50, of Atlanta, on Oct. 12. Mr. Bottoms was the national cold drink marketing manager in a 40-year career with Coca-Cola USA. He graduated from Auburn University in 1950 and went to the artillery school at Fort Sill, Okla., as a regular Army officer. In 50 years of involvement with the Boy Scouts, he was named an Eagle Scout, served as a Scoutmaster and received the Silver Beaver Award.
“Smiling” Jack Burgess, ME 55, a resident of Kennesaw, Ga., on Oct. 14, after a four-year battle with Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Mr. Burgess retired from a 50-year career with Goodyear Aerospace Corp. in 2005. Mr. Burgess served in the Army Corps of Engineers and attained the rank of captain. He taught Sunday school classes for 36 years.
McNeill B. “Mack” Carter, Cls 51, a resident of Marble, N.C., on Oct. 31. He joined the Navy after graduating from high school and served in the Seabees during World War II. Mr. Carter retired from the Postal Service. He was an avid gardener especially fond of daylilies.
William Edward “Bill” Cheeley Sr., IE 52, of Buford, Ga., on Oct. 21. An inventor, Mr. Cheeley was awarded numerous patents while working for Reynolds Metals. A vice president of Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity and president of Scabbard and Blade while at Georgia Tech, Mr. Cheeley served in the Army during World War II and received the Purple Heart.
Larkin Francis Culbreth Jr., EE 51, MS AMath 55, of Fern Park, Fla., on Nov. 15. He retired following a 34-year career with Martin-Marietta.
James E. Curry, ChE 50, MS ChE 51, of Madison, Ala., on Oct. 22. Dr. Curry served in the Army during World War II and later was a federal employee, initially hired by the Army Ballistic Missile Agency in 1957. He worked for NASA for 24 years and earned numerous honors, including the NASA Exceptional Service Medal in 1975. Dr. Curry retired from NASA in 1981 as chief of the organization’s nonmetallic materials branch. Dr. Curry, who received a PhD in chemical engineering from the University of Alabama in 1972, taught courses in the university’s chemical engineering department, and he later worked for Remtech and Northrop Grumman.
Malcolm Daniel “Dan” Davidson, IM 59, of San Antonio, on Oct. 24. A member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity at Tech, Mr. Davidson served in the Army Reserve and had a career as a sales professional. He was a Sunday school teacher at his church.
Charles H. Drew, Cls 50, a resident of Flowery Branch, Ga., on Oct. 2. He served in the Army Air Forces before he attended Georgia Tech. Mr. Drew retired from Harris-Lanier after 40 years as a divisional vice president. He was a Sunday school teacher and an ordained deacon and was active in Civitian and Little League Baseball.
Robert Park Ellis, IM 59, of Atlanta, on Nov. 8. Mr. Ellis worked for several real estate companies before opening the Atlanta office of Fletcher Bright Co. He retired after 25 years as president of the Atlanta branch. A member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity at Tech, he attended the Institute on a naval scholarship. He was commissioned in the Navy and served aboard the USS Hancock aircraft carrier. A long-distance runner, he was a member of the Atlanta Track Club for many years. He also played the ukulele and served as a senior and junior warden and a Sunday school teacher at his church.
Thomas Edison Flanders, EE 52, MS EE 58, on Feb. 28, 2009. An electrical engineer, Mr. Flanders joined the space program with Chrysler Corp. in Huntsville, Ala., in 1961 as chief of three units in the static test firing of Saturn IB and Saturn V rockets. He served as senior design engineer for General Electric from 1969 to 1988 and designed and patented a linear electric motor with Trilogy Co. in 1988. From 1995 to ’98, he was an analog design engineer for Lockheed Martin. Mr. Flanders was a veteran of World War II and the Korean War. For years he drove a school bus full of children across the country to build and repair churches and houses. He also participated in the United Methodist Action Mission Reach Out for Youth program for 20 years. Survivors include his brother-in-law James Woolley, CE 62, niece Karen Woolley Hursh, AE 86, and nephew J. Byron Flanders, TChem 85.
Edwin H. Folk III, M CP 54, of Philadelphia, on July 3. He was executive director of the Citizens Council on City Planning in Philadelphia from 1962 until it closed in 1971. From 1971 to ’74, Mr. Folk was with the Mental Health Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania, evaluating community mental health and mental retardation programs in the city. He received a bachelor’s degree from Princeton in 1950.
Asa B. Foster Jr., CE 52, of Pinehurst, N.C., on May 24. After serving in the Korean War as a commissioned second lieutenant in the Army Corps of Engineers, he returned to Atlanta and worked for consulting engineering firms until 1961, when he joined the Public Health Services, precursor to the Environmental Protection Agency. During his career with the EPA, he ran programs in water, air, solid and hazardous waste, pesticides, radiation and noise at the regional division level. He received numerous awards from the agency and the Office of Management of Budget. He retired from the EPA at age 50 and worked for a firm that operated water and wastewater plants for cities under contract. A registered professional engineer in Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, South Carolina and North Carolina, Mr. Foster served as president of the Georgia Section of Civil Engineers and was selected as Engineer of the Year by his peers. He was a life member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association, American Society of Civil Engineers and the Georgia Sheriffs’ Association. He also was a member of the American Legion. Survivors include his daughter Jane, Arch 77.
Ernest Greene Graham Jr., Text 51, of Winder, Ga., on Oct. 4. Mr. Graham was the retired owner/operator of Graham Cleaners. A first lieutenant in the Air Force during the Korean War era, he was a former member of the Winder City Board of Education; a charter member of the Winder Noon Lions Club; and a recipient of the 2009 Winder Rotary Club’s Vocational Excellence Award. He filmed football games for Winder-Barrow High School for 10 years. He had served as a Sunday school teacher, deacon, board chair and an elder at his church.
George “Gantt” Hamner, ME 53, a resident of Palm Bay, Fla., on Nov. 3. He worked for Texas Instruments before joining Radiation Corp., which later became Harris Corp. He retired from the company following 35 years of service during which he was awarded several patents. Mr. Hamner served in the Marine Corps from 1949 through 1951 at Camp LeJeune, N.C. Mr. Hamner’s hobbies included cooking, dancing and fly-fishing.
William King Hatcher, BS 52, Arch 56, of Jacksonville, Fla., on Oct. 27. He recently retired from the board of directors at Baptist Medical Center after 39 years of service. He was an active supporter of such organizations as the Baptist Health Foundation, Wolfson Children’s Hospital, Jacksonville Community Foundation, Jacksonville University and Pickett & Hatcher Educational Fund in Columbus, Ga. He served as a commissioned officer in the Navy for 10 years.
Charles W. Jackson, EE 52, of Lenexa, Kan., on Oct. 19. An Army veteran of the Korean War, he worked for AT&T for 30 years, retiring as an assistant vice president, and then spent three years as a consultant for Boeing. Before moving to Lenexa in 2006, he and his wife owned and operated an H&R Block franchise as well as an apple orchard in Kentucky. He was a Kentucky colonel, Boy Scout leader and member of the Elks Club.
William Lee Lassetter, EE 57, of Charlottesville, Va., on Oct. 2. He received a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the University of Georgia in 1948 and enlisted in the Air Force in 1950, working as an airborne radar systems mechanic while stationed in Manchester, England. He began his career as an electrical engineer with Sperry Marine Systems. He was a supporter of the Charlottesville and University Symphony Orchestra and learned to play the cello.
George Walter Martin Sr., AE 57, MS AE 58, of Kennesaw, Ga., on Oct. 14. An aerospace engineer, Mr. Martin worked for Martin Marietta and Lockheed Georgia on the C5A project and later consulted with Boeing, Pratt & Whitney, Grumman and Gulfstream on design projects for commercial, government and private aircraft. He also designed and built custom homes in Roswell and Smyrna. Mr. Martin served in the Army during the Korean War. He was a member of the Tau Alpha Pi, Phi Kappa Phi and Sigma Gamma Tau honor societies.
Charles “Jack” McDaniel Jr., IM 59, of Columbus, Ga., on Oct. 12. Mr. McDaniel was the owner and operator of McDaniel and Associates for 40 years and spent the past eight years working for Whatley Oil Co. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity at Tech and a veteran of the Marines.
Stanley M. Milam, Cls 59, of Springfield, Ga., on Nov. 10. He served as a sergeant in the Army Reserve and retired from IBM after 32 years with the company. He was past commodore of the Hillsboro Inlet Sailing Club and an avid drag racer.
Thurman Turner Morgan, CE 56, a resident of Charleston, S.C., on Nov. 12. He served in the Army and the Reserve, achieving the rank of lieutenant colonel. He was a retired civil engineer with the Army Corps of Engineers.
Preston Earl Newman, EE 50, of Rome, Ga., on Oct. 1. Mr. Newman was the founding partner of Newman Hibble & Associates Consulting Engineers in Atlanta. He served two terms on the Georgia board of professional engineers and land surveyors and was elected to the College of Fellows of the American Consulting Engineers Council. A World War II veteran, Mr. Newman served in the Marine Corps’ 2nd Division in the Pacific from 1941 to ’45, earning the Bronze Star for the Okinawa Gunto campaign.
George Campbell Oetter, Cls 50, of Macon, Ga., on Aug. 22. A member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity while at Tech, he retired from the Air Force.
John Thomas Rich, TE 52, of Clemson, S.C., on Oct. 28. A Navy veteran, Mr. Rich was the site manager of the BASF Clemson plant. He was a member of the Clemson Rotary Club and a past president of the South Carolina Manufacturers Alliance. He was a former Sunday school teacher and deacon at his church.
Philip Goodenow Rust Jr., IE 54, a resident of Thomasville, Ga., on Oct. 25. Mr. Rust worked as an industrial engineer before joining his father in managing the family cattle business at Winnstead Plantation in Thomasville. He continued to manage the plantation until his death. Mr. Rust was involved in a number of organizations in Thomasville, including the Thomas County Historical Society. Survivors include his brother Francis Rust, ChE 56.
Henry Lee Spence, AE 59, of Mansfield, Texas, on Oct. 29. Mr. Spence, who earned a master’s degree from Southern Methodist University and completed MIT’s Sloan Program for Senior Executives, began his career at Convair/General Dynamics and in 1962 joined LTV, which later became Vought Aircraft Co. During his career with the company, he was in charge of the design, development and production of the B-2 bomber. He retired in 1994 as vice president and general manager for military programs. Mr. Spence’s lifelong hobby was building and flying free-flight model airplanes. He served three times on U.S. teams that competed in the world championships. In 1969, he placed third at the world championships in Wiener Neustadt, Austria. In September, Mr. Spence was chosen to serve once again on the U.S. team. He would have competed at the world championships in May in Argentina.
John Hugh Stempel, IE 50, of Longview, Texas, on Nov. 6. He joined the family business, Stempel Manufacturing Co., in 1951 and upon the death of his father in 1968 became president. Mr. Stempel served as chairman of the board until retiring in 1997. He was mayor of Coleman, Texas, from 1975 to 1989. He also had served as president of the city’s Chamber of Commerce and was a member of the Rotary Club and a Paul Harris fellow. Mr. Stempel served in World War II and then in the Navy Reserve, retiring as a lieutenant commander after more than 25 years of service. He was president of Delta Sigma Phi fraternity while at Tech.
John Mitcham Vernon, ME 58, of Durham, N.C., on Oct. 26. Following graduation, he spent two years in New Mexico as an officer and engineer for the Air Force. After earning an MBA from the University of Mississippi and a PhD in economics from MIT, Dr. Vernon joined the faculty at Duke University, where he was an economics professor for 41 years before retiring in 2007. From 1987 to 1989, he served as chair of Duke’s department of economics. He was a research fellow at the Harvard Business School from 1969 to 1970 and at the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom from 1974 to 1975.
John Roy Warren, EE 53, of Austell, Ga., on Nov. 17. He enlisted in the Air Force in 1946. He spent his entire career with Southern Bell and BellSouth, retiring as network operations manager in 1991. During his 38 years with the company, Mr. Warren oversaw telephone switching technology changeovers from operator assist to electromechanical, then to electronic and later to early generations of digital switching. Survivors include his son, John Robert Madison Warren, IE 86, MBA 05.
Austin Walker West Jr., ChE 50, a resident of Birmingham, Ala., on Nov. 9. He worked for Monsanto Chemical Co. before joining Reichhold Chemicals Inc. in Tuscaloosa. During World War II, he served in the Army Corps of Engineers on islands in the southwest Pacific. He was a member of Omicron Delta Kappa and Alpha Tau Omega and editor of the Blueprint while at Tech. While living in Tuscaloosa, he was a member of the Black Warrior Council of the Boy Scouts.
Leroy Samuel “Lee” Ayers, Cls 60, of Roswell, Ga., on Nov. 3. Mr. Ayers received a bachelor of arts degree from Oglethorpe University and worked for many years at Ford Motor Co. as a merchandising manager, receiving numerous awards. He then founded First Century Financial Corp., which provided leases to new car dealers. Mr. Ayers was an avid car collector and enjoyed customizing Harley-Davidson motorcycles.
Claude Singleton Bridges III, ME 65, of Atlanta, on Nov. 17, of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig’s disease. After a brief stint with Procter & Gamble in Cincinnati, he returned to Atlanta and joined Malone Construction Co., retiring in 2008 as senior vice president. In his 40-year career with the company, he oversaw the construction of projects throughout the Atlanta area, including construction and renovations at Hartsfield-Jackson Airport, Emory University Hospital and many personal residences. He served on the properties committees of Trinity Presbyterian Church and Cherokee Town and Country Club and in a variety of leadership roles in his 20 years of membership in the Dunwoody Rotary Club, which recently named him an honorary member. He was a former member of the Georgia Tech Alumni Association board of trustees.
Lloyd Lee Byars, EE 62, MS IM 63, of Atlanta, on Oct. 9, after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. Dr. Byars, who earned a doctorate in business from Georgia State University, spent the latter part of his career as a tenured professor at Georgia Tech. He served as interim dean of the College of Management in the late 1990s and retired from the college in 2008 as professor emeritus of organizational behavior. He authored several college textbooks and served on the editorial review boards of the Journal of Managerial Issues, Journal of Management Case Studies and Journal of Systems Management. Dr. Byars also was a labor arbitrator for 40 years and was appointed to the board of governors for the National Academy of Arbitrators. He arbitrated cases in Europe, Central America and the Caribbean. Dr. Byars served as chairman of the board of deacons at his church.
Robert Lee Cannon Jr., ME 60, of Alpharetta, Ga., on Oct. 2. His career in mechanical engineering included work for Carrier Atlanta, the General Services Administration, the Federal Aviation Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Raytheon Services Inc. He served in the Air Force and Air Force Reserve.
David Thomas Daniel, IM 60, of Cocoa, Fla., on Nov. 4. He earned a master’s degree from Florida State University and served as a pilot in the Air Force. He worked for RCA at Patrick Air Force Base and for the Brevard County School Board before joining the staff of Park Avenue Baptist Church in Titusville, Fla., and serving in administrative and ministerial roles.
Allison Maynard “Al” Fleetwood Sr., Cls 60, of Canton, N.C., on Nov. 15, of cancer. He served as an aviator in the Marine Corps and later served many years in the Reserve, attaining the rank of major. In his career as an architect, Mr. Fleetwood was associated with several Atlanta firms, including John Portman and Associates, and traveled extensively to work on projects in the United States, Southeast Asia and the Caribbean. He held various leadership positions in the American Institute of Architects, loved music and art and was an avid reader.
Randy Jones, EE 69, MS EE 70, PhD EE 85, of Tucker, Ga., on Nov. 4. He was an engineer with the Army Corps of Engineers.
Samuel H. Swint Jr., Text 60, of Southampton, N.Y., on Sept. 13. Mr. Swint had a 34-year career with Graniteville Co., a textile firm that manufactured denim for jeans, retiring as executive vice president. An Army veteran, he served on the boards of Long Island University and the Southampton Hospital Foundation; on the finance committee of East End Hospice; and on the advisory committee of the Rogers Memorial Library. He also founded the Eastern Long Island Coastal Conservation Alliance. For many years, he served as chairman of the Swint Foundation, a charitable trust founded by his father.
A. Michael Varney, AE 63, MS AE 67, PhD AE 70, of Winter Park, Fla., on Oct. 4, after a four-year struggle with multiple systems atrophy. A member of Delta Tau Delta at Georgia Tech, Dr. Varney was an engineer at Pratt & Whitney Aircraft before returning to the Institute to pursue a doctorate. Dr. Varney later served as staff engineer and principal investigator at Martin Marietta, a research member of the aerospace mechanical sciences department at Princeton and a faculty member of the mechanical and aerospace engineering department at the University of Central Florida. In 1970, he founded Applied Combustion Technology Inc., a research and development firm at which Pump Jet technology was developed. He served as president and senior research engineer until his retirement. In the late 1990s, he created Consulting Professional Engineers Inc. to analyze and diagnose combustion-related events for civilian and government legal proceedings. Dr. Varney authored more than 100 technical publications and was a member of Georgia Tech’s Academy of Distinguished Engineering Alumni.
Gary Gordon Watson, AMath 61, MS IE 67, MS ICS 74, of Kennesaw, Ga., formerly of Marietta, on Oct. 30, of cancer. An Air Force veteran, he was stationed at Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, Texas, from 1961 to 1964. He worked at Georgia Tech for 33 years in information technology, retiring in 1997. Survivors include his son Drew Watson, IE 91, MS Mgt 93, and his wife Leah, Mgt 92.
David Herman Webb Jr., Cls 61, of McDonough, Ga., on Nov. 8. Mr. Webb served in the Air Force during the Korean War and worked as an aircraft mechanic for Delta Air Lines for 30 years. Mr. Webb also was a retired bailiff for the magistrate court of Morrow, Ga. He was a past president of the South Metro Atlanta Georgia Tech Club.
Yehuda Menachem Ben-Yaacov, EE 71, MS EE 73, MS NE 76, of Douglasville, Ga., in February 2010.
Robert David Bernstein, CE 76, of Seattle, on Nov. 3, of pancreatic cancer. Mr. Bernstein, who earned a master’s degree in civil engineering from Northwestern University, was a transportation engineer and planner and an avid cyclist. Memorials in his name may be made to Georgia Tech’s School of Civil and Environmental Engineering external advisory board fund.
William Craig “Bill” Dart, GMgt 72, of St. Simons Island, Ga., on Oct. 29. He began a career in the seafood business as a deckhand on a king crab fishing boat. He worked for SeaPak and was a partner in Marine Foods before founding Waterway Foods International, a food brokerage business in St. Simons at which he worked until his death. He volunteered as a youth league coach in Glynn County and was active in community alcohol and drug recovery programs. A member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity while at Tech, Mr. Dart rode around St. Simons Island in a golf cart with a horn that played Ramblin’ Wreck. Mr. Dart’s survivors include his children, Casey Igel, Mgt 98; Jessica Dart, Psy 99; Matt Dart, IE 03; and Beau Dart, Mgt 09, and son-in-law Eric Igel, CE 99.
Charles Rogers “Chuck” Floyd Jr., Econ 78, of Peachtree City, Ga., on Oct. 27. Mr. Floyd received a law degree from Suffolk University in Boston and was a practicing attorney in metro Atlanta and in Philadelphia. He became chief magistrate judge of Fayette County in 2002. A football player at Tech, he enjoyed tennis and golf and ran his first marathon at the age of 48. He was a member of the Georgia Tech Bar Association.
Darrel E. Knaus, MS ICS 79, of Bedford, Texas, on March 13.
Mark A. Sciora, AE 72, of Old Bridge, N.J., on Oct. 13. He retired after 40 years as an operating and aeronautical engineer. An avid drag racer, he had raced at Raceway Park in Old Bridge.
Mark Thomas Henderson, ICS 89, a resident of Ball Ground, Ga., on Oct. 1. Mr. Henderson, who received an MBA from Georgia State University, was a business analyst and project manager at Abel Solutions in Alpharetta. He was part of Leadership North Fulton 2009-10.
Kathleen Frances Melia, MS Psy 83, PhD Psy 85, a resident of Medfield, Mass., on Oct. 27. A behavioral psychologist, she served a postdoctoral fellowship at the Scripps Clinic in San Diego and later was awarded a fellowship at Harvard Medical School. She remained in the greater Boston area working with teens and adults, most recently as clinical director with the Justice Resource Institute’s Disability Services in Framingham. She was an avid runner and reader of 18th century English literature. Survivors include her husband, Rhea T. Eskew Jr., MS Psy 80, PhD Psy 83.
Thomas “Ben” Settle Jr., AE 85, of Arlington, Texas, on Oct. 14. Mr. Settle spent most of his career at Bell Helicopter Textron and most recently worked for Elbit Systems of America as the program manager for unmanned aerial systems. He was a member of the Tau Beta Pi engineering honor society and American Helicopter Society. He published papers on tilt-rotor helicopters and held a related patent.
Charles David Boyer, Phys 94, of Atlanta, on Nov. 22, after being shot in an attempted robbery by a masked gunman in the Virginia-Highland neighborhood of Atlanta. A co-op student while at Georgia Tech, Mr. Boyer worked as a computer engineer in California before returning to Atlanta and running a business selling cell phones. An avid Yellow Jackets fan, he attended a men’s basketball game with his father the week before his death, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
James Edward “Jim” Creech, M Arch 97, of Athens, Ga., on Oct. 17, from complications of adenoid cystic carcinoma. A historical architect, Mr. Creech’s more than 40-year career included work with the federal government documenting archeological sites in Alaska and overseeing the restoration of Abraham Lincoln’s birthplace and childhood home and with the National Park Service revitalizing the Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site in Alabama. He illustrated technical manuals after joining the Air Force in the 1960s. He received a bachelor’s degree from the Atlanta College of Art and a master of fine arts degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Elizabeth Ann “Beth” Judson, MS CerE 91, PhD MSE 99, of Roswell, Ga., on Oct. 26, after an airplane piloted by her husband crashed in Mississippi. Dr. Judson was a consultant to the University-Industry Demonstration Partnership of the National Academies and had been a general manager of a ceramic armor startup associated with Georgia Tech. She had worked with Alcoa and several small ceramic businesses in the Atlanta area. She served on the board of trustees of Alfred University, from which she received bachelor’s degrees in ceramic science and mathematics. She evaluated engineering departments at universities as a member of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. She and her husband helped launch St. Brigid Catholic Church in Johns Creek, Ga., and served on the boards at Blessed Trinity Catholic High School in Roswell. Dr. Judson was a founder and trustee of Southern Catholic College in Dawsonville, Ga. A choir member at her church, she had served as executive director of the Georgia Regional Girls Choir.
Lonnie Harvel, PhD CS 05, a resident of Watkinsville, Ga., on Nov. 4. He was the vice president of educational technology and an associate professor of technology at Georgia Gwinnett College, where he was one of the four charter cabinet members. He had been a senior research scientist in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech, at which he later served as director of the Digital Media Lab, associate director of the Center for Distributed Engineering Education and an affiliate member of the Graphics, Visualization and Usability Center. His research included the development of distributed education architectures and applications, mobile interaction, telepresence, context analysis systems and context-based content filtering. He received a bachelor’s degree in theater and a master’s in computer science from the University of Georgia. A member of the Society for Creative Anachronism, he was referred to as Lord Aoghann Mac Gumrait during re-enactments.
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