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Karl A. Bevins, EE 39, of Atlanta, on July 29. He served as traffic engineer for the city of Atlanta until his retirement in 1978 and was first-chair clarinetist with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.
Bruce Winston Hafley, Cls 39, of Atlanta, on June 28. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He was an artist and portrait painter.
William G. Thrash, CE 39, of Hilton Head Island, S.C., on July 4. He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Marine Corps in 1939 and retired in 1972, having been awarded the Distinguished Service Medal with one Gold Star and the Silver Star Medal, among other honors.
Herbert E. Boss, ME 48, of Escondido, Calif., on July 4. His undergraduate career at Tech was interrupted by his service in the U.S. Army in World War II, during which he earned three Purple Hearts. He worked for the Aerofin Corporation.
Leonard Larkin “Lee” Browning, Jr., EE 47, of Buxton, N.C., on July 7. His service as an officer in the Army Signal Corps in the Pacific Theater of World War II interrupted his time at Tech.
Joseph Edmund “Joe” Daniel, Sr., BE 45, of LaGrange, Ga., on Sept. 23. As a student, he played football and served as president of the Student Government Association and president of his senior class. Mr. Daniel served as a lieutenant in the Navy in World War II and the Korean War. He went on to serve as president of the Daniel Lumber and Construction Company and played an active role in LaGrange civic groups.
Robert Eugene Davis, Cls 49, of Rockmart, Ga., on July 5. He served as a captain in the U.S. Air Force in French Morocco during the Korean War.
Clayton J. Davis, Sr., EE 41, of Fort Myers, Fla., on July 12. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. He worked for IBM.
Wade Hampton Dennis, IE 47, of Atlanta, on July 27. He managed a vending services company, Carolina Vendomatic, and later worked for ARA Services.
Walter Foote Dowman, Jr., Text 49, of Longwood, Fla., on July 26. At Tech, he was a member of Chi Phi Fraternity. He was founder and owner of Walt Dowman’s Mid-Florida Textiles, later known as Mid-Florida Textiles Inc.
Lloyd E. “Nipper” Farley, Cls 48, of Houston, on Sept. 1. He worked in the oil industry, including many years with the Texas Brine Company.
Wilbur D. Fulton, EE 42, of Westminster, Md., on Sept. 2. He served in World War II and the Korean War. He retired as an engineer from AT&T.
Alfred H. Gibeling, ME 43, of San Diego, Calif, on Aug. 22.
Charles Matthews Gorman, Jr., IM 49, of Lake Wales, Fla., on June 6. He served in the Army in Europe during World War II.
William M. “Bill” Hamilton, IM 47, of Westlake, Ohio, on Aug. 26. Mr. Hamilton served in the U.S. Navy in World War II and the Korean War. He retired after 35 years with the Premier Industrial Corporation, working his way up from operations manager to president.
Charles Edgar Hammett, ME 42, of Panama City, Fla., on Aug. 1. He entered the U.S. Army Air Corps after graduating from Tech and served in Vietnam and as a test pilot at Edwards Air Force Base, retiring in 1972 with the rank of colonel.
George S. Hiles, Jr., ChE 45, of Walnut Creek, Calif., on July 20. He was commissioned an Ensign in the U.S. Navy in 1945 and also served in the Korean War. He later worked on the computer-controlled production processing of titanium dioxide at DuPont’s plants.
William Burney Howell, Sr., EE 46, of Temple, Texas, on July 7. He served in the U.S. Naval Reserve during World War II. He retired from Alcoa after 34 years with the company.
Frederick Augustus Hoyt, Jr., Cls 46, of Atlanta, on July 25. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. While at Tech, he was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity. He worked in the insurance and banking industries.
Ben R. Hynes, Jr., Cls 46, of Cape Coral, Fla., on Sept. 5. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War and received the Bronze Star with Valor. He was a project manager for Tuttle White Constructors and Planted Earth and co-owned the Crescent JB Cattle Ranch.
Thomas Campbell Karnes, Jr., ME 42, of Winston-Salem, N.C., on July 22. While at Tech, he was a member of the ROTC program, and later served as a captain in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. He was a senior engineer for Bahnson Corp.
John Francis “Frank” Kneisel, GE 42, of Atlanta, on July 27. He joined the Naval ROTC at Tech and later served on active submarine duty during World War II. He was later commissioned an Ensign in the Navy. In 1959 he founded Kemco Metal Products, a light gauge metal manufacturing company, from which he retired as president in 1981.
James H. Lockhart, EE 41, of Atlanta, on July 25. He served as a naval officer during World War II and went on to have a 44-year career with Georgia Power. Survivors include his son Robert S. Lockhart, AE 72.
Walter Branham Lumsden, Jr., ME 41, of Sweetwater, Tenn., on July 9. He was the Monroe County historian, a trustee at King College and moderator of the Presbytery of East Tennessee.
Charlie McLaughlin, IE 48, of Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., on Jul 23. He served as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Navy.
Samuel C. McLendon, PHE 43, of Palm Beach, Fla., on Aug. 15. He served for three years in World War II on a heavy cruiser and assault troop transport in the Pacific. He was a partner and part owner of the consulting engineering firm H2M Group and was a member of the Georgia Tech Club of the Palm Beaches.
Andrew H. Muzio, ME 45, of Akron, Ohio, on Sept. 4. He served as a Naval officer for seven years, serving in the Pacific during World War II and in the Korean War. He worked for the R.D. Cole Manufacturing Company and later Babcock and Wilcox.
W. Vincent Neisius, ChE 40, of Atlanta, on Sept. 18. While a student at Tech, he was a member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. After receiving his master’s in mathematics from Emory, he returned to Tech and taught math for 10 years. Later, he helped design some of the earliest computers, working for Thompson-Ramo-Wooldridge from 1961 until his retirement in 1987. A member of Mensa, his favorite saying was, “Oh joy, oh rapture!”
Edwin King Nelson III, GE 49, of Tampa, Fla., on July 27. He served on the Coast Guard Reserve and retired after a 39-year career at the Tampa Electric Company. Survivors include his son Phillip Nelson, IM 81.
Francis M. “Rip” Ripley, Cls 40, of Decatur, Ga., on Aug. 30. He served in the U.S. Army in Japan after the end of World War II. He retired from Southern Bell after 36 years as a field engineer.
James G. Robertson, Jr., EE 49, of Dallas, Texas, on Aug. 10. Before attending Tech, he served in World War II as a naval combat aircraft radar technician in the Pacific. He retired from IBM after 35 years and founded the Root Seekers Genealogical Society.
Charles “Chuck” Wallace Samford, CE 47, MS CE 79, of Duval, Fla., on July 17. His undergraduate career at Tech was interrupted by his service in the U.S. Army in World War II. From 1979-1988, he and his wife, Mary, served the Presbyterian Church (USA) in Malawi, Africa. Survivors include his son Charles M. Samford, CE 78, and grandson Timothy Samford, ME 07.
Edwin Houston Smith, EE 47, of Atlanta, on Aug. 8. His undergraduate studies at Tech were interrupted by World War II, in which he served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Signal Corps. Survivors include his son Edwin Houston Smith, Jr., IE 71, and granddaughter Ashley Warlick, HTS 05. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Georgia Tech Living History Program.
Julius William Wallis, IM 48, of Atlanta, on Sept. 8. He served in the U.S. Army Air Force as a navigator on a B-24. He later retired from the Atlanta Gas Light Company as a measurement engineer.
Thomas Wesley “Wes” Bailey, IE 59, of Rocky Mount, N.C., on Aug. 1. He is survived by, among others, his son Mitchell Bailey, AE 87. He retired from Barcalounger as vice president of manufacturing.
Francis “Frank” Ignatius Barry, IM 50, of Savannah, Ga., on Aug. 13. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II and spent 15 months in POW camps until he was liberated by U.S. forces. He retired from the Union Camp Corporation as credit union manager after 35 years and later taught economics at Armstrong State College.
Robert Louis Bates, Jr., CE 59, MS SanE 67, of Jacksonville, Fla., on June 29. He formed Robert Bates & Associates and worked as an engineer for 43 years. He is survived by, among others, his son Matthew “Bo” Bates, ChE 84.
Richard E. Black, Sr., CE 52, of Cleveland, Ga., on Aug. 14. He served in the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II. He worked in the construction industry as an engineer and general contractor.
William Charles Boswell, Jr., CE 58, of Macon, Ga., on July 18. At Tech, he was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity. He served as an officer in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Survivors include his son William Charles Boswell III, IE 92, and daughter-in-law, Shannon Roark Boswell, CE 94.
Charles Hunt Brown, Jr., IE 50, MS IE 51, of Dunwoody, Ga., on July 7. He played football for Bobby Dodd while at Tech, and then served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He went on to serve as an umpire for SEC football games and worked as a manufacturer’s representative in commercial lighting.
William S. Bowers, Cls 52, of Las Vegas, Nev., on Aug. 5. He twice served in the U.S. Army. He retired after 33 years at IBM.
Charles F. Buckley, ME 50, of Duxbury, Mass., on July 4. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He worked as an engineer for the Stone and Webster Company.
Harris Burns, Jr., CE 54, MS ChE 57, PhD Chem 64, of Waynesville, N.C., on Aug. 30. He served in the U.S. Army Chemical Corps. Mr. Burns also taught at the university level for many years and served as an inaugural member of the faculty of Mercer University’s School of Engineering.
John Youmans Carter, Jr., Cls 50, of Atlanta, on July 6. Before attending Tech, he served in the U.S. Air Corp during World War II. He owned the business Wallcovering World.
James Robert Chalker, ME 55, of Hoover, Ala., on June 28. During his time at Tech, he was a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity and the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Marching Band. After college, he served in the U.S. Navy and worked for the Alabama Power Company.
Joseph “Joe” L. Chambers, IM 60, of Kennesaw, Ga., on Aug. 12. He worked as a prosecuting attorney in various counties from 1973 to his retirement 2005 and was an avid Yellow Jackets fan.
Marvin F. Coffee, IE 59, of Powder Springs, Ga., on July 23. He served as a United Methodist Minister in North Georgia for 25 years after a career at Southern Bell.
Robert Drew “Bob” Conger, Jr., Arch 52, of Jackson, Tenn., on Sept. 20. He served in the U.S. Army during the occupation of Japan. He was a partner in Conger-Parker Lumber Company and Conger-Parker Ready-Mix Concrete Company, director of the Tennessee Building Materials Dealers Association and, later in life, a travel agent. He was president of the United States Jaycees in 1961, served on the board of directors for Habitat for Humanity and served as a delegate to the National Democratic Convention, among many other civic involvements.
John Russell Davis, IE 56, of Greenville, S.C., on Aug. 23. He was a member of Alpha Tau Omega while at Tech. He retired as district manager of the Square D Company.
James Raymond Detrio, ChE 51, of Ogden, Utah, on Aug. 27. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and in the Marine Corps during the Korean War. He went on to work for the U.S. Rubber Company in New York City and Mexico City.
Marvin A. Feinman, IM 58, of Brookline, Mass., in June. He was the longest-serving member of the Brookline Town Council, with 30 years as the area’s head constable. He worked for Western Electric and Boeing.
Sloan Reid “Sandy” Gill, IM 52, of Agoura Hills, Calif., on Aug. 22. He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in 1952 and retired in 1989 as Major General. He was nominated by President Ronald Regan in 1982 as Chief of the Air Force Reserve and Commander of the Air Force Reserve Command.
James Franklin Gilliland, Cls 55, of Ellenton, Fla., on July 1. He worked in cost estimation and engineering on many highway infrastructure projects, including all major interstate highways, throughout Florida.
Ralph S. Healey, EE 50, of Atlanta, on Sept. 16. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II as a paratrooper and received a Purple Heart. He founded Ralph Healey and Associates Control Instruments.
William Callaway Henry, IE 52 of Peachtree City, Ga., on July 9. Before attending Tech, he served in the U.S. Army and worked on the reconstruction of Japan after World War II.
Lee Ernest Kitchens, Jr., EE 56, of Orange, Fla., on July 8. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He was an electronics engineer for RCA.
David N. Keyser, CE 54, of Cincinnati, Ohio, on Dec. 26. 2010.
Cecil Morefield Lemon, IE 50, of Port Saint Lucie, Fla., in August. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He worked in sales and management in the construction industry.
Harlow E. Lichtwardt, IE 54, of Fayetetteville, Ga., on July 17. His time at Tech was interrupted by service in the U.S. Army in World War II. Mr. Lichtwardt worked in design, development and marketing. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Georgia Tech Alumni Association.
Clyde Courtney Lunsford, Jr., Text 53, of Effingham, Ga., on July 27. He served in the U.S. Navy in the Korean War and later spent his career as a textile engineer with Southern Mills.
Jasper “Moke” Martin, ME 51, of Hixson, Tenn., on July 15. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and the Korean War and had a 35-year career with DuPont.
Robert W. Mathis, IM 50, of Scottsdale, Ariz., on July 16. He served in the U.S. Navy reserves.
William Wesley Mills, Jr., IE 58, of York, Va., on July 13. He served in the Army National Guard, achieving the rank of Major. He retired from Newport News Shipbuilding after 32 years as an engineer.
Olen Eben Morgan, SanE 59, of Charlotte, N.C., on July 3. He served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War and as a Russian language translator. He retired as the owner of Pool Builders Supply.
Carl Samuel Myers, Jr., AE 55, of Greenville, S.C., on Sept. 6. He served in the U.S. Air Force and worked as a structural engineer for Jacobs.
Clifton H. Philpot, Jr., EE 52, of Lawrenceburg, Tenn., on July 24. He owned the Philpot Meter Lab.
Lewis Adolphus Rumph, IM 51, of Houston, Texas, on July 14.
Payton C. Mayo, ME 50, of Jonesboro, Ga., on May 10.
Harvey Gene Strong, Arch 50, M Arch 54, of Ironton, Mo., on Aug. 15. At Tech, he was a member of the Tau Beta Pi, Phi Kappa Phi and Architectural Society honorary societies. After college, he served as a Commissioned Officer in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Michael “Mike” W. Tierney, Cls 57, of Montclair, Va., on July 24. He served in the Marine Corps and retired in 1985 as Lieutenant Colonel. While at Tech, he and friends formed a popular singing group, The Techniques, known for their tight harmonies.
Charles Rupert Turner, ChE 56, of Houston, on Aug. 29. He retired from Shell Oil Company as manager of government relations in 1994. He was preceded in death by his brother, Raymond Edmund Turner, IE 59.
James F. White, III, IM 58, of Atlanta, on June 1. He served as a Naval Aviator during the Cuban Missile Crisis and worked as a business appraiser with Houlihan Valuation Advisors of the Southeast.
Durward “Will” Wilson, IE 50, of Tarrant, Texas, on Aug. 15. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. In 1985, he retired as CEO and chairman of the board of Texas Steel Co.
Joe P. Woodbery, Phys 59, of Quincy, Fla., on July 10. He was a certified public accountant.
Richard Hall Austin, MS InfoSci 67, of Irvington, Va., on Sept. 9. He worked for the School of Information Science at Tech and retired from the U.S. Army Foreign Science and Technology Center as chief of the Technical Information Branch in 1985. He was a member of the U.S. Naval Institute and the United States Coast Guard Auxilliary.
Ted L. Biddy, CE 63, of Tallahassee, Fla., on Aug. 25. He served for three years in the U.S. Army and, during his senior year at Tech, taught surveying.
Oscar Virgil “Bud” Bryan, Jr., IE 68, of Marietta, Ga., on July 20. He served in the Air Force for 26 years as an engineer and retired as a Colonel. At Tech, he was a member of Chi Psi fraternity.
Gary Floyd Evans, Cls 69, of Macon, Ga., on Sept. 2. He was a professional photographer and engineer.
Thomas Leftridge Gibson, Jr., Cls 61, of Jarrettsville, Md., on Jan. 24.
James House, Phys 69, MS AMath 03, of Woodstock, Ga., on July 13. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Georgia Tech Foundation’s Scholarship Fund.
Howard S. Jackson, ME 63, of Alvarado, Texas, on May 24. He retired from Bell Helicopter after a career as a mechanical engineer.
Arthur Luedtke, Jr., ISyE 65, MS ISyE 68, of DeFuniak Springs, Fla., on July 7. After graduation, he served as First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army and worked for Monsanto as an industrial engineer.
Edward Grady Rodgers, ISyE 59, MS ISye 66, of Pensacola, Fla., on Sept. 19. He worked for 27 years as a professor of computer science at the University of West Florida, and he previously worked as a manager and consultant in systems or operations research for companies like IBM and General Tire & Rubber Co. Among others, he is survived by his daughter Julie Rodgers, IE 87. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Georgia Tech Foundation.
Hal Davis Saunders, IM 60, of Greer, S.C., on July 25. He worked as a customer service agent for Eastern Air Lines.
George Mauldin Scott, Jr., BC 66, of Charlotte, N.C., on Aug. 11. After graduating he served in the Air National Guard and built custom homes. Later, Mr. Scott opened Wendy’s restaurant franchises throughout the Southeast and worked as a contractor and real estate broker.
James L. Ward, IE 65, of Copperhill, Tenn., on Aug. 27.
Carl Bryce Arvidson, IE 77, of Simpsonville, S.C., on Aug. 6. He worked for the Fluor Corporation.
Mark Warland Bargeron, MS ICS 72, of San Antonio, Texas, on Aug. 11. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War.
Bob Bukovsky, ChE 76, ICS 87, of Signal Mountain, Tenn., on July 23. He worked at Synterprise and taught chemical engineering technology at Chattanooga State College.
William “Bill” Wayne Burnett, Cls 73, of Acworth, Ga., on July 31. He worked at Wilkerson Construction Company.
Harold C. Clifford, Phys 72, of Greenback, Tenn., on Jan. 17. He worked in product and software development and was senior engineering manager at PSC/Datalogic. Mr. Clifford held many patents.
Ronald Burett Fost, MS ESM 70, PhD ESM 74, of Fernandina Beach, Fla., on Aug. 3. He worked for Lockheed, Teledyne Brown, General Electric and Wright Patterson Air Force Base before retiring and serving as a greeter at the Amelia Island Museum of History.
Richard Kahler, IE 70, of Largo, Fla., on Aug. 26. In the 1980s, he served as vice mayor of Indian Rocks Beach, Fla.
Clarence Steven Matthews, MS CE 73, of St. Stephen, S.C., on Aug. 15. He was an employee of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for 10 years and worked for the city of Charleston, S.C., for another decade before founding his own business, Alchris Engineers.
William David Suttles, BehMgt 72, of Marietta, Ga., on July 16. He enjoyed a long career in commercial banking.
Steven M. Werden, Phys 77, of Bridgewater, N.J., on Sept. 3. He held many patents and spent his career at AT&T Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies and Philips Electronics. He retired from Verizon Wireless as director of device evolution.
Casilo D. Hughes, Jr., EE 85, of Orlando, Fla., on Aug. 11.
Martha Ann Busby Reimann, M CP 88, of Decatur, Ga., on July 17. She was the community development coordinator with the Georgia Main Street Program.
Thomas Steven “Steve” Sheffield, IM 81, of Dacula, Ga., on Aug. 18. He worked in the financial management field and most recently served as a practice manager for Athens Vascular Specialists.
John R. Stulce, Cls 86, of Eatonton, Ga., on Dec. 28, 2010.
Mark A. Jardina, Mgt 92, of Atlanta, on Sept. 15. He worked in technology sales before joining his brothers at J.J. Jardina Inc. Survivors include his brothers Paul Jardina, IE 88, and J. Matt Jardina, Mgt 90.
Michael John Warnock, Cls 97, of Nashville, Tenn., on Aug. 27. He was an avid outdoorsman and worked for Cornerstone Technical Group as an applications engineer.
Andrew J. Weiner, Cls 94 of Henderson, Nev., on July 29. He was the principal of White Spider Technical Solutions.
William Scott King, ME 02, of Athens, Ga., on July 14. In 2006, he received the U.S. Green Building Council’s designation as a LEED Accredited Professional for his successful implementation of LEED green building rating system within Emory University’s Few and Evans residence halls.
Christopher “Critter” Remillard, CE 09, of Dacula, Ga., on Aug. 2. He worked as an engineer at RTS Associates.
Donald Wayne Forester, of Springfield, Va., on Aug. 29. He formerly served as assistant professor of physics at Tech.
John F.R. Kuck, Jr., of Atlanta, on Aug. 4. Beginning in 1988, he served as visiting professor at Tech for five years.
John Lauren Lundberg, of Alpharetta, Ga., on Sept. 2. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He served as Tech’s Callaway Professor of Textile Engineering and retired as professor emeritus in 1991. He is survived by, among others, son Karl Lundberg, CE 84, and granddaughter Lisa Thornberry, a chemical engineering student.
Judith Priddy Orr, of San Diego, Calif., on Aug. 28. She was the first Dean of Women at Georgia Tech.
Jane J. Richardson, of West Palm Beach, Fla., on July 28. She is survived by, among others, her husband, Donald Richardson, AE 51. In 1951, she received one of the first honorary degrees awarded by Tech for Mistress of Patience in Husband Engineering.
Robert Snyder, of Atlanta, on Sept. 1. He was professor and co-chair of Tech’s School of Materials Science and Engineering. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations in his name to the Georgia Tech Foundation.
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I wish to inform you of the death of John Howard Best on 5 Nov 2011 in Dallas, TX. He graduated from Tech during WWII as a participant in the U.S. Navy V12 program. He completed his engineering career after 40 years with Chance Vought Aircraft of Dallas. He was an engineering department director at retirement.
Submitted by Reginald Robinson, BCE ’57, Irving, TX
(I worked with “Howie” for several years at Vought)
My father Arthur Luedtke Jr was 70 when he passed away. Thank you for this . Be blessed. He loved GT.