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1930s
Charles Staples, ME 38, of Santa Rosa, Calif., on Nov. 29. Naval Reserve (Submarine service, Lt. Cmdr.), World War II. Plant engineer, Proctor and Gamble.
1940s
Bruce Benjamin Blackburn Jr., EE 47, of St. Petersburg, Fla., on Nov. 1. Army (1st Lt.). Central Intelligence Agency, Intelligence Medal Of Merit.
H. Mirza Amirkhan Jr., Cls 46, of Dallas, on Dec. 24. Air Force.
Carl Lumpkin Beard Jr., Cls 49, of Warner Robins, Ga., on Feb. 11. Navy. OB/GYN. Houston Medical Center. Houston County Hospital Authority.
Sam Hoyte Blackwell Jr., IM 47, of Tucker, Ga., on Jan. 8. Navy (Distinguished Flying Cross), World War II. Georgia Department of Labor.
George Lee Brock, Arch 44, of Jackson, Miss., on Feb. 8. Army, World War II. Architect, N.W. Overstreet & Associates; Skidmore, Owings and Merrill; George L. Brock, A.I.A.
Harvey Gene Cagle, MS ChBE 48, Text 50, of Rossville, Ga., on Dec. 18. World War II.
Robert Percival Colmer Jr., AE 46, MS IE 48, of Memphis, Tenn., on Dec. 22. Navy. Head of engineering, Yager and Nenon Company. Liebert Corporation.
Louis D. Conn, ME 48, of Steens, Miss., on April 11, 2012.
Robert Carl Elder, ME 43, of Cambridge, Mass., on Jan. 5. Navy (chief engineer), World War II. A.M. Lockett Company. Gerald D. Hines Interests. Cabot, Cabot & Forbes. Founder, Robert Elder Associates.
C. H. “Judge” Ellison III, Phys 49, of Atlanta, on Jan. 11. Navy, World War II. U.S. Naval Testing Laboratories. Founder, The Ellison Company. Inventor, neutron generator Activatron. Technical Measurement Corporation. Cold fusion researcher. Developer. Member, Atlanta Board of Realtors.
Stephen H. Epsten, CerE 43, on Feb. 9. Navy (Ensign), World War II. Naval Reserve (Lt. Cmdr.). Owner/operator, Epsten Insurance Agency.
Robert West Feagles, ME 43, of Vero Beach, Fla., on Dec. 25. Army (Capt.), World War II. Head of domestic and overseas personnel, First National City Bank. Travelers Insurance Co.
Arthur Miller Field, ME 48, of Colorado, on Jan. 25. Army Air Corps (Lt.), World War II. Geophysicist, Mobil.
Lewis Hale Figh Jr., IE 48, of Montgomery, Ala., on Feb. 4. Navy, World War II. Grandson: Matthew Lewis Figh, Bio 05.
Carl C. Fowler Jr., EE 47, of Alpharetta, Ga., on Feb. 12. Army Signal Corps (1st Lt.), World War II. TVA. U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. Lockheed.
Robert D. Grogan Jr., Cls 45, of Charlotte, N.C., on Jan. 30. Army Corps of Engineers (Lt., Purple Heart), World War II. President, Grogan-Edwin Associates Inc.
Martin L. Gursky, Phys 48, MS Phys 50, of Los Alamos, N.M., on Jan. 17. Engineer Corp (Sgt.), World War II. T-Division and X-Division, Los Alamos National Lab. Math department coordinator, UNM-LA.
William Edward Holleyhead Jr., IM 48, of Denton, Texas, on Jan 13. Vought LTV Aerospace.
Edward Patrick Kenny Jr., CE 49, of Norcross, Ga., on Nov. 29. Navy, World War II. Engineer, DuPont.
Hoyt M. Kirby, IM 49, of Augusta, Ga., on Jan. 2. Vice president/general auditor, C&S National Bank.
Jose “Pippo” C. Lenz, ME 41, of Tampa, Fla., on Jan 22. Carrier Corporation. Honeywell International. York Corporation. Trane Corporation.
Willis Arnold Middleton, EE 49, of Clemson, S.C., on Dec. 27. Navy, World War II. Shell Oil Company.
Junius A. Page Sr., Cls 40, of Newport News, Va., on Jan 18. Navy, World War II.
Joseph Samuel Pitchford Jr., IM 47, of Portsmouth, Va., on Feb. 24. Navy, World War II. Supervisor, Aetna Life and Casualty. Memorial contributions: Georgia Tech Foundation.
Ernest Price Jr., ChE 49, of Canton, Ga., in July 2011. DuPont.
Patrick Sanders Jr., IE 48, of Meridian, Miss., on Jan. 05. Marines (Aviator), World War II, Korea. Industrial engineer. Episcopal priest.
Harry Seitz, IM 48, of Atlanta, on Feb. 20. Naval Air Corps, World War II. Atlanta Provision Company.
Sidney N. Silver, EE 41, of Charleston, S.C., on Feb. 22. Army Signal Corps, World War II. TVA. Combustion Engineering Co. Rural Electrification.
Robert McKinley Stafford Jr., ChE 42, of Charlotte, N.C., on Jan. 5. Army (Cpl.), Army Reserves (Maj.). Johns-Manville Corporation. Founder, Robert M. Stafford, Inc. Granddaughter: Amy Rebecca Bynum, IE 97.
Berthold Gotlieb Stumberg, TE 49, of Atlanta, on Feb. 18. Army (Lt. Col., two Purple Hearts, Bronze Star), World War II. Owner/operator, SSC.
John Byard Swift Jr., EE 47, of Atmore, Ala., on Feb. 23. Navy (Cmdr.). Manager/co-founder, Swift Lumber Company.
Charles A. Taylor, EE 42, of Pensacola, Fla., on Jan. 18. Research and development, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. Burroughs Corporation. Missile and Space Division, General Electric. Director, network systems division, NASA. NASA liaison, the U.S. Embassy in Canberra, Australia. Brother: George B. Taylor, EE 49, MS EE 50.
James Wesley Tysinger, EE 49, MS IM 59, of Atlanta, on Feb. 12. Army, World War II. Army Reserve (Lt. Col.). Shell Oil. Westinghouse Corporation. Daughter: Janet R. Siemens, IM 75. Granddaughter: Katherine Siemens, Chem 09.
James W. Webster, TE 42, of Atlanta, on Jan. 24. Army Air Corp (1st Lt.), World War II. Painter, artist.
1950s
James D. Anderson, AE 50, of Norwalk, Conn., on Jan. 27. Navy (1st Lt.), World War II. Head of development engineering, installation-tool division, Burndy Corporation.
Paul Henri Buhler Jr., Arch 55, of Miami, Fla., on Dec. 15. U.S. Navy (gunnery officer). Miami Shipbuilding Corporation. Regional vice president, Thomson McKinnon Securities. Manager, Prudential Securities. Competitive yachtsman.
Griffith Corbin Burr Jr., Cls 54, of Memphis, Tenn., on Jan. 12. Navy.
Stanley Lamar Carson, EE 56, of Atlanta, on Jan. 8. Air Force. Southern Bell. Daughter: Caren Cobb, ICS 79. Granddaughter: Laura Cobb, IA 12.
Robert Wade Collier, MS Chem 55, of Sarasota, Fla., on Feb. 21. Air Corps (Capt.), World War II. Chemist, Southern Research Institute. Buckeye Cellulose Corp.
Richard Burke Connelly, CE 58, of Signal Mountain, Tenn., on Dec. 17. Air Force. TVA. Adjunct professor of math, Chattanooga State.
James F. Cook, IM 50, of Atlanta, on Nov. 4. Army Air Corps, World War II. Ford Motor Company. Son: James F. Cook Jr., IM 75.
Alfred C. Daniel, EE 53, MS EE 57, of Dalton, Ga., on Dec. 25. Teacher, University of Colorado, University of Alabama Huntsville. Civilian, U.S. Army Missile Command. Founder/president, Dantrol Inc. Son: Thomas Daniel, IE 80.
Harvey Kahn Drucker, Cls 50, of Atlanta, on Dec. 29. Accountant. Son: Kirk Drucker, CE 92.
Thomas Clyde Elrod, IE 50, on Jan. 19. Army (Lt. Col.). Elrod Construction Company.
William B. Gartner, ME 59, of Chambersburg, Penn., on Feb. 13. Air Force, Korean War. Grove Worldwide. Boeing.
Rudolph Eric Gay, IM 58, of Jacksonville, Fla., on Jan. 20. Air Force. Owner, Southeastern Industrial Sales, Inc.
John A. Gillespie, IE 55, of High Point, N.C., on Feb. 15. Army (1st Lt.). DuPont. Hercules, Inc. Allen Tate Realtors.
Charles W. Gorton, MS ME 52, of Atlanta, on Feb. 10. Mechanical and chemical engineering professor, Georgia Tech.
Robert Earl Griffith, Text 51, of Dublin, Ga., on Nov 4. Navy, Korean War. Happ Manufacturing, Haggar, and Spencer Industries. Facility manager, OshKosh B’Gosh. Children: Ellen Griffith, IE 83; James Griffith, CE 76; Robert Griffith, IM 88.
Ira P. Jones Jr., MS AE 51, of Huntsville, Ala., on Feb. 9. Army, World War II. Aeronautical research scientist, NACA. Flight test engineer, Edwards Air Force Base. Army ABMA missile program. Structures and dynamics lab, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center.
Robert Glenn Larsen, IE 50, of Greenville, S.C., on Dec. 27. Navy, World War II. Textile industry.
Allen Dozier Layson, ME 52, of Huntersville, N.C., on Jan. 10. Army. Uniroyal. Anchor Continental.
Phillip Levy Jr., Arch 51, of Atlanta, on Feb. 10. Air Force (Lt. Col.).
John Frederic Luttrell, IM 57, of Atlanta, on Dec. 30. Air Force.
Samuel Randolph McCartha Jr., Arch 50, of Rome, Ga., on Dec. 16. Navy (Chief Petty Officer), World War II. TVA.
William F. McGavic, EE 53, of Branford, Fla., on Dec. 10.
H. Clay Moore Jr., IM 51, IE 52, of Columbia, S.C., on Feb. 21. Air Force, Korean War. Owner, H. Clay Moore & Associates Inc. Painter.
Norman L. Morgan, IM 50, of Sugar Hill, Ga., on Feb. 9. Army (Bronze Star), World War II. Vice president, Business Equipment Center of Atlanta. Remington Rand.
John Gordon Moss, ChE 54, of Waynesboro, Va., on Jan. 11. Army (1st Lt.). DuPont.
Alan Eugene Patrick, EE 52, of Deland, Fla., on Dec. 26. Navy, World War II. General Time Corporation. Research engineer, Martin Marietta Energy Systems.
James G. Perkins, IE 53, of Dunwoody, Ga., on Jan. 18. Georgia Tech Presidential Scholarship Committee. Naval Reserve. District manager, BellSouth.
Thomas Edward Prosser, IE 57, of Spring, Texas, on Jan. 23. President/CEO, Habersham Sterom LLC.
Robert William Robinson, IM 52, of Ipswich, Mass., on Dec. 25. Air Force (1st Lt.). Marketing manager, United Shoe Machinery Corp.
John Franklin Roesel Jr., EE 56, of Bradenton, Fla., on Jan. 2. Founder, Precise Power Corporation.
William A. Ross III, Cls 52, on Dec. 26. Navy. Executive, IBM.
Seymour Salmirs, AE 50, MS AE 52, of Scottsdale, Ariz., on April 14, 2012.
Daniel B. Shirley, EE 59, of Marietta, Ga., on Dec. 9. Air Force, Korean War. Lockheed. Partner, consulting firm. Son: William Sawyer Shirley, IE 84.
Bruce D. Smith, EE 51, of Hancock, N.H., on Feb. 24. Senior engineering manager, Digital Equipment Corporation. GTE Sylvania. RCA. Philco Corp.
Robert Hardy Smith, Arch 52, of Atlanta, on Jan. 13. Contractor, Raburn-Nash Flooring.
James Lee St. John, ME 59, of Atlanta, on Nov. 26. Army. Standard Oil. Flowserve.
Donald Lee Tavenner, IE 57, of Smith, Texas, on Feb. 17. Navy, Korean War. Bell System.
Thomas Varnson, IE 53, of Pensacola, Fla., on Feb. 22. Air Force Reserve (Lt. Col.). Production engineer, NAS.
Samuel Briggs Vaughn Jr., ChBE 50, of Longview, Texas, on Jan. 9. Navy. Director of capital programs, Texas Eastman Company.
James E. Vevera, ME 51, on Feb. 21. Air Force, World War II. Test and experimental division, the Wright Aeronautical Corp. Kennedy Space Center. Project Manager, Shuttle Launch Equipment Test Facility. Rockwell International Corp.
James Pope Watson III, EE 51, of Atlanta, on Feb. 14. District engineer, BellSouth.
Robert Lawson Waugh Sr., Text 56, of Canton, Ga., on Feb. 14. Air Force. Business owner. Marketing and sales consultant. Daughter: Antonia Waugh Shields, Psy 81.
Henry M. Whitehead Jr., Arch 52, of Stone Mountain, Ga., on Jan. 27, 2012. Owner/operator, Henry M. Whitehead and Associates Architect Firm.
Sid Williams, IM 51, of Atlanta, on Dec. 27. After getting out, he attended Palmer School of Chiropractic in Davenport, Iowa, then returned to Atlanta and founded what would become Life University, the world’s largest chiropractic college. Following his retirement in 2002, he helped direct the Life Foundation Inc., a nonprofit chiropractic research and educational organization, and was involved with a number of other business ventures. A star player for the Yellow Jackets under Bobby Dodd, he was inducted into the Georgia Tech Athletics Hall of Fame in 1999.
William Taylor Wittel, AE 57, of Marietta, Ga., on Jan. 25. Lockheed-Martin.
George A. Wright III, Text 51, of Gulf Breeze, Fla., on Feb. 15. Army. Monsanto.
William Robert Wright, ME 52, of Upper Arlington, on Feb. 5. Navy (Lt.), World War II, Korean War. United Carbon. Ashland Chemical. Real estate agent, Commercial One.
1960s
Edward Clinton Aubitz III, IM 68, of Minneapolis, on Jan. 14. Airline software development, Unisys.
Charles Edwin Blair, CE 61, of Largo, Fla., on Dec. 28. Army. Manager, FAA Orlando District Office.
Charles Blythe Brown, MS ME 60, of Gainesville, Ga., on Feb. 14. Air Force. Lockheed-Martin. Son: Stuart Brown, ME 83.
Joseph “Nonno” Cammarata, IE 60, MS IE 62, of San Antonio, Fla., on Feb. 11. Aerospace, industrial and computer engineering. Verizon. Memorial contributions: Georgia Tech Alumni Association.
Lloyd Eugene Carden, ME 67, MS IM 68, of Tupelo, Miss., on Dec. 24. General manager, Hunter Douglas
David S. Clifton Jr., IE 66, Research scientist, Georgia Tech.
Frank Monroe Coyne Jr., ME 66, of Marietta, Ga., on Dec. 7. Army (Capt., Bronze Star), Vietnam War. Mechanical engineer. Master plumber and master electrician. Member, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers.
Harry “Skip” Lee Forbes III, IM 66, of Spartanburg, S.C., on Dec. 31. Milliken and Company.
Paul D. Hammacher Jr., MS IE 60, MS IM 62, of Jacksonville, Fla., on Nov. 10. Army, Korean War. Champion International.
George Garland Hodges Jr., EE 62, of Huntsville, Ala., on Jan. 23. Electrical engineer, IBM. SCI Corp. Owner, Coyote Labs. Brown Engineering.
Phillip Anthony Howard, IM 65, of Brooklet, Ga., on Jan. 12. Georgia National Guard. ITT Grinnell. ITT Conoflow.
James C. Majure, EE 63, MS EE 67, PhD EE 71, of Roswell, Ga., on Dec. 1. Army (Airborne School, Army Commendation Medal), World War II. Founder, Majure Data Inc.
Harold Gene Meeks, IE 66, of Raleigh, N.C., on Jan. 19. Air Force (Maj.). Engineer, CP&L.
Allen Charles Merritt, ChBE 67, MS ChBE 69, PhD ChBE 76, of Atlanta, on Dec. 19. Army (2nd Lt.). Georgia Tech Research Institute. Georgia Tech College of Engineering Advisory Board. Vice president of science and technology, Gold Kist. Proctor & Gamble. President/CEO, Agra Tech. CEO, Luker Inc. Memorial contributions: Georgia Tech Foundation.
Stephen Gorham Paddock Jr., EE 63, of Colorado Springs, Colo., on Jan. 24. Boeing Aerospace Company.
Charlie Rittenhouse, ME 61, MS ME 62, on Jan. 8. Army (1st Lt.). Senior thermodynamics engineer, Lockheed Georgia. Director of engineering and consulting services, Southern Company. Founder, Rittenhouse Consultants Inc. Memorial contributions: Georgia Tech Foundation.
Lawrence Douglas Scoggins, CE 67, of Roswell, Ga., on March 1. Army, Korean War. Law Engineering and Testing Company.
William Earl Sears III, EE 67, MS EE 69, of Sugar Hill, Ga., on Jan. 20. Director, electronic systems laboratory, Georgia Tech Research Institute. Daughter: Emily Sears Warlick, EE 93, MS 96 EE.
Lealern Grady Simpson Jr., CE 61, of Port Orange, Fla., on Nov. 30. Navy (pilot). Civil engineer.
Charles Russell Snow, MS IM 62, of Cumming, Ga., on Jan. 17. Army (officer). Professor, Auburn University College of Business. Adjunct professor, Troy University. Westinghouse Electric Corporation. Human resources, Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Research economist, Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank. Brother: Melvin Luther Snow Jr., MS IM 51.
James S. Thompson Jr., IM 68, of Nashville, Tenn., on Dec. 21. Insurance agent.
Keith Laird Weekly, IM 64, of Marietta, Ga., on Sep. 8.
Mather Foy Whitehead, TE 63, of Jamestown, N.C., on Dec. 31. Director of engineering, Cone Mills Corp.
Larry Drew Williams, ME 61, of Orange Springs, Fla., on Jan. 25. Air Force. Apollo operations engineer, NASA. General Electric. Offshore Power Systems. Production manager, Jefferson Smurfitt Corp.
Steve Zurko, Cls 65, of Tallahassee, Fla., on Jan. 24. Coast Guard. Teacher, Palm Beach County School District.
1970s
Donald Lewis Adams Jr., Cls 70, of Stone Mountain, Ga., on Dec. 28. Army (Lt. Col., three Bronze Stars, two Purple Hearts, Combat Infantryman Badge, Presidential Unit Citation), Vietnam. Atlanta Advertiser. Son: Matthew Donald Adams, MSE 98.
Thomas C. Bishop, IM 72, of Atlanta, on Feb. 25.
Robert William Chamlee, CE 70, of Ringgold, Ga., on Dec. 30. Geo-technical section chief, Alabama Corp of Engineers. Arcadis Engineering.
Stephen P. Fry, Phys 75, of Crowley, Texas, on May 2, 2011.
John William Kilgo, IE 73, of Tallapoosa, Ga., on Feb. 13.
Jonathan Kent Martin, TE 70, of Fredericksburg, Va., on Feb. 27. Army. Computer science teacher, Draughon’s Junior College; University of Alabama; Texas State University-San Marcos; Prairie View A&M University. Vecna Technologies.
David George McNeely, IE 70, of Savannah, Ga., on Jan. 31. Army. Safety engineer. Corporate risk manager. Small business owner.
Thomas Neal Morton, CE 72, on Feb. 9. Consulting engineer, Robert & Co.; HNTB; Pond & Co.; PBSJ.
Robert Parson Paine, IE 72, of Salem, Va., on Jan. 8. Hospital administration. Landscaping business.
William Lloyd Worley, EE 73, MS NE 77, of Alpharetta, Ga., on Dec. 28. Sun Microsystems. MB&R Engineering.
1980s
Donald Lewis Adams Jr., Cls 70, of Stone Mountain, Ga., on Dec. 28. Army (Lt. Col., three Bronze Stars, two Purple Hearts, Combat Infantryman Badge, Presidential Unit Citation), Vietnam. Atlanta Advertiser. Son: Matthew Donald Adams, MSE 98.
Richard Hamilton Alexander, MS ICS 80, of Bonita Springs, Fla., on Jan. 30. Digital Equipment Corporation. Hewlett-Packard.
Earle Frederick Close, ME 87, of Macon, Ga., on Jan. 23.
Marion J. Herkert Cole, ICS 86, MS ICS 89, of Alpharetta, Ga., on Jan. 30. Senior software engineer, Rolls Royce Civil Nuclear. Brothers: Ralph M. Herkert, EE 88, MS EE 90; Arthur G. Herkert, MS EE 89.
Charlotte Jacobs, PhD IE 87, of Cullman Ala., on Feb. 21. Industrial engineer, Georgia Tech.
Dan DeCicco, EE 87, of Pasadena, Md., on Jan. 15. Senior staff electrical engineer, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab.
Jeffrey A. Wierenga, Arch 80, M Arch 83, of Atlanta, on Dec 31. TVS & Associates. Longest living adult patient with single heart transplant.
2010s
John Christopher Sullivan, MBA 10, of Bend, Ore., on Jan. 13. TrialGolf. Reynolds Plantation. InterContinental Hotel Group. System consultant, NAVIS.
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