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1930s
Robert F. Head Jr., CE 39, of Gainesville, Fla., on June 4. WWII (Maj., Combat Cmdr.). Greater Gainesville Rotary Club. Chairman, Pension Fund Review Committee. Founding member, Oak Hall School.
Madison Post, Cls 39, of Fond du Lac, Wis., on May 5. Army (Lt. Col., Ordinance officer). WWII. Allis Chalmers. Illinois Department of Transportation.
1940s
Edward W. Clarno, Cls 44, of Fort Walton Beach, Fla., on April 26. Army. WWII. Vice president, Vitro Services. Fort Walton Beach Municipal Advisory Board. Kiwanis Club. Liberty Bell Award from Okaloosa-Walton Bar Association.
Wester Joseph Constantin, IM 49, of Baton Rouge, La., on June 14. WWII.
Julian “Buddy” Fiske Jr., IE 48, of Augusta, Ga., on May 2. Plant engineer, Fine Products Corporation. Sales consultant, Westover Memorial Park.
Locke Erwin Glenn, EE 49, of Atlanta, Ga., on May 30. Georgia Tech Football. Navy (officer). President, Baker Auto Telcom. Owner, WGKA. Real estate. Founding member, Big Brothers of Atlanta. President, Georgia Tech Letterman’s Club. Son: L. Allen Glenn, MS IE 95. Daughter-in-law: Jennifer R. Glenn, MS Stat 93, PhD IE 96.
John Lewis Hancock, ChE 48, MS ChE 49, of Germantown, Tenn., on May 16. Army. WWII.
James Albert Hand, Cls 47, of Salem, Ore., on June 11. V-12 Navy College Training Program, Georgia Tech. WWII. Pastor. Professor of religion and department chair, Willamette University.
Richard Earl Hemmingway, IE 49, of Brooksville, Fla., on May 21. Marine Corps (Pilot; Lt. Col.). Vietnam (Bronze Star). Chief project officer for A-7 Corsair II. Hemmingway and Associates Accounting firm.
Hugh Haralson Joyner, IM 43, of Atlanta, on June 3. Army (2nd Lt.). WWII. European Theater. Delta Airlines. Northern Pacific Railroad.
Bert Kavy, Cls 47, of Ossining, N.Y., on June 14. President, Congregation Sons of Israel. President, Scarborough School.
John G. “Jack” Kearney, ME 43, of Buchanan, Va., on June 6. Army (2nd Lt.). Founder, Kearney Industries; Sematco Incorporated.
Frederick Alexander Lewis Jr., Arch 47, of Homer, La., on May 4. Marine Corps. WWII. Residential builder, Lewis and Associates. Homer Lions Club. Founder, Lake Claiborne Fourth of July Incorporated.
Jack W. Meadors Jr., ME 43, of Atlantic Beach, Fla., on June 5. Naval Reserve (officer). WWII. Engineer. General contractor. Owner, J.W. Meadors and Company. Manager, Meadors Construction Company.
Lloyd Edwin “Monny” Moncrief, EE 43, of Painted Post, N.Y., on May 19. Navy (Cmdr.). Program manager, General Electric. President, CNY Chapter of New York State Society of Professional Engineers. GE Engineers Association. Technology Association of Central New York. Adirondack Hiking Club. Member, Cicero Planning Board.
Harry Houston Pease, TE 43, of Loudon, Tenn., on May 18. Army. WWII. Davenport Hosiery Mill of Chattanooga. Charles H. Bacon and Genesco Mills.
Joseph Samuel Perrin, Cls 45, of Tucker, Ga., on April 4. Founder and Chairman of the School of Art and Design, Georgia State University. WWII. Army Air Corps. Professor of Art, University of New Hampshire. Clarkston Community Center. President, Atlanta Arts Festival. Atlanta Civic Design Commission. Chairman, MARTA Arts Council. Underground Atlanta. Designer, West Lake Marta Station. Curator. Art featured in the High Museum of Art, the Coca Cola collection, Mead Collection, the Georgia Museum of Art, the Carter Presidential Center and the Metropolitan Museum Recife, Brazil.
Donald Ravitch, Cls 48, of San Francisco, Calif., on May 27. President and chairman, Sherman Clay and Company.
Robert E. Robinson, AE 45, of Marblehead, Mass., on May 2. Navy (Ensign). Consultant.
Winslow M. “Mac” Schneider, Cls 42, of Birmingham, Ala., on June 26. District engineer, BellSouth/ AT&T. Granddaughter: Joni Lakin, Psy 03.
David Ernest Shefka, Cls 44, of Kinston, N.C., on June 3. WWII. General Electric.
James E. Stevens, ChE 46, of Nashville, Tenn., on March 29. V-12 Navy, Georgia Tech. Owner; Laboratory Associates, Specialized Assays; James E. Stevens & Associates. Coach, MBA Rifle team. Board member, NRA. President, Middle Tennessee Council. Member, Belle Meade Country Club.
Ralph Middleton Thomas, ME 47, of Birmingham, Ala., on May 30. Army. WWII. Superintendent of production planning, US Steel. Executive director, Alabama Golf Course Superintendents. Shelby County Planning Commission.
James Alan Underwood, IE 49, MS IE 50, of Camden, S.C., on April 26. Navy. DuPont. Golfer.
John Dewey Weaver Jr., CE 47, of Raleigh, N.C., on June 1. Navy. WWII. President, D.J. Rose & Son. Member, Board of Directors of Peoples Bank. Board of Trustees, N.C. Wesleyan College. Founder, Rocky Mount Academy.
1950s
John Richard Abner Jr., ChE 53, of Pensacola, Fla., on June 1. Air Force (Lt.). Korean War. Chemstrand. Secretary, Pensacola Board of Realtors.
Thomas Edward Albin, Arch 55, of Memphis, Tenn., on May 19. Korean War. Owner, Tom Albin Architect and Associates. President, American Institute of Architects. Member, Memphis Home Builders Association. The Optimist Club.
Charles Alfred Allen, IE 54, of Grayson, Ga., on June 18. Army. Owner, Allen’s Turf & Tractor.
Charles Rudolph Armour Jr., Arch 51, of Buford, Ga., on June 21. Chairman and founder, Armour, Cape & Pond Inc. President, Georgia Society of Professional Engineers. Board member, National Council of Engineering Examiners. Son: Charles Armour, CE 86.
James M. Cantrell Jr., ME 57, of Murfreesboro, Tenn., on April 30. Air Force. Meteorologist, National Guard.
Ervin Michael Combs, IE 57, of Huntsville, Ala., on March 24.
Robert M. Dinnat, Arch 53, MS CE 58, PhD CE 70, of Charlotte, N.C., on April 7. Navy. WWII. Associate Technical Director, Army Corps of Engineers Construction Engineering Research Lab.
Thomas “Pete” Fletcher, ME 51, of Atlanta, Ga. on May 14. Southeastern regional supervisor, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
John F. Graham Jr., Chem 56, of Redlands, Calif., on May 13. Air Force. Civil engineer, TRW Aerospace Engineering.
John Grist, IE 58, of Amherst, Mass., on May 17. Air Force. Industrial engineer. U.S. Postal Service.
James Robert Holton, ChE 57, of Pensacola, Fla., on May 10. Process engineer, Solutia. Fisherman.
Bobby Eugene Joyner, CE 58, of Fairburn, Ga., on June 1. Aviation Constructors.
Richard Kendrick, IM 59, of Arlington, Va., on May 2. Army (Ordinance Corps, Lt. Col.). Vietnam. Nuclear surety officer, Army Nuclear and Chemical Agency. U.S. State Department.
Charles Reynolds Kernan Jr., MS ME 53, of Wilmington, N.C., on June 10. Army Air Corps. WWII. Pilot, Civil Air Patrol.
John W. Lay Jr., IE 50, of Atlanta, on March 14. Navy (Lt.). Engineer. Consultant.
Benjamin Lee Kittle, CE 51, MS CE 57, of Chattanooga, Tenn., on May 3. Army Reserve (Col.). WWII. Hydraulic engineer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Public Works engineer, Lexington-Fayette County Urban Government. Sailor. Atlanta Yacht Club. Daughter: Jennifer L. Giersch, CE 86.
John Marshall Love, IE 58, of St. Marys, Ga., on June 9. Gilman Paper Company. President’s Council, Georgia Tech.
William King McElhannon, IE 59, MS IE 67, of Blue Ridge, Ga., on May 18. Army. Korean War. Department of Defense. Son: Stephen K. McElhannon, IM 82.
Felix B. Montgomery Jr., TE 51, MS TE 54, of McClellanville, S.C., on June 5. Army (Capt.). Korean War. Cotton mill management. Cattle farming. Investment securities.
Henry H. Nichols, MS IM 59, of Savannah, Ga., on June 13. Air Force. Union Camp.
Marvin Perlman, Text 53, of Dunwoody, Ga., on March 21.
Amos Eugene Qualls, Cls 57, of Fayetteville, Tenn., on March 24. FERC.
Walter “Mac” Rogers Jr., EE 55, of Florida, on May 21. Air Force. Korea. Radiation. Senior scientist, Harris. Gardener.
Harry Allen Sack Jr., IM 58, of Statesboro, Ga., on April 29. Army (X-ray technician). Sack Design Haus.
David Arthur Schulz, CerE 55, of Panama City, Fla., on May 30. Research engineer. Union Carbide. Amoco. BP.
Raymond A. Sears, Sr., EE 54, of Knoxville, Tenn., on July 3. Marine Corps. (Col.). Good Conduct Medal, Selected Marine Corps Reserve Medal, World War II Victory Medal, National Defense Service Medal. Grumman Aircraft. General Electric. Genealogist.
Henry William Succop Jr., Arch 52, of Miami, Fla., on June 8. Air Force Reserve (Col.). Korean War. Building contractor. Professor, Miami Dade Community College. District Dean of Occupational Education. City of North Miami Board of Adjustments and Planning and Zoning Board.
Gerald K. Taylor Jr., IM 51, M CRP 56, of Jacksonville, Fla., on May 18. Navy. WWII. City planner. Son: Nathan Taylor, EE 87.
Harvey “Hobby” Banks Wright Sr., Cls 58, of Jackson, Miss., on June 2. Ophthalmologist, Laurel Eye Center. Medical staff president, South Central Regional Medical Center.
Benedict Zullo, IE 52, of Woonsocket, R.I., on June 9. Sales engineer. Communicant, St. Thomas Becket Church. Son: Jeffrey J. Zullo, IE 79. Grandson: Johnathon Zullo, ME 10, MS ME 12.
1960s
Guy W. Carlisle, EE 64, MS EE 65, of Bedford, Mass., on June 22. Son:
Andrew Carlisle, EE 93.
John Lewis Dascanio, IM 60, of Mesa, Ariz., on May 16. Army (Col., Army Chemical Corp., Purple Heart). Vietnam. Korea. Son: John L. Dascanio, MS ME 89.
Kenneth Ray Hill, Text 61, of Lilburn, Ga., on June 19. J.P. Stevens. Managing director of international operations, Summerour Associates. National Guard. ROTC (Capt.). Volunteer, Eastside Hospital.
Garland Wayne Hudson, IM 63, of Williamsburg, Va., on May 9. U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Center at Fort Lee, Va.
Charles F. Jerabek, IM 67, of Naples, Fla., on May 19. CEO, Osram Sylvania. Union Carbide Corporation. GTE. Chairman of Board of Governors, National Electrical Manufacturers Association. Trustee, Endicott College. Honorary member, Electrical Manufacturers Club. Partner, The Landing Restaurant.
Thomas Sidney O’Connor, Jr., IM 65, of New Orleans, on April 11. Professor of marketing and management, University of New Orleans. President, McGill-Toolen Bands. National Merit Finalist. Best Book award, International Association for Management of Technology.
John Jacob Owen III, AE 69, MS AE 73, MS OR 77, MS IE 92, PhD IE 93, of Smyrna, Ga., on May 7. Consultant. Photographer. Artist.
George “Paul” Reid, EE 60, of Holmdel, N.J., on May 5. Engineer, Bell Labs (Lucent). Member, Telephone Pioneers of America.
Jack E. Robertson, AE 60, of Huntsville, Ala., on May 24. Wyle Labs.
Benjamin Ivey Simpson III, ME 64, of Macon, Ga., on May 30. Naval Ordinance Plant. Robins AFB. Daughter: Laurie Meilinger, EE 88. Granddaughter: Morgan Meilinger, Cls 16.
Richard H. Slate, IM 69, of Blanchard, Okla., on December 20, 2013. Brother: William R. Slate, IM 65.
Robert Braxton Small, EE 64, of Brentwood, Calif., on June 2. Army (1st Lt.). Bronze Star for Valor, Vietnam. Specialist in reliability investigations of complex radar systems and heart pacemaker equipment. Jacksonville Power Squadron, Commander. Brother: James Small, CE 66.
Robert F. Starr, Cls 61, of Clearwater, Fla., on June 20. National Guard. Coast Guard. Architect. AIA.
Harold Andrews Sumerford Sr., IM 60, of Birmingham, Ala., on April 6. J&M Tank Lines Inc. Board of the American Trucking Association. Georgia Motor Trucking. Chairman, National Tank Truck Carriers. Daughter: Julie Sumerford Johnson, Mgt 84. Son In-law: T. Stephen Johnson, IM 71. Granddaughter: Martha A. Sumerford, Mgt 08.
Robert Franklin Warnock, ME 63, of Camden, S.C., on June 12. DuPont. Member, Kershaw County Board of Realtors. President, Camden Lions Club. President, KC YMCA.
1970s
Steven Hodges Becker, Cls 79, of Sylva, N.C., on April 13. Army (Sgt. 1st Class). Spirit Moving Service. Distance Learning Studio and Information Technology Services department, Western Carolina University.
Mark Stephen Bohn, ME 72, of Golden, Colo., on March 28. National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Founder, Rentech Inc. Ski instructor.
Barton Douglas DeHaven, IM 71, of Covington, Ga., on June 7. Food service sales, U.S. Foods Inc.. Son:
Barton DeHaven Jr., Mgt 02.
Robert Lee Hamilton, Arch 73, of Cleveland, Ga., on June 17.
Gregory A. Moore, IM 73, of San Jose, Costa Rica, on April 13. Real estate.
Robert R. Lee, AE 73, of Suwanee, Ga., on May 9. Hewlett-Packard. Bus driver, Forsyth County School System.
Richard “Dennis” Llewellyn, NE 77, of Gales Ferry, Conn., on May 22. Georgia Tech ROTC (Naval officer). Navy. Electric Boat Corporation/General Dynamics. Senior engineer, Life Cycle Engineering.
Donald E. Ward, EE 75, of Raleigh, N.C., on June 11. Marching band, Georgia Tech. Technology Modeling Associates. Triangle Shape Note Singers.
1980s
Orville Douglas Ham, MS TSP 89, of Douglasville, Ga., on June 24. Marine Corp. Lockheed-Martin. Wounded Warrior Project.
Jerry E. Kirkpatrick, ME 80, of Acworth, Ga., on May 6. Owner, Kirkpatrick Engineers.
Gary Phillip Parker, Arch 81, of Marietta, Ga., on May 18. Owner, Gary P. Parker and Company, Architects. Instructor, Southern Polytechnic State University. Heery International. Project manager, Abreu and Robeson, Architects. Project manager, Warner and Summers Inc. Draftsman, Tomberlin Associates. Draftsman, Department of Plant Planning and Construction. Member, American Institute of Architects.
William Michael Robinson, EE 86, of Severn, Md., on May 26. National Security Agency. Comic book collector.
Carolyn Shapiro, ME 80, MS ME 83, of Portland, Ore. On June 3. Professional engineer. Esco Corp. Engineers Without Borders.
Edward Courtenay Sloan, CE 85, of Atlanta, on June 12.
1990s
Jeremy Michael Gray, Arch 98, of Kingwood, Texas, on June 5. Docent, Houston Museum of Natural Science.
Christopher LaBelle, MS MoT 98, of Alpharetta, Ga., on June 12. Project manager, Scientific Atlanta.
David Lemonds, ME 98, Aiken, S.C., on May 22. Senior mechanical engineer, Savannah River National Laboratory. National Glove Box Society. Department of Energy. Mentor, Christ Central.
2010s
Daniel Thomas Mitchell, Mgt 11, of Decatur, Ga., on May 24. IT analyst, Atlanta Gastroenterology Associates.
Friends
William Festus Biggs Jr., of Villa Rica, Ga., on March 28. AT Member. Army. Korean War. Campaign manager for Ernest Vandiver, 73rd governor of Georgia. General manager of Bryant Sales Division, Mingledorff’s Inc.
Yellow Jacket Director, West Metro Club.
Bruce Harold Bradford, of Aiken, S.C., on June 4. Associate professor, Georgia Tech. Water Management Sciences.
Ann M. Colley, of Atlanta, on April 3. Biology professor, Georgia Tech. Research scientist, Emory University. Bechtel Corporation.
Mike D. Hurst, of Lawrenceville, Ga., on May 31. Teacher, GCPS.
Arthur Thomas Kittle, of Athens, Ga., on June 6. Navy (Lt. Cmdr.). WWII. Professor, Georgia Tech.
Eugene F. Knott, of Custer, Wash., on June 2. Army. Research in microwaves and radar, Georgia Tech. Author and publisher, Radar Cross Section Measurement (1985). Boeing. Proprietor, Tomorrow’s Research.
Samuel J. Mantel Jr., of Wyoming, Ohio, on April 11. Navy. Marine Corps (Fighter pilot, Maj.). Consultant.
Mykola “Mike” Marchenko, of Sugar Hill, Ga., on June 13. IBM. Mathematics professor, Georgia Tech.
Charlotte Rae Smith McLaren, of Gainesville, Ga., on May 3. Research chemist.
John “The Colonel” Lance, of Pensacola, Fla., on April 25. AT Member. Football and Basketball player (Captain), Georgia Tech. Army (Distinguished Service Cross, Legion of Merit with one Oak Leaf cluster, Bronze star with two Oak Leaf clusters, Air Medal with six Oak Leaf clusters, Purple Heart, Vietnamese Medals).
Albert M. Reusing Jr., of Braselton, Ga., on June 9. Army. Korean war. Lockheed Martin. Tucker Data Services. Brother: Michael Reusing, ME 61.
Roy G. Stoner, of Atlanta, on June 7. Army Reserve Officer Training Corps. Minister. Founder, Empty Food Pantries Ministries. Founder, Good Neighbor Homeless Shelter.
Leola Collins Thomas, of Atlanta, on March 23. The president’s office at Georgia Tech.
Mary Roley “Lynn” Toups, of Largo, Fla., on June 7.
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