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1930s
James J. Russell Jr. CE 35, of Longmont, Colo., on July 21. Civil engineer. Grandchildren: Ryan J. Russell, ME 07. Kristin Russell, Arch 10.
Frank Halsey Whaley, ME 38, of Palm City, Fla., on Jan. 5.
1940s
Hugh Winston Sonny Bedingfield, AE 43, of Augusta, Ga., on Aug. 5. WWII. Tax attorney. CPA, Bedingfield, McCutcheon and Perry. Tree farmer. Sailor.
James Anderson Berg Sr., Arch 48, of Tucker, Ga., on Aug. 15. Army Infantry. WWII. Principal, Hall, Ferguson, and Berg Architects. Sons: James A. Berg Jr., GM 73; William M. Berg, IM 85. Grandsons: Robert L. Berg, Cls 18; William Berg, Cls 16.
John Nelson Cartwright, ME 49, of Indianapolis, Ind., on July 10. Army Air Corps. WWII. Detroit Diesel Allison. Founding member, Milestone Car Club.
James Richard Clary Jr., IE 48, of Roanoke, Va., on June 30. Navy. WWII. President, sales engineer, Spotswood Associates. Author, Georgia backflow prevention code. National American Backflow Prevention Association Meritorious Award.
Thomas Richard Christian, EE 40, of Lawrenceville, Ga., on July 29. Southern regional sales manager, Eaton Corporation.
Grant B. Curtis, ME 45, of Cumming. Ga., on July 13. Navy V-12. Engineer, Georgia Tech Physical Plant. Georgia Tech Engineering Experiment Station. Sons: G. Bradley Curtis, IE 70.
John T. Dobson, MS IM 49, of Tallahassee, Fla., on July 17. WWII. Army Corps of Engineers (2nd Lt.). Assistant professor, Auburn University. Professor, chairman of Management Department, Florida State University.
William E. Ehrensperger, ME 47, of Atlanta, on July 14. Air Force (2nd Lt.). WWII. Georgia Power Company. Brother: Fred E. Ehrensperger, ME 54, MS NE 60. Sons: John P. Ehrensperger, IM 78; Thomas J. Ehrensperger, Phys 82, MS Phys 84.
Dr. Robert Luby Jones, AE 46, of Germantown, Tenn., on Aug. 12. Navy (General Surgeon).
Charles H. Milam, IM 49, MS IE 50, of Conyers, Ga., on Aug. 16. Air Force. WWII. Korean war. Cuban Missile Crisis. Distinguished Flying Cross. Lockheed.
William Jacob Oakes Jr., AE 46, San Diego, Calif., on July 21. Navy. Northrop Grumman.
Charles Otis Patton Jr., IM 40, of Rock Hill, S.C., on Aug. 15. Army. Member, First Field Artillery Observation Battalion. European Theater of Operations. Purchasing agent, J.P. Stevens and Company. Chairman, Marlboro Chamber of Commerce. Chairman, Marlboro County Library Board. Development officer and dean of continuing education, Northeastern Technical College. Member, Senior Advisory Board of Piedmont Medical
Center.
Roger S. Ribas, ChE 48, of Houston, Texas on Aug. 16.
Maynard Judson Sanders, IM 47, of Mobile, Ala., on July 24. Navy (Lt.). WWII. Presidential Commendation. Bronze Star. James B. Donaghey Plumbing, Heating, & Air Conditioning. Co-owner, Donaghey Mechanical Contractors. President, Mobile Mechanical Contractors Association. Management Award, Greater Mobile Port Maritime Council. Brother: Robert Jackson Sanders, IM 42.
George T. Sheppard Jr., CE 48, of Cape Coral, Fla., on March 20. Army. WWII.
Francis “Frank” M. Stewart III, ME 42, of Huntsville, Ala., on July 29. Army. WWII. Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA. Co-author, “Fishing Reels of Kentucky.”
Carl Louis Tillstrom, IE 48, of Shreveport, La. on Sept. 4. Navy. WWII. Engineer, Phillips Petroleum Company. Manager of Engineering, Lion Oil Company. TOSCO Corporation.
James Ambrose Williams, CE 41, of Alpharetta, Ga., on Aug. 5. Army (2nd Lt.). WWII. Civil Aeronautics Association. Daughter-in-law: Linda Podger-Williams, CE 81. Grandson: Clay Williams, ME 14. Sons: James A. Williams Jr., EE 81; Michael T. Williams, EE 81.
1950s
Roy Fred Adams, Cls 51, of Dacula, Ga., on Sept. 4. Army. Founder, Cofer-Adams Building Center.
Unice Sterling Anderson, IE 50, of Jacksonville, Fla., on Aug. 31. WWII. Golfer, qualified for Senior Amateur PGA Championship.
Ronald Leo Bannister, ME 57, of Glen Mills, Pa., on July 7. Army. Engineer, Westinghouse Electric. Fellow, Acoustical Society of America. Member, African Violet Society. Little league coach.
Charles N. Brannon, IM 54, of Atlanta, Ga., on July 16. Member, Georgia Tech’s 1952 national championship football team. Teacher and coach, Atlanta Public Schools.
William Berry Broach Jr., Cls 59, of Ellijay, Ga., on Sept. 2. Army. Construction foreman. Real estate broker. Title abstractor, Doss & Associates. District governor, Lions Club.
John Dudley Cannon, CerE 57, MS CerE 61, of Atlanta, Ga. on Sept. 3. Pilot, Navy. Union Carbide. Lockheed. Financial Planner.
Neely B. Coble Jr., MS IM 50, of Nashville, Tenn., on Aug. 18. Army. Temco Corporation. Founder, Neely Coble Company. Founder, Coble Engineering Scholarship.
James Watts Clark, Arch 55, of Jackson, Miss., on July 8. Principal, Clemmer & Clark Architects.
Ed L. Courtright, CerE 59, of Grandview, Wash., on May 31. Air Force. Union Carbide Corporation. General Electric Corporation. Pacific Northwest Laboratory.
George Herman Flake, ME 51, of Winston Salem, N.C., on July 5. Air Force. WWII (Navigator). Engineer, Bendix/Allied Signal.
William E. Florance, IE 53, of Pittsford, N.Y., on March 10.
Everett McQuerns Hughes, IM 57, of Newberry, S.C., on July 29. Army Medical Corps. Vietnam War. Radiologist, chairman of Radiology Department, chief of staff, Newberry County Memorial Hospital. Associate professor, University of South Carolina School of Medicine. Adjunct instructor, Piedmont Technical College. Founding Member, Dixieland Miniature Horse Society. Autioneer.
Ralph Lewis Johnston, Cls 56, of Duluth, Ga., on July 6. Army (Master Sgt.). Charleston Navy Yard. Instructor, Atlanta Boys Club. Sears Roebuck. State Guard of Georgia. Clerk, Veterans Association. Engineer draftsman, Defense Department. FHA. DHUD. Planning commissioner, Gwinnett County, Ga. Lucky Breaks.
David R. Jones, IM 59, of Atlanta, Ga., on July 16. Atlanta Gas Light Company.
John E. LaRowe, Arch 52, of Gainesville, Ga., on May 3.
John LeMasters, EE 59, of Vero Beach, Fla. on Sept. 19.
Dale B. Lupton, CerE 51, of Seymour, Ind., on Aug. 29. Engineer.
David P. McBrayer III, EE 50, of Tualatin, Ore., on Aug. 21. Navy. Electromagnetic countermeasures expert, executive, Boeing. Financial analyst. Founder, Crystal Mountain Ski Resort.
Author.
Paul Roy Odom, CerE 52, of Macon, Ga., on Aug. 17. Marine Corp. J.L. Huber Corporation. Marine Corps League. Military Order of Devil Dogs. Marine Corps League Distinguished Citizen Award.
Richard Hoe Osgood, Jr., IM 52, of Moravian Falls, N.C., on Sept. 4. Army.
Paul Eugene Peniston III, Text 52, of Hartwell, Ga., on Aug. 16. Navy. Korean War. Monsanto. Real estate agent, All Hart Reality.
John Olin Pettigrew, ME 57, of Clyde, N.C., on Aug. 25. Navy. Dayco. Western North Carolina Air Pollution Control Agency.
Frank Martin Shaver, EE 52, of Montgomery, Ala., on Aug. 29. Navy. Founding partner, Shaver & Zgouvas. Son: Daniel F. Shaver, EE 83.
Raymond Louis Sutton, IM 50, of Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., on Sept. 1. WWII. Army Air Corp. Ford Motor Company. Vice president of sales, Traverse City Iron Works. Owner, Traverse City Holiday.
J.E. Dorn Thomas, EE 58, of Richmond, Va., on July 1. Air Force. D. Thomas Enterprises. President, Manchester High School Band Boosters. Panama Canal Museum.
Milton E. Volker, CE 52, of Towson, Md., on April 5.
Raymond Clifton Ward, ChE 50, of Hendersonville, N.C., on July 22. Army. Bronze Star. Purple Heart. America Enka Company.
John Thomas Wiley Sr., IM 53, of Alpharetta, Ga., on Aug. 1. Senior Account Agent, Allstate Insurance.
Fred Leserman Wolf, IM 50, of St. Petersburg, Fla., on July 18. Wolf Brothers clothing stores. President, Merchants Association. Founding member, Tampa Bay Trident Club. Army Air Corps. WWII.
1960s
William Lehman Ashe, CE 62, of Salisbury, Md., on Sept. 2. Army. Civil engineer, CRS Sirrine Engineers. Project engineer, Heery International.
Guy Winthrop Carlisle, EE 64, MS EE 65, of Bedford, Mass., on June 23. Professor, Tennessee State University. MIT Lincoln Laboratory. Son: Andrew G. Carlisle, EE 93.
Thomas Erban Clark, IM 63, of Sandy Springs, Ga., on Aug. 20. Owner, Clark Consulting. Management consultant. Home Depot.
Alfred Mark Davis, ME 62, MS EM 63, of Birmingham, Ala., on Aug.29. Grandson: Joel Tishler, MSE 14.
Robert Randolph Elliott, Sr., IE 61, of Beaufort, S.C., on Sept. 4. Army. Senior systems analyst, IBM. Son: Robert Randolph Elliott, Jr., AE 04.
Charles James Gowing, IM 62, of Carrollton, Ga., on July 13. Army. Accountant, General Motors. Son: Charles Carlise Gowing, ME 90.
Ronald Wilson Johns, IE 68, of Tampa, Fla., on Aug. 4. Computer and electrical engineer. General Electric. Square D. NASA. Westinghouse.
John J. Manna, ID 69, of New Brunswick, N.J., on Aug. 30. Air Force (Lt. Col.). Civil Air Patrol. Owner, M.C. Gomez Exporters.
Frank Hennington Nix Jr., IM 62, of Gainesville, Ga., on July 11. Football (halfback, punt returner) and track, Georgia Tech. Entrepreneur.
James G. Nixon, IM 66, of Whitehouse, Ohio, on July 14. Loan officer, Fulton Federal Savings and Loan. Pastor, Bethany Baptist Church. Pastor, Brailey Union Church. Teacher, president, Toledo’s Center for Biblical Studies. Brother: William R. Nixon, IM 60.
Hugh Michael Pattillo Sr., IE 66, of Greenville, S.C., on July 9. Engineer.
John Ray Preston, CE 61, of Macon, Ga., on Aug. 18. Army Corps of Engineers (Cpt.) Founder and President, Preston Testing & Engineering. Brothers: David A. Preston, Bio 64, MS Bio 66; James M. Preston, Cls 69.
James “Jim” W. Pruett, Text 65, of Waynesboro, Ga., on Aug. 18. Safety director, DuPont. Safety director, Mather’s Construction Company. Member, Waynesboro Choral Society.
Dwight Frederick Runge, Text 60, of North Charleston, S.C., on Aug. 22. Army Corps of Engineers. Deering Milliken. Owens Corning Fiberglass. General manager, vice president, Leon Ferenbach Inc. Financial adviser, broker, Merrill Lynch.
Robert E. Salter, EE 60, of Seminole, Fla., on Aug. 22. Coast Guard. Army (1st Lt.). Army Commendation Medal. Aerospace engineer. Westinghouse Elevators. Collins Radio. Systems engineer. Vice president, E-Systems/ECI. Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity.
Howard Schoninger, IM 65, of Bath, Maine, on April 6.
John A. Shelnutt, Phys 68, MS Phys 71, PhD Phys 75, of Watkinsville, Ga., on July 12. Bell Laboratories. Sandia National Laboratories. Faculty, University of New Mexico. Adjunct professor, University of Georgia.
Stephen P. Strickland, TE 69, of Cairo, Ga., on July 12. Fibervisions. Math instructor, Georgia Piedmont Technical College.
William Arthur Wilde, ME 63, of Denver, Colo., on July 26. Army (2nd Lt., Army Ordinance Corps). Project engineer, Regional Transportation District. Carter Burgess. CRSS.
1970s
Park A. Dallis III, EE 70, of Anchorage, Alaska., on March 7.
Barton Douglas DeHaven, IM 71, of Covington, Ga., on June 7. Food service sales, U.S. Foods Inc. Son: Barton DeHaven Jr., Mgt 02.
Michael T. Harrelson, IE 70, of Helena, Ga., on Sept. 2. Army Air Defense Artillery (Capt.). Georgia Power Company. Engineering consultant.
Gregory O. Langston, IE 70, of Jacksonville, Fla., on Aug. 25. Founder, Langston Electric Company Inc. Electrical contractor. Building contractor. Home and mold inspector. Daughter: Shannon K. Langston, Mgt 08.
John Braxton Mountain, Sr., MS ICS 77, of Huntsville, Ala., on Aug. 30. Director of information management, MICOM. Vice president, NCCIM.
Jerry Allen Richards, ChE 71, of Matthews, N.C., on Aug. 10. Meteorologist, Air Force. Celanese/Hoechst Celanese.
Brent Alan Scott, IE 72, of Kennesaw, Ga., on Sept. 15. Kappa Sigma Fraternity. Owner, Scott Corrosion Services Inc.
Roger V. Sheffield, MS ICS 75, of Islamorada, Fla., on July 20. Army (Col.). Vietnam War. Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal. Nephew: Randolph Kirchain, MSE 93.
Joseph Virgil Smarr Jr., EE 73, ChE 77, of Savannah, Ga., on July 5. Engineer, Robins Air Force Base.
Ronald E. Walterick, AE 74, of Vienna, Va., on July 30. Aerospace Engineer. Georgia Tech Research Institute.
William Wayne Wilbanks, BC 70, of Commerce, Ga., on Aug. 5. Sigma Chi Fraternity. Owner, Wilbanks Construction Consulting LLC.
1980s
Jonathan Mark Berg, AE 85, of Alpharetta, Ga. on July 17. Gulf Stream Corporation. Computer software sales support. Tripwire Inc.
Wendell J. Newsome, IE 80, of Smyrna, Ga., on July 19.
Robert William Patterson, MS Psy 87, PhD Psy 90, of Stone Mountain, Ga., on July 12. Georgia Department of Public Health.
Robert Lee Samuell III MS ICS 84, of Lexington, Ky., on Aug. 26. Computer scientist, Bell South.
Richard E. Simmons, EE 83, of Monck’s Corner, S.C., on Aug. 27. Founder, Simmons’ Industrial Electronics.
Mark David Strickert, ICS 86, MS ICS 92, of Austin, Texas, on July 20. IBM. Hewlett Packard. Wife: Mary M. Strickert, TSP 91.
1990s
Thomas Michael Breunig, PhD MetE 92, of Sauk City, Wis., on Aug. 12. Sandia Livermore National Lab. Coating Place Inc. Chef. President, Mendota Rowing Club.
Matthew Scott Roberts, Mgt 96, of Denver, Colo., on July 20.
Goga Vadachkoria, M Arch 94, of Atlanta, on Aug. 10. Associate, WSP (Smith Carter).
2000s
Corey L. Jones, Cls 09, of Duluth on Aug. 24. Information technology specialist, FEMA.
Friends
Bennie Hughes Abell, of Monroe, La., on Aug. 14.
Lovic Alton Brooks Jr., of Atlanta, on July 14. Navy. WWII. South Carolina legislature. Senior attorney, Atlanta Labor Relations Board. Chairman of the executive committee, Constangy, Brooks & Smith. Member, GA Judicial Invitational Golf Classic. Co-founder, SC Judicial Invitational.
Adrienne Jean Harrington, of
Atlanta, on July 21. Test Engineering Division, Georgia Tech Research Institute.
Frank H. Huff, of Atlanta, on June 29. Financial officer, Georgia Tech. Treasurer and vice president, Emory University. Son: Scott Montgomery, IE 82.
Lawrence Robert James, of Atlanta, on Aug. 14. Organizational psychologist, Georgia Tech. American Psychological Association. American Psychological Society. Academy of Management. Pilot Oil Chair of Excellence, University of Tennessee. Member, Society of Organizational Behavior. Distinguished Career Award, Academy of Management. Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award, Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology.
Nisbet Stovall Kendrick Jr., of Atlanta, on Aug. 10. Army (Cpt.). Physicist, Sandia Air Force Base. Physics professor and researcher, Georgia Tech. Committee Chairman, Boy Scout Troop 83. District Commissioner, Atlanta Area Counsel.
Stanley Dean Lindsey, of Bluffton, S.C., on July 12. Stanley D. Lindsey & Associates. Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Tech.
Carol Jean O’Brien, of Alpharetta, Ga., on July 30. Georgia Tech School of Chemistry. Continental Airlines. Ohio University. Life Link of Georgia. Gresham Smith & Partners.
Francis “Frank” Small, of Sandy Springs, Ga., on July 11. Navy. Westinghouse Electric Corporation. Member, North Metro Georgia Tech Club. Son: Steven F. Small, IE 80.
Marbury Stegall, of Atlanta, on July 6. Registered Nurse. M.N. Clinical Nurse specialist. Grady Memorial Hospital. Son: Eldon G. Stegall, CS 06, DM 06. Georgia Board of Nursing. Kaiser Permanente in The Southeast Permanente Medical Group Inc. White water canoeing and rafting instructor.
Richard Ducmarque Zupp III, of East Point, Ga., on Aug. 30. Electrician, D&N Electric Company.
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