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1930s
Thomas Jacob Berry, IM 39, of Griffin, Ga., on April 17. Army Air Force. 5th Air Force.
Alonzo Richardson, ME 39, of Burlingame, Calif., on May 18. Army Air Corps. WWII. Manager of engineering, Gaylord division of Crown Zellerbach.
1940s
William Willis “Bill” Anderson Jr., EE 45, of Atlanta, on May 16. Navy. WWII. Georgia Power Company.
Theodore “Ted” Arno II, Text 49, of Columbus, Ga., on March 7. Navy. WWII. President, Arenowitch Inc. Massachusetts Mutual Insurance Company. Manager, Georgia Tech football team. Georgia Tech Athletic Hall of Fame. Georgia Tech Alumni Association Board of Trustees. President, Miss Georgia Pageant. Son: Richard Arno, Mgt 87
William Calmese Buck, IM 49, of Columbus, Ga., on May 7. WWII. Pilot. President, Buck Ice & Coal Co. President, Georgia Ice Manufacturers Association. Secretary, treasurer, hall of fame member, Southern Ice Exchange.
Jack Clements Causey, EE 49, of Hoschton, Ga., on Jan. 24. Navy. WWII. Senior vice president of administrative services, Georgia Power.
Mimms Ibrey Cleveland Jr., ME 47, MS ME 48, of Houston, on April 12. General Electric. District manager, Power Generation Services.
Irwin “Buck” Freedman, IE 48, of Atlanta, on May 13. U.S. Army Signal Corps. President, Toronto lab, DeLuxe Laboratories. Motion picture film national sales manager, Agfa-Gevaert. Life Fellow, Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers. Member, Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation. Member, Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. Son: Chuck Freedman, IE 67.
Rickford James Hanner, ChE 43, of Charlotte, N.C., on April 11. Army Air Corps. WWII. President, Queen City Foundry.
John F. Hardy, IM 47, of Winter Park, Fla., on May 9. Commander. Navy. WWII. Korean War. Vietnam War. Supply Officer, Naval Training Center.
Norman Leonwood “Dutch” Holland, Cls 40, of Huntsville, Ala., on March 25. Army (Col.).
Samuel Thomas Hurst IV, Arch 42, of Santa Barbara, Calif., on April 10. Dean, USC School of Architecture and Fine Arts. Dean of Architecture and Fine Arts at Auburn University. Instructor, Tulane University, Georgia Tech. Navy. WWII. Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. Founder, Architects, Designers and Planners for Social Responsibility. Founding board, The Sustainability Project.
Myron Koplin, IE 49, of Macon, Ga., on March 29. Army. WWII.
Joseph Brooks Martin, IM 49, of West Lake Hills, Texas, on May 29. Air Force (Staff Sgt.). WWII. Air Medal. Purple Heart. Lone Star Steel. General Dynamics.
Dr. George Brown Miller Jr., AE 45, of Hardin, Ohio, on March 1. Navy. WWII. Education Department, Ohio Northern University.
Julian Harry Schoenberg, ChE 49, of Greenville, S.C., on April 19. Navy. WWII. Chemical engineer, W.R. Grace Cryovac Division.
Hugh Dorsey Sullivan, ME 49, of Huntsville, Ala., on March 11. Army. Air Corps. World War II.
Louis J. Taratoot, Cls 44, of Atlanta, on April 22. Navy. WWII. Owner, Seitzinger Inc. Founder, Taracorp Industries.
Thomas Harrison Winchester Jr., CE 43, of Macon, Ga., on March 31. Army. Construction president, St. Paul Village.
Robert Edwin Worsham, EE 49, MS EE 50, of Knoxville, Tenn., on March 23. Navy. Instructor, Georgia Tech Department of Electrical Engineering.
1950s
Milton Wesley Bennett, IM 53, MS IM 58, of Smyrna, Ga., on May 7. Air Force (2nd Lt.). National Air and Space Intelligence Center, working on Project Blue Book, a systematic study of UFOs. Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI). Resolution Trust Corp.
Ben Frank Brian Jr., ME 52, MS ME 53, of Savannah, Ga., on May 19. Pi Tau Sigma and Tau Beta Pi engineering honoraries. Kappa Alpha Order. Air Force. DuPont. Director and vice president of Rotary International. Georgia Tech Club of Savannah.
Joseph Hardwick Butler, CE 57, MS CE 63, of Macon, Ga., on March 26. Professional engineer. Professor of engineering, Middle Georgia College. Army Reserve (Lt. Col).
William Lloyd Carter, PhD ChE 50, of Clinton, Tenn., on March 30. Oak Ridge National Laboratory. First PhD recipient from Georgia Tech.
Benjamin Hutton Cunningham Jr., Arch 52, of Louisville, Ky., on Jan. 31. Navy. Architect. Urban planner.
Phillip Richard “Dick” Dalton, IM 56, of Houston, on May 3. Executive, Tubesales and Gulf Supply.
Robert Campbell Dancy Jr., EE 54, MS EE 55, of Sandy Springs, Ga., on May 31. Army.
George W. Finison, EE 54, of Macon, Ga., on March 1. Army Signal Corp. Korean War. General Electric Company. Electronic engineer, Robins AFB. Air National Guard (Col.) Grandson: Benjamin Leon, AE 15.
James Malcolm Fiveash, ME 53, MS IE 56, of Brunswick, Ga., on May 25. President, Five Transportation Company. Navy. Korean War. Sigma Chi Fraternity. Board of directors, Ameris Bank, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company. Brother: Charles Oliver Fiveash Jr., IE 49, MS IE 50.
Theodore Roberts “Ted” French, IM 52, of Atlanta, on May 27. Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity. Distinguished Military Graduate. Army Infantry (1st Lt.). Partner, Aaron, Bell and French. Founder, French Inc. President, Automotive Associated Representatives. President, B6 chapter of Automotive Booster Club. Grandson: Theodore Roberts French III, BME 12.
Carl Daniel Garlington, IE 55, of Jacksonville, Fla., on April 18. Army. Engineer.
Samuel Marvin “Sam” Griffin Jr., IM 58, of Bainbridge, Ga., on April 27. Publisher and editor, The Post Searchlight. Navy (Ensign). Naval Aviator and Naval Helicopter Pilot.
Charles Albert Hand Jr., IE 58, of Asheville, N.C., on April 23. Engineer. Lockheed. NASA. Bell Laboratories. Naval Engineer, Charleston Naval Shipyard.
Jack Durham Haynes, Arch 58, of Brookhaven, Ga., on May 29. Architect. Past president, Atlanta chapter of American Institute of Architects.
William Stough Hoover Jr., MS ChE 50, of Irvine, Calif., on May 13. Navy (Ensign).
John E. James, IM 54, of Macon, Ga., on April 5. John and Lillas James Scholarship Fund, Georgia Tech.
Gwynn Ted Martin, EE 51, of Dunwoody, Ga., on Feb.17. Engineer, Lockheed. Army. WWII. Korean War.
Marion Howard Massee III, BC 52, of Fitzgerald, Ga., on April 24. Navy. Co-founder, Mann and Massee Inc. Founder and president, Massee Builders Inc.
Harry Oliver Northern, EE 55, of Vallonia, Ind., on April 4. Electrical engineer and test engineer, Allison Gas Turbine Engines.
Ernest “Ernie” Osumi, IE 59, of Warner Robins, Ga., on Jan. 30. Korean War. Engineer, Robins Air Force Base.
James L. Owens, EE 53, of Clemmons, N.C., on May 7. Army. WWII. Senior engineer, Western Electric.
Edwin Hancel “Ed” Parker, EE 53, of Atlanta, on March 25. Navy. Engineer, Lockheed Martin.
Holton Robert “Bob” Parris Jr., IM 51, of Canton, Ga., on Jan. 29. Navy. WWII. GE. Founder, Equity Utility Service. Son: Holton Robert “Rob” Parris III, IM 78.
Robert L. Rabun Jr., IM 57, of Thomson, Ga., on April 14. Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. Owner and operator, McDuffie County Builders Supply.
Robert Donald “Don” Read Jr., IM 58, of Fayetteville, Ga., on Nov. 6, 2014.
James David Reeves, ChE 52, of Fort Myers, Fla., on Jan. 28. Standard Oil. Sun Oil Company.
John Baptiste Remion Jr., CE 51, of Savannah, Ga., on May 11. Navy. Army Corps of Engineers.
Leon James Scott Jr., IM 55, of Dunwoody, Ga., on March 25. Georgia Tech Student Council vice president. Class secretary and treasurer. Sophomore, junior and senior class president. ATO. ROTC. Vice president, ANAK. KOSEME. OKD. Ramblin Reck Club. Student Trial Board.
Henry P. “Hank” Still Jr., CerE 56, of Decatur, Ga., on March 4. Entrepreneur.
Dee Granville Sullins Jr., TE 55, of Stone Mountain, Ga., on March 28. Air Force.
Phillip James Sullivan, AE 55, MS ME 57, of Alpharetta, Ga., on April 5. Navy (Capt.). Pi Kappa Alpha. Tau Beta Pi Honor Society. Pi Tau Sigma Engineering Honor Society. Engineer, Lockheed. President, Lockheed Canada. Senior vice president of govt. reqmts., Lockheed Martin Corp.
Alfred Evans “Fred” Wamsley III, IM 56, of Atlantic Beach, Fla., on May 16. Navy. Director of trade relations, General Foods.
Theodore Roger Wirtz, IM 56, of Cary, N.C., on March 29. Sigma Chi fraternity. Army (1st Lt.). President and CEO, INDA.
1960s
Robert Winston Albright, ME 66, of Greenville, S.C., on April 3. Pi Tau Sigma Honor Society. Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity. Navy. Design and lead engineer, General Electric. Project manager, Daniel Construction.
Edwin Alonzo “Ed” Allbritton, IM 64, of Boerne, Texas, on May 10. Navy. Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team leader. Vietnam. Goldman, Sachs & Co. Founder, Allbritton Capital Management Associates. Dallas Safari Club 1991 Hunter of the Year. Texas State Champion in road cycling time trial event, 2011.
Ellis Bateman, IM 63, of Canton, Ga., on Jan. 24. Assistant superintendent of schools, state of Georgia. Son: William Michael Bateman, IE 01.
James W. Beasley, IM 64, of Marietta, Ga., on May 20.
Robert Bland, IM 61, of Duluth, Ga., on May 3. Commander. Navy.
J. Don Brock, MS ME 63, PhD ME 65, of Lookout Mountain, Tenn., on March 10. Founder, chairman, CEO, Astec Industries Inc. Man of the Year, National Asphalt Pavement Association. Academy of Distinguished Engineering Alumni, Georgia Tech. ARTBA Top 100 Private Sector Transportation Construction Professionals of the 20th Century. Dr. J. Don Brock Transovation Award, American Road and Transportation Builders Association.
Tim Bunce Sr., IE 68, of Edmond, Okla., on April 20. Engineer, Western Electric, AT&T, Celestica.
Robert Morris Bush, Arch 67, of Atlanta, on April 10. Air Force (Capt.). Architect, Thomas Stanley.
Larry Jerone Byars, ME 66, MS IM 68, of Duluth, Ga., on Feb. 3. Lockheed.
Planning engineer, Western Electric. Chief pilot, Southern Airways.
Joseph Milus “Pat” Fallon, MS EE 67, of Mesa, Ariz., on April 22. Engineer, Motorola.
James L. Flynt, AE 61, of Niceville, Fla., on May 11. Air Force (Maj.). Pilot.
Dr. Gary N. Harrison, Chem 69, of Statesboro, Ga., on March 6. Georgia Tech national championship bowling team. Assistant professor, Medical College of Georgia Pulmonary Section. Founder, Statesboro Medical Specialist Practice. East Georgia Regional Medical Center. Watauga Medical Center. Habersham County Medical Center.
Ed Hood, Cls 66, of Kennesaw, Ga., on March 31. Lockheed Martin.
Claude Wesley “Wes” Ingram, IM 64, of Southside, Ala., on May 19.
Terry McIntosh Kimball, Phys 60, of Savannah, Ga., on April 23. Tau Beta Phi Honor Society. Owner, Kimball’s Radio Tape Center.
John D. “Dan” Longley Sr., Phys 61, of Ozona, Fla., on May 25. Air Force. Fighter pilot. Coleman Instrument Corp. Aerospace engineer, Honeywell. Pan American Airways. Captain,
United Airlines.
Michael E. Marshall, EE 68, of Cary, N.C., on April 9. Co-owner, AlphaGraphics.
Orin E. Marvel, BS EE 63, MS EE 64, of Salinas, Calif., on April 22. Congressional fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. Legislative aide, U.S. Senator Jeremiah Denton. U.S. Army. Army Commendation medal recipient. Honeywell. Chief scientist, Hughes Aircraft Company. Senior principal scientist, NATO SHAPE Technical Center.
Joseph D. McDonald, Chem 69, of Roswell, Ga., on March 22. Technical Division, The Coca-Cola Company.
John Robert Neely Jr., ME 60, of Stockbridge, Ga., on May 30. Georgia Tech baseball player, 1957 SEC Championship team. Army. Professional engineer. Owner, Ful-Bro Engineering Inc.
Clarence Gary Phifer Jr., ChE 63, of Columbia, S.C., on March 29. U.S. Army Chemical Corps (2nd Lt.). Engineer, Westinghouse. PQ Corp. Sound engineer, Columbia City Ballet. Second place, Allied Arts competition category, International Whistler’s Convention.
George B. Rast Jr., EE 63, of Mount Pleasant, S.C., on May 10. Owner, Rast Associates Inc. Consulting engineer.
W. Frank Robertson, EE 61, of Decatur, Ga., on May 22. Army. Electrical engineer. AMEC.
Robert Doyle Rutland, ME 67, of West Columbia, S.C., on May 24. Phi Sigma Kappa Fraternity. Kimberly-Clark. Midland Steel. Applied Engineering. Colite Industries. S.C. Energy Achievement Award, 1987. DOE 1987 National Awards Program for Energy Innovations for contributions to asphalt recycling. Daughter: Alyssa Rutland Hubbard, EE 90.
Herbert C. Skinner Jr., IM 60, of Savannah, Ga., on May 30. President and chairman of the board, Varnedoe, Chisholm and Skinner. President, chairman of the board, Investment Performance Services. Robinson Humphrey. Past member, executive committee of the Southern Group of Investment Bankers Association of America. Member, Midwest Stock Exchange, Philadelphia Stock Exchange. Member, Port Royal Plantation Group. Chairman of the Board, St. Andrews School.
Edward Marcus Smith, ChE 60, of Baton Rouge, La., on May 9. Georgia Tech football. Engineer, Georgia Pacific. Entrepreneur.
Monso “Monty” Pittman Tatum Jr., MS Chem 63, of Deland, Fla., on May 31. Barberville Pioneer Arts Settlement. Black Bear Foundation.
Roy V. White, IE 63, of Winter Haven, Fla., on March 1. Navy. Korean War. Engineer.
1970s
Ernest “Carl” Baxter, IM 74, of Temple, Ga., on March 29. Chief, Georgia Tech Police Department.
William Frederick Byrne, MS IE 72, of Athens, Ala., on Feb. 17. Army (Lt. Col.). Patriot Missile Defense System.
Glenn Albert Clonts, Cls 79, of Decatur, Ga., on April 26.
Wesley Leroy Hamm, MS OR 74, of Burke, Va., on March 31. Air defense artillery officer. Army (Lt. Col.).
Richard Chapman Hays, IM 70, of Norcross, Ga., on May 21. Phi Kappa Theta Fraternity. Owner and operator, Spalding Software. Sons: Rob Hays, CMPE 98, John Hays, Mgt 02.
George Edward Johnson Jr., CE 72, of Newnan, Ga., on March 27. Civil engineer, Federal Aviation Association.
Nick Lance, ME 73, of Houston, on May 24. NASA. Ham radio teacher, Clear Creek Independent School District. CCISD Secondary Volunteer of the Year Award, 2011. Member of ARISS team, which organizes ham radio contacts with astronauts aboard the International Space Station. Amateur Radio Relay League’s 2003 Professional Educator of the Year. Winner, New Jersey State Jr. Championship in horseshoe pitching. Gold medals in horseshoe pitching in the 2009, 2011, and 2013 Senior Olympic Games. Texas State Horseshoe Championship in 2013. Wife: Renee Lance, ME 74. Daughter: Erica Lance White, ID 08, IE 10, Son: Nick D. Lance, EE 12.
T. Michael Lynberg, IE 74, of Flowery Branch, Ga., on May 18. Air Force. Vietnam. Technology sector, Cisco.
Cheri Suzon Lightsey Parrott, Chem 76, of Surrency, Ga., on May 19. Husband: Steve Parrott, Chem 72, MS Chem 73, PhD Chem 77.
Ronald David “Ronnie” Wallace, IM 71, of Marietta, Ga., on April 24. Georgia Tech football and baseball. Commercial bank officer. Entrepreneur.
1980s
Kyle Blaine Ahlfinger, EE 81, of Irving, Texas, on Jan. 27.
David Bruce Bridges, IM 82, of Marietta Ga., on March 25. Alpha Kappa Psi. Contract analyst, GTRI. Grants manager, Cobb County Schools. Owner, DB Business Solutions. Wife: Terry Grumley Bridges, ethics and compliance director, GTRI.
Christopher K. Davis, EE 82, MS EE 83, of Malabar, Fla., on April 24. Intersil.
Janet Harvey, CE 84, of San Pedro, Calif., on Feb. 10. Transportation engineer.
Robert Anthony Killett, ME 84, of Apache Junction, Ariz., on April 19.
Robert Scott Newman, MS CE 86, of Mount Pleasant, S.C., on April 2. Navy (Capt.). Civil and environmental engineer, CH2M Hill.
Belvia Patrice Brown Payne, AP 85, of Knoxville, Tenn., on Feb. 9.
Francis Berchmans Quinn Jr., MS ICS 80, of Galveston, Texas, on May 10. Professor emeritus, Department of Otolaryngology, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. Air Force flight surgeon. Adjunct professor, information and computer science, Georgia Tech. UTMB Department of Otolaryngology. Chief of the Otolaryngology Service for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Hospital at Galveston. J.G. Seinsheimer Jr. and Jessie Lee Seinsheimer Professorship in Otolaryngology. Osler Scholar. Founding member of the UTMB Oslerian Academy. Creator, Dr. Quinn’s Online Textbook of Otolaryngology. Licensed professional engineer. Lieutenant, Galveston Sheriff’s Department. Advanced peace officer, State of Texas. Extra class amateur radio operator. FCC General radiotelephone operator. FAA certificates and ratings include: Commercial pilot, multi-engine land, flight
instructor, flight instructor instrument and senior aviation medical examiner. Member, American Mensa.
Richard Victor Zollinger, EE 85, of Spartanburg, S.C., on May 6. President, Otto Zollinger Inc.
Friends
Joyce Bennett Caldwell of Columbia, S.C., on May 12. Administrative assistant for Georgia Tech’s Engineering Experiment Station and Dean of the Graduate School.
A. James “Jim” Clark, of Vero Beach, Fla., on March 20. President, George Hyman Construction Co. Clark Construction Group.
Richard Alter Duke, of Atlanta, on Feb. 19. Assistant director, School of Mathematics, Georgia Tech. Founder, Georgia Tech interdisciplinary doctoral program in algorithms, combinatorics, and optimization (ACO). Historian of mathematics at Georgia Tech. Founder, Richard A. Duke Faculty Endowment.
Thelma Gersch, of Atlanta, on Feb. 3. Bureau of Standards. Georgia Tech faculty women’s club. Son: Robert Gersch, CE 82.
Ray Graves, of Clearwater, Fla., on April 10. Georgia Tech Football, assistant head coach.
Jerry T. Herringdine, of Milledgeville, Ga., on April 21. Army.
Frank Clinton Murray, of Marietta, Ga., on March 24. Associate director, Institute for Paper Science and Technology.
Barbara Wilbur Owens, of Pittsboro, N.C., on Jan. 31. Husband: Jack G. Owens, IE 51. Son: Barry L. Owens, ChE 74.
Norman W. “Zeke” Paschall, of Atlanta, on March 3. Railway Supply and Manufacturing Inc. Army Air Corp. Norman W. Paschall Co. Inc. President, Textile Fiber and By-Products Association. President, National Cotton Batting Institute.
Joel S. Spira, of Coopersburg, Pa., on April 8. Navy. Inventor of first solid state electronic dimmer. Founder, Lutron Electronics Co. Inc. Ruth and Joel Spira Excellence in Teaching Awards, Georgia Tech. Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. Holder of more than 300 U.S. patents. Founder, Subarashii Kudamono.
Kenneth Gordon Taylor, of Savannah, Ga., on May 19. Army Corps of Engineers (Capt.). WWII. J.E. Sirrine Co. Executive vice president, Eastern Engineering Company. President, Simons-Eastern Consultants, Inc. Chairman, Georgia Tech Pulp & Paper Industry Advisory Committee. Chairman, Georgia Tech Foundation Board of Directors. Chairman, Georgia Tech Research Corporation Board of Directors. Kenneth G. Taylor P.E. Scholarship, Georgia Engineering Foundation. Founding secretary, president, DeKalb Chapter of the Georgia Society of Professional Engineers. President, Georgia Society of Professional Engineers. Director, National Society of Professional Engineers. 1988 Georgia Engineering Foundation Medal of Honor for Exemplary Service. Engineer of the Year of Metropolitan Atlanta, Private Practice, Georgia. GSPE Engineer of the Year, Georgia. Son: K. Gordon Taylor Jr., Cls 74. Grandchildren: Emily Taylor Bever, INTA 05, Kenneth G. Taylor III, Mgt 08.
Rebekah Candler Ward, of Atlanta, on Feb. 12. Sons: Henderson Crawford Ward Jr., ChE 69, Charles Scott Ward, Arch 78. Grandaughter: Elizabeth Marshall Ward, Arch 09, M Arch 13.
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