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Comment on 125 Pieces of Tech History by Kimberly Link-Wills

Kimberly Link-Wills — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:37:40 +0000

Jane LaPlante Pierce, IE 82, and Scott Pierce, ME 83, MS ME 92, PhD ME 03, are asking alumni for the definitive story:

“We believe it was in the fall of either ‘78 or ‘79 that Budweiser donated a keg of beer to the band for a party. However, we remember the sequence of events differently: One of us remembers that the donation came first, then the band played the Bud song during a football game to thank them; the other remembers we played the song first, then the company gave us the keg to thank us. Does anyone out there remember which came first?”

Comment on Alex Gutierrez: Officer of the Year by Dimitri

Dimitri — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:46:31 +0000

Congratulations Alex. This award is merited for your hard work and dedication. Enjoy all the accolades and continued success.

Comment on Ramblin’ Roll, July/August 2010 by Dentists Spartanburg

Dentists Spartanburg — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:09:21 +0000

Kudos to Dr. Gober.on your successful ride for prostate awareness!

Comment on Broken by Ted Ciamillo

Ted Ciamillo — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 21:47:08 +0000

Ross, you are the image of courage.

Comment on Alex Gutierrez: Officer of the Year by Ian McAllister

Ian McAllister — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 01:46:42 +0000

Alex,
Continue to be the example of what is right with law enforcement. Your outlook on the job is one to be emulated by all law enforcement officers regardless of jurisdiction.

Comment on The Iceman Cometh by Melissa

Melissa — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 23:50:00 +0000

Well hard work is one reason why people prosper

Comment on Susan Herbst: Study in Civility by Ginny Lederman

Ginny Lederman — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 16:39:31 +0000

Sounds great. Can’t wait to read the book!!!

Comment on The Iceman Cometh by Anshul

Anshul — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:35:49 +0000

Nice Read and Informative, Wish to be in Georgia Tech MBA someday,

Comment on Seventy-eight Alumni, Students Gather at Johnson by saroy.net » links for 2010-07-22

saroy.net » links for 2010-07-22 — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 05:03:30 +0000

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Comment on School of Psychology Hits Half-century Mark by Charles(Charlie) E. Johnson, Jr.

Charles(Charlie) E. Johnson, Jr. — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 03:02:45 +0000

Congratulations to the School of Psy for becoming 50 years old. Something is considered an antique when it becomes 50 years old. I am a Tech grad of 1973, receiving a BS in Behavioral Management. I took 6 Psy courses on the quarter system. I passed all of them, never receiving lower than a C. Dr. Loveland was my prof in Psy Testing. He would love to hear that I performed better than 72% of the nation on the GRE administered in 1978 at The College of Charleston. My verbal score was about 38%, but the combined score was well above my SAT score when Tech believed in me enough to accept me. I had to take the SAT twice to get Tech to believe in me, the second time with more quantitative than the first SAT admin. Both of these were administered at Jacksonville University in Jacksonville. It was interesting to read a little about the history of the School of Psychology. I found that it really wasn’t all that informative though. It was not really as informative as the courses I took there, which is the most important anyway. I live in a house that has hit the half century mark, built in 1939. It’s a family beach house across the street from the Atlantic Ocean. It survived Hurricane Hugo and Gracie, and numerous tropical storms, plus the storm of the century. My folks are Tech parents. My dad graduated in IM in ‘51. My mom received an honorary degree in Mistress of Patience in Husband Engineering on 6-11-51, signed by Dr. Van Leer. Wayne Van Leer was in some of my classes in the Behavioral Management program. My folks are over 80 now, my dad 83 and mom 82, and they are handicapped. My mom can’t walk, and has to use a motorized scooter in her house. My dad uses a walker in the house, rides store scooters, and has a handicapped parking space card for his Mercedes. I have become a helper for them in many ways. We enjoy looking at Tech football games on tv. My dad loves Tech baseball games. I thouroughly enjoyed taking Psy at Tech. I recall being given a pop quiz in Psy of Adjustment when we were to write down 10 pathological ego defense mechanisms. I recall Dr. Loveland saying in class that the Psy Dept reviewed every application for admition to Tech, and decided who to believe in. I also took 15 hours of Sociology, and numerous Organizational Behavior courses upstairs in the Skiles building in the School of IM. I made the Dean’s List 9 of 14 quarters. At my graduation, Jimmy Carter was there, while he was Governor. One of my hobbies now is photography. A couple of my websites are http://flickr.com/colleaguegraduate, and http://youtube.com/pnutbutrjelyfish. They are HD photography sites, all of which I made. The part-time night job I got while at Tech from Tech’s placement center operating a step and repeat microfiche camera over by Peachtree and 10th has helped me in photography and pc computing. I enjoy visiting http://mathworld.wolfram.com, and enjoy reading about Martingales there right now. I also enjoy reading about Johnson’s Equation, Combinatorics, Plateau’s Equation and Einstein Field Equations. I enjoyed reading about the Russian mathematician who recently solved the problem of how to calculate some particular part of sphere areas- the bearded guy who turned down his million dollar prize from the Clay Institute, the recluse who lives with his mom in Russia. I am now 58. I am healthy, other than having to go through two nuclear stress tests which I passed, much bloodwork for my cardiologist for colesterol and HBP, and having almost a total broken wrist fusion operation w/o permanent internal pins needed. I currently am on 2 mg/day of valium for anxiety, and see a young psychiatrist who is a Cuban. He was the first one who prescribed me the effective valium that has really calmed me down. It has been a pleasure sharing my life after leaving Tech up until now with you.