Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine

Leslie Overman

Cinéma Vérité

Businessman-turned-documentarian Jim Butterworth makes movies with a message.

Commander Building

Two pages of the 1961 Blueprint were devoted to Charlie Commander. A clean-cut, bespectacled man, Commander in one photo was perched on the front steps of the Georgia Tech YMCA, the brick building on North Avenue that now houses the Alumni Association offices.

Ramblin’ Roll - March/April 2010

Ramblin’ Roll - March/April 2010

Class of 1928 Alums Tom Edwards and Ernest Welch

Class of 1928 Alums Tom Edwards and Ernest Welch

They Lived Life to Its Fullest — for 103 Years

Pernell Roberts Was at Tech Before the Ponderosa

Pernell Roberts Was at Tech Before the Ponderosa

Pernell Roberts, Cls 50, who more than a decade before setting foot on the Ponderosa as Adam Cartwright on the television series Bonanza walked across the Tech Tower lawn on his way to class, died of pancreatic cancer Jan. 24 at his home in Malibu, Calif.

Susan Herbst: Study in Civility

Susan Herbst: Study in Civility

The executive vice chancellor and chief academic officer for the University System of Georgia talks about her career, her upcoming book and the knickknacks scattered throughout her office.

Hyacinth Ide: Tree Hugger

Hyacinth Ide: Tree Hugger

Facilities landscape manager Hyacinth Ide works to keep the Georgia Tech campus lush and litter-free.

Alum Hits Jackpot With Commercial

Aspiring filmmaker Ben Callner, STC 07, won $5,000 and a handheld HD camcorder as the grand prize winner in the Georgia Lottery’s “Powerball: Lights, Camera, Action” contest for a 30-second television commercial he created.

A Conversation With Aaron Santesso

The professor talks about English departments of the future, what Charles Dickens and James Bond have in common and why his childhood dream of becoming a rock star didn’t pan out.

She Was a Teenage CEO

Freshman Jasmine Lawrence ran a multimillion-dollar business before heading to Tech to study computer engineering.

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Magazine Staff

Kimberly Link-Wills, Editor

Van Jensen, Assistant Editor

Leslie Overman, Assistant Editor