Articles By: GTalumni

  • Letters — January/February 2011

    Curry Commands Respect As a retired engineer who follows the global warming debate, I read with interest the well-written article about Judith Curry in the November/December Alumni Magazine. I have been following her participation in the public discussion and since “Climategate” find it refreshingly objective. Through her academic stature, her scientific papers and the positions more

  • Nash Children’s Philanthropy Instilled by Their Parents

    In the Nash family, Tech was a key element in two life lessons — the ability of education to change people’s lives and the responsibility to give back through volunteer work and philanthropy. Because of those lessons, the Institute now has a Harold R. and Mary Anne Nash Professor in Industrial and Systems Engineering. Pinar more

  • Strong Mind, Strong Body

    By Torian Parker Seymour Lampert had a long and distinguished career in the space industry and academia. At 90, he’s probably entitled to sit back and reflect on his professional accomplishments. Not Sy Lampert. He’s too busy racking up athletics medals, including four golds this year in the National Masters Track and Field Championship. Getting more

  • Desiree Moore Continued Husband’s Legacy of Giving

    When the Bill Moore Student Success Center was dedicated on campus in 1993, the man for whom it was named said, “When I first saw the building, tears came into my eyes.” Moore’s $5 million contribution, which made the building possible, was at the time the single largest gift given to the Institute from a more

  • Grasshopper Inventor Joe Byrd Dies

    In the Summer 1990 issue of the Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine, a feature article about “dream makers” spotlighted inventions from the minds of Tech alumni, students and faculty. Some, like Elmer’s glue, had become household names, and others had become mainstays in industry. Alumnus Joe Byrd’s invention was one of the latter. Joseph P. Byrd more