By Alumni Publications on February 14, 2012
With the space shuttles grounded, Tech alumni and researchers are designing the vehicles and systems that will take humans farther into the final frontier.
Posted in Features, Vol. 88, No. 1
By Alumni Publications on February 14, 2012
1940s | 1950s | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | Births & Weddings 1940s Richard Collier, AE 48, competed in the Huntsman World Senior Games in St. George, Utah, in October. He returned home to Englewood, Fla., with a bronze medal in singles tennis and a silver medal in doubles. Collier lettered for four years in tennis at Tech, which he attended through the V-12 [...]
Posted in Class Notes, Excerpt, Vol. 88, No. 1
By Alumni Publications on February 14, 2012
Upon his death on Dec. 2 from the melanoma cancer he’d battled for years, Dr. Scott Wills, Phys 83, was remembered by the Tech community as a passionate educator, a tireless supporter of his students and a relentlessly curious researcher. A professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mr. Wills taught more than [...]
Posted in Obituaries, Vol. 88, No. 1
By Alumni Publications on February 14, 2012
Marshall Jones “Skip” Beebe, IM 67, passed away suddenly on the evening of Nov. 7 after suffering a stroke. That he spent some of his final hours engaged in the company of colleagues and students at the Global CoreNet real estate conference was apt. Beebe spent the last two decades of his professional career as [...]
Posted in Obituaries, Vol. 88, No. 1
By Alumni Publications on February 14, 2012
Dade William Moeller, who passed away Sept. 26 at age 84, was a widely respected researcher, professor and steward of environmental health. But in 1944, he was just another Georgia Tech freshman, albeit one able to claim the distinction of being the only student at his high school to have passed the V-12 Navy entrance [...]
Posted in Obituaries, Vol. 88, No. 1
By Alumni Publications on February 14, 2012
1930s | 1940s | 1950s | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2010s | Students | Friends 1930s Royce Lee Brandon, IM 39, of Lilburn, Ga., on Oct. 28. He was retired from Georgia Tech. He served as a major in the U.S. Air Force, including service in World War II. Archibald Reese Hooks, CE 39, of Atlanta, on Oct. 20. He worked as district manager of Chase Brass and [...]
Posted in Excerpt, Obituaries, Vol. 88, No. 1
By Alumni Publications on November 7, 2011
1930s | 1940s | 1950s | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | Friends 1930s Karl A. Bevins, EE 39, of Atlanta, on July 29. He served as traffic engineer for the city of Atlanta until his retirement in 1978 and was first-chair clarinetist with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Bruce Winston Hafley, Cls 39, of Atlanta, on June 28. He served in the U.S. Army during World War [...]
Posted in Burdell & Friends, Obituaries, Vol. 87, No. 7
By Alumni Publications on November 7, 2011
By Alumni Magazine staff and Christina Lee Everyone knows Tech students think big. So it should be no surprise that now, more than ever, there’s a growing awareness among the student body that a Tech degree is made even more valuable by connecting to the alumni network before graduation. That’s something that the Alumni Association [...]
Posted in Features, Vol. 87, No. 7
By Alumni Publications on November 7, 2011
1950s | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | Friends | Births & Weddings 1950s Randy Cabell, EE 53, MS EE 54, wants classmates to know that his band, The Fowler Street Five, popular at Tech in the 1950s, reformed in 1995 and has a number of recorded favorite songs [...]
Posted in Burdell & Friends, Class Notes, Vol. 87, No. 7
By Alumni Publications on November 7, 2011
The annual Leadership Georgia Tech event in September honored the Alumni Networks and alumni volunteers who made outstanding contributions to the Institute. The Networks Competition pitted Networks against each other to increase alumni involvement and awareness of the Tech brand in local communities, with winners receiving money for their local scholarships. In the White & [...]
Posted in Alumni House, Vol. 87, No. 7