By Rachael Maddux 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 [...]
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By Rachael Maddux on November 4, 2011
To say that John E. Aderhold loved downtown Atlanta, as the businessman and developer’s son Tom noted to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution late this summer, seems like an understatement. Many love the bustling heart of Atlanta’s capital. But few can claim that their love of the city has played such an integral role in shaping its [...]
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By Rachael Maddux on November 4, 2011
If he had accomplished nothing else in his professional life, Ray Christie Anderson, IE 56, would be remembered upon his Aug. 8 passing as the founder and chairman of a pioneering, flourishing carpet company. Interface, founded in 1973 on the heels of Anderson’s 14 years in the industry at Callaway Mills and Deering Milliken, became [...]
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By Rachael Maddux on November 4, 2011
Phil McKnight, professor and chair of the School of Modern Languages in the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, died unexpectedly during the Labor Day holiday. He was 69. Joining Georgia Tech as chair in August 2001, McKnight transformed the Institute’s 107-year-old modern languages curricula into one of the nation’s premier programs. Today, 21 percent [...]
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By Alumni Publications on August 19, 2011
Liam Rattray had much to celebrate on May 30 when he was riding his motorcycle on Moreland Avenue in Atlanta. Mr. Rattray had been named the outstanding undergraduate researcher from the Ivan Allen College and had started Arkfab, a biotechnology organization that developed sustainable food systems. He was the legislative aid for Georgia Organics and [...]
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By Alumni Publications on August 19, 2011
In 1987, Kathy Harrison blew away the competition at the ACC Women’s Track and Field Championships with first-place finishes in the 400-meter dash, 400-meter intermediate hurdles and the triple jump. For good measure, she also finished second in the long jump and ran a leg of Tech’s third-place 4-by-400 meter relay. Ms. Harrison set three [...]
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By Alumni Publications on August 19, 2011
Amidst the widespread storms of April 27 that devastated much of the Southeast, Georgia Tech lost one of its most accomplished alumni. Elbert Earl Patton Jr., IM 50, was at his home on Lake Burton the night of April 27 when it was hit directly by a tornado. The house, which Mr. Patton built in [...]
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By Alumni Publications on August 19, 2011
“I’m breathing,” McKinley Conway joked when asked about his health in a 2010 interview with the Alumni Magazine. Mr. Conway, who preferred to be called “Mac,” went on to relate many of the adventures of his life, including a hair-raising trip in his twin-engine Aero Commander along the Amazon River. After earning an aerospace engineering [...]
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By Alumni Publications on August 19, 2011
Growing up in Gay, Ga., Dorothy Gay “Dot” Poole succeeded at just about everything she tried. She was renowned as a scholar and athlete and won the Best Actress award at the state drama competition. She swam in the nearby Warm Springs with her father’s friend, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Mrs. Poole graduated from Agnes Scott [...]
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By Alumni Publications on August 19, 2011
1930s | 1940s | 1950s | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | Friends 1930s Frederick Whiting Clark, EE 38, of Barnwell, S.C., on June 7. He retired as a Lt. Colonel after 33 years in the Army, including service in World War II. He went on to work at J.B. McCrary [...]
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The 2011 Vol. 87, No. 7 digital edition of the Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine is now available. 
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