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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 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 [...]
Posted in Burdell & Friends, Obituaries, Vol. 87, No. 6
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 [...]
Posted in Burdell & Friends, Obituaries, Vol. 87, No. 6
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