March/April 2011

Among Georgia Tech’s comedic community, there’s a particular style of humor that’s become most popular. Improvisational comedy forces humorists to create skits without a script. It’s a free-form style that relies on quick thinking, good communication and a knack for the absurd. On campus, that manifested in the Let’s Try This! improv troupe. Founded in more

1940s | 1950s | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s 1940s Frank A. Stovall, ChE 43, MS EE 49, in February celebrated 67 years of marriage to Marjorie Hailey of Atlanta. The couple have four children, seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Stovall, who was on the track and tennis teams more

On March 1, 1961, President John F. Kennedy signed an executive order establishing the Peace Corps. Alumni who have volunteered over the years say the experience is life changing. more

Peter Rhee, chief of trauma surgery at University Medical Center in Arizona, was a calming force after a gunman opened fire outside a grocery store. more