March/April 2011

  • Comedy Without a Script

    Comedy Without a Script

    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

  • Ramblin’ Roll, March/April 2011

    Ramblin’ Roll, March/April 2011

    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

  • What They Did for Their Country

    What They Did for Their Country

    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
  • Calm Amid Chaos

    Calm Amid Chaos

    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
  • The Day Tech Sports Changed Forever

    The Day Tech Sports Changed Forever

    By L. Mitchell Ginn On Jan. 24, 1964, the direction of Georgia Tech athletics and the fortunes of one of the South’s premier collegiate institutions were forever changed. Head football coach and athletic director Bobby Dodd and President Edwin Harrison were at the annual SEC coaches meetings at the Americana Motor Hotel in downtown Atlanta. more