By Van Jensen on February 14, 2012
For three-plus decades, Tech’s tennis coaches have been inseparable—on the court and off Over the past 12 years, Kenny Thorne, IE 89, and Bryan Shelton, IE 90, have coached Tech’s men’s and women’s tennis teams, respectively. They have built a tennis program into one of the best in the nation. The teams have claimed multiple [...]
Posted in Excerpt, On the Field, Vol. 88, No. 1
By Rachael Maddux on February 14, 2012
In June 1951, Charles E. Johnson earned his bachelor’s degree in industrial management from Georgia Tech. It was a proud moment for
the young man from Charleston, S.C., but
he wasn’t the only member of his family to be honored that day. His wife, Colleen, though not a student, was also awarded a Tech degree: [...]
Posted in Excerpt, Tech History, Vol. 88, No. 1 | Tagged tech history
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
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 Rachael Maddux on November 7, 2011
Seven Handle Circus may be one of the hottest startups to come out of the Georgia Tech community in quite some time. You can’t download its source code, and it’s not the product of countless hours spent tapping away on a laptop in the Clough Commons Starbucks. It’s no app—it’s a band. Still, the guys [...]
Posted in Burdell & Friends, Excerpt, Vol. 87, No. 7
By Van Jensen on November 7, 2011
Dean Alford’s curriculum vitae features a wealth of experience in the energy industry, a variety of roles in government, positions with a broad swath of charitable and civic organizations and several committee postings at Georgia Tech, from which he received an electrical engineering degree in 1976. To that list, Alford recently added one more item: [...]
Posted in Alumni House, Excerpt, Vol. 87, No. 7
By Rachael Maddux on November 7, 2011
Earlier this year, the Georgia Tech Research Institute’s Cyber Technology and Information Security Laboratory was tapped by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to head up a five-year, $10 million initiative to investigate and identify open-source security models and technologies to be used in support of the United States’ national cybersecurity efforts. Led by GTRI, [...]
Posted in Excerpt, Tech Topics, Vol. 87, No. 7
By Rachael Maddux on November 7, 2011
All over the country and the world, Georgia Tech alumni belong to geographic groups, bound by common locations as well as their shared connection to the Institute’s traditions and academic excellence. And beginning this summer, those groups have a new name: The organizations once known as Alumni Clubs are now Alumni Networks. “Over a year [...]
Posted in Alumni House, Excerpt, Vol. 87, No. 7
By Van Jensen on November 4, 2011
It was half an hour before the start of the 2011 Yellow Jackets football season, and a steady crowd filed into gate nine on Bobby Dodd Stadium’s east side, ready to watch Tech take on Western Carolina. A gold Jaguar pulled up along Techwood Drive, Yellow Jackets pennants flying from the rear windows. Out stepped [...]
Posted in Excerpt, Vol. 87, No. 7, Yellow Jackets
By Rachael Maddux on August 19, 2011
Coach Bruce Heppler on what makes Georgia Tech golf great Bruce Heppler can’t seem to escape golf. Growing up, his parents and sister all played, and he financed his own club fees by chasing down range balls and washing clubs. But after his junior college cancelled its golf program his sophomore year, he set aside [...]
Posted in Excerpt, Vol. 87, No. 6, Yellow Jackets
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