In Memoriam

The cardboard sign appeared on an East Atlanta telephone pole in late May, the words spelled in thick black ink: “HIS NAME WAS PATRICK COTRONA. He’s my brother and a kind and loving son and uncle and friend. He went to GA Tech & he loved video games & beer. He was a computer engineer more

Joel Brand Laseter, Cls 40, of Plant City, Fla., on May 16. He joined the Marine Corps and flew Corsairs in World War II, commanding a squadron of B-25s in the Pacific Theatre. Following the war, he worked to repatriate prisoners of war to China, Japan, Russia and the United States, and continued to work more

1930s | 1940s | 1950s | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | Students | Friends 1930s Harold Winston Adams, EE 39, of Richmond, Va., on May 6. Army (Maj.), World War II. Chief engineer, Reynolds Metals Company. Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Author. Patent-holder. James Holmes, MS Chem 38, of Asheville, N.C., on Jan. 22. Humble Oil Company. National Defense Research Council. more

A football star at Georgia Tech and in the NFL, Larry Morris, IM 55, died Dec. 19 in Austell, Ga. Following his death, his family provided his brain to a center at Boston University that is researching the brains of former football players to understand degenerative brain disease and the long-term impacts of concussions. Morris’ bruising more