Tech History

Each fall, thousands of fans file into Bobby Dodd Stadium to root for the Yellow Jackets on Grant Field, a symbol of Tech football for almost a century. But few may know the story behind the field’s name. Hugh Inman Grant, who died in 1906 at age 10 after a bout of appendicitis, was a more

By L. Mitchell Ginn, Arch 82, M Arch 85 Last summer, a group of Tech Lambda Chi Alpha alumni were discussing plans for their 30th anniversary reunion. Conversation turned to their time together in the late 1970s and early ’80s. And soon enough, those stories called up memories of Mike “Taco” Lopez, ME 80, a fraternity more

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: more

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