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1930s
Cecil Alexander, Cls 39, of Atlanta, on July 31. Army, World War II. Principal architect, Leo A. Weiner firm. Principal architect, FABRAP Incorporated.
John Boy, ME 38, of Clewiston, Fla., on July 16. Navy (Capt.), World War II. President, U.S. Sugar Corporation.
Hugh K. Marshall, Arch 38, of Atlanta, on Aug. 8. Army, World War II. Army Reserve (Lt. Col.). Architect. Project oversight, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare and Department of Housing and Urban Development. Reserve Officers Association. Atlanta Institute of Architects.
Demetrius Thomas Papageorge, CE 36, of Atlanta, on Aug. 11. Georgia Department of Transportation. Lockheed Martin Aeronautics. Daughter: Maria Artemis, Arch 91. Nephews: George C. Woodward, Phys 68; Thomas Papageorge, Arch 67, MS CE 71.
Allan Raymon Spreen, ME 37, of St. Augustine, Fla., on Aug. 4. Glenn L. Martin Aircraft Company. President, Southern Industries. President, Suburban Manufacturing. Son: Allan N. Spreen, IE 71.
1940s
Edward Lee Allman, IE 48, of Manchester, N.H., on June 19. Navy, World War II. American Standard. Thomas A. Edison Industries. Georgia Tech Engineering Hall of Fame.
William Vail Bennett, IE 49, of Savannah, Ga., on June 20. Army, World War II. Savannah Foods.
Buford Leroy Brock, IE 49, of New Smyrna Beach, Fla., on Aug. 24. Army Air Force, World War II. Coast Guard Auxiliary. Manager of Propulsion, Eastern Air Lines.
Leonard Daniels Jr., ChE 49, of Knoxville, Tenn., on July 30. Army, World War II. Chemical engineer, UOP LLC.
Howard G. Dean Jr., EE 43, of Atlanta, on July 30. Army (2nd Lt.). Field engineer, Civil Aeronautics Association. Redstone Arsenal/Ordnance Guided Missile Center. Vice President of Engineering Management and Vice President of Operations and Quality Control, Scientific Atlanta. Helped develop the Georgia Tech Research Institute. Associate director emeritus, GTRI. Georgia Tech Engineering Hall of Fame.
H. Douglas Garner, ME 44, of Conyers, Ga., on May 25. Senior Scientist and Distinguished Research Associate, NASA. Experimental Aircraft Association’s Stan Ditzik Memorial Award for Outstanding Design Contribution for the development of the Electro-Fluidic Autopilot. Two R&D 100 awards for the development of the Smart Compass and the braille mouse. Patent holder.
William Glenn, EE 46, of Boca Raton, Fla., on July 14. Navy. Director of image systems lab, Florida Atlantic University.
Aubrey Lamar Hanna, ChE 49, of Pensacola, Fla., on Sept. 1. Army, World War II. Chemstrand/Monsanto.
Stephen Henry Harrington, Cls 47, of Decatur, Ga., on June 4.
Alvin Hock, Cls 48, of Cincinnati, on Aug. 1. Navy. Former president, Brighton Corp.
Scott White Holman Jr., IM 47, of Houston, Texas, on June 11. Founder and president, Scott Holman Company.
William Holt Jr., ME 42, of Scarborough, Maine, on Aug. 16. Air Corps Reserve (Capt.). Technical assistant, ExxonMobil Corporation.
John Jarriel, EE 43, of Jacksonville, Fla., on July 18. Army, World War II. IBM.
Hal W. Lamb Jr., Cls 42, of Chapel Hill, N.C., on June 13. Army Air Corps, World War II. Air Force (Col.). Son: Hal W. Lamb III, IM 66. Grandson: Bill Lamb, Mgt 91.
Leon Meyer, ChE 49, MS Chem 50, of St. Louis, Mo., on Aug. 15. Navy, World War II. DuPont.
Bryan Burdette Mitchell, TE 41, of Alexandria, Va., on June 28. Marines, World War II, Korea and Vietnam (Col.). U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Walter Daves Pittman, AE 48, of Austin, Texas, on Aug. 19. Army Air Corps (1st Lt., Distinguished Flying Cross), World War II. McDonnell Aircraft. Aerospace Corporation. NASA.
Marvin Otto Richter, EE 47, of Gainesville, Ga., on Aug. 19. Army Reserve (Maj.), World War II. Georgia Power.
George Sellers, IM 48, on July 19.
Marvin Henry Smith, Jr., Text 49, of Atlanta, on July 9. Vice President, Southern Sizing Company. Treasurer, Georgia Republican Party.
Charles Donald Spielberger, Chem 49, of Tampa, Fla., on June 12. President, American Psychological Association. Psychology department chair, University of South Florida Distinguished Research Professor, USF. Center for Research in Behavioral Medicine & Health Psychology.
E. Warren Woolf, ME 47, of Atlanta, on July 15. Navy Reserve (Lt. Cmdr.). Director, Baptist Home Mission Board. Sons: David Woolf, Cls 72; William Woolf, IM 70.
1950s
Bobby G. Albritton, IE 54, of Cumming, Ga., on Aug. 13. Navy, World War II. Air Force (Command Pilot; Distinguished Flying Cross, Bronze Star, Air Medal with two oak leaf clusters), Vietnam. Certified safety engineer, loss control industry.
Jack Alvarez, EE 50, of Daytona Beach, Fla., on June 23. Engineer, Cape Canaveral Space Program. General Electric. Professor, Daytona State College.
Stanley Warren Armistead Sr., Arch 51, of Atlanta, on June 13. Marine Corps (Purple Heart), World War II.
James Baldwin, Arch 52, CE 56, of Atlanta, on July 16. Army (2nd Lt., Purple Heart), Korea.
Samuel C. Barnett, MS ME 56, PhD ME 62, of Chattanooga, Tenn., on June 19. Army. Institute of Nuclear Power Operations.
Jacob Alexander Blanton, ME 51, of Marietta, Ga., on July 9. Air Force, World War II. Eastern Airlines. Lockheed Martin.
William P. Britt, Text 58, of Rockingham, N.C., on March 17. Quality control manager, Burlington Worldwide.
Donald Carraway, CE 56, of Tallahassee, Fla., on Aug 19. Army. Safety director, Ardaman & Associates. Forty-year member, Barbershop Harmony Society.
Lenton Allen Carter, IE 58, of Gainesville, Ga., on July 3. Chicopee Manufacturing Company. Gladwin Industries.
George Lee Clackum, IM 58, of Conyers, Ga., on Sept. 3. Department of Human Resources. Son: Roy Clackum, ME 87.
Meredith Griggs “Max” Clarke, IE 59, of Peachtree City, Ga., on July 25. Air Force. NASA. FAA. Brother: Marshall Clarke, Arch 62.
Robert E. Clement, IE 55, of Salisbury, N.C., on Aug. 3. District manager, Schneider Electric North America.
John Ray Crittenden Jr., EE 54, of New Bern, N.C., on June 5. Chance Vaught. General Electric. Ferranti.
Vernon Johnson Daniel, IE 50, of Daleville, Va., on July 4. Army, World War II. Director of Engineering, Hanes/Sara Lee.
Hector Joseph Diaz, CE 54, of Tampa, on Aug. 8. Army (1st Lt). DSA Engineering.
James Drury, Arch 50, of Decatur, Ga., on July 1. Army, World War II. Architect, John Portman & Associates.
Kermit Earl Duckett, Phys 58, of Knoxville, Tenn., on June 19. Professor Emeritus, University of Tennessee.
Robert Lewis Duling, Cls 50, of Decatur, Ala., on Sept. 22. South Central Bell. Boeing.
Forist G. Dupree, ME 51, of Sumter, S.C., on June 26. Air Force (Col.; Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross, Bronze Star, Air Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Joint Service Commendation Medal, Korean War Service Medal), Korea and Vietnam. Representative and seminar speaker, First Command. Brother: Charles Dupree, EE 57.
Dan W. Estes Sr., Arch 50, of Columbus, Ga., on Aug. 2. Director, Freeman & Associates. Brother: Cecil Estes Jr., CE 39.
Ralph Edward Gill Jr., EE 51, of Brunswick, Ga., on Aug. 7. Marine Corps, World War II. Member, Association of Energy Engineers. Engineer, Tennessee Valley Authority, Pittsburgh Metallurgical, Lockheed Aircraft and Martin Marietta. Project Gemini space program. Dow Badische Corporation. Past president, Georgia State Square Dance Association.
James W. Gray Jr., IM 50, of Winter Haven, Fla., on Aug. 9. Navy (R. Adml.), Korea. Gray Truck Line. Sons: James W. Gray III, MSci 74; J. Edward Gray, Mgt 76.
Floyd Griffin Jr., EE 56, of Gulf Breeze, Fla., on July 22. Navy. Founder, Ordnance Research.
Thomas Waterman Hagler, ME 52, of Augusta, Ga., on June 25. Air Force (2nd Lt.). President and CEO, Georgia Iron Works Co. Co-inventor, GIW Hydraulic Slide Rule. Georgia Tech Academy of Distinguished Engineering Alumni.
Robert Ashley Harley, Cls 51, of Spartanburg, S.C., on Sept. 11. Harley Bag Co./Harley Corporation. Co-founder, Spartanburg Bank and Trust. Founder, Carolina Southern Bank. Founder and chairman, Carolina Alliance Bank. Chairman, South Carolina State Development Board. Son: Steve Harley, CE 73.
Carlton W. Hendrix Sr., Cls 50, of Canton, Ga., on Jan. 1. Tool designer, Lockheed.
Reuben Auburn Holliday, IE 58, of Augusta, Ga., on Aug. 26. Air Force (Capt.).
Joseph T. Huie, ME 57, of Lenoir City, Tenn., on Aug. 2. Air Force (Capt.).
Garner H. Ivey Jr., CE 51, of Kihei, Hawaii, on Nov. 9, 2012. Civil engineer, A&B Properties. Wrestling coach, Baldwin High School.
James Lamar Jordan, IM 50, of Frisco, Texas, on July 5.
Lewis Latimer Sr., MS ChE 51, of West Columbia, S.C., on July 27. Army, World War II. South Carolina National Guard. Army Retired Reserves (Maj.). Engineer, DuPont. Brother: Hewlett Latimer, CE 54.
Tobe C. Karrh, Cls 52, of Swainsboro, Ga., on Aug. 17. Army.
Martin Hayes Kennedy Jr., MS IE 57, of San Antonio, Texas, on Aug. 21. Navy (Lt.). R.J. Reynolds. Founder, Vermont Country Foods.
Jack Lawrence, EE 50, of Destin, Fla., on Sept. 1. Navy, World War II. Vice President of Power Delivery, Georgia Power. Son: Joe Lawrence, EE 85.
William Evans Martin Jr., IE 58, of Mount Pleasant, S.C., on Sept. 9. Real estate agent.
Michael “Bud” McAdams, IM 58, of Seaford, Va., on July 27. Army (2nd Lt. Col.).
David E. McHugh, IM 52, IE 55, of Hamlet, N.C., on Aug. 9. Army (paratrooper), World War II. Air Force (Lt. Col.). Chief statistician and analyst, Southern Bell.
Allen P. Morgan Sr., Arch 51, of Decatur, Ga., on July 27. Army, World War II. Sales manager, Horatio Homes.
Joseph Morris, IE 53, of Tucker, Ga., on July 2. Program manager, J.A.M Consultants.
George Young Mosteller, CE 55, of Kingston, Ga., on Aug. 20. Army, World War II. Georgia Power. Georgia Baptist Children’s Homes and Family Ministries.
Thomas Patton Sr., ME 52, of Johnson City, Tenn., on Aug. 13. Senior engineer, Tennessee Eastman Corporation.
Thomas Broadfield Ray, Cls 50, of Atlanta, on Aug. 22. Navy (Cmdr.). Established first ham radio aboard a Navy combat ship. Combat information center officer and navigator on USS Essex for Apollo 7 recovery. Realtor. Teacher. Author.
James Calvin Rivenbark, ChE 51, of Metter, Ga., on Sept. 7. Navy, World War II. Chemical engineer. Administrator, Candler County Hospital.
Ralph Edmund Robertson, ME 51, of Huntsville, Ala., on Aug. 11. Aircraft engine mechanic, World War II. Engineer, Redstone Arsenal. Aeronautical engineer, NASA (Apollo projects). Daughter: Karen Thompsen, ChE 80. Son: Jack Robertson, ME 85, MS 87 ME.
Donald E. Schaffer, CE 51, MS CE 52, of Wilmington, Del., on Aug. 22. DuPont.
Hal Peterson Sikes, IM 51, of Camden, S.C., on Sept. 3. Navy, World War II. DuPont.
John Caleb Stowers, AE 56, of Austin, Texas, on July 2. Air Force, Korea. NASA. Charter Title. LandAmerica.
Herbert “Bud” Stuart, Arch 51, of Tempe, Ariz., on Aug. 17. President, Building Inspection and Evaluation.
Dan Dasher Stubbs, IM 53, of Waynesboro, Va., on Sept. 7. Navy, World War II. DuPont. Plant manager, WindCo.
Clarence A. Sweets, IE 51, of Saint Louis, on Aug. 13. Army. Solutia.
Owen H. Taffe Jr., Arch 51, of Pensacola, Fla., on July 29. Air Force, World War II and Korea. Architect, Navy Public Works Center. Son: Clinton Taffe, Cls 84.
Dennis A. Tuck, AE 52, of Dallas, Texas, on Aug. 10. Navy (Cmdr.), Korea and Vietnam. Test pilot, Tuck Aircraft Engineering.
Thomas Flint Williams, Jr., ME 50, of Houston, Texas, on July 4. Army (2nd Lt.). Founder, Williams Engineering and Williams Machine.
Raymond Douglas Wood, IE 54, of Savannah, Ga., on Aug. 10. Navy. Engineer, Square D Company. IBM. Manager of economic development, Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce. Chief economic analyst, Savannah Electric.
1960s
Don Charles Banks, CE 62, MS CE 63, of Vicksburg, Miss., on Aug. 11. Chief of the Engineering, Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory, U.S. Army Corps Waterways Experiment Station. Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers. Fellow, American Rock Mechanics Association. WES Gallery of Distinguished Civilian Employees. Contractor, U.S. Department of Defense. Author. Memorial contributions: Dr. Don C. Banks Civil Engineering Scholarship, Georgia Tech Foundation.
Thomas “Stumpy” Bernard Bradley, MS IE 65, of Newberry, S.C., on June 26. Air Force (Lt. Col.), Vietnam. Honorary Life Member, Lutheran Men in Mission.
Horace “Bill” W. Bronson, III, IE 65, of Overland Park, Kan., on June 27. Engineer manager, J.C. Penney Catalog Division.
William Burson Jr., ME 61, of Charleston, S.C., on Oct. 17, 2012. Owner, Bill Burson & Associates.
Walter Branch Clark Jr., Cls 67, of Estero, Fla., on June 14. Army (Capt.), Korea. Maaco Auto Painting. Bodyworks.
James George Davis, IM 65, of Okaloosa Island, Fla., on Sept. 1. Marines. Gulf Power Company.
James Douglas Esther, AM 65, of Hixson, Tenn., on July 20. Air Force (Capt.).
Paul Douglas “Skippy” Fowler, IE 54, MS IM 64, of Statesboro, Ga., on July 6. Army, Korea. Lockheed Aircraft. Professor of engineering technology, Georgia Southern University.
Kenneth Marston Fristoe, CE 60, of Flowery Branch, Ga., on June 9. Army. Facilities Engineer, Delta Airlines.
Donald Greer, MS Text 69, of Lexington, S.C., on July 17. Army. Nix Marine.
Isaac “Bud” Gurney, ChE 60, of Lafayette, La., on July 27. President and founder, Acadia Service Company.
John David Harrison, Cls 63, of Macon, Ga., on June 17. Newcomb & Boyd Engineers. Founder, John D. Harrison and Associates. Director, Georgia Society of Professional Engineers.
Roland B. Kendall, IM 62, of Peachtree City, Ga., on June 29. Army.
Larry Edmund Mashburn, IM 63, of Milton, Ga., on Aug. 24. Marines. Certified Financial Planner, PPA Investments. President, Georgia Planned Giving Council. Chairman, Executive Committee of the Metro Atlanta March of Dimes. Chairman of the board of trustees, Methodist Children’s Home.
John Burgess Matlock, IM 65, of Wilmington, N.C., on Aug. 5. Football coach, St. Pius High School, Randolph-Macon College, University of Louisville, East Carolina University. Defensive line coach, University of North Carolina.
Gerald Douglas Mills, IE 66, of Cumming, Ga., on Aug. 10. Attorney.
Joel F. Parker Sr., IM 64, of Pine Mountain, Ga., on July 30. Navy (Lt. Cmdr.). Radiologist.
Glen Parsons, EE 61, of Columbia, S.C., on July 5. Army (1st Lt.). Schneider Electric North America.
James William Penley, Jr., IM 69, of Decatur, Ga., on July 2. Army (Capt.).
John H. Poarch, IE 67, of Greensboro, N.C., on July 27. Sales engineer, Dematic Corporation.
Fred G. Roffe, EE 60, of Hampton Bays, N.Y., on Dec. 29, 2012. Grumman Aerospace. Lieutenant commander and education officer, Peconic Bay Chapter of the U.S. Power Squadron.
James Charles Thomas, IE 61, of Ridge, Md., on June 29. Engineer, Eagan, McAllister Associates. Owner, Simple Solutions.
Jon Tinsley, ChE 60, of Milton, Fla., in August. Chemical engineer. Research and Development. Chemstrand. Monsanto. Kimberly-Clark Corporation. Patent holder.
Robert G. Weese, IM 60, of Blue Ridge, Ga., on April 16.
1970s
Donald Ballew, IM 73, of Cartersville, Ga., on July 23. Senior project engineer, Brakepro.
Mark Edward Balmes Jr., Mgt 73, of Atlanta, Ga., on July 9. Bellsouth.
Philip W. Brown, AE 71, of Williamsburg, Va., on June 28. Navy. NASA research pilot, Exceptional Service Award. Virginia Aviation Hall of Fame.
John Corrigan, EE 73, of Marianna, Fla., on July 30. Army, Vietnam. Co-founder and development officer, SwiftView.
Hugh J. Hagemeyer, ChBE 76, of Macon, Ga., on July 27. Vice president of Quality and Technical service, Graphic Packaging.
Thomas C. Hankey, Cls 73, of Atlanta, on Jan. 14. Management Cybernetics.
Edward Ernesto Iacobucci, IE 75, of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., on June 21. Founder, Citrix Systems, DayJet and VirtualWorks. International Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
Gerardo Javier Santeiro, Mgt 72, of Coral Gables, Fla., on Sept. 5. Florida Power & Light Company. Executive director, Guardianship Program of Dade County. Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce Chair. City of Coral Gables Advisory Board on Disability Affairs.
Rick “Henry” Urrutia III, ID 73, of Redwood Shores, Calif., on Aug. 27. Founder, Automation Controls Group. Brother: Michael Urrutia, ID 73.
1980s
Steven Richard Franco, CE 82, of Atlanta, on Aug. 6. A.M. Franco Engineers.
Jeffrey A. Goldstein, Arch 83, of Cincinnati, on July 27. Real estate developer, Metro Ventures Development Corporation.
Steve Neal, IM 83, of Lakeland, Fla., on Aug. 26. Truck driver, Allied Scrap.
Janet Pierce, Mgt 87, of Decatur, Ga., on July 15. Assistant tax manager, BET.
James W. Puett, Jr., ID 81, of Atlanta, on Aug. 21. President, Accent Display Systems.
Robert Scott Smith, PhD Chem 80, of Houston, Texas, on June 13. Exxon. Various chemistry patents.
Stuart Courtenay Walker, Cls 81, of Fort Worth, Texas, on Aug. 3. Texas Steel. General Dynamics.
1990s
Gregory Joseph “Gabby” Gabryszewski, AE 90, of Snellville, Ga., on Aug. 30. Navy. Global product line manager. Nordson. Patent holder.
Randy T. Pike, MS MSE 99, of Grant, Fla., on Aug. 11. Polymer chemist, Xerox Corp. Senior microelectronics engineer, Harris Corp. Principle mechanical engineer, Lockheed Martin Corp. Author. Patent holder. Founder and president, Pike Enterprises. Member, American Chemical Society.
Christina Pearl Olson Tredway, IE 92, MS IA 02, of Savannah, Ga., on Sept. 6. Engineer, Delta Airlines. Engineer, Hawaiian Airlines. Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation.
John Richard Tyler, Arch 98, M Arch 00, of Senoia, Ga., in February 2012. Architect, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
James J. Wesolowski, Cls 99, of Kingston, Tenn., on July 26.
2000s
Mark Jeremy Davis, MBA 08, of Asheville, N.C., on Aug. 31. GE Healthcare. Athletic director and basketball coach, Asheville Catholic School.
2010s
J. Ross Alter, Mgt 12, of Atlanta on July 14. Accounting associate, Georgia Tech Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology. Brother: A. Wood Alter, IE 14.
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