Vol. 89, No. 4

  • Edwin Jerome Engram: “The Colonel”

    Edwin Jerome Engram, Text 54, of Statesville, N.C, on Aug. 2. After making his way through Tech’s co-op program, Engram fulfilled his Army ROTC requirement and moved from Atlanta to White Sands Proving Ground in New Mexico, where he became a general’s aide before entering the Army. In Korea, he commanded a battery artillery and more

  • Charles Fleming: Veteran and Dog Lover

    Charles A. Fleming, CerE 33, of Nashville, on Aug. 10. A member of Tech’s Army ROTC, Fleming enlisted in the Army to serve in World War II’s European theater, where he was on the headquarters staff of the III Corps attached to General George Patton’s 3rd Army and saw action during the Battle of the more

  • Timothy Singleton: Peachtree Road Race Founder

    Timothy Singleton, IM 59, MS IM 65, of Dahlonega, Ga., on July 31. Singleton spent his life on the run. He came to Tech on a football scholarship, was co-captain of his freshman team and later a varsity letterman. And he starred on the Yellow Jackets track team: three years as a letterman, team captain more

  • Nelson K. Rogers: Professor Emeritus

    Nelson K. Rogers, MS IE 56, of Cartersville, Ga., on Sept. 15. Rogers served in the Navy during the Korean War. His career began at the Sea-Land Corporation, where he was vice president of operations and instrumental in building the industry’s first container ships. He taught for many years at Georgia Tech, oversaw the undergraduate more

  • At Issue: Who’s Watching You?

    Who’s watching you? When former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden leaked documents that revealed a vast spying operation by the NSA, he prompted a renewed debate over the balance of security and privacy. For insight on the topic, we turned to two Tech experts. Sy Goodman: Think Beyond ‘Big Brother’ In 1949, George Orwell published 1984, depicting a future more