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A DIFFERENT KIND OF DEMONSTRATION Tech students show t h a t they are a breed apart when they organize a farewell party for Dr. Edwin D. Harrison complete with singing on the grounds, a purloined letter, and a campus full of signs.

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HOW WE PURLOINED THE LETTER A true confession of a theft in the night t h a t has all of t h e trappings of a new tradition.

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THE SPLENDID SPRINTER FROM SANDY SPRINGS Ben Vaughan is t h e best short distance runner in t h e history of Georgia Tech and he gets better every year.

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ADMINISTRATOR'S AGONY Curriculum planning is not what it used to be b u t it still remains a long way from what it should be.

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SPRING FOOTBALL REPORT The sophomores got all of t h e press before t h e T-Night game h u t when t h e whistle blew, the upperclassmen took them apart.

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THE GEORGIA TECH JOURNAL All of the news from t h e Institute plus a special feature on an alumnus and several pages on the alumni b y classes.

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The group shown milling around on Tech's new quadrangle where the Old Shop Building and Old Post Office once stood are getting ready for one of the unique demonstrations in collegiate history. I t was all part of Wonderful E d ' s Day, which photographer Bill Childress caught with his cameras beginning on page 6 of this issue.

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â&#x20AC;˘ * rr might seem from the first reading of the "Wonderful Ed's Day" report which begins on page 6 that Tech is the least likely campus in the country to be' a candidate for trouble. And perhaps it will be spared. But anybody who lives and works on a college campus in this day of unrest and unreason and thinks that it can't happen here is as big a fool as was Voltaire's Pangloss.

There are forces at work on this campus just as there are on the others. They might not be as successful but they are here. They seize upon the imperfections of man and, under the guise of demanding their Shangrila, they work at tearing down the best that man has been able to produce to date. They care not for our institutions and have no understanding of history. They demand change immediately and their Spockistic upbringing constantly shows.

They shout about the lack of relevance of the curricula of their colleges. Yet: Their writings and speeches are poorly researched, loaded with half truths and expanded lies. Their art forms reflect the impatience they have with learning the fundamentals and the self-discipline that distinguishes the artist from the hack or worse. Their music has become such a cheap imitation of itself that the creative originators of it have fled the fold and they curse rather than mourn them.

They scream in the monotonous manner of the crow that our generation has failed them and perhaps we have. But what generation has not dismayed the next. They fail to understand that they are endangering the very foundations of a free society by abusing its privileges before they have done a thing to earn the right to use them. Their heroes are men who have subjected entire societies to their own whims, and their flags are those of countries and idealogies whose leaders have gained power simply by crushing the opposition.

In the countries they profess to worship, they wouldn't be allowed to brandish their slogans for over a day without being one of the eliminated.

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O N THE VERY DAY that the Students for Democratic Society-led forces were marshalling in the Harvard Yard for the now-infamous all-out assault of A m erican higher education, over 3,000 Georgia Tech students and faculty were gathered in the quadrangle where the Old Shop Building once stood to demonstrate in a most unusual way for—not against—their president. The scene on this page took place at Tech on " W o n d e r f u l Ed's Day," a student-planned, student-executed tribute to a man w h o developed during his 11-plus years on the campus one of the best student-adminstration climates in the country.

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IN all of the history of Georgia Tech there has never been anything quite the equal of Wonderful Ed's Day. Those students w h o dreamed up the event at a series of student government meetings last fall had done their homework well. It had all of the charm and warmth of the sunny April day on which it was held. The banners proclaiming, "Thanks for the EDucat i o n , " and " W e l l done Dr. Harrison," hung from the buildings surrounding the quadrangle. A folkrock group—the George Graves trio—entertained the crowd that filled the area except for a space reserved as a helicopter landing pad. A group of pretty girls, mainly recruited from Massey Junior College, circulated through the crowd passing out little stickers that said, "Ed's Day." It was one of those farewell days when the gaiety of the occasion is mixed w i u V t h a t touch of sadness which comes w i t h witnessing the end of an era.

The original, plan was for the principal speaker, Mayor Ivan A l len, and the master of ceremonies, S t u d e n t Body President Carey Brown, to arrive by helicopter but that never came off and nobody seemed to know why. The central

figure, his wife, Dorothy, and his son, Rick, came through the crowd at 10:10 and the program got under way.

Brown spoke of how the Tech s t u d e n t - a d m i n i s t r a t i o n relationships had grown under President Harrison and how well his open door p o l i c y of the past few years had helped develop the m u tual trust that made such a day possible. Mayor Allen talked of his relationship with Harrison as an alumnus and as president of the Georgia Tech Foundation and as a mayor. He then read a long proclamation declaring April 9 " W o n derful Ed's Day" in the City of Atlanta in honor of " t h e many contributions of Dr. Harrison to the growth of Tech and of the City."

Then the president made his first appearance to thank Mayor Allen for his "brief and c o m p l i mentary remarks." He talked about student relationships and how his predecessors had had the foresight to begin putting students on faculty and administrative committees as far back as 1946. He talked about his days on the campus and closed by saying, " O f the college presidents in this country I guess I'm the only one that's been given a dem-

It was a day for p r e t t y girls and s m i l i n g men as can be seen by v i e w i n g President Harrison (far left) and Mayor Allen's reactions to the p i n n i n g o n of name tags.

It was also a day for applause, o l d friends (Dr. Paul W e b e r and Harrison at the l o w e r center and Dean Emeritus Griffin at the lower center) and w a i t i n g for helicopters that never arrived.

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was going to get out in time to escape a demonstration but I'm happy I d i d n ' t . " He then came up with a large package which he presented to Brown with the explanation that he had asked that it be removed from its normal habitat to be mounted and displayed in the Student Center when the building finally is opened. Brown unwrapped the object which turned out to be the Tech whistle which replaced the one stolen in 1964 by the Magnificent Seven to present to Dean Emeritus George Griffin on his retirement that year. The replacement whistle had disappeared in mid-March among rumors that it was the special gift to be presented at Wonderful Ed's Day.

After a pause during which Brown talked about the problems of modern civilization, especially those of getting helicopters places on time, a truck pulled up with the shrouded letter " T " that had disappeared from the North side of the neon sign on the Tech tower the previous week. (See the following pages for a first-person account of Operation "T.") The students lifted the 100-pound " T " up on the platform, plugged it in, unveiled it and told Harrison that now he

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It was also a day for student b o d y presidents (such as Carey B r o w n , far left at the lop) receiving presents, the singing of the Rambling Reck, the sounds of a folk-rock t r i o , the b r i n g i n g in by m a n p o w e r of the sheeted present (top center), the unveiling of the " T , " and finally the lonely last look of a man and his son a b a n d o n i n g their campus in the Tech Reck as the c r o w d b r o k e up and hurried back to classes.

had what every Tech man needed, his own glowing, yellow "1" for a conversation piece. The " T " was mounted and on the top of the w o o d e n platform was an engraved gold plaque that read, "Presented to President Harrison for his 11 years of devotion to Georgia Tech and Her Students by W H A , CHB, WLB, MJD, RNS, D L W , H D W , The Georgia Tech Student Body and the * W h o l e Georgia Tech C o m munity."

The retiring president returned to the microphone to thank the "Super Seven" as the practical jokers called themselves, granted them amnesty, and then told the cheering c r o w d , "You're w i t h o u t a doubt the most wonderful group of college students in the United States and probably the w o r l d . " Over in the corner of the quadrangle, the trio sang, "Here's to you, Dr. Harrison. Jesus loves you more than you know, ho, ho, h o , " to the famed song from the movie, "The Graduate." The Tech band and cheerleaders took over for "Rambling Wreck," which everybody knew, and closed w i t h the "Alma Mater," which came off just about like it does at the football games". And by 10:35 the day was over and the crowd moved out.

A confessional of sorts by one of the "Super Seven'

How we purloined the lette

The "Super Seven" and their prize with eyes masked because of an editor's sense of whimsy.

â&#x20AC;˘ W h e n we got the news that President Harrison was leaving Tech, a group of us decided to give him something special as a goingaway present. But what? The whistle was a possibility, but it had alread been pilfered five years ago and presented to another great Tech man, Dean Griffin. So what else symbolizes Tech?

One afternoon last November, two of us were strolling across the quadrangle towards the Robbery when it hit meâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;we'll give him a neon " T " from the tower. Myc-cohort said to forget it, w e could never pull it o f f / b u t I finally convinced him to at least give it a try.

We found two more students interested in seriously discussing the possibility of such a project and began our plan of attack.

The first major decisions w e had to face were: (1) whether to take 12

the present during the day or during the night; (2) whether to go through the building to get to the prize or to approach it from the outside; and (3) whether to cut the " T " off several hours prior to removing it or just minutes before.

W e kicked all of these and hundreds of other questions that came up during the discussions and finally decided on the outside approach.

A fifth man came into the picture after a couple of weeks of discussion, and late one evening, he and I made the first of our many trips to the top of the building. We went up a ladder on the side of the Bradley Building, then up a fire escape, then leaped across to the roof of the Administration Building, and suddenly w e came to a dead end.

W e could see but one way to get by this stalemate and that was for

one of us to stand on the shoulders of the other and pull himself up. The distance we had to traverse was ten feet and since I had been a gymnast for two years, I was elected to be the top man. It w o r k e d and I continued up the steep roof on my stomach to the top.

I then pulled myself up on the ledge which encircles the tower and sat between the " E " and " C " reviewing the situation and shaking like a leaf. As I sat there I realized for the first time that we could really pull the thing off w i t h a touch of luck. I then crawled on my stomach under the letters and edged back of the " T . " There was about two feet of space between the letter and the wall. The " T " was held by four bolts and I estimated its height at four feet and its weight at 80 pounds or more. A thick wire The Georgia Tech Alumnus I

ran around the back of the letter.

I managed to get d o w n and reported my findings to the other four.

The next night the five of us met and decided we w o u l d need at least one more man to climb to the third level and pull off the operation. We were n o w six. W e then made the second trip to do the diagrams of the layout, a third to get inside the building and check the wiring, and a fourth to figure out how to lower the " T " to the ground. On that last trip, I took out one of the bolts and loosened the rest.

We decided to take the " T " over Thanksgiving holidays but then we put it off until finals week because w e didn't feel that we were ready.

That one was scrubbed in favor of Christmas night, which in turn was put off because w e couldn't get the group together.

For one reason or another w e got all the way through the winter quarter w i t h o u t doing anything about it, so during the between-quarters break we vowed w e w o u l d get the deed done. Some of the group was not on campus at the time, but w e got t w o fill-ins and decided to make the try. W e bought six walkie talkies for communications purpose and late one night w e began the operation.

Three of us were to climb the building with one going to the top, one to the third level, and the other to the second level to boost the other two up. I was the one picked to climb to the top, fasten a harness around the " T , " cut the hot wire, take out the bolts, and lower the " T " d o w n to the second man.

From there w e could lower it d o w n one level at a time through the use of ropes.

I had just finished stripping the wire when one of our intelligence people w h o was tailing the campus cops was picked up and another guard called us to get d o w n and back to the base station. W e managed to make it back w i t h o u t being seen. W e then talked it over and May-June 1969

decided to try it again in four days.

This time we agreed to start the o p eration at dusk rather than wait until two in the morning.

On " T " night, one of the six didn't show and because he was the second man up and essential to the mission we searched desperately for a substitute w h o w e thought could handle the job. At the last minute we became seven by default when we located a student we had confidence in. It turned out that he was the man w h o saved the mission from failure. That evening for the sixth time I made it to the top and this time I placed the wire harness around the " T " and then attached the two ropesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; one to lower the letter and the other to guide it down to the flat roof. The second man's j o b (which was handled by the neophyte) was to pull on the second rope to swing the letter far enough out so it w o u l d land on the flat roof and not on the slanted one which started off the building. Everything went perfect. I cut the wire and the " T " being parallel w i r i n g went black. I took out the bolts and began to lower it first with the wire, and then once away from the building with the ropes. I knew it was ours as soon as it swung away from my position. Then came the disaster.

The second rope broke and the letter hung over the slanted roof.

The second man wasn't fazed.

He immediately climbed straight up the roof and over to the suspended " T . " He moved it inch by inch to get it back into the proper position.

I gave him my end of the rope which was wrapped around the frame and went d o w n to help him.

W e finally got it into position but the rope was caught at the top and I had to climb back up on the ledge and untangle it while the second man held the letter in position. After ten minutes of jockeying, w e managed to get it d o w n to the flat roof.

hours (actually it turned out to be 20 minutes) w e maneuvered the "1" d o w n the roofs of the building to the top of the dining hall. It was like steering a car w i t h a pair of flat tires on the same side. Then just as w e began lowering it from the final floor to the ground, the getaway car drove up and t w o of the "Super Seven" leaped out, grabbed the "1" and drove off.

W e climbed d o w n and went back to the room, tired and bruised but happy in the knowledge that w e had established a new tradition.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Two weeks after the incident, the student w h o wrote this article and came through all of this, fell out of the second bunk of his fraternity house room and tore up his knee so badly it required 11 stitches. W h i c h goes to prove something about justice and fate.

The letter on its way down reaches the final plateau just before the car arrives.

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Ben Vaughan may not get off the chocks with the best of them but from there on out he is a match for most any of the runners in America.

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few steps this way and that. He shook his arms and legs in an effort to relieve tension. He crouched. He uncoiled and ran—ran as no Georgia Tech student has run before him.

The deceptively frail youth, Eugene Benjamin (Ben) Vaughan, Jr., is Tech's record-cracking sprinter. No Yellow Jacket has spent less time traveling 100 yards or 220 yards on those cinder paths known as tracks.

Not Perrin Walker, not Craig Baynham, not Buddy Powlkes.

Buddy Fowlkes? He's the likeable Atlanta Alderman, who, 20 years after a brilliant all-around Tech track career, coaches the Engineer trackmen. He specializes in developing the best in pupils who are willing to pay the price—a price of constant, concentrated effort, or pain.

And how Buddy likes to talk about Vaughan, one of his favorite subjects.

"Ben's an awfully hard worker, a fierce competitor. He takes to coaching very well. He doesn't question anything—if we asked him to shinny up and down the goal posts ten times, he'd do it." Sound familiar (except maybe the part about the Grant Field goal posts)? It's been said myriad times before by other coaches about other athletes. But Fowlkes isn't through.

"Ben's the greatest sprinter Tech's ever had." A pause, a smile. "Including me."

Vaughan, who holds the Tech standards of 9.4 in the 100 and 21.0 in the 220 around a curve, outdid himself in this spring's dual meet at South Carolina. He won the 100 in 9.5 and the 220 in 21 flat, excellent times, yet nothing too surprising for the 5-11, 165-pound Atlanta native who's almost expected to run that well. "I was holding back because of the relays," he said later.

It was in those races, the 440 and the mile relays, that Vaughan revealed his true grit. When he took the baton for his anchor leg in the 440 relay, he was ten yards behind his South C a r o l i n a c o m p e t i t o r .

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THE SPLENDID SPRINTER FROM SANDY SPRINGS Vaughan won. When he was handed the baton to anchor the mile relay, the Gamecock literally was out of sight, around a curve hidden by the crowd, 25 yards from the passing zone. Vaughan won. To do so he ran a 46.0 quarter. Oh yes, Tech beat the Gamecocks 77-68. Had the Jackets lost the mile relay, the last event of the day, South Carolina would have won the meet 73-72.

Vaughan's showing was an unbelievable display of talent and determination. "It looked hopeless, but you've got to try it," Vaughan said.

Fowlkes describes Vaughan's afternoonâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;"It was by far the most outstanding performance by a Tech trackman in the five years I've coached here. In fact, I'll go even further.

It was the greatest track performance I've ever witnessed anywhere."

Weems O. Baskin, Jr., the defeated South Carolina coach, was so moved he wrote Vaughan a personal letter.

"There has been only one other instance during my coaching career of forty years that was so dominated by one participant. Oddly, that happened to be 'Spec' Towns, present Georgia coach, who had a great day against Tech when I was coaching at Georgia.

"You (Vaughan) deserve all the plaudits and praise that can be bestowed upon anyone. You are fortunate to have such potential and ability, but I think the thing that makes you great is your pride and desire to win. You are a born racer. It is regrettable that many other young men have just as much potential and ability, but are lacking in pride and desire to get the job done well.

"It is by no stretch of the imagination that I must say with pride that you had the finest day on our track that I have ever witnessed."

Vaughan may be a "born racer," but Villanova's Jim Elliott or Kansas' Bob Timmons or even Tech's Buddy Fowlkes didn't exactly beat down any doors to get his signature on an athletic grant-in-aid. Vaughan, always the fastest boy on his block May-June 1969

in the eight years of his childhood spent in Savannah and when he moved back to Atlanta, didn't run competitively until his junior year at Sandy Springs High School. He started then only because track coach Bob Waites saw him in a physical education class and asked him to come out for the team. Vaughan did and proceeded to tear up the Atlanta prep track world, right? Not even close. He did run on Sandy Springs' 440 relay quarters that placed second in the Georgia AA Meet his junior and senior years and he ran 10.2 100's each time out during his injury-punctuated senior year. That time was good enough for second in the state competition, but hardly fast enough to attract the attention of the nation's top college track teachers.

Florida coach Jimmy Carnes talked with Vaughan but said Ben would have to come to school on his own and then prove himself to earn a scholarship. Ben, always interested in Georgia Tech but wary of the academic requirements, thought about attending Georgia State. Meanwhile, he kept running, making occasional appearances as an Atlanta Track Club member. It was at one of those meets, during the summer after Vaughan's senior year, that Fowlkes first saw him run. A neighbor had told Buddy about a "pretty fair" sprinter named Vaughan who had just graduated from Sandy Springs and Fowlkes went to a meet at Westminster High to see for himself. What he saw, Vaughan winning the 100 in a time now forgotten, convinced Fowlkes to offer Ben a dealâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;but a deal no better than Carnes'. "Come to Tech, run well, and we'll give you a partial scholarship." Vaughan, who didn't want to gamble on the Gainesville proposal, cast his fast feet with Fowlkes and entered Tech in the 1966 winter quarter.

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100 (Walker had recorded that time in 1934 and Fowlkes in 1948), in indoor practice sprints. Nothing he did that outdoor season is worth remembering to Vaughan, but a few months later it was a different story. In the winter of 1967 Vaughan won his first Southeastern Conference Independent Division 60-yard dash championship in 6.2. It was a stunning victory for a boy virtually unknown outside of The Flats and Sandy Springs.

Warmer weather came and the Jackets moved outside. Vaughan erased a couple of agate lines from the Tech record book by lowering the 100 standard to 9.5 with a secondplace finish at the Carolina Relays.

The names of Walker, Fowlkes. and Baynham no longer would be listed after the words, "Tech's Outdoor Track Records,' 100-Yard Dash."

Near the end that 1967 outdoor season Vaughan underwent an operation for a tumor on the leg bone above his right ankle. He missed all of the next fall's practice recovering from that surgery.

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when the indoor season rolled around his junior year. After his 6.2 took first in the U. S. Southeastern Meet 60yard dash, he defended his title in the SEC Independent Division with a 6.3. Fowlkes, apprehensive about feeding his budding star to the "wolves" in the NCAA Indoor Meet in Detroit, decided a youth of Vaughan's character just might have a chance against the country's other speediest collegians and, for the first time, took a Jacket to the national meet. Oops. Disaster. Vaughan failed to place and calls the event "one of the big disappointments of my career."

Discouraged but not beaten, Vaughan waited no longer than his first outdoor race, the News-Piedmont Relays in Greenville, S. C , to knock another tenth of a second off his Tech 100-yard record. He ran a 9.4 and, although the time was windaided, it went down as a meet and school record. He previewed his 1969 performance against South Carolina with wins in the 100, 220 and both relays in a 74-70 dual victory.

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arship, and teammates George Terry, Tommy Elliott and Ken Nash molded together for a 40.5 school mark in the 440 relay at the USTFF Meet in Houston.

Then came a couple of personal highlights. Vaughan's 10.3 placed him seventh in the NCAA 100-meter sprint and qualified him for the Olympic Trials. In the same meet Vaughan had run 10.5 in the semifinals, edging the vaunted O. J. Simpson for fourth place. "People always ask me about beating O. J. What I remember is finishing fourth, not beating him." And, again in the same meet, Vaughan raced the 200 meters in 20.9, a tenth of a second slower than winner Emmett Taylor's clocking, but good enough for fifth place and another shot in the Olympic Trials. The top six Americans in each NCAA event qualified for the trials.

Ben was the sixth in the 100 and fourth in the 200.

Fowlkes and Vaughan concentrated on one raceâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the 200. Vaughan again stepped off the distance in 20.9.

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Ben Vaughan is the center of attention whether he is warming up with his teammates (left) or waiting for the start.

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finishers qualified for America's Olympic squad. Larry Quested ran no measurable time faster than Vaughau, but placed tenth and eventually made, the Olympic team.

Spurred by the memory of those thrills and disappointments, Vaughan returned to Atlanta determined to run faster. He stepped in a hole in the Tech track last December preparing for the indoor season, pulled another hamstring and missed the entire campaign. He again demonstrated his recuperative powers with a repeat performance in the NewsPiedmont games in March. He ran a 9.4 (without wind) and anchored the Jacket mile relay unit to a school record 3:14.9. His running mates there were Jack Ransbotham, Ken Nash and Bruce Rutherford. The other peak so far this season, of course, was his showing against South Carolina.

Just how does a guy lop off nearly a full second from his best sprint time of four years ago? There are three reasons behind the improvement according to Vaughan. Number 1—"I didn't have the necessary high school track background." Number 2 —"I was only 16 when I graduated from high school. I was still very immature." And number 3 he expresses in two key words—"Coach Fowlkes."

"Coach Fowlkes is the greatest sprint coach I've ever worked with, or seen or heard about. I owe what success I've had to him. He's worked with me very closely. He put me on a hard program, got me to believe in it. I saw the improvement and kept at it. Tech's always had great relay teams under him. He could improve anyone."

Ben, the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Vaughan of Atlanta, is a quiet 20-year-old who doesn't verbally psych out his opponents as such standouts as Charlie Greene and Willie Davenport have been known to do. "I don't say anything to them," says the Tech team captain. "It may come back to haunt me someday. I stay with my teammates or even by myself before a race. You think of a race, especially a big one, for the whole week leading up to it. It just builds and builds so that you're ready by Saturday."

Sprinters, often hurt because of their explosiveness, just as often collapse at the climax of a tight race.

Why does anyone push himself through such seeming torture? "I run because I believe I'm a better person for it," Vaughan says. "I'm doing

something. It's self-gratifying. I get a certain satisfaction out of accomplishing something."

Vaughan, reaching his top speed in six or seven strides rather than the usual two or three, shifts into faster gears twice during each race, once about the midway point and once near the finish. His starts are his weakness. "His starts are mechanically sound, but not particularly fast," Fowlkes said. "But once out of the blocks he's equal to anyone.

He can finish with any sprinter in the world." Ben agrees with his coach that his troubles lie in his beginnings.

"I guess my starts aren't the best, but I hope they're getting better. My reactions aren't as quick as they should be. But if my starts get better, my times should improve."

Vaughan speaks frankly when discussing his future. He's aiming high, or low, if you please. "I set my goals high. Then if I make them, I will get a great sense of accomplishment out of them. If I don't make them, it won't be the end of the world.

"I'd like to win the NCAA 100 and 200 this year." That would be a remarkable feat considering the Knoxville Field June 19-21 likely will include San Jose State's John Carlos (who just ran a wind-aided nine flat) and Ronnie Ray Smith, Southern Cal's Lennox Miller (Olympians all) and Indiana sophomore Mike Goodrich, (who recently ran a 9.2 in the Drake Relays).

It. probably will take that time or even a 9.1 to capture the NCAA 100yard championship.. "I'd like to run in the neighborhood of 9.2," Vaughan says. "I think I'm capable of it under the right conditions. And if a 9.2, well, the world record of 9.1 (held

by Bob Hayes, Jim Hines and Charlie Greene) is only a tenth of a second away. Who knows?"

Vaughan and Fowlkes, thinking alike on many subjects, agree on a few m o r e p o i n t s . T h e y b e l i e v e Vaughan's finest races could be the longer sprints, the 220 and 440, and that he has yet to run up to his capabilities. "Ben's still very young," says Fowlkes. "He's nowhere near reaching his true potential. He'll just be maturing when he graduates (after one more indoor season this coming winter quarter)." Vaughan, an Industrial Management major with a B average, hasn't decided on a job, but obviously wants one that will enable him to keep running.

Let's see now. 1972. Munich.

Could be a nice trip.

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The exponential growth of technology and other more traditional factors make planning difficult and bring on

The Syndrome Known As Ad ninistrator' Agony

by ARTHUR G. HANSEN

Dean of Engineering

As this issue reached the press, the author of this article was named the seventh president of Georgia Tech. Dr. Hansen will take office on August 1, 1969, and the July-August issue of the Alumnus will carry a profile in depth of the "Seventh Man."

â&#x20AC;˘ CRITICISM of academic curricula is not uncommon. As the critics in this area are usually products of educational institutions, the benefit of first-hand experience with curricula plus a personal evaluation of impact provides a solid basis for a critique.

This is particularly true for critics of engineering education. More often than not, today's critic prefaces his evaluation with statements such as "Education has certainly changed since I was in school! Have engineering educators lost all perspective?" I would like to attempt to explain some of the things that have been happening as well as the problems that are emerging for both the educators of engineers and those who hire engineering graduates because of the changes.

It is the hope of the educator that he will prepare an individual to lead a useful life upon completion of his education. In attempting to achieve this objective, there is a necessity to ask the question "What might the student do? What opportunities will be open to him? What are his desires? What will society ask of him as a member of the engineering profession? These questions seem simple on the surface but examination in detail discloses the causes for a syndrome commonly known as Administrators' Agony or the Faculty Frustration Complex. A few examples might be in order.

In seeking an answer to the problem of program planning, it is common to ask the employer what qualities and characteristics he is seeking in the engineers he hires. If this question is put to someone in a consumer product industry a totally different set of characteristics is likely to emerge than if it is presented to someone in a research and development laboratory, or a government agency, or a utility industry. Moreover, one heads an ever-increasing

demand for engineers to aid in the solution of social ills such as transportation, pollution, and urban problems. The so-called socio-economicsystems engineer that might deal with these problems requires quite a different educational perspective than a hardware-design oriented engineer.

The examples given relate to occupational goals that might influence curriculum planning. But what of the student himself? Today we have students on the campus who are often very idealistic, out-spoken, and certainly well-prepared on a broad educational front. They are asking questions concerning the relevance of their engineering education. "Why is it so important that I take this specific course or fit into this tightly structured curriculum?" they ask. Or they may inquire how a given curriculum will truly prepare them to comprehend the problems they may encounter after graduation. Issues raised often have great substance and curricular designers would do well to listen.

Finally, the problem of planning an engineering program is complicated by the exponential growth in technical knowledge. What courses should be in a curriculum that might have a reasonable half-life? Clearly, the student is short-changed when narrow specialties are taught that are probably approaching obsolescence in the world beyond the classroom. Unfortunately, control of this problem is not simple. Courses often tend to stagnate because staff members have not had the time or freedom to return to the classroom themselves.

Technical obsolesence can be even more acute for the engineer in education than for the engineer in industry.

Clearly, there is no ideal way to respond to all of the pressures that bear upon a college administration attempting to develop a strong, viable The Georgia Tech Alumnus

engineering program. Nevertheless, one does detect certain general trends in the leading engineering schools that are likely to continue for some time. The nature of these trends has significance for the industry that seeks to hire the engineering graduate.

Recognizing the need for students to be able to adjust to changes in the technological environment, most engineering schools have a core curriculum stressing basic concepts in science and engineering science.

Building on this base, the student is able to move readily in a number of directions and is prepared to learn over an extended period of time.

Along with the trend away from narrow to broad subject coverage is an increasing trend toward what is best described as complex-system design and analysis. While engineers have always been involved in the design of "systems" there are new tools available that allow increasingly more complex systems to be analyzed. Thus, a large passenger aircraft is a system, yet, its design is based on its performance as a component in a complete transportation system. The "hardware system" must be wedded to systems that are dependent upon urban factors, political and economic constraints, social acceptance, and other factors. Success in analyzing problems of this type makes it more important than ever for today's engineer student to be exposed to the methods of systems analysis and to non-technical topics such as sociology and political science.

Coupled closely to the trend in complex system design and analysis is the growth in interdisciplinary studies. Partly because the stress on basic concepts has blurred the distinction between many engineering disciplines. And because of the challenges offered to the engineer in such emerging fields as bio-engineering, oceanography, information science, and others, there are an increasing number of both research and educational programs of an interdisciplinary nature on college campuses.

Finally, there is the sharp upswing in graduate enrollments in colleges of engineering while undergraduate enrollments remain relatively constant. The exact reason for this trend is not clear. Most likely it is a combination of increasing opportunities to receive an advanced education, greater affluence in the society that May-June 1969

relieves financial pressures, and a hope on the part of the student for greater rewards. It is not at all evident that a graduate trend in engineering education reflects a growing need on the part of industry for more engineers with advanced degrees. The current deep involvement of engineering colleges with graduate education is a topic worthy of separate study. One thing is clear, however : graduate education in engineering is here to stay and it will grow.

This will require some serious thinking on the part of both the college and industry as to how to turn graduate education to good advantage. As of now, the promised blessings are not unmixed.

In the past decade perhaps no branch of education has undergone such a serious introspective study as engineering education. Reports have been written, goals established and institutions analyzed. What has been the net result? The answer is a discouraging "not much." As recently as October, 1968, a director of a study for the American Society for Engineering Education could state that engineering education faced an "identity crisis."

More serious than the internal problems of engineering education is the problem of student interest in engineering. While male college enrollments have climbed 52 per cent in the past ten years, engineering enrollments have climbed 1 per cent.

Predictions of annual engineering shortages range from 20,000 to 30,000.

In 1967, the average technical organization was able to recruit only 75% of the experienced technical people it sought. According to a release by the Deutsch and Shea, Inc. in Fortune Magazine, the Russians graduate approximately 138,000 engineers per year and, in 1966, the Japanese graduated 201,983 scientists and engineers. On the other hand, the United States awarded only 36,000 bachelor degrees in engineering in 1967. There is little optimism for predicting as small an annual increase in bachelor degrees as 10,000 before 1975.

These facts indicate that the recruiting of engineers is probably going to become more competitive in the future and that salary alone is not apt to play as important a role in hiring as in the past. Moreover, from a national point of view, a technical manpower shortage could have serious consequences.

What are the net results of the trends in education and the current status of engineering education for industry? It would seem that several facts should be kept in mind. First, students are not highly disciplineoriented. They are able to shift readily from one type of job to another. They are increasingly flexible and, consequently, more mobile. The new engineer recognizes the need for continuing education if he is to remain current in his field. Companies thaff have been indifferent to continuing education in the past can no longer be so.

At least for the present and probably for the future, many new engineering graduates will be concerned about the relevance and ultimate significance of their contribution to an industry as much as material rewards. Many companies have recognized this fact in recruiting. Typical of the current recruiting pitch are statements such as "Come with us and help change the world!"

The growth in graduate education will mean that more companies will have to provide challenging opportunities for engineers with advanced degrees if they hope to keep them.

To the extent that such opportunities may be limited, it is not unlikely that many companies will be turning more to the technological institutes for technologists to satisfy their needs rather than engineering graduates.

I n . summary, engineering education is undergoing significant changes although not without problems both in the present and anticipated in the future. Industry that requires the engineering graduate also faces serious problems. Certainly it is time for both education and industry to join hands and find solutions to the difficulties that lie ahead. How, for example, can more young people be encouraged to enter engineering?

How can graduate education better serve the needs of industry rather than continue on a course that is often oriented more toward science and research than real-life engineering problems? How can meaningful programs in continuing education be developed and what should be the role of industry in supporting such programs financially and otherwise?

The time for dialogue has come and the more complete the dialogue becomes the more mdustry, education, the student, and the nation will benefit.

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The biggest surprises of the spring were Steve Harkey (41) scoring in the top picture, whose shift to fullback has been a real success, Steve Foster (89) dragging a couple, of Whites at the left, whose blocking and passcatching after a move to tight end have been sensational, and Gene Spiotta (45), above, who is running better than he ever did.

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Photographed by Bill Childress, Jr.

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T !H'S SPRING PRACTICE ONCE AGAIN REFL !TED THE IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCE â&#x20AC;˘ IN the 100th anniversary year of college football, Georgia Tech will be going to the post against five bowl teams, Notre Dame, and four others on their way back up with the youngest squad to wear the White and Gold in the memory of the oldest resident of the campus. As the spring practice came to a close, Coach Bud Carson told the Atlanta alumni that only two seniors would be in the starting lineup on offense and not a single one on defense. "At this time," he said, "Mike Bradley and Galin Mumford are the only two seniors who will start. The rest of the offense is likely to be made up of three sophomores and six juniors, while the defense looks like it will contain at least six sophomores."

Twenty-four hours after Carson made that statement, the sophomores got that lesson in humility the young always seem to need from their elders as the junior-dominated Gold team soundly thrashed the neophytes, 327 before a crowd of 13,624 in the annual T-Night game. Underdogs by a point or so, the Golds behind quarterback Jack Williams completely dominated the game from the coin toss which co-captains Mike Bradley and Joe Bill Faith won. After Mike Wysong scooted back to the 34 with the opening kickoff, Williams began to send tailback Gene Spiotta and fullback Steve Harkey inside back of guards Bradley and Joe Vitunic and in 14 plays the Golds were in the end zone. Harkey, converted this year from tailback, scored the touchdown on a dive on a yard and Johnny Duncan made it 7-0 to establish the evening's pattern in a hurry.

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a first down, Duncan ran it to 10-0 on a 30-yard field goal after a Gold drive had stalled on the Whites 13.

This seemed to wake up the young and they put together an 81-yard drive that began with a typical Charles Dudish scramble of 28 yards out of a broken pass play. After Dudish got the initial first down, the heralded Avondale product called on Brent Cunningham and himself to move the Whites to the Gold 13.

From here Dudish hit flanker Larry Studdard with a perfect pass that put the ball on the two and Eddie Hughes, another tailback turned fullback, went in on the next try for the score. Jack Moore ended the White scoring with his conversion to close it to 10-7.

A pair of bad center snaps played a big part in the next score as punter big Al Hutko chased a lob over his head back to the White 16 where he and half the Gold line reached the ball at the same time. Williams turned the proceedings over to Spiotta who took it to the one on five tries and then took it over himself on a quarterback sneak. Duncan got a Gold bad snap on the conversion attempt and showed some serious determination in turning the corner in a fashion belying his former status as a guard to get the two points that made it 18-7, Golds.

The third quarter was scoreless as the defense dominated a fumble-filled 15 minutes. A fumble by White quarterback Dexter Hoffman started the Golds on the road to their next score early in the final period. From their own 43, the oldsters traveled the distance in but seven plays with a Williams-to-split-end-Chip Pallman pass

covering the final nine yards. Duncan was true again for a 25-7 lead. By this time Dudish had gone to the sidelines with a badly bruised elbow, and senior Jim Person switched jerseys and numbers to come in and help out the Whites. His former team mates immediately turned on him as linebacker David Hunter picked off a pass at the White 31 and returned it to the 19. Three plays later, Harkey roared around his left side on a pitch-out and went the final 10 yards on one of the best runs of the evening. Duncan put an end to the scoring with another perfect kick.

There was one serious injury in the game. Late in the going, linebacker Steve Timmons of Memphis, who has had a great spring, suffered torn ligaments in his knee and faces surgery very soon. This brings the once plentifully stocked linebacking corps down considerably as Stan Beavers, the most improved player on the squad according to Coach Carson, injured his knee in scrimmage earlier and Steve DeBardelaben and Steve Kramer also missed the game due to injuries suffered in practice sessions. Top linebacker Buck Shiver is still recovering from a knee operation brought on by his serious injury in last year's Georgia game and missed the entire practice. And John Riggle, operated on after the TCU game last season, still has not come all the way back to where he was in 1968 at this time. With a newly-installed defense that calls for four linebackers rather than last season's three, the Jackets will be in trouble if most of the top ones don't round into shape by the fall.

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Top quarterback Jack Williams found himself surrounded by Whites on this play and took a loss.

EXPERIENCEâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;cont. never more evident than it was in the T-Night game. The passing game that seemed to dominate last year's spring drills got little work this spring as Carson and his staff spent the time trying to build a running attack around what is called in the tradeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the Houston multiple offense.

The work of new offensive line coach Chris Carpenter was very evident all spring. The up-front blocking especially by Vitunic, who returned 10 pounds over his previous playing weight after sitting out a year with an injury, and Bradley, has been far above anything seen last year. But back of these first two there is a dangerous drop-off in experience, strength and speed. At center, Andy Mayton, a 205-pound sophomore from Starke, Florida, has been the top man all spring and will probably start there this fall. John Callan, another sophomore of 218 pounds from Augusta, impressed this observer as the Golds center and will add depth.

At the offensive tackles, Galin Mumford, all 240 pounds of him, returns for his final year and had a good spring. At the other tackle, Richard Gardner, who started some last year on defense, has taken to his new role and he and Smitty Graham, 22

a 249-pound junior, are battling it out for the starting role. Allen Veazy, a hold-out sophomore from Gainesville, came well in the spring and may be ready to challenge the starters before the first game. At tight end, Steve Foster, who was a starter on defense last season as a sophomore, has moved to offense and shows all the signs of being a truly great one before he finishes Tech. Steve is physically the strongest man at this position in several years and he knows how to use this strength for blocking and the other demands of the position. He drew the biggest hand of the T-Night game when he caught a pass near the East sidelines and fought down the field carrying at least 18 of the 21 other men on the field with him before he was finally whistled to a halt.

The rest of the offense is sophomore-dominated. The current leader for the split end position is Chip Pallman who picked up some game experience as a sophomore. The junior from Jacksonville is being challenged at the present time by Rick Davis, the big surprise of the practice sessions. A 6-4 former quarterback from Forsyth, Davis never figured in the plans until someone suggested he be given a shot at split end. The sophomore came through and may be a real factor at this posi-

tion before the season is over. Percy Helmer, the heir apparent at this position, is in academic trouble and missed the entire spring. He will come back to summer school and try to get eligible for his final season. If he does, it will be a real dogfight for the starting nod. The flanker of the spring was Larry Studdard, a former tailback from Columbus, Mississippi, a city that has been very good to Georgia Tech. Studdard is a fine one with great moves, good speed, and a superb pair of hands. The sophomore is being challenged by junior Larry Williams and senior Tommy Chapman.

It is when you get to the running backs that you can really get excited about the potential of this team. Cunningham is the best little man to hit Tech since Jimmy Thompson and he has much more speed than Thompson had at this stage in his career. He has Leon Hardeman's balance and the coaches have talked about him in the same tone as they once reserved for the great all-American of the early fifties. Spiotta has responded to the challenge and with his health back he is considerably better than he has ever been at Tech. Hughes, shifted to fullback early in the spring, was once a defensive back but he recorded the highest per-try rushing average of them all during the scrimmages.

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If Dennis James and Kenny Bounds, both of whom missed the practice drills, come back ready to play, they are likely to be fullbacks and Hughes will give the offense a third fine running tailback. Harkey has to be the number one fullback. He is blocking better than any back on the squad and running at least a step faster than he did last year. Big and strong, he may be the fullback Tech has been searching for since Kenny Owen and Dick Mattison departed over 12 years ago. The back-up man for this position was Bobby Barr but the recovered invalids will be pushing.

The running attack should be much stronger but the passing attack will be weaker without Larry Good.

The quarterback position is still up for grabs in the minds of the coaches.

Williams currently has the edge and the new offense is much better suited to his style. A calm performer with good moves and the best passer of the spring, Williams has the experience to be ahead of the pack at this writing. Person has suffered with the change of offense but is running much better this year and may be heard from. Dudish is the best runner of the lot and at times a sensational one. His passing is still a questionmark simply because his shoulder never has healed completely since he injured it in high school. He will scare y o u t o d e a t h s c r a m b l i n g May-June 1969

resemblance to the Wrecker of the around, but he is an athlete who past three years. Tash Van Dora, the doesn't really have an idea what fear tough little Wrecker of last season, is. If we were to hazard a guess at this time, we would have to pick \ and David Polk, another former back, Dudish as the one most likely to beat ' are running behind the starters. The inside linebackers include such names out Williams. Jack O'Neill was inas Steve Kramer, Buck Shiver, Steve jured in the second week of practice Timmons, and Steve DeBardelaben, but he can also be a factor. He is a all of whom are on the questionable fine passer who also thrives on comlist because of injuries. Bill Flowers petition. The offense will be better has been excellent' this spring and this year but whether it will be good will start along with either Kramer, enough to keep things going against Timmons, or Shiver depending on the that schedule this season is the big recovery factor. Frank McCloskey question. ancf Gary Carden may also figure in The new defense will also help. this battle which will have a great And it will likely line up against bearing on this team's success.

SMU sans a single senior. Brad The biggest improvement on deBourne, a third-generation Tech man, fense has been the backs. With the is set at one end. The 228-pound new three-deep set-up, Rick Lewis, sophomore from Atlanta is strong an ail-American quarterback in high and fast and the best sophomore lineschool who transferred to Tech a year man to appear here in several years. ago from Army, will be at one deAt the other end, another sophomore, fensive halfback. He has all of the Smylie Gebhart, is currently running qualities of greatnessâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the speed, the first but Joe Hardwick, a junior who toughness, the height, and the leadersaw action last year, along with ship potential. At the other side is a sophomore speedster Bruce RutherSatellite Beach, Florida back who is ford, who will be battling him in the Lewis' equal in some respects and is fall. Back of Bourne, a tough former even faster. His name is Jeff Ford linebacker, P e n n s y l v a n i a n George and you will be hearing from him.

Novak stands ready and he may The most improved defensive back is move to the other side before the little Mike Wysong who has taken opening game. It might be pointed to the safety position in fine style. out that with the 4-4-3 defense, the Wysong is quick and agile and, above linebackers and ends have a variety all, the finest competitor for his size of assignments and they have to be we have ever seen. Back of these three special people. Bourne is one of that are Joe Bill Faith, a starter last year breed but some of the rest have to who is still fighting to get back his continue to improve if the defense is job; Greg Wilkes, who was to have to be effective. The tackle position started last season but who played has been bolstered, "saved" is the little because of injuries; and Bubba word Coach Carson uses for it, by a Hoats, a transfer who looks impresjunior college transfer named Rock sive at times and should provide capPerdoni. A 232-pound, hell-for-leathable support for Wysong. er, strong man, Perdoni has shown great leadership since arriving on the The coaching staff is stabilized campus from Ferrum ("Virginia; again with Carpenter and Jack GrifJunior College, the national chamfin joining Bill Crutchfield on his pions that gave Tech Lou Santosoffensive staff. Carson will go withpago who started some last year. Tim out a head of the defense with Billy Broome, a junior from Rome, and Williamson, Lamar Leachman, Jerry Sid Gunter, a junior from Elberton, Glanville, and Warner Alford to help are currently fighting on the other him. Dick Bestwick has been named side. But sophomores Randy Ducka special advisory coach to Carson worth and big Bob Rasnick will be in and head freshman coach which this picture before opening day. shows what Carson thinks of his 1969 recruits which are, at least by their The linebackers will be much bethigh school records, the finest group ter if they ever get healthy at the ever recruited at Tech in a single same time. The two outside men curyear. Carson told the Atlanta alumni rently considered the best are Riggle that he felt that he and his staff had and Stan Beavers, who Carson calls shown t h a t they could recruit. the most improved football player of "Now," he added, "we have to prove the spring. Beavers missed the game that we can also coach." If he can with that knee injury but is expected break even this season with all of the back ready to go this fall. These poinexperience, he will have made his sitions are now called Wrecker and point without question.

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Student wins top award

NEWS FROM THECAMPUS Outstanding teachers named FOUR Georgia Tech faculty members received awards of $1,000 each for outstanding classroom teaching at Tech's annual faculty dinner May 15.

Nominated by students, faculty and alumni and finally selected by a faculty-student committee were: Donald T. Kelley, Industrial Management; Frederick W. (Bill) Schutz, Jr., Civil Engineering; Sandra W. Thornton, Social Sciences; and Waldemar T. Ziegler, Chemical Engineering.

Kelley is a Tech graduate. He received the Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Industrial Engineering. This past winter, Professor Kelley was named Atlanta's Outstanding Young Man in Education by the Atlanta Jaycees. A past vice president of Management Science Atlanta, Inc., Kelley joined the Tech faculty in 1966 as an instructor! Presently, he is an assistant professor in the School of Industrial Management.

Dr. Schutz is a native of Mobile, Ala. H e received his Bachelor of Science degree from Auburn University and his Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in civil engineering from the University of Illinois. H e taught at the University of Texas and Lehigh University before joining the Tech faculty in 1955. The former director of the School of Civil Engineering at Tech, Dr. Schutz is assistant to the Dean of Engineering for guidance, and holds the rank of Professor of Civil Engineering. H e is the originator of the Joint Enrollment Program for High School Students at Georgia Tech and is coordinator of the Dual Degree Program between Atlanta University Center and Georgia Tech.

Dr. Thornton is a graduate of the University of Vermont. She received her Doctor of Philosophy degree from Georgetown University. Before joining the Tech faculty, Dr. Thornton did research and writing on the international communist movement, particularly as related to the Far East and Moscow-Peking relations for the Research Institute on the Sino-Soviet Bloc, Inc. at Washington, D. C. A past president of the Tech chapter of the American Association of University Professors, Dr. Thornton is a member of the American Political Science Association, the Southern Political Science Association, the Tech Graduate Council, the World Student Fund Committee at Tech and the USA26

USSR Exchange Committee at Tech.

She is an associate professor in the Department of Social Science.

Dr. Ziegler received his Bachelor of Science degree from Georgia Tech and his Master of Science degree from Emory University. He was graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Chemistry. Before joining the Tech faculty in 1946, Dr. Ziegler taught at Emory University and Johns Hopkins University and was a member of the Manhattan Project. In 1956 Dr. Ziegler was named a Regents' Professor in Chemistryâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the highest academic rank in the University System of Georgia.

The author of numerous scientific publications, Dr. Ziegler is chairman of the Chancellor's Faculty Advisory Committee in the search for a new president for Georgia Tech. In addition, he is secretary of the board of directors of the Georgia Tech Athletic Association and chairman of the board of directors of the Georgia Tech Young Men's Christian Association.

The $4,000 in prizes was provided by grants from the Union Camp Corporation and the Standard Oil Company (Indiana) Foundation. The awards are based on current teaching excellence and on the teacher's success in leading students to knowledge and the student's understanding of the subject.

At the same May 15 dinner, Tech honored a record 15 retiring members of the faculty: Howard G. Adams, Building Engineer, A. French Textile School; Archel H. Barnes, Buyer, Office of the Controller; Francis C. Bragg, Associate Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics; Dr. Henry L. Edwards, Professor, School of Chemistry; Ottis M. Harrelson, Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering; Clarence E. Haynes, Senior Engineering Draftsman, Engineering Experiment Station; Dr. George Hendricks, Professor and Head of the Department of Social Sciences; Walter C. Herbert, Director, Department of Music; Isabell Herzberg, senior secretary, Engineering Experiment Station; Dr. Joseph H. Howey, Professor and Associate Director, School of Physics; Isabel W. McBath, Recorder, Office of the Registrar; Dr. Frank O. Nottingham, Jr., Professor, School of Electrical Engineering; Radnor J. Paquette, Professor, School of Civil Engineering; Thama C. P e t e r s , Switchboard Operator, Office of the Controller; and Dr. Paul Weber, Vice President for Planning.

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Master's degree at Georgia Tech's School of Civil Engineering, was one of four national winners of a $3,000 Engineering Fellowship Award by the American Institute of Steel Construction.

The nationwide competition was initiated for the purpose of selecting civil and architectural engineering students who will pursue a course of graduate study related to the fabricated structural steel industry.

The son of Mrs. Thomas B. Kirk of 3176 Northwood Drive in Memphis, Tenn.. Kirk was graduated fifth in his class of 175 students from East High School in Memphis.

This past June, Kirk was graduated with honors from the School of Architecture at Georgia Tech with a bachelor of science degree. Currently, he is seeking a master's degree in structural engineering from the School of Civil Engineering at Tech.

He is past president of T a u Sigma Delta, architectural honorary society and is a member of Phi Kappa Phi, honorary fraternity at Tech. His honors include the Georgia Engineering Society Award, two awards from Tech's School of Architecture, a scholarship from the Fulton Federal Savings and Loan Assn.. and a scholarship from the Producers Council of the American Institute of Architects.

During the summer of 1967, Kirk traveled throughout the United States on a grant he received from the National Foundation for the Arts and Humanities.

Nuclear Society meets DR.

KARL COHEN, president of

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American Nuclear Society, discussed the future of nuclear power at the tenth annual American Nuclear Society's student confluence held on April 12 at Tech.

The general manager of Breeder Reactor Development Operations for General Electric Company, Dr. Cohen highlighted the ANS Student group's two-day meeting on the campus.

Nearly 250 students and faculty from the 18 southeastern states attended the conference sponsored by the ANS Student Branch at Tech.

Cornell's Hacker speaks AMERICAN author and political scientist Andrew Hacker of Cornell University spoke at Tech on April 14 and 15 under the auspices of the Franklin Foundation Lectureship Series in the Humanities.

The author of three books in the fields of political theory and American government, Dr. Hacker discussed the "Expansion of the American Ego," and "The E n d of the American Era." Both discussion topics are chapter (continued on page 28) The Georgia Tech Alumnus

over the Mexican border, however, they drew crowds to the roadsides THE SECOND COVER \ and were applauded for many miles.

"It was a major event for the MexiAlumnus John Bowen of Houston, Texas sits cans," Bowen said. in front of some of his trophies and displays According to Bowen's report, evethe shirt worn by the YMCA-Jaycees organiryone ran well and on the first day zations of that city on their j a u n t to the excellent distances were achieved.

"As the days went by, it turned into Mexico City Olympics. T h e group t h a t started work and the altitudes of Mexico as runners out for a special kind of relay, came slowed us down. Our living and eatout of their hobby as representatives of the ing conditions were less than ideal," United States. And for more about J o h n and he pointed out. the relay team see Susan Crangle's article "jfyter a day inside Mexico, the country became very beautiful," below.

Bowen wrote. "The sunrise and sunsets were the most impressive of sights with the red skies and long dark shadows along the road. One runners missed the people who were â&#x20AC;˘ J O H N BOWEN of Houston, Texas night, I was in the camper with Bud to supply them with drinking water has the right credentials for being Abney running up a mountain road at the Mexican border and by the known as a conventional fellow. He's that had been cut through sheer rock. time they reached Monterey, there a 1961 Georgia Tech graduate and is The full moon and the twirling amwas one gallon left. Ice, milk and regional manager of Welsh Manufacber light reflecting off the rock walls fresh fruit disappeared before the run turing Company in Houston. An athwas impressive." was completed. letic man, John has been running At night, the runners ran in fear several yearsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and logs about 3,000 "I could go on about the small of snakes and dogs. There were no miles each year. Recently, he won a problems, like the generator quitting live snakes reported seen, although two-mile and a ten-mile cross-country which meant no water to bathe or they passed many dead snakes in the championship in Houston. electricity to cook by, but spirits were roads. "They would crawl onto the high. Even the news of the shootings Last October, John took a twowarm road surface," Bowen related, in Mexico City would not stop this week vacation and along with eleven "but fortunately there were enough group," Bowen maintained. members of the Houston Jaycees and buses and trucks at night to crush the Houston YMCA, he ran 1,096 Six weeks prior to the run, a trainthem. Several of us had either guard miles to attend the Olympic Games ing schedule was written and each dogs or wild dogs make attempts at in Mexico City! man ran about 700 miles during two us, but we were able to stop them months of training. "We spent one The idea of a relay run to the with repellants." weekend at Camp Wimberly near Olympic Games was hatched during a "We started as a group of Houston San Marcos, Tex., to run in high luncheon last July by a small group runners, and ended as representatives altitudes as a group," he related. of businessmen who met at the Downof the United States, the YMCA, Campers, truck and food were dotown Houston YMCA for the purbrotherhood and physical fitness. The nated to the group and special unipose of scheduling running events. actual miles we ran each day were no forms were made for the training "When we came to October on the great physical feat in themselves. We period and the actual run. Uniforms calendar, we thought of doing someinhaled diesel fumes from truck after were red, white and blue. thing in conjunction with the Olymtruck, ran up a mountain that was pics in Mexico City," Bowen disAt 7 p.m. on October 3, 1968 the 12,000 feet above sea level with our closed. The result was a tentative derun began at Houston. Throughout chests aching, brought home worncision to run from Houston to Mexithe entire trip of six days, each runout shoes and ate from cans for six co City. ner was followed by an International days.

Scout with a warning sign on the rear After the idea had taken hold with "Most of all, we remember wearing and a revolving amber light affixed to the young businessmen, they were our uniforms with 'USA' on them its roof. The twelve runners and four faced with two stiff problems: findwhile we shook hands of people who drivers were divided between two ing people who could leave their jobs couldn't understand a word of Engcampers which accommodated eight and at the same time run over 20 lish as they congratulated us for a people. Bowen relates that "the miles per day and secondly, solving job well done." counters were full of bodies." the logistics of eating, sleeping, runThe runners presented to the Presining, and transportation during a 24The runners worked in groups of dent of Mexico and the Mayor of hour per day relay race. "Because the three with one person running and Mexico City letters from President run was completed, these things were two in the camper. The next three Lyndon Johnson and from former worked out, but not without difficult runners would take over the Scout Texas Governor John Connally. They problems," Bowen noted. with their driver and at no time durpresented Mexican officials with a ing the six-day event was there not Some of the problems encountered proclamation from the Mayor of someone running.

Each man ran one along the way can best be illustrated Houston, Louis Welsh. hour and five minutes twice each day, by the fact that a gas station attendJohn Bowen and his eleven teamor each man ran every thirteen hours. ant in Mexico filled the runners' mates stayed on for a few days at the From Houston to the Mexican water tank with gasoline. The plastic Olympic Games. They did not run border, the runners received very container of water retained the gasoback to Houston. little attention from Americans. Once line taste throughout the trip. The May-June 1969

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titles from his forthcoming book.

In addition to his three published volumes, Dr. Hacker has edited six volumes in other related areas. H e writes frequently for scholarly journals and general magazines, and contributions of his have appeared in the American Political Science Review, The Journal of Politics, The Political Science Quarterly, The American Sociological Review, The Yale Law Journal, The International Journal of Social Psychiatry, and also the New York Times Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Review of Books, Commentary, Commonweal, the National Review and The Saturday Review.

Sigma XI lecturer here DR. STEPHEN C. KLEENE of the Uni-

versity of Wisconsin delivered an address on "The New Logic" on April 15 on the campus.

Dr. Kleene, who is the national lecturer for the Society of Sigma Xi and its affiliated society, the Scientific Research Society of America, talked about logical reasoning and the. feet that modern computing machines, for all their speed and accuracy, are incapable of solving all mathematic problems.

The national lecturer was graduated from Amherst College and Princeton University. From 1930-35 he was a teaching and research fellow at Princeton. He is currently the Cyrus C. MacDuffee Professor a t the University of Wisconsin.

Dr. Kleene was a Guggenheim Fellow at the University of Amsterdam in 1950 and was also Acting Director at the Mathematics Research Center, U. S. Army during 1966-67.

He is a member of numerous scientific and professional organizations and is the author of articles on math, logic and foundations. His books include Introduction to Mathematics (1952); The Foundations of Intuitionistic Mathematics (1965); and Mathematical Logic (1967).

IM School greet alumni HAS there been a major transformation of the pay structure for corporate executives away from highly taxed salaries and bonuses toward pension benefits, profit sharing plans, deferred compensation contracts and stock options?

Businessmen attending the Fourth Annual Alumni Conference of the School of Industrial Management on May 2 had the opportunity to get the answer from Dr. Wilbur G. Lewellen of Purdue University, appearing under the auspices of the Mills B. Lane Lectureship in Finance and Banking Management. Dr. Lewellen discussed 28

management compensation in a talk entitled "How Much 'Buy Power' with your Bucks?"

The author of a recently published book, Executive Compensation in Large Industrial Corporations, Dr. Lewellen provided alumni with a method for determining the current income equivalent for commonly used forms and compared them with compensation in other professions.

Dr. Vernon Crawford, Tech's Acting President, welcomed the alumni.

Following luncheon, Dr. Sherman Dallas, Director of the School of Industrial Management, gave a report on the progress of the school.

The afternoon's activities included free choice seminars on "Marketing Strategy for New Products" by Dr. John Knutsen; "Career Ladders in American Industry" by Dr. John L. Fulmer; "A Re-Examination of Motivation" by Dr. Robert Carney; "The Myth of Unemployment Statistics"

by Dr. M. A. Moore; "The State of

the Economy" by Dr. Carl Biven; and "The Enterprise as an Open System"

by Dr. Glenn Gilman.

Top German Scientist Visits A N internationally noted chemist who was instrumental in the development of two chemical processes that are widely practiced throughout the world spoke at Georgia Tech on May 1 and 2.

Dr. Gunther Wilke, the second director of the prestigious Max-PlanckInstitut in Germany, was the SeydelWoolley Lecturer for the spring quarter at Georgia Tech's School of Chemistry.

While at Georgia Tech, Dr. Wilke gave two lectures. He talked on an introduction into the field of transition metal chemistry based on examples investigated at the Max-Planck-Institut and on catalytic processes carried out under the influence of transition metals.

NEWS OF THE ALUMNI J/l/l

Marion Pickford (Jack) Morris died March 16. In 1911 he became associated with the Santa Fe Railroad Company as a civil engineer and in 1924 worked for the Georgia State Highway Office. I n 1941 he opened a plant in Athens, Georgia, that manufactured concrete products.

He is survived by a wife, sister and niece. ' / 1 ~ 7 We recently learned of the I / death of Dr. Edward R. C. Miles, E E .

Morris L. Shadburn, CE, has been installed as 1969 chairman of the Georgia State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors. '/I Q We recently learned of the | CD death of Henry Taylor.

Maj. Gen. Charles Edwin Thomas (USA-Ret.) of San Antonio, the first commander of Robins AFB, Georgia, died March 17. His widow resides at 792 Terrell Road, San Antonio. Texas 78209.

We recently learned of the of Carl A. Blount.

'20 death ' f ) r ~ ) Karl G. Johnson. Sr. died fT_ f_ November 2, 1968. His widow resides at 1365 LaVista Road, N.E., Atlanta 30324.

We recently learned of the death of Wyatt Springfield. ' f~\ O John H. Barnett died April 1 f_ v J 15. Survivors include his wife, \ daughter and brother. James W. War-

ren died on February 14 after an extended illness. Mr. Warren formerly was an insurance executive and executive vice president and general manager of the Tampa Coca Cola Bottling Company. He was extremely active in civic affairs in the Tampa area. Mr. Warren is survived by his wife, son and daughter.

Donald D. Burt died April

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We recently learned of the | death of E. O. Hussey.

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Adm. William Goodwin Cooper. Lt. Col. B. B. Fuller, Com, died February 13.

We recently learned of the death of S. A. Harrison.

Frank Newton, E E . has been named chairman of the executive committee of Nel-Bran, Inc. and its subsidiaries.

Upon accepting the position Mr. Newton announced his retirement from South Central Bell where he had served as executive vice president.

Lee Pope, an Arizona public service commission officer, has retired.

Frank L. Holland,

Sr., T E ,

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We recently learned of the death of Ben J. Hiers.

»r-"J r—i J. H. Conley. CE, has been i i 1 I promoted to chief of the development division, Program Directorate, DCS/Civil Engineering, H Q Second AF. The Georgia Tech Alumnus

' O O Robert Alford, EE, has been l 3 f_ installed as vice-chairman of the Georgia Stale Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors.

Arthur G. Coffin, TE, has been appointed assistant superintendent of the Kodel Fibers division of Tennessee Eastman Company, Kingsport, Tennessee.

We recently learned of the death of William Martin Sapp, Jr., TE. We recently learned of the death of Earl Vinson Wolfe, Arch. ' H O O u Com.

We recently learned of the death of William J. Noble.

' Q / ] Malcolm A. Carter, Com, died O ^ T April 20. Mr. Carter was an employee of Biglow Liptak Company. His widow resides at 115 Parkwood Lane, Decatur, Georgia.

Eugene M. Johnson, CE, chief engineer and deputy director of the Mississippi State Highway Department, will become president of The Asphalt Institute on July I. The Asphalt Institute is an international nonprofit engineering, research and educational organization. Mr. Johnson has served as president of the American Association of State Highway Officials. He is a fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers and a member of the Mississippi Society of Professional Engineers, which voted him its Engineer of the Year in 19(17. He is also a member of the executive committee of the Highway Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. ' Q | — Joseph A. Hall, III, BS, has i D l_J been appointed to the first vice president of Citizens and Southern National Bank. Mr. Hall's new responsibilities include management of the C&S Holding Company, an entity owned by the bank, which, in turn, owns a controlling interest in eight affiliated banks and is a minority stockholder in 33 other banks. He has been with the bank 34 years.

J. G. Perkerson. BS, died March 30 after a long illness. Mr. Perkerson was an engineer with Boeing Aircraft Corporation at Cape Kennedy. His widow resides at Twin Towers, Apartment 21 IN, 220 North Atlantic Avenue, Coca Beach. Florida 32931.

Rear Admiral Lester E. Hubbell, IM, has assumed com'39 mand of the Cruiser-Destroyer Flotilla SIX. Dr. A. G. Rossow, Chem, has been appointed manager of marketing research for the industrial chemical division of PPG Industries.

James W. Hammond, TE, president of Capitol Office '40 Supply in Atlanta, was fatally wounded in a burglary attempt on January May-June 1969

31. He is survived by his widow, mother and brother, A. B. Hammond, '34, of Rome, Georgia. His widow resides at 879 Lullwater Parkway, Atlanta 30307.

Dan I. Maclntyre, III, IM, died suddenly April 6. Mr. Maclnyre was a state senator for four terms, pioneering among Georgia's new breed of Republicans. He was held in high esteem by his fellow legislators and provided leadership in his efforts to help the Atlanta area and its problems.

Senator Maclntyre's father is D. I. Maclntyre, Jr., ME '08, and his oldest son attended Georgia Tech for two years with the class of '64. He is Lt. Dan I. Maclntyre, IV, USN. In addition to the above Senator Maclntyre is survived by his widow, another son, Ward R., and a daughter, Margaret. His widow resides at 363 Valley Green Drive, Atlanta 30305.

M - Shipley, Jr., BS, died April 12 of burns suffered in a fire at his home. He is survived by a sister and two brothers, William Shipley, IM '50 and Hardwick Price Shipley. E E '31.

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Paul L. Lee, ChE, has been '44 appointed superintendent of the explosives manufacturing division at Holston D e f e n s e Kingsport, Tennessee.

Corporation.

» y| p ~ Capt. Hubert W. Keith, Jr.. £~T •} CE, has been appointed commanding officer of the US Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship DISCOVERER. » yj O P. G. Barker, IE, died March Bryon H. Pollitt, IM, has been named manager of one of Pacific Mutual Life's five Los Angeles agencies.

Murray Spitzer.

ChE, recently wrote an article, "The Computer Art of Schedule-Making", which appeared in the April 1969 issue of Datamation.

Donald L. Chase. ME, has been appointed manager of maintenance with Texaco, Inc. at Houston.

Thomas C. Denmark, IE, has been appointed assistant treasurer of Illinois Bell Telephone Company. He resides at 21W 710 Dorchester Court, Glen Ellyn, Illinois 60137.

William G. Few, ChE, died January 31. His widow resides at P. O. Box 435, Keystone Heights, Florida 32656.

Dr. Franklin A. Thomas, ME, has been appointed acting president of Lamar State College of Technology, Beaumont, Texas. He had been dean of engineering and was serving as vice president of the college prior to his recent appointment.

Walter S. Boone, Jr., EE. has W. J been elected a director of First Virginia Bankshares Corporation

of Arlington.

Virgil Eugene New, EE, has been appointed vice president of personnel with Southern Bell Company.

We recently learned of the death of Lynn H. Orr. His widow resides at 748 Stratford Road, N.W., Winston Salem, North Carolina 27104.

Dr. Charley Scott, ME, of the University of Alabama in Huntsville has been appointed professor of mechanical engineering and associate dean of the University of Alabama Graduate School, effective September 1.

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Dr. John A. Brown. Chem, has been appointed a staff advisor by Esso Research and Engineering Company.

Forist G. Dupree. ME, has been promoted to lieutenant colonel in the US Air Force. Col. Dupree, an F-105 Thunderchief pilot, is assigned to a unit of the Pacific Air Forces.

John C. Eager has been appointed manager of Standard-Coosa-Thatcher's finishing division. Mr. Eagar and his family reside at 484 South Crest Road, Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Barham F. Kennedy. ChE, has been appointed plant manager of the Kinston plant of DuPont.

Robert C. Barnett, IE, has seen named manager of naval '52 S nuclear components manufacturing at Babcock & Wilcox in Barberton, Ohio.

James L. Chaille. ChE, recently participated in the fourth Interchemical Rocket Propellant Group/American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Solid Propulsion Conference in Chicago. Mr. Chaille is employed by Rohm and Haas. »p~ O Robert E. Donnelly, ME, t j l 3 Georgia Power Company's superintendent of automotive equipment, has been elected president of the Electric Utility Fleet Managers Conference at the organization's annual meeting held in Williamsburg.

Virginia.

F. A. Seinto, IM, has received a masters degree in business administration from the University of Bridgeport. He resides at 7 Tower Lane, Huntington, Connecticut.

Wilson F. Smith, IM, has been promoted to assistant treasurer of South Central Bell Telephone Company. ' f - y| Maj. Watt D. Elrod, IM, is » J ^"T on temporary duty with the 4258th Strategic Wing at U-Tapao Airfield, Thailand. He flies almost daily B-52 Stratofortress bombing missions against Viet Cong targets in Vietnam.

Ben C. Scales, CE. has been promoted to sales manager of Southern Prestressed Concrete, Inc. in Pensacola, Florida.

William Ralph Wright, ChE, died January 21. He was president of 29

vCES IN T H E N E W S Wright Plastic Company in Atlanta.

Homer M. Carter, '23, has retired as vice chairman of the board of directors of West Point Pepperell, Inc. of West Point, Ga. He had been with the company since 1923 and president since 1965.

John G. Turner, '33, is the recipient of one of four awards from the International City Managers' Assn. He is the manager of the City of Greensboro, N. C , and was cited for helping develop human relations sensitivity.

Grady Webb, Jr., '38, has been named to the newly created post of corporate vice president-manufacturing, for West Point Pepperell of West Point, Ga. He has served as vice president - southern operations since 1965.

Charles Lewis, '42, vice president and company sales manager for Momar, Inc., in the Atlanta area has been elected to the company's board of directors. Momar makes chemical and maintenance products.

R. W. Phillips, '44, technical service representative for Oakite Products, Inc. is a winner of the company's VIP Award. Since 1965, he has won an award each year. He joined Oakite in 1957.

Thomas C. Denmark, '49, has been named assistant treasurer of Illinois Bell Telephone Co. with offices in Chicago. He joined Southern Bell in 1949 and joined AT&T Company Treasury Dept. in New York in 1965.

F. Brooks Moore, '49, is the new director of the Astrionics Lab at Marshall Space Flight Center, Ala. A specialist in the field of electrical engineering, he became a member of the staff in 1952.

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C. F. Nelson, Jr., '49, has been elected vice president-sales for the Steel Division of Atlantic Steel Co. of Atlanta. He joined the company in 1949 and became its general sales manager for the steel division in 1965.

»p~ r— Charles E. Allen, IM, has » J - J been named Man of the Year for the Georgia Agency of the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company at the agency's annual dinner.

Maj. Roger A. Frey, Text, has received the US Air Force Commendation Medal at Ent AFB, Colorado.

Maj. Robert L. Giordano, BS, is a member of an Air Force Communications Service Unit in Vietnam that has earned the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award for the fourth consecutive year.

John E. Lancaster, Text, has been appointed manager of StandardCoosa-Thatcher Company in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Jack D. Nichelson, IM, has been appointed to national accounts sales manager for the diesel engine manufacturer's southern division of Cummins Engine Company with headquarters in Atlanta.

Maj. John W. Sennett, Text, has received two awards of the Air Medal.

The major, who now holds four Air Medals, was decorated for his meritorious achievement in aerial flight. ' p ~ O Ben Edward James, Jr., IE, CD 1 3 has been promoted by Georgia Tech's industrial development division to head of field services for the state technical services programs in Atlanta.

J. Allen Neal, IE, has been promoted to a vice president of the Trust Company of Georgia in Atlanta.

Tucker J. Johnson, Chem, has been named production '57 control supervisor of Atlas Chemical Industries, Inc. Wade T. Mitchell. TE, has been promoted to vice president and branch manager of the Trust Company of Georgia in Atlanta.

L. Thomas Murphy, Jr., IM, has assumed the directorship of the Augusta, Georgia, area branch of Georgia Tech's industrial development division.

Maj. Robert A. Patton, CE, recently completed his 100th combat mission in Southeast Asia.

Robert G. Barrow, IM, has been appointed general manager of Polyco, Incorporated.

C. W. Ingram, CE, has been promoted to operations analyst-train accident programs with headquarters in Chicago.

G. Linden Long, IE, has been promoted to a vice president of the Trust Company of Georgia in Atlanta.

Kirbey M. Platter, IE, has been promoted to manager-manufacturing engineering for the Bettendorf plant.

Maj. Jack G. Remson, IE, has arrived for duty at Wright-Patterson

AFB, Ohio.

Michael E. Tennenbaum, IE, has been admitted as a general partner of Bear, Stearns & Company.

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« J t 3 joined Dynamic Computer Systems as a vice jiresident. He and his family reside at 3(i Osborne Avenue, Kenner, Louisiana 70062.

Born to: Dr. & Mrs. David Guy Herr, EE, a son, David Franklin, January 15. Dr. Herr is now assistant professor of the faculty of the math department at Duke University. The family resides at 3112 Camelot Court, Durham, North Carolina.

Robert D. Turner. IM, has been promoted to director of personnel service with WestPoint Pepperell.

W. J. VanLandingham, IE, has been promoted to vice president of the Citizens and Southern National Bank.

He is also director in coordinating the Georgia Plan—a state-wide expansion.

He and his wife reside at 1012 Ashley Road, Savannah, Georgia.

Capt. Arthur W. Vogan, AE, took part in a first-of-a-kind conference at the Air Force Association's national convention. 'fT»f"~| Born to: Mr. & Mrs. David D U L. Bergman. IE, a son, Marcus Gerald, September 13, 1968. Mr. Bergman is employed with Plastronics Corporation in San Jose, California.

Lt. Col. Philip L. Bolten, EE, has received his second award of the Silver Star Medal in recent ceremonies at his base in Vietnam. He also received the Vietnamese National Order (5th Class) and the Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm during the ceremonies.

James P. Burckard. IE, has become the operations manager of Eastman Kodak's Pacific Northern region.

Capt. Browning Gorrell, Jr., IE, has been decorated with the Distinguished Flying Cross for heroic aerial achievement in Vietnam.

Stephen R. Grayson. IE, has been made manager of the federal division of Keyboard Training Inc. in Washington, D. C. Maj. Henry W. Heerman, IM, is on duty at Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai AFB, Thailand.

Robert C. Petty. IM. has been promoted to a second vice president with the Trust Company of Georgia in Atlanta.

Robert S. Runkle. BC, has been appointed administrative manager for the new Becton, Dickinson Research Center in Raleigh, North Carolina.

N ' C Hi Giloert - Halpern, IE, has l~l | been promoted to director of operations of National Linen Service, a division of National Service Industries, Inc. James T. Haney. CE, has been elected vice president and operations

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manager of Concrete Supply Company, Charlotte, North Carolina.

James H. Jarrell, IM, has been promoted to a second vice president with the Trust Company of Georgia in Atlanta.

Robert L. Martin, CE, has joined the consulting traffic engineering firm of Kimley-Horne and Associates, Inc. He will serve as associate in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Whitley C. O'Keefe, IE, has been promoted to a vice president of the Trust Company of Georgia in Atlanta.

James A. Purris, Jr., IM, has been named superintendent for the Macon division of the Atlanta Gas Light Company.

Born to: Dorothy V. Smith, CerE, and Roger C. Smith, a son, Randall Charles, October 14, 1968. Mrs. Smith is self-employed as an artist and illustrator. The family resides at Beaver Brook, Cooperstown, New York 13326.

Capt. Hilton J. Arnold, II, IM, is helping support the '62 nation's newest front line defense facility. He is assigned at Kinsley Field, Oregon, as a weapons controller at the BUIC III site that became operational on March 3, 1969.

Capt. Robert I). Chaplin, III, ChE, received an Air Medal for meritorious service in aerial flight during his last Vietnam assignment.

Capt. Jackie K. Foreman, IM, has been decorated with the Bronze Star Medal at Robins AFB, Georgia, for meritorious service while engaged in military operations against Viet Cong forces.

Born to: Mr. & Mrs. Winston A. Head, CE, a daughter, Kimberly Star, March 8. Mr. Head is employed with DuPont in Chattanooga.

John A. Lition. EE, has recently completed law school at Southern Methodist University and has accepted a position as an attorney with the Civil Aeronautics Board in Washington, D. C. Born to: Capt. and Mrs. Michael S. McRae, IE, a daughter, Meredith Dawn, January 12. Capt. McRae was recently awarded the Silver Star with one oak leaf cluster, the Distinguished Flying Cross with one oak leaf cluster and the Air Medal with 16 oak leaf clusters for service as a forward air controller with the 4th Infantry Division in Vietnam from March 1967 to March 1968. Capt. McRae is presently assigned to the 56th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, Yokota AB, Japan.

Ben L. Moon. IM, has been tapped for Kappa Tau Alpha, a national scholastic honorary communications fraternity. Mr. Moon is a candidate for the MA degree in journalism and communications af the University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.

William F. Nygaard has received May-June 1969

Three Tech men have been working on various projects connected with controversial U. S. Ballistic Defense System are shown at a reunion in Huntsville, Alabama. Left to right they are Colonel Lochlin W. Caffey, CE '42, assistant division engineer for the Eastern Area, Huntsville Division of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers (the Huntsville Division is charged with the design and

construction of the facilities for the system); Brig. Gen. Ivey 0. Drewry, Jr., ME '39, commanding general of the U. S. Army Sentinel System Command; and Brig. General Gordon B. Cauble, ME '40, deputy commander of the U. S. Army Strategic Communications Command.

Caffey has been reassigned to the Viet Nam theater and Drewry will retire this month to enter private business.

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H. W. Bartholomay, '50, has been named assistant to the production manager, Spunbonded ProductsNomex Div. at E. I. DuPont Co. in Kinston, N.C. He was manufacturing superintendent for staple industrial products.

B. F. Kennedy, '50, is the new manager of the DuPont Co.'s Kinston, N.C. plant. He is a 19-year company veteran and was previously the assistant plant manager at the Old Hickory, Tenn. plant.

Henry F. McCamish, Jr., '50, has been nominated for secretary of the 1970 Million Dollar Round Table Executive Committee. An agent for Massachusetts Mutual, he was named company Man of the Year in 1963 and again in 1968.

Virgil E. New, '50,ÂŤhas been promoted to personnel vice president of Southern Bell Telephone Co. in Atlanta. A native of Atlanta, he has been assistant vice president for personnel since 1967.

R. N. Hutton, ' 5 1 , is a new group leader in the systems programming group in Union Carbide's Kanawha Valley Regional Computer Center. He joined Union Carbide's research and development department in 1952.

Giles C. Toole, Jr., ' 5 1 , has been voted membership for the 12th consecutive time in the President's Club of the National Life Insurance Company of Vermont. He is a chartered life underwriter in Tallahassee, Florida.

Robert M. Bullard, '53, has been appointed by Honeywell Inc.'s Industrial Division in Fort Washington, Pa., to a new post as assistant to the vice" president-marketing. He joined the company in 1957 as an industrial sales engineer.

Ben C. Scales, '54, formerly sales engineer in the Birmingham office of Southern Prestressed Concrete, Inc. has been promoted to sales manager at the Pensacola headquar- | ters of the company. The company has five plants. \.

the SME Distinguished Salesman's Award for his work in commercial real estate sales and leases and the SharpBoylston annual Outstanding Production Award for 1968.

Frederick Stevens Scharar, IM, has been awarded the silver wings of an American Airlines flight officer after completing training at American's flight school in Ft. Worth, Texas. He and his family will reside in the Chicago area where he has been based.

Capt. George P. Swanson, ME, has recently completed his 100th combat mission in Southeast Asia. Capt.

Swanson, a F-100 Super Sabre pilot, flies with the 352nd Tactical Fighter Squadron at Phan Rang AB, Vietnam.

Capt. Thomas L. Vines, EE, has been decorated with the Distinguished Flying Cross for aerial achievement in Vietnam. Capt. Vines successfully delivered vitally needed supplies to Con Thien which was under heavy mortar attack. ' O O G- Allen Gary, Phys, is preU O sently employed at NASA in Huntsville, Alabama. He has also recently completed his PhD in physics at the University of Georgia. The family resides at 3101 Thurman Road, Apartment H-9, Huntsville 35805.

Pablo Gonzalez, IE, has accepted the position of director of the management engineering program with the Central New York Hospital Association. His mailing address is Central New York Hospital Association, Suite 117, 600 East Genesee Street, Syracuse, New York 13202.

Martin F. (Fred) Hale, ME, is a weight engineer in the C-5A weight department and is responsible for all weight division computer activities.

Mr. Hale is also working on a masters degree in a program offered by Lockheed-Georgia Company at Georgia Tech. He and his family reside at 1162 Sandra Drive, N.E., Marietta, Georgia 30060.

We recently learned of the death of David Reeves Haley, Math.

Capt. William B. Huey, Text, has graduated with honors from the Air University's Squadron Officer School at Maxwell AFB, Alabama. The captain has been reassigned to Offutt AFB, Nebraska, as a missile launch officer.

Larry E. Hughes, IM, has accepted the position of manager of data systems and industrial engineering with Beverage-Air, Spantanburg, South Carolina. The family resides at 1482 Dover Road, Spartanburg.

Capt. Richard T. Iannacone. IE, has been awarded US Air Force silver pilot wings at Reese AFB, Texas. _ Born to: Dr. & Mrs. John Wayne Roger, ChE, a son, John Wayne, Jr., March 18. The family resides at 933

Suwannee Road, Knoxville, Tennessee 37919.

Mike Nicholl, AE, is employed by American Airlines as a flight officer and is currently based in the New York area. He resides at 177 Park Street, Montclair. New Jersey.

Married: Robert J. Popp, IM, to Miss Diane Beardsley. Mr. Popp is employed by Chesebrough-Pond as a manufacturing coordinator for the western hemisphere division. The newlyweds will reside at Oak Ridge Drive, Clinton, Connecticut.

Warren Overtoil Wheeler, EE, has been elected to the Bryan Society of Emory University's law school.

'R/l AleX S' Boyer' BC' has been

1 3 ' â&#x20AC;˘ T transferred by J. A. Construction Company in Chicago where he will serve as project coordinator of the construction of the O'Hare-Hyatt hotel project.

Dennis T. Cook. Phys, is now with General Electric's aerospace electronics department in Utica, New York.

H e and his family reside at 6 Willow Drive, Whitesboro, New York 13492.

Newton C. Davis. CP, died in a house fire March 23. Mr. Davis was planner for Marietta, Georgia, and Cobb County, Georgia. His parents reside at 1021 Reeder Circle, Atlanta.

Capt. Paul B. Fierman, IE, has been decorated with the Distinguished Flying Cross for air action over North Vietnam prior to the bombing halt.

First Lt. Barry L. Frazier, IM, is on duty at Korat Royal Thai AFB, Thailand.

William W. George, IE, has been appointed director of long range planning for the Stouffer Restaurant and Inn division of Litton Industries.

Second Lt. Ted W. Gibson, ME, has been awarded silver pilot wings at Webb AFB, Texas. Lt Gibson is being assigned to a marine corps unit in South Carolina for flying duty as a A-4 pilot.

Born to: Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Hall, IM, a son, Robert Leonard, Jr., January 10. Mr. Hall is a data processing marketing representative with the IBM Corporation. The family resides at 209 Shangri-La Avenue, Brunswick, Georgia 31520.

Denny E. Henderson, IM, has been appointed sales representative of Reactive Metals, Inc. Born to: Mr. & Mrs. James A. McClure, EE, a son, Matthew William, February 8. Mr. McClure has recently received his MS degree in electrical engineering from the University of Tennessee. The family resides at 913 McKellar Drive. Tullahoma, Tennessee, where he is employed by Arnold Research Organization, Inc. Born to: Mr. & Mrs. David R. McFlroy, Jr.. EE, a daughter, Tonya Vista, March 30. Mr. McElroy is a graduate student at Georgia Tech.

Married: William Lewis McGehee, The Georgia Tech Alumnus

IM, to Miss Ann Lanier Pearson, May 3. Mr. MeGehee is employed by Russell Mills, Inc. in Alexander City, Alabama.

Capt. Edward II. Preston, ME, is a member of the BOMARC ground-toair interceptor missile squadron at Langley AFB, Virginia, that has earned the aerospace defense command's "A" award.

Married: Charles G. Ray, Jr., IM, to Betty Jean Smith, February 22.

Mr. Ray is the Savannah area professional service representative for Smith Kline and French Laboratories.

James W. Seymour, Phys, has recently become Georgia's manufacture representative for Andco Industries of Greensboro, North Carolina.

Maurice A. Sheppard has recently joined Union Camp Corporation's Savannah plant as a process engineer in the technical department.

Born to: Mr. & Mrs. Jules Stiber.

EE, a son, Neil Alan, December 15, 1968. They reside at 1543 Shoemaker Court, Creve Couer, Missouri 63141.

Capt. James L. Taylor, IM, is on duty at Cam Ranli Bay AB, Vietnam.

Capt. Taylor, a pilot, is assigned to a unit of the Pacific Air Forces.

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William R. Carter. Jr., Text, has been appointed sales ex'65 ecutive of London Fog-Rainwear. Mr. Carter is in charge of territorial sales in South Carolina. He and his wife reside at 3431 Covenant Road, Apartment G-l, Columbia, South Carolina.

Born to: Mr. & Mrs. Eric R. Edge, Sr., IM, a daughter. Holly Leigh, January 22. Mr. Edge is employed by the Shell Oil Company in New Orleans.

The family resides at 229 Cottonwood Drive, Gretna, Louisiana.

Lt. Col. John B. Fitch, MS, has assumed command of the 3rd Armored Squadron, 17th Cavalry in Vietnam.

His mailing address is Hq 3rd Sqd..

17th Air Cavalrv, APO San Francisco 96289.\ Donald H. Gunther, Jr. has been appointed chief engineer of the Standard-Coosa-Thatcher Company. He and his wife reside at 1026 Wren Circle, Chattanooga. Tennesseee.

Married: Lt. (j.g.) Nedom Angier Haley, I M , to Miss Carol Marie Mathes, May 31. Lt. Haley is stationed with the US Navy in Norfolk, Virginia.

Capt. Jerry L. Hanchey, AE, has been decorated with the Distinguished Flying Cross for air action in Southeast Asia.

Capt. Dudley A. McRae. Jr., IM, received the US Air Force Commendation Medal at Hickam AFB, Hawaii.

Capt. McRae was decorated for meritorious service as chief of the Aerospace Defense Command Management Engineering Team at Hamilton AFB, California. H e is now at Hickam in a unit of the Pacific Air Forces.

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A L U M N I - CONTINUED A. Nelson Smith, '54, has been named industrial engineering director of Alamac Knitting Mills, Inc., a subsidiary of WestPoint Pepperell. He will reside in Lumberton, S.C. He joined the company in 1965.

James I. Giddings, '56, is the newly named vice president of Kurt Salmon Associates, management consultants to the apparel and textile industries. A native Atlantan, he has worked in the U.S., Europe and Africa.

Lawrence Weeks, Jr., '57, has been appointed general superintendent of the southern district of Republic Steel Corp. of Gadsden, Ala. He was formerly superintendent of the Hot Strip Mill. He joined Republic in 1957.

Berner F. Wilson, '60, has been elected second vice president, operations division, of the First National Bank of Atlanta. He joined the bank in 1966 as internal consultant and is now head of management engineering.

Charles H. Griffin, Jr., '60, has joined the staff of Lockwood Greene Engineers, Inc., in the Atlanta office's mechanical department. He was formerly with Newcomb & Boyd Consulting Engineers of Atlanta.

Gerry N. Letoumeau, '62, has been named managerindustrial engineering at Fuqua Industries. He served as manager of manufacturing for Scientific Atlanta, Inc. before joining Fuqua.

He will assist the management of Fuqua's subsidiaries.

Charles K. Edmondson, Jr., '63, has been appointed manager of McCall Sales & Service Section. He Joined Foote & Davies in 1967 and previously attended graduate school at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, and Emory University.

Gerald L. Stephens, '67, has been promoted to plant engineer for Continental Can Company at Harvey, La. Prior to his promotion, he was a manufacturing engineer trainee. He was previously with Celanese Fibers Co. in Charlotte.

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has arrived for duty at Malmstrom AFB, Montana. Lt. Paulsen, a weapons controller, is assigned to a unit of the Aerospace Defense Command.

Robert T. Slater, IE, is an instructor in industrial engineering at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. Mr. Slater has also opened an engineering/data processing personnel and consulting service under the name of Clark & Slater Associates, Inc., 1033 Beacon Street, Brookline, Massachusetts 02146.

G. Patrick Tolleson, IM, has been promoted to commercial officer of the First National Bank of Atlanta. ' O O John A. Baumgartner, IE, D D has arrived for duty at Tyndall AFB, Florida. Lt. Baumgartner, a management engineer, is assigned to a unit of the Aerospace Defense Command.

Married: Raymond Cabe, IE, to Miss Keturah Colquitt, March 22.

Mr. Cabe is employed as a quality control engineer by the General Electric Company in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Ronald P. Comeaux, CE, has separated from the Army after serving 14 months in South Korea with the 13th Engineer Batallion as batallion combat construction foreman. He is returning to the Rust Engineering Company as an area superintendent on their contract with the Atomic Energy Commission at Oak Ridge. He will be residing at 211 Waddell Circle, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830.

Married: Frank M. Coyne, Jr., ME, to Miss Portia Farley, August 1968.

He has recently finished the Carrier Engineer Training School in Syracuse.

New York, and is now a sales engineer in Atlanta. Mr. Coyne finished a twoyear tour of duty in the Army in October 1968, during which he spent a year with the 1st Air Cavalry Division in Vietnam. He and his wife reside at 97 Peachtree Park Drive, N.E.. Apartment W-l, Atlanta 30309.

First Lt. Robert W. Green, IM, is a member of an Air Force Communication Service Unit in Vietnam that has earned the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award for the fourth consecutive year.

James Harberson, ME, has joined the Trane Company's Miami, Florida, sales office as sales engineer.

First Lt. Donald V. Jackson, Math, has received the U.S. Air Force Commendation Medal at Tan Son Nhut AB, Vietnam. Lt. Jackson, a weather officer in a unit of the Air Weather Service at Tan Son Nhut, was decorated for meritorious service while assigned at USAF Headquarters, Washington.

Capt. Henry G. Shirley, CE, is on duty at Udoru Royal Thai AFB, Thailand. Capt. Shirley, a base civil engi-

neer, is assigned to a unit of the Pacific Air Forces.

Donald P. Spann, IE, has been promoted to first lieutenant and is presently stationed at Homestead AFB, Florida.

W. Robert Spcer. IE, has joined the T r a n e Company's Greenville, South Carolina, sales office as a sales engineeer.

Born to: Stanley L., IM, and Joan T. Tollman, IM, a girl Julie Marie, April 8. The family resides at 3827 Longview Drive, Chamblee, Georgia 30341.

Wayne A. Vignes. Phys, has been promoted to control systems physicist at the Dow Chemical Company's Louisiana division. The Vignes are presently residing at 2425 Seracedar in Baton Rouge.

Married: Lt. Charles Holt Westbrook, ME, to Miss Martha Bankhead Garnett, May 4. Lt. Westbrook is stationed with the US Army at Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland. ' O ~7 Second IA. Lewis Brewer, Jr., D / MI, has been recognized for helping his unit earn the US Air Force Outstanding Unit Award.

Married: John Frederick Cooper, IM, to Miss Freda Bernice Sharp, March 22. Mr. Cooper is employed by Alcoa, Tennessee. Operations as a systems analyst. The newlyweds reside at 2823 Thomas Drive, Maryville, Tennessee.

Airman Charles R. Cowart, Jr., IM, has graduated at Lowry AFB, Colorado, from the training course for US Air Force material specialists.

Born to: Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Harris, IM, a son, Timothy Kyle, April 7. Mr. Harris is employed as a marketing representative with IBM Corporation. The family resides at 5600 Venetian Boulevard, St. Petersburg, Florida 33703.

Born to: Mr. and Mrs. Spurgeon G. Hogan, EE, a daughter, Laurie Jean, April 6. The family resides at 44 Lincoln Drive. Poughkeepsie, New York 12601.

Married: Morgan C. Hutto, HI, IM. to Miss Rethel Yvonne Jenkins, May 31. Mr. Hutto is now enrolled in the doctoral program at Georgia State College.

William E. Kipp. IE, is presently employed as assistant professor of mathematics at Georgia Southwestern College in Americus. He and his family reside at 324 Judy Lane, Americus, Georgia 31709.

Capt. Frederick L. Metcalf, IE, has been graduated from the Air University's Squadron Officer School at Maxwell AFB, Alabama. He also recently took part in a first-of-a-kind conference at the Air Force Association's nation convention in Houston.

Mai. James D. Neighbors, E E , received his second award of the Army Commendation Medal while serving The Georgia Tech Alumnus

with the US Army Security Agency at Arlington Hall Station, Virginia.

Married: William Walter Swan, Psy, to Miss Martha Kay Glore, June 7. Mr. Swan is attending graduate school at the University of Georgia.

Second Lt. William L. Tison, CE, is on active duty with the US Army and stationed at the US Army Corps of Engineers Missouri River Division Laboratory in Omaha, Nebraska.

Gene Vinson, CE. is training for a position as sales engineer with Armco Steel Corporation in the medal products division in Atlanta. He resides at 3566 Old Chamblee Tucker Road, Apartment 6, Atlanta 30340.

Maj. Wallace W. Ward, Sr., AE, has received the Army Commendation Medal. Maj. meritorious service as an action officer in Korea.

Capt. Edward A. Weathers, Jr., IS, has been decorated with the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious service in Vietnam. ' r - » Q William D. Beeland, EE, has L J CD completed training as a parachute rigger at the Army Quartermaster School, Ft. Lee, Virginia.

Thomas I. Carlisle, IM, joined the Atlanta-based firm of Summerour & Associates, Inc. as a management consultant.

Second Lt. Robert R. Foster, IM, plays a key role in the operation of one of the nation's newest frontline defense facilities. Lt. Foster is a weapons controller at the Back-Up Interceptor Control III site that recently became operational at Tyndall AFB, Florida.

Second Lt. Dennis O. Freeman, E E , has recently graduated with honors from the radio systems officer course at the US Army Signal Center and School, Fort Monmouth, New Jersey.

Charles A. Harrell, IM, has completed advanced training as a combat engineer at Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri.

Capt. James P. Helt, IS, has arrived for duty at Norton AFB, California.

Capt. Helt, a system analyst, is assigned to the Office of the Inspector General Activity. He previously served at Bien Hoa AB. Vietnam.

George T. Lim. ChE, has joined Shell Oil Company's Norco, Louisiana, refinery as a technological engineer.

Married: Frederick Erskine Link, Psy, to Miss Dorothy Ellen Richter, May 25. Mr. Link attends the US Army Officer Candidate School at Ft. Benning, Georgia.

Carlos Martel, Jr., ME, has been promoted to Army private pay Grade E-2.

Harvey W. McGahee, Jr., ChE, has been commissioned a second lieutenant at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma.

Joel N. Myers, EE, has been promoted to Army first lieutenant. Lt. Myers is an inside plant officer near Phu Bai, Vietnam.

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Harvey M. NeSmith, Jr., IM, has been commissioned a second lieutenant in the US Air Force. Lt. NeSmith has been assigned to Moody AFB, Georgia, for pilot training.

Married: Joel Chandler Pittard, Biol, to Miss Carol Smith McWhorter, June 8. Mr. Pittard is presently attending the Medical College of Georgia.

Bill R. Poland, ME, is employed for Humble Oil Company and working towards a MBA at Stanford. He resides at 4722 Waring Drive, Houston, Texas 77027.

Born to: Mr. and Mrs. John W. Rush, IM, a daughter, Laura Maria, October 24, 1968. Mr. Rush is employed by Alcoa in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Married: Thomas Dallas Thompson, BC, to Miss Cynthia Kay Roan, May 10. Mr. Thompson is serving with the U.S. Army. > O f~\ Airman Charles M. Beaty, IC3 ^ 3 Jr-, IM., has completed basic training at Lackland AFB, Texas. He has been assigned to Chanute AFB, Illinois, for training in the aircraft equipment maintenance field.

Engaged: Raymond Christian Fberly, EE, to Miss Anita Anne Hodges.

The wedding will be June 17.

Married: Samuel Alvin Fowler. Jr., EE, to Miss Sandra Lynn Morse, June 7.

Engaged: John Stanley Hollerorth, IM, to Miss Janie Carmen Davis. The wedding will be June 14.

Engaged: Frank Deenis Hooper, EE, to Miss Melinda Aileen Peterson.

The wedding will be June 28.

Married: Perry O'Neill Johnson, IM, to Miss Barbara Ann Daughty, June 7.

Engaged: Thomas Beasley Landers, CE, to Miss Nancy Mary Saunders.

The wedding will be July 12.

Engaged: Gary Eugene Mauldin, Text Chem, to Miss Nancy Kate Little.

Michael L. Mears. IM, has been assigned to the 228th Ordnance Detachment at Ft. Lee, Virginia, as a data processing equipment operator.

Married: Kenneth Edwin Mugg, IM, to Miss Marsha Gene Raymond, June 6.

Capt. Warren R. Spencer, IS, has arrived for duty at Scott AFB, Illinois.

Capt. Spencer, a supply staff officer, is assigned to a unit of the Military Airlift Command.

Engaged: Robert Douglas Stone, ME, to Miss Gail Susan Bennett. An August wedding is planned.

First Lt. Francis M. Van Meter has arrived for duty at Edwards AFB, California. Lt. Van Meter, a chemist, is assigned to a unit of the Air Force Systems Command.

E n g a g e d : Henderson Crawford Ward, Jr., ChE, to Miss Barbara Pond. The wedding will be June 14.

Married: Michael L. West, IM, to Miss Linda May White, June 6.

John L. Woolard. Jr.. EM, has accepted a position as engineer with Pratt & Whitney in Palm Beach, Florida. He and his wife reside at 733 Hummingbird Wav, Apartment 7, North Palm Beach 33403.

HONORARY We recently learned of the death of Robert S. Lynch.

Hughes Spalding died March 30.

Mr. Spalding, former chairman of the Board of Regents and one of Atlanta's outstanding citizens, was a long-time friend and supporter of Georgia Tech.

He was a brother of J. J. Spalding, ME, 11, deceased. Mr. Spalding is survived by his wife, two daughters and three sons.

Dr. Paul Weber is a member of the Georgia State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors.

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nominated to lead t h e Georgia Tech National Alumni Association for t h e 1969-70 year is D . Braxton Blalock, Jr., '34, of Atlanta. T h e nominating committee ( M . F . Cole, Chairman; Alvin M . Ferst; a n d H o w a r d E c t o r ) also named the following Tech alumni to r u n on t h e slate with Blalock: J a m e s B . Ramage, '37, vice president; J a m e s P . " P o l l y " Poole, '42, vice president; a n d Willard B. McBurney, Jr., '52, treasurer.

T h e election for members of t h e Board of Trustees will be different this year as a result of t h e changes in Article E i g h t (Board of Trustees) of the Association's By-laws voted on by t h e membership a t t h e October 26, 1969 meeting of t h e membership.

T h e changed section of Article Eight now reads: " T h e r e shall b e eighteen (18) Trustees elected b y t h e membership in t h e same m a n n e r as t h e officers, who shall hold office for a term of 3 years. On t h e adoption of this a m e n d m e n t to t h e by-laws- there will already be seven (7) Trustees serving in accordance with t h e present by-laws. N o change shall b e affected in t h e terms of these Trustees.

On t h e adoption of this a m e n d m e n t to t h e by-laws t h e additional Trustees shall be elected b y electing three for a term of o n e year, two for a term of two years, a n d six for a term of three years. Thereafter all shall be elected for a term of three years, six being elected each year."

The Nominees For President—D. Braxton Blalock, Jr.—president of Blalock Machinery and E q u i p m e n t Company, Inc.—has served two years as vice president of the Association. H e received his degree in General Science a n d is a church a n d civic leader in t h e Atlanta area.

For Vice President—James B. Ramage is t h e agency manager of t h e Equitable Life Assurance Society in Atlanta. H e is a n incumbent vice president having been elected to t h e post in 1968. H e received his degree in Industrial M a n a g e m e n t a n d h a s a long record of civic a n d church service in t h e city.

For Vice Presiden t—James P . " P o l l y " Poole is president of two Atlanta companies—James P . Poole, C L U , a n d Associates, Inc. a n d E s t a t e 38

city. H e received h i s degree i n Civil Engineering.

a n d Pension Planning Co., Inc. A n Industrial M a n a g e m e n t graduate h e is one of t h e nation's leaders in t h e insurance field having held presidential posts in m a n y of t h e top insurance societies. H e h a s been chairm a n of t h e fund committee for t h e Association for t h e past two years.

For Trustee (Three-Year Term)— Daniel P . Shepherd is president of the Shepherd Construction Company of Atlanta. H e is currently a member of t h e Board of Trustees of t h e Association a n d is a church a n d civic leader in t h e Atlanta area. H e received his degree in Industrial Management.

For Treasurer—Willard B. McBurney, Jr.—president of t h e M c B u r n e y Stoker Company—has been a member of t h e Board of Trustees of t h e Association for t h e past two years a n d active in m a n y of i t s most important committees. H e received his degree from Tech in Mechanical E n gineering.

For Trustee (Two-Year Term)—Isadore L. K u n i a n is head of K a y Developers in Atlanta. A Textile E n gineering graduate, he formerly was a department store executive a n d alumni leader in both Nashville a n d Chattanooga.

For Trustee (Three-Year Term)— J a m e s T h o m a s Gresham of LaGrange, Georgia is currently treasurer of t h e Fuller E . Callaway Foundation a n d administrative a s sistant to Fuller E . Callaway, J r . H e received h i s degree i n Textile E n gineering a n d is active in civic work in LaGrange.

For Trustee (Three-Year Term)— Joseph A. Hall, I I I is t h e first vice president a n d comptroller of t h e Citizens a n d Southern National Bank.

H e received h i s B.S. degree from Tech a n d is one of t h e City of Atlanta's most respected business a n d civic leaders.

For Trustee (Three-Year Term)— J o h n Ottley M c C a r t y is president of the Audichron Company of Atlanta.

T h e treasurer of t h e Franklin Foundation, h e is t h e m a n most responsible for the establishment of the Distinguished Lecture Series in t h e H u m a n i t i e s a t Tech. H e received his degree in Mechanical Engineering.

For Trustee (Three-Year Term)— Chester A. Roush is president of t h e Roush Oil Company of Carrollton, Georgia. H e is currently serving on the Association Board a n d is one of the t o p civic a n d church leaders in t h a t city. H e received his degree from Tech in Chemical Engineering.

For Trustee (Three-Year Term)— J o h n Cooper Shackelford is president of the Potter-Shackelford Construction Company of Greenville, South Carolina. Vice president of t h e Greenville Georgia Tech Club, h e also holds m a n y civic offices in t h e

For Trustee (Two-Year Term)—Ray M . Beck, a n all-American guard a t Tech in 1951 a n d a former professional football star with t h e N e w York Giants is currently vice president a n d treasurer of C & A Freight Lines of Cedartown, Georgia. An Industrial M a n a g e m e n t graduate, h e is known statewide for his civic work.

For Trustee (One-Year Term)—Alfred F . Revson, J r . is a partner i n t h e Atlanta investment firm of Courts a n d Company. A n Aeronautical E n gineering graduate, h e is active in religious a n d civic groups in t h e city.

For Trustee (One-Year Term)—Dr. E a r l W. M c D a n i e l is a professor of Physics a t Georgia Tech whose research a n d book on Collision Phenomena in Ionized Gases have m a d e him one of t h e best-known scientists in the Tech community. H e received his degree in Physics a n d earned his doctorate a t t h e University of Michigan.

For Trustee (One-Year Term)— N o r m a n J a m e s Walton is a p a r t n e r in t h e construction firm of J . S. Walton a n d Company in Mobile, Alabama. H e received his degree in Civil Engineering, a n d is a civic leader in Mobile. H e is a Brigadier General in the A r m y reserve.

How to Vote All active members of t h e Association who desire to confirm t h e above nominations for officers a n d elected trustees or who wish to present writein candidates m a y do so b y filling out t h e official ballot facing this page and mailing it to t h e Georgia T e c h National Alumni Association.

The Georgia Tech Alumnus

Of all the natural resources Anaconda works with, the one that counts most is you. i

By the year 2000 A.D. the world's population will have doubled. For every two Americans now, there will be one more. A growth of 50%.

And that's just a little over 30 years away.

This is the problem we're facing at Anaconda.

How to provide the millions more tons of copper, aluminum, and other non-ferrous metals that will be needed to provide essential needs.

Metals for building, electrical power systems, and agricultural systems. Metals for new and better transportation, new and better roads, and communication. Metals necessary to change sea water to fresh. To help underdeveloped nations develop. Plus, a whole myriad of possibilities we haven't even dreamed of yet.

The needs are obviously immediate and urgent. And Anaconda is growing and diversifying here at home, in Latin America and Canada. In as many ways as we know how to provide these basic building blocks on which our economy grows. In ways we like to think make us one of the great natural resources of the Americas.

But metals alone don't make the company that mines and fabricates them a great natural resource.

What does it is people. And the skill, imagination, and determination they bring to their work.

Without these qualities, metal lies hidden, useless. And can never reach the potential necessary if we are to answer these problems at all.

That is why Anaconda has a commitment. To back the creative energies of our human resources with our faith in the future, and our money, to meet the growing needs for metals.

In the last 10 years we invested $750,000,000 for new plants and equipment. There will be another $650,000,000 in 1968-1972. Plus, we have research on a global scale. A whole new western exploration headquarters in Salt Lake City, and an extractive metallurgical research laboratory in Tucson. Staffed with specialized scientists, geophysicists, metallurgists, mining engineers and other highly trained individuals. This is the kind of backing we give to our people.

And the people we need are numerous.

Teams of earth scientists, metallurgists, mining engineers. Fabricating, marketing and financial specialists. All the sort of dedicated people that know their work is vital and important.

Anaconda. Come make a future with us.

For more information about your opportunity at Anaconda, write: Director of Personnel, The Anaconda Company, 25 Broadway, N.Y., N.Y. 10004.

Equal Opportunity Employer.

Anaconda:

one of the great natural resources of the Americas.

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