Gold & White Honors Gala Program - 2022

The Gold & White Honors Gala Thursday, the Third of February, Two Thousand and Twenty-two Honoring Georgia Tech’s Most Distinguished Alumni Benef iting Student Programs and Our Next Generation of Leaders

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The Gold & White Honors Gala Special thanks to the Gala’s dedicated alumni leaders and Alumni Association staff Magd M. Riad, IE ‘01 Event Chair; Chair-Elect, Georgia Tech Alumni Association

Auction and Sponsorship Committee Jamie Hamilton, Mgt ‘93, Co-Chair Ashley Hancock, CE ‘90, Co-Chair Michael Bogachek, IE ‘00 Jason Byars, ME ‘96 Matt Edwards, Mgt ‘99 Paul Goggin, Phys ‘91

Scott Hall, ME ‘96 John Hanson, IE ‘11 Meredith Moot, Mgt ‘08 Jacquelyn Schneider, BC ‘06, MBA ‘18 Casey Aultman Tanner, IAML ‘13

Student Committee Doug Dillman, IE ‘23, Co-Chair Kyle Robinson, CE ‘24, Co-Chair Shalini Udawatte, Chem ‘23, Co-Chair Francesca D’Angelo, BA ‘22 Usman Jamal, CS ‘23

Maria Liu, BME ‘22 Lindsey Mains, IE ‘24 Ameya Vitankar, MS CS ‘22 Alisa Yakovenko, IE ‘22 Jacqui Van Zyl, ME ‘24

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Alumni Association Student Organizations The Gold & White Honors Gala serves as the Institute’s signature event to celebrate Georgia Tech’s most distinguished alumni and friends, while developing leaders of the future by supporting today’s best and brightest Yellow Jacket students. All proceeds of tonight’s Gala underwrite the Alumni Association’s nationally acclaimed student programs: the Student Ambassadors, the Student Foundation, and the Student Alumni Association.

These programs make a tremendous impact on thousands of students’ lives, enriching their Georgia Tech experience and playing a pivotal role in building our loyal alumni of the future. They encourage the student-alumni connection, promote philanthropy and service to Tech, and preserve the long-standing traditions that make Georgia Tech one of the best institutions of higher learning in the world. By supporting these student organizations, you are ensuring that the Georgia Tech Alumni Association and our community will be among the nation’s strongest for years to come.

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Zach McGee President, Student Alumni Association

Jordan Cheney Chief Executive Officer, Student Foundation

Program

Welcome Dene Sheheane, Mgt ‘91 President, Georgia Tech Alumni Association Dinner Appreciation Magd M. Riad, IE ‘01 Event Chair; Chair-Elect, Georgia Tech Alumni Association President’s Remarks Ángel Cabrera, MS Psy ‘93, PhD Psy ‘95 President, Georgia Institute of Technology Live Auction and Fundraiser Presentation of Awards Shan Pesaru, CmpE ‘05 Chair, Georgia Tech Alumni Association

Dinner Menu

First Course Grilled Ratatouille Salad Planks of Grilled Zucchini, Eggplant, Yellow Pepper Roasted Grape Tomatoes, Parsley Leaves, Feta, and Basil Oil

Entree Classic Beef Bourguignon Braised Beef, Pearl Onions, Carrots, Mushrooms, and Fresh Thyme in a Rich Red Wine Sauce over a bed of Shallot Mashed Potatoes Garnished with Fresh Herbs

Dessert Vanilla Cheesecake Grand Marnier Chocolate Sauce and Fresh Berries

Vegan/vegetarian and gluten f ree selections available upon request.

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Italian Villa Vacation Take your dream trip to the authentic Italian countryside: the rolling hills, historic castles, farmhouses, medieval hilltop towns, Etruscan art, hand painted ceramics, vineyards, and olive groves of Umbria!

Villa Fondo Le Teglie is a restored 17th century farmhouse offering all the modern conveniences you expect at a luxury property. Surrounded by beautiful countryside views, Fondo is just 12 km from the medieval hilltop town of Todi and is well positioned for day trips in Umbria. The common areas offer great spaces for gathering as a group or finding a quiet place for solitude. The large open courtyard offers an exceptional space for dining alfresco with both the grill and wood-burning pizza oven conveniently positioned. The beautiful setting, the well-designed indoor and outdoor spaces, and the fine attention to detail all combine to make this property very special.

The package includes accommodations for 8 people for a 7-night stay, airport transfers, and a welcome dinner. Additional planning services are available at guests’ expense.

Offer is valid for 18 months, based on availability.

Special thanks to donor Susan Evans, IE ‘89, Founder, Il Gusto del Paese

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Sunday Dinner for 12 at Warhorse Investments Join Chef Chris Hall at his exclusive private dining and social club, Warhorse Investments, for a five-course dinner for 12 in our Pheasant Room. You’ll begin the night with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres in the bar and library area of the club and then move to the incredible Pheasant Room for a spectacular meal personally cooked by Chris and his hand-picked team. Enjoy libations to accompany each course carefully selected by Chris and his team. It’s an exclusive evening to remember!

Restrictions: Must be on a Sunday night, not to include Holidays or December. Please give at least 60 days notice for scheduling purposes so a mutually agreeable date may be selected. Additional blackout dates may apply.

As Warhorse is a private club, we kindly ask you to refrain from pictures or social media use.

Guests are responsible for tax and gratuity. Offer is valid through February 2023.

Special thanks to donors Chef Chris Hall and Unsukay

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Living It Up in Atlanta Highly sought-after premium golf and driving experiences!

With this package, you’ll enjoy: • East Lake Golf Club: a foursome in the 2022 Georgia Tech Alumni Association Golf Tournament on June 6 • Atlanta Athletic Club: a round of golf for 4, to be used in 2023 after Riverside Course renovation • Atlanta Country Club: a round of golf for 4, expires December 31, 2022, forecaddie fee not included • InTown Golf Club - Atlanta’s Newest Private Social Club for Golfers: a foursome, food & beverage not included • BMW M School: 1-day of adrenaline-filled exercises for 2 people, designed to bring out your inner M at the BMW Performance Center in Spartanburg, SC. A full day begins with arrival by 8:30 a.m., concluding at 4:15 p.m. Travel and accommodations not included.

Special thanks to donors Atlanta Athletic Club, Atlanta Country Club, InTown Golf Club, BMW, Georgia Tech Alumni Association

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Pappy Van Winkle 15-year Bourbon This bourbon is crafted according to the exclusive family wheated recipe. The smooth oak flavor bends well with the barrel proof. This bourbon remained untouched for 15 years and unhurried by time. Taste a rich, supple entry, leading to a decadent, huge, full-bodied palate with intense caramel, toffee, and pepper brown spice flavors. Then enjoy a finish with long, complex spice and wood notes. This is legendary and a must-have for any bourbon enthusiast. Epic!

Special thanks to donors Steven Bulat Turner, MBA ‘11, and Betsy Bulat Turner, IAML ‘04

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Ramblin’ Wreck Ride Chauffeured by President Ángel Cabrera Join President Cabrera for a one-of-a-kind tour! You will meet at the Alumni House and hop inside the Alumni Wreck for a ride around campus. Get a behind-thescenes look at a day-in-the-life of President Cabrera, tour new facilities on campus, including the John Lewis Student Center, and get the inside scoop on what’s to come! After the tour, you will enjoy a catered lunch in the beautiful Crosland Tower conference room with 360 degree skyline views of Atlanta.

• Package includes free parking on the Georgia Tech campus, tour for (2) guests in the Alumni Wreck, catered lunch for (2) guests.

Valid for 2-hours on a weekday (Mon-Fri) in calendar year 2022. Winner will be directed to the Office of the President to determine a mutually agreed upon date.

Student Hosts

Troy Batugal, PhD BioE, ‘22

Ian Cox, ChBE, ‘21

Usman Jamal, CS ‘23

Lisa Medford, PP ‘22

Student Hosts

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Akash Prasad, BA ‘22

Mariah Washington, ChBE ‘22

Alisa Yakovenko, IE ‘22

Dean Griff in Community Service Award Douglas R. “Doug” Hooker, ME ‘78, MS TSP ‘85 Executive Director, Atlanta Regional Commission Through a life of service in the public and private sectors, Doug Hooker has left an indelible mark on the city of Atlanta and his alma mater.

While at Tech, Hooker was president of the Institute’s chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers, growing it into one of the strongest chapters in the country. After graduating, he went on to several leadership positions serving Atlanta and its people. That includes leading the city’s Department of Public Works during the 1996 Olympics.

The mayor and city council of Atlanta have even declared a Doug Hooker Day Proclamation in recognition of his service.

Over the last 10 years, Hooker has led the ARC, driving cultural changes across the organization. Under his leadership, the organization played a key role in securing Atlanta’s water supply for decades to come—the result of years of work defending against litigation from neighboring states. “It’s a quiet victory, but water is the foundation for life and community, and the ARC has been a critical part of coordinating that use of water,” Hooker says.

In addition, under Hooker’s leadership, the ARC paved the way for Aerotropolis Atlanta, a public-private partnership focused on increasing economic development for communities near Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport. Deeply passionate about education, Hooker also helped foster a partnership between ARC, civic organizations, and school districts in Atlanta that led to the founding of an educational nonprofit, Learn4Life.

A proud Yellow Jacket, Hooker has served on numerous organizations at the Institute, including the School of City and Regional Planning Advisory Board and the Ivan Allen College Advisory Board. He is a past member of the Alumni Trustee Board, the CEE Advisory Board, and the Georgia Tech Advisory Board.

“I couldn’t say enough about Tech’s value in my life both personally and professionally,” Hooker says. “With my engineering degree, I felt better prepared than colleagues from other institutions. And years later, my public policy degree gave me the framework to navigate and interpret for people who were in both public and private sectors, but who only understood one of them. And to do so in a way that helped us find real solutions.”

Outstanding Young Alumni Jacquelyn Renée Schneider, BC ‘06, MBA ‘18 Manager at Jabian Consulting Jacquelyn Renée Schneider’s meteoric rise in management consulting hasn’t slowed down for one second her commitment to service. Schneider was able to attend college through the support of her family and Georgia’s HOPE Scholarship and graduate, becoming the first in her family to do so.

“While Tech requires a lot of hard work and builds resilience, people really believed in me and helped make the Georgia Tech dream a reality,” Schneider says.

Now a Double Jacket, she’s keeping the door open for future Jackets with a planned gift for an MBA endowment fund that gives preference to women who are first in their families to attend college and to women from underrepresented racial and ethnic minorities.

After graduating, Schneider set out to pursue a career in academia, earning master’s degrees from Johns Hopkins University and the University of California, Davis. Missing the fast-paced environment of consulting, she founded Aigu Consulting in 2014. In 2018, she returned to Tech to earn her MBA from the Scheller College of Business and served as the student body president for the Evening MBA students.

“Being able to participate in student leadership was an immense teaching experience for me,” Schneider says.

Schneider’s service also extends to alumni. Her personal outreach has helped Tech graduates reconnect with the Institute. In addition to serving on Scheller’s Advisory Board, she joined the Women Alumnae Network (WAN) in 2019 to serve on their first Strategy & Growth committee. She helped launch the first WAN webinar, which saw over 100 attendees—one of the largest events in the network’s recent history. She also launched an annual Scheller MBA International Women’s Day Brunch, which brings together women from around the world. In 2021, she served as a Giving Day Ambassador for the Georgia Tech Alumni Association, raising the second-highest dollar amount that day for gifts.

Schneider credits Tech’s faculty, students, and alumni for helping her realize the impact of a Georgia Tech education.

“They have instilled such a vision in me that we have an ability to change our city, change our country, and change our world,” she says.

Honorary Alumni Rafael L. Bras K. Harrison Brown Family Chair and Professor The field of hydrology is almost unrecognizable today versus what it looked like when Rafael L. Bras graduated in 1972.

Granted, Bras played a large part in the field’s evolution over the last five decades. His research in ecohydrology—or as he describes it, “the close waltz between the water cycle, the Earth’s surface, vegetation, and the atmosphere,”—has contributed to modern hydrology, which today acknowledges the interaction between land masses and the atmosphere at a much more global scale.

Bras earned his bachelor’s, master’s, and D.Sc. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he also spent 32 years in the faculty of the departments of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences. Among many awards, Bras is an elected member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering, the Academy of Arts and Sciences of Puerto Rico, and the Academies of Science and Engineering of Mexico. He was distinguished professor and dean of the Henry Samueli School of Engineering at the University of California, Irvine.

In 2010, Bras came to Tech to serve as the Institute’s provost and executive vice president for Academic Affairs. “I was convinced that Georgia Tech presented a profile of a university that was willing to take risks and was on the right trajectory. I wasn’t disappointed,” he says.

Under Bras’ leadership, Tech opened the Shenzhen campus in China, launched the successful Online Master of Science in Computer Science program, adjusted the academic calendar, and reimagined the modern university library through the Library Next initiative. He also launched Arts@Tech, which has brought a new degree of creativity to curriculum and to campus spaces.

In 2020, he stepped down as provost, remaining a professor at the Institute.

“Being provost was one of the most fun times of my life. It allowed me to not only work with very bright people, but also help an institution that had a culture of excellence and of risk taking, which resonated with me.”

Honorary Alumni Reginald DesRoches Eighth President of Rice University Growing up, Reginald DesRoches had all the traits of a destined engineer—he was good at science and math and always tinkering. But the “A-ha” moment that made him want to become a civil engineer was literally Earth-shaking.

In 1989, he was a mechanical engineering student at the University of California, Berkeley, when he experienced his first major earthquake. “As an engineer, it got me thinking about why some things collapse and some don’t,” DesRoches says. That curiosity drove him to become a civil engineer and expert in seismic risk engineering.

Building better, stronger structures doesn’t end with his research; DesRoches makes organizations stronger, too.

After serving as provost of Rice University, DesRoches was named Rice’s eighth president this past November. He will be the first Black person and first immigrant to lead the university.

Born in Haiti, DesRoches returned to his country of birth in 2010 to lead a team of engineers as part of response efforts following one of the country’s most catastrophic earthquakes. “I had been to various earthquake sites before, but I’d never seen anything like the earthquake in Haiti,” DesRoches says. “It emphasized the work that we do as engineers.”

In 1998, DesRoches joined Georgia Tech’s faculty as an assistant professor. He rose through the ranks to become the Karen and John Huff School Chair and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering. At Tech, he oversaw significant changes to the school, including the complete renovation of the civil engineering building, a rise in the number of endowed chairs, and the increase in the school’s graduate rankings to No. 2 in the country (U.S. News & World Report).

Among his numerous awards, DesRoches was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2020, received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers in 2002, and is a fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

Honorary Alumni Jane W. Stoner Former Senior Manager of Alumni Networks There are certain people who set the standard for service to Georgia Tech and to the alumni community. Jane Stoner is a golden example.

You might assume that Stoner was already an alumna—with a husband (Joe Stoner, ChE ‘66), daughter (Lelia Conlin, CE ‘97), and son-in-law (Mark Conlin, CS ‘99, MBA ‘04) who are all Tech grads, it certainly runs in her family. What most stands out to alumni who have met Stoner during her years of service working at the Alumni Association and at Georgia Tech is her unwavering support for the Institute and its people.

“I’m thrilled to become part of the Georgia Tech community as an honorary alum,” Stoner says. “But I couldn’t have been successful had it not been for the support of the Alumni Association and campus staff as well as alumni, especially those network leaders who I worked with over the years. It was a career that I loved.”

When Stoner and her husband moved to New Jersey, they became involved in the alumni network in the area.

Joe became co-chair, but Stoner essentially ran the club. She was so successful at what she did, that when a position opened up in Atlanta to support alumni networks across the country, she was the obvious choice.

Over the next 15 years, she coached alumni on how to start their own networks, successfully strengthening the alumni network system to over 100 active groups.

During her time at the Alumni Association, Stoner grew the number of networks with endowed scholarships and helped launch some of the Association’s most innovative programs. That includes “Team Buzz Day,” a day of community service that networks and students continue to host each year, and Mentor Jackets. Since its inception, Mentor Jackets has successfully connected thousands of alumni and students and garnered national recognition.

Following the Alumni Association, Stoner joined the Office of Admissions and worked with Tech’s Women’s basketball program before retiring.

For many alumni who couldn’t return to Atlanta, Stoner became the face they associated with Tech—a role she’s maintained even years after her official retirement. “It’s been so rewarding to stay in touch with alumni and to see students who I worked with graduate and stay involved with Tech,” she says.

Joseph Mayo Pettit Distinguished Service Award Robert Lee Dixon, EE ‘77 Senior Vice President & Global CIO, PepsiCo (retired) Robert Dixon knows a thing or two when it comes to giving back and staying involved in the community. Raised just a few miles from Georgia Tech, the Atlanta native carved out a career at two of the world’s most iconic companies, but also stayed an active leader in both Atlanta business and civic communities as well as maintaining his service as a proud Yellow Jacket by serving on multiple advisory boards. Dixon’s career has been influential, to say the least.

As the longest-tenured CIO in PepsiCo’s 50+ years of operation, he led the global function that delivered all information technology and information risk management solutions worldwide—a position that saw him recognized as one of the “Most Influential Black Corporate Directors” (Savoy Magazine, 2016 and 2021), a “CIO Top Ten Breakaway Leader” (Evanta, 2015), one of the “Top 100 CIO/CTO Leaders” (STEMconnector, 2015), and “Information Technology Senior Management Forum Fellow” (2020).

Prior to his career at PepsiCo, Dixon was a 30-year veteran with Procter & Gamble, concluding his career there as the vice president in the Global Business Services Organization.

Dixon currently serves on four corporate boards of directors: Anthem, Build-A-Bear Workshop, Okta, and Gilbane.

Dixon has continued to remain active as a Tech alumnus, serving on the College of Computing Advisory Board, on the College of Cybersecurity & Privacy Advisory Board, and on the Foundation Board as a trustee-at-large.

He recently started a second six-year tour of duty on the Georgia Tech President’s Advisory Board and remains active with the Black Alumni Organization. Dixon was recognized as a Distinguished Engineering Alumni in 2002 and was inducted into the College of Engineering Hall of Fame in 2017.

According to Dixon, giving back is just a natural part of his DNA. “My wife and I try to support the Institute with our time, talents, and treasures. Georgia Tech has done so much for me and my family in terms of the education and opening doors. It’s just fitting that I apply that spirit of philanthropy to Georgia Tech,” says Dixon.

Joseph Mayo Pettit Distinguished Service Award Jay M. McDonald, IM ‘68 Serial Entrepreneur, Business Leader & Master Chair, Vistage Worldwide, Inc. Jay McDonald switched from Aerospace Engineering to Industrial Management on his first day at Tech. “I walked in and saw students drawing engines and fuselages and decided that I didn’t want to do that all day. I thought I’d be better suited to people and business.”

With more than 40 years’ experience leading and owning five successful companies, it’s safe to say that McDonald proved his college-age-self correct.

With two books on leadership and corporate banking and a series of seminars for executives, McDonald is committed to helping others succeed both personally and professionally. A master chair with the executive coaching organization Vistage Worldwide, Inc., McDonald’s passion for mentorship was inspired by those who offered guidance early in his career. “I know that every opportunity over the years has come from people who have mentored, supported, and recommended me,” McDonald says.

McDonald is past president of the Cherokee Town and Country Club as well as an original member of the Georgia Governor’s Council for Science and Technology Development. Deeply committed to his alma mater, he has served as a member of the Alumni Association Board of Trustees, Georgia Tech Foundation Board of Trustees, and the Scheller College of Business Advisory Board, and as president of the Alumni Association Board. He is an avid Tech fan, attending most home games, many ACC tournaments, and countless events supporting Tech’s teams. In fact, McDonald’s affinity for Tech might even exceed his business acumen, according to a story from when he was president of The Wayne Watson Company, Russell Athletics’ distributor to the Southeast.

McDonald received a call from Tech’s basketball coach at the time, Bobby Cremins, who needed help choosing new gold uniforms for the team. After McDonald offered nine different swatches of different fabrics and color options, the team took the court that year in gold uniforms, deemed by a Dallas sports reporter to be the best-looking uniforms in the nation. That year, the Jackets won their first ACC championship and the uniforms were featured on the cover of Russell Athletics’ catalog. Later, McDonald had the unfortunate task of handing the catalog to a coach and his wife from a certain university in Athens. Their reaction was what you might expect.

“I love Georgia Tech, and I guess I love it enough to lose business over it,” McDonald jokes.

Joseph Mayo Pettit Distinguished Service Award Michael G. Messner, CE ‘76 Co-CEO & Portfolio Manager, Seminole Management Company, Inc. (Retired) Civil engineering might not seem like the ideal background for a successful career on Wall Street, but Mike Messner is here to prove you wrong.

Having founded the profitable hedge-fund Seminole Capital and led it for 23 years before his retirement, Messner says more than any formal financial education, his undergraduate degree from Georgia Tech set him up for success.

“I often say that more civil engineers should think about careers like this. Civil engineers build things that last a very long time. Having that long-term perspective is a very good way of looking at investing—or really any set of problems.”

With his wife, Jenny, the Messners’ philanthropy supports numerous causes. They founded the Speedwell Foundation, which provides full study abroad scholarships to students in central Pennsylvania and supports efforts to restore and expand public parks and green spaces in major U.S. cities. The Messners’ support also made possible a one-ofa-kind, solar-powered endangered species carousel at the Smithsonian National Zoo. The carousel includes handcarved and hand-painted representations of endangered species, with one exception—a yellow jacket.

Giving back to Georgia Tech has been a central part of Messner’s life. He and his wife were early supporters of the G. Wayne Clough Georgia Tech Promise Program and supporters of the Frederick Law Olmsted Professorships in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering. He has also supported the Rafael Bras Scholarship Endowment. In 2018, Messner launched the Messner Faculty Endowment Challenge, which supports the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering through dollar-for-dollar matching, up to $5 million, for endowed faculty chairs. A member of The Hill Society, Messner has also served on the Georgia Tech Foundation Board of Trustees and the Civil and Environmental Engineering Advisory Board.

He is currently a Professor of the Practice for the Scheller College of Business and the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, where he teaches courses on management and civil engineering to the next generation of problem-solvers.

“When you grow up in Atlanta, you know that Georgia Tech is a really good school, but it’s not until you go away that you realize how important that education has been,” Messner says.

Past Recipients Outstanding Young Alumni 1988 Patrise Perkins-Hooker ’80 1989 J. Scott Howell ’75 1990 Neal D. Stubblefield ’79 1991 John S. Markwalter ’81 1992 C. Garry Betty ’79 1993 Gary S. May ’85 1994 Dante Jones ’86 1995 Charles F. Easley ’86 1996 Carol Sample ’90 1997 W. Scott Petty ’81, ’82, ’85 1998 Kimberly Krabe Barnes ’84 1999 David C. Nelson ’92 2000 M.M. "Mel" Coker ’87 2001 Tony S. Chan ’94, ’98 2003 Anthony Priest ’88, ’90 2004 Brittany A. Robinson ’95 2005 Daren B. Pietsch ’91 2006 Christopher W. Klaus ’96 2007 Susan M. Davis ’91 2008 Troy W. Rice ’01 2009 Heather Rocker ’98 2010 Bird D. Blitch ’97 Cayman James ’99, ’01 2011 Fred H. Carlson ’01, ’04 Errika N. Mallett ’96 2012 James L. Mitchell ’05 Tyler Townsend ’98 2013 Whitney Setzer Owen ’03 Michael John Rafferty, Jr. ’02 2014 David Andrew Bottoms ’01 2015 LT Tyler Hall Brown ’01 (posthumously) Shan Pesaru ’05 2016 Anu Parvatiyar ’08 2017 Betsy Bulat Turner ‘04 2018 Anne M. Walker ‘02 2019 Elizabeth “Lizzie” Serafine Donnelly ‘08 2020 Archel J. Bernard ‘11 John A. Hanson ‘11 2021 Brian Tyson ‘10 The Dean Griffin Community Service Award 1993 Don L. Chapman ’61 1995 W. Howard Ector Jr. ’40 1996 Talmage L. Dryman ’45 S. Joseph Ward ’51

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Frank L. Hicks ’30 Joseph P. Byrd III ’38 Donald C. Johnston ’37 John Wardlaw ’46 Eugene Dunwody ’55, ’56 C. Dean Alford ’76 John E. "Chip" Akridge III ’68 James Carreker ’69 Joel Cowan ’58 Joseph E. Hill ’53 Roland M. Toups ’60, ’61 Wayne E. Kerr ’73, ’74 J. Lamar Reese Jr. ’55 William J. Todd ’71 James R. Lientz Jr. ’65 Stanley S. Sattinger ’62 Ray C. Anderson ’56 David T. Smith Jr. ’63 Dr. John H. Burson II ’56, ’63, ’64 J. Tom Coleman Jr. ’50 Richard A. Guthman Jr. ’56 Robert Shelley Blount ’71 Goodman B. Espy III, M.D. ’57 Richard A. Beard III ’67 Robert L. Hall ’64 Marc A. Corsini ’80 Tommy Holder ’79 Howard T. Tellepsen, Jr. ’66 Michael K. Anderson ’79 George Cates ‘69 Francis M. Lott ‘58 ‘59 Tyler Townsend ‘98 Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice ‘83 Don Pirkle ‘58

Honorary Alumni 1955 & James S. Floyd earlier Carlyle Fraser George Glenn Mrs. William T. Healey Ralph A. Huie Clyde King Jr. Robert S. Lynch William E. Mitchell Laurence G. Murray Mrs. J.D. (Josephine) Robinson

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Hughes Spalding G. Bonner Spearman Mrs. Polly Warren F. Graham Williams Harllee Branch Jr. J. Ebb Duncan J. Fred Turner Kendall Weisinger Robert O. Arnold Robert L. (Bobby) Dodd Eugene Turner Sr. Mills B. Lane Prof. Fred Wenn Ed Danforth Ted M. Forbes Dr. D.M. Smith Jamie R. Anthony Dr. Edwin D. Harrison William Emory Huie Sr. Dr. Paul Weber Richard H. Rich Mrs. J. Henley (Dot) Crosland Pierce Harris Robert W. Woodruff John Franklin (posthumously) Frank K. Houston Mrs. Theodore (Elizabeth) Ziegler Fred W. Ajax Dr. James E. Boyd Mrs. Frank H. (Rae) Neely Prof. Earle E. Bortell Oby T. Brewer Sr. Mrs. George C. (Eugenia) Griffin C.E. Woolman James Dunlap Joe W. Guthridge Carl J. Reith Mrs. William T. Rich Dr. Vernon Crawford Arthur Howell Mrs. L.W. (Evie) Robert Jr. William B. Adams Dr. David B. Comer III Mrs. Robert L. (Alice) Dodd Prof. Glenn W. Rainey Furman Smith Ewell I. Barnes Prof. Emeritus H.E. Dennison Dr. Lamont Henry William H. James

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Brannon Morris Fred W. Patterson Prof. Maurice R. Brewster Mrs. Leonard (Be) Haas Dr. Arthur G. Hansen J. Lamar Moseley E.D. Smith Dr. W. Monroe Spicer Emory L. Cocke Mrs. Emory L. (Fanny) Cocke Mrs. M.A. (Helen) Ferst Dr. Joseph E. Moore Campbell K. Dasher Holcombe T. Green John H. McKenna Mrs. Harold (Rhea) Montag Mrs. Y. Frank (Margaret) Freeman Mrs. Blake R. (Ella) Van Leer William Henry Field Nathon I. Lipson Dr. Joseph M. Pettit Boyd J. Blevins John A. Wallace Dr. Horace W. Sturgis Al J. Ciraldo Dr. Frank F. Groseclose Mrs. Fuller (Alice) Callaway Jr. Dr. W. Carl Biven Mrs. James F. (Florence) Daniel Jr. Richard W. Courts Sr. Mrs. Deen Day Smith Dr. Thomas E. Stelson Dr. James R. Stevenson Dr. Paul G. Meyer James E. Dull Dr. William M. Sangster Mrs. William M. (Janice) Sangster Mrs. J.M. (Florence) Pettit Mrs. Vernon (Helen) Crawford Dr. William Landiss Carlton O. Parker Dr. Henry C. Bourne Mrs. Henry C. (Margaret) Bourne Dr. Richard Fuller Jr. Mrs. Gay M. Love Mrs. Evelyn Gordy Rankin Fr. Mario Di Lella Mrs. Gay Dull Dr. Philip Adler Jr. Dr. Homer C. Rice

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Dr. Ed Kohler Mrs. Jack (Frances) Mundy Mrs. Lamar (LeVert) Franklin Mrs. William (Edna) Wardlaw Mrs. Howard (June) Tellepsen Mrs. John (Jocelyn) Staton Sr. Mrs. James (Marjorie) Lindsey Mrs. Mary Kay Daly Al Daly Mrs. Jim (Adelyn) Stevenson Greg Colson Dr. David J. McGill Michael E. Thomas Dr. John J. Jarvis Mrs. Julia Pearson Whitfield Dr. Charles Liotta James Moore Dr. Ward Winer Dr. Robert C. McMath Jr. Howard J. Morrison Dr. Edward K. Reedy Jack Thompson June H. Weitnauer Dr. Steven Dickerson John Dunn Dr. Anderson Smith Robert K. Thompson Aaron L. King Jr. Jean Fraser Duke H. Inman Allen James W. Ray Jean-Marie Rausch Jeanne Ferst Joanne LeCraw Dorothy Poole Marilyn J. Somers Carolyn J. Stewart Anne R. Clough Theo Silas Grag Stathis (posthumously) Desiree Moore Sue G. Staton Mary Ann Stith Gary B. Schuster Kathy T. Betty Dr. Dorothy Cowser Yancy Margaret A. Guthman Margaret Price McCamish Mary Rockett Brock Roberta Scheller

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Raymond P. Vito Brenda E. Nease Robert M. Nerem Alan Dabbiere John B. Peatman Judy D. Zelnak Penny W. Stamps Bobby Cremins Barrett Carson Beverly Seay Bruce Heppler Steve Swant T. Jerry McTier Joseph R. Bankoff Valerie H. Peterson Billiee Pendleton-Parker (posthumously) G.P. “Bud” Peterson

The Joseph Mayo Pettit Distinguished Service Award 1934 L.W. “Chip” Robert Jr. 1908 1935 Fred M. Kaufman 1894 1936 William H. Glenn Sr. 1891 1937 Robert Tyre Jones Jr. ’22 1938 Robert Gregg 1905 1939 Y. Frank Freeman 1910 1940 William A. Alexander 1912 1941 Frank H. Neely 1904 1942 James F. Towers 1901 1944 William H. Hightower 1909 1945 Frank M. Spratlin 1906 1947 Cherry L. Emerson 1908 1948 Robert B. Wilby 1908 1949 Fuller E. Callaway Jr. ’26 1950 George W. McCarty 1908 1951 Robert L. McDougall ’25 1952 Howard T. Tellepsen ’34 1953 Wayne J. Holman Jr. ’28 1954 David W. Harris 1912 1955 George C. Griffin ’22, ’57 1956 Monie A. Ferst 1911 1957 Hazard E. Reeves ’28 1958 Ivan Allen Jr. ’33 1959 Walter M. Mitchell ’23 1960 Robert H. White 1914 1961 George T. Marchmont 1907 1962 John P. Baum ’24 1963 George W. Woodruff 1917 1964 John J. McDonough ’23 1965 Julian T. Hightower ’19 1966 Albert H. Staton ’22

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John C. Staton Sr. ’24 William C. Wardlaw Jr. ’28 Henry W. Grady 1918 William A. Parker 1919 Oscar G. Davis ’22 Jack F. Glenn ’32 John W. Young ’52 I.M. Sheffield Jr. ’20 Edward B. Newill 1915 Ira H. Hardin ’24 Morris M. Bryan Jr. ’41 Frederic Holloway ’35 C.T. Oxford ’30 James E. Carter Jr. ’46 Frederick Storey ’33 Daniel A. McKeever ’32 L.L. Gellerstedt ’32 Paul A. Duke ’45 Alvin M. Ferst ’43 Charles R. Yates ’35 A.J. “Jack” Mundy ’34 Vernon Crawford, Honorary ’66 George W. Felker III ’36 Julian H. Harris ’28 Robert L. Dodd, Honorary ’57 J. Erskine Love ’49 I.L. “Sonny” Kunian ’37 Joseph M. Pettit, Honorary ’75 Florence Pettit, Honorary ’84 Richard Guthman Sr. ’28 L. Travis Brannon Jr. ’49 Hal L. Smith ’26 Robert H. Ferst ’38 Robert H. Tharpe ’34 James P. Poole ’42 John E. Aderhold ’45, ’67 E. Rembert DuBose ’48 J. Joseph Westbrook ’29 Lamar H. Franklin Sr. ’36 Frank A. Player ’29 Sid Goldin ’30 Randy Whitfield ’32, ’34 Col. C.B. Drennon Jr. ’31 George H. Hightower Sr. ’37 W. Howard Ector Jr. ’40 J. Frank Stovall ’41 John H. Weitnauer ’49 C.J. “Pete” Silas ’53 Donald L. Chapman ’61 Julian LeCraw Sr. ’52

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Bobby Joe Anderson ’50 Shirley Clements Mewborn ’56 Rayford Kytle Jr. ’36 (posthumously) Thomas Patton ’43 (posthumously) Lawton M. “Mac” Nease III ’65 John C. Staton Jr. ’60 H. Hammond “Buck” Stith Jr. ’58 Geoffrey C. Gill ’64 Parker H. Petit ’62, ’64 William B. Turner ’43 Thomas W. Ventulett III ’57 Alfred P. West Jr. ’64 Charles R. Brown ’62 Ben J. Dyer ’70 Glen P. Robinson Jr. ’48, ’50 Charles W. Brady ’57 David M. McKenney ’64 Joseph W. Rogers Jr. ’68 H. Milton Stewart Jr. ’61 Gary T. Jones ’71 A.J. Land ’60 E. Roe Stamps IV ’67, ’72 Michael E. Tennenbaum ’58 G. Wayne Clough ’63, ’65 H. Allen Ecker ’57, ’58 Wade Mitchell ’57 William R. Collins Jr. ’57, ’63 Charles K. “Pete” Cross ’50 James Thomas Gresham ’60 Joel H. Cowan ’58 Hubert L. Harris Jr. ’65 John William Goodhew III ’61 Talmage L. Dryman Jr. ’45 M. Lamar Oglesby ’50 Oliver H. Sale Jr. ’56 Howard T. Tellepsen Jr. ’66 John F. Brock III ’70 John B. Carter Jr. ’69 Ernest Scheller Jr. ’52 J. Leland Strange ’65 Charles D. Moseley ’65 Deborah A. Nash ’78 Stephen P. Zelnak ’69 G. Niles Bolton ’68 Joe Evans ’71 Charles Meade Sutterfield ’72 Janice Nease Wittschiebe ’78, ’80 Kenneth G. Byers ’66, ’68 Bill George ’64, ’08 Bo Godbold ’65

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Bert Thornton ’68 Rodney Adkins ‘81, ‘83 Wade Barnes ‘71 Steve Chaddick ‘74, ‘82 Tom Gay ‘66 Carey Brown ‘69 Marc Dash ‘66, ‘68 Jim Lientz ‘65 Bill Todd ‘71 Jack Faussemagne ‘65 Ronald L. Johnson ‘85 Roger A. Krone ‘78 J. Paul Raines ‘85 (posthumously) James R. Borders ‘83 Andrea L. Laliberte ’82, ‘84 Hon. John J. Young, Jr.‘85 Richard L. Bergmark ‘75 Michael K. Anderson ‘79 Russ Chandler ‘67 Richard H. Truly ‘59, ‘09 (Hon.)

Ramblin’ Wreck f rom Georgia Tech

I’m a Ramblin’ Wreck from Georgia Tech and a hell of an engineer A helluva’, helluva helluva helluva helluva engineer Like all the jolly good fellows I drink my whiskey clear I’m a Ramblin’ Wreck from Georgia Tech and a hell of an engineer Oh, if I had a daughter sir, I’d dress her in white and gold And put her on the campus, sir, to cheer on the brave and bold And if I had a son, sir, I’d tell you what he’d do He would yell “To Hell With georgia” like his daddy used to do Oh, I wish I had a barrel of rum and sugar three thousand pounds A college bell to put it in and a clapper to stir it around I’d drink to all the good fellows who come from far and near I’m a ramblin’ gamblin’ hell of an engineer! Hey!

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