Georgia Tech Alumnus NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 1969

The Inauguration of Arthur Gene Hansen

as the Seventh President of The

Georgia Institute of Technology

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A look back at one man's 1969 • AS T H E YEARS SLIP BY, man tends to cling more and more to his own per­sonal world. And as we reach tha t time that our children in their kinder moments refer to as middle-aged, the theory that sentimentali ty increases in direct proportion to the aging process becomes a very valid one.

As December arrives and the death of another year looms around the corner (it will be long dead by the time you read this issue the way things are going), it has been our custom to look back at our year, both to mourn i ts departure and to cele­brate our thanks for another 12 months of life. Here is one man 's 1969:

The sounds and obvious strengths of man with the craggy, close-to-violent face of somebody who has been there and back. His name is Johnny Cash and this year was his, the culmination of over 15 years of traveling the tough road, writing and singing songs about the real values of both Southern and American life, values seemingly lost in a maze of cries of racism and revolution. Oddly enough, he made it big in a year when more people than ever were questioning the sense of history that he stands for and some of the values he believes in. The documentary on this remarkable talent hi t the educa­tional television screens in February with the force of a runaway version of one of his beloved trains and went on to become a money-making movie.

A small girl-child in the household for the first time in over 15 years. The spoiling of a grandchild is made even easier when her name is Brid-gett and she is a pixy much like her maternal grandmother, whose ageless charm makes crossing North Avenue at the end of each day that much more pleasant.

Paul Weber's retirement party. Two days later he was back in the office working for Tech without pay. And you can count on him being up­stairs in this building seven days a week. And on those writing Sundays when the words and phrases will not come, we simply climb the stairs and sit and talk with him and like magic the hang-ups disappear.

T h e look of Atlanta by night from the seventh floor of Burge. From here

the imperfections of the close-up view of the city are blotted-out by the darkness or overwhelmed by man 's decorative lighting. There are few more beautiful sights in our life and it was made even more beautiful when we were advised recently on a visit to the doctor that the move into the city likely extended our life a few years.

Vernon Crawford's performance as acting president. Four times in his­tory the Inst i tute has had to call on men who had no desire to be presi­dent to fill a void until the proper man could be located. Each of them has done an excellent job in a bad situation. Vernon Crawford did a superb one. In our memory of this campus, there has been no single man accorded the universal respect for his abilities and for his human qualities as has this one. The six months he held the position of acting president even enhanced this reputation. And the fact that President Hansen named him as his number one aide in one of his first appointments after taking over the presidency was a stroke of genius. If there is such a thing in this world as a "Renaissance M a n " in this age, he is our candidate.

• WONDERFUL E D ' S D A Y . Planned and executed by students, this stirring tribute to a man who did a superior job of running a college during its 11 toughest years was well deserved. The fact that he had enough sense to get out while he was still ahead added to his s ta ture with those who knew him best. The only tragedy was tha t the day happened to be selected as the start of the Harvard riots. And though the wire services and the local and national newspapers paid a great deal of attention to the Tech story and local television covered i t well, the three major networks never mentioned it. They were too busy showing us those timeless shots of students holding up their revolution­ary banners and making their little speeches about relevancy, whatever the hell tha t is. They could have sub­sti tuted stock shots from Berkeley, Evanston, Columbia, and all of those other places the networks love to visit but wouldn't want to live in. I t makes us wonder if perhaps Vice

Ramblin' President Agnew hasn ' t got some­thing.

The appointment of Arthur G. Hansen as Tech's seventh president. Wha t a mistake it would have been not to have given this very bright, very sensitive, and very honest man a chance a t this challenge. Tech has a wonderful habi t of coming u p with the right man a t the exact t ime in which he belongs. To this one ob­server, even Tech's luck outdid it­self in this decision.

The first look a t the St. Lucie Country Club and tha t wonderful river that winds north and west into the wilds of Florida. I t remains the most peaceful place in the world to this one man. Only its beauty saved our sanity on the day that the call came that Neal DeRosa was dead. Tha t river is the one proper place to mourn a friend.

• T H E FINISHING of a book. Each time we get into one we say to ourselves that this is the last time. The revising of our first one was much more pain­ful than the original writing of it. I t was finally saved by three girls whose names are Caroline, Ann, and Linda and they all know how much we are in their debt.

T h a t "wonderful afternoon of No­vember 29 when the Jackets did in the Bulldogs, 6-0. Only a man who had traveled with this team and had seen it come so close so many times could truly relish that moment when Bubba Hoats intercepted the pass that ended any chance of defeat. We sat in the press box for ten minutes without saying a word, just savoring a win that had been so long coming.

The companionship of people like Jesse Outlar on the out-of-town trips. He is a much underrated writer and an even more underrated man who has far more depth than we who fre­quent press boxes are expected to dis­play.

The return to Atlanta television of "Naked City." Even after a decade its story concept and depth and its production values remain above any­thing else in television, a t least in the continuing series category. Channel 17 has our eternal thanks. And so do you for putt ing up with us.

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Georgia Tech Alumnus VOL. 48, NO. 2 November-December 1969

The official inauguration picture of President Hansen

is by Fabian Bachrach the famed American photographer.

The National Alumni Association's gift to the Institute on the occasion of the inauguration of Arthur Gene Hansen was

the Medallion of Office reproduced on the

cover of this issue. Designed by Julian^ H. Harris, Arch. '28, it was executed by Robert Nagle of Atlanta. The Medallion carries

the initials of Tech's seven presidents and for the story of the inauguration of the latest one, please turn to page 6.

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3. Ramblin' — one man's year in retrospect. 6. A Day Full of Pomp and Circumstance — in pictures and

words. 8. The Challenges to Higher Education—the President's

address at the inauguration. 15. A Family Portrait—the events surrounding the Big Day. 18. Tech and the Community—a resume of Urban Renewal. 20. A Soggy Homecoming—but a happy ending. 22. Annual Meeting Minutes—the official word. 24. The Five Days That Shook Athens—happiness is beating

Georgia three times in five days. 32. The Georgia Tech Journal—latest campus and alumni news.

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The Inauguration of Arthur Gene Hansen as the Seventh

President of the Georgia Institute of Technology was

A Day Full of Pomp and Circumstance

MOMENTS before he was to join the proces­sional that began the solemn ritual of Georgia Tech's first presidential inauguration in some 25 years, Dr .

Ar thur Gene Hansen ( r ight) was getting the final adjustments to his academic regalia in a room belonging to W G S T radio. H e then joined some 350 representatives of other colleges and universities and professional and learned societies and a large contingent of faculty and students in the march down to the floor of the Alexander Memorial Coliseum where in a two-hour period he heard a series of greetings, was officially inaugurated by Chancellor George L. Simpson, Jr . , and made the address which appears on the pages following this one.

The program held November 20 featured a series of short greetings from people important to the Institute. They included John Hayes , president of the Tech student body; Dr . Ear l McDaniel , a Tech alumnus and professor of physics; Braxton Blalock, Jr. , president of the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association; Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr . , another Tech alumnus; Board of Regents Chairman H . G. Patillo, still another Tech alumnus; and Governor Lester Maddox, who grew up in the shadow of the school and made his first major mark in the world of business in a location that now holds the Tech Placement Center.

Chancellor Simpson then gave the official charge which was accepted in two sentences by President Hansen. This was followed by the installation during which the new medallion of office was used for the first time. This medallion (see cover) will now become an official par t of all presidential functions at Georgia Tech.

T h e ritual completed, President Hansen then stepped to the podium for his official response, a look at the challenges facing higher education in this time and in the future. The speech was well received by the audience and much quoted in the press during the following days.

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If there was a blemish on the ceremony it was the lack of student attendance. After all, Ar thur Gene Elansen was their man and the student leaders worked hard and long to try and get more students to attend. But then students haven't really changed as much as people seem to think they have. Give them a morning off from classes and chances are they will spend it sleeping, especially after the big inaugural dance of the evening before.

In a speech delivered with confidence and

received with enthusiasm, the new president

outlines what he considers the most important

Challenges to Higher Education in a Time of Change

The new medallion of office is placed on the seventh president by Chancellor Simpson during the inauguration ceremony

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IT IS doubtful that there is an institution of higher education in this land that does not look toward the future with some sense of concern. Today 's plans, knowledge, and values may be inappropriate or irrelevant in the world of tomorrow where tomorrow is but a few brief years away. Perhaps, as never before, the university is

faced with challenges that truly test its capacity for renewal and its ability to maintain the position of esteem and leadership it has so long enjoyed.

I would like to outline for you certain of the more important challenges to higher education as I see them and present what I hope will be one institution's response to these challenges.

T h e first challenge that I would describe is one faced not only by higher education but by every social structure in our land. I would designate it as The Challenge of a Worried World. T o provide proper perspective for the basis of this challenge, let us go back in time.

At some point in the dim past, primitive man discovered the first tools and eased his labor. At another time, he wrapped himself with skins to protect his being. At still another time, he grew his food. Through these simple, yet extremely important, discoveries, his mode of existence on this planet was altered and improved—he had found ways to satisfy his basic needs. This ability to satisfy his needs grew with the passage of time. M a n increased his leisure. And with this leisure the creative powers inherent in man bore fruit. H e pleased himself and others with art . H e altered his environment further to provide comfort, and, with characteristic inquisitiveness, he sought to understand more completely his world. Perhaps this first conscious effort to comprehend the external world marked the beginning of man's true ascendancy.

As the external world and its governing laws were better understood and as man learned to channel the earth 's abundant energy, the ability to create change increased.

Wi th every addition to knowledge and with every discovery that reduced labor, the capacity for gaining new knowledge and causing further modification of man's physical environment grew.

Today the evidence seems clear. If we measure the growth of stored knowledge or measure by some standard man's technological advances or his utilization of the earth's energy, we find that the indices of measurement exhibit an exponential increase with time. Moreover , the rate of increase also shares this quality. Thus, it is almost trite to say

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During the few minutes remaining before the cere­mony begins, President Hansen makes the final changes in his speech and Chancellor Simpson (left) and Tech Regent Jack Adair get robed (below).

that we are living in times of rapid change. However, we must be careful in using this word, "change." M a n is a creature that adapts readily to change in a physical sense. I t is not clear that he adapts with the same ease in an emotional or spiritual sense. In fact, the deep sensitivities of man, his emotional needs, and his basic sense of values seem to have a constancy. External change thus becomes disturbing to our souls.

T h e mood of our time and the impact of change has been the topic of many writers and assessments of this mood have appeared in current periodicals. Wri t ing on "The M o o d of America" in one popular magazine, reporter Fletcher Knebel recorded the opinions of a cross-section of the nation. Unfortunately, he found strong currents of pessimism. From his own point of view, M r . Knebel had this to say: " M y own pessimism, deeper than that of most people with whom I talked, is linked to the machine's relentless march across the land, mutilating the green hills, paving the valleys, fouling the sweet air, contaminating the waters and forcing people to spend their working hours tending the very mechanical contrivances that are supposed to serve them. T h e machine does give something in re turn : comfort and convenience. And for these twin sirens, a nation's soul is being lost."

Against this backdrop of change, of a nation and a world restless and searching its soul for meaning, in a time of rising expectations that may or may not be fulfilled, we view the university with particular interest and concern. W e view it in this manner because of the exalted position it has held and the claims that it has made to justify its existence. I t claims to be the preserver of the finest of man's heritage and the instrument through which this heritage is transmitted to the future. I t claims to be the critic of society and the pursuer of truth wherever it may lead. W e do not doubt that it has been true to these claims within the limitations and inherent weaknesses of any human enterprise. But it has become more. I t has become a significant agent of change. Through its discoveries, through the application of its knowledge, it has contributed significantly to the shaping of our present world. Its scholars are sought for advice in the highest levels of government. Its participation in the manifold activities of every phase of our national life has been thorough and significant.

But now a time for reflection is in order. H a s the university contributed to the worry of the world or kept us from being even closer to the edge of despair? H a s the university been more self-seeking than society-serving? H a s the university clung to the outmoded values of the past, unwilling to change, or is it the leader in creating new values for the future? H a s truth and its high pursuit been tempered by expediency or is the display of truth unrecognized for what it is? Is the mission of the university the same today as it was at the time of its creation? Does it have a new role, a new mission, not yet articulated, that once set forth will make it more able to serve a society searching for values, and a way of life commensurate with man's deepest needs and

lesiresi T h e answers to these questions are not simple. But I would propose

that the questions be asked. T h e university has cherished the need to be apart from the world—

to provide the long view. The fact of the matter is that the university

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C H A L L E N G E S — continued

"The day when colleges

and universities could

stay aloof from con­

tinually demonstrating

their worth to the people

who underwrite their

operation has passed."

In the official party robing area, principals Dr. W. T. Ziegler (the chief marshal), Rabbi Jacob Rothschild (who gave the benediction) and Student Body President John Hayes complete their preparations (left to right) while in another part of the building, the official delegates register. '-<-

is now very much a part of the world and will continue to be so. This is the reason why The Challenge of a Worried World is one of great significance that must be recognized and met.

T h e next challenges to the university that I would describe are more in the nature of harsh realities. They must be recognized for what they are on the par t of any university looking toward the future. I would categorize the first of these as The Challenge of Numbers.

There is little doubt that the average American feels a desire to send his daughter or his son to college. Wi th growing affluence this desire is being realized within an increasing number of families. College enrollments have grown at a fantastic rate. T h e medium size universities of the 1940's have become multi-universities. Junior colleges and four-year colleges have sprung up in almost every center of population.

As disquieting as this growth in higher educational enrollments has been to those who must provide for it, the end may not be in sight. One cause is that the concept of higher education is indeed changing. A vice-president of one of our large corporations commenting on this changing concept remarked: "College becomes the only gateway to rewarding jobs in the adult world. Some adults criticize student rebels on the grounds that these young people do not understand that a college education is a privilege. They are mistaken. They are thinking of a world in which they were brought up, not today's world. A college education is no longer a privilege. I t is a necessity."

Whe the r or not you may agree with a college education being a privilege or a necessity, the demands for greater educational service from the universities will certainly exist in the years ahead.

The Challenge of Numbers goes beyond enrollment figures. The re are other numbers that must be reckoned with and these numbers have dollar signs in front of them. In the last ten years, expenditures for higher education have risen by a factor of three and looking down the road, this trend will increase. In the last eight years, state tax support of education has risen an incredible 214 percent to meet the rising costs. And still the picture looks bleak and certain experts viewing the future have stated that colleges and universities may very well be facing what they term a serious financial crisis.

In more specific terms, what will The Challenge of Numbers mean to us in higher education? First, we all suspect that a greater cross-section of our taxpayers will want the benefits of a college education for their children. They will not be put off readily by claims that these children are not prepared for college because of inadequate preparation in elementary and secondary schools. Yet, colleges wishing to maintain admissions standards will be hard pressed to respond. They will be increasingly pressured to find answers to this problem, even though its causes may be beyond their direct control.

Whether the admissions problem will grow remains to be seen. But one fact is certain—the taxpayer will be asking hard questions. H e will want to know the nature of value received from the tremendous expenditures being made. The public educational enterprise will be scrutinized as closely as all other public agencies. T h e day when icolleges and universities could stay aloof from continually demonstrating their worth to the people who underwrite their operation has passed.

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A student working the in­formation booth near the Space Science and Tech­nology Building where the faculty dressed looks on at the bus-boarding (below).

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emphasis on basic re­

search will be reduced in

favor of programs that

relate to problems of

immediate public

concern."

I would like to call the third challenge that the universities are now facing, The Challenge of Meaningfid Service. This challenge relates to the role of the university in producing new knowledge through research and then employing this knowledge to benefit society.

First, let us note that in this era of research, the universities have not been without support for this activity. The rate of expenditures for research and development in the United States has, until recently, been higher than the growth rate of the gross national product. But unless all of our resources are to be used eventually for research and development, a time for leveling off must come. This is apparently beginning now and with it has come a very careful look at how available resources are being used. Can we predict at this point in time what the support for research might be like in the immediate future? No t easily, but I would guess that the emphasis on basic research will be reduced in favor of programs that relate to problems of immediate public concern. This seems especially evident as social problem areas multiply and funding becomes more limited.

Dr . James A. Shannon, Special Advisor to the President of the National Academy of Sciences, puts the matter like this : " I t seems likely that the period 1945-1965, particularly in the last decade, will be viewed in retrospect as the time when U.S. science reached the summit of broad uncritical public support—what might be called the 'Augustan E r a ' of American science."

In describing the tasks that currently face the scientific community, he goes on to say: " . . . the scientific community must devise means of fostering a broader understanding of the revolutionary technological forces that can be unleashed by vigorous science for the betterment of society."

Dr . Myron Tribus, recently appointed Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Science and Technology, echoes the same sentiment: "People are the urgency. They have backed massive spending for research and development because technological change has enriched their life. They will turn against research and development if technological change begins to encroach on their health, their comfort and their pleasure in the environment. Technological change will encroach in these areas unless a new breed of engineer learns to design for compatibility between man, machine, and environment. I t is that simple."

Thus, those educational institutions concerned with science and technology in particular should keep one primary thought in mind. Science and technology must serve for the betterment of mankind. Dr . Rene Dubos put it quite succinctly when he said, " W e must not ask where science and technology are taking us, but rather how we can manage science and technology so they can help us to where we want to go ."

The Challenge of Meaningful Service will place strains on many university structures where research is often a personal activity conducted for the recognition of peers. I t will put strain on the high walls between departments that have programs of a specialized nature. Clearly, problems that concern mankind cannot be put into neat compartments. I t will cause a reevaluation of basic research. W e hope that this most important activity will not be seriously curtailed. But we may have a

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"Above all else, we now

have a generation of stu­

dents who are attempting

to be honest and who ask

candid questions that

drive to the heart of

basic issues."

"Today's students are better informed, more mature, and better educated, and hence more capable of functioning in adult roles."

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separation of the trivial from the essential at last and this is overdue. T h e final challenge I would touch on today is The Challenge of the

Students. Discounting that relatively small group of students who feel that the educational establishment is an evil that must be destroyed, let us recognize that there is on our campuses today a new breed of students. These students are voicing certain concerns that the universities should heed.

Let me preface these remarks by saying that a greater number of young people than ever before now reach the status of adulthood while still in the university environment. They share the concerns often voiced by the adult population. They have the capacity to be productive economically and are capable of responsible action relative to a family life or in service to society.

These capacities and capabilities were often realized by non-college youth of former times. For today's college population, the direct involvement in full adult life is limited by the university environment. T h e sense of direction and purpose often found in earning a living or raising a family is often lost in this environment. This loss, believe me, is more keenly felt by youth who are better informed, more mature and better educated, and hence more capable of functioning in adult roles than youth in previous generations. Therefore, it should not be surprising that they feel resentment toward paternalistic control of lives by university authorities. I t should not be surprising when students question the relevance of educational offerings. I t should not be surprising when students who are concerned with justifying their way of life or who are seeking meaning and direction as young adults ask that a university define its goals and objectives.

Above all else, we now have a generation of students who are attempting to be honest and who ask candid questions that drive to the heart of basic issues. If a university is indeed a place where ideas are examined with objective rationality, where change is encouraged, and the status quo is open to critical analysis, then it should indeed be willing to engage in dialogue with its students. This does not mean abdication of responsibility, disregard for faculty wisdom, or change for the sake of change. I t is simply a recognition of a new context and a new tone on the campus, an indication of a responsive attitude toward those whom it hopes to educate.

Thus, we have the four challenges: The Challenge of a Worried World, The Challenge of Numbers, The Challenge of Meaningful Service and The Challenge of Students. Looking at this particular institution, the Georgia Institute of Technology, are we meeting these challenges? T h e signs indeed are hopeful. The re are activities in a number of quarters relating to ways of broadening student life. T he r e are those on the campus who are trying to find ways of building spiritual anchor points and who are attempting to install meaningful views of life in our students. But, we have a long way to go and this concerns me.

The Challenge of Numbers is being met by action to review the broad spectrum of educational activities in the State and to see how these activities might be coordinated to better service a wider population. Planning for more efficient use of resources is under way and action is being taken to utilize the total strength of the educational community

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A delegate listens with typical intensity to the remarks of President Hansen during the address.

"I am weary, oh so

weary, of the university

being the willing whip­

ping boy of the alienated

and disenchanted mem­

bers of our society."

existing beyond the confines of our campus. The Challenge of Meaningful Service is being met through broad programs that have as their goal the improvement of our society.

The Challenge of Students is being answered through curriculum revision, student participation in service activities, and student involvement in planning. W e will provide greater opportunities for our student to express his concerns. W e will listen and respond. Fortunately, we are blessed with an exceptional, positively-oriented student body, willing to work. And this is our strength.

W e have not met all of the challenges in a satisfactory manner. But, we are aware of their significance and are moving ahead to respond. W e must and will demonstrate that we are capable of self-renewal and positive action.

Keeping in mind the need for growth and change, I would, nevertheless voice a hope and a warning. I would hope that the universities of this land do not lose sight of their uniqueness and true mission. W e must keep in mind that a university cannot be all things to all people. I t is 'not a social agency capable on its own of resolving every social ill. I t should not be so sensitive to its critics that it loses sight of its primary mission of education and its unique contributions in the realm of service and research that result from scholarly activity and reasoned inquiry. I am weary, oh so weary, of the university being the willing whipping boy of the alienated and disenchanted members of our society. I t must not allow itself to be wrenched from its position of prestige because it is particularly vulnerable to pressure. In spite of its obvious shortcomings, and I am surprised that there are not more, the university has been an island of free inquiry and debate for scholars. I t has kept excellence in disciplines through the process of continual review and accreditation. I t has preserved the freedom of the individual instructor through a carefully guarded tenure system. Higher education has allowed great flexibility of program choice through the offering of multiple degrees. I t has encouraged the development of a variety of colleges and universities that have wide ranges in standards. Campus freedom has improved. The student newspaper, often extremely critical of an institution, has enjoyed the benefits of freedom of the press. In spite of the present turmoil, the university remains as an institution where the student who wishes to study and discipline his mind has the opportunity to do so.

My fear is that faculty, administration, and students may lose sight of the good that has been achieved over the past centuries. Perspective must be kept. T o yield to every demand for the sake of "keeping peace," and to forget the basic principles by which any society lives and works together in a state of harmony will destroy us and all that has been gained.

Recognizing, then, the qualities that have merit and should be preserved let the university restructure that which needs restructuring, plan with optimism, and have the courage to pursue objectives well-defined and relevant to our day and time.

And so to the faculty of this great institution, I say, consider with care your personal commitment and its meaning. Think through thoroughly the nature of your educational programs. Are they indeed

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"Education should make

clear that each man has

a high mission on this

earth and that each of us

must carry in his heart a

dedication to serve with

humility, reverence and joy.'

Following the close of his speech, the new president is pushed forward for his bow by Chancellor Simpson as Dr. McDaniel and the rest of the party look on.

serving the best interests of our students? Ask yourselves how you will determine that these needs are being satisfied. Measure the significance of your scholarly output in a time that cries for meaningful contribution from every member of society. Reevaluate your relations to your students. Are you indeed willing to share with them, heed their needs for personal recognition, and be willing to work with them in ways that develop dignity, responsibility and independence.

T o all of us who serve the public through the medium of education and receive its support, I ask that we keep uppermost the highest principles of stewardship. Let responsibility and honesty be perpetual watchwords in all that we do.

T o the public I say, in turn, that it will be our purpose to satisfy many of the multiple needs that you have placed on our doorstep, yet respect our desire for excellence, our limited capacities to satisfy all demands as a single institution, and to meet every request with equal capacity and skill. W e will be sensitive but steadfast in pursuing those endeavors that we do uniquely and best.

T o our students I say that it will be our hope to give you the finest education possible and to make you competent, contributing members of society. W e will often appear to be slow in our response for reasons that are not clear now but will become more clear to you as you fully participate in the world beyond the frontiers of college. W e welcome you as partners and in doing so expect maturity of judgment, respect for reason, responsiveness to the demands scholarly inquiry, and a willingness to have ideas tested in practice. When we, as fallible human beings, fail in following these same precepts, we hope that you will be our benevolent critics.

Above all else, I hope that many of you, as students, retreat from positions of extreme seriousness and pessimism. T h e pessimistic person cannot be a future leader of our society. Somewhere deep in the soul of this nation is an unquenchable ray of optimism. A t the beginning of this talk, I referred to an article on the mood of America. M o r e important than the sense of uneasiness discovered by the writer of this article, was the unshakable conviction that this nation has the capacity to solve its problems and move to higher ground. If we who educate do not impart this sense of optimism, do not temper despair with hope, do not in some way point out to you that the victory is worth the battle, and do not convey the thought that life has ultimate meaning and is empty without a sustaining faith, then all of our efforts will, in the final analysis, have been in vain. Education should make clear that each man has a high mission on this earth and that each of us must carry in his heart a dedication to serve with humility, reverence, and joy.

These are, after all, but my personal aspirations and admonitions. N o college president can guarantee that they will fall on fertile ground and bear fruit. H e is but one worker in the field. Together , with all working and sharing the vision of what Georgia Institute of Technology might be, free from doubt, receptive to change, committed wholly and completely to the resolution of the difficult problems that lie ahead, the ground shall bear fruit. Let this, our segment of the total society, never

ibe characterized by disillusionment and despair. W e have a job to do. W i t h joined hands and lifted, willing spirits, let us be on with it.

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is a group of tiring social events M O R E than anything else, an inauguration is a test of physical stamina. T h e Hansen family—shown in the portrai t above which was made during the final quiet moments before the two-day storm of events began—went through the whole thing with calmness, dignity, and a great deal of joy. And the whole thing consisted of a formal reception, a faculty pre-inaugural dinner, a student-faculty dance, the formal inaugural ceremony, and the final luncheon for the delegates. When the hand-shaking and speech-making and clothes-changing and all of the rest of it ended just 21 hours after the above picture was made, the new president returned to his office to clean up some details before regrouping his forces for a private family dinner. On the pages that follow, you can learn more about the 21 hours.

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A test of physical and mental stamina

passed by the family with flying colors

From the beginning of the grueling 21 hours at the reception line (left) to the final break-up of the dele­gates luncheon (above), the Hansens had few moments to call their own.

The students had their big event, a dance at the Coliseum on the night before the inauguration and Student Chairman Rich Speer presented Mrs. Hansen with a gift from all of them.

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A surprise gift of roses from the president to his wife brought this reaction during the delegates luncheon.

Inauguration committee chairman Dr. Sherman Dallas, dean of the IM College (above) received a silver bowl for a job well done while (below) author Wallace autographs the revised edition of his history which was given to the delegates at the luncheon.

November-December 1969

President Hansen summarizes Tech's work over the years in the surrounding area

POSITIVE ACTION SINCE THE THIRTIES MAK GEORGIA TECH A MEMBER OF THE COMIV UN f • IN its formative years Georgia Tech was located on the outskirts of At­lanta but, with the rapid growth of the city, the also-growing young col­lege was soon locked into a rather re­stricted area; a not uncommon occur­rence in the case of urban institu­tions. Because of this condition, Tech became immersed quickly into an en­vironment of problems peculiar to our urban areas.

Throughout its history, the insti­tution has always at tempted to act positively towards these problems. Perhaps the prime example of the historic role Tech has played in the development of its surrounding area took place in the thirties when one of the worst poverty areas in Atlanta 's history stood on the Southern perim­eter of the campus. In 1933 the Tech-wood Advisory Committee on Hous­ing was formed with the late Dr. M. L. Brittain, Tech's President from 1922 to 1944, as its chairman. This committee set about to do something about the Techwood area which Brit­tain called, "a f Wretched district, crowded with run-down, unsanitary frame shanties, and an eyesore." The Committee, p r i n c i p a l l y through President Brit tain 's strong speeches and political maneuvering, fought through a series of obstacles placed in its path by vested interests, and by the fall of 1933 had convinced the

Housing Division of the Federal Pub­lic Works Administration to make Techwood Homes the first major fed­eral housing project in the country. Two years later the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt came to At­lanta to dedicate the project and to make a major address at Tech's Grant Field.

As Tech's programs expanded and its reputation for excellence began to grow, the demands for more pro­grams, for greater service, and for the education of an ever-increasing num­ber of students multiplied. The pres­sures for space steadily mounted, and the Inst i tute began to search for ways to expand its physical plant to meet these pressures.

The relief for what became a most serious problem came in the form of the designation of an area west of Hemphil l Avenue as a federally as­sisted urban renewal area. The pre­dominant land use in the tract was low-income residential with a scatter­ing of commercial and light indus­trial. T h e physical condition of the area was deplorably bad with over eighty percent of the housing being classified as substandard. Because of the proximity and overwhelming needs of Georgia Tech, the project was designated exclusively for col­lege oriented reuse.

The first section of this area was

purchased by Tech in a series of tracts, through the standard proced­ures of the Atlanta Housing Author­ity. People were given a fair price for their property based on the estimates of three professional appraisers. From the institution's point-of-view this made possible, for the first t ime in Tech's history, complete advanced planning for the growth of the cam­pus in areas such as student housing, and academic and research buildings. Buildings currently under construc­tion or completed in this area include the new dormitory complex, the new Chemistry Building, and the Student Center, all of which would have been delayed for a long period of t ime without this urban renewal program.

Purchase of the second section of this area has begun under what is known as the Neighborhood Devel­opment Program which differs some­what from the Urban Renewal Pro­grams. Under N D P , an occupant-owner selling his property is given a moving allowance and if he buys a comparable dwelling in a s tandard (as opposed to a sub-standard) area, he may receive a cost-differential grant that ranges up to a maximum of $5,000. In the case of occupants who rent the dwellings, they too, are eligible for cost-of-moving grants. In addition, they may receive a rent subsidy for a period of two years if

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they cannot find comparable quarters in a s tandard neighborhood for what they are paying at the t ime of the move. Both renters and owners are eligible for low-interest federally in­sured loans for new housing and both have first priority in the case of pub­lic housing within the City of Atlanta. In all cases, the minimum notice for moving is ninety days and it may be extended (and has been in several cases by Tech) if there is no decent relocation housing. A full t ime pro­fessional relocation specialist is as­signed to work with the residents of the area.

This entire area of urban renewal-neighborhood development is of spe­cial concern to Georgia Tech. The Inst i tute has a t tempted and will con­tinue to a t tempt to alleviate the prob­lems directly or indirectly created by these programs.

Here are some examples of the type of aid Tech, its faculty, and its s tudents are at tempting to give to residents of this and surrounding areas:

(1) Tech is currently creating an information center to serve the people who have relocation problems. While plans are going forward for the creation of such a center to serve as a liaison role between both Tech and the Atlanta Housing Authority and their residents, an active coun­seling program is currently in effect between Tech personnel and the resi­dents.

(2) Tech is helping to support an EOA Social Service Center in the renewal area.

(3) Tech is actively working on setting up a Youth Center to help serve the recreational needs of the younger residents of the area.

(4) Tech is presently exploring ways to develop a D a y Care Center with the Pilgrim Baptist Church in the area and with the Techwood Housing Project for a similar facility in the Techwood Homes area.

(5) A list of non-academic jobs on campus is being distributed con­tinuously through these communities in a cooperative arrangement be­tween Tech and the Central City EOA Office, which serves both the renewal area and the Techwood Housing Project.

(6) A student project to collect and distribute welfare and surplus food to residents of both of the areas began operations on October 11 and a second step in this continuing pro­gram is planned for November 21.

(7) I have appointed an ad hoc committee of s tudents and faculty to

establish goals for our community service programs. I t is chaired by Miller Templeton of the Dean of Students Office and has already for-. warded a preliminary report to Dr. Vernon Crawford's office for review and action.

(8) A proposal for a Community Service Task Force of s tudents to work in such areas as clean-up, relo­cation counseling, and youth recrea­tion programs in these areas has been forwarded to my office. Under this proposal eighty percent of the funds would come from the Federal Work-Study Programs.

(9) Since 1962, Tech has orga­nized community service projects be­ginning with the Techwood Tutorial Program. Today, mainly through the efforts of a group of concerned stu­dents and faculty and with the en­couragement of the Tech administra­tion over the years, there are seven major active programs. They include:

(a) Techwood Tutorial Project: offers tutorial assistance to grade school boys in the Techwood-Clark Howell Public Housing Project. Stu­dents relate on a one-to-one basis with children from the project area, assisting them with their regular work and providing them with some adul t male guidance. Associated tu­torial training gives the Tech man a background to aid in his effective­ness.

(b) High School Tutorial Project (HSTP): created in response to the growing dropout problem in the O'Keefe High School area. Tech men are paired with teenagers to help in whatever way necessary to assist stu­dents toward graduation. This pro­gram, as well as Tech's other tutor­ials, involves much more than tutor­ing. The Tech man-teenager relation­ship in most cases becomes a close friendship with the Tech student of­fering guidance in many aspects of his teenager's life, in addition to the scholastic area.

(c) Institute of Understanding (IOU J: made up of Georgia Tech students interested in creating in­volvement experiences for a cross-section of s tudents and faculty, IOU sponsors a variety of discussion groups, sensitivity sessions, and en­counter groups dealing with major problems in our society. In the past, areas of concern have included rac­ism, student rebellion, hippy life, and urban affairs. IOU sessions are held periodically throughout each quarter and are open to all Tech students.

(d) PAL: a coordination of six programs for children ages six to six­

teen from the low-income communi­ties around Georgia Tech. T h e pro­grams are designed to meet the spe­cial needs of children from families where there may not be a male figure in the family. Specifically the pro­grams include: a Boy Scout troop; Gra-Y athletics; Neighborhood Group Activities (activities such as picnics are planned for all children inter­ested) ; Commandos (a special Ex­plorer Scout p o s t ) ; Sunday Night Church Group; and Home Visitation (a program to strengthen ties with parents of children involved in PAL activit ies) .

(e) Tech Athletic Brothers (TAB): consists of Georgia Tech stu­dents interested in helping children —from teenagers on down—to be­come better athletes. The Tech man is paired with one, two, or three chil­dren from neighboring low-income communities. T h e groups get togeth­er to play ball, swim, run and hike. Through the medium of sports, the Tech men try to promote high per­sonal s tandards as well as try to help the children to develop physically.

(f) Social Science Department Courses: a series of courses (SS 380, 381, 382) in special urban problems. These courses are designed to pro­vide under academic guidance direct involvement in socially useful proj­ects as well as specific practical knowledge in community service and urban problems. One of the major projects associated with these courses is the General Educational Develop­ment ( G E D ) Program. G E D offers tutorial assistance to high school dropouts of all ages, leading to the High School Equivalency Exam.

(g) Special Projects: Each year, special projects in community service are organized by various groups. In the past, these have included clean­up campaigns in low-income neigh­borhoods, conferences on social prob­lems, a creative playground for un­der-privileged children and college work-study programs in urban in­volvement. Other such projects are being planned for the future.

I urge all of you who might be in­terested in helping with any of these programs to contact members of the Tech Community Service Coordinat­ing Staff for additional information. T h e staff includes Miller Templeton, Don Nelson, Tom Saylor, and Wally Bloom. The telephone number is 873-4211, Extension 775. Any way you can help Tech serve its surrounding communities is deeply appreciated by all of us interested in continuing these programs.

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Photograph by Steve Poulsen and John Owen.

A Soggy Homecoming with a Very Happy Ending

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Alumnus photographer Steve Poulsen, who along with John Owen took the pictures on this and the following two pages, shows off his inventive rain gear for the wet and muddy Home­coming game afternoon.

The Mini 500 held on Friday afternoon before the deluge arrived (above) was a successful new addition to the weekend but by the Reck Parade (right) the weather had changed and the only person who seemed to enjoy it was Brent Cunningham (44) who set a new Tech rushing record in the game.

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November-December 1969 21

SOGGIEST HOMECOMlNG-continued At the alumni luncheon, the Class of 1919 was recognized on its Fiftieth Anniversary celebration.

Minutes of the Annual Meeting of the Georgia Tecb National Alumni Association November 1, 1969

Also at the luncheon, Association President Braxton Blalock (left) read an Association Board resolution backing the efforts of Coach Carson and his young 1969 team during the first six games of the season.

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• PRESIDENT L. L. Gellerstedt opened the meeting at 9:40 a.m. by welcom­ing those present and expressing ap­preciation for their presence at the meeting.

1. T h e minutes of the last Annual Meeting, held October 26, 1968, were published in the November-Decem­ber, 1968 issue of the Georgia Tech A L U M N U S magazine. T h e minutes were approved as published.

2. Mr. William McBurney gave the Treasurer 's Report based on the audit by W. H. James and Associates for the period beginning Ju ly 1, 1968 and ending J u n e 30, 1969. The report showed an excess of income over ex­penses of $19,509.00 for the year. The report was accepted as presented.

3. Vice-president Ramage induct­ed the following as Honorary mem­bers of the Alumni Association: Pro­fessor (emeritus) Maurice Brewster, Mrs . Leonard Haas , Dr. Arthur G. Hansen, Mr. J . Lamar Moseley, Mr. Edward D. Smith and Dr. Monroe Spicer.

4. President Gellerstedt presented certificates to past trustees and mem­bers of the Association appointed Na­tional Advisory Board.

5. President Hansen was called on for remarks. H e first complimented the Tech student for his ingenuity. He further stated that Georgia Tech is a unique institution and that those who preceded him had built a fine school and that Tech should be proud of her students, faculty and alumni. Dr. Hansen closed by saying tha t these are wonderful years and that

we will all be working together as a group.

6. Mr . J . J . McDonough, president of the Georgia Tech Foundation, was asked for remarks. The gist of what he said follows:

There has been much written about our alumni and how much they mean to the Inst i tute and the recognition realized.

The last two years have been most interesting. The process of selecting a president for Tech involved many in­terviews of well qualified men and we came out with the best. Georgia Tech is well known and has a great reputation. During the past fiscal year $1,052,937 was donated to the Georgia Tech Foundation. Nine hun­dred and seventy-nine thousand dol­lars was distributed. Of this $336,000 went to faculty suimplementation and over $338,000 is allocated for this year. T h e faculty depends on these funds. The President has a great voice in how funds are allocated. Mr . McDonough closed by saying he thought that we were overcoming re­sistance to support of tax-assisted institutions.

7. Association President Geller­stedt reported the following:

During 1968 President Harrison resigned; Dr. Paul Weber retired as vice-president and the football team had a 4-6 season. But now we've found a fine president in Dr. Hansen and a great vice-president for aca­demic affairs in Dr. Vernon Crawford and the football situation is looking up. Our alumni won the top award for improvement in alumni giving.

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This award and the two won the previous two years for service and alumni organization give us the dis­tinction of being the only institution in the U.S. to win these awards con­secutively from the American Alumni Council. The Association prevailed on the Foundation to increase the Meri t Scholarships from 4 to 16 an­nually. In another three years there will be 64 Foundation sponsored scholarships. This could cost the Foundation $96,000 if they all were maximum.

Three Tech Today Programs were held. One hundred sixteen attended. Since the Tech Today program start­ed 567 people have been brought to Tech.

Two new groups were started dur­ing Mr. Gellerstedt 's t e rm—(1) T h e Committee of Twenty and (2) A Parents Committee which met yes­terday for the first time. Parents have generally been overlooked except for receiving grade reports and bills for tuition, room and board.

Seven new almuni clubs have been activated and eight more will hope­fully be developed soon.

Mr. Gellerstedt commended the Association Staff, the trustees of the Association, and Foundation, mem­bers of the National Advisory Board, and especially Bob Wallace. H e closed by saying tha t two fine affairs had been sponsored by the Associa­tion and supported in a great way. They were the Farewell Dinner for Edwin D. Harrison and for Dr. Paul Weber.

8. Mr. Braxton Blalock, current president of the Association, accepted the gavel from Mr. Gellerstedt.

H e stated that Mr. Gellerstedt had not quit working for Georgia Tech, that he had accepted the toughest committee job for the current year; tha t of chairman of the Fund Raising Committee; that Mr. Gellerstedt had been an excellent president and set a fine example.

Mr . Blalock added that when he went to accept the Alumni Incentive Giving Award in New York he learn­ed that Georgia Tech is recognized as a quality institution by all institu­tions in at tendance at the convention.

Current trustees of the Association and Foundation were asked to stand and be recognized as were past presi­dents of the Association.

A silver tray, properly engraved, was presented to President Geller­stedt; a gift from the trustees.

T h e meeting adjourned at 10:25 a.m.

At the annual meeting President Hansen, Tech-Georgia Development coordinator Be Haas and Atlanta retired police superintendent Lamar Moseley (top to bottom) were named honorary alumni along with Professor Emeritus Maurice Brewster, Edward D. Smith and Dr. W. Monroe Spicer.

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A JUBILANT BUD CARSON IS CARRIED TO THE CENTER OF THE FIELD FOLLOWING HIS BIGGEST WIN.

THE FIVE DAYS THAT SHOOK Al IENS After an in-and-out season, the Jackets surprised the Dogs in football in the most satisfying win in years and then beat the Georgia basketball teams twice in one night in the Coliseum

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photographed for the Alumnus by John Owen, III, Steve Poulsen and Mark Horton.

• I T WAS A LONG TIME COMING but when it finally arrived on the closing day of the 100th Anniversary Year of college football, Tech's first victory over Georgia in six tries was as sweet a one as the Jackets ever earned. The game, which ended in the unlikely score of 6-0 in a year dominated by those 54-27 type games, was a throw­back to the days when defense dom­inated the game and the winning of it set off an orgy of three consecutive victories over the arch-rivals from Athens town in a space of but five days.

On the following Wednesday night, the Tech freshman team caught the fever and came from behind to edge the Georgia yearlings 96-93 in over­time. A few minutes later, their var­sity brethren were out on the floor crushing the favored Bulldogs 92-80, with the substitutes closing out the game. Only the heralded freshman team's loss to the Bullpups, 20-28, on Thanksgiving Day prevented the Jackets from an unprecedented four-game sweep in a week's time.

But none of these victories was quite as impressive as was the pre­dominately sophomore-junior football

team's edging of (he Bulldogs, who had been picked to win the South­eastern Conference championship by many experts before the season be­gan. There was no sign of the fluke in this win. The Jackets just stood toe to toe and physically and mental­ly whipped the lads from Athens town. In the doing of what those peo­ple who haven' t been watching this team too closely will undoubtedly call a miracle, Tech hung the first shutout on Vince Dooley as head coach and beat the quiet and gracious head man at Georgia for the first time since his era began some five years ago.

T h e tip-off to what kind of game this one was going to be was when Jacket game captains. Rock Perdoni and Mike Bradley won the toss and elected to kick. Georgia couldn't move, and punted to Tech, and the Jackets immediately launched a drive that carried from their 29 only to end in frustration when on second and nine at the Georgia 10, a Jack Williams pass was tipped by a charg­ing Bulldog and intercepted. The rest of the first period was distinguished only by the fact that the Jackets

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Bubba Hoats, a hard-nosed little Wrecker turned safety man, started the season by hitting SMU passer Chuck Hixson (left) and ended it by intercepting three passes against Geor gia including the final one.

The star-crossed ones, Charles Dudish, Percy Helmer, and Jack Williams, all had their moments. Dudish (left top) when he scored the winning touch­down against SMU and threw for the clincher against Baylor. Helmer, when he caught a big one against SMU before being decked for the season. And Williams (below), who came back from an injury to score against Georgia.

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FIVE DA\ contnued

missed another scoring chance when a halfback dropped a perfect pass in the open mainly because he was too eager to get to the end zone which was in plain view at the time.

The first part of the second period was a reprise of the tail-end of the first. But with 11.03 remaining on the halftime clock, the Jackets launched one of the most perfect 80-yard drives you may wish to see. Williams started it wit! a pair of keepers for 12 and six yards, respectively. Cun­ningham got another four to the right and Steve Harkey the same distance to the same side. Tech picked up a five-yard penalty for illegal pro­cedure when the center moved the ball before the snap, the only flaw in the picture-book drive. Williams came back with a 12-yard screen to Cunningham who got to the Georgia 47. Spiotta came in and managed six yards in two rushes and then Wil­liams found Chip Pallman wide open on the left side for 20 yards and a first down at the Georgia 13. Cun­ningham, behind good blocking, got five, and Williams hit Steve Norris who made a fine catch at the one only to fall short because of the twist­ing he had to do to get the ball. Wil­liams then lined them up with three big backs (Harkey, Dennis James, and Bounds) in the power I and fooled the Bulldogs by going in un­touched behind Vitunic's block aided by Harkey's fake. The center snap was high and Jack Moore tried to rescue the situation by throwing for the two points but was not even close because of the Georgia rush. With 5:45 remaining, Tech had a shaky six-point lead and the defense took over to halt Georgia the rest of the half.

The second half had the fans up and down as Tech's defense fought off one Georgia bid after another. The first one came early in the third quarter when the Bulldogs drove from their own 20 to a first down at the Tech 40. Cavan then got four be­fore Perdoni halted Smiley for no gain and Bill Flowers stopped Paine after a two-yard advance. Cavan then hit Kemp on a pass but Carson's Raiders swarmed on the Georgia full­back before he could get past the line of scrimmage. Then the Jackets got a break on a short punt by Jones that gave them the ball at the enemy 38. Three plays later, Johnny Duncan tried a field goal of 52 yards that just missed when the wind blew it

wide to the left. Georgia's next at­tempt to move the ball was halted by Hoats' second interception at the Tech 35 and Bubba returned it 17 yards to the Georgia 48. This time an offensive pass interference call stopped any notion of a drive and Chapman punted it to Montgomery who returned a yard to the Georgia 31.

Here came the Bulldogs with 14:01 remaining in the game. Cavan picked up 18 yards on a keeper before Rig-gle ran him down from behind. The Georgia quarterback reinjured his shoulder on the play and went to the sidelines to be replaced by Paul Gil­bert. Gilbert hit a pair of passes and moved the team on running plays down to the Tech 19 where it was first and 10. Smiley managed two, and Gilbert three before Rick Lewis broke through and knocked Gilbert down for a loss of a pair. McCullough then missed a 32-yard field goal try and the Tech fans quit holding their collective breath for a minute. The Jackets couldn't move and Chapman punted one dead at the Georgia 34.

The moment of truth had arrived with 7:59 remaining although nobody in the stands would predict that this was in reality the last stand of the Bulldogs. Gilbert hit Farnsworth for 17 and Whittemore for 10. Then on a missed pass. Tech was called for defensive holding and penalized 11 yards from its own 22 where the al­leged foul occurred. With first and 10 just outside the 10-yard line, Farnsworth got three before Flowers and Hoats wrestled him down. Gil­bert overthrew Greene in the back of the end zone and then tried to hit Farnsworth on the other side. But here Hoats tipped it and Jeff Ford broke his own Tech record by in­tercepting it some eight yards deep in the end zone and it was over with 6:06 remaining. Tech ate up close to four minutes of the clock on a drive that featured Cunningham with Har­key and Spiotta spelling the little man from Eatonton. The Jackets finally were stopped at their own 35 where Chapman kicked one 38 yards that was fair caught by Montgomery at the Georgia 27. Gilbert threw four straight incompletions under a su­perb rush as the Tech defensive backs and linebackers covered re­ceivers very well. On the final throw, Flowers knocked it down at the last second and the Tech bench erupted in a frenzy. Tech took over at the Georgia 27 but could get no closer than the 20 and Moore missed a field

goal to give Georgia one more try. Bubba Hoats put a stop to this

last-ditch try in a hurry. Gilbert dropped back to his 10 on first down and threw the ball some 65 yards in the air towards Whittemore who was surrounded by Tech defenders at the Tech 28. Hoats was the deep man and he caught it at the 25 and im­mediately fell to the ground clutch­ing the ball. Williams killed the clock in three non-gainers and the Tech bench put on the biggest sideline show in recent history. They picked up Carson and every other Tech coach in sight and kept dropping them be­cause too many wanted in on the toting job. They danced and just jumped. They went into the locker room in a state of hysteria but were sobered quickly when after Perdoni led them in the post-game prayer, the Rock was informed that his father, in the stands to see his son play col­lege football for the first time, had suffered a serious heart attack during the game and was in an Atlanta hos­pital in critical condition. Rock's father died four days later. It was a terrible seasonal epilogue for this squat, tough, beautiful tackle who meant so much to this team and who was the most popular player of them all from the beginning of the season to this final day of glory and then tragedy.

The game was a fitting climax for this team who seemed to reserve its best performances for the better teams. The season started with a 24-21 win over favored SMU in a cliff-hanger that wasn't settled until Charles Dudish, later suspended from the team for a series of undisclosed violations, fumbled the ball at the SMU one only to pick it up and dive across the line for the winning score.

If Dudish's heroics were for all the marbles in this one, Tech's defensive unit's tenacity was the reason he got the chance to display them. Sans a single senior, Carson's Raiders ha­rassed the nation's premier passer, Chuck Hixson, throwing him for losses five times and forcing a pair of interceptions. One of the errant throws was picked off by sophomore Jeff Ford at the enemy 41, juggled for two yards, and returned for Tech's first score which tied the game in the second quarter just when it appeared that there was no way for the Jackets to get on the scoreboard. The second interception, a diving catch by little Mike Wysong in the final period at the SMU 49, led to the score that won it. Jack O'Neill,

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Sophomore defensive back Jeff Ford was one of the sensations of the year. He started it all by intercepting this Hixson pass (left) in the SMU game and returning it for a touchdown and he ended it by running back this record-breaking interception (102 yards) against Notre Dame (bottom). In between, he set a new record for pass interceptions for a Tech back (9) set a new runback yardage record (257) and led the nation in total yards returning interceptions. He also blocked a field goal try by Auburn (below) and made his share of the tackles.

FIVE DAYS—C( ued

whose father tragically died of a hear t attack while listening to the game on the radio, came in during the third quarter and on his first pass in college hit Percy Helmer for a 46-yard touchdown that brought Tech from behind on one of the three occasions during the long afternoon. Duncan, one of the few seniors on the squad, kicked a record-breaking 48-yard field goal in the second period that was eventually the margin of victory. T h e Hokes Bluff, Alabama native, known previously for his ac­curacy up close, broke by a single yard Tommy Wells ' Tech record set against Alabama in 1960.

In the Baylor game, Dudish did it again. This time, he waited unti l there was but 1:37 on the clock be­fore he began to move the Jackets 54 yards in six plays to break a 10-10 tie.

The two teams played the first forty-five minutes like they were both trying to run out the clock on a hot afternoon. Then, with the score tied 3-3, Jeff Ford got the final period off to a flying start by intercepting a Baylor pass at the 16 and going in for the score. Less than 50 seconds later, Baylor was back in i t a t 10-10 on a 69-yard pass play from sopho­more quarterback Si Southall to Laney Cook. T h e two teams sparred for another 13 minutes until Dudish broke it up with his toss across the middle to Steve Harkey for 21 yards and the winning touchdown. On the play, Dudish caught the Bears in a blitz situation and calmly took com­plete advantage of the situation.

The Jackets then lost their first one to Clemson, of all people, 10-21, after holding a 10-0 lead a t halftime. Again Dudish was the central figure in this game. After getting the lead a t halftime when he took the Jackets 25 yards in the final seconds of the first half, Dudish went down with a sprained wrist, joining three other quarterbacks on the sidelines. Tech played most of the final half with a fourth-string quarterback while watching Clemson back Ray Yauger run up and down Grant Field like he had built the stands.

Tech then traveled to Knoxville to lose a second straight one, 8-26, and only one of the better defensive efforts of the year kept this one from being a slaughter.

Tennessee dominated the first half as it did in all but one of its games this year. Leading only 0-13 simply

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because the Tech defense refused to fold despite being on the field close to 70 per cent of the time, the Vols had racked up 12 first downs and a net yardage of 201 yards against Tech's single first down and 23 yards total offense. The Jackets came back after intermission to make a couple of exceptional drives, a touchdown, and even outgain Tennessee, but by then the gate was securely locked on any upset hopes in the biggest Vol margin victory in the series which now stands at 14-13-1 in Tech's favor.

Returning to the friendlier confines of Grant Field, the Jackets battled Auburn's tough Tigers to a standstill only to lose in the final minute on an 18-yard field goal by John Riley, the man who missed that one in Birming­ham last year to allow Tech to escape with a 21-20 win.

Magnificent in defeat, Bud Car­son's defensive unit held the nation's highest scoring football team to 26 points below its average, only to see its efforts go for naught because of a little-league-type field goal from the one-yard line. This was a close one and no better proof can be offered for this statement than the fact that the score was tied at the end of the first period, 7-7 at the half, and 14-14 at the end of the third period. Except for flashes of brilliance, it was the same old story for the sophomore-dominated offensive unit despite a new formation that can best be de­scribed as a split-slot I or a sideways L with slight tilt in it. The formation worked in the first period when Jack Williams, returning to combat after a pre-season injury, guided the Jack­ets 44 yards before the Tigers stopped them at their 36. And it really be­came effective when Dudish came in to replace Williams in the second period with a 0-7 deficit and in seven plays took his troops 60 yards to tie it up.

Auburn went out in front at 7-14 on a 71-yard drive in the third period and the Jackets came right back to tie it when Auburn's Sullivan fum­bled at his own 20 and Buck Shiver recovered for Tech. In four plays, Tech had a tie with the two big ones being a great catch by Steve Harkey of a Dudish pass followed by a four-yard run by Harkey. Tech might have had a tie out of this one if it hadn't been for the irrepressible Du­dish who thinks only in terms of wins. Late in the final period, the Dude started a Tech drive from his own 20 with a first down on three running plays but then he threw the

ball into a clump of Tigers and one picked it off to put the visitors at the Tech 37. Seven plays and a most helpful illegal procedure call against Tech put the Tigers at the Tech one with fourth and goal and Shug Jor­dan decided to go for the winning field goal despite the fact that Tech had blocked an earlier attempt.

A week later, Tech was in Los An­geles absorbing the insults of the West Coast writers who insisted that the Jackets were too small and inexperi­enced to even appear in the Coliseum against the mighty Trojans of South­ern California. Well, for one brief moment the Christians had the lions beat but quarterback Jim Jones un­loaded a 55-yard bomb with 3:12 to go to negate an unbelievable effort on the part of the 22-point underdog Jackets. Outweighed by at least 20 pounds a man, Bud Carson's proud young men took the battle to the na­tionally ranked Trojans and actually held an 18-15 lead when Jones let go of his desperation heave that was caught by Sam Dickerson who had managed to get open thanks to Jones' superb scrambling on the play. Dick­erson caught the ball at the Tech 20, avoided a tackier and went on in for the score that overcame the Jackets' best team effort since the 1966 Ten­nessee game. Tech led 10-0 in the first half only to see it overcome in the final three minutes of the second period, then went ahead again with 5:22 remaining only to fall victim to a perfect play that quarterback Jones said after the game was "a long throw in hopes that someone would be down there to catch it."

The final score was no more the measure of the difference of these teams than was the so-called "ex­perts" pre-game evaluation. USC picked up a gift touchdown when a pair of Jackets mishandled one of those fancy handoffs on the kickoff following the game-breaking pass play. It was another of those big games designed to get the Jackets upfield as far as possible for a final attempt to pull out of a game that was rightfully theirs. As one press box citizen remarked after it was all over, "This bunch didn't leave their hearts out on that field, they left their souls."

Tech got its first score when Jeff Ford intercepted a Trojan pass and returned it 44 yards to the USC eight. An aborted halfback pass and a fumble handoff forced Tech back to the 15 and Jack Moore came in and kicked a field goal. The Jackets then

recovered a Trojan fumble at their own 11 and drove 89 yards in eight plays with Dudish at the helm. A fourth-and-five pass from Dudish to Cunningham was good for 23 yards and the score. Tech got its final points after tackle Wayne Laircey intercepted a Trojan pass at the USC 18 and returned it to the 14. Four plays later, Dudish eased it over from the one and the Jackets had a brief moment of glory- before the roof caved in on the desperation pass.

The Jackets finally got back in the winning track when they took Duke, 20-7, in the Homecoming game. Car­son was forced to go to his bullpen in this one and call in Jack Williams, once figured to be his starting quar­terback, in order to preserve his rec­ord of never coming up a loser in a Tech Homecoming game. Williams responded by taking the Jackets from a 3-7 deficit to this well-earned win as he guided them to a pair of touch­downs and a field goal in the final 13:53 of the strange contest. We say strange because things just seemed to happen to both Tech and Duke this afternoon, the first damp one of the season for the Jackets. For in­stance, the two teams amassed a total of 793 yards of net offense, yet could only place 27 points on the score­board.

And then there is the case of Brent Cunningham, the sophomore runner who is obviously a superior mudder, who broke Bobby North's yards-rushing-in-a-single-game record set 20 years ago against Auburn by 22 yards as he moved in and out of the Blue Devils for 190 yards in 33 carries. Yet, Cunningham never got closer to the end zone than the 12-yard line and that time the play was called back on a personal foul penalty against Tech. And in the case of Duke, it was even more frustrating. The Blue Devils' superb quarterback (and we still think he is the best pro prospect we have seen in two years) Leo Hart completed 20 of 32 passes for 275 yards but had to go to the quarterback keeper to score his team's only touchdown. And how about the fact that Duke was inside Tech's two-yard line on three occasions in the first half without putting a single point on the board. Twice they fum­bled and the other time, the defense led by Smiley Gebhart then on two consecutive plays stopped Duke's best running back, Bob Zwirko, for no gain from the one. And then there were the passes bouncing off the chests of Duke receivers into the

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FIVE DAYS—continued

arms of Tech defenders and a first half in which neither team scored a touchdown, yet neither had to punt a single time. And we could go on and on but what was really significant about this was that the Jackets , flat defensively after a pair of superb per­formances, still managed to win this one simply because the defense had i t when it had to and the offense man­aged to do its share.

This Duke team is a complete mys­tery. I t has been hur t terribly by in­juries, yet still manages simply be­cause of the genius of H a r t to look like a very good football team a t times. And if some of the other teams on this schedule had Haf t as quarter­back there is no telling what they might be able to accomplish. This afternoon he was rushed without quarter at times, struck as he re­leased the ball a t least on ten occa­sions, knocked goofy twice, and gen­erally manhandled by the Tech de­fense. But he kept coming back into the game and until a Williams-to-Herman Lam pass with 58 seconds to go got Tech's insurance touch­down, nobody in the s tadium had the feeling that the Jackets had the game won simply because of Har t ' s pres­ence on the field.

In New Orleans, the Jackets had an off-day against a fired-up Tulane team and it cost them their fifth loss of the season, 7-14. In a game that charitably might be described as less-than-exciting, the two teams traded first-quarter scores and it stayed 7-7 until midway in the final period when the Green Wave pu t together a swift 60-yard scoring drive in just seven plays to hand the Jackets their second straight defeat in visits to this city of strippers, old-world charm and new-world pollution. Tech had sev­eral opportunities to win this one be­fore Tu lane salted it away but penal­ties and miscues on critical downs plus an aroused Tulane defense al­ways left the Jackets short of the win they just had to have.

Tech got behind in the first period on an 87-yard drive by Tulane in which the pass was completely ig­nored by the Green Wave. T h e Jack­ets came right back with their own drive from the following kickoff which Gene Spiotta returned 17 yards to the 32. Cunningham carried six con­secutive times and gained 30 yards but only reached the Tech 49 for all his trouble, because of a 15-yard holding penalty on the first run. Wil­

liams then hi t Chip Pal lman for 17 and a first down on the Tulane 34. Cunningham came back for two and Spiotta arrived to spell him a t this time. The little senior promptly got seven to his right and another 10 u p the middle before he fumbled a hand-off and Williams had to fall on the ball. Tech then picked up a five-yard penalty for delay of the game and it looked like the drive might be stopped. But Williams threw a strike to Kenny Bounds up the middle for 15 and on third and three at the 8, the junior quarterback passed to Steve Norris who made an improb­able touchdown catch with three de­fenders hanging on him. Moore tied it a t 7-7 with the clock showing 0:00 in the first quarter.

Tech threatened again and again but couldn't get it in the end zone. Rick Lewis made a fine pun t return that put Tech at the Tulane 48 and the Jackets drove to the 25 before they were forced to try a field goal that missed. Lewis again set them up in business with a fine pass intercep­tion and run that moved the ball to the two but a clipping penalty took it back to the 19 and Dudish couldn't move it and Moore missed another field goal try, this time from the 30. Tulane then put the game on ice with that 60-yard drive.

This young team showed its cour­age in dropping another one to na­tional power Notre Dame, 20-38, in a November 15 night game in full view of 41,104 shivering fans in Grant Field and millions sitting in comfort in front of their television sets throughout the country. Down 21 points a t the close of the initial period and 31 just a half a minute away from the end of the second, these young Jackets bounced off the floor on the strength of a 102-yard runback of an intercepted pass by sophomore Jeff Ford and came back to outscore a much stronger Notre Dame team in the second half, 14-7. Shorn of a large par t of their big-game offense when Dudish was placed on probation by Coach Bub Carson for a series of undisclosed broken rules and by a virus bug that kept top offensive l ineman J o e Vitunic in the Tech infirmary for the evening, the Jackets handed the ball over to the 40-pounds-per-man heavier Irish in the first 30-minutes on four pass interceptions and a pair of fumbles. You just don' t do this sort of thing against the "Lit t le Sisters of the Poor" much less the pride of the Catholic world and win many foot-

If Ford was the star defensive back, Rock Perdoni was the line standout and sometimes it took a few folks to keep him out of the play in strange ways (top). But most of the time, he did his thing superbly as seen in the Notre Dame game (middle) and in the Georgia game (bottom).

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ball games. One of the pass interceptions was

run back by defensive back Clarence Ellis for 70 yards and a first-period score and another put the Irish on the Tech 10 from which they scored a field goal after the beleagued de­fense held for a net one-yard gain in three plays. Another fumble placed the ball a t the Tech 16 and a play later the Irish had another touch­down. In fact every one of the errors except the initial fumble and the final interception in the second quarter led to an Irish score, which is an in­dication of what kind of opportunists this bunch from South Bend are. T o continue their record, the Irish turn­ed a Tech fumble early in the third period into their closing score mid­way through the third period, and then spent the rest of the evening fighting off threatening gestures by the Jackets who hadn ' t been in­formed that they were expected to fold under such circumstances. The final two Tech scores came against the Notre Dame first uni t as the Irish didn' t do much substituting except when absolutely necessary.

Jeff Ford's startling run with the interception put the sophomore from Satellite Beach, Florida in the Tech record book in three categories—the most passes intercepted in a season (8 ) , the most yards returning inter­cepted passes in a season (257) , and in a career (257) . In the first two categories, the diminutive Ford broke records held since 1952 by Bobby Moorhead, and in the final one the record of Bill Eas tman set during the 1965-67 seasons went by the boards. Unofficially, he also broke Frank Broyles' longest-re turn-of-an- inter-cepted-pass record set against Clem-son as he ran it back 102 yards to Broyles' 101 but nowadays 100 yards is all you can be officially credited with on return yardage in the college ranks. T h e Jackets also smashed the single-season team pass interception record of 23 (set in 1952) early in the second period when Dave Beavin picked off one in the end zone, and in the Georgia game the new record went to 30 as Tech picked up four more.

Tech got its second half scores on a 38-yard drive that featured a 28-yard scoring pass from Dexter Hoff­man to Herman Lam. A Cunningham punt return of 24 yards put the Jack­ets at the Irish 43 and nine plays later, Kenny Bounds scored from the one. The second half was the making of this football team and made the final

The freshmen had their share of stars and one of the brightest of them all was tight end Mike Oven, who caught everything that was thrown in his

game upset possible. I t is likely also that it forged a real winning football team for Carson and his staff for the coming year. For only three men who played any appreciable time this sea­son completed their eligibility and the freshman squad, despite its 3-3 record, will furnish the varsity with several football players including a fine quarterback, Eddie McAshan, who was nothing short of sensational in the Georgia freshman game with his passing. McAshan, operating on one leg because of an injury suffered in the Tennessee game, was the catalyst in every freshman score against the Bullpups and only a bad day in the punt-fielding department kept the Baby Jackets from winning this one.

Meanwhile, back at the Coliseum, Whack Hyder ' s boys, behind the clutch shooting of Bob Seemer and

direction (above) and towered over the opposition as did quarterback Eddie McAshan who threw the pass during the action against the Georgia Freshmen.

Rich Yunkus, built a 46-35 halftime bulge and went on to win with ease. Earlier in the week, Tech had routed a weak Virginia team, 72-49, in an unimpressive debut. But this team showed it was for real when it beat previously unbeaten Oklahoma City, 68-54, on the following Saturday night. Yunkus is of all-America cali­ber and has shown it in the first three games. Seemer is coming strong and J im Thorne is a fine ball-handling guard. But the big surprise of this year 's team is Bill Mayer , a junior college transfer from California, who has had a hand in breaking open every game played by the Jackets this winter. If Hyder can find another guard with any sort of shooting con­sistency, this group may surprise a lot of people before the season ends in February.

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Georgia Tech Journal A digest of information about Georgia Tech and the alumni

New Health Systems Research Center • A NEW research center at Tech is systematically tackling the analysis and design of health care services de­livered to the public.

According to officials of Tech's new Health Systems Research Center, the United States is in critical need of providing health services of an accept­able quality to more people, and at the same time, needs to reduce the cost of those services.

Although accomplishing this goal sounds like a formidable task—if not a contradiction of purposes—much can be done, they contend, by looking at the whole health care system scien­tifically, by conducting formal studies of everything from such operations as the distribution of medicine within the hospital to even evaluating whether a new type of structure is needed to take the place of the traditional hospital. Overall, their task is to devise new ways of providing health services and to improve the efficiency of the old ways.

The problem in forming such a re­search group, however, is one of per­spective. It calls for a cooperative team effort by professionals in diverse fields. It means that the industrial engineer, the architect, the psychologist, the in­formation scientist, the physician, the medical researcher, nurses, and others must pool their knowledge to effect the necessary evaluations.

Although formally approved by Georgia's Board of Regents in Sep­tember, the Health Systems Research Center is built on an educational and research program in hospital and medical systems, which has been ad­ministered jointly by Tech and the Medical College of Georgia for the past two years. The PHMS now^omes under the auspices of the Health Sys­tems Research Center.

Tech graduate students enrolled in the Program in Hospital and Medical Systems study' industrial and systems engineering techniques on the Atlanta campus and conduct research projects at Talmadge Memorial Hospital in Augusta and other hospitals and medi­cal centers in Atlanta as well.

The Center's research programs will; be based at Piedmont Hospital, while

academic programs will continue to be administered on the Tech campus.

One student, for example, is conduct­ing a study to determine how to make the best use of a physician's time, while another is helping the administrator of the hospital work out a 10-year mas­ter plan for his institution. Still anoth­er Tech student recently completed a preventive maintenance project at Georgia's new circular experimental hospital in Woodstock. This 22-bed facility relies heavily on electronic equipment, and the idea, according to hospital officials, is to determine in advance when the equipment will need repairs and make them before it ac­tually stops working.

Since the new research center has been established at the Ferst Research Laboratories in Atlanta's Piedmont Hospital complex, emphasis is shifting to problems of a wider scope. Plans are underway for comprehensive studies of the hospitals, ranging from staff-to-patient ratio, traffic patterns, and effectiveness of using pre-pack­aged food, to considering the psycho­logical effects of the arrangement of space on patients and staff members.

HSRC people and Tech's School of Architecture are also working with the practicing architects who are cur­rently designing a new medical cen­ter. Among other things, the HSRC staff is working out information flow systems, distribution systems for sup­plies, foods, and drugs, as well as help­ing to determine where nurses' sta­tions should best be located and the like.

Still another study currently under­way indicates the comprehensive na­ture of the Center's interests. One HSRC staff member is working out a long-range planning methodology for Georgia's Central State (mental) Hos­pital. Of major significance to the hos­pital's future will be the impact of regional mental health centers recent­ly established by the State.

Although the Center is located in Atlanta and metropolitan health care facilities are readily available for study, considerable activity is in prog­ress at the Medical College in Augus­ta, and eventually, the group plans to investigate the systems of delivering health services in rural areas as well.

The new Center is directed by Dr. Harold E. Smalley, Regents' Profes­sor of Industrial and Systems Engi­neering.

Top Tech researcher dead at 57 • RESEARCH PROFESSOR Richard B. Bel-ser, a Georgia Tech physicist with an international reputation in the areas of aging quartz crystal resonators for electronic communications devices and in thin metal film research, died on September 6 in an Atlanta hospital.

Professor Belser directed over 25 major research projects valued at over $2 million during his 19-year career at Tech. A prolific writer, he authored or co-authored close to 100 major pub­lications in scientific journals and technical reports during his career.

A graduate of the Citadel and Em­ory University, Professor Belser was a former Atlanta high school science teacher who continued his work with high school science and engineering students until his death. One of his proteges, whom he discovered through an Atlanta high school science pro­gram, was Dr. John Copeland, who went on to work with him in his lab­oratory, receive a Ph.D. at Tech and then become internationally known himself for his work at Bell Telephone Laboratories where he developed the LSA Diode, a semi-conductor device which became the replacement for bulky high-powered micro-wave tubes in America's space program.

A retired Lt. Col. in the U.S. Army reserve, Belser spent eight years in the military service as an instructor and staff officer at the Infantry School at Fort Benning and as a staff officer in the Mediterranean Theater where he received the Bronze Star medal for distinguished service.

At his death, he was serving Tech as a research professor of Textile En­gineering and a principal research physicist in the Engineering Experi­ment Station. In recent years, he had done considerable outstanding work in the frictional properties of fibers for the improvement of yarns and threads produced by American textile indus­try. His work drew such attention that he spent part of last spring lecturing in Paris on the subject.

His early work in the aging of

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Tech-continued quartz crystal resonators attracted so much attention abroad that several foreign scientists in the same field came to Tech during the early sixties to study with him and with the com­munications research group at Tech.

He was also an expert in the use of modern Scanning Electron Microscope and at his death was engaged on a project with Emory researchers in the use of this device to study human hair in an effort to prove a theory that it could be used in the early diagnosis of mental disorders in children.

Professor Belser was a member of the American Physical Society, the Association of Physics Teachers, the American Society of Metals, the Geor­gia Academy of Sciences (for which he did considerable work among the young through the Atlanta Science Congress) and was listed in American Men of Science.

New bioengineering center • ON NOVEMBER 12, the Board of Re­gents gave Georgia Tech the final ap­proval to establish a Center for Bio­engineering on the Atlanta campus.

In discussing the formation of the new center, Tech President, Dr. Ar­thur G. Hansen explained that bioen­gineering is "that field which deals with interactions between technology and biology and medicine." He added, "Because the program will be directed toward the goal of health mainte­nance, it should emerge as a clearly visible program in the service of man."

The T e c h P r e s i d e n t continued, "Since engineering is really two fields —creative design, with the aid of sci­entific principles, and analysis of com­plex mechanisms—bioengineering also divides into two fields: one concerned with the design of devices for medicine and life sciences such as biology; the other involving analysis of complex biological systems by application of engineering science."

Hansen said that bioengineering is experiencing a rapid and vigorous de­velopmental phase in many university, government, and industrial labora­tories throughout the country—"espe­cially those in the forefront of scien­tific and engineering teaching and de­velopment." He also indicated" that bioengineering will be a major thrust of the Georgia Institute of Technology in months to come, adding that Tech already has over 40 major research projects scattered throughout its vari­ous divisions that could be classified under the term bioengineering. These will be coordinated by the new center.

A first major development in the total bioengineering program took place in September with the establish­ment of a Health Systems Research »

Center through the cooperative efforts of the Institute and the Medical Col­lege of Georgia, according to Hansen. "Valuable knowledge was acquired on the way in which an area of impor­tance at Georgia Tech, namely sys­tems engineering, could be combined with the research and academic skills of the Medical College of Georgia in health delivery. This joint effort, which to date has been highly success­ful, provides a format for expanding our efforts to plan cooperatively with other units of the University System and Emory University."

Hansen said the Bioengineering Center will be run by an executive committee and a director, "charged with the responsibility of promoting and coordinating bioengineering re­search directed toward the goal of maintaining the health of the popu­lace, and promoting the expansion of health-oriented industries in Geor­gia."

He emphasized, however, "It is not the intent of Georgia Tech to deliver health care but rather to build on technological competence that will aid practitioners and industrial organiza­tions to more effectively engage in health care delivery and in health maintenance."

The initial program activities at Tech, he said, will include several areas. In addition to biomedical instru­mentation, the Center will establish an information transfer program so that the knowledge gained from bioengi-neering-oriented research both on and off the campus reaches engineers, medical personnel, and the public at large.

The Center will also work on the application of computer sciences to bioengineering and medical problem areas, and is expected to work close­ly with industry in prototype develop­ment of instruments and medically-oriented devices.

Hansen added, "The programs of the Center will be based solidly on the basic sciences and academic programs of the Institute and cooperating insti­tutions. It is felt that no program can succeed without this base. The further involvement of students in research ac­tivities having the great social signifi­cance of health care and maintenance should provide a significant educa­tional experience."

Dr. Edwin J. Scheibner, chief of the physical sciences division of Tech's Engineering Experiment Station, was named interim director of the new center in November. He took over his new duties on December 1.

Award to Professor and graduate student • A GEORGIA TECH professor and a former graduate student have received the Louis Gordon Memorial Award for the best written paper published

in 1968 in Talanta, an international journal of analytical chemistry.

The award was made to Professor Hermann A. Flaschka and Dr. James B. Garrett by the editorial board for two papers on "Substoichio-metric Masking." A silver imprinted leather bound volume of the journal which contained the prize winning paper was presented to Flaschka and Garrett at a dinner held in Pennsylvania re­cently.

Professor Flaschka is currently Re­gent's Professor of Chemistry at Geor­gia Tech, and Dr. Garrett is now em­ployed by the American Oil Company in Whiting, Indiana.

New dual-degree program • A NEW dual degree program between West Georgia College and Georgia Tech has received final approval from the Regents and will go into opera­tion immediately, according to Dr. F. W. Schutz, Jr., coordinator of the pro­gram at Tech.

Under the dual degree plan, a stu­dent would initially attend West Geor­gia College in Carrollton, taking courses which would lead to a liberal arts degree. Once these were com­pleted, he would transfer to Tech to study engineering. Upon graduation he would receive both an engineering degree from Georgia Tech and an un­designated bachelor of arts degree from West Georgia College.

Completion of 255 hours is required to qualify for the two degrees, accord­ing to the Tech coordinator. A stu­dent could take up to 140 hours at West Georgia College and then trans­fer to Tech, or he could take 120 hours at Carrollton liberal arts college and complete the remaining 135 hours at the Institute.

In terms of length of time spent at each institution, Dr. Schultz, says, "It is possible for a student to transfer to Tech at the end of seven quarters, but more typically he would not trans­fer until the end of nine." Depending upon the number of quarters spent in Carrollton, he would remain at Tech from six to eight quarters.

Similar programs have been in oper­ation for several years between Geor­gia Tech and other institutions, in­cluding the Atlanta University Center (Clark, Morris Brown, Morehouse, and Spelman Colleges), Davidson Col­lege in North Carolina, Southwestern University at Memphis, Tenn., the University of Georgia, and the Uni­versity of the South at Suwanee, Tenn.

In explaining the reason for estab­lishing these programs, Dr. Schutz notes, "A liberal arts college and a technological institute represent two entirely different types of educational environments. There has been a great deal of concern in recent years over the gap in communications between members of the respective communi-

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ties. The dual degree program is one way of meeting this problem."

"Additionally," the Tech professor continues, "a student initially enter­ing college may not be in a position to commit himself completely to an en­gineering curriculum. By enrolling in a program like this, he can assure him­self that he will have taken the neces­sary courses to transfer to the tech­nological school when the time comes. By the same token, he had met the re­quirements of the liberal arts college and can also choose to remain there to complete a degree."

Students entering the dual degree program will be eligible for the usual programs of financial aid available at the two institutions, according to Dr. Schutz. He foresees no problem in ob­taining financial aid as a result of the transfer. "The student who qualifies for financial aid on this program at West Georgia College will be eligible for comparable assistance when he transfers to Tech." he indicated.

Applications for admission to the program should be made to West Georgia College, the Tech professor said. More detailed information may be obtained by writing to either Dr. Marcus B. Morehead, Chairman, Di­vision of Science and Mathematics at West Georgia College, C a r r o l l t o n , 30117, or Dr. F. W. Schutz, Jr. at the Georgia Institute of Technology, At­lanta, Ga. 30332.

Town houses from trailers • IT LOOKS for all the world like any group of townhouses suitable for Southern families, but actually the model designed by four Georgia Tech architecture students is not a con­ventional one, but a hybrid structure constructed from six mobile home units.

The impetus for constructing the unusual building came from Profes­sor Joseph Smith who gave the stu­dents the assignment in an architec­ture class. He, in turn, was responding to a request from Georgia Tech's Housing Resources Program which wanted creative designs to use mobile homes as housing. Frank Clarke of the Industrial Development Division wanted to see what could be done to provide attractive homes at lower costs through the use of industrialized housing.

Clarke's interest stemmed from an­other project in the Housing Re­sources Program. Since July, 1968 this project of the State Technical Services Program has sought new ideas and techniques in other industries which are of value to the mobile home in­dustry. In the process, they have learned a great deal about mobile homes and housing in general—a fact which prompted the Tech students' in­volvement.

Clarke comments, "In South Geor­

gia, for example, there is an extreme housing shortage and many of the small towns have limited means of coping with the problem. Mobile homes could be used to fill the need, but they are not accepted as housing in many communities. So, it is neces­sary to find out what it will take to make these units more acceptable, both to the people who would use them and to the town itself. Then, we would need to know whether mobile home manufacturers could build the homes that are acceptable."

The four Tech students who got the assignment to come up with a creative design using mobile homes turned first to a Tech fifth-year architecture student's thesis in which the same technique was applied in the Atlanta Model Cities area to produce high-rise and low-rise structures. Next, the stu­dents visited a plant which produces mobile homes to get an inside look at a mobile home in the making.

When summer quarter was over, the four students had completed their model—a two-story duplex called a "modular" or "industrialized" town-house. They had worked out plans which would enable the two-story home to be built in the factory and then transported to the home site and erected.

Each duplex town house consists of six modules which are stacked two high next to each other. Two dwelling units are formed with a common unit between them containing the hall, stair, heating and plumbing for both homes. Each dwelling unit has a din­ing room, living room, kitchen, and half bath downstairs and three bed­rooms and bath upstairs.

Professor Smith indicated that only minor modifications from regular mo­bile home construction techniques were necessary in the units. Students concentrated on such points as im­proved insulation, non-metallic siding, a pitched roof and porches to give the home a conventional appearance.

"The important point," Smith said, "is that these buildings can be mass-produced in a factory under tight cost control—which means that the price is lower." Although the phrase "low-price housing" immediately implies that the market for industrialized housing will be in lower income groups, the Tech professor thinks that the future market will come from mid­dle and upper income groups. "What you are after," he says, "is a better built building for your money."

He also points out that many mobile home plants produce about one unit per hour. Using six units per two dwel­ling units (though this represents only one of many possible designs), the in­dividual units can be completed in one day, after which shipping and on-site erection could be accomplished in ap­proximately two weeks. If the idea

should catch on, Smith says, "A need for a middle group to handle the erec­tion process would probably arise."

Frank Clarke, of Tech's idea-selling Industrial Development Division, also adds that if it can be demonstrated that these units can be used to fill a need in Georgia, then the same pro­duction techniques used here can pro­vide housing suitable for the rest of the Southeast, or areas with similar climates.

/ : Drugs and the high school student • SINCE the furor over drug use has reached a national level, it is difficult for young people, pressured by both their peers and their parents, to separ­ate the facts from the fictions and reach a rational personal decision, ac­cording to a group of Georgia Tech students.

In order to deal with the problem, the Tech students have embarked on a well-organized project to find the facts and pass them along to other potentially confused young people.

Charlie Shaefer, the young man who has been the driving force behind the project, emphasizes that their purpose is not to tell their listeners whether or not they should use drugs, but to "raise issues and present the scien­tific facts as we know them today."

In order to do this, the Tech Inter-fraternity Council has organized five panels of four members each which offer symposia on drugs. An admin­istrative group coordinates panel ap­pearances and keeps up with current information.

Sources used in their research in­clude the Federal Narcotics Bureau, the Food and Drug Administration, the Office of the Solicitor General of Fulton County, various juvenile au­thorities in Atlanta, and Atlanta physicians.

Although the program was recently presented to members of the Georgia Tech freshman class, the group is pri­marily concerned at this point with reaching Atlanta area high school stu­dents. Shaefer explains, "The infor­mation we now have leads us to be­lieve that drugs are the real in-thing in the better, well-to-do high schools. We would like to be able to give stu­dents the facts before they form an opinion."

The trial run for the first panel took place at Westminster School for Girls last spring, and two other Atlanta high schools have expressed an interest in the program this fall. Three separ­ate sessions were held at Westminster for tenth, eleventh, and twelfth-grade students. Principal Don Westmore­land said the program was well-re­ceived by his students and commented: "I think it was very effective because for the first time in our experience at Westminster, we had students talking to students."

November-December 1969 35

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ALUMNI CLUB SETS AN UNBEATABLE RECORD • THERE may be other alumni clubs winning National Advisory Board Trophies in the future but it is highly unlikely that any of them will ever match the record of the Albany Georgia Tech Club in 1969 and it is a cinch that nobody will ever beat it. All the boys from Southwest Georgia did was win the trophy three years in a row, and retire it and in the doing of it they pulled their clean sweep with an unbelievable 100 per cent participation—116 alumni in the area and 116 contributed to the roll call last year.

In recognition of this achievement accomplished by an intense personal solicitation program created by C. T. Oxford in 1966 when he was the roll call chairman for the club, President Arthur G. Hansen gave his first alumni club speech in Albany on October 21 and then presented the trophy to Billups Johnson, immediate past president of the club. Over 128 alumni and wives heard President Hansen call the Albany alumni, "the finest alumni group in the United States—the elite of the elite."

President Hansen told the record crowd that the Albany Club alone through its roll call contributions for the past year has financed the supplement for two full professors' salaries, "which enables Tech to hold them against the stiff est competition provided by the largest technological universities and industry."

Bob Fowler, the Albany Club president who was the roll call chairman for both the 1967 and 1968 campaigns, presided at the meeting. Special guests included Albany publisher James Gray and Albany Mayor Fred W. Mills, who presented the traditional key to the city to President Hansen and thanked Tech for its contributions to progress and industrial advancement in the State.

Tech-continued Fulton County Solicitor General

Lewis R. Slaton agreed with the West­minster principal, calling the Tech students' project a worthwhile one and emphasizing with Westmoreland that "This type of program works best when given by young people."

Governor Lester Maddox also en­dorsed the students" efforts. In a letter to Shaefer, he wrote: "You have the correct approach in solving the drug problem. The dangers of Drug Abuse must be made known to the young people and certainly there are enough dangers involved to be convincing . . . I have instructed the State Drug In­spectors Office to . . . give you any as­sistance possible."

By the end of the program on drugs, Shaefer says, "We hope that the au­dience will be seriously asking four questions: what are the positive as­pects of drugs, what will they do to harm me, what legal problems will I encounter if caught, and how will drug use affect me socially and psychologi­cally."

Once these questions have been raised and dealt with, Shaefer says the final question before plunging be­comes: "Will I be sure that I will get a drug that is pure and good?"

The Tech junior and his group read­ily admit that they are not drug ex­perts. "All we claim," he says, "is to have amassed a group of facts. But if we can't answer a question which someone raises, we can tell them where they can get an answer."

In addition to forming the drug pan­els, the Tech students are investigating the possibility of establishing a "dial-a-drug" program. "We would like to set up a telephone system so that any­one who has a problem with drugs or a question about drugs could call in and get a quick, factual answer," he said. He indicated that talks are cur­rently underway with Georgia Tech student government officials concern­ing financing such a program.

"We hope eventually to work this nationally," the Tech group's director concludes. "We won't quit until we do."

New rocket research at tech • WHILE existing scientific and tech­nological knowledge is taking men to the moon and back, two Georgia Tech nuclear engineers are working on the space technology of tomorrow.

Doctors J. R. Williams and J. D. Clement of the Nuclear Sciences Di­vision of Tech's Engineering Experi­ment Station are aiding NASA in the development of a rocket engine that will greatly reduce the cost of space travel and enhance the feasibility of travel to other planets.

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According to Dr. Williams, "A single Saturn 5 launch costs about 120 mil­lion dollars, and the cost of putting material into earth orbit is from about $1,000 to $10,000 a pound."

Though at the moment, based on these figures, the cost of manned trips to the planets would be astronomical, if not totally prohibitive, Williams says there are two approaches that may be taken to reduce the cost.

"The first is to get away from the ammunition concept of rockets and de­velop reusable space ferries," says the Tech researcher. "If a jet airliner could only be used for one flight, the cost of an airline ticket would be around ten thousand dollars. NASA is pushing the development of reusable rockets which would bring the cost of putting things in orbit down to about $100 a pound. This is a factor of ten improvement over today's costs, but still, space travel is pretty expensive."

The other approach, according to the Tech professor, is to develop high­er performance propulsion systems for space vehicles. "Then much smaller, and correspondingly cheaper, space­craft could be used," says Williams.

"High performance," he explains, "generally means high exhaust ve­locity and high thrust per pound of engine weight. The exhaust velocity is important because the higher the velocity of the rocket exhaust, the less propellant required to produce a given thrust—which means that a rocket with a high exhaust velocity would be smaller than a rocket with a lower exhaust velocity designed to execute the same mission. The thrust-to-weight ratio determines how fast the rocket can accelerate, and for many maneu­vers, it is desirable that the rocket accelerate as rapidly as possible."

NASA, the Atomic Energy Com­mission, and the Air Force are investi­gating several different types of ad­vanced propulsion systems, according to the Tech nuclear engineer, but on­ly three appear to have the potential for high exhaust velocity and high thrust-to-weight ratio. The first of these, the nuclear pulse rocket, would use nuclear explosives to provide thrust, but work on this concept has now been abandoned because of the necessarily very large size and cor­responding high cost of each rocket.

The second type, fusion propulsion rockets, are currently being investi­gated, the Tech professor says, but the feasibility of such a system probably will not be established until fusion power becomes a reality.

The last type, the gaseous core nu­clear rocket, which would employ a fissioning gas as the energy source, appears to be the most promising ap­proach to building a high perform­ance rocket that will make space travel inexpensive, and it is this type of rocket engine which the Tech profes­

sors are studying. "Several different designs of gas-

core nuclear rockets are currently be­ing investigated by the Atomic Ener­gy Commission, NASA and the Air Force," Williams says. "However, each of these concepts uses a central core of very hot gaseous uranium as the heat source. Hydrogen p r o p e l l a n t seeded with small particles absorbs heat from the uranium core and is ex­hausted through a nozzle to produce the thrust."

The selection of the material for these particles in the hydrogen is very important, according to Williams. In order to predict the performance of a particular gas core rocket engine, data on what happens to the hydrogen

when it is seeded with particles of a particular material at high tempera­tures and pressures must be gathered. These studies are currently being made by Williams and Clement with NASA grants totaling $178,600.

The data gathered by the Tech pro­fessors will be used to help design the first gas-core nuclear rocket engines. Williams says that if the feasibility of the system is established by cur­rent research programs, construction of the first gas-core nuclear rocket engine and the required test facilities may begin as early as 1975. "If the gas-core nuclear rocket development program remains on schedule, gas-core rockets may be used for manned Mars missions in the late 80's or 90's."

NEWS OF THE ALUMNI

1 e—\ f-\ W. Lucas Simons, ChE, has retired from the Charleston

firm of Frost, Johnson, Reed and Smith ending 37 years in the vestment business.

l/i y\ George Allan Chapman, EE, \£\ died on August 20. D. M. Forester, Huffman, Texas,

died September 25. George D. Ray, TE, died on Febru­

ary 24.

' 1 ~ 7 Raymond T. Cole, ME, died | / September 8. He was a re­

tired owner of Lawco Building Ma­terial Company. His widow resides at 114 Brighton Road, NE, Atlanta, 30309.

'18 Albert B. Hill, ME, died October 13 after a long

illness. He was retired as president of Black Star Coal Company in Pines-ville, Kentucky, and was a former Georgia Tech star athlete. Mr. Hill is survived by his son, four grand­children, and his wife who resides at 4883 Roswell Road, Apt. 5A, Atlanta 30305.

Kenneth H. Merry, Sr., ME, died August 27 in Augusta, Georgia. He began work for Merry Brothers Brick & Tile Company in 1919 and served in every capacity until April 30, 1968, when he retired as chairman emeritus of the board. Survivors include the widow, two daughters and a son.

" r " j / | C. Elliott Heath, ME, died CL^t o n September 11 after a

short illness. Mr. Heath was retired from the General Electric Company. He is survived by his widow and a

son. His widow resides at 211 Na-coochee Drive, NW, Atlanta 30305.

1 f*k r ~ J. William Lang, Jr., EE, i l former president of Coastal

Oil Company. Newark. New Jersey. has retired and is now living at Ft. Myers, Florida.

Dr. Hamnet P. Munger, ChE, has a project with Metas Izmir Metal Urji, a Steel Mill in Izmir, Turkey, to of­fer advice and assistance. Dr. Munger is a retired manager of Republic Steel Corp.

Claude B. Wilson died on August 5. Mr. Wilson was a resident of Fort Valley, Georgia.

1 (-~i Q Philip T. Howard, Com, died • in January, 1969.

Mr. J. A. Jordan, Com, has retired as Service Manager of Western Elec­tric in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, after 40 years of service. He and his wife now reside at 5843 Canterbury Drive, Columbus, Georgia.

Arthur L. McCash, Com., died March 9, 1969. He is survived by his widow and a son. Arthur was captain of the 1928 Tech baseball team. The Alumnus regrets that in the recent is­sue, Harry B. McCash, who sent us this information, was listed as de­ceased rather than his brother.

George Costa Najour, deputy re­gional post office director in the South­east died recently in Atlanta.

Alfred W. Rodgers, ChE, assistant field project manager at Waynesboro Construction, retired in August, end­ing a DuPont career of 28 years.

' (— \r^ Eugene Franklin Tate, EE, f—̂ y died on September 3 in Rich­

mond, Virginia.

November-December 1969 37

Faces in the News

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N. Knowles Davis, '25, has been named a consultant in the Dallas office of H. Zinder & Associates, Inc. Mr. Davis had been senior vice president at Tennessee Gas Transmis­sion Co. in Houston, Texas.

J. Cleve Allen, '31, has just completed a term as President of the Florida State Association of Life Underwriters. He is Greater Miami General Agent of Piedmont Life Insurance Co. and a life member of Million Dollar Round Table.

Robert M. O'Hara, '50, has been named President of Mead Packaging, Atlanta based division of the Mead Corporation. Mr. O'Hara has been with the organization for 19 years, starting in 1950 as a customer service representative.

Virgil E. (Gene) New, '50, has been elected Vice President of South Central Bell Telephone Company. With headquarters in Nashville, Mr. Bell will be in charge of operations in the state of Tennessee.

Otis C. Wise, '52, is now Loss Prevention Manager in the East Orange and Saddle Brook, New Jersey offices of the Liberty Mutual Insurance Company. Mr. Wise joined the firm in 1958 in the Loss Prevention Department in Atlanta.

Clarence Wall, '54, is now a member of the Board of Directors and Vice President in charge of manufacturing operations for the Charles H. Bacon Co., Inc., Lenoir City, Tenn. He joined the firm in 1966.

Donald Lee Randle, '55, is the new Huntsville, Ala. Branch Manager for Square D Company. Mr. Randle joined Square D in 1957, most recently serviftsyas field engineer in Atlanta. He.will supervise sales and marketing operations.

Burt Grant, '56, has been promoted to Assistant District Manager for Carolina Power & Light Company in Southern Pines, N. C. Mr. Grant joined the firm in 1956, returning again after Air Force service from 1957-59.

Alumni-continued > l-^ r-*k Joseph G. Carlton has retired

i J \_) after 43 years as general mas­ter mechanic of the Seaboard Coast­line RR. He resides at 479 East Wes­ley Road, Atlanta 30305.

' C D 1 H. A. Groves, IE, has retired with the State Highway De­

partment of Georgia after 35 years of service, and for the last 22 years he was office engineer in the Tennile Division.

W. E. Rudolph, CE, died on Sep­tember 15.

Harry J. Steck died January 10, 1969.

' f—\ O F- Fl. Etheridge died on Au-i l | J gust 20. His widow lives at

539 West Paces Ferry Road, Atlanta. Maj. General Julian Alexander Wil­

son, Com, died August 6. Gen. Wilson was the Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel, U.S. Army, Europe, and 7th Army. His widow resides at 2790 South Clark Drive, East Point, Geor­gia.

' r^ / \ Clay Sutherland, died Sep-i j H - tember 23. Mr. Sutherland

was retired from Pillsbury Company after 15 years.

' r^ p r Chauncey Huth, ME, has V j i j been named deputy director

of Administration & Technical Serv­ices.

Dr. John H. Ridley, Chem, has been promoted to Clinical Associate Profes­sor of Gynecology-obstetrics at Emory University.

D. B. Stevenson, Jr., AE, has been appointed president of Stevenson, Schilling, Consulting Engineers. He resides at 5717 Waterbury Road, Des Moines. Iowa 50312.

Taulman Williams, Jr., died August 13. His widow resides at 1015 West Wesley Road, NW, Atlanta.

' O Q Charles A. Bickerstaff, IM, V j CD died August 29. He was presi­

dent of the Bickerstaff Construction Company and owner and director of Consolidated Equities, Inc. His widow resides at 2930 Howell Mill Road, NW, Atlanta.

Frank K. Webb, ME, has been ap­pointed manager of refining coordina­tion for American Oil Company.

' y i r-» Roy F. Smith, CE, was named ^ T U Product Manager of Tex-

tron's Bostitch Division on October 1.

' y i y l Dr. James L. McPherson, ' | * | Chem, has taken a position

as associate professor of chemistry at Lee College in Cleveland, Tennessee.

Robert F. Munroe, died of a heart attack on August 26.

I yi r - Robert Ormsby, AE, is the 4-J-O n e w director of engineering

at the Lockheed-Georgia Company.

J y i r ^ D. G. Kennedy, NS, has mov-*-\ D ed for approximately one year

to the following address: 24 Beeri Street (4th floor) TelAviv, Israel.

» y i —j Col. John F. Overstreet, ME, *-\- / has retired from the U.S. Air

Force and accepted a position with the Lockheed-Georgia Company in Marietta.

» y i Q L. Thornton Reagor, Text, is 4 + C D living in Gastonia, North

Carolina and is working for Carlton Yarn Mills in Cherryville, North Carolina, as Cost Accountant.

B. F. Smith, ChE. is a co-patentee of a recently issued patent assigned to Texaco, Inc.

'49 Thomas H. Green, Jr., ChE, has been named general man­

ager of information and computer services in the financial department of Shell Oil Company, New York.

» r— f~\ Harold M. Grumann, CE, has J j l _ J been appointed chief en­

gineer of the Flexible Products Com­pany.

Air Force Major Charles Hullinger, IM, has assumed command of the 1878th Communications Squadron at Pleiku AB, Vietnam.

Saul. Kurlat, ChE, has been elected to the Board of Directors of Killian Engineering Corporation at Braintree, Massachusetts.

William L. Olliff. IM, was killed in an automobile accident at Statesboro, Georgia, August 21. He was a Texaco Oil distributor and is survived by his widow and two sons, P.O. Box 132, Statesboro, Georgia 30458.

John H. Smith, Text, of Tennille, Georgia, was graduated from the 56th session of the Advance Management Program of the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. He is vice president of Washington Manufacturing.

'51 Lt. Col. Forist G. Dupree, ME, has assumed the posi­

tion of chief of the reconnaissance and photographic systems branch at Hill AFB, Utah.

William A. Thomas. IE, has been appointed plant manager of Alcoa at Cressona, Pennsylvania.

Lt. Col. John O. Tinius, Cer.E., has entered the Industrial College of the Armed Forces at Ft. Lesley J. Mc-Nair in Washington, D.C.

> p - Q Cdr. W. B. Abbott, ME, has i l C . been transferred to the Puget

Sound Naval Shipyard in Breeverton, Washington, where he will be combat systems superintendent.

38 The Georgia Tech Alumnus

The Georgia Tech National Alumni Association presents

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NINE V\ DERI UL DAYS IN ROME AT BARGAIN PRICES

• T H E Georgia Tech National Alumni Association is proud to pre­sent something different in travel— a "Rome Escapade"—nine wonder­ful days and eight nights in Rome for a total cost of $428 per person (plus $14 taxes and services in ad­vance) . The dates are May 17-May 26, 1970, a perfect time of the year with moderate temperatures and fewer people touring the area.

The cost of this special package is close to $200 less than the regular air coach round-trip fare between Atlanta and Rome. And here's what you get in the package designed especially for Tech alumni and their immediate families:

Round trip TWA Starstream J E T charter, Atlanta to Rome, Italy. Enjoy FIRST-CLASS Serv­ice! Gourmet menu and cocktails enroute!

Eight nights at Rome's beautiful GRAND HOTEL LEONARDO DA VINCI. One of the most modern hotels in Italy. All rooms with private bath and air-conditioned. A fine hotel to spend your "Roman Holiday!"

Two meals at your hotel each day: Continental Breakfast and Luncheon OR Dinner! This selec­tion of meals gives you the oppor­tunity to sample some of Rome's outstanding restaurants on your

own at your leisure. Special Welcome—Arrival Cock­

tail Party at your hotel . . . delici­ous hot and cold hors d'oeuvres pre­pared especially for you! Meet your Alumni Association Hosts and get acquainted with the members of your travel party.

Special 2V2 hour Motorcoach Tour to see some of Rome's unfor­gettable and memorable sights: the Pantheon and Colosseum, lasting monuments of the Forum, all cen­turies old. Of course, you visit St. Peter's in the Vatican, largest church in Christendom. And, the Spanish Steps, the famous Trevi Fountain, where you drop a coin and make a wish; the magnificent Monument to King Victor Emanuel II, Capitoline Hill and much more!

All airport transfers in Rome,

luggage handling and porterage charges included, as is the Roman airport departure tax.

Your "Rome Escapade" is fully escorted by an experienced ALUM­NI HOLIDAYS, INC. Tour Man­ager to assist you in every possible way! Also, a special "INFORMA­TION DESK" is available at your hotel. Other Optional Tours (to Florence, Naples, Pompeii, Capri) will be offered to you at low group rates!

A special Tour Packet, Flight Bags, Passport Wallet, Money Cal­culator, baggage tags and fine map of the city of Rome!

The plane is already over 50 per­cent sold out on the "Rome Escap­ade," so fill out the form at the bottom of this page and mail it im­mediately.

Make checks payable to "Georgia Tech Rome Escapade."

Mail to Georgia Tech National Alumni Association, Atlanta, Georgia 30332

Please make reservation(s) in my name.

Enclosed is my check for $ to cover my reservation(s)

($50 deposit per person. Reservations to be paid in full by March 10, 1970)

Name Class & Course

Address City & State Zip-

Supplement for single room occupancy is $50 additional

Faces in the News Alumni-continued

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Brian W. Sanford, '57, has been appointed General Sales Manager of FECO, a Bangor Punta Company. He was previously associated with Logan Company and with Hewitt-Robbins, Inc., a division of Litton Industries.

Eugene D. Scott, '57, is the new President of Mid-South Properties, Inc., a real estate brokerage firm headquartered in Gwinnett Center, near Norcross, Ga. He previously was Atlanta District Sales Manager for the L. B. Foster Co.

J. Paul Kitchens, '59, has assumed his new duties as Manager of the Karastan Rug Mill of Fieldcrest Mills, Inc. Mr. Kitchens has held managerial positions since he joined the corporation in 1959.

Glen S. Parsons, '60, has been named Columbia, S. C. Branch Manager by Square D Co. Prior to joining the company in 1965, he served as an outside plant engineer for a southern telephone company.

Joel B. Esmond, '60, was recently appointed Vice President of Manufacturing for Lady Van Heusen Co., a subsidiary of the Phillips-Van Heusen Corp., based in Athens, Ga. He is responsible for the total manufacturing operations.

James S. Youngblood, '60, has been named Manager of the new Richmond, Va., office of Goodbody and Company. Formerly Assistant Manager of the Atlanta Branch, he started in 1961 as a sales trainee.

Don Chapman, '61 , is now with Kem Manufacturing Corporation in Tucker, Ga. Mr. Chapman is serving as Director of Operations, He was previously an associate with Management Science America of Atlanta.

Robert Bennett, Jr., '62, is now Supervisor of Corporate Accounting in the Comptroller's Department of R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. Mr. Bennett started in 1966 as an administrative trainee.

J r— J\ George J. Rabstejnek, Jr., IE, [ 3 ^ T has been appointed vice pres­

ident of Harbridge House, Boston, Massachusetts.

W. R. Tadder, ME, has been pro­moted to Assistant General Manager, Rock Bit Division of Timken Roller Bearing Company.

'55 Maj. Roger A. Frey, Text, has arrived to assume com­

mand of detachment 1, 15th Com­munications Squadron in Rothwest-ern, Germany.

Maj. Robert L. Giordano, BS, is an air operations officer with the 1964 Communications Group in Vietnam, a fourth time winner of the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award.

George A. Cockran, CE, is employed as executive direc­

tor of the Mississippi Society of Pro­fessional Engineers.

Dr. Pierce Johnson, Jr., joined the faculty of the University of Missouri-Rolla as an assistant professor.

Franklin D. Jordan has been cited by the U.S. Army Engineer Reactors Group at Ft. Belvoir, Virginia, for "special act and service" in co-author­ing a paper for presentation at a meet­ing of the gas turbine division of the American Society of Mechanical En­gineers.

Married: Rudolph A. Rubesch, AE, to Miss Marry Louis Hunt, Septem­ber 20. Mr. Rubesch is a senior aero­dynamics engineer with the Lockheed-Georgia Company and a member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

' C ~ 7 Robert E. Conover, ME, has l j / been promoted to chief en­

gineer of the Rock Bit Division of the Timken Roller Bearing Company. He is presently working on a master's degree in the Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs.

Francois D. Gravois, Jr., has been appointed assistant professor of busi­ness administration in Loyola Uni­versity's College of Business Admin­istration.

Dale Henson, IM, has b e e n named director of the new Atlanta regional office of Real Estate Research Corp., a national property develop­ment consulting firm.

» f— Q Walter L. Bates, IM, has be-^ J CD come a partner in the firm of

Arthur Andersen & Company. Mr. Bates has transferred to the Rio de Janeiro office where he has assumed the responsibility of their administra­tive services.

Wendell P. Hooper, EE, recently joined Radiation, Inc., Melbourne, Florida, as associate principal in the systems division. He and his family reside at 580 N. Sonora Cir., Indio-lantic, Florida.

Dr. Robert F. Johnson, MS, is pro­fessor of Textile Engineering and di­rector of the chemical process labora­tory at the Textile Research Center at Texas Tech University.

Maj. Joseph D. Kelly, IM, has been awarded the Bronze Star medal. He has just returned from South Vietnam and his present assignment is Deputy Chief, Office of Planning and Man­agement, Defense Contract Adminis­tration Services Region, located in Dallas, Texas.

Thomas H. Maxwell, Jr., ME, has joined the A/E firm of Smith, Korach & Associates in Miami, as Head of the Mechanical Services and Engi­neering Department. He and his fam­ily reside at 8901 S.W. 79th Court, Miami, Florida 33156.

Charles A. Mcintosh, IE, has be­come planning and scheduling super­intendent of maintenance and con­struction planning with Olinkraft in West Monroe, Louisiana 71291.

Dr. Jack Spurlock, ChE, is co-founder and Executive Vice-President of the Health and Safety Research Institute, a new non-profit research corporation dedicated to public service through biomedical and engineering technology applied to problems of human health and safety. The new institute has offices and laboratories in Springfield and Alexandria, Vir­ginia.

» p - r - j Maj. William B. Mason, IM, of Laurel, Maryland, received

his second award of the Army Com­mendation Medal.

Bob White, BC, has accepted a posi­tion with Godwin & Beckett Inc. Ar­chitects in Atlanta. He and his family live at 1704 Gloucester Way, Tucker, Georgia 30084.

> «-^ f—k Born to: Mr. and Mrs. Wil­liam C. Cloninger, Jr., IM,

a third son, Paul Durreuce, July 17. Mr. Cloninger is a zone manager with Autolite-Ford Parts Division, Ford Motor Company. They reside at 3428 Hillvale Road, Louisville, Kentucky.

Mr. and Mrs. Joe A. Kilgore, IE, adopted a son Kevin Andrew, May 28. Mr. Kilgore is presently em­ployed by Automatic Electric in Huntsville, Alabama.

Born to: Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. LaChance, IE, a daughter, Suzanne Renee, July 16. Mr. LaChance has been elected Vice President and Treas­urer of Executive Control Systems, Inc., and will also serve as a director there.

40 The Georgia Tech Alumnus

Gene Heath McCall, EE, has re­cently joined the staff of the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory in New Mexico to work with the testing di­vision.

Born to: Mr. and Mrs. David D. Montroy, IM, a son, Daniel Christo­pher, July 7. The family resides at 27 Lacawanna Boulevard, Gillette, New Jersey.

Married: Tillman Douglas Oxford, Jr., IM, to Miss Sandra Ethel Du-Bose, September 27. Mr. Oxford is Vice President of Canvas Corner, In­corporated in Atlanta.

Thomas Murray Penna, Math, died April 20.

»rr«/l Kenneth B. Burnham, ChE, received a master in business

administration degree from the Uni­versity of Pittsburgh, August 8.

Allen T. Cadora, IM, has, along with three other associates, formed a company, Commerce Realty Associ­ates, Inc., 1424 Fulton National Bank Building, Atlanta.

James T. Glass. CE, has become a stockholder and principal of Post, Buckley, Mooney & Schuh, Inc. in Hialeah, Florida.

James Berry Marks, IM, received a master of business administration de­gree from U.C.L.A. in September.

William W. Randolph, CE, has be­come a stockholder and principal of

Post, Buckley, Mooney & Schuh, Inc. in Hialeah, Florida.

' O fj) Wayne L. Adamson, ME, has D C_ been promoted to senior proj­

ect engineer in the mechanical equip­ment branch of the Naval Ship Re­search & Development Laboratory. He also has received a master of science degree in governmental administration from George Washington University in June.

Larry R. Edens, ChE, has recently joined the Georgia Division of Thiokol Chemical Corporation as a process en­gineer. He and his family reside in Woodbine, Georgia.

Millard W. George, IM, has been promoted to senior associate industrial engineer at the International Busi­ness Machines, Federal System Di­vision, Huntsville, Alabama.

Marvin W. Griffin, Jr., IM, has been elected to the Board of Directors of Executive Control Systems, Inc., a consulting firm which provides both general management and data process­ing consulting services.

Capt. Monte W. Hartsell, IM, has graduated from the Air Force Univer­sity's Squadron Officer School at Max­well AFB, Alabama.

Married: James Jay Hutchison, IM, to Miss Margaret Elizabeth Smith, September 20. Mr. Hutchison is as­sociated with the sales division of the

Control Data Corporation. John P. Kidd, IM, and David W.

Wright, CE '65, have recently estab-, lished a consulting firm to provide pro­fessional services in urban planning and traffic engineering, located at 1597 Northwest Freeway.

Capt. Larry E. Morris, EE, has graduated from the Air Force Uni­versity's Squadron Officer School at Maxwell, AFB, Alabama, and has been assigned to Charleston, South Carolina.

Maj. William A. Olsen, MS, has re­ceived the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Bronze Star medal for heroic aerial achievement and service in Southeast Asia.

James L. Pack, ME, has accepted the position of Senior Mechanical De­sign Engineer with the National South Wire Aluminum Company in Howes-ville, Kentucky.

Charles E. Post, ChE, received the MBA in June from Washington Uni­versity. He was initiated into the Beta Sigma in May and received the Ameri­can Marketing Association Outstand­ing Marketing Student Award in April. He is now employed with Mon-santo's new Enterprise Division.

Dennis E. Rothgaber, CE, has been assigned as Service Representative for Caterpillar Far East LTD. His ad­dress is P.O. Box 13069, Hong Kong BCC.

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Alumni-continued Edward H. Selby, Jr., CE, has been

named "Young Man of the Year" by the Georgia Society of Professional Engineers. He is an engineer for Au­gusta Concrete Products Corp. where he has advanced to vice president and member of the board of directors.

Donald L. Smith, Phys, has com­pleted two years of active military service and is now employed on the staff of Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois, as an assistant physicist.

Lt. Col. James L. Tow, AE, is cur­rently attending the U.S. Army War College at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsyl­vania.

Carlton Bernard Waskey, IM, of Roanoke, Virginia, has become a Reg­istered Representative with Wheat & Company, Inc., member firm of the N.Y. and Am. Stock Exchange.

' O O Born to: Mr. and Mrs. Don-D O aid Stephen Haynes, Phys, a

daughter, Deborah Lynn, August 29. Mr. Haynes is completing the require­ments for a Ph.D. degree in pfiysics at Florida State University.

J. Parker Highsmith, IM, has been elected to the Board of Directors of Executive Control Systems, Inc., 1720 Peachtree Street, N.W., Atlanta.

Born to: Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ken­neth House, IE, a son, Charles Ken­neth, Jr., on June 27. Mr. House is employed with Atlantic Richfield Company in New York City.

Capt. David L. Morris, Text, has graduated from the Air University's Squadron Officer School at Maxwell AFB, Alabama.

Born to: Mr. and Mrs. Bruce E. Nowlin, ChE, twin sons, Martin Bryan and Keith Edward, on April 5. Mr. Nowlin is employed by the Buckeye Cellulose Corp. as a staff chemical en­gineer. He and his family reside at 209 Pineland Street, Perry, Florida 32347.

Howard C. Race, EE, is now the quality control manager for Reliance Electric Company's industrial drives group. He and his family reside at 265 Segrest Circle, Athens, Georgia 30601.

Born to: Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Strick­land, III, ME, a daughter, Elizabeth Theresa, on July 28. Mr. Strickland is employed with j Southern Bell and is currently a MBA candidate at Geor­gia State University. The family re­sides at 1485 Valley View Road, Dun-woody, Georgia 30338.

Capt. Jimmy R. Williams, AE, has graduated from the Air University's Squadron Officer School at Maxwell AFB, Alabama. Capt. Williams is be­ing reassigned to Holloman AFB, New Mexico.

»r> / \ Engaged: William Wilson O H " Bryce, EE, to Miss Charlotte

Ann Nichols. Mr. Bryce is associated with Ling Temco Voight in Dallas.

Married: P . Reid Caruthers, ChE, to Miss Christine Zettel on September 5. They reside at 4080 St. Pierre Boulevard, Apt. 1, Memphis, Tennes­see 38122.

Engaged: Robert F. DeHaye, Phys., to Miss Barbara Reilmann. Mr. De­Haye is employed by the National Aeronautics & Space Administration in Huntsville, Alabama.

Raul R. Estripeant, IE, has been designated as production man­ager in charge of engineering projects for Polymer International of Tampa, Florida. Mr. Estripeant lives in the Republic of Panama.

Married: Howard Carl Green, BS, to Miss Linda Ann Goldman on June 29. Mr. Green is presently employed as an architect with Curtis & Davis Architects.

Lynn C. Maddox, EE, has accepted the position of assistant director of placement at Indiana University and will pursue a MBA degree in finance.

Capt. Marshall W. Nay, CE, an as­sistant professor of civil engineering at the USAF Academy, Colorado, has been granted a leave of absence to study for his Ph.D. at Virginia Poly­technic Institute.

J. M. Perryman, IE, has been ap­pointed manager of the Wichita, Kan­sas, branch sales office, mill products division of Kaiser Aluminum & Chem­ical Corporation.

Born to: Lt. and Mrs. Morgan Scott Pirnie, Math, a daughter, Kelly Lynne, on September 27. Lt. Pirnie is stationed at the Naval Post gradu­ate school in Monterey, California.

Samuel H. Quinn, IM, is presently branch manager of Advanced Com­puter Techniques. He resides at 194 Wana Circle, Mableton, Georgia 30059.

Born to: Rev. and Mrs. Thomas A. Seals, Jr., IM, a son, Thomas Ran­dolph, on May 17.

Born to: Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Small, IE, a third son, Douglas Alan, on May 15. The family resides at 3003 Saratoga Drive, Orlando, Florida 32806.

Married: Stephen C. Small, IM, to Miss Elise Steiner on June 30. Mr. Small has completed two years in the U. S. Army and has recently become associated with the law firm of Barks-dale, Whalley, Leaver, Gilbert & Frank in Nashville, Tennessee.

Capt. James L. Taylor, IM, is a member of a unit that earned the U. S. Air Force Outstanding Unit Award for the third consecutive year.

Brady Turner, ME, recently formed the Modern Innovations Corporation, a consulting engineering firm design­ing and fabricating equipment for manufacturing industries. The corpo­ration is known as MICO and is lo-

located in Brunswick, Georgia.

» o CT B ° r n t o : 1st Lt. and Mrs. D O Douglas F. Becknell, Text, a

son, Mark Christopher, on June 26. Lt. Becknell is stationed at the De­fense Personnel Support Center, Di­rectorate of Clothing and Textiles in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Air Force Capt. Richard J. Cipriotti, EE, is attending the Air University's Squadron Officer School at Maxwell AFB, Alabama.

S. T. Ermentrout graduated from Infantry OCS on September 20, and is serving in Vietnam as 1st Lt., Signal Corps.

J. Thomas Ford, IE, has been promoted to vice-president and gen­eral manager of Polymer Extrusion, South America, and their affiliated companies. He lives in the Republic of Panama.

H. Clark Gregory, III, IE, received an MBA degree from Georgia State University.

Born to: Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Harris, IM, a daughter, Kelly Mi­chelle, on September 3.

We recently learned of the January, 1969 death of Philip T. Howard, IM.

L. E. Moyer, Jr., IE, is now a stock­broker with Bache & Company in Madison, Wisconsin.

Born to: Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Plunkett, EE, a son, Matthew Joseph, on August 24. Mr. Plunkett is now employed by IBM.

William Hudmon Reed, Phys, has recently joined the staff of the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory in New Mexico to work in the Theoretical Division.

Married: Jose A. Reyes, ME, to Miss Sara Briggs, on May 31. Mr. Reyes is employed by Allied Chemical Corp. in Columbia, South Carolina. The couple reside at Woodbriue Park, Apt. 27, West Columbia, South Caro­lina.

Jon Rienhardt, ME, has received an MBA degree from Georgia State Uni­versity and was inducted in Beta Gamma Sigma National Business Honorary. Mr. Rienhardt's new ad­dress is 1851 Honeysuckle Lane, Apt. 154, Atlanta.

Born to: Mr. and Mrs. David R. Smith, ME, a son, Scott David, on July 2. Mr. Smith is employed by Pratt & Whitney Aircraft and resides with his family at 708 Huckleberry Lane, North Palm Beach, Florida 33403.

Married: Gerald Patrick Tulleson to Miss Anne Elizabeth Overstreet on October 11. Mr. Tulleson is employed by the First National Bank of Atlanta.

ȣ> O Edward W. Bower, IM, a D D supply officer at Anderson

AFB, Guam, was assigned to a unit of the Air Force Cornmunications Service.

42 The Georgia Tech Alumnus

Capt. Frederick P. Ariail, IS, has graduated from the Air University's Squadron Officer School at Maxwell AFB, Alabama.

Thomas B. Burnett, Text, is pres­ently working as a quality control en­gineer for Firestone Synthetic Fibers & Textiles Company. He finished ac­tive duty with the U.S. Army on July 24.

Roger Fussell, Text, has been ap­pointed sales manager of the Louis Aronoff Company.

Daniel A. Graham, Jr., IM, is pres­ently attending Harvard Business School and has recently completed a tour of duty with the U. S. Army as a Green Beret in Vietnam.

Joseph W. Groves, Chem, has en­rolled as a junior at the Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary.

Air Force Capt. James M. Johnson, IM, is attending the Air University's Squadron Officer School at Maxwell AFB, Alabama.

Ronald L. LaRocke, BC, has recent­ly been employed by E. I. Du Pont de Nemours, Inc. in Wilmington, North Carolina, as an area engineer. He has also recently been honorably dis­charged from the U. S. Army as a captain.

Charles R. Lavallee, IM, has been promoted to Chief of the Budget and Funds Unit, Office of Materiel Man­agement, U. S. Armed Forces, South­ern Command, in Conazal, Canal Zone.

James C. Mathis. EE, has resigned his position as an associate tool engi­neer with the Boeing Company, Se­attle, Washington, to enter graduate school in history and philosophy of Science at Indiana University.

Jay M. Meiselman, AE, has been promoted to Air Force captain and is an aeronautical engineer at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.

Born to: Mr. and Mrs. R. Barry Norton, IM, a son. John Timmons, on July 24. Mr. Norton is employed by Westinghouse Electric Corporation as a staff assistant to the marketing man­ager in the elevator division. The fam­ily resides at Fords, New Jersey.

Thomas G. Smith, Jr., IE, has just returned from a one-year tour in Viet­nam and is presently attached to the U. S. Navy Construction Battalion Staff for the Pacific Fleet. Mr. Smith, his wife and son live in Hawaii.

Ma]. Bobby J. Wilson, IM, has been awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in Vietnam. He is presently serving with Headquarters, Special Operations Force at Eglin AFB, Florida.

' r ^ ~~7 1st Lt. James H. Applegate, D / Jr., Text, is on duty at Da

Nang AB, Vietnam. He is a forward controller in a unit of the Pacific Air Forces.

Robert J. Berman, EE, has entered the Harvard Business School MBS

November-December 1969

Faces in the News Alumni-continued

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Ralph L. Heard, Jr., '62, was elected President of the Delaware Jaycees at the State Convention last May. An active Jaycee for the last eight years, Mr. Heard has been State Vice President and State Treasurer.

David G. Moring, '63, has been appointed Assistant Manager of the Houston Branch Office of Connecti­cut General Life Insurance Company. Mr. Moring joined the Houston office in 1965 and two years later was appointed staff assistant.

Joe Wallace, '63, has taken over responsibility as Director of Design and Manufacturing Engineering for the Camping Trailer Division of The Coleman Company. Mr. Wallace joined Coleman in 1963 as a manufacturing engineer.

Hugh A. Carter, Jr., '64, is the new Manager of the Miami check printing plant of John H. Harland Co. He has been with the firm since 1968, formerly serving as assistant manager of the Greensboro, N. C. plant.

John A. Harrison, '66, is now Assistant to the Director of Management Services for Baxter Laboratories, Inc. He joined the company nine months ago as staff assistant to the director of product management.

Wallace D. Teich, '66, former Materials Handling Engineer with Union Carbide Corporation, has joined the management consulting firm of Walter Frederick Friedman and Company, in New York City, as Associate.

Gary G. Pyles, '67, former Assistant Division Engineer for Atlanta Gas Light Co., has been named Engineer for the Macon Division of the company. He started to work for Atlanta Gas Light as a co-op student in Macon in 1961.

Albert W. Culbreth, Jr., '68, has just completed his first year as an agent for Mutual of New York. In that year he established two new agency records for first year men, including the total volume record and the commissions', earned record.

program after two years with Proctor & Gamble Company and three months with Ward Mfg. in Cincinnati. His new address is 26 Waverly Street, #209, Brighton, Massachusetts 02135.

Oscar V. Bryan, Jr., IE, has been promoted to 1st Lieutenant in the U. S. Air Force. Lt. Bryan, a civil engi­neer, is assigned to a unit of the Mili­tary Air Lift Command at Charleston AFB, South Carolina.

Lt. William Lee Covington, CE, U. S. Navy, missing in Vietnam since January 7th, has been reported lo­cated at the site of the crashed heli­copter with all five passengers aboard killed in the crash.

Gordon B. Dalrymple, CE, presi­dent of Law Engineering Testing Com­pany, graduated on July 25 from the 56th session of the Advanced Man­agement Program of the Harvard Uni­versity Graduate School of Business Administration.

Lamar Gazaway, IM, graduated in June from the Walter F. George School of Law, Mercer University, with a Juris Doctor Degree. Mr. Gaza­way was commissioned a 2nd Lieuten­ant in the U. S. Air Force and is now attending the Infantry Officer's Basic Course at Fort Benning, Georgia.

John A. Hauenstein, ME, has join­ed the Atlanta Packing & Textiles Dis­trict as district engineer.

Born to: Mr. and Mrs. Henry T. Hudson, CE, a son, Gregory Schofield, on October 2. The family resides at 445 G. Dewdrop Circle, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Engaged: Charles De Vise Laxon, EE, to Miss Jeri Lee Wheatland. Mr. Laxon is now senior engineer in Air­borne Data Systems with Dynatronics Operation of General Dynamics in Or­lando, Florida.

Herb L. Miles, Jr., IM, has joined the production planning department of the Armstrong Cork Company in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Born to: Mr. and Mrs. Clyde A. Olson, IM, a son, Glen Burton, on June 23. The family resides at 2320 Rockview Lane, Birmingham, Ala­bama 35336.

1st Lt. John M. Pearson, ME, re­cently participated in a successful strike 25 miles west of Saigon.

Born to: Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Primm, IE, a daughter, Stacie Elaine, on January 24. The family resides at 3373 Aztec Road, Apt. 1, Doraville, Georgia 30340.

Married: Lt. Joseph Patterson Roche, Jr., EE, to Miss Marilyn Bar­bara Mazzala, on August 9. Lt. Roche is serving in the U. S. Army at Red­stone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama.

James C. Sturrock, EE, has been promoted to 1st Lieutenant in the

U. S. Air Force. He is assigned to a unit of the AF Logistics Command as electronics engineer at Hill AFB, Utah.

2nd Lt. Harry A. Tomas, IE, gradu­ated at Sheppard AFB, Texas, in the training course for U. S. Air Force management analysis officers. Lt. Tomas is assigned to Scott AFB, Illi­nois, for duty with a unit of the Mili­tary Airlift Command.

2nd Lt. James R. Vance, IM, has been awarded silver pilot wings upon graduation at Laughlin AFB, Texas, and has been assigned to Cherry Point, North Carolina.

Born to: Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth B. Weaver, EE, a daughter, Karen Lynn, on September 13. The family resides at 2635 Valley Road, Smyrna, Geor­gia 30080.

'68 Married: Peter A. Aucoin, ChE, to Miss Margaret Gall-

man. The newlyweds are residing in Omaha, Nebraska, where Mr. Aucoin is in the U. S. Air Force.

Airman Harvey P. Berman, IM, has completed basic training at Lackland AFB, Texas. He has been assigned to Chanute AFB, Illinois, for training in aircraft maintenance.

Married: Brook II. Byers, EE, to Miss Susan Whitman Jirus, on Sep­tember 20. The newlyweds reside in Palo Alto, California, where Mr. Byers will complete the second year of the MBA program at Stanford Business School. During the summer he was assistant head of program controls at Hughes Aircraft in Los Angeles.

Albert W. Culbreth. IM, has been appointed Regional Officer of Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity. He is em­ployed by Mutual of New York.

2nd Lt. Thurman E. Dalrymple, AE, has been awarded silver wings upon graduation with honors from the U. S. Air Force Navigator School at Mather AFB, California. Lt. Dal­rymple received the Commander's Trophy for his academic achieve­ments.

Married: James T. Earnest, EE, to Miss Kathy Rebecca Coggins of Wil­liamson, Georgia, on September 6. They reside at 1399 Emory Road, N.E. Atlanta.

Billy L. Edge, CE, has been pro­moted to Captain in the U. S. Army and is currently working as a research physical scientist in the Water Motion Branch of the Great Lakes Research Center.

Born to: Raymond A. Edlund, Jr., CE, and his wife, the former Miss Natasqe Whitehorse, their first child, Reedeep, June 11. Mr. Edlund is as­suming the duties of the National Hodological Society, while doing grad­uate studies at the University of Cali­fornia.

Married: Thomas Pierce Hayes, Jr., EE, to Miss Julia Elizabeth Sargent

44 The Georgia Tech Alumnus

on September 27. Mr. Hayes is a 2nd Lt. in the U. S. Army and is stationed at Ft. Monmouth, New Jersey. He will return to a position with Shell Oil Company in Houston, Texas, when he completes his military service.

Capt. James P. Helt, IS, has re­ceived the U. S. Air Force Commen­dation Medal for meritorious service in Vietnam. Capt. Helt distinguished himself as a data automation staff offi­cer at Bien Hoa AB.

Airman Charles W. Henderson, IM, has completed basic training at Lack­land AFB, Texas. He has been assign­ed to Lowry AFB, Colorado, for train­ing in the supply field.

Walter GUI Kelley, Math, has re­ceived a master's degree in mathemat­ics from the University of Colorado.

John W. Kilpatrick, Jr., IE, has been commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the U. S. Air Force upon graduation from OTS at Lackland AFB, Texas. He is assigned to Sheppard AFB, Texas for training as a missile launch officer.

Born to: Mr. and Mrs. Ronald E. King, IM, a son Ronald E., Jr., on April 4. Mr. King is stationed at the Defense Contract Administration Serv­ices Region in Atlanta as an assistant to the chief of production operations.

Born to: Mr. and Mrs. D. S. (Buddy) McCoy, CE, a daughter, Anna Katherine on June 26. Mr. Mc­Coy is employed as senior draftsman with Firestone Tire and Rubber Com­pany. The family resides at 2411 Whispering Pines Circle, N.W., Al­bany, Georgia 31705.

Lt. (jg) Donald M. McDecomotl, ME, recently graduated from the U. S. Navy's Nuclear Power Training Program and Submarine School and has been assigned to the USS Gurnard in San Diego, California.

David H. Mobley, Jr., Math, has been commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the U. S. Air Force upon gradua­tion from OTS at Lackland, AFB, Texas, and has been assigned to Cha-nute AFB, Illinois, for training as an aircraft maintenance officer.

2nd Lt. Franklin R. Nix has been awarded silver wings upon graduation from U. S. Air Force navigation Training at Mather AFB, California, and is assigned to Dobbins Air Force Base, Georgia.

Lt. Timothy J. O'Shea, IE, entered active duty on May 11 and completed the ordinance officers basic course. He is currently assigned as Aide-de-Camp to the commanding general of the Army Tank Automotive Command. He and his wife reside at 28490 Mound Road, Apt. 18-E, Warren, Michigan 48092.

Richard P. Patekhen, AE, has been commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the U. S. Air Force, upon graduation from OTS at Lackland AFB, Texas and is assigned to Chanute AFB, Illinois.

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Alumni-continued Lt. Thomas M. Phillips, IM, is pres­

ently serving the U. S. Navy Reserve aboard the USS Wale in Charleston, South Carolina, as supply officer.

Richard C. Sullivan, IE, was com­missioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the U. S. Air Force upon graduation from OTS at Lackland AFB, Texas, and assigned to Chanute AFB, Illinois.

1st Lt. Jerry B. Tullis, Jr., IM, has received his Wings of Gold from the Marine Corps. Lt. Tullis has been tem­porarily assigned to Newriver, North Carolina.

James S. Zickos, IE, has been com­missioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the U. S. Air Force upon graduation from OTS at Lackland AFB, Texas and is assigned to Sheppard AFB.

' O Q Larry G. Adams, Phys,<rhas D t 3 been appointed as physicist

in the Federal Services—Naval Ship Research & Development Laboratory, Annapolis, Maryland.

Married: Lt Richard Thomas Battle, IM, to Miss Ellen Jane Stephenson on September 13. Lt. Battle is now serv­ing with the U. S. Army at Ft. Lee, Virginia.

Larry W. Brown, AE, has completed basic training at Lackland AFB, Tex­as. He has been assigned to Sheppard

AFB, Texas, for training as a medical equipment repairman.

Married: Ralph Hampton Daily, EE, to Miss Virginia Pinkston. Mr. Daily is in the U. S. Army, stationed at Ft. Gordon, and is employed by Southern Natural Gas Company in Birmingham, Alabama.

Thomas M. FurloWj CE, was com­missioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the U. S. Air Force upon graduation from OTS at Lackland AFB, Texas. He has been assigned to Texas A & M Uni­versity for training as a weather officer.

Married: Saul Joseph Furstein, ChE, to Miss Rhonda Joy Goldstein on August 31. Mr. Furstein is em­ployed by Atlantic Richfield Company in Houston, Texas, where the newly-weds will live.

James Terry Honan, CE, joined Blount Brothers as Estimator for the Construction Division. He and his wife reside at 3963 Thomas Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama.

Johnny N. Humphrey, Jr., CE, has joined Blount Brothers as Field Engi­neer. He and his wife will reside in Mentor, Ohio.

Richard M. Ingle, MS, has been commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the U. S. Air Force upon graduation from OTS at Lackland AFB, Texas, and is assigned to Texas A & M University for advanced training.

Born to: Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth F. Kennedy, ME, a daughter, Kiersten Michelle on July 19. Mr. Kennedy is employed by the Rockwell Mfg. Com­pany. The family resides at 206 North Edgewood Drive, Statesboro, Georgia.

Married: Jay Sandur Mandel, ChE, to Miss Susan Barr Noose. Mr. Man-del is employed by British Petroleum Oil Corporation as Assistant Engineer. They reside at 5501 West Washington, Apt. 128, Groves, Texas.

Phillip D. Mast, AE, has been com­missioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the U. S. Air Force upon graduation from OTS at Lackland AFB, Texas. Lt. Mast will be assigned to Columbia AFB, Mississippi.

Married: Richard P. Maynard, BC, to Miss Nancy Lapp on July 5. Mr. Maynard is employed as a field engi­neer with Blount Brothers in South­east Nebraska.

Born to: Mr. and Mrs. Gary H. McAuliffe, ME, a son Gary Hinson McAuliffe, Jr., on September 22.

Paul McCartney, Math, is working at the Nuclear Physics Sonar Lab in New London, Connecticut. He resides at Village Apartments, Jerome Road, Uncasville, Connecticut 06382.

Jacob E. McGuire, IE, has been commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the U. S. Air Force upon graduation from OTS at Lackland AFB, Texas. Lt. McGuire has been assigned to Williams AFB, Arizona, for pilot training.

Married: William C. Mims, EE, to Miss Gloria Jean Arnold. Mr. Mims is starting his first year in the Gradu­ate School of Business Administration at the University of Virginia. The new-lyweds reside at 231 14th Street, Apt. 6, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903.

Engaged: Foster Daryl North, IM, to Miss Shiela Ann Salley.

Charles T. Olmsted, Jr., IM, has been commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the U. S. Air Force upon graduation from OTS at Lackland AFB, Texas. He is assigned to Tyndall AFB, Flor­ida, for training as a weapons control officer.

Travis W. Pittman. IE, has been commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the U. S. Air Force upon graduation from OTS at Lackland AFB, Texas. He is assigned to Laredo AFB, Texas, for pilot training.

Engaged: Ens. John Madison Ren-froe, Jr., ChE, to Miss Sarah Anne Mabry. Ens. Renfroe is serving in the U. S. Navy in Bainbridge, Maryland.

Bruce K. Richard. Math, has as­sumed the position of graduate teach­ing assistant at the California Institute of Technology.

John J. Roberts, CE. has joined Blount Brothers as Field Engineer. He and his wife are residing at 209 Vir­ginia Avenue, New Martinsburg, West Virginia.

Born to: Mr. and Mrs. David L. Runton, CE, a son David Walter on April 1. The family resides at 3211A College Street, Jacksonville, Florida 32205.

2nd Lt. Irving F. Trawich, Jr., ChE, has been assigned to the U. S. Army Training Center, Infantry as an in­structor with the Committee Division.

Married: Charles Lawrence Vessey, IM, to Miss Brenda Diane Hogan on September 20. Mr. Vessey is attending the U. 0. Air Force Officer Training School.

Bill Viehman, Arch, has joined the Atlanta firm of Heery and Heery Architects and Engineers as a designer draftsman.

Engaged: Woodward Lee Vogt, IM, to Miss Patricia Ann Haft. Mr. Vogt is employed by Pratt & Whitney Air­craft in East Hartford, Connecticut.

Engaged: Gordon Edmund Williams, Jr., IE, to Nancy Jane Sowell. Mr. Williams will work on his MBA degree as a Joseph Wharton Fellow at Whar­ton School of Finance & Commerce, University of Pennsylvania.

' ^ !""> Married: Ens. Thomas Mi-/ U chael Del Campo, IE, to Miss

Catherine Diana Patterson. Ens. Del Campo is serving with the U. S. Navy.

Engaged: Richard R. Ramsey, Jr., IM, to Miss Deanna Penland. Mr. Ramsey is employed by the U. S. Steel Corporation at Birmingham, Alabama.

46 The Georgia Tech Alumnus

Photo at left shows Cecil R. Phillips, manager of textile systems and operations research for KSA, who received his BS C55) and MS ('60) degrees from Tech and joined KSA in 1967. Cecil is conferring with Douglas J. Moore, at his right (an "exceptional" exception from Ohio State). Above, James I. Giddings makes a point to Norman Herber, chairman of Greatermans, a large South African retail chain, about reorganizing its distribution network. Jim (Tech '56) joined KSA in 1960, and is now vice president in charge of physical distribution services such as site selection, distribution center design, methods and incentive systems. Photo at right shows Frank M. Sexton (left), who received his BSIE in 1964 and, after a two-year Army hitch, returned to Tech to obtain his MSIM. He joined KSA in March, 1968, and has since gained experience as a member of its Hosiery Engineering Division.

These Tech men chose KSA

...for very special reasons Pictured above are three of the 26 Tech graduates on Kurt Salmon Associates' 225-man staff. One joined KSA in 1960, another in 1967, the third in 1968. Each specializes in a different field, yet each is primarily a problem-solver whose professional skills are broadened as each new consulting assignment comes along. D Cecil Phillips, Jim Giddings and Frank Sexton probably had different reasons for joining KSA—the challenge of early and increasing responsibility, for example, or the satisfaction of working independently and being stimulated by a broad range of assignments, of seeing results from one's efforts, of growing with a leader in its field and contributing to its success. Each sought a very special kind of career, but each takes special pride in being asso­ciated with KSA today. D We'd be disappointed, to say the least, if Tech men didn't make up a sizeable portion of the new consultants we'll be adding to our staff in coming months. Tech men are a very special kind of people—the kind KSA needs. If you're a Tech graduate with inde­pendence, analytical ability, objectivity and drive, and would like to learn more about career opportunities with KSA in the areas listed below, please contact Mr. Ron Brockett at our Atlanta office. D KSA's services include industrial engineering, operations research, systems analysis and design, physical distribution, operator training, personnel, marketing, and general management.

TECH GRADUATES NOW WITH KSA

F. H. Wood (BSIE 'S3) H. L. Tannehill (BSIE '54) J. I. Giddings (BSIE '56; W. A. Reed (MSIE '57) P. M. Flood (MSIE '58; J. W. Schmidt (BSIE '58) J. E. Caldwell (BSIE '59) R. R. Hinch (BSME '59) R. L. Millberg (MSIM '59) C. R. Phillips (MSIE '60) C. J. Schwartz (MSIE '60) R. B. Cobb (BSIM '62) J. G. Murphy (BSIE '62)

J. C. Sockwell (BSIM '63) C. W. Burton (BSIM '63) A. J. Adkisson (MSIM '64) F. B. Armistead (BSIM '65; R. J. Gumaer (MSIE '65; S. T. Moore (BSIE '65; D. L. Moss (BSIM '66; S. H. Jones (BSIE '66; J. M. McClelland (BSIE '66; F. M. Sexton (MSIM '67) J. C. Irastorza (MSIE '68) D. H. Moss (BSIM '69) J. W. Satterfield (BSTE '69)

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