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RAMBLIN' by Ben L. Moon

Bob Wallace wi l l be a hard act to fo l low. He was a diverse man wi th the contacts of an octopus, and he brought all the richness of his personality to the Alumnus. He edited a prize-winner of a magazine, the result of a craftsmanship developed over a l i fetime. It's hard to improve a good product.

But there wi l l be changes. It wou ld be as useless to imitate Bob Wallace's style as to try to actually replace him as a person; an editor must create his own individual style based upon the complex of his tastes.

I'm deeply aware of the honor and responsibility the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association has placed upon me. There's so much to Tech—its alumni, students, faculty and heritage—that the task of capturing it all in words and photographs is truly sobering. On the other hand, a subject such as Tech doesn't need embell ishment.

Among the early changes to the Alumnus wi l l probably be a letters column. This magazine belongs to the alumni of Georgia Tech, and should provide a forum for the expression of their views. Not all letters can be pr inted, of course, and some wou ld have to be shortened whi le not changing their sense. Aim for 100 words or so, and sound off—agree or disagree wi th an article, comment on current campus happenings, make suggestions for the magazine or the Institute or the Alumni Association. Even praise if you like. The only requirement should be that the subject be related to Tech and be of interest to other alumni.

I wou ld also like to see at least one technical article in each issue of the Alumnus, exploring a current area of research at Tech or a new academic approach to a given discipline. What do you think? Let me know your reactions to some of these things that wi l l be tried in the future.

only English majors ever to graduate f rom Tech (wejaoth had more hours in English than in math when we graduated, and I later completed an academic year of liberal arts at the University of Alabama in Huntsville). Finally, it seems only appropriate that the editor of the Alumnus have a straight flush in daughters; my second was born in July.

After graduation from Tech I worked as a technical writer at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville for almost four years, then went to the University of Florida for a master's degree in journalism and English. Whi le there I worked as a business editor for the school, edit ing a monthly business magazine.

For three years I had been talking w i th Bob Wallace about coming back to Tech to work wi th him. We had entered serious negotiations for my coming in August of 1970 when he died, suddenly, in Apr i l . Bob had me in mind as his successor, and the ironic t iming of life caused his wishes to be carried out sooner than he intended.

Lyle Welser has retired after 24 years at Georgia Tech as professor of physical training. He is a recognized authority in gymnastics, and played a leading role in the development of the sport in the southeast. Among his other honors, he is a member of the Helms Hall of Fame and was twice president of the National Association of Gymnastics Coaches. He ran a tough gym class, and was a deft man wi th a bandage for rope-burned hands. He was among the men who force book-bound engineers to exercise enough to keep the limbs and lungs from atrophy, a good-natured dri l l sergeant of a man. He'l l still be around, but his retirement wi l l be a loss to future classes of freshmen.

Now an introduction to your new editor.

There are a lot of parallels between Bob Wallace and Ben Moon. We both graduated from Tech in industrial management, Wallace in 1949 and I in 1962. We kidded each other about being the

Incidentally, speaking of the Alumnus being a prize winner, it again received a top award at the American Alumni Coun­cil's national conference in New Orleans in July. A panel of AAC judges from across the country granted the Special Recognition Award for Bob's issue on

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RAMBLIN' Continued

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women at Tech, perhaps one of his finest pieces of work.

This issue of the Alumnus may seem to dwell on a doleful subject, and one admit­tedly affecting only a small percentage of Tech graduates. But it does contain some valuable advice and opinions from people who know the employment market for professionals, and their thoughts could be of value to anyone's career plan­ning. The articles also consider a radical change in the employment of technical and managerial personnel by the federal government and by government contrac­tors. The changes presently occurring may presage basic, permanent changes in the field -of engineering, science and manage­ment, and if so they won' t go away when ignored. Georgia Tech, as a first-rate insti tut ion, can and wi l l adjust to any changes that occur. Tech graduates, as Dr. Fulmer points out, also have the stuff to adjust as necessary.

And what's it like back at Tech after being away? We l l , I gave a straightforward, factual account in the article "1970!" that appeared in the March-Apri l issue, an article Bob asked me to wri te. But there's more to it than the statistics, so I'll indulge in the luxury of being subjective that the editorial column affords.

It's surprising, for one thing, to see so many familiar faces that seem not to have really changed as much as ten years wou ld make you think. Dr. David Comer, now chairman of the English Department, looks and acts the same as he did in 1957 when he leaned over the podium wi th a twinkle in his eye and sternly warned us of his distaste for hackneyed and incorrect speech habits such as " l ike the man says" and "Winston tastes good like . . . . " Roane Beard is still the same tal l , quiet, pipe-smoking, easy-going guy he was the day he informed me I had won a Greater Atlanta Georgia Tech Club scholarship. Dr. Weber is still involved in the l i feblood of the Institute as he prepares a procedures manual for its managerial functions. Dr. Ziegler, the same sharp, clearly ordered mind. Mr. Wohf ford in the co-op office, still r iding

herd on his crew of work ing students. I could go on for pages—it's almost as if you never had left. But some are gone, of course, and you notice that too.

The campus still has its old buildings (the publications office is in one, in fact)— but many have been renovated. After cautiously c l imbing the deeply worn , rickety but massive wind ing stairs in the administration bui lding it's almost sad to walk in the front door to see an antisep­tic, air-condit ioned new bui lding bui l t w i th in the shell of the old. More comfort­able, of course, and a darn sight less dangerous.

And it's summer in Atlanta. You forget how nice the weather is, and how varied. Several nights of temperatures in the sixties, then several days in the 90's, then some rousing thunderstorms. And the trees on campus—you forget how big they are, how old and comfortable. It's green, old brick, new steel, and manicured lawns.

You still get shell shock if you walk between the A. French bui ld ing and the steam plant right at t ime for class change. The old whistle was retired but was ably replaced by one just as raucous. The new one is slightly different somehow, breaking into a warble at a different point in the wai l . And that " T " is gone from the tower, just as Ed Harrison is gone from the campus.

But his place is taken by a man w i th the energy and ability to lead the school into a new era of progress. His style is student-oriented, and they respond to h im.

The students haven't changed all that much. There's a distinct difference between the Tech student and students on other campuses, a difference you can somehow sense and see. It's the same difference I noted when returning to Tech after a quarter's stay at another university during my undergraduate days. A girl in the information services office says they seem "so dignif ied and mature" compared w i th other college students she had known. They're serious students wi th a sense of humor. You feel just as comfort­able wi th them as you did your boon companions in your own class.

You can almost smell fall in the air already. It's great to be back!

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Georgia Tech Alumnus VOL. 48, NO. 6 July-August, 1970

As summer draws to a close, the national economy seems to be on the upswing—but the effects of the slowdown are still felt in many quarters. The Alumnus in this issue probes the aspects of unemployment among professional manage­ment and engineering personnel, particularly in relation to recent cutbacks in federal spending.

The Technological Labor Market

The Present Problem 4

The Future 10

An Interview with Bud Carson 14

Sports Scene 18

On The Hill 21

News of The Alumni 22

THE STAFF Ben L. Moon, editor / L. R. (Dick) Link, campus news editor / James Schultz, sports editor / Vicky L. Haynes, Class Notes / F. A. (Gus) Dozier, advertising manager

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GEORGIA TECH NATIONAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Officers and Trustees: James B. Ramage, president / James P. Poole, vice-president / J. Frank Stovall, Jr., vice-president / Thomas V. Patton, treasurer / W. Roane Beard, executive secretary / Ray M. Beck, Cedartown / D. Braxton Blalock, Jr. / L. Travis Brannon, Jr. / George A. Ewing / James T. Gresham, LaGrange / Joseph A. Hall, III / Morris E. Harrison, Decatur / I. L. Kunian / Rayford P. Kytle, Jr., Richmond / A. J. Land / W. E. Marshall / John O. McCarty / Dennis D. O'Brian, Florence / H. G. Patillo, Decatur / Frank E. Roper / Chester A. Roush, Jr., Carrollton / Dan P. Shep­herd / Willam J. VanLandingham / Norman J. Walton, Mobile. Staff: F. A. (Gus) Dozier, assistant secretary / Robert H. Rice, assistant secretary / Ben L. Moon, editor / Mary G. Peeks, director of alumni placement.

GEORGIA TECH FOUNDATION, INC. Officers and Trustees: I. M. Sheffield, Jr., president / Hal L. Smith, vice-president / Robert H. Ferst, treasurer / Joe W. Guthridge, executive secretary / Jack Adair / Ivan Allen, Jr. / John P. Baum, Milledgeville / Fuller E. Callaway, Jr., LaGrange / Oscar G. Davis / Dakin B. Ferris / Alvin M. Ferst / L. L. Gellerstedt, Jr. / Jack F. Glenn /Henry W. Grady / Ira H. Hardin / Julian T. Hightower, Thomaston / Wayne J. Holman, Jr., New Brunswick / Howard B. Johnson / George W. McCarty / John J. McDonough / Walter M. Mitchell / Frank H. Neely / William A. Parker / Hazard E. Reeves, New York / Glen P. Robinson, Jr. / Charles R. Simons, Flowery Branch / John C. Staton / Frederick G. Storey / Howard T. Tellepsen, Houston / William S. Terrell, Charlotte / Robert Tharpe / William C. Wardlaw / Robert H. White, Sr. / George W. Woodruff / Charles R. Yates.

GEORGIA TECH NATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD, 1969-70 L. Allen Morris, chairman, Miami / N. Richard Miller, vice-chairman, Camden / G. Nolan Bearden, Los Angeles / Marion W. Boyer, New York / Dan H. Bradley, Savan­nah / Chester C. Courtney, Chicago / Paul A. Duke, Atlanta / Kenneth W. Dunwody, Macon / J o e M. Haas, Dallas / Frank W. Hulse, Birmingham / Alexander T. Hunt, Jr., Ruston / Raymond A. Jones, Jr., Charlotte / C. Gale Kiplinger, Washington / Frederick H. Martin, Huntsville / Joe K. McCutchen, Rome-Dalton / William R. McLain, Nash­ville / Buck Mickel, Greenville-Spartanburg / William E. Moore, San Francisco / A. J. Mundy, Jr., at large / Dorroh L. Nowell, Jr., Augusta / Charles T. Oxford, Albany / Ben H. Sloane, Pittsburgh / George A. Smith, Denver / Charles A. Smithgall, Gaines­ville / Buck Mickel, Greenville-Spartanburg / William E. Moore, San Francisco / A. ham, Tampa / William Ashley Verlander, Jacksonville / Frank J. Whitley, Houston / J. Frank Willett, Chattanooga.

Mrs. Mary Peeks, Director of Alumni Placement at Georgia Tech, councils and coordinates a thousand alumni on the move in their career.

THE TECHNOLOGICAL LAI OR MARKET

THE PRESENT PROBLEM

WHEN A MAN HAS A DEGREE IN ENGINEERING and thirty-five years of experience, and has been out of work for six months or more, it begins to get "him down.

"We have a number of men in this situa­tion," says Mrs. Mary Peeks, director of the Georgia Tech Alumni Placement Service. "There's nothing wrong with them, it's just that their age and the current employment market are against them. Right now we have twice the normal number of alumni seeking employment through our office."

The office usually handles 500 to 600 job seekers at one time, but in recent months roughly 1,000 alumni have been listed.

Though engineers have been able to name their price in past years, it seems that the romance of engineering has faded a bit re­cently. The declining economy, tied in with federal spending cuts, has not spared tech­nological and managerial professionals, and has even hit them harder than the average worker if they are in certain fields such as aerospace.

NATIONAL NEWS MEDIA are full of accounts of the labor market slump, and some of the unique twists make bizarre reading. Ph.D.'s suddenly find themselves faced with the hard, practical necessity to "hustle" for a job after years of study while harboring a confident as­surance that they could take their pick of jobs upon graduation. Engineers and technical man­agers, much in demand since Sputnik, are suddenly finding themselves cast from $18,-000-a-year jobs into ah. overcrowded throng of

job seekers. The tables have turned, and it's a buyer's market.

"Sure, I'd pick up and move in a minute if somebody offered me a decent job," says a $20,000-a-year administrator laid off by North American Rockwell.

"The picture is definitely between gray and black," says a Tech aerospace engineering graduate quoted in the Atlanta Journal. A Tech Ph.D. graduate in organic chemistry, quoted in the same article, said "Right now there may be a job for everybody, but you've got to hunt for it. You can't write a couple of letters and relax—you have to get out and hustle. I'm hustling . . . . I have not considered any jobs outside my field, but if one month from today I did not have one I would be forced to conclude I've got to just go out and earn some old-fashioned cash."

In technological centers such as Huntsville, Alabama, highly paid specialists who have been laid off by their companies have been refusing work of a lower type, and because of state regulations have been drawing unemployment compensation. For some men, however, it's not a matter of choice; their wives work while they keep house, their incomes are drastically reduced, and the whole psychological burden is often too much to take over a long period of time.

"More than one of our long-time job seekers are undergoing psychiatric treatment," re­ported Mrs. Peeks. "Here again, no real basic problems—it's just the strain of an upheaval in their career at an advanced age."

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(Continued) Often these men worked a number of years in the aerospace industry—12 or 15 or more— with only shifting between companies or an occasional transfer, but no layoffs. They are now desperate for work for the first time.

One feature of labor demand is understand­able today, but would have seemed strange indeed not too many years ago. The increasing opportunities at all levels for Negroes, especial­ly at professional and managerial levels where they are extremely rare, have caused the de­mand for them to remain critically high. Whereas years ago a black college graduate would have had trouble getting a job that would exercise his education, today he has his choice of jobs—especially in technical areas.

JUST HOW SEVERE is the problem in actual­ity, and just how permanent? It seems that things could possibly get worse before they get better, even now in late summer as the national economy seems on the upswing. Business Week speculates that employment in aircraft, trans­portation and. ordnance will acutely feel an end to the Vietnam war, because "together they provided 4 out of every 10 jobs created by the war." More than a fourth of the aero­space industry's total employment is ac­counted for by Vietnam-related contracts, and 42 percent of total employment in ordnance is war-related. According to the Labor Depart­ment, 20 percent of the engineers and 10 per­cent of the skilled and semi-skilled workers in the country were employed in defense-related jobs at the peak of the Vietnam war hiring.

"Defense projects took 59 percent of all aeronautical engineers, 22 percent of the elec­trical engineers, 20 percent of the mechanical engineers, 19 percent of the metallurgical engi­neers, and 16 percent of the industrial engi­neers. Nearly 40 percent of the nation's physicists, excluding professors, held defense jobs, and so did 10 percent of all chemical engineers," stated the Business Week research­ers.

The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, in its Monthly Bulletin, recently reported a drastic reduction in employment at space research centers throughout the Southeast. The hous­ing market is depressed, as well as retail trade, in Huntsville, Cocoa Beach, and other com­munities highly dependent on the space pro­gram.

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THE ECONOMIC REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT,

published in February of 1970, reported an

actual decline in expenditures for space re­search and technology from $5.9 billion in 1966 to $4.3 billion in 1969, and projected a further decline to $3.4 billion in 1971. The Manpower Report of the President, published in March of 1970, stated that while federal research and development expenditures alone rose from a little over $3 billion in 1953 to $17 billion in 1968, "supply-and-demand conditions for Ph.D.'s in science and engineering were more in balance in 1968 than they had been in the preceding few years." This change was attributed by company officials to "the re­duced growth in federal government support for R&D projects in colleges and universities." The manpower report, while projecting further restrictions of federal funds, pointed out that such fluctuations in science and engineering employment are almost inevitable. Prolonged periods of unemployment, particularly among older men or those of professional status with­out college degrees, have been usual in the past. The manpower report concluded by mus­ing as to whether the federal government shouldn't help ease the transition for persons displaced by fluctuations in federal spending.

Among the problems faced by aerospace workers idled by economic swings is the reluc­tance of other employers to hire persons who will probably resign to re-enter the higher-paying aerospace industry at first opportunity. But a pungent comment was made in a letter to the editor of Business Week that "if it were not for the WPA for unneeded scientists called the 'space program'—and many other make-work projects for scientists—at least 80 percent of those presently around would be unemployed or in capacities hardly related to science."

THE NEW DIRECTOR OF THE GEORGIA TECH

PLACEMENT CENTER, B. D. (Bill) Pickel, has a unique insight to the labor market for scien­tific and managerial manpower. Bill was di­rector of engineering placement for the Ford Motor Company, recruiting at colleges throughout the nation, and is now head of one of the country's leading college placement centers. He has a heartening view of the future.

"Need may exceed supply by a smaller per­centage than in the past, but there's no ques­tion but need will continue to exceed the sup­ply of graduate engineers. Only about 70 per­cent of the engineering positions in this country today are filled by degreed engineers."

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B. D. (Bill) Pickel, Tech's new Placement Director, is confident of the future of engineering as a profession and of Tech men in particular. "There's no question but need will continue to exceed supply of graduate engineers . . . . Tech has an excellent reputation . . . . Companies get good people, and they keep coming back."

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(Continued) Asked whether he feels that engineering is losing some of its appeal to young people, he replied "it's true that hardware engineering is losing glamor to areas of social concern. But there are tremendous social applications of engineering that people don't appreciate—in the construction field, for instance. Houses are still built the same way they were 200 years ago: factory-built and modular homes are rich areas for innovation. Ecology and environ­mental control is another example of an area that will require an engineering solution. In industrial engineering and management, there's a great deal to be done in job enlarge­ment and getting greater involvement of peo­ple in a company's larger task. A man can't derive a lot of job satisfaction and get deeply involved in putting on 800 bolts a day. Human engineering holds a lot of promise for increas­ing human happiness."

And how are current Tech graduates faring in the present tight labor market? "If a senior or graduate student registers with this office and is reasonably conscientious in his employ­ment-seeking efforts, he'll get a job suited to his background, and at a good salary. If he is unsuccessful, he is probably either not ag­gressive or has placed unrealistic restrictions on the type of job acceptable to him."

Mary Carmichael, assistant director of the placement center, added that "since 1932, over 95 percent of Tech graduates have ob­tained jobs through this placement center."

Bill asserted that, in fact, the employment search is easier for Tech graduates than for most. "Tech has an excellent reputation—it's been gained and maintained by the perform­ance of Tech alumni. Companies get good peo­ple, and they keep coming back. As Tech graduates succeed, and only to the extent that they do, so does the placement center succeed in its job."

What does he think about the future of the aerospace industry? "It'll never again be what it was in the '60's . . . never again will it have the pressures and timetables to meet the needs of such a sweeping program. There was a fantastic mobilization of technological man­power, much of it in research. Now, probably, most of the research problems of manned flight are solved, and the industry will become more production-oriented. In the long run it will probably even become consumer-oriented, tak­ing a marketing apprbach."

Dropping back to more immediate concerns,

Bill was asked what concrete recommendations he would make to a person facing layoff in a technologically-oriented industry.

"The first thing a person has to recognize is that if he wants to remain in his profession, he should be geographically mobile. If he re­fuses to do that, he will have serious employ­ment trouble.

"Next, he should watch the classified ad­vertisements in his local newspaper. Companies with employment needs will keep apprised of layoff situations throughout the country, and will run help-wanted ads in newspapers wher­ever other companies are laying off workers.

"And this is very important: he should seek the assistance of the personnel people at the company where he's being laid off. They can help him to prepare an attractive resume; some companies even print them for employees being laid off. It should be one to one-and-a-half pages long, and it should be neat. They will help him in making contacts with other companies that have personnel needs; in fact, most large companies are responsible enough to make contacts and arrange interviews with other companies. They can recommend repu­table employment agencies with which he may list. There are all kinds, you know—he should be cautious in the type of involvement he has. The recommendations of professional personnel people can steer him away from the fly-by-night outfits and help him find one that could possibly find him two or three offers a month.

"Obviously, he should immediately register with the alumni placement office at the college where he graduated. He should forward an updated resume with his current address and telephone number on it so they can include it in their open file, and he should get on the mailing list for their jobs bulletin. Incidentally, any Tech alumni who are potential employers of experienced professionals should list them with Mary Peeks—especially small companies. Both the alumni placement office and the new graduate placement office are interested in serving the small firm just as well as we serve IBM or ITT. We view ourselves as being just as responsive to his needs as to a company wanting to hire 20 men a year.

"He should also get the latest edition of the College Placement Annual. It lists the address­es and personnel needs of over 3,000 com­panies, categorized by industry and occupa-

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Mary Carmichael, Assistant Director of the Tech Placement Center, states that since 1932 over 95 percent of Tech graduates have obtained jobs through the Center. Bill Pickel suggests that the alumnus list with the Tech Alumni Placement Center, seek a reputable employment agency, and aim for the smaller company.

tion. His college placement service or any uni­versity can furnish it, company libraries usual­ly carry a copy, and local public libraries have it.

"He should compile information on the job market. M I T does an annual salary survey of technical graduates, as do Argonne National Laboratories and Los Alamos. The Engineers' Joint Council also publishes data. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics compiles estimates of differential living costs throughout the na­tion.

"Now, this is important. If the man is an older person, he should not apply with large companies; he's usually wasting his time. He should be concentrating on small to medium-sized companies that can't depend upon their internal manpower development program to supply all their advanced manpower needs. The big companies grow their own specialists. If a man is in his 20's or early 30's, he's still marketable. If he's over 40, he has a problem. Large companies also like to hire a man young enough for him to build up a fair retirement program; they don't like their retirees running around poverty-stricken. Smaller companies

don't worry that much about their image. "Finally, he might consider changing fields.

There's no reason why a man should feel com­mitted to a decision he made when he was 20 years old. As far as an employer is concerned, most companies don't want to inbreed their activities with a strict interpretation of aca­demic backgrounds. A man from another area can bring fresh insights—agricultural engi­neers have become electronic design engineers, and mechanical engineers have become real estate managers and insurance agents."

MRS. MARY PEEKS adds tha t "companies often overlook a wealth of talent in some of these older men," and feels that they should give them a better chance. She seconds Bill Pickel's suggestion, however, that older men seek positions with smaller companies where the pay may not be as good to start with but where their prospects for employment, as well as their future, may be brighter. She encour­ages companies to list available openings with the Alumni Placement Service at Tech, em­phasizing her willingness to aid in their search for experienced professionals. o

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Dr. John L. Fulmer suggests that a person develop a broader base if he feels boxed in by his technical specialty— perhaps take courses, even a second degree, in a field such as management.

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THE FUTURE V

LOOKING AHEAD IN HIS CAREER, what does a person in a technological specialty face? Is the demand for engineers, scientists, and man­agers declining? Overall there has been a sharp increase in number of college graduates rela­tive to positions available, and the Manpower Report of the President foresees "a more ade­quate overall supply of professional man­power . . . than has been available in most years since World War I I . " However, it does see shortages occurring in disciplines related to the country's domestic problems. The report stated that the National Goals projects, which developed "aspiration goals" aimed at overall improvement in the quality of American life, would require over 2 million engineers, nearly twice the number employed in 1968, to fully achieve its goals in all 16 specified areas by 1975. The Department of Labor's projections of manpower requirements also indicate rapid growth in demand for engineers and scientists, though not a t the pace called for by the Na­tional Goals study.

"The increase in effective demand for engi­neers is projected at about 40 percent between 1968 and 1980. This would be a somewhat slower growth than occurred in the profession between 1958 and 1968, when the number of engineers rose from about 725,000 to 1.1 mil­lion. In the natural sciences, the projected growth in requirements would be slightly high­er than that in engineering—about 50 percent. Here again, however, the growth rate is ex­pected to be slower from 1968 to 1980 than during the preceding decade, when employ­ment of scientists rose from 270,000 to 465,-000."

Taking into account all other flows of per­sonnel into and out of the engineering profes­sion, "an average of approximately 45,000 engineering graduates would be needed an­nually to meet projected requirements. In com­parison, projections of earned degrees by the U.S. Office of Education indicate an annual average of about 43,000 new engineering graduates with bachelor's degrees over the

1968-80 period—implying tha t over the period as a whole, the supply of engineers will fall slightly short of demand." The report states that the proportion of all men college grad­uates obtaining degrees in engineering de­creased substantially, from about 15 percent in 1958 to 10 percent in 1968. This finding could be an indication tha t the "Sputnik fever" prevalent in 1958 is on the wane.

In the natural sciences as a whole, personnel supply and demand is expected to be in better balance than in engineering over the 1968-80 period; recent enrollment trends closely match projected needs. The report predicts shortages in special areas and subfields such as marine sciences and control of environmental pollu­tion, "but the general shortage of trained scien­tific manpower should be at an end—offering the opportunity to focus less on the numbers of students and more on the evolution of new fields of study directed toward urgent national problems."

TWO OF GEORGIA TECH'S RESIDENT EXPERTS

ON MANPOWER, Dr. John L. Fulmer and Dr. Mack A. Moore of the College of Industrial Management, were consulted for their views on the current status and future prospects for the technological manpower market.

Relative to the President's Report on Man­power, Dr. Moore growled, "any projections are dangerous. Right now budget cuts in de­fense and NASA are a big factor, and the big emphasis is on environment and health. Less specialized people are having an easier time in finding jobs, whereas men in narrow special­ties of engineering are having problems. But let a third World War start in the Middle East, and all bets are off—there wouldn't be enough scientists and engineers of any kind to go around."

And what other areas are on the build for the future? "Service areas," asserts Dr. Fulmer. Government work, food services, hotels and motels. Manufacturing, mining, and such are holding constant. Construction will be strong

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Dr. Mack A. Moore contends that engineers are too often used for jobs that call for a technician. He sees this as part of a national obsession with "over-schooling and under-education," an irrational worship of the degree as a status symbol for the job as well as for the individual.

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in the future, and that will be good for civil engineers and architects. Systems engineers and programmers will be in demand. Overall, though, this move toward a service economy will make the demand for engineers more sluggish."

How might a person who feels boxed in by a technical specialty find a way to greater flexi­bility? "Broaden his base," replies Dr. Fulmer. "He can take management courses at night if he is in a large city, or he can find some way to take graduate courses in management or business. This would allow him to apply the strength of his engineering experience and training to a career in management, marketing, accounting, or finance; he could become a purchasing agent in a highly technical area, or a sales engineer, or a manufacturer's represen­tative."

Dr. Fulmer feels that an older engineer has a certain advantage* over more recent grad­

uates, for "if he's between 55 and 60 he's an applied engineer who can adapt well to small companies. The more recent graduate is more theoretical in his training."

Dr. Moore feels that "we've overdone the emphasis on education at all levels, and in all areas. Government spending has absorbed the flood of college graduates, something like 4 out of every 10 new jobs. Engineers have been used in relatively menial jobs, which has resulted in engineers organizing unions when they see themselves reduced to clerks. We don't need all the college graduates we now have; the whole system has bid wages up to artificial levels, to the point where an engineer or manager working for the government or for a government contractor is out of the price range of a private firm. Engineers, in turn, are not anxious to lower their level of living and take jobs in industries where consumer goods are made . . . Adam Smith said that consump-

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tion was the end result of all economic activity, bu t we've turned tha t around to make con­sumption the servant of production . . . . We oversold the automation crisis and the shortage of engineers about the time of Sputnik. We're locked into this space-defense industry, and people don't want to turn loose. There was an article recently in the Wall Street Journal about an engineer laid off at Huntsville; he was offered a minor demotion and a 10% pay cut from his $17,000 salary, but he took the layoff instead, applied for unemployment, and his application was upheld because the demo­tion was not considered 'comparable activity.'

"A lot of workers left the textile mills in the south to work for defense industries at higher wages. Now a lot of them are laid off, and they no longer consider textile work suitable; it 's harder work for lower pay. But until people as a group decide the gravy train is coming to a halt, there'll be no change. Since World War II we've come to expect it to continue. People have stopped trying to build individual secur­ity based on what they can do, and now depend on the government. And political security is insecurity. Since World War II we've had a subtle form of public works . . . government paper shuffling is no more productive than leaf raking, but people consider it more respect­able."

"Well, if a man gets through college, he's bound to be smart and sophisticated; if he ap­plies himself, he'll come up with some innova­tive ideas for employment," interjected Dr. Fulmer. "I know of a man who received a mechanical engineering degree from Tech who ran a service station and automotive repair service, and he did extremely well economical­ly. Another guy, an electrical engineer who finished in the '30's, became head of a depart­ment in a men's clothing store. Back then these guys got into anything they could to survive, and the World War I I demand by­passed them. Some made a career of the army, some went into unrelated professions such as insurance. But if a man is smart enough to make good grades in engineering, he's got drive. If he just applies himself, he can make any career adjustments necessary," he con­cluded confidently.

Dr. Moore pointed out that during World War II the work of industry, the provision of services, and the fighting was mainly done by high school and grammar school dropouts; "you couldn't find a high school graduate with

a search warrant . . . Education can, in fact, be a hindrance. I t can breed dissatisfaction if a man is prodded to complete a high school curriculum—not necessarily the at tendant education—is given a diploma, and is told that high school graduates should be making such-and-such and the man is incapable of holding a job at that level. . . True, everyone in society should be developed to the limit of their poten­tial, but that means some should be trained to be good bricklayers, a kind of capital in­vestment in people that 's useful in the end. Let each person determine his own potential. We've ruined a lot of good mechanics by auto­matically labeling high school dropouts bad . . . We've conned people by emphasizing edu­cation from a solely economic standpoint— learning for its own sake has gone out of style. Some of the smartest people the world has ever known, and that are alive today, have been self-educated. Americans aren't over-educated, they're over-schooled. We've imposed high school diplomas on people not capable of ab­sorbing more than a fourth-grade education.

"I t ' s a sickness, man. We have to be apolo­getic about a low level of education. If a per­son's not a college graduate, they apologize. Vocational education won't make any progress until we remove the stigma from being a drop­out. A person who can do mechanical work is not inferior to a white-collar worker. As the successful black Alabama farmer told the news­paper reporter interviewing him on his effec­tive farming methods, 'you got education; I got sense.' "

A L L OF WHICH SEEMS TO LEAD FAR AFIELD

from the professional technological manpower discussion, but not really. The country is in a slump in technological employment; many people are acutely aware of that . Many people are also apparently correct in their perception that the long-range outlook is still cause for optimism. But it is apparent tha t some will have to make painful adjustments in their careers, perhaps even in their way of life. And here is where the philosophical musings be­come just as applicable as the sharp, technical insights to the workings of the labor market. I t ' s a time when one must look a t himself, a t his life; at what's important and what is not. What may seem the end of a career could only be a fresh, creative start, propelled by a cour­age and lighthearted abandon born of a life stripped of its nonessential clutter. a

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By Jim Schultz

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O N A HOT, MUGGY MIDSUMMER DAY Bud Car­son loosened his tie, lit a cigarette and relaxed in the chair behind his desk. I t was calm and quiet inside the air-conditioned cool of the Georgia Tech athletic offices. Outside it was a different story as a million pounds of sand, a zinc compound and gallons of an epoxy paint containing ground walnut shells produced a weird atmosphere around Grant Field. Work­ers resembling uniformed spacemen were re­moving the wooden bleachers in the upper east stands board by board, sand-blasting the deck itself, coating the general area with the inorganic zinc and the walking surfaces with the nonskid paint and walnut shells, and, finally, replacing the seats plank by plank.

Some of the sand had filtered down to the sidewalks and street so that Techwood Drive alongside the stadium looked like a beach. Signs a t both ends of the block warned motor­ists to enter at their own risk. But Carson knew the $100,000 refurnishing project, which began with a visit to a Cape Kennedy mate­rials tower and should give the upper deck a 15-20 year maintenance-free life, was not real­ly dangerous. So on this July day Carson was aware of, but not concerned with, the nearby activity. Caught between trips to Pennsylvan­ia, Texas, North Carolina and various cities in the state of Georgia, Tech's fourth head coach answered questions about football. Foot­ball and the next decade, Georgia Tech foot­ball and 1970, football and Bud Carson.

Coach, there has been a lot of discussion in these times of troubled campuses and dissent among many young people—about the rele­vance of college football. Many have predicted that the traditional Saturday afternoon foot­ball game, with its large crowd in a small area, will become a natural target for protes­tors and demonstrations. Do you think foot-

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ball still has a place in the university-educa­tion system?

College athletics will certainly face new tests in this decade, many of which we can't even predict right now. These will go beyond the financial difficulties and items of that na­ture. Of course, I believe in college athletics and think they're doing a lot to clean up some of the problems in society today. There will always be a meaningful place for the values that football and other sports teach. College athletics will meet these tests just as in the end anything good and worthwhile will stand up to new challenges.

Coaching has been described as a high-pressure vocation, a win-or-else affair. Tech is unique in that it has had only four official head coaches in its long football history. On the other hand, following a man like Bobby Dodd has put you in a peculiar position. Does this bother you?

There's always pressure to win. There's pressure to do a good job in any business, and it's the same in coaching. Because I went through the same thing I look very closely now at young coaches taking new jobs. Everyone makes mistakes, bu t perhaps they're more noticeable here than at a school where some­one takes over in a losing situation. I'm the first to admit I've made my share. Any young coach who tells you he hasn't made any is only kidding himself. A great man and great coach such as Coach Dodd simply can't be re­placed. There's only one Bobby Dodd. Tech is a school that gets in your blood. The Tech image, background and tradition affect every­thing you do. I want very much to preserve what has gone before me here at Tech. I like to think we have gone through a transitional period, made some mistakes (hopefully not

the same ones twice) and corrected them, and that most of them are behind us. Our three 4-6 records have brought some natural criticism, but I believe we have been able to go through­out the country and sell Georgia Tech to the student-athlete because Georgia Tech is Geor­gia Tech. We have a solid organization from top to bottom. This, plus the fact tha t we know our personnel better because we have more of them returning and have worked with them longer, will make it easier to coach this team. We are rid of some of the uncertainties we have had in the past.

Speaking of "this team," let's talk about Georgia Tech football in 1970, its strengths and its weaknesses as you see them.

Generally, the key to a successful season at Tech, as it will be anywhere, 'will be to avoid injuries as much as possible. We have more depth this year, but it doesn't matter how much you have—there are always going to be a couple of spots where you're thin. If you get two or three injuries in a key area you're going to be hurting. Our proven strength lies in our defense, and you have to start there to build a strong football team. But defense isn't enough these days to have a consistent winner. You also have to score some points, and we're working harder on developing our offense than we ever have. Some of our offensive players, though, because they are sophomores or are at new positions, have yet to establish them­selves.

What about the Tech offense in 1970?

We have plenty of good backs, some fine receivers and some talented linemen. This last group is where we're most uncertain a t the moment. Taking it by positions, Eddie Mc-Ashan is our number one quarterback. Here's

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{Continued) a young man who has yet to play a varsity game for Georgia Tech, but we have all the confidence in the world in him. He might make some typical sophomore mistakes a t first, bu t he's an awfully fast learner. For instance, one of his weaknesses as a freshman was not spot­ting secondary receivers as quickly as we would have liked. With constant practice in the spring, though, he improved this phase of his game tremendously. He sets up in a hurry, has a strong, quick arm, and is a better-than-average runner. He also has poise and leader­ship ability that take others much longer to develop.

Behind Eddie we have Jack Williams, Dexter Hoffman and Jack O'Neill. All three are extremely capable, but Williams has the edge because of his experience. This will be his senior year, of course, and, playing under great pressure, he gave Tech fans one of their finer moments by leading us to tha t 6-0 win over Georgia last fall. Tha t performance alone proved he can get the job done. Hoffman and O'Neill will both be juniors, and both have shown they will help us.

At tailback we have three sophomores and, as is always the case, we honestly will have to wait and see. Rob Healy is first string and Kevin McNamara and Alan Hennessey will back him up. Healy showed us a lot last spring. He has speed, balance, running savvy that 's hard to teach, and is surprisingly strong for his size (6-0, 183). He's potentially an excellent, excellent runner and has made it possible for us to make some position changes tha t can't help but strengthen us. McNamara is the same type runner but is bigger (198), while Hen­nessey looks as if he has recovered from the knee injury he suffered last Thanksgiving Day. He missed spring football but worked out with the track team.

As I run down these names you can see we have quite a bit of depth at running back. We're in better shape at fullback than we have been in the past, with senior Steve Harkey and sophomores Tim Macy and Bruce Southall. Harkey is a better runner now than at any time in his career. He looked like a new ball player last spring. The competition for the job has made all three of these fellows better foot­ball players. They each weigh about 210 and are powerful runners. Macy and Southall, again, have terrific potential.

We want to make better use of Brent Cun­ningham's open field ability, and Healy's showing has allowed V us to move Brent to

flanker. We hadn' t been able to do tha t before now. Cunningham is extremely dangerous once he gets the ball in open spaces. The more times we can get him the ball out there the more times he'll do what he does best. He'll also re­turn kicks for us, and his speed, timing and balance make him a game-breaker here, too. Incidentally, both Cunningham and Harkey could play some tailback. Sophomore Steve Morgan and Herman Lam, who has had a little trouble recovering from his knee injury, will spell Cunningham at flanker.

We also have three good athletes a t split end. Larry Studdard, a regular last season as a sophomore, is back. But he could be pushed by Mike Owen, who at one time we weren't sure of because of his knee injury. But Mike stayed in Atlanta this summer, worked out twice a day, and came along ahead of schedule. We're very encouraged by his progress, and he'll give McAshan and our other quarter­backs a big target (6-4, 207). Chip Pallman and Wes Sherrill provide depth at split end.

Steve Foster and Steve Norris are running neck-and-neck at right end. Each has the physical equipment to be outstanding, and they make this one of our stronger positions.

We have more ability in our offensive line than we have had, although I guess you could still say it's not one of our strong points. But as I mentioned earlier, this can be attributed largely to inexperience. We've also had injuries here that have prevented us from settling some issues. Richard Gardner and Allen Vezey are back at tackle, but they'll be pushed by sophomores Rick Lantz and Glenn Costello, among others. It 's a similar situation at guard where sophomores Mike Rosinski and Scott Engel will force Rick Evat t and Al Hutko to stay on their toes, as if either of them needed any extra incentive. At center we have Andy Mayton, John Callan and Pete Cordrey.

Overall, we should be much improved in offense. We'll strive for a balanced attack, and we have the type talent that hopefully will fit into this plan.

When anyone mentions Georgia Tech foot-hall in 1970, the conversation revolves around the defense. Just how good will this defense be?

To put it bluntly, this is the most savage-hitting defensive team I've ever been as­sociated with and I've been around some pretty good ones. Our defense is our strength, our backbone. We have special players at each

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position. We know they'll make it difficult for the other team to score, and we hope they'll put a few points on our side of the board.

You can start at end and go right down the list and you'd have to rate each position strong. Underrated Smylie Gebhart and Brad Bourne are the starting ends. They're different types, Gebhart weighing about 195 and Bourne 235, but they're both very effective. And when you have guys like Joe Hardwick, Randy Duckworth and Bruce Rutherford in relief, you know you have something going for you. It 's the same thing at tackle, where we have Rock Perdoni, Tim Broome, Sid Gunter and Wayne Laircey. I t 's hard to say anything new about Perdoni, bu t I'd like to repeat that I believe he's the best defensive tackle in college football.

We require our outside linebackers, what we call Stingers and Wreckers, to be versatile, intelligent athletes, and Stan Beavers and Dave Beavin are just that . On the inside Bill Flowers, Buck Shiver, John Riggle and Bob Hornbuckle all have experience and ability. The defensive backfield, too, returns intact from last year and should be that much better. Jeff Ford, who set all those pass inter­ception records last fall, and Rick Lewis, who learned his trade well, are the halfbacks and Bubba Hoats the safety. Keep your eye on Hoats this season—he may suprise some folks. Senior Mike Wysong is always ready to step in when called upon, and Gary Faulkner, J immy Luck and Charles Copeland form the depth. Jack Moore and Bobby Thigpen will handle our place-kicking and kickoffs, and

Pallman probably will be our punter. Summing up the defense, indications are

that it should be one of the best around. Most of our defensive players are outstanding athletes who have played together against some of the toughest opposition in the coun­try. They complement each other very well and form a team in the finest sense of that word.

What about this year's schedule?

It 's a typical Georgia Tech football sched­ule—demanding. This season we don't play Southern Methodist, Baylor or Southern Cal, but we do play Florida State, Miami, Navy and South Carolina. We're fortunate tha t our first five games are on Grant Field, bu t tha t makes the second half that much tougher. We're committed to these strong schedules for the next several years, and we have to be geared to play them. We wouldn't have it any other way.

Will you predict your 1970 season record?

No, I won't name a figure. There are too many variables involved. But I will say this. We played high-caliber football much of the time last year, especially in the last one-and-a-half games against Notre Dame and Geor­gia. Much of our personnel will return, par­ticularly on defense. The players have worked hard, and have carried over the spirit of those last couple of Saturdays last fall. We all hope to justify the continued support of the stu­dent body, faculty, administration, and alum­ni with a winning season. D

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Sports Scene By Jim Schultz.

SUMMER MONTHS are quiet months around most college athlet ic associa­tions. But the apparent inactivity around Georgia Tech is deceptive. I t ' s kind of a lull before the storm thing. The atmosphere is more re­laxed than during the rather hectic football, basketball and spring sports seasons, yet the foundation is being laid to promote the success of upcom­ing intercollegiate competition. Films are being scanned, ticket requests answered, supplies ordered. And stories about past, present and future Yellow Jackets have been in the sports news enough tha t they deserve noting here.

Bullet Ben Vaughan, who when we last left him was running for the U. S. Army, ran well enough in the National AAU Meet a t Bakersfield, California in J u n e to again make the national team currently touring Europe and the USSR. Vaughan, holder of nearly every Tech dash record, hopes to stake a claim to John Carlos' crown as the country 's (and perhaps the world's) finest sprinter as he faces the fastest Russians in a series of dual and invitational meets. Carlos, the undis­puted international speed king for the past couple of years, pulled up lame in the AAU 100-yard dash and retired to the ranks of the Philadel­phia Eagles' pro football team.

I t was in that AAU meet that Vaughan's emotions ran from the frustration of the losing athlete to the satisfaction of the victor within 24 hours. Running into the wind on a Friday night Ben was timed in 9.3 for the 100. But so were four others and one, defending champion Ivory Crockett, finished in a dead heat with Vaughan. Then the fun began. Crockett was announced the winner. Army coach Ralph Higgins protested. Crockett still came out ahead after a lengthy study of the finish photo. But the head judge thought the matter deserved further examination and the AAU Games Committee entered the act. They took so much time the verdict wasn't released until the next day—Crockett first, Vaughan second. The picture shows Crockett 's head and neck in front, but Vaughan's chest across the line. The rules say the man whose torso reaches the line first

is the winner. " I looked a t that picture two hours," Ben said. " I thought I had him (Crocket t ) , but the committee felt otherwise."

Vaughan came agonizingly close to going through the same routine the next night. This time Ben and Willie Turner both were clocked in 20.8 for the 220, only Ben was declared the winner. Results were not quite that tight in mid-June a t the Inter­national Mili tary Olympics in Italy. Vaughan won the 100-meter dash in 10.1 and beat Charlie Greene in the process, the 200 meters in 20.6, and ran a leg of the victorious 400-meter relay team that was timed in 39.8—all military records. Vaughan's first and second-place finishes in the AAU Meet qualified him for the national team. " I hope to reach a peak later this summer," Ben said on a stopover in Atlanta. "That ' l l be good because it should be an important time. I don't con­sider myself 'king of the sprinters ' a t the moment. I don' t think any one man can say that. The European tour might decide who is Carlos' suc­cessor." At this writing, Vaughan had lowered his personal bests to 10.0 in the 100 meters and 20.4 in the 200 in a meet against the Germans.

D W A I N E MORRISON, an integral

member of Coach Whack Hyder ' s basketball staff for the past six years, resigned recently after long consideration to take the head job at Mercer University in Macon, Ga. The hard-working Morrison, 40, had come to the flats in the summer of 1964 from South Carolina, where he had served as freshman coach and interim varsity coach. The Owensboro, Ky., native at tended Campbellsville (Ky.) Junior College before becoming an honorable mention All-America for the Gamecocks in 1952. H e compiled a six-year 130-43 high school coaching record and spent two years in the U. S. Army. Tech's loss should turn into Mercer 's gain. "We think we have the brightest young coach available," Mercer athletic director Gerald Stone said. "We know we have to star t there to build a good, competitive basketball program."

C O A C H HYDER'S principal returnee, all-star center Rich Yunkus, again has proved he's more than an All-America basketball player. T h e 6"-9y2" upcoming senior recorded straight A's in the spring quarter to keep his overall point average about 3.5; became a member of Omicron Del ta Kappa, a national honorary fraternity; and was elected vice-president of the senior class. H e was one of four student-athletes who just completed a three-week tour of Pacific-area military hospitals. The trip, a joint effort of the Depar tment of Defense and the NCAA, was to be a morale booster for the soldiers and was to give them an insight into campus life and urge them to use the educational benefits of the GI Bill after their discharge. Others in Yunkus ' group included Larry Holliday, a basketball forward from Oregon; Arkansas quarterback Bill Montgomery; Stanford quarterback J im Plunkett ; and Ohio State basketball coach Fred Taylor. Another group visited Vietnam.

W H E N Y U N K U S stopped off in

Hawaii at the end of his NCAA-Pacific hospital tour, it marked the first of two visits to Honolulu for the Jacket basketball standout. Coach Hyder ' s 1970-71 quintet, his 20th Tech team, will play the University of Hawaii next February 19-20 as par t of a 28-game schedule. The Jackets will return to Charlotte, N. C. (scene of last year 's back-to-back upsets of North Carolina State and North Carolina) Feb. 12-13 for the North-South Doubleheader and to the Gator Bowl Dec. 28-29, where they'll meet Florida in the first round of that tournament. St. Bona venture and Bradley round out the Gator field. Tech 's 13 home games include dates with Georgia, Auburn, Florida State, Clemson and Kansas. T h e schedule's severity will make it a challenge for Hyder to improve last season's 17-10 record, but Yunkus, starting guard J im Thorne and four other lettermen make the assignment a possibility.

HYDER'S LIST of basketball recruits numbers Steve Post, a 6'-6" forward

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from DeKalb High School in Auburn, Ind., Dick Fick, a 6 ' - l" guard from Jol ie t te (111.) West High; J im Gallman, a 6'-7" center-forward from Pampa (Tex.) High; and Cam Bonifay, a 5 ' - l l " guard from Mark Smith of Macon, Ga. Post averaged 27.8 points as a senior and scored 1,070 points his last two years, Fick averaged 23 points to take some All-Illinois honors, and Gallman hit 19 points and grabbed 11 rebounds a game for Pampa.

Bonifay actually is a three-sport prospect as he also will try out for football and baseball. The younger brother of former Tech quarterback Ken Bonifay and present baseball infielder Brannon Bonifay batted .500 his senior year, and his last-second steal and assist carried Mark Smith to the Georgia AAA basketball t i t le in 1969 a t Alexander Memorial Coliseum. Coach J im Luck's other baseball signees include H. F . Reagin, a catcher from Eas t Atlanta High; Scott Bridge, an infielder from Atlanta Westminster; Gregg Baldwin, a pitcher-outfielder from Atlanta Dykes; Steve Traylor, a pitcher-outfielder from Atlanta Druid Hills; pitcher Bill Pridgen, from Chipola Junior College out of Cordele, Ga.; and pitcher Steve McDowell, from Bessemer (Ala.) High.

S INCE WE LAST went to press coach Bud Carson has enlarged his football staff. Joe Popp, a veteran of eight years in the college ranks and 10 years a t the prep level, will assist Luck with the B team and in scouting future opponents. Popp, a 1952 graduate of Catawba College, was defensive coordinator a t Wake Forest for five years, head offensive and freshman coach a t George Washington for two years, and a graduate assistant a t North Carolina before coming to Atlanta. Two former Jackets, Sam Burke and Eric Wilcox, will be assistant freshman coaches to Dick Bestwick. Burke, just back from an armed services stay in Vietnam, was a two-year starter at safety and set a school record for tackles by a defensive back with 93 in his senior

year, 1966. H e served as a graduate assistant in 1967. Wilcox, a s tudent aide last fall, was a talented middle linebacker for three seasons before that, and holds the Tech game record for tackles by a linebacker, 28.

SPEAKING OF FOOTBALL, two 1970

Yellow Jackets , defensive tackle Rock Perdoni and defensive back Jeff Ford, have been named to a t least one pre-season all-America team. The highly-respected Football News has named the duo to its first uni t and has predicted Tech will be the 16th best football team in the country.

Billy Shaw, one of the many for­mer Tech players who have gone on to exceptional pro careers, has retired after nine seasons with the Buffalo Bills. Shaw, the Bills' second draft choice in 1961 and an all-league offensive guard six times, is

a tackle on the Bobby Dodd era all-t ime Tech team. Shaw called it quits a t 31 to devote more time to his family and business, "I 've always said I never wanted to reach the point where I abused pro football, or where pro football abused my future career," Shaw said a t a Bills press conference. "This is the most opportune t ime for me to step aside."

A REAL TECH ATHLETE, Arkansas

coach Frank Broyles, will be in­ducted in the State of Georgia Athletic Hall of Fame in December. The current president of the Amer­ican Football Coaches Association followed a great career a t Decatur High by earning 10 letters a t Tech and then tutoring the Jacket back-field for Dodd from 1951 through 1956. After a one-year stay a t Missouri Broyles went to Arkansas where he annually battles for South­west Conference and national honors.

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SOMEONE EVIDENTLY has discovered

another candidate for Eddie Mc-Ashan's quarterback job. This one is an unknown quantity, to pu t it mildly. McAshan now will have to fight off the challenge not only of Jack Williams, Dexter Hoffman, Jack O'Neill, et al, but also of one D a n Pastorni. Steve Rubin, a Tech fan in Atlanta 11 years before moving to New York, wrote Jacket sports information director Ned West and enclosed a column by new York Post sports writer Paul Zimmerman. I t seems Zimmerman had talked with an unidentified head pro scout, who told him the Blue chipper of next year 's draft would be Stanford quarterback J im Plunkett . And the scout went on to say, according to Zimmerman, "Dan Pastorni, Georgia Tech's quarter­back, is a guy nobody's heard about but he'll probably go higher than (Mississippi's Archie) Manning." I t 's a shame there is no D a n Pastorni at Georgia Tech.

SPEC LANDRUM, Tech's athletic recruiting chief for 11 years and more recently the Director of Campus Activities, has resigned his Tech post to enter private business. Landrum joined Tech in 1956 after four years as recruiter and freshman coach a t Georgia and has tha t rare ability to maintain close relation­ships with people in both camps.

In a staff change involving a sport you hear little about, but whose coaches and athletes work as hard as any others, Lyle Welser has retired after 24 years as Tech's gymnastics coach. H e is recognized as a gymnastics pioneer, and many of his former team members have given him a trip to the 1972 Munich Olympics in appreciation for what he meant to them; Bill Beavers left Florida State to replace Welser a t Tech.

T E C H ' S FOUR REPRESENTATIVES in

the NCAA Tennis Tournament tied for 10th place (with S E C champion Tennessee, among others) by totaling nine points. Larry Turville and

Steve Yellin, each with a first-round bye, beat their second-round opponents before losing in the next stage. Chris Baxter and Chuck Sloane dropped their opening round matches. In doubles play Turville and Yellin downed a Utah State pair then lost to a Tennessee duo, and Baxter and Sloane beat a San Diego State team before losing. Turville was named to the 24-man all-America team selected by the NCAA Tennis Coaches Assn., while Yellin was a surprise victor in the recent Atlanta city championships.

ELEVEN NEW MEMBERS were added to the Georgia Tech Athletic Hal l of Fame at a spring banquet. Honored for their football careers were Pepper Rodgers, a quarterback and place kicker in the early 1950's who is now Kansas ' head coach; Buck Mart in , a 1952 all-America end who held most of the Jacket receiving records until John Sias broke them a few years ago; end Phil Tinsley, who in 1944 made more all-America teams

than any other Tech player before or since; Franklin Brooks, an al l-SEC guard in 1955; and the late William Hightower, a fine halfback on the 1909 team.

Outstanding baseball players inducted into the hall include Thomas Angley, a catcher who batted .485 in 1926; Bud Blemker, a pitcher who still holds several Tech mound records and was all-SEC in 1957 and 1959 (Blemker was named to the hall in 1965 for his basketball exploits ); and versatile Johnny Menger, an al l-SEC third baseman in 1957, when he hit .398 to lead Tech to the conference title. Basketball contributed 1958 all-SEC guard Terry Randall , who is tied with Phil Wagner as the Jackets ' fifth all-time top scorer with 1,189 points; Ron Ablowich, record-setting hurdler and team captain from 1960 through 1962, came in from the track world; and H. E. Dennison was honored for his 24-year golf coaching career, in which he compiled an 83-40-1 record ending in 1955.

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Six SHORT COURSES on subjects including management, personnel administra­tion, and survey theory are scheduled at Tech in the coming months.

Management for Engineers will be offered October 5-9, 1970; January 1-15; March 22-26: June 14-18; and October 4-8, 1971. Management Dynamics and Effective Decision Mak­ing will be offered September 14-18 and December 7-11, 1970; and March 1-5 and May 24-28, 1971. Theory of Land and Engineering Surveys will be offered October 12-16, 1970.

Managerial Economics is scheduled for October 19-23, 1970; Project Management with CPM and PERT is set for October 26-30, 1970, and February 22-26. 1971. Personnel Administration is the subject of a short course to be offered November 9-13, 1970 and March 22-26, May 31-June 4 and October 25-29, 1971.

More detailed information about any of the courses can be obtained by writ­ing Georgia Institute of Technology, Department of Continuing Education.

THREE NEW DIRECTORS have been added to the Georgia Tech staff. They are Ben L. Moon, Director of Publications; L. R. (Dick) Link, Director of Infor­mation Services; and Richard Fuller, Jr., Director of Campus Affairs.

Moon and Link assume the duties formerly handled by Robert B. Wallace, Jr., long-time director of publications and information services. Fuller assumes the duties of James D. (Spec) Landrum, who resigned to enter private business.

Moon holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Management from Geor­gia Tech and a Master of Arts in Journalism and Communications from the University of Florida. He was a technical writer at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama for four years and a business editor at the University of Florida for four years before returning to Tech. He is also editor of the Georgia Tech Alumnus magazine.

Link holds a Bachelor of Arts in English from Georgia State College and was Associate Director of Public Relations there. He was a reporter, editor and editorial writer with The At­lanta Journal for twelve years.

Fuller holds the Bachelor of Science in Education, the Master of Science in Management, and the Ph.D. in Education from the University of Santo Tomas in Manila. He served in the U. S. Navy from 1942 until his retirement in 1970, attaining the rank of Commander. He logged 6,000 hours of military flying as a naval aviator. As U. S. Naval attache to the Philip­pines from 1965 until 1969 he was awarded the Philippine Legion of Honor by President Marcos, and is the only attache ever to receive that honor. Immediately prior to his retirement he served as executive of­ficer for the Georgia Tech Naval ROTC unit.

T H E FIRST AIR POLLUTON CONTROL WORKSHOP in a series especially designed to assist the small industrial firm was held in Macon, Georgia in August 1970.

The workshop, and others being held in other portions of Georgia, are being conducted by the Engineering Experiment Station of Georgia Tech and the Air Quality Control Branch of the Georgia Department of Public Health. The idea is to help the many small and medium-sized industries in the state cope with the problems of air pollution in general and new air pol­lution regulations in particular.

Each workshop is designed to benefit a company with very little or no technical knowledge about air pollution control by providing informa­tion about new and existing equipment and about processes that might be utilized.

THOMAS H. HALL, in. Tech's Director of Resources Development, has been elected national American Alumni Council Chairman for Annual Funds,

a position on the Board of Directors of the AAC. Tom has been at Tech since 1959, following his graduation in 1958 and a tour of duty with the Army as an infantry officer. He served as associate secretary of the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association for six years, and assumed his present position in 1967. He has also held the chairmanship of District III, the chairmanship of the 1969 General Con­ference, and the chairmanship of the District III Conference of the American Alumni Council. He is faculty advisor to several campus organizations, and is active in church and civic groups.

GEORGIA IS AN EXCELLENT LOCATION FOR NEW FORGING FACILITIES that would benefit the Southeast, according to a report by Tech's Industrial Develop­ment Division.

The. rapidly growing metalworking complex in Georgia and its five neighboring states consumes a much larger volume of forgings than it produces. Most of the $46 million in metal forgings consumed in the South­east in 1969 was purchased outside the area, the report shows. Of nearly 400 commercial forgers in the nation, none are located in the region.

IDD researcher Tze I. Chiang surveyed metalworking companies in Alabama, Florida. Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee as part of the forgings study. The survey revealed that consumption of metal forgings in the area can be expected to increase by about 10 per­cent annually.

According to Dr. Chiang, "Georgia's central location in the Southeast with Atlanta as the hub of commercial, transportation, and distributing activi­ties offers a tremendous opportunity for the development of new forging facilities to serve the region. A new forging plant locating in Georgia will enjoy such major advantages as close coordination with potential customers in the area, shorter delivery time, freight savings, lower labor cost, and wider choice in plant location."

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NEWS DF THE ALUMNI

ATLANTA EXECUTIVE JAMES B. RAM-AGE has been elected president of the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association.

Mr. Ramage, an industrial manage­ment graduate of Tech in 1937, is with the Equitable Life Assurance Society.

His professional honors include: honor unit manager in 1957; a citation for the record sales of his district in 1959; and receipt of the Chairman's Trophy in 1966.

His activities include membership in the Buckhead Civitan Club—he is a past president—and American Legion Post 134. He is also a njember of the Atlanta and Georgia Chambers of Commerce, the Capital City Club and the North Avenue Presbyterian Church, where he is a past chairman of the board of deacons.

Other officers of the Tech National Alumni Association are: James P. Poole of Atlanta and J. Frank Stovall, Jr. of Griffin, vice presidents; and Thomas V. Patton of Doraville, treasurer.

Trustees are D. Braxton Blalock, Jr.; L. Travis Brannon, Jr.; George A. Ewing; Joseph A. Hall, III; I. L. Kunian; A. J. Land; W. E. Marshall; John O. McCarty; Frank E. Roper; Dan P. Shepherd; and William J. Van-Landingham, all of Atlanta.

Ray M. Beck of Cedartown; James T. Gresham of LaGrange; Rayford P. Kytle, Jr. of Richmond, Va.; Dennis D. O'Brian of Florence, S.C.; Morris E. Harrison and H. G. Pattillo both of Decatur; Chester A. Roush, Jr. of Carrollton; and Norman J. Walton of Mobile, Alabama are trustees from other cities.

CLUB OFFICERS WEEKEND will be held on the Tech campus on Friday and Saturday 25 and 26 of September. All officers of alumni clubs who are able to attend are encouraged to do so; invi­tations will be sent out later. The meetings and discussions will be oriented toward effectively organizing and planning for alumni club activities for the coming year, and will be capped by the Georgia Tech-Miami game on Saturday afternoon. Be mak- I ing plans to attend and to contribute \

your ideas if you are a club officer; if you are not an officer but would like to throw out some thoughts, either write Bob Rice at the Georgia Tech Na­tional Alumni Association or contract your local club officers who plan to attend.

T H E 24TH ANNUAL ROLL CALL fund campaign was opened on July 1, 1970 with a goal of $715,000. Tom Patton of Doraville, Ga. is Fund Drive Chair­man.

Former Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. has agreed to serve for the second consecutive year as Chairman of the Thousand Club. Brian Hogg of Atlanta is serving as Chairman of the Friends of George, and Howard Ector of Atlanta is Chairman of the Alumni Roll Call Club.

The 23rd Roll Call last year was the most successful in Tech's history in terms of the total amount raised for the Institute. Alumni contributed a record $690,000, and in addition the contributions earned the Institution a matching gift of $100,000 from an anonymous alumnus. The matching gift was to be made if contributions exceeded the previous year's contribu­tions by $100,000. The Tech alumni increased their previous contributions by $138,000.

T H E NEW GEORGIA TECH STUDENT CENTER will be dedicated during home­coming this fall. The dedication will be held at 2:15 on Friday, November 6 at the Student Center itself on Hemphill Avenue, and the alumni are urged to be present if possible.

The Student Center is the culmina­tion of a dream that was born in 1939, a hub of activities for the stu­dents, faculty and alumni. Most alumni who attended since 1950 furnished some of the funds used in the creation of the Center through their student activity fees. The new building and the professional Student Center staff will provide a new dimension to life on the Georgia Tech campus, and both deserve an enthusias­tic and well-attended launching.

Homecoming is always a big event at Tech, and this year will be no excep­tion. The ingenuity of the mechanical

displays and the ramblin' wrecks are perhaps matched by no other event in the collegiate world, and the Tech spirit is at a peak. The schedule of regular events is presented below, and alumni whose classes are having reunions will receive special mailings about their special events.

HOMECOMING 1970, NOVEMBER 6 AND 7

Friday, November 6, 1970 (ladies welcome)

11:00 AM, Annual Meeting, Georgia Tech National Alumni As­sociation at the Student Center

12:30 PM, President's Luncheon at the Student Center Cost, $4.00/plate; Make check payable to "Presi­dent's Luncheon" and send to Alumni Association

2:15 PM, Dedication of the Georgia Tech Student Center, at the Student Center

4:00 PM, Pep Rally at Peters Park

5:00 PM, Mini 500 at Peters Park

Friday evening, Class Reunions

8:00 PM, Coronation Dance (for the young)

Saturday, November 7, 1970 (ladies wel­come)

8:00 AM-10:00 AM, Open House at the Student Center

10:00 AM, Reck Parade at Peters Park

12 Noon, Alumni Luncheon at the Old Gym $2.00/person—pay at the door

2:00 PM, Football—Tech vs Navy at Grant Field (Order tickets directly from Georgia Tech Athletic Assoc.) Help the Jackets sink the Navy!

4:00 PM-6:00 PM, Open House at the Student Center

Saturday evening, Class Reunions

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'14 F. E. Harless, EE, died on April 16, 1970. He resided at

1590 Davis Avenue, Bartow, Florida.

to head logistics department function of Jersey Standard.

' O / l Tom Andrews, Jr. died May 1, 1970. He was a former

director of Wells Dairies, former president of Alaga Feed Corporation and a former president of the Rotary Club. Mrs. Andrews resides at 1305 Eberhart Avenue, Columbus, Georgia.

' f~\ r— G. Albert Chandler, Arch, died C . U on May 17, 1970. Mr. Chandler

resided in Memphis, Tennessee.

I n n W. Hackett Emory, Jr., ME, C. O died on May 17, 1970. Mr.

Emory was Chairman of the Board at Klug & Smith Company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Mrs. Emory resides at 5738 North Drive, Milwaukee 53217.

Wayne J. Holman, EE, a member of the Executive Committee of Johnson & Johnson, has been elected vice chairman of the New Jersey Council on Economic Education. Mr. Holman resides at 1039 Rahway Road, Plain-field, New Jersey 07060.

Kenneth M. Thrash, CE, died June 18, 1970, in Atlanta. Mr. Thrash was employed by Wiedeman and Singleton Company. He taught for 18 years in the School of Civil Engineering at Tech. A Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve, Mr. Thrash played on the 1928 Rose Bowl Team and was an All-Southern Tackle. He is survived by his widow, who resides at Prince Philip Way, Stone Mountain, Georgia; a son, Kenneth M. Thrash, Jr., CE '57; a daughter; two brothers, Jesse L. Thrash, Jr., '35 and Major General William Gay Thrash, CE '39. His father Jesse L. Thrash (deceased) was a ME '03 Tech grad.

i f-> e-^ John Bourke Van Houten, Sr., r ^ O Com, died June 8, 1970. Mr.

Van Houten was an auditor with Plantation Pipeline Company, Atlanta, Georgia. Mrs. Van Houten resides at 2533 Drew Valley Road, N.E., Atlanta.

» n «-"» Thomas William Moore, EE, ijLJ w a s named vice-president

'3 Hugh A. Groves of Harlem, Georgia was named Georgia's

"Engineer of the Year" recently at the annual convention of the Society of Professional Engineers at Callaway Gardens. Mr. Groves has been as­sociated with the Georgia Highway Department since 1931 until his retire­ment in 1969. For the last 22 years he served as Assistant Field Division Engineer in the Tennille Division Office.

»l~\, - \ Col. Bennett Aycock, ME, died recently. Col. Aycock

resided in Jacksonville Beach, Florida.

George L. Counts, CE, retired ~J on March 31, 1970 from his

position as Supervisory Civil Engineer with the U.S. Corps of Engineers at Jacksonville, Florida, after completing over thirty-four years of Federal service.

Eugene L. Daniel. Com, Associate minister of Myers Park Presbyterian Church, Charlotte, North Carolina, preached the baccalaureate sermon at Kings College, Bristol, Tennessee. The next day Reverend Daniel received an Honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from the College.

William M. Grigsby, Jr. died in February 1969.

Thomas Fraser James, Com, died on May 21 at Lutz, Florida. Mrs. James resides at Route 1, Box 347, Lutz, Florida.

Lee Jensen died June 9, 1970, in Clearwater, Florida. While a student at Tech he was assistant trainer to Mile Chambers.

James C. Wilson, ME, died on April 19, 1970.

Ralph P. Black, Jr., CE, died Monday, May 25, 1970 from

a heart attack. Assistant district sales manager for the Aluminum Company of America, Mr. Black had been with the company for 35 years. He was the son of Ralph P. Black, former CE professor at Tech. He is survived by

his widow, Mrs. Dorothy Black, four daughters and a son, who reside at 695 West Conway Drive, Atlanta, Georgia 30327.

' O ~7 Robert D. Johnston, ChE, L j / assistant comptroller for

South Central Telephone Company in Birmingham, Alabama, died May 25, 1970. Funeral services and burial were in Atlanta. Mrs. Johnston resides at 3536 Spring Valley Road, Birmingham, Alabama.

» Q Q M. A. Gaette, BS, died \~J D recently. He resided at 794

Springdale Road, NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30306.

Ashley J. Little of Aiken, S. C. was appointed director of the new Aiken Technical Education Center.

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Henry A. "Peter" Pund, Com '28, assistant vice president, shipbuilding, Bethlehem Steel Corpora­tion, retired June 30 after 36 years of service.

Edward E. David, Jr., EE'45, of 11 Country­side Drive, Summit, New Jersey, has been elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences. Dr. David is executive director of Research, Communica­tions Principles Division, at Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, N. J.

Clayton B. Dekle, BS '49, has been elected to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects, a lifetime honor bestowed for outstanding contribution. He wil l be formally invested during special ceremonies at the annual convention of the A.I.A. in Boston, June 21-25.

Bobby Joe Anderson, CE '50, has been appointed vice president-sales of Puritan Chemical Company of Atlanta. Anderson directs the company's sales, sales recruiting and training activities, supervising six division managers and the customer service and sales training departments.

W. Clay Matthews, IE '50, has been appointed vice president-manufacturing of the Electronics & Instrument Group of Bell & Howell Company in Pasadena, California.

Mr. Little resides at 3437 Hall Drive, Aiken, South Carolina 29801.

' / I / \ Hu$h &• Caldwell, ME, is ^ T ^ + this year's Outstanding Young

Professor of the Year at the University of the South. Dr. Caldwell, chairman of the philosophy department and a member of the trustee board, has been at Sewanee since 1955.

J VI Q Charlie D. Juhan died of ^ " T O cancer on November 19,

1969. Mr. Juhan resided in College Park, Georgia.

Dr. Ivan M. Viest, CE, has been appointed manager in the sales engineering division of Bethlehem Steel Corporation's sales department in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Dr. Viest and family reside at R. D. 4, Bethlehem.

» VI Q Willie G. Putman, IE, has i " t j been cited for his fine work at

the U. S. Army Mobility Equipment Research and Development Center, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

» P " f~\ Douglas R. Capps, Jr., CE, U U died January 26, 1970 after

one year of total disability in the hospital due to an automobile accident. Mrs. Capps resides at 1569 Holly Oak Lake Road, East, Jacksonville, Florida 32211.

G. S. Riddoch, Jr. died of a brain tumor on December 10, 1969. Mrs. Riddoch resides at 721 Maddock Street, West Palm Beach, Florida 33405.

' p ~ VI Dr. Jesse M. Cleveland, Chem, - J I has authored a new book on

the specialized field of plutonium chemistry entitled The Chemistry of Plutonium. Dr. Cleveland is an associate scientist at The Dow Chemical Company's Rocky Flats Division near Boulder, Colorado. Dr. Cleveland resides at 2828 Kenyon Circle in Boulder.

F. Ridgon Currie, IE, was appointed vice president of the Marketing Division of Xerox Data Systems in El Segundo, California.

> p r t~\ W. H. Lindsey. IE, was elected 3 CZ. First Vice President of the

Southern Industrial Distributors Association at its annual business meeting held during the Triple Indus­trial Supply Convention recently in Chicago. Mr. Lindsey is President of Pyr-Barker Supply Company, 231 Pryor Street S.W., Atlanta, Georgia.

Robert W. Robinson, IM, has been appointed to the newly created position of Customer Service Manager at the Chemical Division of USM Corporation, Middleton, Massachusetts. Mr. and Mrs. Robinson reside at 898 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington, Massachusetts.

'54 Thomas Hillyer Gunter, Jr., IM, graduated May 31,

1970 with a Doctor of Business Administration degree from Georgia State University.

Harlow E. Lichwardt. IE, has been named manager of packaging systems applications of Riegel Paper in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Army Lieutenant Colonel Edward J. Staros, ME, was graduated from the U. S. Army Command and General Staff College at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas. He was on the Commandant's List. Col. Staros is scheduled for reassignment with the Safeguard Systems Command in Sunnyvale, California.

' p r PT James A. Carlen, IM, head O O football coach at Texas Tech,

Lubbock, Texas, was cited for his heroism following the tornado that hit Lubbock, Texas in mid-May.

Robert M. May, IE, was graduated from the U. S. Army Command and General Staff College at Ft. Leaven­worth, Kansas. Lt. Col. May is scheduled for reassignment at Fort Ritchie, Maryland.

Thomas H. Umstead. IM, has been named Outstanding Jaycee of the Year by the Atlanta Jaycees in Atlanta, Georgia.

» p - ~ 7 Collin D. Aikman, ChE, has - J / been promoted to Group

Leader in Union Carbide's Engineering

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Department in South Charleston, West Virginia. He will be responsible in the Plasticizers, Esters and Acid business area.

James S. Ray. IE, president of Southern Building Maintenance Company, a Greensboro-based "scientifically managed custodial service," has announced the opening of a new branch in Greenville, North Carolina—its sixth. The company will house over 600 employees and will be outfitted for the production of over 800 pharmaceutical products.

'58 Born to Mr. and Mrs. Donald W. Bledsoe, IM, a daughter,

Shea Elaine, on February 14, 1970. W. G. Harbuck. Jr., died May 10,

1970. Mrs. Harbuck resides at 406 Campus View House, Bloomington, Indiana 47401.

P. B. (Bodie) Scott, Jr., CE, announced the opening on April 11, 1970 of SAFECO, Inc., a new industrial safety equipment firm in Greenville, South Carolina.

Bill Starrs. IM, was honored recently by the Georgia Jaycees with membership in the Georgia Jaycees Rebel Corps for outstanding contri­bution. Mr. Starrs is employed in the North District as Residential Sales Supervisor.

' p r Q Wesley Bailey, IE, has been CJ U J appointed Plant Manager of

the Barcalo Manufacturing Corpora­tion's plant in Rocky Mount, North Carolina 27801.

William B. Me vers, CE, is President of Florida Pool, based in Orlando, Florida. The company makes vinyl-lined, modular-constructed pools in oval and kidney shapes.

Frank R. Speer, IM, announces the formation of Frank R. Speer & Associates, located at Landmark Office Center, 2250 North Druid Hills Road, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30329.

Charles Dwight Tabor, Jr., IE, received his Ph.D. in economics from Georgia State Univeristy on May 31, 1970.

'60 Born to Dr. and Mrs. James L. Bean, Jr., IM, a son,

Christopher Andrew, on January 9, 1970. Dr. Bean begins a residency in obstetrics in July at Macon Hospital. The Beans reside at 3551-D Lake Terrace Place, Macon, Georgia.

W. LeRoy House, IM, has been elected a Vice President of the Fulton National Bank of Atlanta. Mr. House is head of the Credit Department.

Dr. James L. Mason, Chem, has accepted a position as assistant professor of psychiatry at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia as of August 1, 1970.

Born to Mr. and Mrs. James Stuart Youngblood. IM, a daughter, Kathryn Sue, on November 15, 1969. Mr. Youngblood is the manager of Good-body & Company stock brokerage firm in Richmond, Virginia. Mr. Youngblood and family reside at Windsor Farms, 3806 Sulgrave Road, Richmond.

Thomas H. Banks, Text, has been named Senior Textile

Engineer, responsible for the Filter Products Sales Development and Technical Service group of Tennessee Eastman Company at Kingsport, Tennessee 37662.

C. Ray Miller, IM, has accepted a position as sales manager with Computer Communications Network in Atlanta. He will reside at 4582 Newcastle Circle, Lithonia, Georgia 30058.

Major Captain Ronald B. Olson, U.S.A.F., has received the Air Medal at Seymour Johnson AFB, North Carolina. He is assigned to the 68th Bomb Wing, a unit of Strategic Air Command.

William I. Strauss, EE, has joined the Digital Equipment Corporation's Dallas, Texas District as a sales engineer.

Sam Warlick, TE, has been named vice-president of John L. Stickley and Company of Charlotte, North Carolina, a textile sales firm. Mr. Warlick will be responsible for sales in the Southeast. Mr. Warlick and family reside at 802 Seventh Avenue, S.W., Conover, North Carolina.

I Lloyd Lee Byars, EE, received D f_ his Ph.D. in business

administration from Georgia State University on May 31, 1970.

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Mohammad E. Hermes, ME, a son, Omar, on May 31, 1970. Mr. Hermes is employed by DeVore Aviation Service Corporation as a consultant. Mrs. Hermes, formerly Neva Jo Hester, was assistant Registrar at Georgia Tech for several years. The family resides at 120 Forsythe Avenue, North, Lindenhurst, New York 11757.

John R. Rowe, Jr., IM, was married to Miss Leslie Gibson on June 6, 1970. Mr. and Mrs. Row reside at 3909 Cleveland Street, Apartment 214, Tampa, Florida 33609.

Lieutenant Colonel James L. Tow, AE, graduated from the U. S. Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania on June 15. Col. Tow is scheduled for assignment with the Office of the Chief of Research and Development, U. S. Army, in Washing­ton, D. C.

' O r*) Howard E. Hartsfield, HI, D v 3 IM, has been named man­

ager of the Reynolds Aluminum Sup­ply Company service center in At­lanta, Georgia, Mr. Hartsfield and family reside at 2434 Dunkerrin Lane, Chamblee, Georgia.

Captain Charles C. Scheuermann, AE, is a member of the Strategic Air Command element participating in Royal Air Force Strike Command Bombing and Navigation Competition.

Charles D. Toney, HI, EM, was married to Miss Ruth Marie Pomeroy on April 4. Mr. Toney is employed by United Aircraft Corporation as a Senior Materials Test Engineer, but plans to enter Emory University in September to study for his M.B.A. degree. Mr. and Mrs. Toney will reside at 112 Edwards Lane, Apartment 1, Palm Beach Shores, Florida 33404 until the end of August.

Sam L. VanLandingham, ME, is engaged to Miss Sandra Randolph. Mr. VanLandingham is manager of dealer sales for the Georgia district of the Trane Company. An August 30 wedding is planned in Athens.

A. Michael Varney, AE, received his Ph.D. from Georgia Tech in June,

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la Blair Trewhilt, IM '52,

has been named vice president of Great South­west Atlanta Corporation and GSC Development Corporation. Southwest Atlanta Corp. is the developer of the 3,000-acre Great Southwest Industrial Park. The resort Six Flags Over Georgia is among its other ventures.

1970. He will work for Pratt & Whitney in West Palm Beach, Florida.

A. Nelson Smith', IM '54, has been appointed to the new position of General Manager of Manufacturing for Alamac Knitting Mills, a subsidiary of West Point-Pepperell, Inc. and will continue to be head­quartered at Alamac Division offices in Lumberton, North Carolina.

Abron Brinson, IM '59, of 2190 Shamrock Drive, Decatur, Illinois, has been honored by the Owens-Illinois Forest Products Division as one of the division's top sales representatives in 1969. Mr. Brinson is now sales manager for the Atlanta corrugated box plant.

f / John P. Sallee, ME,

was elected Vice President of Manufacturing at the annual meeting of the Board of Directors of Air Control Industries, Inc. in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Fletcher C. Askew, ME, received his M.D. degree from

Medical College of Georgia on June 6. 1970. While there he was a member of the Honor Court, was president of the junior class and was tapped for A.O.A. He will begin his internship in July at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, Texas. The Askews reside at 502 Haley Drive, Apartment 108, Irving, Texas 75060.

Ken Harrison Brown, IE, P. O. Box 325, Cleveland, Tennessee, 37311, announced his candidacy for Justice of the Peace in the new 7th Magisterial District, subject to the August general election.

Robert F. Coates, BC, received his Master of Business Administration degree from the University of California at Berkeley, where he was also recipient of the California Real Estate Association Scholarship Award. Mr. Coates is now a project manager with the Grubb and Ellis Development Company in Oakland, California. Mr. Coates resides at 366 Euclid Avenue, Oakland 94610.

Captain Daniel C. Crawford, Jr., U.S.A.F., IM, is attending the Air University's Squadron Officer School at Maxwell AFB, Alabama.

Thomas Hillyer Gunter, Jr., IM, received his Doctor of Business Administration degree from Georgia State University on May 31, 1970.

Clements O. Hampton, EE, received his M.B.A. degree from Southern Methodist University on May 24, 1970. Mr. Hampton will be a Senior Flight Test Engineer at LTV Electrosystems. Mr. Hampton resides at 6320 Stone­wall Street, Apartment 202-D, Greenville, Texas 75401.

Captain Robert W. Keith, U.S.A.F., ME, is attending the Air University's Squadron Officer School at Maxwell AFB, Alabama.

Lt. David R. McElroy, Jr., EE, received his Doctor of Philosophy degree from Georgia Tech. He is presently assigned to the U. S. Army Electronics command at Ft. Monmouth,

New Jersey. His address is 165-B Stony Hill Road, Eatontown, New Jersey 07724.

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Sweeney, IE, a daughter, Erin Colleen Sweeney, on March 11, 1970. Mr. Sweeney is attending Florida State University working on a Ph.D. and serving as the Veterans Administration Counselor for North Florida.

Richard C. Tucker. CE, has joined the staff of the National Water Commission as the staff water resources engineer. In addition he is teaching water resources engineering in the Graduate School of the University of Maryland, University College. Mr. Tucker resides at 920 North Quesada Street, Arlington, Virginia 22205.

' O p r Lt. James Robert Cain, III, D CD CE, is engaged to Miss

Cassandra Marie Swett. Lt. Cain has served five years in the U. S. Navy, the past year in Vietnam. In the fall he plans to attend Purdue University for graduate study.

Born to Mr. and Mrs. William R. Carter, Jr., Text, a daughter, Lanie Christine, on May 10. 1970. Mr. Carter is a Sales Representative for Manhattan Shirt Company. The family resides at 3400 Covenant Road. Columbia, South Carolina.

Gary D. Cole, IM, has accepted the position of Commerical Loan Officer and Accounts Receivable Financing Manager with the Central Bank and Trust Company of Miami, Florida.

John Roy Emmett, Biol, received his M.D. degree from The George Washington University School of Medicine on May 31, 1970.

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Epstein, IE, a son, Michael Louis, on May 10, 1970. Mr. Epstein is now plant manager at Sea Isle Products, Inc. a subsidiary of National Lithographers, Miami, Florida.

Captain Nicholas E. Grynkewich, U.S.A.F., Cere, recently participated in a unified Atlantic Command joint amphibious and airborne exercise, Exotic Dancer III, in the Croatan

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National Forest and Camp Lejeune area of North Carolina. Captain Grynkewich is permanently assigned at Seymour Johnson AFB, North Carolina.

James McKenny Will, IM, was awarded the Bachelor of International Managment degree by Thunderbird Graduate School of International Management, Phoenix, Arizona.

' Q Q Raymond R. Erickson, IE, has t j D been appointed Assistant

General Manager of Satellite Corporation, Cincinnati, Ohio. Mr. Erickson was formerly associated with Procter & Gamble Company of Cincinnati. Mr. Erickson resides at 2919 Kling Avenue, Cincinnati 45211.

Major Roy M. Graves, U.S.A., IM, recently was graduated from the U. S. Army Command and General Staff College at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas. Major Graves is scheduled for reassign­ment at Ft. Leavenworth.

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Greene, EE, a daughter, Kelly Michelle, on May 28, 1970. Mr. Greene is employed by Digital Equipment Corporation of Maynard, Massachusetts as a Systems Engineer. Mr. Greene and family reside at 243 Boston Post Road, Apartment 6, Marlboro, Massachusetts 01752.

Major Marshall L. Moore U.S.A., EE, was graduated from the U. S. Army Command and General Staff College at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas. Pie was on the Commandant's List. Major Moore is scheduled for reassignment with the Staff and Faculty, U. S. Military Academy, West Point, New York.

'67 Thomas S. Brisbois, EE, was recently promoted to first

lieutenant while serving with the U. S. Army Security Agency, Arlington Hall Station, Virginia.

Lt. Roy Burnette, ME, is serving his country in Vang Tau, Vietnam as a pilot.

Joseph I. Greenberg, Arch, has recently been appointed assistant chief designer for the architectural firm of B.A. Berkus, Associates,

Santa Monica, California. Mr. Green­berg was formerly with the School of Architecture at the California State Polytechnic College where he was an assistant Professor of Architecture and acting Director for Computer Graphics Research. Mr. Greenberg resides at 928 Sixth Street, # 3 , Santa Monica, California.

Robert V. Phillips, IE, graduated from Emory University's Candler School of Theology on June 8, 1970 with a Master of Divinity Degree. Rev. Phillips is now pastor of Hope­well United Methodist Church, Tyrone, Georgia.

Major Terrence D. Sargent, U.S.A., EE. was recently graduated from the U. S. Army Command and General Staff College at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas. Major Sargent is scheduled for reassignment in Washington, D. C.

Q Phillip S. Boggs, Math, D t j received his Masters' Degree

in Applied Mathematics from North Carolina State University in Raleigh. He is presently working for Bell Telephone Laboratories in Greensboro, North Carolina. He and his wife reside at 2305 Vanstory Street, Apartment E, Greensboro, North Carolina.

Al Culbreth, Jr., IM, was married to Miss Paula Marie Hendricks on June 20, 1970. Mr. Culbreth graduated from Georgia State University with the degree Master of Insurance.

Lt. Eugene Gordon Hagewood, IM, married Miss Patricia Scarborough on June 20 in Columbus, Georgia. Lt. Hagewood was transferred to Travis AFB and promoted to 1st Lieutenant on June 20, 1970.

John W. Kirkpatrick, Phys, has been promoted to first lieutenant in the U. S. Air Force. Lt Kirkpatrick is an electronic computer maintenance officer at Los Angeles Air Force Station, California. He is assigned to the Space and Missile Systems Organization, a part of the Air Force Systems Command that manages research and development of aerospace systems.

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Mick Mc-

Conochie, Arch, a daughter, Elisa Michele, on May 16, 1970. The family resides at 406 Seventh Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30308.

Lamar H. Murphy, Jr., EE, received the M.B.A. from Harvard. Mr. Murphy will spend approximately three months at Signal Officer's School at Ft. Gordon, Georgia and about the same time at Ft. Benning at Ranger School before reporting to Vietnam on December 11.

Daniel J. Plafcan, IE, has been commissioned a second lieutenant in the U. S. Air Force upon graduation from Officer Training School at Lackland AFB, Texas!

2nd Lieutenant Robert W. Warnock, IM, has graduated at Keesler AFB, Mississippi, from the training course for U. S. Air Force communications officers. Lt Warnock, who studied maintenance of radio, teletype, and cryptographic communications equipment, is returning to his Georgia Air National Guard unit at Travis Field in Savannah.

'69 Born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Blackwood, EE, a daughter,

Rachel Miller, on March 12, 1970. Mr. Blackwood is associated with Hewlett-Packard Company in Rich­ardson, Texas as a Field Engineer. The family resides at 1523 Avenue F, Piano, Texas 75074.

William W. Brooks, Jr., IE, has been commissioned a second lieutenant in the U. S. Air Force upon graduation from Officer Training School at Lackland AFB, Texas.

Rodney W. Bryson, IE, has been named a recipient of Harvey T. Reid Scholarship to the University of Miami School of Law for the Fall, 1970. Mr. Bryson will receive $2,000 per year tuition plus $1,000 to defray expenses. Mr. Bryson resides at 42 Lund Circle, Melbourne, Florida.

P.F.C. John M. Butler, Jr. U.S.A., IM, recently was assigned as a stock control accounting specialist to the 1st Logistical Command in Vietnam.

Whitney A. Coulon, AE, has been awarded U. S. Air Force silver pilot wings upon graduation at Craig AFB, Alabama.

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Robert D. Martin, IE, was married to Miss Carol Huggins on May 2, 1970. They reside at 12 Peachtree Avenue, Apartment 6, Atlanta, Georgia.

Stanley J. Mega, Jr., EE, was appointed engineering manager for the module product line of Digital Equipment Corporation in Maynard, Massachusetts. Mr. Mega resides at 7 Curley Drive, Hudson.

2nd Lieutenant David R. Miles, IM, is currently serving as a 4.2 mortar platoon leader in support of the summer Reserve Officers Training Corps—ROTC summer camp at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma.

2nd Lieutenant Harvey M. NeSmith, Jr., has been awarded U. S. Air Force silver pilot wings upon

graduation at Moody AFB, Georgia. Lt. NeSmith is being assigned to Bien Hoa Air Base, Vietnam, for flying duty with the 504th Tactical Air Support Group.

Thomas W. Rogers, IE, was married to Miss Vicki Vance on May 24. 1970.

They will reside in Laredo, Texas, Ens. John Edward Stinson, EE, is

engaged to Miss Barbara June Widner. Ens. Stinson is stationed in Charleston, South Carolina.

2nd Lieutenant Robert D. Wells, CE, was awarded the Parachute Badge on May 21, 1970 upon completion of the Airborne Course at Fort Benning, Georgia. Lt. Wells is currently assigned to a Construction Engineer branch stationed in Germany.

Sam A. Williams, EE, former director of the Atlanta Urban Corps who is now a student at the Harvard University Graduate School of Business Ad­ministration, this year led a team of 22 business school students in an innovative urban research project. The project encompassed some 1,200 volunteer man-hours of research in the city of Quincy, Massachusetts.

'""7(""\ Frank Alvin Brown, Jr., IE, / U is engaged to Miss Carol Anne

Gray. John R. Stowers, Cere, has been

commissioned a second lieutenant in the U. S. Air Force upon graduation from Officer's Training School at Lackland AFB, Texas.

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