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Spring 2007
The Newsletter of the Georgia Tech Founders’ Council
FIFTIETH REUNION GIFTS CHANGE LIVES
n 1984, Founders’ Council was
established to recognize alumni
and friends who have made provisions
for the future financial strength of
Georgia Tech. Members of this recognition society have made documented
non-contingent estate plans or life
income arrangements of at least $25,000
for the academic or athletic programs
of the Institute. Qualifying gifts include
charitable remainder trusts, charitable
gift annuities, pooled income funds,
bequests, gifts of retirement plan assets,
and life insurance.
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CONTACT INFORMATION
Peter J. Ticconi Jr., Senior Director
404.385.6715
peter.ticconi@dev.gatech.edu
Ann W. Dibble, Director
404.894.4679
ann.dibble@dev.gatech.edu
Louis W. Rice III, J. D., Director
404.385.0747
louis.rice@dev.gatech.edu
Lauren M. Kennedy,
Development Associate
lauren.kennedy@dev.gatech.edu
Office of Development
Gift Planning
Georgia Institute of Technology
177 North Avenue
Atlanta, GA 30332-0220
404.894.4678
founderscouncil@dev.gatech.edu
Jerry S. Johnson, EE 1957, came
to Tech from Augusta, Georgia,
and, like many students away
from home for the first time,
enjoyed his newfound freedom.
After one year studying architecture, he went home and got a
summer job with Georgia Power
Company. He liked the job so
much that he decided to switch
his major to electrical engineering. He also decided that he
wanted to pay for his own education and enrolled in the co-op
program. When it was time for
him to go his last four quarters
without work breaks, he asked his
Jerry Johnson, EE 1957,
father for help with the expenses.
has established a scholarship fund
His father thought Johnson was
having too much fun at his fraterfor co-op students.
nity, Phi Kappa Sigma, and said
that he would help pay for his education but he would not finance his
son’s social life. With youthful defiance and determination, Johnson
insisted that he didn’t need his father’s help…and found a tuition bill
standing between him and his Georgia Tech degree. Through connections at his Georgia Power co-op job, he was given a loan by the
Augusta Rotary Club. Backed by that loan, Johnson was able to focus
on his studies while still enjoying fraternity life, and “got out” with a
degree in electrical engineering.
Fast forward fifty years …. Jerry Johnson now lives in Alamogordo,
New Mexico, and will return to campus in October to join his Class of
1957 classmates for their fiftieth reunion. Celebrating with parties and
the Homecoming football game, the weekend will be a time of rekindling old friendships and swapping tales of younger days…and the
class will present a check to Georgia Tech for its collective fiftieth
reunion class gift.
After fifty years, many alumni have a good perspective on the impact
of their Georgia Tech degree— on their lives, careers, and fortunes.
“Remembering that situation my senior year, I want to help students
with financial need,” Johnson explained. “Endowing a scholarship for
co-op students seems the right thing to do. Charitable gift annuities fit
nicely in my own financial situation, and I have designated them to be
added to the scholarship fund after my death. Also, I have made a
bequest provision for the scholarship fund under my will.”
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Kenneth W. Faulkner, IM 1950,
also wanted to make a difference
at Tech. In 2000, to honor his fiftieth reunion, Faulkner named the
Georgia Tech Foundation a beneficiary of his retirement plan
account. Showing his ever-keen
sense of humor, he designated his
commitment for scholarships for
“HOPE-less” students. The HOPE
scholarship is awarded to Georgia
students who maintain at least a
3.0 GPA. Faulkner knew that a 3.0
is easier said than done at
Georgia Tech. By graduation,
70 percent of eligible students
have lost HOPE somewhere
The late Ken Faulkner, IM 1950,
along the way.
Ken Faulkner died in 2005, and
established a scholarship fund for
this
year eight students are the
students who have lost “HOPE.”
initial recipients of the Kenneth W.
and Mary C. Faulkner Scholarships.
Recently, at a luncheon honoring these students, his wife Mary
Faulkner commented, “Ken would be so impressed with these bright
young people and happy for his part in helping them with their
Georgia Tech education.”
Many alumni choose to make a planned gift as part of their fiftieth
reunion commitment to Tech, and these estate provisions and lifeincome arrangements not only represent a substantial portion of fiftieth
reunion class gifts, but also make a significant difference in Tech’s
future. Pam Trube, director of the Reunion Giving Program at Tech,
commented, “Jerry Johnson and Ken Faulkner are like many alumni
who want to give back to Georgia Tech through a fiftieth reunion gift.
As part of the gift planning process, each could quantify the advantages
of his gift in personal finances and with tax savings. What cannot be
measured, however, is the life-changing impact that these fiftieth
reunion gifts will have on future generations of students at Tech.”
n October 28, 2006, members of the Class of 1956 made a collective
gift in honor of their fiftieth reunion. Of the $5.8 million raised,
$1.33 million came from planned gifts: bequests, retirement plan beneficiary designations, charitable gift annuities, charitable remainder
trusts, charitable lead trusts, and life insurance. Class of 1956
Founders’ Council members listed below made planned gifts of at least
$25,000 as part of their fiftieth reunion gift.
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Gerald R. Beck
Harrold P. Bowen
Richard W. DeVane
Roland W. Fuentes
Jere W. Goldsmith IV
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Charles I. Hancock
Harold E. Marcus Jr.
J. Alan Neal
John W. Parrott
Oliver H. Sale
John E. Sippel
Joel C. Thornton
Theodore R. Wirtz
Richard Peters Club
$1,000,000 to $5,000,000
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The Georgia Institute of Technology
gratefully acknowledges the following
alumni and friends who have included
the Georgia Tech Foundation Inc.
and/or the Alexander-Tharpe Fund Inc.
in their estate plans with non-contingent gifts of at least $25,000.
Members of Georgia Tech’s Founders’
Council are recognized in the Gordy
Dining Room of the Wardlaw Center
on North Avenue. Donors who do not
want an amount associated with their
gift are listed as “Members At Large.”
Names in bold indicate new members or
members who have increased their
planned gift for Georgia Tech in 2006.
*Hugh W. Brannon, Friend
*Julius L. Brown, Friend
John H. Burson III, ChE 1956,
MS MET 1963, PhD ChE 1964
Georgia Gaffney Burson and William R.
Burson, ME 1961
A. Russell Chandler III, IE 1967
Donald L. Chapman, IM 1961
*Eugene M. Clary, BS 1932
William R. Collins Jr., ME 1957,
MS IM 1963
Ann and Ralph Cooper Jr., ChE 1963
*Margaret M. and *Alton M. Costley,
Class of 1925
Joel H. Cowan, IM 1958
Virginia D. Day, Friend
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Patricia J. and *William M. Digby,
CHEM 1958
*Irene J. and *Robert G. Edwards,
Class of 1944
Alvin M. Ferst Jr., IM 1943
Phyllis A. and David V. Fetters, IM 1965
*Louise M. Fitten, Friend
*Harold W. Gegenheimer, ME 1933
William W. George, IE 1964
*S. Price Gilbert Jr., ME 1921
Joan S. and J. William Goodhew III,
IM 1961
*Helene Latzko Gordy and
*William L. Gordy, COM 1926
Thomas L. Gossage, ChE 1956,
MS ChE 1957
Nancy R. and *Eugene C. Gwaltney Jr.,
ME 1940
*Dorothy R. and *Lloyd O. Harris, IM 1943
* Deceased
Oliver S. Porter Club
$25,000,000 +
*Lee Edwards Candler, Friend
*Lettie Pate Whitehead Evans, Friend
*Irene K. and *George W. Woodruff,
Class of 1917
Edward R. Hodgson Club
$10,000,000 to $25,000,000
*Hazele E. and *Sidney Goldin,
ChE 1930
M. Selma Nettles, Friend
Patrick H. Nettles, PHYS 1964
Carolyn J. and H. Milton Stewart Jr.,
IE 1961
Judy D. and Stephen P. Zelnak Jr.,
IM 1969
Columbus Heard Club
$5,000,000 to $10,000,000
CLASS OF 1956 LEARNS THE POWER
OF PLANNED GIFTS
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Jennifer Pepper Bailey, CERE 1970,
MS CERE 1971, and David L.
Bailey, IE 1969
Kathy T. and *C. Garry Betty, ChE 1979
Helen L. and James R. Carreker, EE 1969
John H. Morris, IE 1965
Robert F. Pinkerton, IM 1968
Richard Peters Club
$1,000,000 to $5,000,000
The John E. Akridge III Family, ME 1968
Gilbert F. Amelio, PHYS 1965,
MS PHYS 1967, PhD PHYS 1968
*Louis C. Bodenheimer, IM 1941
Pamela P. and Hoke S. Brannen Jr.,
IM 1967
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SMART ESTATE PLANNING WITH YOUR
RETIREMENT ACCOUNT
ost people don’t know that, at death, retirement plan assets can
be taxed twice. Any distribution to a non-charitable beneficiary is
taxed as ordinary income (of up to 35 percent) at the beneficiary’s
income tax rate. When the surviving beneficiary of your plan is not
your spouse, retirement plan assets can also be taxed if your estate is
taxable (up to 45 percent).
Naming the Georgia Tech Foundation or Alexander-Tharp Fund as beneficiary of your retirement plan account after your death is an effective
tax-saving strategy for creating a legacy at Georgia Tech. Discuss some of
the following tax-wise charitable planning tips with your advisors:
• Name your spouse as the primary beneficiary of your retirement plan
with the Georgia Tech Foundation as secondary beneficiary of the
plan’s remaining assets after your spouse’s death.
• Under your will, establish a charitable remainder trust to provide lifetime income for your spouse. After your death, the retirement plan
assets will fund the trust. When your spouse dies, the trust remainder
will create a legacy in your name at Georgia Tech.
• Give children appreciated assets instead of retirement plan assets.
Under current law, they could get a stepped-up basis and won’t pay
income tax on the distributions.
• Name the Georgia Tech Foundation as beneficiary of your account for
a specific amount, for a percentage of the residual, or for the greater
of a percentage of the residual and a specific amount. Make a provision in your will for a bequest for Tech that would be in effect only if
the retirement plan assets have been depleted.
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Elaine M. Hubbard, MATH 1972,
MS MATH 1974, PhD MATH 1980
*John P. Hunter and June Hunter
Weitnauer, Friends
John P. Imlay Jr., IM 1959
Lois A. and Herbert A. Johnson, IE 1952
Charles H. Jones, CE 1952
*Paul J. Kennedy, Class of 1923
A. J. Land, IM 1960
R. Kirk Landon, IM 1950
Joanne and Julian LeCraw, IM 1952
Consuelo and Jesus Leon, Class of 1974
George W. Levert, MS IM 1974
Sarah and William W. Lindsey, IE 1970
*Emma C. and *Robert J. Lowry, Friends
*Mary Jane and Stuart W. Mackenzie,
IE 1972
Jeanette S. and *William R. Maulding,
IM 1957
*Sally C. and Fred L. McCord, IM 1948
Bruce McEver, IE 1966
Mavis S. and T. Wainwright Miller, CE 1952
Gordon G. Palmer, IE 1957
Robin and Albert N. Parker, IM 1958
Parker H. Petit, ME 1962, MS EM 1964
*Ewell G. Pope, IM 1949
Sherrill B. and *Brumley D. Pritchett,
TE 1930
*Ralph N. Read, AE 1932
*Hazard E. Reeves Sr., ME 1928
Dorothy and *Chester Roush, ChE 1947
Deen Day Sanders, Honorary Alumna
Delores A. and Phillip J. Scott, IE 1969
Earl L. Shell Jr., BC 1962
George F. Smith Jr., GE 1945
*Hal L. Smith, COM 1926
*Holman L. Smitha, Friend
L. Terrell Sovey Jr., IE 1952, and W. Pierre
Sovey, IE 1955
*Jefferson W. Speck, EE 1939
Hugh S. Spruill, IM 1952
*Elizabeth and *A. Richard Stirni, CE 1934
Beverly Thompson Swanson and Richard
S. Swanson, Class of 1977
Jeraldine B. and *James R. Tanner, EE 1933
R. Joe Taylor, IM 1956
Michael E. Tennenbaum, IE 1958
*Wilma C. and *Newton W. Thomas,
ChE 1935
Frank K. Webb, ME 1938
*Homer S. Weber, ME 1924
*Julia Gatewood Pearson Whitfield,
Honorary Alumna
*Carlton S. Wilder, CE 1959, MS CE 1960
*Julia B. and *Lawrence Willet, CE 1918
J. Kelley Williams, ChE 1956
Samuel Inman Club
$500,000 to $1,000,000
W. Frank Blount, EE 1961
*Morris M. Bryan Jr., TE 1941
*Josephine L. Cloudman, Friend
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$500,000 to $1,000,000
(continued from page 3)
William A. Coley, EE 1966
Charles K. "Pete" Cross Sr., IM 1950
*Kathleen M. and Robert W. Cruger,
AE 1943
Donna W. and C. Richard Crutchfield,
IM 1969
*John Baker Cutler, Friend
Robert F. Donegan, IM 1947
Carmine D. D’Onofrio, ME 1936
Thomas A. Edwards, EE 1928
*Norman E. Elsas, Friend, and *Oscar
Elsas, Class of 1890
Jeanne and *Robert H. Ferst, ME 1938
Mildred E. "Connie" and *Daniel Curtis
Fielder, MS EE 1948, PhD EE 1957
Anne B. and Roland W. Fuentes, AE 1956
*Lawrence L. Gellerstedt Jr., ChE 1945
Naomi B. and Robert W. Gibeling,
ARCH 1941
*Jack F. Glenn, GS 1932
Carolyn M. and W. James Goldin, IM 1954
Lynda J. and W. Johnson Gresham, IM 1965
Harold W. Harrison, EE 1943
Margaret M. and W. Richard Hauenstein,
IE 1957
Mary Jervis Hayes and H. Craig Hayes,
IM 1965
*Florence Hand Hinman, Friend
*Marjorie A. Hollingsworth, Friend
*Julius Virgil Hornstein, CHEM 1974,
PhD CHEM 1978
Selma A. "Sally" Jabaley, CE 1974
Jeffrey T. Johnson, ICS 1985
*Theodore M. Jones, Friend
Janice P. and *Charles K. Ligon Jr., IE 1959
*Charles R. Livingston, EE 1950
Marshall A. Lochridge, IE 1950, MS IE 1950
Philip W. Matos, ChE 1958
Dorothy A. and S. Howard McKinley,
IM 1960
Linda S. and Allen C. Merritt, ChE 1967,
MS ChE 1969, PhD ChE 1976
*Frances Mundy, Honorary Alumna, and
*Jack Mundy, CE 1934
Andres E. Núñez Jr., CE 1975, MS CE 1977
Bonnie D. and David A. Perdue, IE 1972,
MS OR 1976
Patricia F. and Donald S. Pirkle, IE 1958
James P. Poole, IM 1942
*Roy Richards Sr., ME 1935
William R. Rinell, IE 1963
*L. W. "Chip" Robert Jr., CE 1908
*Michael S. Robinson, Class of 1931
LuAnn T. Rockett, TEXT 1978, and Alan E.
Rockett, MS IM 1978
*Peter A. Rose, PHYS 1949, MS IM 1950
Oliver H. Sale Jr., ME 1956
Stephanie A. and *Thomas T. Seekins,
AE 1970
*Wesley Smith, Friend
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The late Miona and W. Vernon
Hassett, TE 1938, made
bequests for the W. V. Hassett
Scholarships for co-op students.
Melvin W. Sorrow, IE 1959
*Margaret M. and *George B. Sprick,
COM 1928
Charles P. Stephens, Friend
Jane J. and James A. Stratigos Jr., EE 1974,
MS EE 1980
Robert C. Sutton Jr., ESM 1973
Linda M. and G. Robert Tidwell, IM 1965
Virginia J. Wagner, Friend
David I. J. Wang, MS ME 1953
*Edna R. and *William C. Wardlaw Jr.,
TE 1928
*Bert H. Wells Sr., ChE 1923
Mary P. and James W. Wesley Jr., IM 1955
James Fennell Williams, EE 1949
Wesley B. Williams, MGT 1988
*Kathleen and *Frank R. Woolford, CE 1924
Janet C. Wylie, CE 1977
Barbara B. and David H. Young III,
IM 1963
Henry W. Grady Club
$250,000 to $500,000
Bobby Joe Anderson, IM 1950
Tazwell L. Anderson, IM 1961
Louis F. Andrews, IE 1962, MS IM 1965
H. Wade Barnes Jr., BIOL 1971
*John P. Baum Jr., Friend
*James F. Beall Jr., CE 1929
Marcus C. Bennett, IM 1959
*A. D. Black, ME 1893
Elwood P. "Doc" Blanchard, CHEM 1953
MS CHEM 1954
Harrold P. Bowen, IM 1956
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*Elizabeth C. and *James E. Boyd,
Honorary Alumnus
*Francis G. Brinson, GE 1929
*James C. Brooks, Faculty/Staff
*Thomas M. Bryan II, TEXT 1950
Jean S. and David T. Camp, ChE 1980
*George A. Carey, ARCH 1927
*Oscar P. Cleaver, EE 1928
J. Abner Conner, CE 1966
*Georgia Handly and *Clifford A. Cowles,
ME 1911
Albert W. Culbreth Jr., IM 1968
Thomas R. Daniel Jr., IM 1968
Clayton J. Davis, EE 1941
Esther S. and *Theodor J. de Vries,
ChE 1944
*Sara Newsome Dennis and *Francis S.
Dennis Jr., ChE 1943
*Calvin J. DesPortes Sr., EE 1921
*Robert B. Dodds, EE 1925
*George F. Dowman, COM 1924
George B. Dunbar Sr., Class of 1950
Bradley B. Dunn, EE 1951
*O. J. Dykes Jr., ME 1941
Robert C. Erickson, IE 1979
Mary C. and *Kenneth W. Faulkner,
IM 1950
*William Parker Ferguson, ME 1918
*Frances C. and *Ernest A. Fort, CE 1924
Elizabeth L. Fortier, Friend
Dot H. and Charles L. Fricks, EE 1968,
MS IS 1970
*Bertha J. and *Thomas R. Gale, EE 1941
*S. Price Gilbert Sr., Friend
Arnold I. Goldberg, ME 1950
Bobette and John A. Grant III, CE 1974
*Wallace J. Greene, GE 1927
Betty W. and James M. Grimes, IM 1957
Richard A. Guthman Jr., IE 1956
Joan N. and *David D. Hamilton, TE 1941
William L. Haralson, IM 1960
Jacquelin S. and John W. Harden Jr.,
IM 1969, BIOL 1974, MS BIOL 1976
*W. Clair Harris, Friend
William L. Hartley, IM 1963
*Miona and *W. Vernon Hassett, TE 1938
Frances B. and Robert F. Head Jr., CE 1939
*Julian T. Hightower, TE 1919
*Leila P. Holleman, Friend
*Wayne J. Holman Jr., EE 1928
*Arnold W. Holsenbeck, ME 1933
*Henry F. Hopkins, EE 1931
H. Scott Howell, TEXT 1951
*Mary M. Hunerkopf, Friend
Hodge E. Jenkins, PhD ME 1996
Gerald Johnson Jr., CE 1939
Jerry S. Johnson, EE 1957
*William S. Kirkpatrick Jr., GS 1935
Louise Franklin Livingston and Harry W.
Livingston, Friends
David S. Lumpkin, PHYS 1976,
MS IM 1979
John P. Lundblad, Friend
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$250,000 to $500,000
(continued from page 4)
Eleanor P. and Wilford C. Lyon Jr., IM 1958
Lynn C. Maddox, EE 1963
*Ronald L. Martin, IM 1968
Claude A. McGinnis III, ChE 1951
*Shirley C. Mewborn, EE 1956, and F. B.
Mewborn II, Class of 1956
Teresita and Juan Antonio Michelena,
ME 1962
*Paul William Miller, Friend
Peter J. Mounts, IMGT 1980
Kevin P. Murray, MGT 1990
*Dorothy Walker Palmer and *Jackson F.
Palmer, COM 1933
The Nicholas John Pappas Jr. Family,
Friends
*Evelyn and *Harman Wayne Patterson,
ME 1912
*C. Marie Pierce, MATH 1967
Daniel E. Pittard, IM 1971
Ann T. and George L. Rice, IE 1954
Family of *Oliver H. Sale, EE 1926
Jane Williams Sides and Julian E. Sides Jr.,
NS 1946
*Hillyer S. Smith, IM 1943
Joseph F. Steed, BC 1974
Susan F. and William L. Thacker III,
ME 1967
Elyene and Charles E. Thompson, IM 1962
*Russell A. Thompson, ARCH 1933
Kathryn B. and Roland M. Toups, ME 1960
MS ME 1961
Susan T. and R. Joseph Trammell,
ARCH 1968
Peter J. Van Norde, AE 1943
*George E. Viereck, BS 1932
Albert O. Waldon, IM 1938
William B. White, IE 1959
Ethelene and Donnie Whittle, Class of 1958
Frank B. Williams Jr., TE 1949
*Myrtle E. and *John Hand Williams Jr.,
ME 1937
Paul H. Williams, ChE 1960
Carolyn Dusenbury Wylder, CE 1975, MS
CE 1978, and John O. Wylder, ECON 1973
*Edmund B. Zachry, Class of 1913
M. Daniel Berman, CE 1957
*Everett Bernardo, ME 1942
John M. Bickerstaff, IM 1949
Teresa Warlitner Blackledge, MS IM 1982
Melissa Joiner Blanchard, MGT 1995
J. Dan Blitch III, IE 1953
Rebecca Ann and Robert Shelley Blount
TEXT 1971
J. Donald Boggus Jr., MGT 1986
Benjamin G. Bowen III, IM 1968
Donald G. Bozeman, EE 1961
*Evelyn D. Browder, Friend
Carey H. Brown, IE 1969
*Florence Haile Brownell, Friend
William C. Burgess, IM 1971
Joyce K. and John A. Caddell, ARCH 1952
*Josephine C. and *James M. Cantrell,
Friends
Freeman H. Cary, Class of 1947
Valerie Hamer Chaffin, BMGT 1973, and
M. H. Chaffin Jr., ChE 1968, MS NE 1969
Jane P. and W. David Christian, ME 1964,
IM 1965
*Julia and *Howard E. Clements, EE 1931
*Alfred D. Cobb, IM 1961
Susan and Michael Cohn, Friends
*Martha Merritt Cole, Friend
F. Rigdon Currie, IE 1951
Daniel B. Curtis, ARCH 1958
Ann H. and Edward E. David Jr., EE 1945
*Oscar G. Davis, ME 1922
Duncan M. Dlugos, MS EE 1979
Robert A. Dobbin Jr., EE 1972
Robert A. Duffy, AE 1951
Wayne A. Eaves, Friend
*W. Howard Ector Jr., IM 1940
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Geoffrey G. Eichholz, Faculty/Staff
*Richard O. Elder, ChE 1945
Sue and Ken R. Entrekin, EE 1973
Edward Al Eppinger, ME 1960
Merle I. and James R. Fair, ChE 1942
*Victoria O. and *William E. Farnell Jr.,
Friends
*Julia B. Fleet, Friend
*James Swann Floyd, Honorary Alumnus
Nita S. and Marvin H. Floyd, EE 1951
Robert F. Fowler III, BC 1982
*Lamar H. Franklin Sr., CERE 1936
Timothy D. Frier, Friend
Marion B. Glover Jr., IM 1965
*Louis J. Goldin, Class of 1914, and *Max
Goldin, Class of 1925
Jere W. Goldsmith IV, IM 1956
*Walter K. Graham, ME 1933
Bernard Gray, Friend
Lesley Peterson Gray, EE 1991, and Brian J.
Gray, EE 1990
Christopher O. Green, EE 1994
*Russell S. Grove Jr., IE 1962
*Watts Gunn, COM 1928
Dorothy L. and P. Frank Hagerty, Friends
Mary L. and Jefferson W. Hall, EE 1991,
MS EE 1992
*Louis L. Hamig, CE 1931
W. Jackson Hamilton III, IM 1966
*Francis R. Hammack, Class of 1923
W. Leon Hardeman, IM 1954
*Edythe J. and *Frank Hammond Hardin,
Friends
Robert A. Harley, Class of 1951
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J. F. Hanson Club
$100,000 to $250,000
George Smith Adams, CERE 1949
Corlyn H. and Henry R. Adams, IM 1949
Constance A. and *Donato J. Altobelli,
CE 1955
Jill Stewart Archer, MGT 1993
Richard D. Austin, IE 1957
*Grace H. and *Ewell I. Barnes,
Honorary Alumnus
James E. Bell, ME 1953
Leo Benatar, IE 1951
Michael L. Benoit, IM 1968, MS IM 1971
Founders’ Council members were celebrated and thanked at
a November reception hosted by President Wayne Clough. About 200
members enjoyed the evening showcasing the new Molecular Science
and Engineering Building.
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$100,000 to $250,000
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Max W. Harral, CP 1960
Emory F. Harris, AE 1959
Hubert L. Harris Jr., IM 1965
Marilyn Holland Harris, Class of 1960, and
R. Clark Harris, AE 1959
*George W. Harrison, Friend
*Sibyl Anthony Harrison, Friend
Quill O. Healey, IM 1960
Elizabeth Wood Heery and George T.
Heery, ARCH 1951
*Paul M. Heffernan, Faculty/Staff
Gladys Camp Hiles and *John G. Hiles,
IM 1950
Nancy N. and T. Mark Hodges, IM 1950
*Mary and *James E. Holland, Friends
Robert Hollifield, Friend
Julia West Horton and Earl C. Horton,
Class of 1939
Constance P. and Dan E. Hunt, IE 1963
Hugh F. Hunter, AE 1943
Sammy Lee Huntley, IMGT 1984
E. Dennis Huthnance, PHYS 1964,
MS MATH 1966, PhD MATH 1969
Raymond Inglett, EE 1949
J. Russell Ivie, IM 1958
Charles A. Jackson Jr., IM 1962
Nancy C. and E. Dunbar Jewell, TEXT 1950
*Bobby L. Johnson, Friend
Calvin D. Johnson, MSCI 1973
William S. Johnson Sr., CHEM 1944,
MS CHEM 1949
*Donald C. Johnston, TE 1937
*Charles A. Jones Sr., TE 1904
*Fannie B. Jones, Friend
J. Lamar Jordan, IM 1950
*Eleanor B. and John B. Kackley, CE 1937
Thomas Michael Kaney, CE 1961
*Fred M. Kaufman, Class of 1947
Hallie R. and James M. Keel, CE 1976,
MS CE 1983
*John E. Kelley, BIOL 1976, MS HS 1977
Willard Kells, IM 1959
Patricia C. and Jack R. Kelly Jr.,
Class of 1960
Anthony H. Kepano, IMGT 1986
Jean A. and Roland E. Kinser, ME 1955
*Bruce J. Korten, Class of 1944
*I. L. Kunian, TE 1934
John E. Lagana, IE 1968
E. Cody Laird, ME 1957
*Neill H. Lassiter, EE 1930
Richard S. Lawrence, IM 1961
Selma and *Clement D. LeHardy, ME 1933
*Betsy and *James F. Leware, CE 1957
Jean C. and Frank D. Lewis, AE 1943,
MS ME 1959
Adams D. Little Jr., IM 1953
Donald G. Loggins, IE 1953
Judy L. and Fowler H. Low, IM 1954
John "Jack" S. Markwalter Jr., IMGT 1981
Robert E. Mason, IM 1960
*R. E. Matthews, Friend
James H. Maughon, CE 1968
Katy Peterson Maxwell, MATE 1995, and
Philip T. Maxwell, IE 1994
Patricia and Joe A. Mayes, CE 1957
C. Scott Mayfield Jr., GMGT 1973
Henry E. McAuliffe Jr., Class of 1941
*Passie May and *George W. McCarty,
ME 1908
Georgia Tech’s Gift Planning staff: Peter Ticconi, Ann Dibble,
Louis Rice, and Lauren Kennedy, INTA 2003.
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David M. McKenney, PHYS 1960
Joseph P. Byrd III, GE 1938, and Susan
Byrd Merrill, Friend
*Buck Mickel, CE 1948
Marjorie S. and James D. Miller, IE 1949
*Walker G. Miller, IM 1951
*Bruce H. Milligan, EES 1975
John V. Miner Jr., CE 1946, MS CE 1948
M. George Mitchell III, ME 1968
William E. Moore Jr., EE 1966
Ray N. Moses, AE 1964
J. Alan Neal, IE 1956
Juanita W. and William J. Oakes Jr.,
AE 1946
Sherry and Robert M. Oenbrink, CE 1970
James E. Patterson Jr., IMGT 1975
Larry W. Pearson, IM 1970
Pattie N. and Wilbur F. Peck Jr., CE 1954,
MS CE 1961
Thomas E. Perrin, CE 1949
Ronald O. Pohl, AE 1969
William H. Pridgen, GMGT 1972
Jessie and *Ralph W. Pries, ME 1940
Kline S. and William A. Reed, IE 1957,
MS IE 1963
*Carl J. Reith, Honorary Alumnus
Julie T. and David A. Reynolds, AE 1970
George P. Reynolds, ChE 1955,
MS ChE 1957
*Joseph D. Rhodes, Friend
Donald W. Richardson, AE 1951
*Neil W. Riley, ARCH 1927
Pat and N. Allen Robertson, IE 1969
*R. Corson Rose, CERE 1943
Mark G. Samuelian, IE 1985
*Michael L. Sappington, IE 1970
Judith H. and Clifford J. Schexnayder,
CE 1967, MS CE 1972
F. William Scott, ME 1938
Andrea and Charles T. Seay II, ME 1963
Janice W. and Robert L. Seldomridge,
ChE 1953
*Eunice Pitt Odom Semmes and *George
Wingfield Semmes, ME 1910
Family of *Lee M. Sessions, COM 1925
Thomas A. Sizemore II, IM 1965
*Charlie F. Skannal, EE 1928, and *Robert
B. Skannal, Friend
William M. Sloan, CE 1959, MS SANE 1965
*Maurice F. Smith, COM 1933
Rush S. Smith Jr., PHYS 1972
J. Gary Sowell, IE 1973
Francis N. Spears, CE 1973, MS CE 1980
George N. Spring Jr., ChE 1938
Stanley P. Steinberg, ARCH 1954
Jeb M. Stewart, Class of 1991
*George W. Stradtman, IM 1942
*James A. Strickland, Faculty/Staff
Jo Anne P. and Neal D. Stubblefield,
ME 1979
Martha and *J. William Summerour,
EE 1947, MS IE 1947
*James P. Swann, COM 1920
continued on page 7
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The Newsletter of the Georgia Tech Founders’ Council
J. F. Hanson Club
$100,000 to $250,000
(continued from page 6)
Bernard W. Taylor III, IE 1970
Howard T. Tellepsen Jr., CE 1966
Frank R. Tetterton, IM 1971
*Robert H. Tharpe, COM 1934
Patricia H. and Joel C. Thornton, CE 1956
*Edwin B. Turman, ChE 1936
Nat S. Turner IV, APHY 1980
E. Turner Warmack, IM 1950
Dorsey M. Watson Jr., Friend
*Celeste D. and *A. Sigmund Weil, EE 1922
Alan L. Weinberger, AE 1959
John H. Weitnauer Jr., IE 1949
Warren O. Wheeler, EE 1963
*Davis E. Williams Jr., IM 1947
Lamae S. and James R. Williams Jr.,
GMGT 1972
*Monroe John Willner, EE 1950
Raymond Willoch, IM 1955
Geraldine G. and Theodore R. Wirtz,
IM 1956
Virginia B. and *James G. Wohlford,
EE 1941
Eunice S. and Byron G. Wolford, IE 1957
*John H. Woodall Jr., Class of 1938, and
Henry H. Woodall, Friend
Anderson M. Wren, INTA 1999
Barbara T. and Douglas E. Wren, IM 1969
JoAnne F. and Thomas L. Wright, IM 1957
*Charles R. Yates, GS 1935
William R. Ziegler Sr., IM 1941
Nathaniel E. Harris Club
$25,000 to $100,000
*Robert S. Abbott, Class of 1906
Wendy H. and Lawrence J. Aldrich,
CE 1974
D. Scott Allen, IE 1993
Charles W. Almand, BC 1959
*William O. Alt, ME 1935
J. Neil Anderson, ME 1972
Kelly Glore Anderson, MGT 1996,
and Ralph L. Anderson III, IE 1997
Susan Dunwody Andes, IMGT 1983, and
Robert C. Andes Jr., PSY 1984, MS IE 1987
Rodney L. Arroyo, M CP 1982
Gerald J. Ashkouti, ME 1973
Carwin F. Avant Jr., CERE 1968
Christopher G. Bagby, EE 1972
E. Jo Baker, Faculty/Staff
Johnnie B. and *Peter L. Bakkum, CE 1949,
MS CE 1950
Marguerite and Jack Baldwin, ChE 1946
Neal E. Baldwin Sr., TEXT 1970
James C. Barber, ChE 1938
Kimberly Krabe Barnes, IMGT 1984
Curtis W. Bazemore, BIOL 1975
Gerald R. Beck, IM 1956
Richard B. Bell, IM 1961
Jacqueline G. Bentley, EE 1984, and Tsali
Bentley, EE 1983
*Dorothy and *Frank Birkett, Friends
C. Clint Bolte, IE 1967
Kathleen S. and G. Niles Bolton,
ARCH 1968
*Arietta Bostain, Friend
*Frances S. and *Edward C. Bosworth,
ME 1929
Brittney Wright Bottoms and David A.
Bottoms, MGT 2001
Gary T. Bottoms, IMGT 1975
Henry C. Bourne Jr., Honorary Alumnus
Elizabeth Gordy Brandt and Robert S.
Brandt, IE 1953
Emily and James E. Breland Jr., CE 1967,
MS CE 1968
*LeNeil N. Broach, Friend
*George H. Brooks, MS IE 1951,
PhD IE 1965
Sonja and John G. Brooks, IM 1970
Henry P. Browder, CHEM 1952
Charles R. Brown, BC 1962
Jeffery L. Brown, MGT 1991
Karen L. and Neil T. Brown, IE 1978
Spring 2007
Randy M. Brown, IMGT 1974
*Joseph H. Bryson, ARCH 1928
John Q. Bullard Sr., IM 1943
*Hugh S. Burnes Sr., TE 1941
Jan and David Burriss, ARCH 1979
Ernest L. Bush, IM 1970
Jonah J. Byer, ARCH 1952
Louis Thomas Cain Jr., Friend
*Leslie G. Callahan, Faculty/Staff
Steven H. Caller, BC 1963
William B. Campbell, CERE 1958,
MS CERE 1960
*Joseph A. Campoamor, Friend
James M. Cantrell Jr., ME 1957
*Sam Carastro, EE 1950
Robert A. Carl, ME 1940
*W. Walton Carter, MSM 1995
William C. Castleberry, IM 1963
*Gene H. Cates, IM 1954
*Dave Center, Class of 1936
Deborah and James R. Chambers, CE 1968,
MS CE 1969
Thomas C. Champion III, EE 1977
continued on page 8
INCLUDE GEORGIA TECH IN YOUR
ESTATE PLANS
onors are encouraged to designate their estate gifts for the Georgia
Tech Foundation or for the Alexander-Tharpe Fund (to support
the Institute’s intercollegiate athletic programs). Both are 501(c)(3)
organizations that receive and manage private contributions for the
benefit of Georgia Tech and have more flexibility in investments and
distribution of funds than does the Institute.
If you would like to make a bequest for Georgia Tech, include the following language in your estate plans:
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I give and bequeath ______% of the residue and remainder of my estate
(or the sum of _________ dollars, $______________) to the Georgia
Tech Foundation Inc., a Georgia charitable corporation, for unrestricted
support of the Georgia Institute of Technology.
You can designate your bequest for a named endowment to support
your school or college, or to support a specific purpose like scholarships
or graduate fellowships. Please contact our gift planning office at
404.894.4678 for details. Our gift planning professionals are available to
consult with you and your advisors about charitable gifts and how they
can best be used by Georgia Tech.
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The Newsletter of the Georgia Tech Founders’ Council
Nathaniel E. Harris Club
$25,000 to $100,000
(continued from page 7)
William E. Cherry, IE 1970
J. Kerry Clayton, IE 1968
Ruth E. and William N. Clyatt, GS 1937
James W. Cofer Jr., EE 1967, MS EE 1969
Anne B. and Wayne H. Coloney, CE 1950
Robert M. Compton, ME 1955
Cheryl R. and J. Brant Conner, TEXT 1968,
MS TEXT 1969
William R. Cook, CE 1975
*Alice Spencer Coon, Friend
Timothy Andrew Cotter, IE 1995
Barry W. Covington, IM 1965
William G. Cox, EE 1963
*William S. Cox III, ChE 1940
H. Barry Coyle Jr., ARCH 1972
Richard E. Craig Jr., Friend
*Thomas M. Craig, IM 1963
*Argyle C. Crockett Jr., CE 1938
*William C. Cromer, IM 1940
*Doris D. and *Caleb P. Crosby, IM 1941
Albert W. Culbreth III, MGT 2001
J. Charles Curry Jr., IE 1958, MS IM 1972
Harold O. Davidson Jr., ME 1947,
MS IE 1948
*Charles Miller Davis, IM 1955
*Wink A. Davis Sr., COM 1934
*Frank de Peterse Jr., TE 1938
Richard W. DeVane Jr., ME 1956
Ann W. Dibble, Friend
*Kate McCalley Dickey, Friend
Humbert W. Dicristina Jr., IM 1955
Terry C. Domm, ME 1967, MS ME 1972
Curtis L. Doster, ME 1990
Katherine B. and William W. Dowdy,
ChE 1954, MS ChE 1963
Gerald R. Downey Jr., IM 1970
*Georgia D. and *Clarence B. Drennon Jr.,
ChE 1931
*E. Rembert DuBose, ME 1948
*Burt L. Duncomb, Friend
*Duane L. Duncomb, BC 1969
*Barnwell S. Dunlap, Class of 1938
Eugene C. Dunwody Jr., ARCH 1985
George F. Dunwody, Friend
Harold A. Dye, CERE 1940
Joseph T. Dyer, IE 1969, MS ICS 1971
Charles F. Easley Jr., IM 1986
P. R. Easterlin Jr., CE 1963
Charles Bertram Eidson, MGT 1997
Joseph W. Evans, IM 1971
*Conrad E. Faust, COM 1918
*James M. Feagle, CE 1938
*Dakin B. Ferris Jr., Class of 1950
*Henry L. Fisher Jr., PhD NE 1973
*Thomas T. Flagler Jr., GS 1937
*Raymond K. Flege, Faculty/Staff
Terry C. Fox, IE 1968
Thomas J. Fox III, IM 1957
*Wilfred V. Fox, IM 1964
Richard L. Frame Sr., IM 1962
Lisa N. and Jan E. Fridrichsen, NE 1980
Raiford S. Futch Jr., IM 1965
Frank E. Löffler, the Carlton S. Wilder Associate Professor of Environmental Microbiology and Engineering, shows Jane Wilder his laboratory in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering. The late
Carlton S. Wilder, CE 1959, MS CE 1960, named the Georgia Tech
Foundation a beneficiary of his retirement plan account, and his wife
Jane established a professorship honoring Carlton’s work in water quality.
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Volume 5, Number 1
The Newsletter of the Georgia Tech Founders’ Council
Nathaniel E. Harris Club
$25,000 to $100,000
(continued from page 8)
To honor his fortieth reunion,
Mary Jervis and H. Craig
Hayes, IM 1965, established a
charitable remainder trust with a
gift of real estate. The gift was
made in memory of Craig’s father,
Herbert B. Hayes, Class of 1933.
Thurston D. Futch III, EE 1986
William F. Gannon Jr., IE 1970
William G. Garrett, Friend
Leon O. Gaskins, IM 1949
Constantinos C. Georgiou, ChE 1956
*Jack H. Gilbert, CE 1922
Geoffrey C. Gill, IM 1964
Helen C. and James T. Glass, CE 1961
Bernie J. Grablowsky, CE 1966,
MS IM 1968
Reggie S. Graham, MGT 1993
*W. Emily Graham, Friend
Glenn A. Gray, EE 1988
Helen B. and *Thomas H. Green Jr.,
ChE 1949
*Mary F. Greenawalt, Friend
Alton D. Greenway Jr., IMGT 1986
Lovic P. Greer Jr., EE 1942
R. Page Griffin, TEXT 1950
Jacqueline S. and Charles W. Groover,
IE 1954
Douglas F. Hale, EE 1987
Herbert O. Hamby, IE 1959
Charles I. Hancock, ME 1956
John L. Hancock, ChE 1948, MS ChE 1949
*Sue K. and *Charles T. Hardman, Friends
Michael K. Harrell, IE 1970
Thomas E. Harris, EE 1974
William A. Harvill, ME 1968
*Luther B. Hawkins Jr., ChE 1948
*Charles A. Hays Jr., IM 1962
continued on page 9
*Paul O. Hebert, Friend
*Walter J. Hecht, Friend
Margaret and W. Hugo Heidenreich,
IM 1948
Richard J. Heinicka, ICS 1985
Harvey A. Helman, IE 1970
Ulysses V. Henderson Jr., CHEM 1950,
PhD CHEM 1954
Richard M. Hensley, CE 1977
Bart S. Henson, CE 1964, MS CE 1965
*Charles N. Heston, ME 1944
Allison C. Hickman, MGT 1989, and
Michael S. Hickman, CE 1989
Patrick H. Hickok, IE 1970
John A. Higley Jr., IE 1966
*Margeret and Albert J. Hill, ME 1932
Patricia M. and Lansford M. Hill, Friends
Samuel N. Hodges Jr., CE 1943
Thomas E. Hogan, CE 1962
Brian D. Hogg, IM 1961
Neca J. Holley, IE 1986
K. Eugene Holly, AE 1946
Larry W. Holmes, IM 1966
Jeffrey A. Howard, MGT 1992
*Frederick A. Hoyt Sr., Friend
John J. Hudiburg Jr., EE 1951
Kenneth E. Hyatt, CE 1962, MS IM 1966
Alice D. and *J. Leland Jackson, GS 1935
*John B. Jackson Jr., IM 1945
Joseph F. Jackson, IM 1965, MS IM 1971
*Zell P. Jackson, Friend
James S. Jarrard, CE 1986
*Charles M. Jenkins, Class of 1924
Christine and David A. Johnson, EE 1987
E. Calvin Johnson, EE 1947
Robert E. Johnson, IM 1960
Thomas B. Johnson, MGT 1993
Ann Drake Johnson and *W. Lloyd
Johnson Jr., ChE 1943, MS ChE 1947
*David O. Jones, IE 1971
Sammie N. and Fred L. Jones, IE 1951
*Opal Ward Jones, Friend
Stephen M. Jordan, IM 1971
*J. Calvin Jureit, CE 1949
*Henry D. Kahrs, CE 1920
*Vera Watson Keisling, Friend
Stephen A. Kendrick, IE 1988
Ronald J. Kern, ICS 1984
Willa Davis Kerr, BIOL 1973, and
Wayne E. Kerr, BIOL 1973,
MS BIOL 1974
Marianne H. and John P. Kidd, IM 1962
Douglas W. King, IMGT 1981
*Mary and *George L. Kirkpatrick,
TEXT 1951
*Fred B. Kreidier, CE 1914
Jane and James L. Kunberger, Friends
*Clarinda P. Lamar, Friend
Scott A. Lambert, IE 1986
J. Mark Lancaster, IMGT 1985
Spring 2007
*Margaret McDow MacDougall and
*Robert L. MacDougall, GS 1925
Richard A. Mahoney, Class of 1984
*Philip J. Malonson, AE 1950
Harold E. Marcus Jr., IM 1956
Stuart B. Marschall, CE 1964,
MS SANE 1968
*Ann Bernard Martin, Friend
Christine S. and James L. Martin Jr.,
IM 1966
Michael E. Last, EE 1987
James Charles Leathers, ME 1955
Robert H. Ledbetter Sr., IM 1958
W. Chase Ledbetter III, IMGT 1979
Alan G. Lee, MGT 1986
John L. Lee Jr., CE 1968
Marla B. Litz, IE 1982
Larry Lord, ARCH 1965
Howell K. Lucius, CE 1961, MS SANE 1961
James K. Luck III, IM 1970
Gloria and Kenneth A. Lundberg,
CERE 1953
continued on page 10
PRIME EARNING YEARS …
SEEKING RETIREMENT INCOME?
eferred payment charitable gift annuities help meet the challenge
of finding a steady and guaranteed source of income in retirement.
With a deferred payment charitable gift annuity, you make a gift now
while you are in your top earning years, and you receive an immediate
income tax charitable deduction. The payments are deferred to any time
you choose after you have turned 65. The longer the deferral period, the
higher the rate will be and the larger the charitable deduction. Once the
payments start, you will receive guaranteed fixed income for the rest of
your life. After your death, the residual of your gift will establish an
endowment in your name, your legacy for Georgia Tech’s future.
The minimum age for an annuitant is 50, and the minimum gift is
$25,000. Payments cannot begin before age 65. Annuities can be funded
with cash or publicly traded securities. If your spouse is a secondary
annuitant, the annuity rate will be lower.
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$25,000 Deferred Payment Charitable Gift Annuity
Current
Annuity
Age
Deferred to Age
50
50
55
55
60
60
65
70
65
70
65
70
Rate
Annuity
Amount
Charitable
Deduction
12.8%
17.9%
9.9%
13.8%
7.7%
10.7%
$3,200
$4,475
$2,475
$3,450
$1,925
$2,675
$13,074
$15,143
$12,403
$14,622
$11,386
$13,819
Amounts above are approximations and will vary depending on date of gift, the age of annuitant,
and the deferral period. A portion of annuity could be considered tax-free return of principal.
Contact Gift Planning at Georgia Tech (404.894.4678) for a gift illustration customized for you.
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Nathaniel E. Harris Club
$25,000 to $100,000
(continued from page 9)
Michael J. Maslaney, EE 1978, MS EE 1979
Robert P. Matson Jr., IMGT 1972
Jay M. McDonald, IM 1968
Robert P. McDonnell Jr., MS CI 1986,
MSM 1991
*William M. McEver, Friend
*John A. McFarlane, COM 1934
*Donald S. McKay, Class of 1925
*Daniel A. McKeever, EE 1932
Patrick J. McKenna, IE 1974
*William R. McLain, Class of 1941
*Alice K. McTerney, Friend
Henry E. Meadows, EE 1952, MS EE 1953,
PhD EE 1958
Luzia Reggio Melli, Friend
Edward H. Metzger III, CE 1980
Dan A. Metzler, ARCH 1972
James A. Gantt, IM 1948, and Lois Gantt
Miller, Friend
*Rhea Hirsch Montag, Honorary Alumna
*Thomas Edward Moodie, MS AE 1934
William P. Moore, AE 1966
*Adrian S. Morris, COM 1929
Roger C. Murphey, Friend
*Fred J. Murphy, IM 1961
Rosemary D. and *Ronald M. Murray,
EE 1941
Alice S. and *William M. Newton,
Faculty/Staff
Benito J. Nickelsen, CE 1934
Tim Norris, MATH 1977, MS ICS 1982
*Dennis D. O'Brian, AE 1938
Ronald K. Ogletree, TEXT 1969,
MS TEXT 1970
Jill I. Ord, IE 1986
Ruben F. Owen, AE 1966, MS AE 1971
John W. Parrott, ChE 1956, MS ChE 1958
*Robert S. Paschal Jr., ME 1947
Stephen F. Patterson, EE 1989, MSM 1991
Joseph F. Payne Jr., GMGT 1973
*G. David Peake, IE 1961
Steven W. Peek, IMGT 1980
*Michael L. Percy, Class of 1968
Oscar N. Persons, IE 1960
*Weller A. Phillips, ChE 1943
Thomas J. Pierce Jr., ChE 1961
L. Richard Plunkett, Friend
Bill R. Poland, ME 1967
Donnlee H. Poole, Friend
Ted N. Poolos, Friend
*James T. Porter, ChE 1943
Ruth A. and J. W. Porter Jr., EE 1964
Olin Crawford Pound III, IE 1979
*William J. Proctor, Faculty/Staff
*Robbie K. and *R. McBride Pryor, CE 1943
Clifford W. Rackley, ChE 1949
J. Lamar Reese Jr., IM 1955
*Lucia Y. Reeves, Friend
Raymond H. Reynolds Jr., IE 1988
Betty Ann Rhodes, Friend
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William R. Collins Jr.,
ME 1957, MS IM 1963, created
a charitable lead trust, the
income from which supports the
Alexander-Tharpe Fund and the
College of Management. Collins
is pictured with daughter Karen
Collins Thurman, IM 1982, and
grand-daughter Claire Thurman,
Class of 2010.
W. Clint Rhodes, Friend
Sandra F. and Louis W. Rice III,
Faculty/Staff
John Edward Richards, Friend
*August W. Rickenbach, ME 1927
George G. Riles, IM 1970
Kenneth A. Roberts, BC 1977
*Josephine Crawford Robinson, Friend
John F. Rogers Jr., IM 1951
Frank E. Roper Jr., IE 1961, MS IE 1962
Mary Bennet Dunwody Rose, MGT 1994
Glenn A. Rosen, IMGT 1985
*Josephine M. Rowland, Friend
Theodore W. Ruskin Jr., IE 1973
Richard C. Russell, ChE 1955
Bruce J. Sams Jr., IM 1951
Carol Elizabeth and Laurence E. Sanders,
CE 1974
Henry C. Sawyer, IE 1964
David W. Seckinger Jr., IMGT 1975
Michael H. Segala, EE 1987
Polly B. and Roy C. Sheffield, ChE 1961
Margaret H. “Peg” Shelton, Faculty/Staff
William T. Shelton, EE 1951
Robert M. Shulman, IM 1969
Joseph C. Siffri, MGT 1991
Dell B. Sikes, IM 1961
Debra Ann and Irving Silver, IMGT 1972
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John W. Simmons Jr., EE 1988
Reid W. Simmons, IM 1970
Allan Boyd Simpson, IE 1970
Marilyn M. and George Sinkez, CE 1952
John E. Sippel, EE 1956
David R. Smallwood, MATE 1993
*L. Carl Smith, ME 1931
*Malcolm Bowman Smith Jr., Class of 1932
Jean A. and Robert H. Smith, ARCH 1952
Kenneth Snuggs, IE 1995
W. Clayton Sparrow Jr., PHYS 1968
*Frank R. Speer, IM 1959
Bettye Z. and Nelson Spoto, ARCH 1952
*Julian C. Stanley Jr., Friend
William J. Stanley III, ARCH 1972
*John C. Staton Sr., EE 1924
*Howard J. Stemm, CE 1929
Amelia L. and George A. Stewart Jr.,
AE 1969
Jerry L. Still, IM 1962
*Earl W. Stradtman, IM 1945
William B. Swint, IE 1969
Jim Bob Taylor, IMGT 1982
Scott E. Taylor, IE 1984
Emily H. Tilden, IE 1978, MS IE 1979, and
Mark D. Tilden, ARCH 1977,
M ARCH 1979
continued on page 11
Brittney and David A.
Bottoms, MGT 2001, a former
President’s Scholar, established
an endowed fund to support
President’s Scholars. David
will make gifts to the fund over
his lifetime and has included
an estate provision for additional funding.
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$25,000 to $100,000
Members at Large
(continued from page 10)
George E. Bailey, TEXT 1950
Monica Bailey, IMGT 1986
Sandra J. and John C. Barrow Jr., IE 1962
L. Travis Brannon Jr., IM 1949
Joseph P. Brooks Jr., IE 1968
Elizabeth B. and Larry J. Byars, ME 1966,
MS IM 1968
Venice H. and Frank M. Carryl, Friends
Carol W. and Wallis G. Cobb Jr., IE 1950
Toni and M. Clark Cook Jr., IM 1958
Jerome M. Cooper, ARCH 1955
Barry G. Cowart, IMGT 1985
Reid P. Eastburn, MGT 1993
Andrew E. Farkas, Class of 1969
Matilda B. and *Charles B. Fontaine,
EE 1934
Richard L. Francis, MS IE 1962
Maurice H. Furchgott, AE 1945, MS IE 1951
David C. Garrett Jr., IM 1955
Mark D. Tiller Jr., MGT 1992
Charles E. Tinsley III, ME 1968
*Leon A. Tolve, ME 1938
*Albert V. Toney, Class of 1939
Sandra C. and Charles F. Touchton,
PHYS 1957
Lynda L. and *M. Daniel Troxler Jr.,
TEXT 1958
Ardath S. and William T. Underwood,
ChE 1950
*William J. VanLandingham, IE 1959
Elizabeth Y. and Fred H. von Herrmann,
EE 1968
*Guy T. Ward, Class of 1934
Robert H. Ward, CE 1982
Samuel Joseph Ward, IM 1951
John T. Wardlaw, Class of 1944
*Jack L. Ware, EE 1929
J. Robert M. Warren, IE 1986, MBA 2005
R. Reagin Warren, EE 1948
* Minta J. Wear, Friend
*Robert D. Weathers, IM 1961
Gary H. Webb, IE 1974
Jon J. Welkey, CE 1965
*J. Joe Westbrook, COM 1929
Susan and Ronald T. White, IE 1970
Wallace E. White, IMGT 1967
*Dolores Dean Whiteside and David P.
Whiteside, CE 1942
Debra Massara Whitlock, IE 1984, MS HS
1993, and Steve A. Whitlock, IE 1985,
MS OR 1988
*Robert B. Wilby, EE 1908
*Nell and *E. Davis Wilcox, ARCH 1935
*Claire C. and *Thomas Atwood Wilder,
ME 1926
*Silas H. Wilkinson, Class of 1933
*Terrell Wilkinson, Class of 1938
*Herbert A. Williams Jr., EE 1933
James A. Williams Jr., EE 1981
Philip L. Williams, TEXT 1970
Robert E. Williams, IE 1951, MS IE 1960
Thomas F. Williams Jr., ME 1950
Barbara T. and Frank M. Willis Jr., IM 1953
Rachel L. and A. Duane Wills, IM 1955
Doris E. and John K. Wimpress, AE 1946
Robert R. Winchester, ME 1960
*Joyce H. and *Thomas E. Winter, AE 1959,
MS IM 1962
*Bruce J. Wittschiebe, CE 1978
*Louise M. and *Robert E. Wolf, IM 1955
Freddie Wood, TEXT 1953, IE 1953
Charles L. Woodyard Jr., EE 1980
J. Lamar Wright, IE 1968
*Peter Wright, IE 1949, MS IE 1956
Thomas L. Wright Jr., IE 1985
John A. Wurz, ARCH 1958
Brian W. Wynne, MGT 1989
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F. Vreeland George Jr., CE 1950
Frank C. Grubbs, IE 1965
Richard R. Gunter, EE 1950
Shirley B. and Thomas B. Gurley, EE 1959
Joseph L. A. Hughes, Faculty/Staff
Susan E. and Frank Inman Jr., CE 1959
Samuel P. Jones, CE 1968
Kim Ellen Keating, ME 1981
Linda and Wayt King, EE 1981,
MS EE 1982
Karen J. K. Larsen, MSM 1990
William D. Lathbury, ARCH 1951
Anne M. and Robert H. Ledbetter, ME 1964
Patricia M. and Robert N. Lehrer,
Faculty/Staff
Olive D. and Guy J. Lookabaugh, CE 1952
Patricia M. and Richard H. Maddux,
IM 1943
Frank H. Maier Jr., IM 1960
continued on page 12
IN THE FOUNDERS’ FOOTSTEPS
lanned gifts have been important to Georgia Tech since its earliest days and they continue to play a vital role in helping Tech
attract and retain outstanding students and faculty, in strengthening
academic and athletic programs, and in improving campus facilities.
Bequests and other planned gifts are one of the greatest sources of
funding for Georgia Tech. These gifts stabilize the Institute’s financial
foundation and help secure its future. With each new generation of
alumni, the tradition of building endowment further strengthens
Georgia Tech and perpetuates a legacy of giving back to the Institute.
If you have made an estate or trust provision for Tech, please let us
know. While unexpected gifts are a wonderful and thoughtful surprise,
we would very much like to be able to honor your commitment and
thank you in person today. If you are interested, we can introduce you
to current students and help you to reconnect with faculty and ongoing
campus research.
Those who create bequests for Georgia Tech are wonderful role models, and every Founders’ Council member provides an example to other
Georgia Tech supporters. Current students learn from this example and
are inspired to continue the tradition for future generations.
If Georgia Tech is aware of your estate gift, our gift planning professionals can work with you and your advisors to ensure that your interests and intentions are clearly understood and followed.
Georgia Tech thanks members of Founders’ Council for their generosity in establishing these critically important provisions for Georgia
Tech’s future.
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Members at Large
(continued from page 11)
CENTENARIAN TOM EDWARDS, EE 1928,
HAS GIFT ANNUITIES BY THE DOZEN
ast June, after returning
from a cruise to the Amazon
with his wife Evelyn, Thomas A.
Edwards, EE 1928, celebrated his
100th birthday and marked nearly
three decades of making planned
gifts to Georgia Tech.
What makes Edwards’ support
unique among Tech alumni is his
creation of twelve charitable gift
annuities since 1998, all for the
School of Electrical and Computer
Engineering, where his gifts will
one day establish the Thomas A.
Edwards Endowment Fund.
“Charitable gift annuities have
In 2006, Thomas A. Edwards,
great appeal,” said Edwards. “I
support Tech with gifts of lowEE 1928, celebrated his 100th
basis GE stock and save on capital
birthday and twelfth charitable
gains tax while earning guarangift annuity with Georgia Tech.
teed quarterly income for life.”
Charitable gift annuities provide
an immediate income tax deduction and a guaranteed lifetime income
stream for the donor and/or the donor’s spouse. For example, a onelife gift annuity funded with $50,000 cash, with an annuitant age 80,
will provide an annuity of approximately $4,000, with more than half of
the income tax free. The gift generates a charitable income tax deduction of more than $25,500.
Tom Edwards came to Georgia Tech from Florence, Alabama. He built
a distinguished four-decade career with General Electric, retiring in
1968 as GE’s manager of utilities in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. A licensed
engineer in seven states, Edwards was actively involved in civic affairs
during his time in Massachusetts, serving for many years as chairman
and moderator of the Board of Selectmen in Richmond, Massachusetts.
He also served as a trustee of Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield.
The Edwardses live in Lake Worth, Florida.
A charter member of Founders’ Council, Edwards was inducted into
the College of Engineering Hall of Fame in 1995.
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Gerald D. McInvale, IE 1967
Joan Engel McMahon and Peter W.
McMahon, AE 1966
Arch J. McNeill Jr., ChE 1952, MS ChE 1956
Wade T. Mitchell, TEXT 1957
Gisela and William Moy, IM 1954
Ellen and George Nemhauser,
Faculty/Staff
Lula G. and John I. Oatts, EE 1952
Kevin S. Ooley, IE 1991
Stuart A. Peebles, Friend
Nancy and Hal Peek, ME 1976
Susan B. and Graeme D. Plant, ME 1948
*Myra W. and James C. Platt Jr., TE 1938
Jack C. Poole, ME 1971
Anthony J. Priest, EE 1988, MS IE 1990
Cecilia S. and Charles J. Radford, IE 1952
Ernest C. Rieth, IM 1960
J. Richard Roberts III, IM 1969
Thomas N. Saffold, IE 1950
John M. Schreeder, PHE 1940
Donald V. Shillington, CE 1972
B. Jane Skelton, IM 1977
John E. Smith II, IM 1958
Anna M. and Milton A. Smith Jr.,
IMGT 1978, MSM 1997
Isis and Francisco A. Soto, ME 1962
J. Steve Tasker, IE 1960
Theo Elliott Taylor and *Robert J. Taylor III,
EE 1945
James A. Thorne, IM 1971, MS IM 1973
*Hal B. Tucker, EE 1949
Robert W. Tyson, CE 1951
Timothy E. Waller, MATH 1970
Patricia and Bertram S. Warshaw, CE 1949
Deborah Nash Willingham, IE 1978
*Edwin F. Womack Jr., ME 1964
D. Richard Worsham, ChE 1968
Founders' Council members are
listed as of December 31, 2006,
according to the most up-to-date
information available. If you find
an error or omission, please
accept our apologies and let us
know so your name may be correctly listed in the future.
founderscouncil@dev.gatech.edu
or 404.894.4678
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