Alumni Magazine - Fall 2008 - (Page 9) 2008 In 1968 In 1968 K Johnny Cash recorded “Live at Folsom Prison.” K “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In” debuted on NBC. K The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Sen. Robert Kennedy were assassinated. K The musical “Hair” opened on Broadway. K The soap opera “One Life to Live” premiered on ABC. K The first manned Apollo mission launched with Wally Schirra, Donn Eisele and Walter Cunningham aboard. K Jacqueline Kennedy married Aristotle Onassis. Photo: Michael A. Schwarz O’Brien and Jean O’Brien Frank of the O’Brien Investment Consulting Group. • Trading in International Waters — Doing Business Overseas, led by Willie J. Belton, associate chair in the School of Economics; Ralph Malone, IE 88, president and owner of Triana Industries Inc.; and Dolan Falconer, NE 78, MS NE 79, president of ScanTech Holdings LLC. • Subprime Mortgages, led by Gary T. Jones, IM 71, an adjunct instructor in the College of Management and a retired investment broker who will discuss the home loan crisis. • Executive Recruiting, with David Andersen, Mgt 07, of Russell Reynolds Associates, who will outline the rules of engagement between recruiters and job candidates. • Making Your Home More Energy Efficient, tips to reduce power bills presented by Roshonda Coleman of Gas South. • The Unofficial History of Architectural Education at Georgia Tech, led by Dean Alan Balfour; Jerry Cooper, BS 52, Arch 55, chairman of Cooper Carry Inc.; Larry Lord, Arch 65, principal with Lord, Aeck & Sargent Inc.; and Barbara Field, Arch 65, proprietor of her own architectural firm. • Here Comes the Band: 100 Years of Music, Music, Music, presented by Marilyn Somers, director of Living History, in honor of the Tech band’s centennial. • An Engineering Approach to Reducing Emergency Department Overcrowding, led by Sofia Khan, Biol 97, chief of emergency medicine at DeKalb Medical Center-Hillandale, who >>> K The Beatles released what became known as the “White Album.” K Mary Lou Retton, Lisa Marie Presley, Celine Dion, Tony Hawk, Mike Piazza and LL Cool J were born. K Helen Keller, Upton Sinclair and John Steinbeck died. Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine • Fall 2008 9
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