Alumni Magazine - Spring 2008 - (Page 62) Photo: Georgia Department of Economic Development 46 In his 1963 Institute report, President Ed Harrison wrote, “The increasing pressures and demands of all aspects of technology for capably trained and educated personnel lead me to recommend that the present restrictions on women students … be lifted. At the present time, women are permitted admission to the undergraduate engineering schools, to architecture and to applied mathematics.” Harrison speculated, “The number of women students attending engineering colleges will never be large in proportion to men students, if experiences in the past are any indication of the future.” Actress Joan Crawford got her friend, former Georgia Tech English professor Mitchell Cox, a part in the 1964 horror flick “Strait-Jacket.” They became acquainted as vice presidents in the Pepsi Cola Co. Cox portrayed Dr. Anderson, who is found headless in a freezer. David Arp, IM 64, and his wife, Claudia, are the founders of Marriage Alive International and co-authors of the book, “Fighting for Your Empty Nest Marriage.” They present their “10 Great Dates” seminars around the world. The editor of the Technique was ousted by the Student Activities Committee in 1964 for his part in what was called an “obscene and pointless” April Fool’s issue. The British invasion in the summer of 1965 was heralded with so much screaming from delirious young women that the Beatles couldn’t hear each other on stage. When they performed at Fulton County Stadium that August, Duke Mewborn, Cls 56, set up a monitor in front of the stage that allowed the Beatles to hear themselves. Paul, John, George and Ringo appreciated Mewborn’s work so much that they sent their manager to ask him to accompany them on the long and winding road as their soundman throughout the remainder of their American tour. Mewborn declined. The Neely Nuclear Reactor at Georgia Tech was used for a photo shoot for a mink coat advertisement that appeared in a 1965 issue of Vogue. James Dickey was Tech’s first poet in residence in 1969. A year later, Dickey published “Deliverance.” For the 1969 Blueprint, student Bill Stanley (opposite page) was asked, “Who Are Your Heroes?” His answer: “Martin L. King Jr., because of his devotion to his cause and to his people; Malcolm X, because of his brilliant analysis of the strug- 47 Allen Jr., Com 33, headed to Paris to visit the crash site. In 2000, Pat Gupton Jr., Cls 47, told Tech Topics that he and his wife, Dot, had made reservations to travel with the Art Association group but were able to cancel and instead go on the three-week “First Georgia Tech Holiday in Europe,” which consisted of 73 alumni and their families, ages 9 months to 82, departing for Rome on May 4. 48 49 50 43 In his book, “Kim King’s Tales from the Georgia Tech Sideline,” the late quarterback great and 1968 industrial management graduate recounted when Bear Bryant tried to convince him to play football for Alabama during a meeting in 1962 in the coach’s suite at the Georgian Terrace Hotel. “He was sitting by the window. You could see Grant Field from there. He was sitting with a pack of Chesterfields and with a pack of Benson & Hedges. He was chain smoking, smoking one from one pack, then one from the other. He kept looking out the window at the rain and saying, ‘This is Dodd’s weather.’ … He said, ‘Mrs. King, excuse my language, ma’am. But that damn Dodd’s gonna beat my butt today.’ ” Bryant was right. Tech won the game 7-6. When President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963, Rufus Youngblood, IE 50, was riding in a limousine with Vice President Lyndon Johnson. When the shots rang out, Youngblood pushed Johnson to the floor of the car and shielded the vice president’s body with his own. John Boyd, IE 63, developed the Energy-Maneuverability Theory, which, according to the book “Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War,” did four things for aviation: “It provided a quantitative basis for teaching aerial tactics; it changed the way aircraft are flown in combat; it provided a scientific means for aircraft maneuverability and tactics design; and, finally, it became a fundamental tool in designing fighter aircraft.” 44 45 51 52 53 62 Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine • Spring 2008
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