Alumni Magazine - Spring 2008 - (Page 75) ALUMNIALMANAC<<< 25 Years rs Ago 50 Years rs Ago 75 Years rs Ago 100 Years rs Ago Georgia Tech became one of only nine universities in the country to offer a doctoral degree in architecture effective with the winter quarter beginning in January 1983. Architecture Dean William Fash said it would emphasize history, technology and urban design with “literally dozens of specifics” within these areas. Fraternities, which have been an integral part of the Tech campus since 1888, were featured in the March 1958 alumni magazine. Atlanta bandleader Bill Clarke, who had played Tech dances since 1934, noted that fraternities had changed a great deal but “the big change is the death of the stag line at all dances. Going steady killed it.” Newly elected President Franklin D. Roosevelt was featured writing a greeting to Georgia Tech in a photo with Institute President Marion L. Brittain that appeared in the March-April 1933 Georgia Tech Alumnus. Brittain had met Roosevelt, then governor of New York, in Warm Springs, Ga. While president, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt visited the campus and attended football games at Grant Field. Forty alumni in New York City met at Murray’s restaurant on 42nd Street on March 7, 1908, to form a satellite Georgia Tech Alumni Association — and announced their purpose March 18, 1908, in the Atlanta Constitution. A resolution stated, “The object of this association is the promotion of social intercourse among the graduates of the institution, the promotion of their professional welfare and the extension of the knowledge of the school and its advantages. That we lend a helping hand to all graduates and students of the institution who come within our reach.” GT Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine • Spring 2008 75
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