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Burdell&Friends Buddy McCoy, CE 68, has published a book, “A Walk on the Beach: A True Love Story From Tybee Island,” which may be purchased at www.authorhouse.com. He is a licensed Realtor practicing in Moultrie, Ga. McCoy, who attended Georgia Tech on a football scholarship and was a three-year starter and letterman on coach Bobby Dodd’s last three teams, recently was inducted into the Colquitt County Sports Hall of Fame. William H. Needle, Chem 67, has been named for a fourth consecutive year to the list of Top 100 Georgia Super Lawyers. Needle is the founder of Needle & Rosenberg PC and has practiced patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret law for 36 years. John Paulling, AMath 69, has been promoted to professor of mathematics at Tusculum College in Greeneville, Tenn. Paulling serves as chair of the department of mathematics, physics and computer science at the college, where he has taught for 12 years. Conrad W. Ponder Jr., IE 69, retired from the Army Reserve in April after 37 years of service. For the last four years, he served on active duty as the chief integration officer in the Office of the Chief Information Officer/G6 at the Pentagon. Maj. Gen. Ponder was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal and the Silver Order of Mercury at a retirement ceremony held at the Pentagon. Roland Toups, ME 60, MS ME 61, was inducted into the Greater Baton Rouge Business Report and Junior Achievement Hall of Fame in April. Toups is the chairman and CEO of Turner Industries. He received the Alumni Association’s Community Service Award in 2003. Band Alumni Will Say It All in Centennial Book T his budding book is for you, band alums. The Tech band turns 100 in 2008 and an alumni ensemble is compiling photos and stories for a book to be published next fall. “A bunch of students got together in 1908 and wanted to form a band. There were 14 members — a couple of drums, some brass and clarinets,” said Mark Anthony, Psy 90, a saxophone player. He and fellow committee members Sam “Fireball” Feuer, ChE 92, and Brian Clements, Cls 02, have come across a photo from the 1930s. “The band was playing and the music was being broadcast live to a dance that was being held five blocks away on the roof of the Capital City Club,” said Anthony, whose cell phone ring tone is “Ramblin’ Wreck.” “We’re finding out that not much has changed over time. Some of the high jinks that have been played, some of the traditions that we thought were relatively new go back a long time. We have a story from the 1950s that the trombone section was doing its own rituals before football games even back then.” Feuer said he is responsible for starting one trombone tradition. “Now each individual in the trombone section plays their high school fight song under the North Stands before each football game.” Clements added, “Each section has added various songs to the middle of both ‘Ramblin’ Wreck’ and ‘Up With the White and Gold.’ At this point, we have identified almost a dozen different songs that have made it into the two songs.” Anthony said there’s probably a reason why the band has continued to play the “Popeye” theme over the years. “We just don’t know what it is. That’s one of the stories we’d like to find out.” There may not be a deep story rooted in the ode to the spinach-eating sailor. Take the Budweiser jingle for instance. “It started back in the ’70s as a joke and just grew into a tradition,” Anthony said. To ensure there’s nothing left to say, alumni may contribute their band notes and photos at www.gtbandhistory.org. Georgia Tech students formally began making music together in 1908 with the 14 members pictured. 1970s Steven R. Baldwin, IM 71, has become the first chief executive officer of Gifford, Hillegass & Ingwersen LLP, an Atlanta-based accounting and advisory firm. Prior to joining the firm, Baldwin was with Deloitte & Touche USA LLP for 30 years. He and his wife, Christine, live in Vinings, Ga. 30 Chris Bowick, EE 77, has received the 2007 Vanguard Award for Science and Technology from the National Cable and Telecommunications Association. A 2005 inductee into the Academy of Distinguished Engineering Alumni, Bowick is senior vice president of engineering and chief technical officer for Cox Communications Inc. in Atlanta. Mike Buckler, EE 71, MS EE 71, was appointed to Tekmark Global Solutions LLC’s senior executive team in May as senior vice president of business development. Buckler previously held positions at Lucent/Alcatel as a vice president in intelligent networks and subscriber data management. He is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and Georgia Tech’s Executive Industrial Advisory Board. Deborah I. Friedman, ESM 79, has been promoted to professor of ophthalmology and neurology at the University of Rochester School of Medicine, where she is a neuro-ophthalmologist and TECHTOPICS headache specialist. She is currently serving a two-year term as the North American NeuroOphthalmology Society president. E. Steven Helms, ME 70, of Chicago, has been promoted to president of Austin AECOM. Helms joined the firm as executive vice president and chief operating officer in October 2006. David N. Ivester, ME 75, MS ME 92, PhD ME 94, of Clarkesville, Ga., has earned an MBA from Piedmont College in Demorest, Ga. Thomas H. Johnson, IE 71, has been elected to serve on the board of directors of Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. through April 2009. He will serve on the board’s audit, finance and governance committees. The former chairman and CEO of Chesapeake Corp., Johnson serves on the boards of directors of Mirant Corp., Superior Essex, Universal Corp. and CMGI. He is a former trustee of the Georgia Tech Alumni Association. Timothy J. Parmentier, ICS 77, retired from the Navy as a captain after 30 years of service. Parmentier flew helicopters while on active duty until 1984 and held several command positions while in the Reserve. He holds a master’s degree in systems management from the University of Southern California and is employed by Lockheed Martin as a systems engineering manager in Sunnyvale, Calif. He and his wife, Sue, live in San Jose, Calif. Bruce A. Roth, IM 71, has published a book, “No Time to Kill,” which focuses on issues threatening the extinction of life on a mass scale, including weapons of mass destruction, genocide and terrorism. He is the founder and president of Roth & Associates Inc. in Atlanta. Theron H. Stancil Jr., ME 77, has retired with the rank of colonel from the Air Force Reserve after a 30-year career. He continues in his more than 25-year civilian position as vice president and director of mechanical engineering with Robert and Company, a 90-year-old Atlanta-based engineering and architecture firm. Stephen H. Stapleton, IM 70, has joined Primacy Relocation LLC in Memphis, Tenn., as vice president of global operations. He lives in Germantown, Tenn. Rod Westmoreland, IM 74, of Atlanta, has been named to Barron’s 2007 list of the Top 100 Financial Advisers. A private wealth adviser, Westmoreland works in the private banking and investment group at Merrill Lynch. He has been with the company for 28 years. 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Contents Mail Call Alumni House Historic Renovation 007 Buzz Bash Dazzling Daylilies Living History Cover Story: Key to the City The Hill Tapping Technology Robotics Rivalry No Easy Ride Giving Back Balancing Act Student Life Burdell & Friends Epic Story of Heroism Yellow Jackets Very Good Team Passport to Retirement Real World

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