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Burdell&Friends vehicle accident. He was a retired farmer and rancher and a volunteer with the Navaho Grazing Association. A Navy ROTC student at Tech, he was a decorated Marine officer during the Vietnam War. Sara Keene’s Positive Attitude Won Tech’s Heart G 1970s James G. “Jim” Campbell, EE 77, of Warrenton, Va., on Oct. 25. An offshore field engineer for Schlumberger for many years, he earned a degree as a geophysical engineer from the Colorado School of Mines and an MBA from the University of Houston. He moved to Virginia and worked as an energy consultant for the Center for Space and Advanced Technology and for Snavely, King, Majoros, O’Connor & Lee. He also worked as an economist and adviser to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. At Georgia Tech, he was a co-op student and member of Theta Xi. Roland Scott “Scotty” Dodson, GMgt 73, of Fayetteville, Ga., on Jan. 18. Col. Dodson was an F-16 pilot for the Alabama National Guard, retiring in 1995. He also worked as a pilot for Delta Air Lines for 30 years, most recently serving as manager of pilot flight training for the B737-800 program. He served in Turkey during Desert Shield. At Tech, he was a member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity. William G. Jordan, CE 79, of Marietta, Ga., on Jan. 1, of cancer. He was a project director in PBS&J’s transportation design practice in Atlanta. He joined the company in July 2003 and became its expert in Georgia for transportation public-private initiatives and played a prominent role in developing the I-75 northwest corridor in Cobb and Cherokee counties. A roadway engineer with more than 26 years of experience in project management, he had been involved in the design of more than 800 bridges in the Southeast. William C. Little, PhD CE 72, a resident of Oxford, Miss., on Jan. 1. Robert M. McGee, IM 71, of Conyers, Ga., on Jan. 4. Don R. Montoro, IM 70, of Marietta, Ga., on Nov. 27. He was a Citigroup manager. eorgia Tech fans who watched the Humanitarian Bowl on Dec. 31 may have noticed a new accessory to the Yellow Jackets’ white and gold wardrobe — they were sporting orange wristbands. The football players wore Shirlock Foundation bracelets to show their support for Tech student Sara Keene, who was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia last March. Sara Catherine Keene, a fourth-year materials science and engineering major, dancer, graphic designer and Yellow Jackets football fan, died Jan. 3. She was 21 years old. Ms. Keene pulled out of Tech following her diagnosis with cancer last spring but returned for the fall semester and completed four classes. With the support of her professors and Student Services, she completed coursework online from home in Fayetteville, Ga., and the hospital. The editor of her high school yearbook for two years, Ms. Keene did graphic design work for her sorority, Alpha Chi Omega, as well as the Alumni Association. In the summer of 2006, she worked with Alumni Travel director Martin Ludwig and designed advertisements and brochures for the Association. “She had such a great positive attitude about everything you gave her, and she’d get excited about it,” Ludwig said. “She just loved to work with different kinds of ideas.” Ms. Keene, who started taking tap dance classes at the age of 3, had more than 15 years of dance training. She began performing in “The Nutcracker” at 7 and as a high school senior landed the lead role of the Sugar Plum Fairy with the Peachtree City Civic Ballet. She had been cast as the witch in a Greek Week production of “The Wizard of Oct. 24. He served in the Naval Reserve and most recently was employed as a private contractor in the field of nuclear health physics. 1990s Shannon Stanfield Shaneyfelt, CE 96, of Newnan, Ga., on Nov. 6. A licensed professional engineer specializing in geotechnical engineering, she built bridges and roads throughout Georgia. Friends Sara Keene, right, and classmate Brittany Copeland volunteered as FASET leaders in the fall of 2006. Oz” and was in rehearsals before her diagnosis. Ms. Keene’s former dance teacher told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that as recently as Dec. 30 she had been doing plies, using her walker as a ballet bar. When not in the classroom or on stage, Ms. Keene often was in the stands cheering for the Georgia Tech football team. The team that she so often rooted for offered its support to her this fall. In November, the Yellow Jackets and Alpha Delta Pi sorority held a Cookout for Keene on the Tech Tower lawn. Nearly 90 football players showed up to sign autographs, pose for photos and serve hot dogs and hamburgers. The team raised more than $4,000 for the Shirlock Foundation, an organization that helps the families of college students diagnosed with leukemia. Eight Georgia Tech students have signed up to participate in the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Team in Training program in Ms. Keene’s memory. The students will be training for the ING Atlanta Half Marathon and to raise money for critical patient aid and research. Richard E. Rosenthal, MS OR 74, PhD IE 75, of Monterey, Calif., on Jan. 3. He joined the operations research department at the Naval Postgraduate School in 1984 as a National Academy of Sciences senior research fellow. He later became a distinguished professor and from 1997 to 2000 served as operations research department chair. For 15 years, he was editor-in-chief of the journal Naval Research Logistics. His awards included the International Federation of Operations Research Societies Distinguished Lectureship, Department of the Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award and the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences Prize for Teaching OR/MS Practice. Stephen Richard Schoeck, Chem 75, of Waltham, Mass., on Nov. 15. He was a contract coordinator for Private Health Care Systems, now Multi Plan, for the past 12 years and the committee chair for Boy Scouts Troop 248. Alan H. Small, EE 77, of Dawsonville, Ga., on March 20, 2007. Pieter Reginald van Stolk, NE 78, of Potomac, Md., on Dec. 11. He was an engineer with Bechtel Power Corp. Memorials in his name may be made to the Georgia Tech Foundation. 1980s Roger Kent “Sam” Harlan, BC 81, of Atlanta, on Nov. 3. Mr. Harlan worked in building and constructionrelated fields until his death. James Rodney Hogue II, IE 85, of Marietta, Ga., on Nov. 13, of Lou Gehrig’s disease. He had held sales positions with Cutler-Hammer and Hughes Supply Inc., providing refrigeration units for Wal-Mart stores worldwide. Mr. Hogue fulfilled a lifelong dream when he played basketball for Tech. He coached youth football, baseball, softball and basketball in church and community leagues. He was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at 41 and gradually lost all use of his body, except for his voice, but continued to coach. David Lindsey Lovett, MS HPhys 87, of Las Vegas, on Frances Floyd “Fanny” Cocke, 100, of Atlanta, on Jan. 17. In 1958, she started the first flea market in the United States supporting the arts. The fundraising event became an Atlanta tradition, the Swan Coach House annual flea market. She also was one of 12 women to establish the Forward Arts Foundation, for which she served as a founding trustee, in 1965. A lifetime board member of the High Museum, Mrs. Cocke was a member of the board’s executive and acquisitions committees and a life trustee of the Woodruff Arts Center. She and her husband, Emory Logan Cocke, donated items from their personal collection to the museum, forming the Frances and Emory Cocke Collection of English Ceramics. She and her husband both were named honorary Tech alumni in 1970. Jean Bullard Crawford, 82, of Atlanta, on Oct. 24. She met her future husband, Paul Crawford, IM 49, while she was working in the Georgia Tech registrar’s office. Mrs. Crawford later served as a secretary to coach Bobby Dodd during the 1950s. She also was employed by Peachtree Publishers. T. Govindaraj, 58, of Atlanta, on Dec. 7. He was an associate professor of industrial and systems engineering at Georgia Tech for 25 years, focusing his teaching and research on human machine systems. He received bachelor’s and master’s degrees in aeronautical engineering from IIT Madras, a master’s in aeronautics and astronautics from MIT and a PhD in mechanical engineering from the University of Illinois. GT TECHTOPICS | SPRING 2008

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