Tech Topics - Spring 2009 - (Page 38) BURDELL & FRIENDS Granberry Holland Ward Jr., EE 50, of Meridian, Miss., on Jan. 13. A Navy veteran, he was a retired electrical engineer and entrepreneur. banking at Riverside Bank. Memorials in his name may be made to the Ronnie King Baseball Scholarship Fund and mailed to Jim Hall, associate director of the Georgia Tech Athletic Association, at 150 Bobby Dodd Way N.W., Atlanta, GA 30332-0455. George Menendez, IM 67, of Tampa, Fla., on Aug. 16. He was the president of Sack & Menendez Inc. Mr. Menendez received an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. John Timothy “Tim” Murphy, BC 66, of Brevard, N.C., on Oct. 23. He was a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity at Tech. An avid golfer and fisherman, Mr. Murphy was a volunteer with Meals on Wheels, Habitat for Humanity and Transylvania County Schools. Walter E. “Walt” Nix, IM 62, of Gainesville, Ga., on Dec. 1. Mr. Nix was the owner of Nix and Miller Inc., a metal fabrication operation in Buford, Ga., for more than 25 years. He was a member of the Gainesville Rotary Club. Robert W. Oates, ME 66, a resident of Laguna Beach, Calif., on June 18. Mr. Oates was the manager of Micro Motion. Hans W.W. Palaoro, IE 68, of Lombard, Ill., on Oct. 30. Mr. Palaoro worked in the Chicago area for 35 years as an engineer, manager and forecaster for International Harvester and Navistar International and was responsible for the creation and manufacturing of millions of trucks and engines. Born in 1945 in Germany, he was the son of one of Wernher von Braun’s team of rocket scientists and emigrated to the United States in 1947 under Operation Paperclip. Jerry Ayers Phillips, IE 60, of Wilmington, N.C., on Nov. 10. He had a 35-year career with Western Electric, later AT&T/Lucent. Mr. Phillips served in the Army during the Korean War. Arthur Sales, CerE 60, of Woodstock, Ga., on Oct. 21. Mr. Sales, who was employed by Georgia Tech for 27 years, retired from DeKalb Technical College, where he was a professor for 10 years. W. Alex Wilson Jr., ChE 64, of Daytona Beach, Fla., on Aug. 5. After working in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, for the Arabian American Oil Co., Mr. Wilson returned to Daytona Beach, where he purchased Bambi Apartments of Grandview and the Deck restaurant. Alvin Lee “Al” Wise, IM 64, of Greensboro, N.C., on Oct. 21. Mr. Wise retired from Custom Business Forms in 2004 after serving 30 years as company president. He joined the company in 1973 after an eightyear stint with IBM. Mr. Wise was a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity at Tech. Albert Allen Wolf, PhD Phys 66, of Charlotte, N.C., on Nov. 8. He accepted a teaching position at Davidson College upon graduation from Tech, became chair of the physics department in 1982 and retired in 1991. He then started his own business, Computer Tutor, and worked as a consultant for the Electrical Power Research Institute. Dr. Wolf, who had no horsemanship experience until his mid-40s, became an accomplished equestrian and master of foxhounds for Mecklenburg Hounds in the late 1980s. He was a bridge life master and regularly completed the Sunday New York Times crossword puzzles in ink. 1960s Alfred J. Cohn, IE 64, a resident of Birmingham, Ala., on Jan. 5. Mr. Cohn was the owner and chairman of Marvin’s Building Materials and Home Centers. Following graduation from Tech, where he served as the president of Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity, he obtained an MBA from Tulane University. An Eagle Scout, Mr. Cohn was a member of the University of Alabama retail advisory board and the National Retail Hardware Association. William B. “Bill” Folsom, IM 61, of Jacksonville, Fla., on Nov. 24. After a brief stint with IBM, Mr. Folsom moved to Atlanta, where he worked for Emory University Hospital. He was a noted Southeastern railroad photographer and was active at various train shows. Thomas Fleming Friday, MS ME 67, PhD ME 70, of Charlotte, N.C., on Dec. 8. After a career in the textile industry, Dr. Friday retired from Celanese in 1998 as North American technical/manufacturing director for KoSa. His job took him to Europe, Japan and Mexico. He followed both vintage car and Formula One racing and did all of the mechanical work on his 1964 Jaguar XKE. Jerry Tom Hinson, ME 65, of Atlanta, on Dec. 5. After the death of his father, he became president of the National Automobile Association, for which he worked until his death. Mr. Hinson practiced law for 13 years before pursuing a career as a real estate developer. Attending Georgia Tech on a co-op academic scholarship, Mr. Hinson was a member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity. While working full time at Lockheed, he earned a juris doctor degree from the Emory University School of Law in 1968. Harold Iley, EE 69, of Corbin, Ky., on Nov. 19. An Army veteran of the Vietnam War, he was a self-employed electrical engineer. Joseph T. Kelnhofer, MS InfoSci 68, of Bedford, Mass., on Nov. 11. A Vietnam War veteran, Mr. Kelnhofer served in the Air Force for 20 years, retiring as a lieutenant colonel in 1982. He spent the next 20 years working in various civilian jobs as a software engineer. He was a Scoutmaster, soccer coach and referee, and his hobbies included tai chi, gardening and astronomy. Ronald E. “Ronnie” King Sr., IM 67, of Marietta, Ga., on Jan. 12. A member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity at Tech, Mr. King was senior vice president of private 38 In Memoriam 1970s Margaret Louise O’Dell Baxter, IM 77, of Barnesville, Ga., on Oct. 30. Mrs. Baxter taught in Cobb County for 16 years, ending her career at Hightower Trail Middle School. She later worked with Gordon College in Barnesville as a math lab technician. At Georgia Tech, she was a member of the charter women’s basketball team. Gary Nicholas Dutka, ChE 71, of Pittsburgh, on Dec. 1. Mr. Dutka worked for 35 years as an environmental engineer with Tetra Tech NUS Inc. He coached his children from T-ball through pony league at the Ingomar Athletic Association. Bruce Michael Edwards, IM 71, of Marietta, Ga., on Jan. 13. After a tour in the Navy Reserve, Mr. Edwards joined Kimberly-Clark, retiring in 2006 as a senior cost analyst after more than 25 years with the company. Hendryx Wyatt Gray, GMgt 73, of Jackson, Ala., on Nov. 29. He was president of Gray Timber Inc. and worked in the banking business for 21 years in Atlanta. He was a member of the Fort Walton Beach Elks Club and a lifetime member of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. Richard David Howell, Psy 72, MS IM 74, of Marietta, Ga., on Jan. 8. Mr. Howell was a business analyst with Gold Kist Inc. Richard R. “Rick” Impson, IM 70, of St. Charles, Ill., on Nov. 5. He spent his career in the title insurance industry, facilitating the closing of real estate transactions. Mr. Impson, who attended Georgia Tech on a football scholarship, was a Cubs fan and loved golf. Stephen Ray McCommons, ChE 78, of Benton, Ill., on Dec. 7. Mr. McCommons was a teacher and coach at Benton High School, where he had excelled in football, TechTopics | Spring 2009
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