Tech Topics - Summer 2008 - (Page 34) Burdell&Friends home in Chicago. Blake is named after his great-grandfather, Blanchard Drake Smith Jr., ME 45, and great-grandmother, Mary Seabrook Smith. A fourth-generation Tech grad, Stacia owns a business consulting firm. Dawn Amos Smrekar, ME 98, and Jacob Smrekar, TE 98, announce the birth of daughter Victoria Kathryn on Jan. 7. Tori joins brother Christian, 3, at the family’s home in Rock Hill, S.C. Dawn teaches Spanish part time at St. John’s United Methodist Church Preschool. Jacob is a merchandise manager for Springs Global. David Weber, ChE 99, married Shanon Bates on Oct. 20. Weber, who received his MBA from the University of Tennessee in December 2006, is a supply chain manager for INVISTA. The couple live in Chattanooga, Tenn. ville, S.C., announce the birth of a daughter, Emerson Juliette, on Aug. 22. Amy is an elementary school teacher in Greenville County. Jim is a combustion engineer with GE Energy. Walker C. Jones, ME 06, has become a LEEDaccredited professional. Jones works at Newcomb & Boyd in Atlanta. Jeffrey Leber, EE 01, has joined Rubicon Wealth Management in Bala Cynwyd, Pa., as a principal. He will be responsible for business development and relationship management at the firm. He worked for SEI Investments for nearly six years. Brian McKinley, Econ 06, has founded McKinley Energy Resources, a consulting company that helps firms reduce costs through the use of energy management and emerging technology. McKinley is a member of the Young Alumni Council. Molly Palmer, CE 01, and Jeff Peeler, CmpE 99, of Oakland, Calif., announce the birth of son Nathan William on April 1. Palmer is a water resources engineer with Stetson Engineers. Peeler is a software engineer with Aldon. Nellie Untalan, ME 00, headed to Jamaica in March as a Peace Corps Response volunteer to ensure residents are prepared to respond to future emergencies. Untalan is working with the St. James Parish Council to organize shelter and project information, implement procedures for efficient disaster relief and conduct training for shelter managers. Untalan served as a community sanitation Peace Corps volunteer in Jamaica from 2003 to 2006. Leslie Harris Vincent, Mgt 00, PhD Mgt 05, and Michael Vincent, MgtSci 00, announce the birth of a son, Andrew William, on March 24. Drew joins brother Jack at the family’s home in Lexington, Ky. Leslie is an assistant professor of marketing at the University of Kentucky. Michael is a product manager at Lexmark International. Florence Yarbrough, MSE 03, and her husband, Jeremy, announce the birth of a daughter, Nyla, on Nov. 17. Yarbrough is a naval officer. Deaths 1930s William C. “Bill” Adams, Cls 36, of Santa Barbara, Calif., on March 4. Following a 25-year career as an Air Force pilot, he worked in the aerospace industry and retired as vice president of Sigma Power Electronics. Dean Huntley Brownell, ME 34, of Brevard, N.C., on Feb. 15. He worked with the Enka Corp. and later with the Olin Corp. as a project engineer, retiring in 1974. During World War II, he worked for American Shipbuilding Co. and Bell Aircraft Co. and helped design B-24 bomber gunfire control systems and the bomb-release mechanisms still in use on modern military aircraft. As a paperboy in Asheville, N.C., in the early 1920s, he once accidentally struck Thomas Wolfe with a newspaper, perhaps inspiring the author’s paperboy character in “Look Homeward, Angel.” Vance D. Campbell Sr., ME 39, of Scottsdale, Ariz., on April 6. He worked as an environmental engineer in Salt Lake City before retiring to Sun City West, Ariz., in the early 1980s. John Arthur Childs Sr., GS 36, of Montevallo, Ala., on Feb. 13. He served in the Army in the Philippines during World War II. Eugene V. Fontaine, EE 39, of Newnan, Ga., on April 7. Mr. Fontaine was a computer pioneer and manager for BellSouth. An Army veteran of World War II, he retired from the Reserve as a lieutenant captain. Matt Gracey, ME 35, of Delray Beach, Fla., on March 9. Following service as a major in the Army during World War II, he worked in the family business, Gracey Bros. Real Estate and Insurance in Delray Beach. He was a member of the Delray Beach Library Association. Warren D. McMichael, Com 34, of Jacksonville, Fla., on April 1. He owned McMichael Appliance Co. and later incorporated with Duval Appliance Co. Mr. McMichael served in the Navy during World War II. TECHTOPICS 2000s Salvador M. Bezos, MS ECE 03, has joined the firm of Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox as an associate. He earned a juris doctor degree from George Mason University. Meredith Graves Brimblecom, Chem 01, and Michael Brimblecom, AE 01, announce the birth of a son, Jacob Stone, on Nov. 5. He joins brother Matthew at home in Savannah, Ga. Leslie O’Rear Brown, ME 00, and Adam Caison Brown, CmpE 00, MS CmpE 01, announce the birth of a son, Seth Martin, on Sept. 2. Seth joins brothers Thomas, 2, and David, 3, at the family’s home in Lawrenceville, Ga. Leslie is a special education teacher at Central Gwinnett High School. Adam is a verification engineer for Intel based out of Colorado. Michelle T. Bunn, ME 07, has joined the firm of Newcomb & Boyd in Atlanta as a mechanical engineer. Eileen Young Caldwell, Mgt 00, and her husband, Clay Douglas, of Atlanta, announce the birth of son Campbell Alan on Jan. 1. Caldwell is a facilities manager for Google Inc. Amy Walker Harper, HTS 00, and James Harper, AE 99, MS AE 00, of Green34 Jack Brewster Pearce, IM 39, of Decatur, Ga., on Feb. 3. He retired from the Internal Revenue Service as a tax examiner in 1982. He served in the Air Force during World War II and attained the rank of major. An accomplished duckpin bowler, he quit his job with the General Motors Corp. in 1948 and bought the Lucky Strike Bowling Alley, located across from the Fox Theatre on Peachtree Street in Atlanta. He sold the bowling alley in 1962 rather than convert to tenpin bowling. A member of Tech’s track and cross-country teams, Mr. Pearce competed in 23 Peachtree Road Races from 1977 through 1999. He also judged state high school track meets and was a torchbearer for the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta. David Rosenzweig, Cls 37, of Savannah, Ga., on Feb. 3. He owned David’s Supermarket in Savannah for 55 years. An Eagle Scout, he served as president and founder of the Savannah Concert Association, a member of the Telfair Academy board, president of the Jewish Educational Alliance and B’nai B’rith and chair of United Jewish Appeal. Arthur Gordon Swan, EE 39, of Columbia, S.C., on March 25. An Atlanta resident for 65 years, he owned and operated the city’s first FM radio station until his retirement. During World War II, he was a lieutenant colonel in the Army Signal Corps and received a Bronze Star for service at Guadalcanal. 1940s Savoy Henton Adamson, IM 48, of Marietta, Ga., on March 11. He worked for 13 years as a mathematics teacher and head varsity golf coach at the McCallie School in Chattanooga and for more than 20 years as a mathematics professor at Chattanooga State Community College. He received his master’s degree from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and a bachelor’s of divinity degree from the Baptist seminary at Temple University. Frank Walter Allcorn III, IM 41, of Jacksonville, Fla., on March 11. In the late 1980s, he retired from Barnett Bank, which he had joined in 1965. An Eagle Scout, he was president of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and a member of the student council, Navy ROTC and swim team at Georgia Tech. Upon graduation, he became a submarine officer. He completed seven war patrols in the Pacific. He continued to serve in the Naval Reserve, retiring with the rank of captain. He became a certified life underwriter with Northwestern Mutual in Atlanta. A past president of the Jacksonville Navy League, he and his wife competed in sailing events with the Thistle Class, for which he served as president in 1961, and later competed in major regattas. William H. Bottomley Jr., ME 48, of Vestavia, Ala., on March 2. He retired as a registered professional engineer in 1993. A World War II veteran, he retired from U.S. Steel’s engineering department in 1983 but continued to work as a consultant with USS Engineers & Consultants on projects in Spain, Brazil and Mexico. He also worked with Rust International on projects in Korea and China as well as in the United States. He attended Georgia Tech as a co-op student, working at U.S. Steel’s Fairfield Works. He had served as a chairman, national director and secretary-treasurer of the Association of Iron & Steel Engineers. He served the Boy Scouts for 14 years as a unit leader, committee chair and district commissioner, receiving the Vulcan Merit Award. He volunteered with the Vestavia Older Adults Transportation Service. He was a 50-year member of Metro West Masonic Lodge 927, past master of Florida Lodge 450 and past high priest of Royal Arch Chapter 172. Robert Chase Cheek, EE 41, of Pittsburgh, on Feb. 17. Mr. Cheek, who received a master’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Pittsburgh and an MBA from Harvard | SUMMER 2008
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