Tech Topics - Summer 2008 - (Page 35) Burdell&Friends University, had a 43-year career with Westinghouse Electric Corp. Hampton Jackson “Jack” Daniell, EE 40, of Rome, Ga., on March 19. Mr. Daniell was employed by Western Electric, Scripto, IBM and the Floyd County, Ga., school system. During World War II, he served in the Army Infantry’s heavy weapons 70th division under Gen. George Patton. He fought in the Battle of the Bulge in Wingen, Germany, and received the Bronze Star. Vincent Jerome Doyle, IE 48, of Bath, England, on Feb. 9. His career in the oil and gas business took him around the world, including to the Middle East, Europe and Africa. During World War II, he served in the Marine Corps as a fighter pilot and retired as a captain. Harry Einstein, ME 42, of Kingston, R.I., on Feb. 25. He retired as a design engineer with Exxon Engineering and Research in 1986. He holds 11 patents on Exxon’s zinc bromine battery. His privately held inventions include a lowcost de-mining machine, a long-distance application for an electric eye and a driver alert, fatigue warning alarm. A member of the cross-country team and ROTC at Tech, he entered the Army Air Corps upon graduation, serving as both a pilot and an engineering officer. After the war, he was an engineer with the General Instrument Corp., designing the final color wheel for the first color television sets. He later created his own engineering firm, Nebetco Engineering, which he operated until 1978. He worked on motor designs for model aircraft and competed in competitions as a teenager and earned his pilot’s license at 18. Earl Bealle Fowler, ME 46, of Sarasota, Fla., on Feb. 8, of a heart attack while on a South Atlantic cruise to celebrate his 60th wedding anniversary. Following 42 years of active service in the military, Vice Adm. Fowler served as CEO of several companies, including Health Net in California, and was the founder and owner of Fowler International Group in Arlington, Va. He retired from the Navy in 1985, at which time he was commander of Naval Sea Systems Command and chief engineer of the Navy. He was responsible for the design, development and procurement of all Navy ships and shipboard weapons systems. Among his awards were the Distinguished Service Medal and Legion of Merit. He was a board member of the Sarasota Manatee Council of the Navy League for many years and served as editor of the council’s newsletter. The council established an annual charity golf tournament in his name. He also was a member of the Military Officers Association and Sons of the American Revolution. Farris C. Gibbs, CE 46, of Flora, Miss., on March 1. Mr. Gibbs most recently served as a consultant, arbitrator and mediator in the construction industry. He began his career as a field engineer for the Mississippi State Highway Department and later became president and co-owner of Associated Constructors. He was a member of the Associated General Contractors Utility Division, for which he served as president of the Mississippi chapter and as a legislative representative for the state at a national level. He was a multiengine instrument rated pilot, mason and a co-founder of the Mississippi Pastoral Counseling Center, for which he served as board chairman for 17 years. A member of Tau Beta Pi, Chi Epsilon and Phi Kappa Phi at Tech, he served as a naval officer during World War II. Joseph Martin Groom, EE 42, of Loganville, Ga., on Feb. 6. Mr. Groom worked for the Army Corps of Engineers as a lead engineer on power plant and dam projects. His last project was the Carters Dam project in north Georgia. Leon B. Hall, ME 47, of Duluth, Ga., on March 31. He was the CEO and co-owner of H&L Electronics Inc. Harwell Steed Huggins, CE 40, of Lawrenceville, Ga., on March 26. Mr. Huggins helped found ABCO Builders and in 1961 established Rogers Construction Co. During his career, he was instrumental in the construction of the electri- Former President Crecine Dies J ohn Patrick “Pat” Crecine, the ninth president of Georgia Tech whose hightech vision was instrumental in attracting the 1996 Summer Olympic Games to Atlanta and whose restructuring of the Institute embroiled him in controversy, died April 28. He died of cancer in hospice care at his home in Pittsburgh. Dr. Crecine’s tenure at Tech was often stormy, much of it resulting from one of the chief achievements of his administration — a restructuring of the Institute’s academic framework. When Dr. Crecine announced the massive academic reorganization in 1988, in the words of one faculty member, “all hell broke loose.” Dr. Crecine created the College of Computing at Tech during his tenure from 1987 to 1994. But he also melded the College of Management and the College of Science and Liberal Studies. The College of Architecture was augmented with a new Division of Fine Arts. After he left, the restructuring process resulted in the new colleges of Computing, Sciences, Management and the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts. Dr. Crecine’s visionary role was instrumental in helping Atlanta win its bid to host the Olympic Games. An interactive multimedia tour of Atlanta and its Olympic venues, championed by Dr. Crecine and developed by Georgia Tech researchers, was a crucial element in the city’s successful bid presentation. As a result, the Georgia Tech campus became the site of the Olympic Village. He became president of the Institute on Nov. 1, 1987, coming from Carnegie-Mellon University, where he had been vice president for academic affairs. After leaving Tech, Dr. Crecine entered the private sector. cal engineering building at Georgia Tech, reptile and feline houses at Zoo Atlanta, city of Atlanta police station and dozens of schools, churches and office buildings throughout the metropolitan Atlanta area. He served in Trinidad and Puerto Rico during World War II and attained the rank of major. As a student at Georgia Tech, where he served as vice president of his senior class, Mr. Huggins was on the junior varsity football, track and boxing teams and was an ROTC member. James Hughlett LaRoche, ChE 40, of Baton Rouge, La., on Jan. 28. Mr. LaRoche worked for Exxon Chemical Co. in Baton Rouge for 42 years. He was a trustee of the Women’s Health Foundation, for which he served as president of the board in 1978. He served four years in the Air Force during World War II and retired as a captain. Herbert Kendall Laster, ME 49, of Houston, on Feb. 9. His career included work with Cameron Oil, Mission Manufacturing and Baker Oil Tool in Houston. He was a member and former president of the Texas chapter of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Mr. Laster left high school during his senior year to enlist in the Army Air Corps. He was stationed in England during World War II. Sheridan F. “Sherry” McAuley, GE 43, of Atlanta, on March 15. Mr. McAuley had a 37-year career with the Atlanta Gas Light Co. Prior to serving in the Army during World War II, he worked as a draftsman at the Charleston Naval Shipyards. Hubert Lester Nolan, ME 40, of Lawrenceville, Ga., on March 8, his 91st birthday. He retired as a colonel with the Army after a 32-year career, during which he served in China with the Air Force in World War II and in the Panama Canal zone, Japan, Hawaii, Korea and Vietnam. He served seven years in Washington, D.C., on research and development assignments and was site activation director for the construction, emplacement and activation of the only antiballistic missile system complex to become operational in the United States. He was awarded the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, Purple Heart and four Army commendation medals. He was the first Eagle Scout in Rockmart, Ga., and was a mason. Hunter J. Price Jr., Arch 49, of Birmingham, Ala., on Feb. 9. In 1957, Mr. Price founded Bonitz Insulation Co., which later became All-South Subcontractors Inc., and served as chairman of the board until his death. Robert William “Bob” Scherer, Cls 47, of Atlanta, on Jan. 26. Mr. Scherer retired as chairman of Georgia Power Co. after 43 years of service. He joined the company as a draftsman in 1946, was named president in 1975 and CEO in 1978. Before he retired, he helped bring into operation the two nuclear units at Plant Vogtle in east Georgia. 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