Tech Topics - Summer 2008 - (Page 40) Burdell&Friends 1980s Daniel E. “Dan” Bradley, Mgt 89, of Dunwoody, Ga., on March 24. Mr. Bradley, who earned a master’s degree from Georgia State University, was a CPA and business solutions manager for Intercontinental Hotels Group for the past seven years. Rickey B. Cotton, MS EE 83, of Dallas, Ga., on Nov. 29. He was a former senior research engineer with the Georgia Tech Research Institute. Patrick J. Roberts, AE 87, PhD AE 07, of Canyon County, Calif., on Jan. 29. He was an engineer with Lockheed Martin Corp. As a research assistant at Tech from 1986 to 1988, he wrote software for research in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences that was used in the development of NASA’s Mars Observer probe. From 1988 to 1997, he worked at the United Space Alliance at Kennedy Space Center. He was awarded NASA’s Group Achievement Award for successfully enhancing, implementing, testing and analyzing the new space shuttle solid rocket booster design after the Challenger accident. Douglas Max Staszesky, ME 81, of Glenview, Ill., on Feb. 26 from brain cancer. He was director of product management for all automation systems products at S&C Electric Co. He joined the company in 1989 and held positions in sales, product management, research and development and power systems services. Through the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, S&C recently funded the Douglas M. Staszesky Distribution Automation Award for Excellence. He was a past chairman of the Edison Electrical Institute Distribution Automation Working Group, vice chairman of the Power Quality Working Group and vice chair of the IEEE/Power Engineering Society Distribution Automation Working Group. Memorials may be made to the Beta Theta Pi Foundation for the Georgia Tech chapter and mailed to P.O. Box 6277, Oxford, OH 45056. William Albert Whited, Phys 89, of Atlanta, in January. Mr. Whited was employed by BellSouth. Dwayne Anthony Williams, EE 86, of New Orleans, on Feb. 27, after a brief illness. Mr. Williams was employed as a software engineer with Blackboard in Washington, D.C. 1990s Uriel Abraham Levi, PhD Arch 93, of Shipman, Va., on March 16. An artist, his work focused on the interaction between the viewer, artwork and environment. His series of interactive underwater sculptures, Waterworks, were installed in such locations as the Bahamas and the alumni pool at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. At the time of his death, he was working on Lightwater, a project planned for installation off the coast of Eilat, Israel. Dr. Levi received a diploma from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and a master’s degree from MIT’s Center for Advanced Visual Studies. 2000s Carrie Ann Dierks, MS HCI 03, of Decatur, Ga., on Jan. 26. Ms. Dierks was a writer and exhibit developer for museums across the country. After receiving an English degree from Loyola University, she worked as an editor at Scott, Foresman & Co. and later as a freelance writer. She then became a project editor for the Field Museum in Chicago and later the Denver Museum of Natural History. In the 1990s, Ms. Dierks coauthored five science books for children. She was a volunteer with Hands On Atlanta, counseling victims of Hurricane Katrina. Friends George O. Baldwin, 92, a retired Army lieutenant colonel, of Glassboro, N.J., on April 14. His 21-year military career included a stint as an ROTC instructor at Georgia Tech from 1949 to 1952. Following his retirement from the Army in 1961, he worked for 18 years with Bell Laboratories in Piscataway, N.J. From 1982 to 1983, Lt. Col. Baldwin sailed aboard the Globestar with Marvin Creamer from Greenwich, N.J., to Capetown, South Africa, on Creamer’s aroundthe-world voyage without instruments. Paul E. Blumensaadt, 93, of Atlanta, on Feb. 28. Following 24 years of Army service, Mr. Blumensaadt joined Georgia Tech, from which he retired in 1983 as assistant to the director of the School of Aerospace Engineering after a 26-year career. A veteran of World War II and the Korean War, his awards included the Bronze Star with two palms. He was a member of the Military Order of the World Wars, American Legion Post 134 and World War II Roundtable. Frances Katherine Drew, 79, of Atlanta, on Feb. 8. She was a librarian at Tech for more than 30 years. She received her bachelor’s degree from Wesleyan College and master’s degrees in library science and education from Emory University. She volunteered with the Atlanta History Center, assisted in the development of the archives for the Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta and was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and United Daughters of the Confederacy. Mary Leavell Gardner, 77, of Signal Mountain, Tenn., on Jan. 26. She was crowned Georgia Tech’s May Queen in the spring of 1946 and named the first Miss Blueprint. A Yellow Jackets football fan, she was in the stands for the 1952 championship season. Survivors include her son, Ellis Gardner, EE 84. Stanislaw Gorka, 80, of Decatur, Ga., on Feb. 1. An Army veteran of World War II, Mr. Gorka retired after serving 26 years as a Georgia Tech police officer. Byron F. Harper Jr., 85, of Union City, Ga., on April 12. After graduating from the Emory University School of Medicine, he served as an officer in the Navy before going into private prac- tice. He served on the staffs of Piedmont, Crawford Long and Holy Family hospitals. He was one of the founding doctors of South Fulton Hospital and co-founder of Christian City, which has served thousands of people with its children’s home, retirement village, assistedliving facility, Alzheimer’s cottage and convalescent center. He also helped start the first freestanding hospice in Georgia, Southwest Christian Care, where he volunteered as medical director for 20 years. Contributions in his name may be made to the Georgia Tech Christian Campus Fellowship, 767 Techwood Drive, Atlanta, GA 30313. Jacek Jarzynski, 72, of Bethesda, Md., on Jan. 20. He received a doctorate in physics from Imperial College of London and in 1963 moved to the United States, where he worked as a professor and researcher at Georgia Tech, as well as at American University, the Naval Research Laboratory and the Catholic University of America. He performed scientific research in the areas of acoustics and optics and was a fellow of the Acoustical Society of America. Justin Marcus Polazzo, 31, of Atlanta, on Feb. 4. Mr. Polazzo was employed by Georgia Tech’s Office of Information Technology in the division of architecture and infrastructure. He previously was a self-employed security contractor. Richard Lee “Dick” Tuley, of Atlanta, on Feb. 24. Dr. Tuley was a professor of economics and statistics in Georgia Tech’s School of Industrial Management from 1969 to 1973. In the 1970s and ’80s with Tumo Construction, he developed residential and commercial projects. He later worked in the Atlanta real estate and development industry with such companies as Richard Tuley Realty and Richard Tuley Homes. In 2001, he and his son, Richard Lee Tuley Jr., Econ 92, became partners in Tuley & Tuley Inc., which focused on residential land development in Georgia and South Carolina. Other survivors include his niece, Tammy Tuley Purves, Mgt 90. Memorial contributions in Dr. Tuley’s name may be made to the Georgia Tech Athletic Association’s Alexander-Tharpe Fund. GT T he Ramblin’ Roll is how your classmates, roommates and teammates know what you’ve been up to. Whether you’ve made an addition to your family, gotten a promotion, changed occupations or won an award, it’s time to Bee in Touch! 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