Tech Topics - Winter 2007 - (Page 40) Burdell&Friends War II. He was a senior member of the American Societies of Quality Control Engineers and Mechanical Engineers and a member of the Retired Officer Association and Phi Gamma Delta and Pi Tao Sigma fraternities. Forrest Albert Watson Sr., Cls 49, of Barnesville, Ga., on Sept. 6. He retired as a superintendent from Aldora Mills. A war veteran, he served as an officer in the Army Air Corps. He was a member of the American Legion and a charter member and past president of the Kiwanis Club. Alvis Morrison Weatherly Jr., Cls 46, of Atlanta, on Sept. 23. Mr. Weatherly was employed by Southern Bell Telephone Co. for 33 years. He left Tech, where he was a member of Sigma Nu fraternity, after two years to join the Army Air Corps. He attained the rank of sergeant and embarked on missions over Central and South America. He was a volunteer with Junior Achievement and the Georgia Jaycees, with which he authored a book, “Georgia Jaycees Through the Years, 1921-1961.” He was active with the Boy Scouts of America and received the Silver Beaver Award, Whitney M. Young Jr. Award and WXIA Community Service Award. A member of Buckhead Rotary, he was noted for 20 years of perfect attendance and was named president. He received the Community Service, Service Above Self and Rotarian of the Year awards. Vernon Keith Wilson, IM 49, of Moultrie, Ga., on May 24. Mr. Wilson retired as CEO of M&K Textiles. R.S. Yarborough Jr., IM 49, of Albany, Ga., on Feb. 1. Mr. Yarborough was a retired engineer. Scientist Charles S. Brownharles Stevenson Brown, of Snellville, Ga., an award-winning educator and scientist, died Sept. 29 at the age of 60. Dr. Brown, PhD Phys 81, who taught courses at several universities in the Atlanta area, sought opportunities to teach and mentor African-Americans under-represented in the fields of physics and engineering. At the time of his death, he was chair of the department of physics at Morehouse College, where he was instrumental in establishing an exchange program with universities in Ghana. In 1995, Dr. Brown traveled to Ghana, where he was a Fulbright visiting scholar at the University of Cape Coast. While there, he helped develop the university’s graduate curriculum. In 1998, he was invited to South Africa by the president of Botswana to chair the Bouchet Institute physics conference and to raise awareness of cutting-edge technology in Africa. Dr. Brown received his bachelor’s degree in physics from Morehouse and his master’s degree from Emory University. His doctoral dissertation at Georgia Tech was one of the first in the field of nanoscience. In 1982, he joined AT&T Bell Laboratories, later Lucent Technologies, where he performed research in theoretical physics, applied physics and optical fiber telecommunications. From 1989 to 1992, he was an AT&T visiting lecturer at Clark Atlanta University and served as professor and chair of the department of physics. In 1991, he was awarded the Black Engineer of the Year Pioneer Award for both his training of young African-American and African scientists and his contributions to science and technology. He retired from Lucent Technologies in 2001 and later joined Luxcore Networks Inc. as chief scientist. In 2002, he joined the faculty of Georgia Perimeter College. In 2000, he was enstooled as a traditional ruler in the Assin Manso district of Ghana. He was the sitting president of the Council of Ghanaian Traditional Rulers in Georgia at the time of his death. 1950s Leonard H. Aiken, EE 51, of North Augusta, S.C., on June 9. He retired as a supervisor with E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. Robert Travis “Bob” Appleby, EE 50, of Jefferson, Ga., on Oct. 8. Mr. Appleby had a 45-year career in the industrial pump business, primarily with Fairbanks Morse Co., for which he served as national sales manager of the pump division in Kansas City and of the electrical division in Beloit, Wis. He retired from the company’s Atlanta headquarters in 1989. During World War II, he served in the Navy aboard the USS Davidson destroyer/minesweeper on the Yellow Sea and earned a combat medal. Oren K. Armstrong, ME 50, of Marietta, Ga., on Jan. 4. He retired as a selfemployed chiropractor. Otis W. Ashworth, ME 54, of Armuchee, Ga., on Aug. 7. Mr. Ashworth retired from General Electric Co. Maynard Batchelder, EE 50, of Atlanta, on April 18. He was a retired electrical engineer with the Foxboro Co. W.D. Bradbury Jr., ChE 53, MS ChE 59, of The Woodlands, Texas, on Aug. 27. Mr. Bradbury retired from the Union Carbide Technical Center in South Charleston, W.Va., after 34 years of service. Charles Robert “Bob” Buchan, CerE 57, of Tallahassee, Fla., on Sept. 20. He was a veteran of the Army and Army Reserve. Charles Middleton “Tony” Coates, IM 51, of West Palm Beach, Fla., on Aug. 6. He ran his own business, Palm Beach Rental Center, for 22 years, retiring in 1989. Before attending Georgia Tech, where he was a member of Chi Phi fraternity, he served in the Army during World War II. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus Palm Beach Council 2075 for more than 30 years and of Father Andrew Doherty 4th degree Knights of Columbus. Louis Hillman Cook, CE 50, of Tallahassee, Fla., on May 23. He was the city manager for Douglas, Ga., before becoming the city planner of Tallahassee in 1960. In 1962, he was promoted to city auditor-clerk. He later worked as a civil engineer for William Bishop Consulting Engineers. He was an active member of the U.S. Power Squadron, a safety and boating education organization, for which he served as district commander. During World War II, he served in the Army Corps of Engineers in North Africa and Italy. Stanley Dennis, Cls 52, of Wilmington, N.C., on Aug. 7. In 1985, he retired as the assistant production manager of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. of Wilmington, Del. At that time, several patents were issued in his name. He was asked to come out of retirement to teach DuPont safety seminars around the world. Mr. Dennis served in the Navy during World War II. Frederick D. Dial Jr., IM 51, of Chattanooga, Tenn., on June 23. Mr. Dial retired as a plant records engineer with the Tennessee Valley Authority. C. Bailey Dixon, TE 53, of Clinton, S.C., on Sept. 3. Mr. Dixon began his industrial career at Clinton Mills in 1955. In 1979, he was named vice president of engineering and subsidiary operations, a position he held until his retirement in 1998. In 2002, he was named Citizen of the Year by the Clinton Chronicle. He was awarded the 2006 Spirit of Volunteerism and Philanthropy Award by the United Way, which established an annual award in his name. He was named the 2007 District Tree Farmer of the Year by the South Carolina Forestry Association. He served on the boards of directors of Clinton Mills Inc. and M.S. Bailey & Son Bankers, both companies his great-grandfather established. He was chairman of Clinton Investment Co. and a member of the Bailey Foundation. He served in the Navy, touring Japan, China and Korea as an ensign and paymaster. Mr. Dixon was involved in the founding of the Clinton YMCA and the Laurens County Safe Home for Women. A Scoutmaster and Blue Ridge Council president, he was awarded the Silver Beaver Award. A member of the Georgia Tech Engineering Hall of Fame, he established the Bailey Dixon Fund for textile scholarships at the Institute. Robert E. Donnelly Jr., ME 53, of Marietta, Ga., on June 29. Mr. Donnelly retired from the Georgia Power Co. after 38 years of service. Bernard D. Downing, ME 58, of Upper Marlboro, Md., on Sept. 7. Mr. Downing had a 40-year career as an engineer in the aerospace industry, retiring as manager of business operations with Lockheed Martin Corp. He was involved in local and statewide rural politics for the past 35 years. He was a member of Phi Kappa Sigma at Georgia Tech. Bradley Byron Dunn, EE 51, of Huntsville, Ala., on Aug. 19. Mr. Dunn retired from Unisys Corp. as program manager. He served in the Navy during World War II and later in the Korean War. A member of the Founder’s Council at Georgia Tech, he received a master’s degree in management from MIT. Early A. Ellis Jr., CE 53, of Cochran, Ga., on July 8. He retired from U.S. Civil Services. L.H. Forston Jr., IM 54, of Bradenton, Fla., on June 2. William Erskine Fraser, CE 50, of Conyers, Ga., on Aug. 22. The founder of the Erskine Fraser Co., he worked throughout the Southeast erecting commercial and industrial buildings and bridges. He also built and owned Carriage House Restaurant in Underground Atlanta during the ’70s. He was active in the Boy Scouts TECHTOPICS | WINTER 2007
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