Tech Topics - Winter 2007 - (Page 42) Burdell&Friends Piketon, Ohio. He retired as project manager of the company’s Oak Ridge, Tenn., office. He was the founding president of Kerbela Roane Shrine Club. Samuel L. Latimer, Cls 51, of McDonough, Ga., on Jan. 22. He was a warehouse manager with Atlantic Richfield Co. Survivors include his son, Samuel C. Latimer, MgtSci 73. Thomas R. Lee, EE 51, of Mableton, Ga., on Aug. 5. Mr. Lee retired from Honeywell Inc. as a sales engineer. During his 40-year career with the company, he was elected to Honeywell’s President’s Club. He owned and operated Controlled Concepts and later worked as an estimator for Pye Barker. He was a mason and president of the Producers Council of Atlanta. He served in the Marine Corps in the Pacific theater. Alfred E. “Gene” Lewis, AE 58, of Tustin, Calif., on Oct. 6. A co-op student at Georgia Tech, Mr. Lewis received a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Purdue University. Cortland Rice Lowe, CE 50, of Peachtree City, Ga., on Sept. 1. He retired from W.R. Grace & Co. after a 34year career. He then worked as a real estate auctioneer on St. George Island and established Lowe Realty in Tallahassee, Fla., in 1990. He served in the Navy during the Korean War. Frank M. Lowe, Cls 50, of Gainesville, Ga., on May 16. He retired from the Army. James Allen Matthews, IM 51, of Washington, N.C., on Sept. 18. A retired civil engineer, Mr. Matthews served in the Navy during World War II. He was a member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. James A. Moore Jr., ME 50, of Marietta, Ga., on Jan. 7. Joseph Ernest Nelms Jr., Text 55, of Gulf Shores, Ala., on July 29. He practiced medicine in Mobile for 30 years. Dr. Nelms, who received a medical degree from Tulane University, was a resident in orthopaedic sur- Melvin Carter Was Radiation Specialist M elvin W. Carter, who helped protect the public from the aftermath of nuclear testing and later taught at Georgia Tech, died Aug. 15. He was 80 years old. Dr. Carter, CE 49, MS PHE 51, of Atlanta, was a professor of nuclear engineering and health physics at Georgia Tech for 16 years, retiring as the Neely professor emeritus in the School of Nuclear Engineering in 1988. During his career with Tech, he also directed the Office of Interdisciplinary Programs and Bioengineering Center. Upon his retirement, he traveled the world as an international radiation protection consultant until a few years before his death. Following two years in the Army Air Corps during World War II, he served as a commissioned officer in the Public Health Service for 22 years. In the 1950s, he served at the Taft Sanitary Engineering Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Nevada nuclear test site. In 1958, he was assigned to the University of Florida, from which he received a doctorate in radiological health in 1960. After receiving his PhD, Dr. Carter served as director of the Southeastern Radiological Health Laboratory in Montgomery, Ala., from 1960 to 1968 and director of the Southwestern Radiological Health Laboratory in Las Vegas from 1968 to 1972. In 1972, he was awarded the Distinguished Career Award from the Environmental Protection Agency. President Ronald Reagan appointed him to a four-year term on the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board and the Soviet government invited him to visit Chernobyl in 1988 to provide advice on the cleanup efforts. From 1984 to 1988, Dr. Carter served as president of the International Radiation Protection Association and in 1980 the Health Physics Society, from which he received the Founder’s Award in 1991. He was elected to serve four terms as a member of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements. He was inducted into the Georgia Tech Engineering Hall of Fame in 1998 and the National Academy of Engineering in 1999. Survivors include his sons, Brent Carter, Phys 71, PhD Phys 82, who is a professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Georgia Tech, and Douglas Carter, Cls 87. He was preceded in death by a brother, Thomas Eugene Carter, MS IM 50. gery at Mobile General Hospital in Mobile, Ala., and Oschner Foundation in New Orleans. He was a member of the American Medical Association, American College of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the Alabama Orthopaedic Society, for which he was a former president. Arthur N. Pahno, EE 51, of Arlington, Va., on April 22. G. Frederick Reeves, Arch 54, of Canyon Lake, Texas, on May 5. Mr. Reeves was the retired owner of TriClad South. Robert G. Riley Jr., IE 52, of New Bern, N.C., on Oct. 17. He worked as a mechanical engineer for more than 40 years, specializing in vertical pumps. Much of his career was spent with Worthington and Peerless Pump. A Korean War veteran, he was a first lieutenant in the 1st Aviation Field Depot Squadron, for which he worked on atom bombs. At Tech, he was in the Air Force ROTC program. Robert Howell Rivers Sr., MS AE 51, of Birmingham, Ala., on Aug. 5. For several years, he worked for NASA at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville. During World War II, he served in the Marine Corps as a B-25 bomber pilot in the Pacific theater. In 1980, he began flying at Guntersville Airport and for many years piloted his own plane. Benjamin Harold Shackleford, ME 56, of Atlanta, on Sept. 26. Mr. Shackleford retired as a senior staff mechanical engineer with AMEC. Moore Tappan Jr., IE 54, of Brandon, Fla., on May 26. Mr. Tappan was the retired president of Plant City Steel Co. Glenn O. Turner, IM 58, of Buford, Ga., on Oct. 16. Mr. Turner worked in real estate and retired as the owner of Orr-Turner. At Georgia Tech, he played football under coach Bobby Dodd and was named an AllAmerican. He was a member of the Georgia Tech Sports Hall of Fame and a founder of the Atlanta Golf Classic. John F. Tutt, TE 50, of Easley, S.C., on Aug. 16. Mr. Tutt retired as a textile engineer with American Enka and Glen-Raven Mills. He served in the Army Air Corps and was a World War II veteran. Arthur J. Van Suetendael III, CE 51, of Hobe Sound, Fla., on Aug. 15. Mr. Van Suetendael worked as a consulting engineer until his retirement in 1993. Before attending Georgia Tech, he graduated from the New York State Merchant Marine Academy. He joined the Navy in 1951 and as a lieutenant junior grade he served as executive officer aboard the minesweeper USS Curfew during the Korean War. He worked as a siteplanning consultant for Stelling, Lordwood and Van Suetendael in New York City and served as town engineer and later supervisor for Ossining, N.Y. A lieutenant with the Naval Reserve, he was a past president of the Ossining Rotary Club and committeeman for the Ossining Town Republican Committee. At Tech, he was a member of Delta Sigma Phi fraternity. Arthur R. White Jr., MS CE 55, of Gloucester, Va., on July 23. The owner of A.R. White & Co., he dedicated much of his time later in life to Haiti. Six churches of his design were built in Haiti and seven wells were drilled. He donated his 52-foot boat for use as a mobile medical unit and built the Tovar Clinic, now a governmentlicensed health center. He taught at Tech, as well as Duke University, from which he received his bachelor’s degree in 1950. Usher Thomasson Winslett Jr., CE 54, of Georgetown, S.C., on Sept. 18. In 1989, he retired as president of Compania Argentina de Cemento Portland, the South American subsidiary of U.S.-based Lone Star Industries, in Buenos Aires. After graduating from Tech, he went to work in the cement and construction materials business. He was a member of the Order of Freemasons for more than 50 years. Mr. Winslett was an Eagle Scout and as a Boy Scout leader he was 42 TECHTOPICS | WINTER 2007
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