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BURDELL & FRIENDS ary layer transition. He retired from the applied materials and physics division at Langley Field in 1975. Walton Simmons, Cls 40, of Lawrenceville, Ga., on Oct. 12. He worked in the family business, Southern Sizing Co., until it was sold, whereupon he joined the Trust Company of Georgia, managing branch banks until he retired in the mid1980s. Mr. Simmons served as an aviator in the Army Air Corps from 1942 to ’44. Roscoe Charles Tate, ME 42, of Jekyll Island, Ga., on Aug. 4. After his release from the Armed Forces shortly after the end of World War II, Mr. Tate joined the Georgia Department of Transportation, from which he retired in 1973 as director of the utilities division. He served four years in the Marine Corps in Shanghai before attending Tech. Upon graduation, on Oct. 4. He retired as professor emeritus of chemical engineering at Georgia Tech in 1985 and was inducted into the Institute’s Engineering Hall of Fame in 2003. Dr. Ward co-authored “A Century of Chemical Engineering at Georgia Tech,” published in 2006. He served as an instrument flight instructor in the Navy from 1943 to ’46. He worked as a chemical engineer for Carbide and Carbide Chemicals Corp. and Ethyl Corp. before returning to Tech as a professor of chemical engineering and a research associate at the Georgia Tech Research Institute. Dr. Ward was named Teacher of the Year in chemical engineering several times and Institute-wide in 1983. In 1963, he was elected as a Georgia Tech Alumni Association trustee. He was a member of Tau Beta Pi honorary society and longtime faculty adviser to the student chapter. Dr. Ward served several John Malcolm Ziegler, ME 49, of Richmond, Va., on Oct. 13. A Navy veteran of World War II, Mr. Ziegler moved to Richmond to work for the Trane Co. in 1995, and he later became a partner with Energy Consultants Inc. He participated in Young Life and Prison Fellowship ministry programs and was active in his local Georgia Tech club. In Memoriam 1950s Verlyn Harris Branham Jr., IM 50, of Cumming, Ga., on Oct. 7. An electrical engineer, he owned V.H. Branham and Son. A Navy veteran of World War II and the Korean War, he was a member of the North Georgia Dulcimer Group. George Camus, EE 57, of Miami, on Oct. 4. Mr. Camus worked as a Florida Power & Light Company electrical engineer for 21 years before starting a private consulting business in 1978. He was the president of Camus Industries, which provided electrical and mechanical engineering services around the world. A member of Phi Kappa Sigma at Tech, Mr. Camus was the Scoutmaster of Boy Scout Troop 13 for four years and a trustee of the Miami Elks Lodge 948. Harry Francis Carlson Jr., ME 59, of Gainesville, Ga., on Sept. 16. Mr. Carlson was a professional engineer with the Atlanta Gas Light Co. until 1988, when he retired and moved to Gulf Breeze, Fla. Mr. Carlson entered the Navy in 1943 and was designated a Naval aviator in 1948. Mr. Carlson enrolled at Georgia Tech following his discharge from active duty in 1955. Charles R. Carter, AE 51, of Indian Harbour Beach, Fla., on Aug. 15. As an Air Force pilot and instructor, he flew photo reconnaissance missions during World War II and cold-weather testing in Alaska in the 1950s. In 1960, he and his family moved to Brevard County, Fla., where he was the down-range safety and scheduling officer for the space program. He retired from the Air Force in 1968 after 27 years of service and worked for Radiation/Harris for 15 years. Philip D. Coates Jr., IM 58, of Signal Mountain, Tenn., on Feb. 16. Mr. Coates retired from 3M Worldwide as a market manager. Everett Lundin Cook, IE 51, of Houston, on Sept. 5. He began his career in mortgage banking in Denver and later headed the commercial loan department at the Teacher’s Insurance and Annuity Association in New York. In 1961, Mr. Cook Hawkins Was First Ivan Allen Dean Robert G. Hawkins, 72, of Spencertown, N.Y., died Aug. 22. A finance professor emeritus and the first dean of Georgia Tech’s Ivan Allen College of Management, Policy and International Affairs, the precursor to the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, Dr. Hawkins was dean of the college from 1992 to ’98. During that time, he helped shape the early vision of the college by emphasizing Tech’s role in national and international economic development. Prior to joining Georgia Tech, he served eight years as dean of the School of Management at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Dr. Hawkins received a PhD in economics in 1966 from New York University, where he later became professor of economics and international business. He had served as a consultant to many organizations, including the United States Information Agency, the U.S. Treasury, the Port Authority of New York, General Electric, IBM and Morgan Guaranty. Mr. Tate was commissioned an officer in the Air Force and served as base ordnance officer on the general’s staff at Lowery Air Force Base in Denver. Survivors include his sons, James Tate, ChE 65, and Albert Tate, ABiol 67. Robert L. Walker, ME 48, of Houston, on Oct. 2. He joined Reed Roller Bit as a division general manager and ultimately became president, CEO and acting chairman of the board. After leaving Reed, Mr. Walker formed a general management consulting company, Robert L. Walker Associates. He was a Tech co-op student when his Army Reserve unit was called to active duty during World War II. He served in the 75th Infantry Division, was accepted as an officer candidate in ordnance and discharged as a first lieutenant in 1946. Henderson Crawford Ward, ChE 48, MS AMath 52, PhD ChE 53, of Atlanta, 40 terms as an advisory member of the Georgia Tech YMCA board. Survivors include sons Crawford Ward Jr., ChE 69, and C. Scott Ward, Arch 78. Memorials in Dr. Ward’s name may be made to the Georgia Tech Foundation for the Henderson C. Ward Endowment in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. Wenham C. White, ME 41, of Tampa, Fla., on May 12. A co-op student at Georgia Tech, Mr. White earned the rank of Army colonel. Albert R. Wilson, Arch 43, of Asheboro, N.C., on Aug. 10. A member of the Navy ROTC at Georgia Tech, he enlisted in the Navy following graduation, serving as a lieutenant during World War II and commanding a subchaser. After leaving the service, Mr. Wilson was employed by Wachovia Bank in High Point, N.C., retiring as a vice president in 1983. TechTopics | Winter 2008

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