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cover single pages.qxp:Layout 1 6/22/10 8:25 AM Page c1 Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine • July/August 2010 101 Books Tech Alums Should Read Before They Lay Dying cover single pages.qxp:Layout 1 6/17/10 11:18 AM Page c2 Ads pages.qxp:Layout 1 6/17/10 3:21 PM Page 3 Contents.qxp:Layout 1 6/16/10 1:00 PM Page 4 Contents.qxp:Layout 1 6/22/10 8:28 AM Page 5 Features 48 62 42 42 48 62 Ross MasonBroken was a competitive ath- Paul Verhaeghen,101 Books on the cover, and Manned151 flights NASA to Mars Jackets are on the lete and a world-traveling adventurer, Billiee Pendleton-Parker, above, were horizon. Georgia Tech co-op students until a freak cycling accident put him among the alumni, faculty, staff and and alumni, including 151 highlighted in a wheelchair. Today, he is compet- students recommending books all inside this issue, are helping make ing to make Georgia the center of a Institute grads should read before space missions possible through revolution in regenerative medicine. they lay dying. Photos by Kelvin Kuo. roles on the ground and in orbit. July/August 2010 Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine 5 Contents.qxp:Layout 1 6/16/10 1:02 PM Page 6 Contents.qxp:Layout 1 6/17/10 4:16 PM Page 7 Departments 12 Letters 16 Alumni House 20 Jackets Required 16 22 Tech Topics 28 Tech Notes 30 Within Walking Distance 32 Office Space 34 Ten Questions 36 What’s in a Name? 38 Student Life 78 Burdell & Friends 81 Ramblin’Roll 85 In Memoriam 92 Yellow Jackets 102 Calendar 104 In Retrospect 22 30 78 38 July/August 2010 Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine 7 Ads pages.qxp:Layout 1 6/17/10 3:22 PM Page 8 JoeCol.qxp:Layout 1 6/21/10 7:26 AM Page 9 Georgia Tech What Alumni Bring to the Table Alumni Magazine Volume 86, Number 6 s we wind down another fiscal year, I want to say thanks to all of you for your terrific support of Georgia Tech. This institution started Publisher: Joseph P. Irwin, IM 80 out 125 years ago because of the great foresight of leaders like Editor: Kimberly Link-Wills Nathaniel Harris, Henry W. Grady and Isaac Hopkins. What Georgia Tech Assistant Editor: Van Jensen has become would astonish even these most thoughtful and remarkable Assistant Editor: Leslie Overman A people. Design: Ryan Giusti Henry Grady, at the Georgia Tech opening ceremony, said as he pointed Student Editorial Assistant: Torian Parker at the Tech Tower and its sister, the shop building, “There is a light that will cast its beams over all the South. So lighted we can move into the industrial Executive Committee future.” He knew that Georgia Tech would indeed move the South into the Alfredo Trujillo, AE 81, Chair future, but he could never have foreseen what Georgia Tech would become. Joseph W. Evans, IM 71, Past Chair As Tech educates the leaders of this technologically ubiquitous world, that C. Dean Alford, EE 76, Chair-elect/Finance Walt Ehmer, IE 89, Vice Chair/Roll Call light shines globally today. Laurie Bagley, IM 84, Member At Large It doesn’t happen without you. Tech is successful in so many ways Benton J. Mathis Jr., IM 81, Member At Large because we have alumni who care about the history and care about the James E. Trimble Jr., Mgt 91, Member At Large future. Joe Evans, the chair of the Alumni Association for the 2010 fiscal year, Joseph P. Irwin, IM 80, President is fond of saying, “While I didn’t attend a top 10 public university, I Board of Trustees graduated from one.” And that’s a point well made. Tech’s progress in the past 30 years is astonishing. When you build a strong foundation, you can Thomas G. Arlotto, ME 82 Ashley Gigandet Joseph, IntA 94 do amazing things. Jennifer M. Ball, Arch 94, M CP 01 Kelli H. Keb, IM 78 Alumni can bring a lot to the table for a university. Coe A. Bloomberg, ME 66 Jesus Leon, Cls 74 Advocacy is certainly one. Your advocacy of Georgia Tech has opened Marc A. Corsini, IM 80 John A. Lewis Jr., IM 79 thousands of opportunities for the Institute in commerce, research, military Robert A. Madayag III, ChE 02 Tracey M. Countryman, IM 98 and other fields. Alumni citizens help our government leaders understand Steven R. Cover, Errika Mallett, ISyE 96 Arch 78, M Arch 81, M CP 81 the importance and the value of higher education. The challenges of John McKenney, IE 90 C. Richard Crutchfield, IM 69 declining state financial support make advocacy a particularly important Wanda B. Murray, HS 82 Marian H. Epps, IM 83 Eric L. Pinckney Sr., initiative for us today. J. Gregory Foster, ME 95 ME 86, M CP 93 Governance is another way that alumni help shape the institution Angela D. Fox, EE 91 Troy W. Rice, IE 01 through its various organizations and advisory boards. Certainly the Paul S. Goggin, Phys 91 Heather S. Rocker, ISyE 98 Institute is governed by the Board of Regents, but alumni can help Tech “do Richard A. Guthman Jr., IE 56 Victoria L. Selfridge, IE 96 the right things” under that aegis. S. Wesley Haun, Mgt 72 Rush S. Smith Jr., Phys 72 Recruiting the best and brightest students is an enormous help to Tech. Jeffrey S. Hurley, Robert N. Stargel Jr., EE 83 Applications to Georgia Tech have gone up 37 percent in the past two years. MS Chem 90, PhD Chem 92 Jeb M. Stewart, Cls 91 That speaks to a lot of things — not the least of which are your efforts to tell Joseph C. Irastorza, Karen C. Thurman, IM 82 EE 60, MS EE 68, PhD ISyE 73 the story to potential students. Philip L. Williams, Text 70 Troy N. Ivey, CmpE 90 Student mentoring is a rising tide, and we will call on Janet C. Wilson, ICS 81 Cayman James you to help broaden our students’ educational CE 99, MS EnvE 01 Ronald L. Yancey, EE 65 experiences more and more in the future. Imagine “if I Advertising only knew then what I know now!” Holly Green (404) 894-0765; [email protected] Alumni also help Tech by hiring other alumni or Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine making connections for other alumni job seekers. The (ISSN: 1061-9747) is published bimonthly for contributors to the annual Roll Call Georgia Tech alumni network works because of you and of the Georgia Tech Alumni Association, 190 North Ave. N.W., Atlanta, GA 30313. your passion to help our fellow alumni. The Georgia Tech Alumni Association allocates $10 from a contribution toward a Finally, and you knew this was coming, your year’s subscription to its magazine. Periodical postage paid in Atlanta and addi- tional mailing offices. © 2010 Georgia Tech Alumni Association generous donations help make Georgia Tech a stellar institution. The generosity of Tech’s Postmaster: Send address changes to Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine, 190 alumni is legendary among public North Ave. N.W., Atlanta, GA 30313. E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected] institutions. Our aim is to make it Telephone: Georgia Tech Alumni Association (404) 894-2391 legendary among all global universities. Change address or unsubscribe at [email protected] Thank you for caring about Georgia Tech. Have a great summer! Joseph P. Irwin, President of the Georgia Tech Alumni Association Ads pages.qxp:Layout 1 6/17/10 3:23 PM Page 10 Ads pages.qxp:Layout 1 6/17/10 3:24 PM Page 11 letters.qxp:Layout 1 6/17/10 4:28 PM Page 12 Letters Friendships Built at Burge I really enjoyed your article about the Burge Apartments. It brought back a lot of memories, especially about professor J.H. Henika. I entered Georgia Tech after World War II in the industrial option of mechanical engi- neering and had Uncle Heinie’s wood shop just before he retired. His mind was still ra- zor sharp, but his voice had become a little weak. He installed a PAsystem in his lecture class in the ME building. That was before the days of lavalier mics, but he rigged up a mi- crophone around his neck. One nice spring day with the sun shining through the windows to our backs, a student named Eckel sitting right next to me fell asleep. Uncle Heinie blew into his mic. It was like a shot that woke him up. Uncle Heinie said, “Sit up and lie to me, young man. I Van Jensen don’t care if you are listening or not, but you make me think you are. Lie to me!” have no water.” They didn’t know then that to my service training to sign up for anything That taught me a good lesson. From then you could drink Atlanta water right out of that sounded good. on I “lied” to all my teachers, and, of course, the tap. That experience helped cement our I entered the freshman class in Septem- I ended up paying attention. I am sure that lasting friendship. ber 1946. I had gotten married on Sunday in lesson helped me graduate in September Liang and Ying later had his father, with Brunswick, Ga., found my wife a job on 1948. whom they had left their young son, put him Monday and entered Tech on Tuesday. Time I stayed and worked on the campus and on an airplane in Shanghai.