March 2010
6 posts
A Southern Tradition
03.29.10
Every Spring for the past few years, I get to have lunch with Mr. Hollis Harris, AE ‘61. We meet at a well-known and much-loved Atlanta restaurant called the Silver Skillet - an Atlanta landmark. Hollis had a 36-year career with Delta. When he left the company in 1990, he was President, COO and a board member. He went on to become CEO of Continental, Air Canada and World Airways,...
Marietta Memory
03.25.10
Over a delicious lunch at the Marietta Diner, my colleague Amy Nash, Director of Planned Giving, and I met with Mr. Robert Ormsby, AE ‘45, former President of Lockheed Martin. Bob conceptualized and put the “wings” in motion for the creation of the Marietta Aviation Museum and Discovery Center. He served as the President of the Board of Directors for five years and is...
Buzzin' up to Northeast Georgia
03.24.10
I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Leonard Cohen yesterday in Cornelia, GA. Len is an AE’ 57 and played on the Yellow Jackets Men’s Basketball team. Len’s best memory of being a student at Tech was during his last term when he got a passing grade in Prof. J. J. Harper’s Wind Tunnel Lab course that was offered only once a year. Originally, Len thought he...
GT College of Engineering Awards 2010
And the COE Award Winners are…
On Friday, March 19th, College of Engineering Dean Don Giddens hosted the COE Alumni Awards Induction Ceremony in front of a packed house at the Georgia Tech Hotel. Dr. Vigor Yang, Chair of the School of Aerospace Engineering nominated three AE alumni. In the Hall of Fame category, Admiral Dick Truly and Mr. Bill Oakes received highest honors for their...
Welcome!
My name is Kathryn Albright, and I’m the Director of Development for the Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering at Georgia Tech. The best part of my job is that I have the privilege of meeting many AE graduates who live in the state of Georgia. This new blog will allow you to join me in my quest to find AE alumni who have memories to share and stories to tell!
As I travel around...
