Georgia Tech "Gold Star" Alumni and Student visual materials, ca. 1936-1976.

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Georgia Tech "Gold Star" Alumni and Student visual materials, ca. 1936-1976.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/750426253

This collection contains photos of three Tech alumni who were killed in WWII or Vietnam. One photograph is color while the others are black and white. There are also photos of the Georgia Tech War Memorial Plaque and drawings of its design.

2.0 linear feet

Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia Tech

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SNAC Resource ID: 8126416

Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia Tech

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Georgia Tech Alumni Association

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The Georgia Tech Alumni Association is the official alumni association for the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech.) The first recorded meeting of the association was held in 1896. Georgia Tech's first graduate, Henry L. Smith (ME '90), invited former classmates to join him at his home to discuss the idea of an alumni association. Together, they drafted the first set of by-laws in 1898. In 1906, a petition for a charter was produced, and it was granted on June 20, 1908. In 1919, reorga...

Georgia institute of technology

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The Georgia Institute of Technology, commonly referred to as Georgia Tech or Tech, was founded on October 13, 1885 as the Georgia School of Technology. The creation of the educational institution was part of the plans of Georgia leadership to reconstruct and revitalize the state's economy following the Civil War. Eighty-four candidates took the first entrance examination on October 3, 1888 and the school formally opened on October 5, 1888. Over the next several decades the school evolved from tr...