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Georgia Institute of Technology
The Georgia Institute of Technology, commonly known as Georgia Tech, or, Tech, is a public, coeducational research university, part of the University System of Georgia, and located in Atlanta, Georgia, USA; with satellite campuses in Savannah, Georgia; Metz, France; Athlone, Ireland; Shanghai, China; and Singapore.[1] Georgia Tech is best known for its programs in engineering, computing, and the sciences, though it also offers degrees in architecture, liberal arts, and management. Georgia Tech is organized into six distinct colleges containing approximately 31 departments/units with a strong emphasis on science and technology. Founded on October 13th, 1885[2] the school was started in response to the Reconstruction-era plans to develop the industrial base of the Southern United States. The school opened in 1888 with the construction of Tech Tower and a shop building,[3] and offered only a degree in mechanical engineering. By 1901 however, degrees in electrical engineering, civil engineering, and chemical engineering were also offered to reflect the school's growing academic breadth, as well as a need for well qualified individuals with a technical inclination to fuel the growth of the new south. Originally named, the Georgia School of Technology, the school changed its name in 1948 to reflect its evolution from a trade school to a larger, more capable technical institute and research university, and its history and traditions reflect that change. In 1996, it was the site of the athletes' village and a venue for a number of athletic events for the 1996 Summer Olympics. Georgia Tech's campus occupies a large part of Midtown Atlanta.
HistoryEstablishment
Atlanta during the Civil War (c. 1864) In 1882, prominent Georgians, authorized by the Georgia State Legislature and led by Harris, formed a committee and visited the Northeast to see firsthand how technology schools worked. Using examples from the Worcester County Free Institute of Industrial Science (now Worcester Polytechnic Institute) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Atlanta technology school began development on the Worcester Free Institute model, which stressed a combination of "theory and practice," the "practice" component including student employment and production of consumer items to generate revenue for the school.[5] On October 13, 1885, Georgia Governor Henry D. McDaniel signed the bill to create and fund the new school.[2] In 1887, Atlanta pioneer Richard Peters donated four acres of his extensive land holdings to the state;[2] this land was bounded on the south by North Avenue, and on the west by Cherry Street.[2] He then sold five adjoining acres of land to the state for $10,000,[2] approximately equivalent to $182,717.44 in 2006.[6] This land was located near the northern city limits of Atlanta at the time of its founding, although the city has now expanded several miles beyond it. A historical marker on the large hill in Central Campus notes that the site occupied by the school's first buildings once held fortifications built to protect Atlanta during the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War. The surrender of the city took place on the southwestern boundary of the modern Georgia Tech campus in 1864.[7] Early years
An early picture of Georgia Tech On October 20, 1905, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt visited the Georgia Tech campus. On the steps of Tech Tower, Roosevelt presented a speech about the importance of technological education.[8] He then shook hands with every student.[9] Georgia Tech's Evening School of Commerce began holding classes in 1912.[10] The evening school admitted its first female student in 1917, although the state legislature did not officially authorize attendance by women until 1920.[10][11] Annie T. Wise became the first female graduate in 1919 and went on to become Georgia Tech's first female faculty member the following year.[10][11] In 1931, the Board of Regents transferred control of the Evening School of Commerce to the University of Georgia (UGA) and moved the civil and electrical engineering courses at UGA to Tech.[10][11] Tech replaced the commerce school with what later became the College of Management. The commerce school would later split from UGA and eventually become Georgia State University.[10][12] Modern history
Former Institute President Dr. G. Wayne Clough speaks at a student meeting Tech first admitted female students to regular classes in 1952,[14] although women could not enroll in all programs at Tech until 1968. Industrial Engineering was the last program to open to women.[14][10] The first women's dorm, Fulmer Hall, opened in 1969.[10] Women constituted 28.6% of the undergraduates and 25.8% of the graduate students enrolled in Fall 2006.[15] In 1959, a meeting of 2,741 students voted by an overwhelming majority to endorse integration of qualified applicants, regardless of race.[16] Three years after the meeting, and one year after the University of Georgia's violent integration,[16] Georgia Tech became the first university in the Deep South to desegregate without a court order.[17] There was little reaction to this by Tech students; like the city of Atlanta described by former mayor William Hartsfield, they seemed "too busy to hate."[16] John Patrick Crecine was instrumental in securing the 1996 Summer Olympics for Atlanta. A dramatic amount of construction occurred, creating most of what is now considered "West Campus" in order for Tech to serve as the Olympic Village.[18] The Undergraduate Living Center, Fourth Street Apartments, Sixth Street Apartments, Eighth Street Apartments, Hemphill Apartments, and Center Street Apartments housed athletes and journalists. The Georgia Tech Aquatic Center was built for swimming events, and the Alexander Memorial Coliseum was renovated.[10][18] The Institute also erected the Kessler Campanile and fountain to serve as a landmark and symbol of the Institute on television broadcasts.[10] Since then, the Campanile has come to be known by students as "The Shaft."[19] In 1994, G. Wayne Clough became the first Tech alumnus to serve as the President of the Institute; he was in office during the 1996 Summer Olympics. In 1998, he separated the Ivan Allen College of Management, Policy, and International Affairs into the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts and returned the College of Management to "College" status (Crecine, the previous president, had demoted Management from "College" to "School" status as part of a controversial 1990 reorganization plan).[20][21] His tenure has been focused on a dramatic expansion of the institute, a revamped Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP), and the creation of an International Plan.[22][23] On March 15, 2008, he was appointed to lead the Smithsonian Institution, effective July 1, 2008.[24] Dr. Gary Schuster, Tech's Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, was named Interim President, effective July 1, 2008.[25] Academics
The Klaus Advanced Computing Building, named for its benefactor, Chris Klaus DemographicsThe student body consists of 18,500 graduate and undergraduate students, and more than 900 full-time instructional faculty.[26] Historically, female enrollment at engineering institutions has been quite low and Georgia Tech is no exception. With about twice as many male students as females, Georgia Tech has one of the most unbalanced male-to-female ratios of any co-ed university. However, this is slowly changing presumably due to the university's growing liberal arts programs as well as outreach programs to encourage more female high school students to consider careers in science and engineering, such as the "Women In Engineering" program and also sponsoring a chapter of The Society of Women Engineers.[27][28] As of Spring 2007, the freshman class of 2006?2007 had a ratio of 68.8% to 31.2%.[29] The highest freshman ratio in the past few years (counting only Fall and Spring semesters)[30] was Spring 2006, with a ratio of 70.5% to 29.5%.[29] FundingThe Georgia Institute of Technology is a public institution, receiving funds from the State of Georgia, tuition, fees, research grants, and alumni contributions. In 2006, the Institute's revenue amounted to approximately $879 million, with 27% of that amount from the state, and 12% from tuition and fees.[31] Most of the remaining funds were donated by private sources, including the most generous alumni donor base, percentage-wise, of any public university ranked in the top 50.[32] The Institute's expenses for 2006 were $860 million; 41% of that figure went to research, 21% to instruction, and 1% to scholarships.[33] RankingsGeorgia Tech is consistently ranked very well; it has remained in the top ten public universities in the United States for the last ten years.[34] In 2008, U.S. News & World Report ranked Tech as the No. 7 public university, and 35th among all universities.[34] Tech also has the No. 4 undergraduate engineering program, and the No. 4 graduate engineering program.[34] Highly ranked engineering programs include its Schools of Industrial Engineering (1st), Aerospace (2nd), Biomedical (3rd), Mechanical (4th), Electrical (5th), and Civil Engineering (5th) at the undergraduate level[34] and Industrial Engineering (1st), Biomedical (2nd), and Aerospace (5th) at the graduate level.[35] In 2007, THES - QS World University Rankings ranked Georgia Tech as the No. 8 university in technology[36] and 97th in overall.[37] Diverse Issues in Higher Education has ranked Tech No. 1 at the bachelor's level, No. 2 at the master's level, and No. 1 at the doctoral level in terms of producing African American engineering graduates.[26] Colleges
The Microelectronics Research Center 
The Centennial Research Building, headquarters to the Georgia Tech Research Institute ResearchGeorgia Tech is currently classified by The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching as a university with very high research activity.[40] Much of this research is funded by large corporations or governmental organizations.[41] In addition to research performed by its academic units, Georgia Tech is affiliated with a nonprofit research organization referred to as the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI).[42] GTRI provides sponsored research in a variety of technical specialties including radar, electro-optics, and materials engineering.[42] Forty percent of Georgia Tech's research, especially government-funded classified work, is conducted through this counterpart organization.[41] GTRI employs over 1,300 people, conducting over $110 million in research every year.[42] Many startup companies are produced through research conducted at Georgia Tech, with the Advanced Technology Development Center and VentureLab ready to assist Georgia Tech's researchers and entrepreneurs in organization and commercialization. The Georgia Tech Research Corporation serves as Georgia Tech's contract and technology licensing agency. Georgia Tech is ranked fourth for startup companies, eighth in patents, and eleventh in technology transfer.[41][43] of space are devoted to research purposes at Georgia Tech and GTRI.[41] An upcoming addition to that space will be Georgia Tech's Nanotechnology Research Center, scheduled for completion in Summer 2008,[44] at which point it will be the largest clean room in the Southeastern United States. Georgia Tech encourages undergraduates to participate in research alongside graduate students and faculty. The Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) awards scholarships each semester to undergraduates who pursue research activities. These scholarships, called the President's Undergraduate Research Awards, take the form of student salaries or help cover travel expenses when students present their work at professional meetings.[45] Additionally, undergraduates may participate in research and write a thesis to earn a "Research Option" credit on their transcripts.[46] An undergraduate research journal, The Tower, was established in 2007 to provide undergraduates with a venue for disseminating their research and a chance to become familiar with the academic publishing process.[47] Industry connectionsOwing to its roots as a trade school, Georgia Tech maintains close ties to the industrial world. Many of these connections are made through Georgia Tech's uniquely popular and robust cooperative education and internship programs. Georgia Tech's Division of Professional Practice (DoPP), established in 1912 as the Georgia Institute of Technology Cooperative Division,[48] operates the fourth-oldest cooperative education program in the United States.[49] The DoPP is specifically charged with providing opportunities for students to gain real-world employment experience through four programs, each targeting a different body of students. The Undergraduate Cooperative Education Program is a five-year program in which undergraduate students alternate between semesters of formal instruction at Georgia Tech and semesters of full-time employment with their employers. The Graduate Cooperative Education Program, established in 1983, is the largest such program in the United States.[50] It allows graduate students pursuing master's degrees or doctorates in any field to spend a maximum of two consecutive semesters working full- or part-time with employers. The Undergraduate Professional Internship Program enables undergraduate students ? typically juniors or seniors ? to complete a one- or two-semester internship with employers. The Work Abroad Program hosts a variety of cooperative education and internship experiences for upperclassmen and graduate students seeking international employment and cross-cultural experiences. While all four programs are voluntary, they consistently attract high numbers of students ? more than 3,000 at last count. Around 1,000 businesses and organizations hire these students, who collectively earn $20 million per year.[49] Georgia Tech's cooperative education and internship programs have been externally recognized for their strengths. The Undergraduate Cooperative Education was recognized by U.S. News & World Report as one of the top 10 "Programs that Really Work" for five consecutive years.[51] U.S. News & World Report additionally ranked Georgia Tech's internship and cooperative education programs among 14 "Academic Programs to Look For" in 2006 and 2007.[32] On June 4, 2007, the University of Cincinnati inducted Georgia Tech into its Cooperative Education Hall of Honor.[52] Student life
Tech cheerleaders waving flags after a touchdown. 
Georgia Institute of Technology Rambling Wreck and Cheerleaders Recreation and stressA number of extracurricular activities are available to students, including over 350 student organizations overseen by the Office of Student Involvement.[58] The Student Government Association (SGA), Georgia Tech's form of student government, comprising separate executive, legislative, and judicial branches for undergraduate and graduate students.[59] One of the SGA's primary duties is the disbursement of funds to student organizations in need of financial assistance. These funds are derived from the student activity fee that all Georgia Tech students must pay, currently $118 per semester. The ANAK Society, a secret society and honor society established at Georgia Tech in 1908, claims responsibility for founding many of Georgia Tech's earliest traditions and oldest student organizations, including the SGA.[60] Nearly 50 fraternities and sororities are active on Georgia Tech's campus, and about a third of Tech undergraduates participate in one of them.[61] Despite these offerings, Georgia Tech carries a strong reputation for being more of a test of spirit than an enjoyable life experience. In 2001, The Princeton Review placed Tech among the 10 toughest colleges and universities in the United States[62] and later reported that Tech's heavy workload led to "overly stressed" students with "minimal time for social functions."[63] In 2002, the Review ranked Tech No. 2 on its list of colleges and universities with the "least happy students,"[64] prompting Institute officials to publish a report the following year responding to the negative publicity. The report criticized the Review for the lack of scientific rigor in its methods and referred to data from internal opinion surveys demonstrating increased student satisfaction in several areas.[65] Among students, it is widely believed that a sacrifice of sleep, studying, or a social life defines "the Tech lifestyle".[66] For these reasons, students commonly refer to graduation from Tech simply as "getting out".[19] Housing
Eighth Street Apartments are apartment-style residence halls that opened in 1995 as housing for the athletes and journalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics as a part of the Olympic Village. The Institute's administration has implemented programs to reduce the levels of stress and anxiety felt by Tech students. The Familiarization and Adaptation to the Surroundings and Environs of Tech (FASET) Orientation and Freshman Experience (a freshman-only dorm life program to "encourage friendships and a feeling of social involvement") programs, which seek to help acclimate new students to their surroundings and foster a greater sense of community.[67][68] As a result, the Institute's retention rates have improved.[69] In recent years, Georgia Tech Housing has been at or over capacity.[70] In Fall 2006, many dorms housed "triples", which was a project that put three residents into a two-person room. Certain pieces of furniture were not provided to the third resident as to accommodate a third bed. When spaces became available in other parts of campus, the third resident was moved elsewhere.[71][72][73][74] In the fall of 2007, the North Avenue Apartments were opened to Tech students. Originally belonging to Georgia State University, the buildings were gifted to Georgia Tech and have been used to accommodate Tech's expanding population. The North Avenue Apartments are also noted as the first Georgia Tech buildings to rise above the top of Tech Tower. Open to second-year undergraduate students and above, the buildings are located on East Campus, across North Avenue and near Bobby Dodd Stadium.[75] Traditions
A closeup of Tech Tower Georgia Tech holds a heated, long and ongoing rivalry with the University of Georgia, known as Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate. The first known hostilities between the two institutions trace back to 1891. The University of Georgia's literary magazine proclaimed UGA's colors to be "old gold, black, and crimson." Dr. Charles H. Herty, the first UGA football coach, felt that old gold was too similar to yellow and that it "symbolized cowardice." After the 1893 football game against Tech, Herty removed old gold as an official color.[78] Tech would first use old gold for their uniforms, as a proverbial slap in the face to UGA, in their first unofficial football game against Auburn in 1891.[79] Georgia Tech's school colors would henceforth be old gold and white. ArtsFounded in 1906, the Glee Club was one of the first student organizations on campus, and still operates today.[80][81] The Glee Club was among the first collegiate choral groups to release a recording of their songs. The group has toured extensively and appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show twice, providing worldwide exposure to "Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech."[82] Since its inception, the all-male Glee Club has split to form the Chorale and Chamber Choir, both mixed groups. The Georgia Tech Athletic Bands play a noticeable part for school spirit and athletic support.[83] It was founded in 1908 by 14 Students and Robert "Biddy" Bidez.[81] The Marching Band consistently fields over 300 members and even invites students from other Atlanta universities who do not have football programs (Georgia State, Emory, Agnes Scott, Kennesaw State, etc) to participate. Members of the marching band travel to every football game. Since its inception in 1996,[81] the Georgia Tech Symphony Orchestra has grown from a dozen interested students into an 80+ member ensemble. It is now one of the largest performance groups on campus. In 1963, the Music Department, under the leadership of Ben Logan Sisk, was created within Tech's General College. In 1976 the Music department was assigned to the College of Sciences & Liberal Studies, and in 1991 was relocated to its current home in the College of Architecture. Under the Couch is a live music venue located beneath the Couch Building on West Campus. It is run by the Musician's Network. Georgia Tech also has a growing music scene, including the growing student-led a cappella groups on campus: Nothin' but Treble,[84] Sympathetic Vibrations,[85] Infinite Harmony,[86] and Unbounded. Many music, theatre, dance, and opera performances are held in the Ferst Center for the Arts.[87] DramaTech is the campus' student-run theater. The theater has been entertaining Georgia Tech and the surrounding community since 1947. They are also home to Let's Try This! (the campus improv troupe) and VarietyTech (a song and dance troupe). Momocon is an annual anime/gaming/comics convention held on campus in March hosted by Anime O-Tekku, the Georgia Tech anime club. It is free admission and usually held in the Student Center and Instructional Center, as well as outdoor areas.[88] Student media
The front page of the first issue of The Technique. The Technique, also known as the "Nique," is Tech's official student newspaper. It is distributed weekly during the Fall and Spring semesters (on Fridays), and biweekly during the Summer semester (with certain exceptions). It was established on November 17, 1911. The Blueprint is Tech's yearbook, established in 1908. Other student publications include The North Avenue Review, Tech's "free-speech magazine,"[91] and Erato, Tech's literary magazine.[92] The offices of all student publications are located in the Student Services Building. Campus servicesGeorgia Tech Cable Network, or GTCN, is the college's branded cable source. The station broadcasts WREK-FM on channel 17, in addition to student-generated content and recent movies on channels 20 and 21. Most non-original programming is obtained from Dish Network. GTCN currently has 109 standard-definition channels and five high-definition channels.[93] The Office of Information Technology, or OIT, manages most of the Institute's computing resources (and some related services such as campus telephones). With the exception of a few computer labs maintained by individual colleges, OIT is responsible for most of the computing facilities on campus. Student, faculty, and staff e-mail accounts are among its services.[94] ResNet provides free technical support to all students and guests living in Georgia Tech's on-campus housing (excluding fraternities and sororities). ResNet is responsible for network, telephone, and television service, and most support is provided by part-time student employees.[95] CrimeMinor crimes around Georgia Tech are commonplace, a reflection of the Institute's densely-populated urban surroundings. The campus is patrolled by the Georgia Tech Police Department, whose Patrol Division comprises 60 officers.[96] The most common crime reported over the last few years, by a large margin, is larceny.[97] Very few violent crimes were reported.[97] In general, the crime rate in Atlanta has been declining since the late 1960s.[98] Campuses
Georgia Tech's East Campus and Central Campus as seen from an elevated point near Peachtree Street and North Avenue. Bobby Dodd Stadium is in the foreground, Tech Tower and Junior's Grill are in the background to the left, and the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center is in the background and to the right. The Varsity is directly behind the viewer. 
A view of the Burger Bowl, facing south. The campus is organized into four main parts: West Campus, East Campus, Central Campus, and Technology Square. West Campus and East Campus are both occupied primarily by student living complexes, while Central Campus is reserved primarily for teaching and research buildings.[99] West Campus
Eighth Street Apartments East Building East Campus
A view of Skiles Walkway from the Student Center, facing east. Central Campus
A view of central campus from the student center, facing northeast. Tech's administrative buildings, such as the Student Services Building ("Flag Building"), Tech Tower, and the Bursar's Office, are also located on the Central Campus, in the recently-renovated Georgia Tech Historic District.[101] The campus library, plus a small traditional eatery called Junior's Grill, as well as a large communal building for students, the Fred B. Wenn Student Center (a student union), are also located on Central Campus. The Student Center provides a variety of recreational and social functions for students including: a computer lab, a game room ("Tech Rec"),[102] the Student Post Office, a darkened Music Listening Room, a movie theater, the Food Court, plus meeting rooms for various clubs and organizations. Adjacent to the eastern entrance of the Student Center is the Kessler Campanile (which is referred to by students as "The Shaft"). The former Hightower Textile Engineering building was demolished in 2002 to create Yellow Jacket Park. More greenspace now occupies the area around the Kessler Campanile for a more aesthetically pleasing look, in accordance with the official Campus Master Plan.[103] Numerous clubs and organizations hold activities in Yellow Jacket Park. Technology Square
A view of Technology Square, facing south Satellite campusesIn 1999, Georgia Tech began offering local degree programs to engineering students in Southeast Georgia, and in 2003 established a physical campus in Savannah, Georgia. Georgia Tech Savannah offers undergraduate and graduate programs in engineering, and boasts a robust research program with many activities centered on coastal concerns. It is also home to the regional offices of the Georgia Tech Economic Development Institute and the Advanced Technology Development Center. The Georgia Tech Savannah campus offers engineering programs in conjunction with Georgia Southern University, South Georgia College, Armstrong Atlantic State University, and Savannah State University.[106] The university further collaborated with the National University of Singapore to set up The Logistics Institute - Asia Pacific in Singapore.[106]Georgia Tech also operates a campus in Metz, in northeastern France, known as Georgia Tech Lorraine. Opened in October 1990,[107] It offers Masters' level courses in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Computer Science and Mechanical Engineering and Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. Georgia Tech Lorraine is known for a much-publicized lawsuit pertaining to the language used in advertisements; see Toubon Law. Additionally, the College of Architecture maintains a small permanent presence in Paris, France in affiliation with the École d'architecture de Paris-La Villette. Georgia Tech will set up two campuses for research and graduate education in the cities of Visakhapatnam and Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India by the year 2010.[108][109][110] Athletics
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets logo 
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets mascot Fight songs
Bobby Dodd Stadium at Historic Grant Field, home of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team. I'm a Ramblin' Wreck has had many other notable moments in its history, including being the first school song played in space.[117] Gregory Peck sang the song while strumming a ukulele in the movie The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit. John Wayne whistled it in The High and the Mighty. Tim Holt's character sings a few bars of it in the movie His Kind of Woman. There are numerous stories of commanding officers in Higgins boats crossing the English Channel on the morning of D-Day leading their men in the song to calm their nerves.[117] It is played after every Georgia Tech score in a football game. Another popular fight song is Up with the White and Gold, which is usually played by the band preceding Ramblin' Wreck. First published in 1919, Up with the White and Gold was also written by Frank Roman. The song's title refers to Georgia Tech's school colors and its lyrics contain the phrase, "Down with the Red and Black," an explicit reference to the school colors of the University of Georgia and the then-budding Georgia Tech–UGA rivalry.[117][118] Club sports
Alumni
Georgia Tech's first two graduates were H.L. Smith (top row, center) and G.C. Crawford (top row, far right). The first class of 95 students entered Georgia Tech in 1888,[121] and the first two graduates received their degrees in 1890.[122] Since then, the institute has greatly expanded, with an enrollment of 12,526 undergraduates and 6,128 postgraduate students as of Fall 2007.[123] Many distinguished individuals once called Georgia Tech home. The most notable alumnus is probably Jimmy Carter, former President of the United States and Nobel Peace Prize winner, who briefly attended Georgia Tech in the early 1940s prior to matriculating at and graduating from the United States Naval Academy.[124] Another Georgia Tech graduate and Nobel Prize winner, Kary Mullis, received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1993. A large number of businesspeople (CEOs, directors, etc.) began their careers at the College of Management. Some of the most successful of these are Charles "Garry" Betty (CEO Earthlink), David Dorman (CEO AT&T Corporation), Mike Duke (Vice Chairman Wal-Mart), and James D. Robinson III (CEO American Express and later director of The Coca-Cola Company). Tech graduates have been deeply influential in politics, military service, and activism. Atlanta mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. and former United States Senator Sam Nunn have both made significant changes from within their elected offices. Current Georgia Tech president G. Wayne Clough was also a Tech grad, the first Tech alumnus to serve in that position. Many notable military commanders are alumni; William L. Ball was the 67th Secretary of the Navy, John M. Brown III is the Commander of the United States Army Pacific Command, and Leonard Wood was Chief of Staff of the Army and a Medal of Honor recipient for helping capture of the Apache chief Geronimo.[125] Wood was also Tech's first football coach and (simultaneously) the team captain, and was instrumental in Tech's first-ever football victory in a game against the University of Georgia.[125] Numerous astronauts and NASA administrators spent time at Tech; most notably, Retired Vice Admiral Richard H. Truly was the eighth administrator of NASA, and later served as the president of GTRI. John Young was the first commander of the space shuttle and is the only person to have piloted four different classes of spacecraft. Georgia Tech has its fair share of noteworthy engineers, scientists, and inventors. Kary Mullis developed the polymerase chain reaction, Herbert Saffir developed the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale, and W. Jason Morgan made significant contributions to the theory of plate tectonics and geodynamics. In computer science, Krishna Bharat developed Google News, D. Richard Hipp developed SQLite, and Chaim Gingold and Mike Pinkerton have contributed to Spore and Mozilla, respectively. Architect Michael Arad designed the World Trade Center Memorial in New York City, and John Portman designed several buildings across the globe, including Atlanta's SunTrust Plaza. Despite their highly technical backgrounds, Tech graduates are no strangers to the arts or athletic competition. Comedian/actor Jeff Foxworthy of Blue Collar Comedy Tour fame, Mark Lee of Third Day, John Salley of The Best Damn Sports Show Period, and Randolph Scott all called Tech home. Several famous athletes have, as well; approximately 150 Tech students have gone into the NFL, with many others going into the NBA or MLB. Well-known American football athletes include former students Calvin Johnson, Reggie Ball, Keith Brooking, and Ken Whisenhunt, former Tech head football coaches Pepper Rodgers and Bill Fulcher, and all-time greats such as Joe Hamilton, Pat Swilling, Billy Shaw, and Joe Guyon. Tech's entrants into the NBA include Jarrett Jack, Luke Schenscher, Stephon Marbury, Mark Price, and Chris Bosh. Award-winning baseball stars include Mark Teixeira, Nomar Garciaparra, and Jason Varitek. In golf, the legendary Bobby Jones founded The Masters, David Duval was ranked #1 in the world in 1999, and Stewart Cink was ranked in the top ten. ReferencesExternal links
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