Robert Tyre "Bobby" Jones was born in 1902
  He came to Georgia Tech in 1918 to become a mechanical engineer, a feat he accomplished in 1922.
  He is hailed as the greatest amateur golfer of all time.
  He was a golf prodigy when he entered Tech, but he was very modest about his accomplishments and never looked for attention.
  Jones went on to Emory School of Law and Harvard University after graduating from Tech.
  He won the Grand Slam in 1930 and stunned the world by retiring from official play.
  A loyal alumnus of Tech, Mr. Jones served on the Alumni Association Board of Trustees and was president in 1933.
  He was awarded the Joseph Pettit Alumni Distinguished Service Award in 1937.
  He designed golf courses, most notably the Augusta National.
  He also designed golf clubs for Spalding and made several movies about golfing, while continuing to practice law.
  He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps, 9th Division, after receiving his commission as a captain in 1942.
  In 1948, he was diagnosed with a degenerative disease of the central nervous system called syringomyelia, which was painful and debilitating and eventually confined him to a wheelchair.
  He was inducted in the Georgia Tech Athletic Hall of Fame in 1958.
  He died in 1971 at the age of 69.
  He was posthumously inducted into the Georgia Tech Engineering Hall of Fame in 1997.
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