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The Fred B. Wenn Student Center opens after 25 years of fundraising on its behalf.
The School of Geophysical Sciences is established.
The Boggs Chemistry Building is constructed.
Commencement is held in Alexander Coliseum instead of on Grant Field for the first time.
Southern Tech was authorized to grant four-year degrees. |
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President Hansen resigns, and Dr. James E. Boyd is named acting president. |
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Joseph Mayo Pettit, dean of engineering at Stanford University, becomes Tech's eighth president.
Bill Fulcer replaces Bud Carson as head football coach. |
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Pepper Rodgers is named head football coach. |
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Basketball become the first women's sport to receive varsity status. |
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The name of the General College is changed to the College of Sciences and Liberal Studies.
The School of Architecture becomes the College of Architecture.
The Georgia Legistlature designates the Engineering Experiment Station as the Georgia Productivity Center.
Tech joins the Metro-6 athletic conference. |
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Doug Weaver replaces the retiring Bobby Dodd as athletics director.
Jimmy Carter, Cls 46, is elected president of the United States. |
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The Fuller E. Callaway III Student Athletic Complex is completed.
The Center of Radiological Research is formed to coordinate research in health physics.
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Roll Call tops the $1 million mark for the first time.
Tech joins the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The Georgia Mining Resources Institute, linked to the U.S. Bureau of Mines, is formed.
The Fracture and Fatigue Research Laboratory is established. |
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The YMCA building is renovated and dedicated as the L.W. "Chip" Robert Jr. Alumni/Faculty House. Offices of the Alumni Association and the Georgia Tech Foundation are located there.
The Computational Mechanics Center is established. |
