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A DVD highlighting 100 years of alumni history, presented in the style of old Movietone News reels, will be a complementary feature of the Georgia Tech Alumni Association book celebrating its centennial.
"It will be fun," said Marilyn Somers, director of the Alumni Association's Living History program.
The DVD will feature film clips of Georgia Tech's presidents and highlights of each decade the Alumni Association has served the Institute and its graduates, she said.
"We have actual film footage on all but one president," Somers said. "We will cover the highlights of each decade such as World War I and II, the Great Depression, women being admitted to Tech and integration, and have alumni response.
"We capture some of Tech's remarkable and colorful personalities or legends — Dean George Griffin, coach Bobby Dodd, drownproofing champion Freddy Lanoue, golfing great Bobby Jones, former Mayor Ivan Allen and others."
The DVD will be included with the purchase of the coffee table book celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Georgia Tech Alumni Association, which was chartered in 1908.
"The centennial history will be a collector's edition with a limited press run based on advance sales," said Alumni Association President Joseph P. Irwin. "We have no plan for additional press runs, so this will be a one-time offer.
"Our history is about our alumni — how they came together to found the association and how they persevered to hold it together during two World Wars and the Great Depression. It's the story of some of our greatest personalities, who have helped shape and guide the association and reinforce its commitment to serve the entire alumni body. It was founded by alumni for alumni. That's our heartbeat.
"We have also grown to be the Georgia Institute of Technology's best friend and, through the Roll Call and other philanthropic endeavors, one of its most dependable and loyal benefactors.
"It has been a goal of the Alumni Association to help Georgia Tech achieve greatness through recruiting great faculty and recruiting great students — students who become our lifeblood of great alumni," Irwin said.
The book will be available this fall. Advance orders are $29.95, a saving of $10 off the cover price, and include the DVD. Advance copies for this collector's edition may be reserved at www.gtalumni.org/centennialbook.
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