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Joseph Mayo Pettit (July 15, 1916 – September 15, 1986) was an engineer and the president of the Georgia Institute of Technology from 1972 to 1986. He previously served as the dean of the Stanford University School of Engineering from 1958 to 1972.
[194] [195] Among other centennial observances, a time capsule was placed in the Student Center, and a team of historians wrote a comprehensive guide to Georgia Tech's history, Engineering the New South: Georgia Tech 1885–1985. [196] [b] In 1986, Pettit died of cancer, and Henry C. Bourne Jr. served as interim president. [197]
The "Robert Ferst Center for the Arts", located next to the student center, is Georgia Tech's theater and arts center, and adjoins DramaTech, the student run theater. It contains a 1,155-seat auditorium that features a proscenium stage, orchestra pit, and theatrical lighting and sound systems. [21]
From the beginning the complex had the name "Atlanta Technology Center." Tony Wilbert of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution said that the naming decision reflected foresight and that the name "proved to be prophetic in the late 1990s as fast-growing technology companies sought out office space near Georgia Tech." MOM Corp once leased 29,000 ...
The Historic District of the Georgia Institute of Technology, also known as the Old Campus of Georgia Tech or the Hill District, is significant in the areas of architecture, education, engineering and science, as well as landscape architecture. The area is a Registered Historic Place and part of the central campus of Georgia Tech.
The College of Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology provides formal education and research in more than 10 fields of engineering, including aerospace, chemical, civil engineering, electrical engineering, industrial, mechanical, materials engineering, biomedical, and biomolecular engineering, plus polymer, textile, and fiber engineering.
Buildings and structures located on the main campus of the Georgia Institute of Technology in Midtown Atlanta, Georgia. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.
The site of the old Health Center was selected for the new computing building's location, and a new $7.1 million Health Center was built near the Georgia Tech Campus Recreation Center to free up that land. [6] The Health Center faculty were then moved to the new facility in March 2003. [7]