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The statue features three bronze sculptures depicting Ford C. Greene, Ralph A. Long Jr., and Lawrence Williams, who, in September 1961, became the first African Americans to enroll at Georgia Tech. [1] The statue is located in an area of the main campus called Harrison Square, named after Edwin D. Harrison, President of the institute at the ...
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Atlanta during the Civil War, c. 1864 The idea of a technology school in Georgia was introduced in 1865 during the Reconstruction period. Two former Confederate officers, Major John Fletcher Hanson (an industrialist) and Nathaniel Edwin Harris (a politician and eventually Governor of Georgia), who had become prominent citizens in the town of Macon, Georgia, after the Civil War, believed that ...
A bronze eagle sculpture titled Spirit of Freedom serves as the memorial's centerpiece. The memorial's centerpiece is a 220-pound solid bronze eagle sculpture titled Spirit of Freedom, which stands 3.5 feet high and has an expansive wingspan of five feet in length. The sculpture was purchased by a single donor from a bronze sculpture and art ...
According to the proposal, The American, designed in the image of an American Indian brave with a bald eagle on his shoulder, will rise 60 ft (20 m) taller than the Statue of Liberty, and will be the largest bronze statue in the world with an interior observation deck. The eagle will have an 82 ft (25 m) wingspan.
Sports teams of Georgia Tech are also called the Ramblin' Wreck. The fight song for Georgia Tech "I'm a Rambling Wreck" begins with the lyrics, "I'm a Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech and a hell of an engineer." [17] The song is sung at sporting events, [18] official school functions, and always at the end of every graduation ceremony.
Georgia Tech had withdrawn from the Southeastern Conference in January 1964 and had operated as an Independent until 1975 when Georgia Tech joined the Metro Conference. Georgia Tech was admitted to the ACC on April 3, 1978. The ACC has expanded from 8 to 12 members since that time. [191] [192] The institute celebrated its centennial in 1985.