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his page lists obituaries for deceased members of the ANAK Society.

Gregory B. Abbott
William Roane Beard (IM '40)
Charles Brown
Al Ciraldo
Sherman Forbes Dallas
Sidney Goldin (ChE '30)
Danny Green (Arch '85, MS Arch '91)
John "Joe" Westbrook (Com '29)

Gregory B. Abbott

On Dec. 1, long-time artistic director of DramaTech Theater and instructor in the School of Literature, Communication and Culture Gregory (Greg) B. Abbott, 54, died of a heart attack while driving near his Atlanta residence.

The funeral was held last week at Christ the King Cathedral in Atlanta. A special celebration of Abbott’s life will be held at DramaTech in the coming semester. Information regarding the event will be shared as soon as plans are finalized.

Abbott was born Sept. 9, 1952, and grew up on his family’s farm north of Agra, Kansas. He majored in speech and English at Fort Hays State University, where he graduated in 1974. In 1976, he earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Georgia. He was named artistic director of DramaTech in 1984 and taught theater courses in the School of Literature, Communication and Culture.

“DramaTech was far more than a black-box theater for Greg,” said Ken Knoespel, chair of the School of Literature, Communication and Culture. “It was a community — an extended family — in which everyone could share their creativity and desire to do things together. His profound goodwill lives on in all of us who worked with him. How can we help but remember his smile!”

Although Abbott resided in Georgia, he and his family returned each summer to Phillips County, Kansas, where he and his brother continued to manage and operate the family farm. When he was not directing, teaching theater or farming, Abbott’s love of sports led him into coaching his children’s basketball teams.

Abbott is survived by his wife, June Miller, of Claflin, Kansas, as well as children, Lauren and Michael.

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William Roane Beard (IM '40)

William Roane Beard, an outstanding student and athlete at Georgia Tech and the innovative former director of the Alumni Association, died Sept. 21 of complications from brain surgery. He was 79. Mr. Beard, IM '40, was a center on the 1939 Yellow Jackets team that shared in the Southeastern Conference title and went on to Tech's second bowl game ever. He became executive director of the Alumns Association after World War II, setting high standards for the group. The annual Roll Call began under Mr. Beard's administration, and the Association had the highest percentage of participation of any public institution in the United States. He retired from the Association in 1977.

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Alfred J. Ciraldo

Al Ciraldo passed away Friday morning, November 7, 1997, from complications resulting from congestive heart failure.

For 43 seasons, legendary radio voice Al Ciraldo made expressions like, "Toe meets leather," "Brothers and sisters . . . " and "Gttttt!" as much a part of Georgia Tech as Bobby Dodd, the Rambling Wreck and Buzz.

"Georgia Tech has lost a legend," said Director of Athletics Dave Braine. "Al Ciraldo was a legend in Georgia Tech athletics as much as Bobby Dodd. Our condolences go out to his family."

Ciraldo retired from Tech's broadcast team last spring, completing an on-air career that began in 1935 as play-by-play voice for the minor-league baseball Akron Yankees and spanned 62 years, the last 43 of them with Georgia Tech.

Ciraldo stepped down from play-by-play announcing prior to the 1992-93 season but has served as host for Tech's pregame, halftime and postgame shows.

A 1948 graduate of the University of Florida with a degree in Radio Broadcasting, he joined the staff at WGST-Radio and broadcast his first Tech football game in 1954 against Tulane. His first Tech basketball game was against Sewanee that same year. Over the next 38 seasons, he called 416 football and 1,030 basketball games for the Rambling Wreck.

In 1984, Ciraldo moved with Tech from WGST to WCNN and has remained with Ring Radio to date.

"Everyone knows how much Al Ciraldo meant to Georgia Tech," said head basketball coach Bobby Cremins. "But meant so much to Bobby Cremins as well. When I first came here, he was instrumental in helping me get a feel for Tech, bringing the old players back, and rejuvenating Georgia Tech basketball.

Dr. Homer Rice, who recently retired after 17 years as Tech's Director of Athletics, said of Ciraldo, "He will be sorely missed. His deep-seated love for Georgia Tech is matched only by the affection of Georgia Tech and its fans, friends and alumni towards him."

"It's a sad day in Georgia Tech history," said head football coach George O'Leary. "From the first day I arrived at Georgia Tech, Al Ciraldo always gave a friendly handshake, always a smile, and always had Georgia Tech in his heart. He'll be greatly missed, and I wish his family well."

The Al Ciraldo Fund has been established to benefit athletic and non-athletic scholarships at Georgia Tech, as well as the Carlyle Fraser Heart Center at Crawford Long Hospital. In lieu of flowers, the family has asked that donations be made to this fund in care of the Georgia Tech Athletic Association.

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Sherman Forbes Dallas

Dr. Sherman Forbes Dallas, the first dean of Georgia Tech's Industrial College of Management, died Wednesday, January 15, 1997 at age 77.

He first came to Georgia Tech in 1952, serving as an assistant professor of industrial management until 1954. After stints at the University of Indiana, and as commissioner of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, Dallas returned to Georgia Tech in 1961 as an associate professor. From 1963 to 1965 he served as associate director of the Industrial School of Management, being made its director in 1965. Under Dallas' leadership, the School of Management was elevated to college status in 1969 by the Board of Regents, and he was named dean.

Dallas resigned as dean in 1971, returning to his first loves--teaching and research. In 1982, he was awarded the title of Regents Professor by the Board of Regents. He retired in 1983. He was named Regents Professor Emeritus in 1984.

Dallas was a member of ANAK, the highest honor society at Georgia Tech, Beta Gamma Sigma, Phi Kappa Phi, Omicron Delta Kappa and Alpha Kappa Psi Fraternal Organizations.

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Danny Green (Arch '85, MS Arch '91)

Danny Green, Arch '85, MS Arch '91, of Atlanta, on March 24, 1995. Mr. Green, a member of the Student Goverment Association as a student, was an architectural designer with Stanley, Love-Stanley P.C. [His funeral service was Wednesday, the 29th of March, 1995, at St. Paul Episcopal Church (a church which Danny designed himself) on 306 Peyton Road SW.]

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Sidney Goldin (ChE '30)

Sidney Goldin, ChE '30, a star athlete and top academic performer as a student as well as an award-winning alumnus, died March 28, 1995. He was 86. Mr. Goldin's 70-year association with Georgia Tech and tireless efforts earned him many kudos. He was the recipient of the 1994 Joseph M. Pettit Alumni Distinguished Service Award and the 1985 President's Award. In 1983, Mr. Goldin was inducted into the Georgia Tech Athletics Hall of Fame. He is also in the Georgia Tech Engineering Hall of Fame.

Though he attended Tech on an academic scholarship, Mr. Goldin was on the basketball team for four years and was captain of the team his senior year. He also lettered in tennis.

Mr. Goldin was secretary and treasurer of his class; ANAK president; a charter member of Omicron Delta Kappa; and a member of Koseme, the Student Council, Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity, Interfraternity Council, and the band.

After graduation, Mr. Goldin began a 40-year career with Shell Oil Co., retiring in 1969 as vice president of Shell Asiatic Petroleum Co. He continued to serve as a trustee of the North European Oil Royalty Trust until his death. Mr. Goldin's professional career was put on hold during World War II, during which he served as a lieutenant commander in the Navy and won the Bronze Star.

A member of the Georgia Tech Advisory Board from 1979 to 1985, Mr. Goldin served as president of the New York Georgia Tech Club; co-chairman of the Jacksonville, Fla., Regional Centennial Campaign Celebration; and as a member of the steering committed for the Class of 1930's 50th Reunion Fund. He contributed to the annual Roll Call from its inception and was a member of the Phoenix Club.

In 1988, Mr. Goldin and his wife willed their entire estate, worth an estimated $5 million, to Georgia Tech. The gift will create an endowment for the Sidney Goldin Scholarships for Outstanding Scholars in Engineering and Science.

At the time of his death, Mr. Goldin lived in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., with his wife of 54 years, Hazele. Mr. Goldin was preceded in death by two brothers: Louis, who attended Tech from 1910 to 1911, and Max, a student from 1921 to 1924.

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Charles M. Brown

Charlie Brown, a former chairman of the Fulton County Commission and a 40-year fixture on the Atlanta political scene, died Friday at the A. G. Rhodes Homes. He was 92.

"Charlie Brown had a great host of friends," said former Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. "He was a Tech man, an Atlanta man. I always looked on him as a man with a tremendous civic, business and political interest in the city."

Mr. Brown was a Fulton commissioner from 1941 to 1948, and chairman from 1945 to 1947; a commisioner again from 1966 to 1979, and chairman again in 1966, 1968, 1971, 1974 and 1976-1978. He served in the state Senate from Fulton Couty from 1957 to 1964.

He called himself the "daddy of the Fulton County Registration Department." As a commissioner, he sponsored the use of automatic voting machines. As a state senator, he wrote a law providing a full-time registrar.

He was a tall, skinny man with wavy hair that, in his later years, turned into a flowing mane of white. Horned-rimmed glasses helped him fix a political rival with a wilting stare across a meeting-room table.

He retired in 1979.

"Whether I've made a success of my life, I must leave for others to decide. I've done what I could."

He also helped sponsor Fulton's county-manager form of government and served on the Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority. He had a hand in building the Atlanta expressways, Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, MARTA, water and sewer systems, health centers, a mental health program and an alcohol treatment center.

Charlie Brown graduated from Tech High and Georgia Tech. He went to work for the family firm and became its president in 1937.

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John "Joe" Westbrook (Com '29)

John Joseph "Joe" Westbrook, Com '29, a founder of the annual Roll Call, died April 23 at the age of 91. Westbrook was serving the first of two terms as president of the Alumni Association in the fall of 1947 when the first Roll Call began its campaign. He was one of the first two contributors, and he made donations to the campaign for 48 consecutive years. Westbrook attended Tech on a football scholarship, playing guard on the 1928 Rose Bowl national championship team. In 1991, he was awarded the Joseph M. Pettit Alumni Distinguished Service Award. Westbrook joined Cadillac Sales in Atlanta in 1931, where he sold one Robert "Bobby" Dodd, then a new Tech assistant coach, his first automobile. During the early '40s, Westbrook worked for Georgia Marble Co., and in 1945 he opened his own Chrysler dealership in East Point, Ga., from which he retired in 1975.

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