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The
Georgia Institute of Technology, commonly known as
Georgia Tech, is a
public,
coeducational
research university, part of the
University System of Georgia, and located in
Atlanta, Georgia,
USA; with in
Savannah, Georgia;
Metz, France;
Athlone, Ireland;
Shanghai, China; and
Singapore. Georgia Tech is best known for its programs in
engineering,
computing, and the
sciences, though it also offers degrees in
architecture,
liberal arts, and
management.
Established in 1885 Georgia Tech's campus occupies a large part of
Midtown Atlanta. Founded as the
Georgia School of Technology, it changed its name in 1948 to reflect its evolution from a
trade school to a
technical institute and
research university, and its
history and
traditions reflect that change. In 1996, it was the site of the athletes' village and a venue for a number of athletic events for the
1996 Summer Olympics.
History
Establishment
The idea of Georgia Institute of Technology was introduced in 1865 during the
Reconstruction period. Two former
Confederate officers, Major
John Fletcher Hanson and
Nathaniel Edwin Harris, who had become prominent citizens in the town of
Macon, Georgia after the
war, strongly believed that the South needed to improve its technology to compete with the
industrial revolution that was occurring throughout the North. Many Southerners at this time agreed with this idea. However, because the American South of that era was mainly comprised of agricultural workers and few technical developments were occurring, a technology school was needed.
On
October 13,
1885,
Georgia Governor Henry D. McDaniel signed the bill to create and fund the new school. In 1887, Atlanta pioneer
Richard Peters donated four acres of his extensive land holdings to the state; This land was located near the northern
city limits of Atlanta at the time of its founding, although the city has now expanded several miles beyond it. A historical marker on the large hill in
Central Campus notes that the site occupied by the school's first buildings once held fortifications built to protect Atlanta during the
Atlanta Campaign of the
American Civil War. The surrender of the city took place on the southwestern boundary of the modern Georgia Tech campus in 1864.
Early years
The Georgia School of Technology opened its doors in the fall of 1888 with only two buildings. He then shook hands with every student.
Georgia Tech's Evening School of Commerce began holding classes in 1912. The evening school admitted its first female student in 1917, although the state legislature didn't officially authorize attendance by women until 1920. Annie T. Wise became the first female graduate in 1919 and went on to become Georgia Tech's first female faculty member the following year.
Modern history
Founded as the Georgia School of Technology, it assumed its present name in 1948 to reflect a growing focus on advanced technological and scientific research. Unlike similarly-named universities (such as the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the
California Institute of Technology), the Georgia Institute of Technology is a
public institution.
Tech first admitted female students to regular classes in 1952, although women couldn't enroll in all programs at Tech until 1968. Industrial Engineering was the last program to open to women. In 1959, a meeting of 2,741 students voted by an overwhelming majority to endorse integration of qualified applicants, regardless of race. Three years after the meeting, and one year after the
University of Georgia's violent integration, There was little reaction to this by Tech students; like the city of Atlanta described by former mayor
William Hartsfield, they seemed "too busy to hate." The Undergraduate Living Center, Fourth Street Apartments, Sixth Street Apartments,
Eighth Street Apartments, Hemphill Apartments, and Center Street Apartments housed athletes and journalists. The
Georgia Tech Aquatic Center was built for swimming events, and the
Alexander Memorial Coliseum was renovated.
In 1994,
G. Wayne Clough became the first Tech alumnus to serve as the President of the Institute; he was in office during the
1996 Summer Olympics. In 1998, he separated the Ivan Allen College of Management, Policy, and International Affairs into the
Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts and returned the
College of Management to "College" status (Crecine, the previous president, had demoted Management from "College" to "School" status as part of a controversial 1990 reorganization plan). His tenure has been focused on a dramatic expansion of the institute, a revamped Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP), and the creation of an International Plan. On March 15, 2008, he was appointed to lead the
Smithsonian Institution, effective July 1, 2008. Dr.
Gary Schuster, Tech's Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, was named Interim President, effective July 1, 2008.
Academics
Demographics
The student body consists of 18,500 graduate and undergraduate students, and more than 900 full-time instructional faculty.
Historically, female enrollment at engineering institutions has been quite low and Georgia Tech is no exception. With about twice as many
male students as females, Georgia Tech has one of the most unbalanced male-to-female ratios of any
co-ed university. However, this is slowly changing presumably due to the university's growing liberal arts programs as well as outreach programs to encourage more female high school students to consider careers in science and engineering, such as the "Women In Engineering" program and also having a chapter of The
Society of Women Engineers.
As of Spring 2007, the freshman class of 2006–2007 had a ratio of 68.8% to 31.2%. The highest freshman ratio in the past few years (counting only Fall and Spring semesters) was Spring 2006, with a ratio of 70.5% to 29.5%. Most of the remaining funds were donated by private sources, including the most generous alumni donor base, percentage-wise, of any public university ranked in the top 50. The Institute's expenses for 2006 were $860 million; 41% of that figure went to research, 21% to instruction, and 1% to scholarships.
Rankings
Georgia Tech is consistently ranked very well; it has remained in the top ten
public universities in the United States for the last nine years. Highly ranked engineering programs include its Schools of Industrial Engineering (1st), Aerospace (2nd), Biomedical (3rd), and Civil Engineering (5th) at the undergraduate level In 2007,
THES - QS World University Rankings ranked Georgia Tech as the No. 8 university in technology.
Diverse Issues in Higher Education has ranked Tech No. 1 at the bachelor's level, No. 2 at the master's level, and No. 1 at the doctoral level in terms of producing
African American engineering graduates. Georgia Tech has sought to strengthen its undergraduate and graduate offerings in less technical fields, primarily those under the
Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts. That particular college has seen a 20% increase in admissions.
Research
Georgia Tech is currently classified by
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching as a university with very high
research activity. Much of this research is
funded by large corporations or governmental organizations. In addition to research performed by its academic units, Georgia Tech is affiliated with a nonprofit research organization referred to as the
Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI). GTRI provides sponsored research in a variety of technical specialties including radar, electro-optics, and materials engineering. of space are devoted to research purposes at Georgia Tech and GTRI. at which point it'll be the largest
clean room in the
Southeastern United States.
Georgia Tech encourages undergraduates to participate in research alongside graduate students and faculty. The Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) awards scholarships each semester to undergraduates who pursue research activities. These scholarships, called the President's Undergraduate Research Awards, take the form of student salaries or help cover travel expenses when students present their work at professional meetings. Additionally, undergraduates may participate in research and write a
thesis to earn a "Research Option" credit on their
transcripts. An undergraduate research journal,
The Tower, was established in 2007 to provide undergraduates with a venue for disseminating their research and a chance to become familiar with the
academic publishing process.
Industry connections
Owing to its roots as a
trade school, Georgia Tech maintains close ties to the industrial world. Many of these connections are made through Georgia Tech's uniquely popular and robust
cooperative education and
internship programs. Georgia Tech's Division of Professional Practice (DoPP), established in 1912 as the Georgia Institute of Technology Cooperative Division, operates the fourth-oldest cooperative education program in the United States. The DoPP is specifically charged with providing opportunities for students to gain real-world
employment experience through four programs, each targeting a different body of students. The Undergraduate Cooperative Education Program is a five-year program in which
undergraduate students alternate between semesters of formal instruction at Georgia Tech and semesters of full-time employment with their employers. The Graduate Cooperative Education Program, established in 1983, is the largest such program in the United States. It allows
graduate students pursuing
master's degrees or
doctorates in any field to spend a maximum of two consecutive semesters working full- or part-time with employers. The Undergraduate Professional Internship Program enables undergraduate students — typically juniors or seniors — to complete a one- or two-semester internship with employers. The Work Abroad Program hosts a variety of cooperative education and internship experiences for upperclassmen and graduate students seeking international employment and cross-cultural experiences. While all four programs are voluntary, they consistently attract high numbers of students — more than 3,000 at last count. Around 1,000 businesses and organizations hire these students, who collectively earn $20 million per year.
U.S. News & World Report additionally ranked Georgia Tech's internship and cooperative education programs among 14 "Academic Programs to Look For" in 2006 and 2007.
Student life
Georgia Tech students benefit from many Institute-sponsored or Institute-related events on campus, as well as a wide selection of cultural options in the surrounding district of
Midtown Atlanta, "Atlanta's Heart of the Arts." Just off campus, students can choose from a host of restaurant and dining choices typical of metropolitan areas, including a half-dozen in
Technology Square alone.
Home Park, a neighborhood that borders the north end of campus, is a popular living area for Tech students and recent graduates, and a number of parties and barbecues are hosted by the neighborhood's residents.
A number of extracurricular activities are available to students, including over 350
student organizations overseen by the Office of Student Involvement. The Student Government Association (SGA), Georgia Tech's form of
student government, comprising separate
executive,
legislative, and
judicial branches for
undergraduate and
graduate students. One of the SGA's primary duties is the disbursement of funds to student organizations in need of financial assistance. These funds are derived from the student activity fee that all Georgia Tech students must pay, currently $113 per semester but expected to increase in the near future. The
ANAK Society, a
secret society and
honor society established at Georgia Tech in 1908, claims responsibility for founding many of Georgia Tech's earliest traditions and student organizations, including the SGA. Nearly 50
fraternities and sororities are active on Georgia Tech's campus, and about a third of Tech undergraduates participate in one of them.
Despite these offerings, Georgia Tech carries a strong reputation for being more of a test of spirit than an enjoyable life experience. In 2001,
The Princeton Review placed Tech among the 10 toughest colleges and universities in the United States and later reported that Tech's heavy workload led to "overly stressed" students with "minimal time for social functions." In 2002, the
Review ranked Tech No. 2 on its list of colleges and universities with the "least happy students," prompting Institute officials to publish a report the following year responding to the negative publicity. The report criticized the
Review for the lack of scientific rigor in its methods and referred to data from internal opinion surveys demonstrating increased student satisfaction in several areas.
The Institute's administration has implemented programs to reduce the levels of stress and anxiety felt by Tech students. The Familiarization and Adaptation to the Surroundings and Environs of Tech (FASET) Orientation and
Freshman Experience (a freshman-only dorm life program to "encourage friendships and a feeling of social involvement") programs, which seek to help acclimate new students to their surroundings and foster a greater sense of community. As a result, the Institute's retention rates have improved.
Traditions
Tech has a number of legends and traditions, some of which have persisted for decades. Some are well-known; for example, the most notable of these is the popular but rare tradition of stealing the 'T' from Tech Tower.
Tech Tower, Tech's historic primary administrative building, has the letters TECH hanging atop it on each of its four sides. A number of times, students have orchestrated complex plans to steal the huge symbolic letter T, and on occasion have carried this act out successfully. The latest instance of this tradition occurred in October 2005, when a replica of the T was stolen from the Student Services Building and returned two days later. One of the cherished holdovers from Tech's early years, a
steam whistle blows five minutes before the hour, every hour from 7:55 a.m. to 5:55 p.m. It is for that reason that the faculty newspaper is named
The Whistle. Tech would first use old gold for their uniforms, as a proverbial slap in the face to UGA, in their first unofficial football game against
Auburn in 1891. Georgia Tech's school colors would henceforth be old gold and white.
Arts
Founded in 1906, the Glee Club was one of the first student organizations on campus, and still operates today. The Glee Club was among the first collegiate choral groups to release a recording of their songs. The group has toured extensively and appeared on
The Ed Sullivan Show twice, providing worldwide exposure to "
Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech." Since its inception, the all-male Glee Club has split to form the Chorale and Chamber Choir, both mixed groups.
The
Georgia Tech Athletic Bands play a noticeable part for school spirit and athletic support. It was founded in 1908 by 14 Students and Robert "Biddy" Bidez. Sympathetic Vibrations,Infinite Harmony, and Unbounded.
Many music, theatre, dance, and opera performances are held in the
Ferst Center for the Arts.
DramaTech is the campus' student-run theater. The theater has been entertaining Georgia Tech and the surrounding community since 1947. They are also home to Let's Try This! (the campus
improv troupe) and VarietyTech (a song and dance troupe).
Momocon is an annual
anime/
gaming/
comics convention held on campus in March hosted by Anime O-Tekku, the Georgia Tech anime club. It is free admission and usually held in the Student Center and Instructional Center, as well as outdoor areas.
Student media
WREK, 91.1
MHz is known as "Wreck Radio." The studio is on the second floor of the Student Center Commons. Broadcasting with 40 kW ERP, WREK is among the nation's most powerful college radio stations. WREK is currently a student operated and run radio station, but there's currently a debate (as of April 2007) as to whether or not
NPR or
GPB should be given control over some of the station's airtime. Many students are opposed to such a change.
The Technique, also known as the "
Nique," is Tech's official
student newspaper. It is distributed weekly during the Fall and Spring semesters (on Fridays), and biweekly during the Summer semester (with certain exceptions). It was established on
November 17,
1911.
The Blueprint is Tech's yearbook, established in 1908. Other student publications include
The North Avenue Review, Tech's "free-speech magazine," and
Erato, Tech's
literary magazine. The offices of all student publications are located in the Student Services Building.
Campus services
Georgia Tech Cable Network, or GTCN, is the college's branded cable source. The station broadcasts WREK-FM on channel 17, in addition to student-generated content and recent movies on channels 20 and 21. Most non-original programming is obtained from
Dish Network. GTCN currently has 109
standard-definition channels and five
high-definition channels.
The Office of Information Technology, or OIT, manages most of the Institute's computing resources (and some related services such as campus telephones). With the exception of a few computer labs maintained by individual
colleges, OIT is responsible for most of the computing facilities on campus. Student, faculty, and staff e-mail accounts are among its services.
ResNet provides free technical support to all students and guests living in Georgia Tech's on-campus housing (excluding fraternities and sororities). ResNet is responsible for network, telephone, and television service, and most support is provided by part-time student employees.
Crime
Minor crimes around Georgia Tech are commonplace, a reflection of the Institute's densely-populated urban surroundings. The campus is patrolled by the Georgia Tech Police Department, whose Patrol Division comprises 60 officers. The most common crime reported over the last few years, by a large margin, is
larceny. Very few
violent crimes were reported.
Campuses
The Georgia Tech campus is located in
Midtown, an area north of downtown Atlanta. Although a number of
skyscrapers — most visibly the headquarters of
AT&T,
The Coca-Cola Company, and
Bank of America — are visible from all points on campus, the campus itself has few buildings over four stories and has a great deal of greenery. This gives it a distinctly
suburban atmosphere quite different from other Atlanta campuses such as that of
Georgia State University.
The campus is organized into four main parts: West Campus, East Campus, Central Campus, and
Technology Square. West Campus and East Campus are both occupied primarily by student living complexes, while Central Campus is reserved primarily for teaching and research buildings.
Central Campus
Central Campus is home to the majority of the academic, research, and administrative buildings. The Central Campus includes, among others: the Howey Physics Building; the Boggs Chemistry Building; the College of Computing; the
Klaus Advanced Computing Building; the Skiles Classroom Building, which houses the School of Mathematics and the School of Literature, Communication and Culture; the
D. M. Smith Building, which houses the School of Public Policy and the School of History, Technology, and Society; and the Ford Environmental Science & Technology Building. In 2005, the School of Modern Languages returned to the Swann Building, a 100-year-old former
dormitory that now houses some of the most technology-equipped classrooms on campus. Intermingled with these are a variety of research facilities, such as the Centennial Research Building, the Microelectronics Research Center, the
Nanotechnology Research Center, and the Petit Biotechnology Building.
Tech's administrative buildings, such as the Student Services Building ("Flag Building"),
Tech Tower, and the Bursar's Office, are also located on the Central Campus, in the recently-renovated
Georgia Tech Historic District. The campus library, plus a small traditional eatery called
Junior's Grill, as well as a large communal building for students, the Fred B. Wenn Student Center (a student union), are also located on Central Campus. The Student Center provides a variety of recreational and social functions for students including: a computer lab, a game room ("Tech Rec"), the Student Post Office, a darkened Music Listening Room, a
movie theater, the Food Court, plus meeting rooms for various clubs and organizations. Adjacent to the eastern entrance of the Student Center is the
Kessler Campanile (which is referred to by students as "The Shaft"). The former Hightower Textile Engineering building was demolished in 2002 to create Yellow Jacket Park. More greenspace now occupies the area around the Kessler Campanile for a more aesthetically pleasing look, in accordance with the official Campus Master Plan. Numerous clubs and organizations hold activities in Yellow Jacket Park.
Technology Square
Technology Square, also known as "Tech Square," is located across the
Downtown Connector and embedded in the city east of East Campus. Connected by the recently-renovated Fifth Street Bridge, it's a pedestrian-friendly area comprising Georgia Tech facilities and retail locations. One complex contains the College of Management Building, holding classrooms and office space for the
College of Management, as well as the Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center and the Georgia Tech Global Learning Center. Another part of Tech Square, the Centergy One complex, contains the Technology Square Research Building (TSRB), holding faculty and graduate student offices for the
College of Computing as well as the
GVU Center, a multidisciplinary technology research center. Other Georgia Tech-affiliated buildings in the area host the Georgia Tech Enterprise Innovation Institute, the
Advanced Technology Development Center,
VentureLab, and the Georgia Electronics Design Center. Technology Square also host a variety of restaurants and businesses, including the official Institute bookstore, a
Barnes & Noble bookstore. Opened in August 2003 at a cost of $179 million, the district was built over run-down neighborhoods and has sparked a revitalization of the entire Midtown area.
Satellite campuses
In 1999, Georgia Tech began offering local degree programs to engineering students in Southeast Georgia, and in 2003 established a physical campus in
Savannah, Georgia.
Georgia Tech Savannah offers undergraduate and graduate programs in engineering, and boasts a robust research program with many activities centered on coastal concerns. It is also home to the regional offices of the Georgia Tech Economic Development Institute and the
Advanced Technology Development Center. The Georgia Tech Savannah campus offers engineering programs in conjunction with
Georgia Southern University,
South Georgia College,
Armstrong Atlantic State University, and
Savannah State University. The university further collaborated with the
National University of Singapore to set up
The Logistics Institute - Asia Pacific
in
Singapore. It offers Masters' level courses in
Electrical and
Computer Engineering,
Computer Science and
Mechanical Engineering and Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. Georgia Tech Lorraine is known for a much-publicized lawsuit pertaining to the language used in advertisements;
see Toubon Law. Additionally, the
College of Architecture maintains a small permanent presence in Paris, France in affiliation with the
École d'architecture de Paris-La Villette. Georgia Tech will set up two campuses for research and graduate education in the cities of Visakhapatnam and
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh,
India by the year 2010.
Athletics
Georgia Tech's
sports teams are variously called the
Yellow jackets, the
Ramblin' Wreck, and the
Engineers, but the official nickname is
Yellow Jackets. They participate in
NCAA Division I within the
Atlantic Coast Conference. The college was a charter member of the
Southeastern Conference, and played in that league until 1964. The Institute mascots are
Buzz and the
Ramblin' Wreck. The Institute's traditional
football rival is the
University of Georgia; the rivalry was, at one time, considered one of the fiercest in college football. The rivalry is commonly referred to as
Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate, which is also the title of a book about the subject. Tech has seventeen varsity sports: Men's Football, Men's and Women's Basketball, Men's Baseball, Women's Softball, Women's volleyball, Men's Golf, Men's and Women's Tennis, Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving, Men's and Women's Track and Field, and Men's and Women's Cross Country. Four Georgia Tech Football teams were selected as national champions in news polls: 1917, 1928, 1952, and 1990. In May 2007, the
women's tennis team won the NCAA National Championship with a 4-2 victory over UCLA, the first ever national title granted by the
NCAA to Tech.
Fight songs
Tech's fight song
"I'm a Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech" is known worldwide. First published in the 1908
Blue Print, it was adapted from an old drinking song ("Son of a Gambolier") Then-
Vice President Richard Nixon and
Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev sang the song together when they met in
Moscow in 1958 to reduce the tension between them. As the story goes, Nixon didn't know any Russian songs, but Khrushchev knew that one American one as it had been sung on
The Ed Sullivan Show.
Gregory Peck sang the song while strumming a
ukulele in the movie
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit.
John Wayne whistled it in
The High and the Mighty. Tim Holt's character sings a few bars of it in the movie
His Kind of Woman. There are numerous stories of commanding officers in
Higgins boats crossing the
English Channel on the morning of
D-Day leading their men in the song to calm their nerves.
Club sports
Georgia Tech participates in many non-
NCAA sanctioned club sports. These sports include and are not limited to
crew,
cricket,
cycling (winning three consecutive Dirty South Collegiate Cycling Conference mountain bike championships),
equestrian,
fencing,
field hockey,
gymnastics,
ice hockey,
kayaking,
lacrosse,
paintball,
roller hockey,
soccer,
rowing,
rugby union,
sailing,
skydiving,
triathlon,
ultimate,
water polo, water ski, and Men's varsity
wrestling. Many club sports take place at the
Georgia Tech Aquatic Center, where swimming, diving, water polo, and the swimming portion of the Modern Pentathlon competitions for the
1996 Summer Olympics were held.
Alumni
There are many notable graduates, non-graduate former students and current students of Georgia Tech. Georgia Tech alumni are generally known as Yellow Jackets. According to the Georgia Tech
Alumni Association,
[thestatus of "alumni"] is open to all graduates of Georgia Tech, all former students of Georgia Tech who regularly [[Matriculation |
The first class of 95 students entered Georgia Tech in 1888, and the first two graduates received their degrees in 1890. Since then, the institute has greatly expanded, with an enrollment of 12,526 undergraduates and 6,128 postgraduate students
as of Fall 2007.
Many distinguished individuals once called Georgia Tech home. The most notable alumnus is probably
Jimmy Carter, former
President of the
United States and
Nobel Peace Prize winner, who briefly attended Georgia Tech in the early 1940s prior to matriculating at and graduating from the
United States Naval Academy. Another Georgia Tech graduate and
Nobel Prize winner,
Kary Mullis, received the
Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1993. A large number of businesspeople (
CEOs, directors, etc.) began their careers at the
College of Management. Some of the most successful of these are
Charles "Garry" Betty (CEO
Earthlink),
David Dorman (CEO
AT&T Corporation),
Mike Duke (Vice Chairman
Wal-Mart), and
James D. Robinson III (CEO
American Express and later director of
The Coca-Cola Company).
Tech graduates have been deeply influential in politics, military service, and activism.
Atlanta mayor
Ivan Allen, Jr. and former
United States Senator Sam Nunn have both made significant changes from within their elected offices. Current Georgia Tech president
G. Wayne Clough was also a Tech grad, the first Tech alumnus to serve in that position. Many notable military commanders are alumni;
William L. Ball was the 67th
Secretary of the Navy,
John M. Brown III is the Commander of the
United States Army Pacific Command, and
Leonard Wood was Chief of Staff of the Army and a
Medal of Honor recipient for helping capture of the Apache chief
Geronimo. Wood was also Tech's first football coach and (simultaneously) the team captain, and was instrumental in Tech's first-ever football victory in a game against the
University of Georgia.
Numerous
astronauts and
NASA administrators spent time at Tech; most notably, Retired Vice Admiral
Richard H. Truly was the eighth administrator of NASA, and later served as the president of
GTRI.
John Young was the first commander of the
space shuttle and is the only person to have piloted four different classes of spacecraft. Georgia Tech has its fair share of noteworthy engineers, scientists, and inventors.
Kary Mullis developed the
polymerase chain reaction,
Herbert Saffir developed the
Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale, and
W. Jason Morgan made significant contributions to the theory of
plate tectonics and
geodynamics. In
computer science,
Krishna Bharat developed
Google News,
D. Richard Hipp developed
SQLite, and
Chaim Gingold and
Mike Pinkerton have contributed to
Spore and
Mozilla, respectively. Architect
Michael Arad designed the
World Trade Center Memorial in
New York City, and
John Portman designed several buildings across the globe, including Atlanta's
SunTrust Plaza.
Despite their highly technical backgrounds, Tech graduates are no strangers to the arts or athletic competition. Comedian/actor
Jeff Foxworthy of
Blue Collar Comedy Tour fame,
Mark Lee of
Third Day,
John Salley of
The Best Damn Sports Show Period, and
Randolph Scott all called Tech home. Several famous athletes have, as well; approximately 150 Tech students have gone into the
NFL, with many others going into the
NBA or
MLB. Well-known
American football athletes include former students
Calvin Johnson,
Reggie Ball,
Keith Brooking, and
Ken Whisenhunt, former Tech head football coaches
Pepper Rodgers and
Bill Fulcher, and all-time greats such as
Joe Hamilton,
Pat Swilling,
Billy Shaw, and
Joe Guyon. Tech's entrants into the NBA include
Jarrett Jack,
Luke Schenscher,
Stephon Marbury,
Mark Price, and
Chris Bosh. Award-winning baseball stars include
Mark Teixeira,
Nomar Garciaparra, and
Jason Varitek. In golf, the legendary
Bobby Jones founded
The Masters,
David Duval was ranked #1 in the world in 2001, and
Stewart Cink was ranked in the top ten.
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