Stay Connected
Stay updated on news and events, share memories, and connect with old friends by signing up for your class book and following the Georgia Tech Alumni Association on social media. Find ways to get involved and alumni event information at gtalumni.org. Let us know what you've been up to by filling out the questionnaire and creating a page in your reunion class book.
But the best way to connect is in person—that’s why we hope to see you at the reunion during Homecoming Weekend on November 7-9, 2024!
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Progress Towards Our Goals
Hey Class of 1974, we're counting on you! Each class has an opportunity to create a footprint that advances the mission of Georgia Tech and support Transforming Tomorrow: The Campaign for Georgia Tech. This reunion gives us an opportunity to work together to create innovative solutions for decades to come.
Together, we can help build a foundation to support our students, advance our research and innovation, enhance our campus and our community, and expand our impact at home and around the world.
Our class goal for our 50th Reunion is to support scholarships for students with low or limited income:
- A Class of 1974 Scholarship for students with low or limited income ($100,000). To make your gift today, visit the online giving page for this fund.
Another way to give is to visit Georgia Tech's general online giving page and search "Reunion" or "Class of 1974" in the "Make your selection(s)" box under the "Designation" section.
This is our year. This is our Tech. As a class, we can support students who will transform tomorrow. Have you made your gift or pledge?
Class of 1974 Scholarship: $137,059 raised | $100K goal
Details About Our Goal
Class of 1974 Scholarship for Students With Low or Limited Income
Georgia Tech's mission as a public university includes expanding access to people of all backgrounds by placing the highest value on developing individual talents, regardless of students' financial circumstances. Increasingly, our peer institutions, many of them private, are guaranteeing the education of everyone they admit with generous financial packages that make their costs of attendance extremely attractive. As a result, we are losing some of the best and the brightest from Georgia and beyond because they are receiving significantly greater financial aid from other top-tier institutions. While Georgia Tech is recognized for offering one of the best values in higher education, the pursuit of such an education still poses a significant financial burden for families. The Institute is committed to providing resources so that every qualified student can attend regardless of their financial circumstances and fully experience all that Georgia Tech has to offer. Approximately a third of Georgia Tech undergraduates have financial need, and we only have resources to cover less than half of that need. Scholarships help fill the gap and ensure that more outstanding students have the opportunity to earn a Georgia Tech degree, forever altering the trajectories of their lives. Every gift supporting the Class of 1974 Scholarship for students with low or limited income will transform lives.
Double Your Impact With the Scholarship Sprint Challenge
This summer, Georgia Tech launched the Scholarship Sprint Challenge for new donors to support undergraduate scholarships for students with low or limited income. While the Institute is recognized for offering one of the best values in higher education, the pursuit of such an education still poses a significant financial burden for families. We are committed to providing resources so that every student can attend regardless of their financial circumstances and fully experience all that Georgia Tech has to offer. The challenge has been extended through December 31, 2024. Outright gifts from $5,000 to $100,000 or pledges from $25,000 to $100,000 will be matched dollar for dollar by the Georgia Tech Foundation, up to $2 million, and can be designated at College and School levels. The sprint will ensure as much as $4 million is deployed to provide critical support for students in the Class of 2028 and beyond.
Dear Friends,
Georgia Tech’s Homecoming and Reunion Weekend is November 7–9. This is a very special event for the Class of 1974 as we celebrate our 50th reunion. An important part of Tech’s Reunion tradition is the opportunity to mark the occasion by leaving a class footprint. In addition to our class party on Thursday night, November 7, our class gift will be an important part of our milestone reunion experience.
Our Reunion Committee has set an overall goal of securing $7.4 million in gifts and commitments from the Class of 1974 during our reunion year. All gifts and pledges made to Georgia Tech during the reunion year will count toward this goal: Roll Call; Alexander-Tharpe annual funds and/or A-T life memberships; special designated gifts to your school or college; and deferred gifts such as bequests, trusts, and retirement accounts. Gifts of cash, stock, or real estate can be used to fulfill your pledge. All pledge commitments may be fulfilled over a period of five years. As of August 30, our class has raised almost $7.2 million. We appreciate gifts or pledges of any size as they bring us closer to reaching our goal, and they will also be counted toward the goals for Transforming Tomorrow: The Campaign for Georgia Tech, the Institute’s more than $2 billion comprehensive campaign.
I am excited to share that the Scholarship Sprint Challenge has been extended to December 31, 2024. This challenge is for new donors who support undergraduate scholarships for students with low or limited income. Outright gifts or pledges from $25,000 to $100,000 will be matched dollar for dollar by the Georgia Tech Foundation, up to $2 million. The sprint will ensure as much as $4 million is deployed immediately to provide critical support for incoming students in the Class of 2028 and beyond. Learn how you can participate or make a gift here.
Please join all committee members in giving back to Georgia Tech in honor of our 50th Reunion. Select the link Make A Reunion Gift or Pledge Your Support and type in Class of 1974 Need-Based Scholarship under Designation or contact Stefanie Smith, director of Development for Reunion Giving, at 470.219.3401 or stefanie.smith@dev.gatech.edu.
Thank you for your support. I hope to see everyone at the 50th reunion as the Yellow Jackets play the Miami Hurricanes.
Sincerely,
Larry Calhoun, EE
Chair, 50th Reunion Committee
P.S. You can find our 50th Reunion Committee members in our class reunion book at https://gatech.brightcrowd.com/1974/. We hope you will join us there as well.
ONE WEEKEND. A LIFETIME OF MEMORIES.
LEADERSHIP
Larry Calhoun, EE – Raleigh, NC – Overall Chair
Jim Armstrong Jr., MATH – Marietta, GA – Social Chair
AT LARGE COMMITTEE
Larry Aldrich, CE – Scottsdale, AZ
Larry Bradner, IE – Brookhaven, GA
Stewart H. Carlin, IMGT – Atlanta, GA
Steve W. Chaddick, EE – Atlanta, GA
Bill Coons Jr., IE – Cary, NC
Mike Edenfield, CE – Biloxi, MS
Russel Fish III, EE – Dallas, TX
John A. Grant III, CE – Fort Worth, TX
Janice C. Harden, IE – Dahlonega, GA
Thomas Harris, EE – Greer, SC
Hank Jackson Jr., AE – Weaverville, NC
Steve Jackson, IMGT – Cumming, GA
Rand Kirkus, IMGT – Berkeley Lake, GA
Charlie Leroy, ChE – Shavano Park, TX
Tom Middlebrooks, EE – Salem, SC
Andy Naples, EE – Marietta, GA
Robbie C. Peele II, MATH – Roswell, GA
Pop Popielarczyk, ChE – Dallas, TX
Juan Reyes, IE – Miami, FL
Lee Rich, ChE – Seneca, SC
Robert Sanders, CERE – Chapin, SC
Jit Sata, MS EE – Carson, CA
Artie Schroeder Jr., ChE – Houston, TX
Ike Scott III, CE – Opelika, AL
Rob Shaw, IMGT – Savannah, GA
Glenn Sirkis, IMGT – Marana, AZ
Bill Stobaugh Jr., ChE – Dallas, TX
Jim Stratigos Jr., EE – Atlanta, GA
Will Van Kirk Jr., MSCI – Gulfport, MS
John Woodson, IMGT – Weaverville, NC
We’re counting on the Class of 1974 to show the rest of the hive how Jackets give back. Let’s see how far we can take the future of Georgia Tech! Click below to view the schedule and register for Homecoming & Reunion Weekend.
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50th Reunion Plans and Other Giving Opportunities
Learn more about all of our 50th reunion plans and giving opportunities today. Contact:
Stefanie Smith
Director of Development, Reunion Giving
470.219.3401
stefanie.smith@dev.gatech.edu