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Homecoming & Reunion Weekend was on October 23–25, 2025, and it was unforgettable!
You can still stay updated on news and events, share memories, and connect with old friends by creating a page in your BrightCrowd reunion 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's Create A Class of 1975 Legacy Together
Hey Class of 1975, we’re counting on you! Your milestone reunion gifts help advance the mission of Georgia Tech and its impact — on people’s lives, on the way we work together to create innovative solutions, and on our world — for decades to come.
This is our year. This is our Tech. Have you made your gift?
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Progress Toward Our Goals
This year, Georgia Tech received a record-breaking 59,802 applications for our first-year class, with an acceptance rate of just 16%.
This speaks volumes about the value of a Georgia Tech degree, and it also means we’re competing with the top-ranked and wealthiest universities in the nation. Many of our peer institutions meet 100% of students’ demonstrated financial need. At Tech, we currently meet only 40%.
That gap means we’re losing exceptional, talented students because they lack the resources they need to attend Georgia Tech.
To truly live up to our mission as a leading public institution, we must ensure that a Georgia Tech education is accessible to all, regardless of financial background. That’s why, in honor of our milestone reunion, the Class of 1975 is establishing a scholarship endowment for students with low and limited income. This scholarship will help bridge the financial gap for gifted students and carry forward our legacy of support for generations to come.
By contributing to the Class of 1975 Need-Based Scholarship Endowment, you are giving back and investing in the future of Georgia Tech. Our goal is to raise $100,000 to endow this scholarship. Join us in making a difference. Make your gift or multi-year commitment today.
We have also set an overall goal for our class to raise $7.5 million during our reunion accounting period. Gifts of any size to Athletics or any College, School, or program will help us reach our fundraising goal.
Class of 1975 Total Reunion Giving: $7.5M goal met
Class of 1975 Need-Based Scholarship: $100,000 goal met
Class of 1975 Yellow Jackets,
To uphold our mission as a leading public institution, we must keep a Georgia Tech education within reach for all. In honor of our milestone 50th reunion, our class set a goal to raise $100,000 for the Class of 1975 Need-Based Scholarship Endowment to support students with low and limited income. We also set an overall class goal of raising $7.5 million during our reunion period.
Thanks to your incredible generosity and the collective support of our class, we hit both goals! But Yellow Jackets always aim higher, so as the year draws to a close, we invite you to make an additional tax-deductible reunion gift today.
Thank you for supporting the legacy of philanthropy for the Class of 1975, which will help future Yellow Jackets continue Georgia Tech’s tradition of excellence. Your generosity today helps fuel the next generation of entrepreneurs, innovators, researchers, and leaders who will change the world for the better.
All gifts made by midnight on December 31, 2025, are tax-deductible and count toward the Class of 1975’s Reunion Giving goals. Thank you!
COMMITTEE LEADERSHIP
Chair Ted Haile, CHE – Charlottesville, VA
AT LARGE COMMITTEE
Tom Avery, IMGT – Atlanta, GA
Curt Bazemore, BIOL – Cumming, GA
Bruce Dietrich, CE - Tallahassee, FL
George Bergmark, IE – Sandy Springs, GA
David Countryman, BIOL – Charleston, SC
John Katzenmeyer, IE – Greensboro, GA
Stu Long, PHYS – Seven Fields, PA
Benjamin Lugo, IE – Hollywood, FL
Nathan Meehan, PHYS – Spring, TX
Art Nacht, IMGT – Annapolis, MD
David Norton, M.S. CP – Searcy, AR
Kevin O’Toole, HS – Ballston Lake, NY
Charley Redding, CE – Tallahassee, FL
Steve Skalko, CE – Macon, GA
Art Smith, HS - Shawnee Mission, KS
Buz Stewart, IMGT – Kennesaw, GA
Bob Unger, BC – Harrisburg, PA
We’re counting on the Class of 1975 to show the rest of the hive how Jackets give back. Let’s see how far we can take the future of Georgia Tech! See below for the Homecoming & Reunion Weekend schedule.
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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