Georgia Tech Alumni Association. Living History Program

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The following is an Oral History Interview with Irving "Bud" Foote, Georgia Tech professor from 1957, conducted by Marilyn Somers on December 11, 1995 in the Alumni Association in Atlanta. The subject of the interview is student and faculty life at Georgia Tech. Bud Foote begins the interview by talking about his life before taking a job at Georgia Tech. He states that Jack Walker came to the Arnold School, where Mr. Foote was teaching, and asked him to come to Tech at teach. He then talks about Don Oberdorf, his freshman roommate from Princeton. Bud talks about his academic career and the many odd jobs he has held in his lifetime. He then discusses his first experience in Atlanta and his first visit to Tech. Foote then talks about the technological atmosphere at Tech and how this affects the arts. He has an aside on the arts and technology. He goes into a discussion on being a Yankee in the South in the 1950's and the two integrations that happened at Tech. Foote talks about the racial integration that happened at Tech. He talks about the mood of Atlanta at the time. Foote relates a funny story about his sons and a Klan gathering on Peachtree Street. He talks about how Tech integrated racially without a problem because the administration took a hard line on the students. He then states that Tech students are too busy to hate. Foote states that women had a harder time integrating Tech than...

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Georgia Institute of Technology

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Digital Library of Georgia