Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech (officially, Georgia Institute of Technology) began in 1885 as the Georgia School of Technology. It is primarily an engineering and science school, though it has programs in related applied disciplines architecture, mathematics, management, computer science, public affairs. It is a public university located in midtown Atlanta, Georgia with about 15,000 students.

Georgia Tech's campus was the site of the athletes' village and a venue for a number of athletic events for the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Table of contents

1 Alumni 2 Sports 3 External link

Alumni

Famous graduates/students include:

• Gil Amelio electrical engineer, one-time CEO of Apple Computer
• Jimmy Carter former U.S. president
• Robert Crippen astronaut
• Mike Duke, president and CEO of Wal-Mart (industrial engineering)
• Nomar Garciaparra baseball player
• Jason Varitek baseball player
• Arthur Murray dance instructor and businessman
• Sam Nunn former U.S. senator now employed at King & Spalding
• Randolph Scott movie star in the 1940s and 1950s
• John Portman architect
• John Young astronaut
• George P. Burdell

Sports

The school's sports teams are variously called the Yellow Jackets, the Rambling Wreck, and the Engineers, but the official nickname is Yellow Jackets. They participate in NCAA Division I-A, in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

External link

http://www.gatech.edu/