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attached to his windshield. Dull's note offered to purchase the car to serve as
Georgia Tech's official mascot. Johnson agreed to take $ 1,000 but would eventually return the money in 1984 so that the car would be remembered as an official donation to Georgia Tech and the Alexander-Tharpe Fund. The Ramblin' Wreck was unveiled September 30, 1961 at Grant Field in front of 43,501 Tech fans as it led the team onto the field against
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on a track scholarship. In 1960, Craig's track team was in
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called a meeting of the student body at which he told students that the institution would not condone riots, demonstrations or disturbances, or that any student who instigated such activity could be faced with "immediate dismissal." In May 1961, Harrison announced that three black students had been
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degree in higher education with certification in counseling and guidance. He met Gay Kimbro, who was then teaching in the Miami
University Laboratory School, at a square dance club meeting at Miami University in 1954. They were married on June 8, 1955, in
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pilot. Johnson had purchased the car from a junkyard in 1956. Johnson and his son, Craig, restored the car as a father-son project while Craig attended the
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for the next 3 years; during this time their two sons were born. Three years after arriving at Georgia Tech he was made associate dean of students.
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History of Georgia Tech § Integration and expansion
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