James Boyd (1906–1998) was an American physicist, mathematician, and
academic administrator. He was director of the Georgia Tech Research
Institute (GTRI) from 1957 to 1961, president of West Georgia College
from 1961 to 1971, and acting president of the Georgia Institute of
Technology from 1971 to 1972. Along with two fellow Georgia Tech
researchers, Boyd co-founded Scientific Atlanta, where he was a board
member for 25 years. As director of the Engineering Experiment Station
(now GTRI), Boyd was involved with the establishment of nuclear
research at Georgia Tech and the construction of the Neely Nuclear
Research Center. As president of West Georgia College, Boyd oversaw the
racial integration of the campus in 1963, unprompted by a court order.
In 1971, Boyd was assigned as interim president of Georgia Tech
following a brief tenure as a vice chancellor for the University System
of Georgia. At Georgia Tech, Boyd resolved issues involving the
attempted takeover of the Engineering Experiment Station by former
president Arthur G. Hansen and alumni calls to fire head football coach
Bud Carson.
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1290:
Edward I issued an edict expelling all Jews from England.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edict_of_Expulsion>
1831:
Pedro II, the last Emperor of Brazil, was enthroned at the age of five
under a regency, starting a rule of 58 years.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_II_of_Brazil>
1870:
The First Vatican Council declared that the Pope is infallible when he
solemnly declares a dogmatic teaching on faith as being contained in
divine revelation.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papal_infallibility>
1976:
At the Olympic Games in Montreal, Nadia Comăneci became the first
person to score a perfect 10 in a modern Olympics gymnastics event.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadia_Com%C4%83neci>
1995:
After a long period of dormancy, the Soufrière Hills volcano began a
still-ongoing eruption, devastating the island of Montserrat.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soufri%C3%A8re_Hills>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
insipid (adj):
1. Unappetizingly flavorless.
2. Flat; lacking character or definition.
3. Cloyingly sweet or
sentimental
<http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/insipid>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
A man who takes away another man's freedom is a prisoner of hatred, he
is locked behind the bars of prejudice and narrow-mindedness. I am not
truly free if I am taking away someone else's freedom, just as surely
as I am not free when my freedom is taken from me. The oppressed and
the oppressor alike are robbed of their humanity.
When I walked out of prison, that was my mission, to liberate the
oppressed and the oppressor both. Some say that has now been achieved.
But I know that that is not the case. The truth is that we are not yet
free; we have merely achieved the freedom to be free, the right not to
be oppressed. We have not taken the final step of our journey, but the
first step on a longer and even more difficult road. For to be free is
not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects
and enhances the freedom of others. The true test of our devotion to
freedom is just beginning.
--Nelson Mandela
<http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Nelson_Mandela>
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