240641 external_news 1380194515 1475893600 <![CDATA[Poets on Deck at Georgia Tech]]> Georgia Tech may seem an unlikely place for poetry, but alumnus Bruce McEver, who endowed the McEver Chair in Poetry so that the Ivan Allen College School of Literature, Media, and Communication can bring top writers to campus, emphasizes poetry's importance in understanding the context and impact of the technical expertise students are gaining at Georgia Tech.

McEver, who graduated from Georgia Tech as an industrial engineer, believes that his understanding of the relationships between the mechanical arts and fine arts formed the foundation of his business acumen and success. He credits his former English professor James Dean Young for his love of poetry and encourages all Georgia Tech students to enhance their lives by integrating the technical aspects of engineering with the techniques of poetry.

 Read the full cover story in Atlanta Senior News

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