Steven Davis, a Mini Autobiography
From the 1964 New York World’s Fair to Georgia Tech and Ford Motor Company, the story of how an eight-year-old’s ambition became a life’s work.
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"There Are Two Types of People in the World" - My Speech for the Mary Persons Class of '74 50th Anniversary Reunion, September 7, 2024
There are two types of people in the world: those who divide the world into two types of people and those who don’t. Of course, being an engineer, I’m one of the former.
Six Facts That Most People Would Not Know About Me
I was watching a film at the Chrysler exhibit at the 1964 New York World’s Fair when I decided to go to Georgia Tech, become a mechanical engineer, and design cars at Ford (we were a Ford family; Chrysler would never do!). I worked at a grocery store in…
"The Whole World's High School" - My Speech for the Mary Persons Class of '74 Reunion, May 3, 2014
We are all familiar with the William Shakespeare line, “All the world’s a stage.” There is a lot of truth to that metaphor, but tonight, I want to discuss another line from another age. In an episode of “The Secret Life of the American Teenager,” Molly…
The Great Flood of '94
It’s hard to believe it was 20 years ago when we in Middle Georgia suffered The Great Flood of ’94. For most of us in the area, it was a short term inconvenience — with roads and bridges flooded, it was difficult or impossible to get from here to there for a…