Blake Ragsdale Van Leer (August 16, 1893 – January 23, 1956) was an engineer and university professor who served as the fifth president of Georgia Institute...

Blake R. Van Leer and women's rights activist Ella Lillian Wall Van Leer. Van Leer was born in Berkeley, California, on January 13, 1926, to Blake R....

American politician Blake Trahan (born 1993), American baseball player Blake Treinen (born 1988), American baseball player Blake R. Van Leer (1893–1956), American...

founded in 1948 as The Technical Institute in Chamblee, Georgia by Blake R. Van Leer. The first classes were held with 116 students. It was renamed the...

due to Governor Griffin's opposition to integration. Tech president Blake R. Van Leer and coach Dodd met with Governor Marvin Griffin privately who promised...

school system, the Masonic Home Independent School District. Orphan Blake R. Van Leer was the only boy in 1909, went on to become president of Georgia Tech...

Blake Ragsdale Van Leer (1893–1956), president of Georgia Institute of Technology Blake Wayne Van Leer (1926–1997), U.S. Navy officer Maryly Van Leer...

educational programs. Georgia Tech president and women engineer supporter Blake R Van Leer was an executive member. Kate Gleason and Lydia Weld were the first...

take place in Atlanta after a clash between Georgia Tech's president Blake R. Van Leer and Governor Marvin Griffin. On February 5, 1958, during a training...

Canadian playwright Harry S. Truman (1884–1972), U.S. president Blake R. Van Leer (1893–1956), fifth president of Georgia Institute of Technology, colonel...

Blake R. Van Leer, President of Georgia Tech, the first to admit women and fought against segregationist Governor Griffin Ella Lillian Wall Van Leer,...

decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Korean War. Blake R. Van Leer – United States Army officer, served in both World War I and World...

by an act of the Georgia General Assembly in 1945 and chaired by Blake R. Van Leer. The GPA operates all seven of Georgia's rail and sea port facilities...

Maryly Van Leer Peck was born on June 29, 1930, in Washington, D.C. She was the second child, and only daughter, of Blake Ragsdale Van Leer and Ella...

rights agenda. He appointed fellow colonel and civil rights icon Blake R. Van Leer to the board of the United States Naval Academy and UNESCO who had...

Gerald "Jerry" Brown Jr., BA 1961, 34th & 39th Governor of California Blake R. Van Leer, MS 1920, inventor, civil rights advocate, president of Georgia Tech...

States Army colonel, university president and civil rights advocate Blake R. Van Leer joined as a member as well. The Constitution was amended in November...

librarian Liz Smith (1923–2017), journalist, syndicated columnist Blake R. Van Leer (1897–1956), colonel, civil rights icon, and president of Georgia...

to engage in racially integrated events, Georgia Tech's president Blake R. Van Leer rejected the request and threatened to resign. The game went on as...

Howard Earle III, great-grandson of Samuel Van Leer, former Pennsylvania Governor and diplomat. Blake R. Van Leer (1893-1956), was an orphan who became the...

President of Georgia Tech and civil rights lecturer Blake R Van Leer delivered the commencement address. Van Leer would later be involved in a local battle against...

tourism, which is still a massive success today. Inventor and educator Blake R. Van Leer also assisted with these efforts and consulted for the state of Florida...

to engage in racially integrated events, Georgia Tech's president Blake R. Van Leer rejected the request and threatened to resign. The game went on as...

Association. Inventor and educator Blake R. Van Leer was hired as Dean to launch new engineering departments and scholarships. Van Leer also managed all applications...

to engage in racially integrated events, Georgia Tech's president Blake R. Van Leer rejected the request and threatened to resign. The game went on as...

Publishing. p. 8. ISBN 9781350088542. Gerd Rosenbusch; Annemarie de Knecht-van Eekelen (2019). Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen: The Birth of Radiology. Springer...

started by the president of the Georgia Institute of Technology, Blake R. Van Leer who was known for making Atlanta the "MIT of the South." On January...

of dollars to the college. In 1954, the president of Georgia Tech Blake R. Van Leer and Davidson's president John Rood Cunningham arranged the first-of-its-kind...

alumna Ella Wall Van Leer helped establish a chapter of Alpha Xi Delta on the Georgia Tech campus. Ella and her husband Blake R Van Leer were also credited...

In 1937, Blake R. Van Leer joined as Dean and started the graduate program for engineering, among numerous other programs. In 1942, Van Leer successfully...