Background
Hightower, George Bedney was born on March 28, 1911 in Atlanta. Son of Thomas Jefferson Junior and Georgia Broughton (Hays) Hightower.
Hightower, George Bedney was born on March 28, 1911 in Atlanta. Son of Thomas Jefferson Junior and Georgia Broughton (Hays) Hightower.
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Virginia Military Institute, 1933. Postgraduate, Staff and Command School, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, 1943.
Sales engineer W.D. Alexander Company, Atlanta, 1933-1935. Chief engineer James Arthur Smith Company, Birmingham, Alabama, 1935-1936. Project engineer Hudson Air Conditioning Company, Washington, 1936-1937.
Application engineer General Electric Company, Bloomfield, New Jersey, 1937-1939, district manager Birmingham, 1939-1942, Atlanta, 1946-1947. President Conditioned Air Engineers, 1947-1982. Consultant engineer, since 1982.
Chairman advisory board Georgia Energy Code, 1977-1989, Georgia Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning Code, 1970-1998, Atlanta Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning Code, 1962-1997. Chairman, co-founder National Environmental Balancing Bureau, 1971-1980.
Senior warden All Saints Episcopalian Church, Atlanta, 1997. Board trustees Canterbury Court Retirement Home for Elderly, Atlanta, 1970-2000, president, 1980-1984. Active High Museum Art, Atlanta, 2000, Atlanta History Center, 2000, Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation, 2000.
Director emeritus Atlanta College Art, 1997. Volunteer security team International Olympics, Atlanta, 1996. Lieutenant colonel United States Air Force, 1942-1946, United States Air Force Reserve, since 1971.
Member American Society of Heating (numerous offices and awards), Old Guard of the Gate City Guard (commandant 1985-1997), Kiwanis (chair house committee Atlanta Club 1975-2001), National Academy Forensic Engineers, Military and Hospitalizer Order of St. Lazarus (knight 1986-1997), Piedmont Driving Club (life), West End Old Timers Club, Society Colonial Wars Georgia (deputy governor 1980-1982), American Legion (post Commander 1974, board directors 1969-2001), China-Burma-India Veterans Association (director 1971-2001, past Commander, life), 14th Air Force Flying Tigers (life), World War II Roundtable, Civil War Round Table, Sons American Revolution, Sons. Confederate Veterans.
Married Emily Anderson, June 5, 1943. Children: Emily H. Redwine, Georgia H. Patterson.