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At Georgia Tech, who is George P. Burdell?

Question #150312. Asked by psnz.
Last updated Dec 13 2023.
Originally posted Dec 13 2023 9:08 PM.

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George Burdell was a fictitious student who went to Georgia Tech in 1927. William Edgar "Ed" Smith had an extra application that was accidentally sent to him and he decided to submit a second fictitious one named George Burdell. Both he and Burdell were admitted to the University. Ed enrolled Burdell in the same classes he was taking and even did double the homework. Remarkably he kept the farce going and earned a degree for Burdell. At this point, Burdell has become a part of GT folklore and even had votes to be the Time person of the year in 2001!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_P._Burdell

Response last updated by BigTriviaDawg on Dec 13 2023.
Dec 13 2023, 9:12 PM

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