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Couple Finds Keepsakes of Late Georgia Tech President Inside Old Camper
Military keepsakes believed to have been owned by a former Georgia Tech president were found inside an old camper a Canton couple is refurbishing. They want to get the items to the man's survivors.
When a Canton couple purchased an old camper to fix up, they didn’t know it was the beginning of a treasure hunt.
Andrew and Michelle Gunter have been refurbishing a 1978 Apache camper. When Andrew pulled off the covering to an electrical panel he found a box tucked behind it with keepsakes from the World War II era, reports WSB TV.
The heirlooms included silver stars indicating the rank of commander in the Navy, a pistol, a medal awarded to engineers engraved with the name Dr. Edwin D. Harrison.
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Harrison, who died in 2001, was the sixth president of the Georgia Institute of Technology, leading its desegregation efforts in the 1960s without a court order.
“I would think the family would want this and this at the very least back,” Michelle Gunter told the TV station.
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She hopes media coverage can put them in touch with Harrison’s survivors to return the memorabilia.
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