George P. Burdell is a fictitious student officially enrolled at Georgia Tech in 1927 as a practical joke. Since then, he has supposedly received all undergraduate degrees offered by Georgia Tech, served in the military, gotten married, and served on Mad Magazine's Board of Directors, among other accomplishments.
Burdell at one point led the online poll for Time's 2001 Person of the Year award.[1] He has evolved into an important and notorious campus tradition; all Georgia Tech students learn about him at orientation.[2]
- ^ "George P. Burdell for Time's Person of the Year". BUZZwords. Georgia Tech Alumni Association. 2002-01-02. Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2007-03-05.
- ^ Amick, Daniel (2004-08-20). "George P. Burdell: the legend lives on" (PDF). The Technique. Retrieved 2012-03-16.