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In Memory of NBCC Member Dr. Alfred Bryan Bonds III

The Club was recently informed of the passing
of Dr. A.B.Bonds in April of 2022. He passed
away at his home in Kingston, Tennessee, and
his Celebration of Life was held at the Lane
Motor Museum in Nashville. Guests were
asked to wear Aloha shirts, Professor Bond's
favorite attire.

Bonds was a Vanderbilt Professor Emeritus of
electrical engineering; professor of computer
engineering, emeritus; and professor of
biomedical engineering, emeritus, He retired
from the university in 2011.

Bonds received his A.B. degree from Cornell
University in physics, an M.S. and Ph.D.
degrees from Northwestern University in
electrical engineering, and conducted
postdoctoral studies at the University of
California, Berkeley.

Bonds was awarded the Madison Sarratt Prize
for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching in
1989, the School of Engineering Professor of
the Year Award in 1990, the Chancellor?s
Award for Research in 2005 and the Dean
Edward J. White Award for Service in 2010.

He served as adviser to the Vanderbilt
Motorsports team and he served on
numerous school and university committees.
His passion for antique cars was unsurpassed,
with a love of both British and early American
cars. He was a regular participant in the New
London to New Brighton antique car run with
his 1908 Buick.
Those who knew A.B. well report that he was a
brilliant, caring, intense and irreverent man. A.
B. loved music, vintage radios and
phonographs, and was especially fond of
1920s jazz.

He was a member of the Nashville Community
Concert Band, Nashville British Car Club, and
the Rolls Royce Owners Club.

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