page_title: William Vernon Skiles
section_title: Legacy
hierarchical_section_title: William Vernon Skiles / Legacy
caption_attribution_description: English: Skiles Classroom Building sign on the main campus of the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
context_page_description: William Vernon Skiles was a professor of mathematics and dean at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He helped create what is now the Georgia Tech Research Institute.
context_section_description: The Skiles Classroom Building has been home to the Department of Mathematics since 1958; its previous home was the second Shop Building. The nearby Skiles Walkway is the primary east-west pedestrian corridor through campus, connecting the Georgia Tech Library to the Georgia Tech Student Center.
caption: Memorial plaque in the Skiles Classroom Building
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