fictitious student officially enrolled practical joke supposedly received undergraduate degrees offered served military gotten married served mad magazine accomplishments point led online poll time person year award evolved important notorious campus tradition students learn orientation history origins created engineering smith conceived idea received enrollment forms interview smith said originally intended principal instead changed maiden best friend mother smith signed classes smith twice changing slightly avoid professors catching test twice turn names school awarded bachelor degree years later awarded fictitious student master degree college listed official alumnus remained active student rolls oldest secret society offered membership early prank use came fraternity intended join irritated went ordered furniture delivered fraternity course order world war world war service members continued hoax appearing fronts example listed flight crew bomber flying missions europe 8th air_force england graduate new operations officer crew recognized flight log ended postwar members senior class announced wedding engagement fictional scott student 50th wedding anniversary atlanta acknowledged september broadcast listed basketball class registration believing successfully found way students registering class semester turned registered class institute quarter credit hours subsequently enrolled times including publishers mad magazine listed member check bore signature time magazine attempting select person year leading candidate holding votes magazine removed running credit cards issued student radio station lists staff member credited playing album jesus christ superstar resurrection atlanta musicians local alternative rock scene named alternate delegate georgia credited member choir album place george fictitious son classes legacy campus icon incoming introduced greatest alumni graduate school public address system football games airports bars hotels students alumni use alias want disclose real store student center named speech president barack_obama held march president jokingly indicated supposed introduced find george
George P. Burdell