Kennesaw State University Athletics

 Professor Emeritus in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Department; faculty member from 1962-95 who was the department head of electrical engineering technology until his retirement; helped out at the scorer's table at home basketball contests; served as the faculty athletic representative, eligibility chair for athletics and athletic board chairman for several years; strong supporter of athletics who would often travel to away games with his wife Barbara; mentored and tutored student-athletes while advising them and helping them gain employment; United States Army veteran who received an A.S. in electronics and radio from Southern Poly in 1951 before getting his bachelor's (electrical engineering) and master's (nuclear engineering) at the Georgia Institute of Technology; made many civic contributions while serving as a member of the City of Marietta Civil Service Board from 1973 to 2004, Marietta Golden Kiwanis and First Methodist Church of Marietta; SPSU has the David E. Summers Academic Excellence Award for students and the David E. Summers Endowed Scholarship Fund was started by a group of alumni and faculty members.