Donation checks for the benefit of Georgia Tech should be made to the
"Georgia Tech Foundation, Inc.", a 501(c)(3) corporation that receives
and manages privates gifts to the Institute.
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Federal Tax Identification Number: 58-6043294
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The memo field on the check should indicate that the gift is for Dr.
Lanterman's research, and checks should be accompanied by a
letter stating the following:
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"This is an unrestricted gift to the Georgia Tech Foundation to support Dr. 
Lanterman's ongoing synthesizer research in the School of Electrical and 
Computer Engineering."
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The language there is important to make sure the donation goes to the right
place and that your donation is tax deductable.
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Please send such checks/letters to me at this address:
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Re: Synthesizer Research <br>
Prof. Aaron Lanterman <br>
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering <br>
777 Atlantic Drive NW <br>
Atlanta, GA 30319
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Please include an e-mail address with your letter so I can send you a note 
back letting you know I received it.
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Your check
may not be cashed right away. The office that processes the donations does
not want to do process small checks one at a time; they prefer that I 
let a few stack up, and then bring the stack over for them to process as a
batch.
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Unfortunately, despite a lot of prodding on my part, there is no mechanism
by which you can make a targeted donation to GaTech via credit card or
paypal. There is a way that people can generically donate to GaTech via
credit card, but there's no way in that structure to specify that funds
are for a particular faculty member.
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I plan to put together a list of who has donated on the website as a way
of thanks. If you would prefer to remain anonomous, please let me know that
in your letter.