Then, Ga. Tech is an exception to the rule. I've worked in high tech for over 30 years and this is the trend I have experienced. RF and analog circuitry are typically not available in the majority of engineering schools across the US. The situation became so acute that in the 90s, the wireless telephony companies combined to create GWEC, the Global Wireless Education Consortium to develop and re-introduce RF technology at the university level for engineers who might want to travel that path.
More recently, employers providing RF-based telecommunications systems/services have been struggling to find qualified RF engineers due to the paucity of the available pool. That's why internal cross-training is emerging as a growing initiative in many of these companies to train newer engineer empployees in these technologies because the majority of qualified RF and analog engineering professors have long since retired and been replaced by digital and computer engineers.
Finally, I would note that the engineering graduates from many of todays engineering colleges don't lack good educations, in most cases they simply weren't able to avail themslves of RF and/or analog courses because their school didn't offer those courses.
..is now a licensed engineer...(those are few and far between)
He is simply brilliant, a hard worker and put himself through college.