2008 - Clemson World Magazine

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SUMMER 2008
VOL. 61, NO. 3
www.clemson.edu/clemsonworld
Features
Back to Nature
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S.C. teachers will soon have a
renewal center in the natural
beauty of Upstate forestland.
First in the family
12
A new program at Clemson is
helping first-generation college
students begin a family tradition.
‘For little girls
who need us’
14
Meet a Clemson physician on a
quest to demystify and treat Rett
syndrome.
Clemson’s new cyber muscle 18
Departments
Discover how Clemson is
emerging as an information
technology leader.
Earning the Clemson
seal of service
President’s View
page 2
22
World View
page 4
See how Clemson’s Service
Alliance and service-learning
programs give the Clemson
education a crucial edge.
Faces of Philanthropy
page 17
Lifelong Connections
page 26
Giving life to Cemetery Hill 25
Alumni Council
page 28
Learn how Clemson World readers
have helped preserve and enhance
Clemson’s historic Woodland
Cemetery.
Student Life
page 30
Classmates
page 32
This page: Matt Rogers ‘04 and son, Taylor
PATRICK WRIGHT
Cover photo: President Jim Barker with
student Juan Nieto, by Patrick Wright
Commitment
page 46
Taps
page 48
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PRESIDENT’S VIEW
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Part of the
Clemson DNA
The story in this issue about Clemson’s FIRST Program (p. 12) is near and dear to my heart.
Like so many Clemson alumni, I was the first in my family to go to college. Two brothers followed in my footsteps, and life for everyone in my extended family is better today because of
that opportunity.
Also, like some of our FIRST students, I came to Clemson for a summer before beginning
my freshman year. It was a long and winding road, literally and metaphorically, from the
hills of eastern Tennessee to the campus “where the Blue Ridge yawns its greatness.”
That summer experience tested my motivation and helped me get comfortable with the idea
of college. I learned my way around. I shook off my doubts and nerves and fears, and arrived
that fall much more confident and ready to get to work.
My own two sons grew up with very different expectations. They simply assumed that college lay ahead for them. They are more typical of the students we enroll today, but I am
proud that a significant percentage of our students are “first generation” like me. Clemson is
still accessible and must remain accessible.
If I could offer
parents of incoming
students only one piece
of advice this summer,
it would be: Make sure
your student knows
about the Academic
Success Center.
First-generation students
Efforts such as the National Science Foundation-sponsored FIRST Program — with its goal
to increase graduates in science, technology and math — offers coaching, mentoring and a
built-in support network to first-generation Clemson students in those majors.
We will enroll more than 300 first-generation freshmen in these disciplines alone this fall,
more than 10 percent of the freshman class. I will follow their progress with great interest.
I hope we will have the resources to continue the program after the NSF grant expires. We
would love to see it expanded to every first-generation student at Clemson.
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Academic Success Center
If I could offer parents of incoming students only one piece of advice this summer it would be: Make
sure your student knows about the Academic Success Center. (My top tip to students is: “Make sure
you never miss a class!”)
We broke ground in June for a new home for the center — between the Brooks Center and the
Cooper Library — which will be known as the Class of 1956 Academic Success Center. The class
has raised $2.7 million to name the new building.
The Class of 1956 was at the forefront of Clemson’s change from an all-male, military college to
a coed, civilian institution. Today, we are transitioning again. Clemson is becoming one of the
nation’s best public research universities, but we have promised to bring our students along on
the journey.
Why do we place such emphasis on increasing academic opportunity and support for all students,
including “first-generation” students?
Because it is the right thing to do. Because it is in line with Clemson’s traditional mission. Because it
is a part of our DNA. And because it is in our collective best interest to do it.
Education, education, education
I spoke recently to a Greenville Chamber gathering about the “Greenville Regional Economic
Scorecard.” This study was commissioned by the chamber and written by Clemson faculty members
led by David Barkley and Mark Henry.
I told these business leaders: When I read the “Scorecard” report, I see three needs — education,
education, education. In other words, education at every level.
Studies show that first-generation students lack what is known as “college knowledge.” They
need extra help to get ready for college-level academic work, to navigate the financial aid
and admissions process, and to make a successful transition once they arrive on campus.
In relation to peer regions, Upstate South Carolina shows real strength in innovation activity and
entrepreneurial environment. Clemson University is a big part of the reason.
Intervention programs must begin in middle school or earlier. Unless children can picture themselves going to college and succeeding in a career, they will not take the rigorous
courses they need in high school, especially advanced math and science.
Where the Upstate and South Carolina are relatively weak — in general labor force education and
“knowledge worker” occupations — education is both the problem and the solution. Clemson must
help here, too.
Many first-generation students begin higher education at a community college, with plans
to transfer. So programs aimed at first-generation students need to include transfer students,
too. We expect transfer enrollment to increase over the next few years.
We simply need better schools, more high school graduates and more college graduates to meet the
needs of tomorrow’s economy. And we cannot afford to leave anyone behind.
Clemson is tackling these multiple challenges in multiple ways. In addition to the FIRST
Program, which is for accepted Clemson students only, efforts include:
• Emerging Scholars targets freshmen from six S.C. high schools with the highest family poverty rates. They come to Clemson for three summers and receive
academic support throughout the school year. Some Emerging Scholars later
enroll at Clemson, but others do not. The goal is to ensure that they enroll in college somewhere.
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SC LIFE sponsors life sciences education for middle and high school students and their
teachers. Enrichment opportunities include laboratory field trips and a summer program
for research interns. It is supported by $5.4 million in awards since 1998 from the Howard
Hughes Medical Institute.
This summer, we offered three special orientation sessions for transfer students. A new
Transfer Council within Student Government will address the specific needs of this group.
One of the council’s first activities will be a mentoring program that pairs upperclass transfer students with incoming transfers.
The Academic Success Center offers all Clemson undergraduates academic counseling
and coaching, tutoring, supplemental instruction and training in study skills and time
management. Its goals are to increase student success and graduation rates.
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Dave Dryden
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Judy Morrison
Editor
Liz Newall
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News Services
Publications and Promotion
Photographers
Patrick Wright
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President
James F. Barker
Board of Trustees
Leon J. Hendrix Jr., chairman;
Joseph D. Swann, vice chairman;
Bill L. Amick,
John J. Britton,
Louis B. Lynn,
Patricia Herring McAbee,
John N. McCarter Jr.,
Leslie G. McCraw,
E. Smyth McKissick III,
Thomas B. McTeer Jr.,
Robert L. Peeler,
William C. Smith Jr.,
David H. Wilkins
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WORLD VIEW
Clemson, Michelin
advance tire
technology
A Clemson research team affiliated with CU-ICAR will receive
$1.9 million to develop new
technology with Michelin North
Robert Davis ’85, senior vice president of
product development and quality for Mazda
North American Operations
CU-ICAR partners with Mazda
MAZDA NORTH AMERICAN OPERATIONS, HEADQUARTERED IN IRVINE, CALIF.,
will be the first Asian Original Equipment Manufacturer to partner with the Clemson University
International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR).
The Mazda Foundation will provide an initial pledge of $30,000 to CU-ICAR for the Mazda Annual
Graduate Fellowships program. The fellowships are performance-based and renewable for up to
three years for a potential total of $90,000. In addition, the company will donate a CX-7 crossover
SUV, drive trains, subassemblies and other components to be used as learning tools by Clemson
students and faculty.
PERFORMING ARTS GRADUATING
senior Jeff McLaren has won the 2008
Kennedy Center American College
Theatre Festival’s national student
directing award.
As a part of the competition at the
Kennedy Center for the Performing
Arts in Washington, D.C., he directed
an award-winning original student play
and was interviewed by a panel of distinguished theater directors. McLaren has
received an all-expense-paid summer
internship at the O’Neill Playwrights
Theatre Center in Waterford, Conn.
America, one of CU-ICAR’s founding partners.
COURTESY OF DEI
Nation’s top student
director
The project will focus on
reducing automotive tire-rolling
resistance, improving vehicle
fuel economy. Michelin chose
Clemson to conduct a significant
portion of the research after
a competitive bid process for
universities. The project will
engage the talents of more than
20 professors and graduate and
undergraduate students.
Teresa Earnhardt, founder and chairwoman of the Dale Earnhardt Foundation;
Casey Appleman, scholarship recipient; Imtiaz Haque, mechanical engineering
department chairman; Dick Baker, executive director of the Earnhardt Foundation.
New Earnhardt scholar
CLEMSON’S FIRST MOTORSPORTS INNOVATION PARTNER, DALE EARNHARDT INC. (DEI)
has announced its annual undergraduate scholarship winner — Casey Appleman.
The mechanical engineering major received the Dale Earnhardt Motorsports Scholarship at a presentation at DEI headquarters in Mooresville, N.C.
The Dale Earnhardt Foundation funds the annual undergraduate scholarship honoring the memory of
Dale Earnhardt Sr. for students interested in motorsports and automotive engineering. The foundation
provides $13,000 annually for a total minimum pledge of $39,000 for a three-year scholarship in the College
of Engineering and Science. Scholarship winners are eligible for internships. Appleman began a summer
internship in May.
Outstanding S.C. Legislator
CU-ICAR’s ‘Green Building’
strikes gold
CU-ICAR’s COLLABORATION 3 (THE
Timken Co.) building has earned LEED
(Leadership in Energy and Environmental
Design) Gold Core and Shell Certification
by the U.S. Green Building Council.
LLC, Pazdan-Smith Group Architects and
The Harper Corp. share the honor.
Green building designation LEED Gold is
the nationally accepted benchmark for the
design, construction and operation of highperformance green buildings. Core-and-shell
encompasses base building elements such as
structure, envelope and the HVAC system.
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National Champs — five in a row!
MARK CRAMMER
This is the first project in the state to earn
the Gold-level certification for core and shell
construction. The Furman Co., Development
CLEMSON’S PERSHING RIFLES TEAM WINS ITS FIFTH STRAIGHT NATIONAL
Championship, its seventh in nine years.
The Pershing Rifles competed against 18 other teams from all over
the country. For more on Clemson’s famed precision drill team, go to
business.clemson.edu/Armyrotc/Activities/prs.htm.
S.C. REP. DANIEL T. COOPER ’84
received an honorary Doctor of Humane
Letters during Clemson Commencement in
May.
He has served in the S.C. House of
Representatives since 1991, where he has
been a member of the Medical, Military
and Municipal Affairs Committee; the
Education and Public Works Committee;
and the Ways and Means Committee, which
he has chaired since 2005. He serves on the
Joint Bond Review Committee and is the
only Upstate member of the Budget and
Control Board.
Cooper’s support has enabled the state’s research
universities to increase their research capability and
advance South Carolina’s knowledge-based economy.
He also has been a champion of Clemson’s Public
Service Activities mission and the University’s support of the state agriculture industry.
State Rep. Dan
Cooper receives
honorary
degree.
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Field of Flags
AS PART OF CLEMSON’S 2008 ONE WORLD PROJECT, NEARLY
10,000 colored flags loop into the form of an “awareness ribbon”
on Bowman Field, representing statistics from the Federal Bureau
of Investigation on hate crimes.
Arun Gandhi, grandson of Mohandas Gandhi, spoke on using
peaceful means to interact with one another.
One World Project works to raise awareness of hate, ignorance
and exclusion in order to increase compassion and inclusiveness.
For more information, go to www.clemson.edu/oneworld.
That’s heavy!
CLEMSON’S VERY FIRST HEAVY CONSTRUCTION
competition team places third in the nation.
The team won the Third Place Granite Award in the
2008 Associated Schools of Construction/Associated General
Contractors Heavy Civil National Student Competition. The
Clemson team qualified earlier by winning the Southeast Regional
Competition.
Pictured from left are construction science and management
students Dominic Giannini, Murray Davis, Stewart Lee, Eddie
Beard, David Babb and Chris McKee. They were coached by professor Gregg Corley.
National Extension Educator
CLEMSON HAS INDUCTED THREE NEW
members into its prestigious engineering and science
academy while honoring the contributions of two young
alumni.
The Thomas Green Clemson Academy of
Engineers and Scientists inducted Thomas H. Keinath,
dean emeritus of Clemson’s College of Engineering and
Science; John D. Petersen, president of the University
of Tennessee and former associate dean of research at
Clemson; and Michael L. Watt ’84, president and CEO
of Scientific Research Corp. and advisory board member for Clemson’s electrical and computer engineering
department.
In addition, Robert B. Ross ’94, PhD ’00 and
Andrew G. Sowder PhD ’98 received the Outstanding
Young Alumni Award for 2008. Ross’s work with
MPICH2, a high-performance software application,
enables developers to run the same code on a wide variety of platforms, from laptops to the largest and fastest
parallel computers in the world. Sowder is a physical
scientist whose service as a foreign affairs officer has
helped negotiate agreements to keep nuclear materials
out of the hands of terrorists.
Architecture earns two top national prizes
CLEMSON’S SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE HAS WON
two of the six national 2008 NCARB (National Council of
Architectural Registration Boards) prizes for creative integration
of practice and education.
One of Clemson’s winning entries explored how innovative
architecture improves health care environments (illustration
above).
The other localized global climate change by illustrating how
Charleston’s historic peninsula might be defended against the twin
threats of rising sea level and increased storm severity (below).
Robotics rule!
Jessica Nelms/Daily Journal Messenger
HORTICULTURE PROFESSOR DESMOND LAYNE SCORED A FIRST FOR
Clemson this summer when he received the American Society of
Horticultural
Science Outstanding
Extension Educator
Career Award.
Layne is known
worldwide as the
authority on the
fruits pawpaw and
peach. His peach
Web site is a comprehensive and popular
source of information
on all topics related
to peach production (www.clemson.
edu/hort/Peach).
His work emphasizing the culture and
use of pawpaw has
been featured on National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered” and on
ABC’s “World News Tonight.”
He provides statewide leadership for horticulture Extension
programming and is a member of the steering committee of the
Southern Region Small Fruit Consortium. Layne is editor of a new, comprehensive textbook — The Peach: Botany, Production and Uses. For more
information, email [email protected] or go to his Web site.
Engineering and science stars
One thousand students and
36 robots invade Littlejohn
Coliseum as Clemson welcomes
the fifth annual FIRST Robotics
Competition Palmetto Regional.
Last spring, teams designed
robots to race around a track
knocking down 40-inch inflated
trackballs and moving them
around the track, passing them
either over or under a 6-foot
6-inch overpass. Teams were
judged not only on point accumulation, but also on design, team
spirit, professionalism and perseverance.
To see a video recap of this
year’s competition, go to www.clemson.edu/newsroom/multimedia/
video and click on “FIRST Robotics Competition.”
TGC Academy of Engineers and Scientists inductees (from left)
John Petersen, Michael Watt and Tom Keinath with Dean Esin
Gulari and Outstanding Young Alumni Andrew Sowder and
Robert Ross.
Newest Clemson Trustee
THE S.C. GENERAL ASSEMBLY HAS ELECTED JOHN N. “NICKY” MCCARTER JR. ’80
of Columbia to the Clemson University Board of Trustees. McCarter will fill the unexpired term of
Thomas C. “Tom” Lynch Jr., who retired in February. This term will expire in 2010.
McCarter is president of Defender Services, a Columbia-based company providing outsource
solutions, including facility maintenance, security and landscaping, to commercial, industrial and
retail clients.
A 1980 alumnus, McCarter previously served on Clemson’s Board of Visitors.
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YOU COULD CONNECT
with Fiber Optics, Digital Capabilities, and Wi-Fi.
‘Clemson Days 2009’
CLEMSON STUDENTS HAVE CREATED ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL
calendar for a great cause — to fund a memorial for Clemson
students who have passed away before graduation.
The Student Alumni Association and Student Government
have published their second “Clemson Days of Tradition”
calendar.
The 2009 calendar — available in August 2008 — is
only $5 (only $6 to be mailed)! It can be purchased online
at www.clemson.edu/traditions-calendar or at the Hendrix
Student Center. For more information, contact August Darnell
at [email protected] or Jonathan Trammell at jtramme@
clemson.edu.
Or, You Could Just Wave.
With future wiring for security, phone, Internet, and digital TV, in Patrick Square you’ll be on the
leading edge of technology. But with a vibrant Town Center, a variety of EarthCraft™ and
ENERGY STAR® certified homes, a community garden, and a walkable community layout just
minutes from Clemson University, you may find you’ll enjoy the low-tech connections even more.
Patrick Square has everything you’re looking for in a new community — all starting
from the $290s — making it the perfect place to create your own legacy.
Homes from the $290s — PatrickSquare.com — 864.654.1500
Lady Tigers —
way to go!
THE NCAA PRESENTED THE CLEMSON ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT WITH A DIVERSITY IN
Athletics Award in Gender Equity Compliance, based on the proportion of female
student athletes relative to the proportion of female undergraduates.
At Clemson, 45.7 percent of the undergraduate student population is female,
and 45.5 percent of student athletes on varsity sports teams are female. Clemson
is one of only seven Division I schools to receive the honor.
So how are they doing? This was an excellent year for women’s
sports at Clemson. The volleyball team reached the second round of the NCAA
Tournament and won the ACC Championship. Women’s tennis reached the Sweet
16 in the NCAA Tournament and ranked 13th in the nation in the final poll.
The rowing team’s varsity 8 boat was selected for the NCAA Tournament for
the first time ever, and the team finished 13th at the NCAA Championships.
The women’s soccer team reached the second round of the NCAA tournament and
was selected for the tournament for the 15th straight year.
Traffic
bowl
winners
Sukumar Anekar,
Priyank Alluri and
Swathi Korpu
CLEMSON STUDENTS COMPETING IN THE
Southern District of the Institute of Transportation
Engineers (ITE) Traffic Bowl — 2008 William H.
Temple Scholarship Challenge — again took home
the championship.
Civil engineering master’s degree students
Sukumar Anekar and Swathi Korpu and Ph.D. student Priyank Alluri represented the state of South
Carolina in the “Jeopardy” style competition.
In addition, the Clemson ITE chapter, advised
by professor Wayne Sarasua, was named best student chapter for the fifth straight year! For more on
Clemson’s chapter, go to www.clemson.edu/ce/about/
ite.php.
Cutting-Edge Fiber Network
EarthCraft Certification
Town Square
Clemson School District
Nettles Park
18-Mile Creek
TM
Parks and Fields
Community Garden
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
Clemson University
From Greenville and Easley: Take Hwy. 123 west into Clemson and exit at Issaqueena Trail.
Turn left, heading south on Issaqueena Trail, and look for our visitor’s center under the flags.
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outh Carolina teachers will
A major gift of Upstate forestland
and cash will boost education
throughout the state.
soon have their very own Teacher
Renewal Center thanks to a major
gift of Upstate forestland and cash
from The Cliffs Communities and
its foundations. Clemson will join
Education to oversee development
The Cliffs Center for Environmental
Golf Research, in cooperation with the
University, will be a laboratory for industry-leading turfgrass research to produce
environmentally enhancing, ecologically
complementary golf course and green
space management and maintenance practices. It will serve as a model for others in
the golf course development business.
nature
and management of the center.
The gift includes $10 million in cash and
more than 355 acres of prime real estate in
the Jocassee Gorges area of Pickens County
to support development of a Teacher
Renewal Center — a first-of-its-kind facility
in South Carolina. The goal of the center
is to enhance the quality of education by
helping the state retain its best teachers.
Clay Bolt/www.claybolt.com.
The center is located on a 5.6-acre site in
The Cliffs at Mountain Park in Travelers
Rest. It includes research laboratories, two
experimental Par 3 organic golf holes grown
with both warm- and cool-season grasses,
40,000 square feet of turfgrass plots, and
office, meeting and living space for administrators and students.
For more on the center, go to www.cliffs
communities.com/golf.
Anyone who has been a kindergarten
through high school teacher can tell you,
teaching “is not for sissies.” As a result,
many teachers leave the profession within
the first few years.
In South Carolina, more than 6,800 teachers will not be returning to the schools
where they taught last year, at a cost of
nearly $75 million to S.C. taxpayers, according to education department statistics.
Other states are facing similar issues.
The Teacher Renewal Center will offer
S.C. teachers programs similar to those
of nationally recognized centers in North
Carolina and Washington.
Teams of 20 to 25 practicing K-12
teachers from across the state will
visit the waterfront complex for weeklong,
residential seminars. The seminars will be
organized around an interdisciplinary study
of ideas, questions or themes. Initial plans
for the center include a hotel, restaurant
and conference complex on the banks of
the Keowee River between lakes Keowee
and Hartwell.
Anthony believes the center will have
additional benefits. “For teachers, the more
they care and pour themselves into their
students, the more stressful it is,” he says.
“We want to inspire them and lift their
spirits. We want to reconnect them to what
led them to the classroom in the first place.
Our children will surely reap the benefits.”
Kids — Camp and learn
One facet of the Teacher Renewal Center
that will distinguish it from programs in
other states is a youth development component that offers experience-based learning
for students while their teachers participate
in seminars.
Clemson’s Youth Learning Institute
— which already has strong programs
connecting children and teachers with
nature such as Teaching Kids About the
Environment (KATE), residential field
studies, camping and other activities —
will coordinate programs at the center.
In addition, The Cliffs Communities gift
has added a wilderness adventure camp to
the Youth Learning Institute’s lineup of
summer programs.
Adventure Camp provides campers, ages
12 to 15, with 10 days of outdoor wilderness
excursions. Located at Pinnacle Falls in
the Eastatoe Valley, the 100-acre camp in
the Blue Ridge Mountains of Pickens
County features a trout stream, 60-foot
waterfall, fish pond, teepees, game field
and hiking trails, with nearby access
to the 76-mile Foothills Trail and Lake
Jocassee.
TeacherS — reconnect
and renew
The Cliffs Communities, along with
Clemson and top industry support, has
launched a first-of-its-kind turfgrass research
center.
Back to
forces with the S.C. Department of
“The center will offer a venue and programming designed to renew teachers’ spirits and
celebrate their contributions to our children, to our state and to our nation,” says
Jim Anthony, founder and chief executive
officer of The Cliffs Communities.
The Cliffs Center for
Environmental Golf Research
“The relationship between Clemson
and The Cliffs Communities is a
model for the way a public university
can partner with a private company
to achieve far-reaching, multidimensional benefits,” says President Jim
Barker. “The impact that this latest
gift will have on South Carolina
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This year, from 10
percent to 14 percent
of Clemson’s incoming
freshman class is made
of first-generation
college students. The
challenges they face will
be a little steeper than
those of students who
grew up in homes where they had parents who could guide
them through college.
Finding and keeping financial aid, maintaining good
grades and social networking are critical needs for
all students, but especially for those who are first
generation.
by Liz Newall
A new program at Clemson helps
students who are scoring a first.
FIRST students with President Barker,
Justin Benoit, Brandy Moss, Nicole Crim
and Juan Nieto
Casey is first. So is Anita.
And Stephen, H.J., Maribeth, Benjamin.
In fact, President Jim Barker
is first, too. They’re all first in
their families to go to a four-year college.
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Just completing its second full year, the FIRST Program is
already proving successful for participating students through
higher GPAs and greater retention.
A generous grant from the NSF Science Talent Expansion
Program currently funds FIRST. Because the NSF grant is
intended to increase the number of students graduating
in science, technology, engineering and math, it applies to
majors in Clemson’s College of Agriculture, Forestry and Life
Sciences and College of Engineering and Science.
Clemson is addressing those needs through the new FIRST
Program.
PATRICK WRIGHT
First in the
family
They can also gain research and teaching skills through the
S.C. DNA Learning Center at Clemson. As they become
upperclassmen, FIRST students can participate in the
undergraduate research program through Clemson’s SC LIFE
Project sponsored by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
Thanks to a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant,
excellent staff and experienced mentors, Clemson’s firstgeneration students majoring in science, technology,
engineering and math have a variety of services and support
specifically tailored for them.
“The FIRST Program provides a home away from home
for first-generation students,” says Sherry Dorris, program
coordinator. “It gives them opportunities to interact with
first-generation faculty, staff and student mentors who will
guide them toward reaching their full potential.”
Essential to FIRST’s success are its “proactive”
mentors. These first-generation upperclassmen stay in
contact with their freshmen throughout
the summer and academic year, meeting
frequently and serving as a close
connection to the coordinator.
Program leaders have begun looking for ways to
support FIRST when the NSF grant runs out in two
short years. And, they want to be able to offer its
services to all Clemson first-generation students in
all majors.
“Students who are the first in their families
to attend college may not realize how special
they are,” says Barbara Speziale, associate
dean of Summer Programs and Academic
Outreach, and director of the NSF grant.
Incoming first-generation students
can attend the FIRST Summer
Preview free of charge. They can stay
on campus for a three-week summer
course designed to improve their
critical-thinking, problem-solving and
mathematical skills. Additional activities provide study skills
and introduce students to the campus, faculty and student
services.
“They have not only the intelligence
and drive to get into college, but also
the courage to achieve a milestone for
their family. At Clemson, we want to do
everything we can to help them succeed.”
Throughout their Clemson experience, FIRST
students have seminars, workshops, social events,
field trips, newsletters, free tutoring and a
designated lounge to meet with mentors, study and
network.
What you can do
For more information about FIRST, go to www.clemson.edu/
ugs/first or contact Sherry Dorris at [email protected] or
(864) 656-1674. 
To support FIRST, you can make a secure online gift at www.
clemson.edu/isupportcu or contact the Clemson Fund office at
(864) 656-5896.
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ou could say Carolyn Schanen ’84 was born to the
medical profession — her father was an obstetrician.
Brains didn’t hurt either. Schanen, originally from Greenwood,
entered Clemson as a pre-veterinary major through an early
admission program.
Between her junior and senior years, however, she found herself torn between going on
to veterinary school or to medical school. A trip to the hospital with her father to see
him perform a C-section helped her shift from animal patients to human ones.
“My dad so clearly loved what he did for a living,” says Schanen. “His relationship with
his patients was something I wanted to experience.”
As a Clemson undergraduate, she also discovered another passion that would become a major part of her medical career — research.
Her then biological sciences professor and department head Dori Helms (now provost
and vice president for academic affairs), along with her adviser Gayle Noblet (now
professor emeritus), suggested that Schanen experience more research as a part of her
overall undergraduate experience.
She began working with biological sciences professor Alfred P. “Hap” Wheeler (now
department head) in studying calcified structures — oyster shells, in particular.
“The lab provided both intellectual and hands-on challenges and experiences,”
Schanen recalls. “There was also a collegiate, fun part to lab work.”
She went on to the Medical University of South Carolina and entered the M.D./Ph.D.
program where she became engrossed in genetics. From there, she went to Stanford
University where she completed a residency in pediatrics and fellowship training in
medical genetics.
‘For
Schanen is now at Nemours Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington,
Del., where she’s a principal investigator at the Human Genetics Research Laboratory.
She has found her calling in trying to demystify the genetic disorder Rett syndrome.
little girls
who need us’
Rett syndrome (RTT) is a neurological condition similar to autism that strikes
mostly young girls. They start out as healthy, normal children, but soon begin to
regress, losing the ability to speak and developing unusual hand movements that are
a hallmark feature of the disorder. They often end up severely handicapped, both
mentally and physically.
RTT hasn’t gotten the public attention over the years
that autism has because it isn’t as widespread. But it’s
just as devastating.
by Liz Newall
A Clemson physician is heading the Nemours
Biomedical Research team in a quest to demystify
and treat Rett syndrome and similar autiﬆic
disorders.
Carolyn
Schanen
For those affected and those working for a cure, Dr.
Carolyn Schanen is a familiar name. Her research has
appeared in top medical journals across the country,
and her presentations have keynoted national and
international conferences on RTT and related conditions.
“My research
experiences as an
undergraduate at
Clemson shaped my
career.”
little girls out there who need us to work
harder to understand this disorder so that
we might eventually develop a cure.”
Researchers are making progress.
Several years ago, they linked a gene called
MECP2 on the X chromosome to the disease.
More recently, they’ve begun to understand
how the mutations can cause a variety of
impairments.
As the research advances, so does the hope
for treatment.
At Nemours Human Genetics Research
Laboratory, Schanen’s team is developing a
cell-based analysis to screen possible drugs
to alleviate RTT by restoring the defective
gene’s protein. Such research may also be
key to treating autism.
Schanen is hopeful that her team’s work will
lead to better therapies that will allow girls
with RTT to lead more normal lives, talking
and playing like other children.
As the renowned geneticist looks forward,
she also glances back to her days as a college
student.
“My research experiences as an undergraduate at Clemson shaped my career,” she says.
“I learned that there were no questions too
tough to tackle. It just takes patience and
perseverance.” 
For more information on Rett syndrome and
support, go to the International Rett Syndrome
Foundation Web site at www.rettsyndrome.
org. For more on the Nemours Human Genetics
Research Laboratory and Schanen’s work, go
to www.nemours.org/research/biomedical/
program/genetic.html.
“The goal of helping the families affected by RTT
through research provides the driving force in my
lab,” says Schanen. “We always remember there are
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Faces of Philanthropy
Team Morse
John and Suzanne Morse are
fueling worldwide biodiversity
research through Clemson.
P
rompted by his love for Clemson and his devotion to
the advancement of biodiversity in solving world
issues, Clemson alumnus and entomology professor
John C. Morse MS ’70, and wife, Suzanne, will soon
see their efforts to fund an endowed chair in arthropod biodiversity come to fruition.
More than eight years ago, the Morses began contributing
to an endowment to fund an endowed chair in arthropod
biodiversity within the Department of Entomology, Soils and Plant Sciences.
Over the years, the Morses’ personal $25,000-per-year contributions have been matched 4-to-1 by the W.C.
English Foundation, created by Suzanne’s father in 1966. In three more years, the endowment will reach more than
$1.25 million, fully funding the chair. The chair will recruit a leading scholar to teach, conduct research, inform
land managers and decision-makers, and discover and manage economically detrimental effects and beneficial products and services of arthropod species.
“An understanding of biodiversity is critical to our earth,” says Morse, who has 14 species of bugs named in his
honor.
Sixty-five percent of all species of plants and animals are insects, and the cost to agriculture, homes, stored foods,
fabrics and animals is roughly $5 billion per year. On the other hand, the benefits of arthropod diversity for society
are immeasurable, but many times the cost. Their value ranges from essential ecological services like pollination
and debris decomposition to natural and manufactured products for human use, like honey, silk, dyes and medicine.
“An aggressive teaching and research initiative in biodiversity, led by a world-class arthropod scholar,” he says,
“will not only elevate the stature of the University, but significantly impact our society.”
Suzanne English Morse agrees with her husband and has given the support of her family’s foundation.
Her father, the late W.C. English — an astute Virginia businessman who started English Construction Co. (one
of the largest construction firms in Virginia) and W.C. English Inc., a general contracting firm — established the
W.C. English Foundation prior to his death.
“When my father was alive, he supported the same organizations every year — those that were close to his
heart,” says Suzanne. “As time went on, we decided to continue to give to those organizations, but so that we could
feel ownership, we expanded the list to include those that were near and dear to us as well.”
Today, the W.C. English Foundation supports many religious and research-oriented activities, and English’s four
daughters act as the English Foundation’s trustees — Joan Allen of Fayetteville, N.C., Beverley Dalton of Altavista,
Va., Margaret Lester of Martinsville, Va., and Suzanne, who resides in Pendleton. “The [English] Foundation brings
us together — we must physically be in the same room to review proposals, make decisions and determine investments.”
No stranger to philanthropy, Suzanne accepted the 2006 Philanthropist of the Year award given by the
Tri-County Technical College Foundation Board of Trustees for work through the English Foundation (she is a
Tri-County Tech Foundation Board member). She’s also on the Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics
Foundation Board.
Together, the Morses are a formidable team leading change at Clemson and, quite possibly, throughout the world.
For information on making a difference at Clemson University and far beyond, call (864) 656-2121 or go online to
www.clemson.edu/isupportcu. 
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C
lemson is emerging as an information
technology leader not only in the state
but also in the nation. In two years, the
University has built an IT environment
and organization that have brought it to the
forefront in higher education. In fact, according
to TOP500 (June 2008), Clemson has the No. 62
supercomputing site in the world.
Information technology is evolving worldwide to include much
more than just technology. The concept of cyberinfrastructure has
many definitions; but just as the term infrastructure refers collectively to the roads, power grids, telephone systems, rail lines and
similar public works required for an industrial economy, the term
cyberinfrastructure refers to the foundational components of
distributed computer, information and communication technologies. As infrastructure is required for an industrial economy,
cyberinfrastructure is required for a knowledge economy.
That’s what Clemson is building.
Cyberinfrastructure permits a new kind of scholarly inquiry and
educational process, empowering communities to innovate and
revolutionize what they do, how they do it and who participates.
Cyberinfrastructure is about creating a culture of collaboration,
both within and across disciplines. As research and education
have grown increasingly computational and data-driven, collaboration (especially electronic collaboration) in every academic
discipline has become essential.
Clemson’s
new cyber
muscle
Clemson’s boom in
cyberinfrastructure has
moved the University into
the top 75 supercomputing
sites in the world.
By building strong infrastructure, Clemson is attracting top
faculty, enriching students’ educational experience and
helping South Carolina compete with other states that previously outranked us in IT capacity for economic development.
Thanks to creative partnerships and inventive ways of increasing
capacities while keeping costs down, Clemson is making leaps
in technology while being smart about its investments. In fact,
Clemson’s all-around information technology advances are making it an “IT model” for other universities.
What’s all the buzz about?
A university’s strategically planned cyberinfrastructure means
greater capacity for research, education and outreach opportunities. In other words, it’s a foundation for everything we do both
now and in the future.
“The University has recognized the absolute necessity of a
strong cyberinfrastructure and has prioritized it through
appropriate funding and by making it the core of our new
academic plan,” says Dori Helms, provost and vice president for
academic affairs.
All Clemson computing systems and the entire computer network
are monitored from the University’s new, state-of-the-art Network
Operations Center (NOC). Located in the Information Technology Center
at the Clemson Advanced Materials Center, the NOC uses real-time diagnostics and other leading-edge technologies to keep a finger on the pulse of all
University computing systems and network operations. This helps ensure
reliable and available services by diagnosing and correcting problems —
often even before they have a chance to impact users.
for computing and IT — set out to update, rebuild and greatly
expand Clemson’s computing foundation.
So far, they have
• nearly completed an $8 million campus network upgrade;
• centralized and integrated services;
• completed a major upgrade to the University’s main data
center (which now allows significant advances in high-performance computing and data storage, and network and systems
monitoring);
• given researchers a pipeline for collaboration and grant access;
• assumed leadership in multiple S.C. cyberinfrastructure alliances.
Superhighway to research
Clemson has scored a major advantage by creating a regional
optical network known as C-Light, a fiber-optic high-speed
highway. It provides the foundation for research, academic and
economic advancements that were previously impossible.
“C-Light is South Carolina’s first and only connection to the
national and international computing infrastructure. It puts
Clemson ‘on the map’ in a big way,” says Bottum.
C-Light connects Clemson, Greenville and Atlanta, providing
direct access to the National Lambda Rail, Internet2 and other
national and international research networks. Work is also under
way to complete a connection to Charlotte, which will add
redundancy (backup) to this critical new link to the research and
high-performance computing world.
Clemson Computing and Information Technology (CCIT) staff
— led by Jim Bottum, chief information officer and vice provost
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Innovative industry partnerships valued at $2.4 million in startup
gifts-in-kind funded the project with no additional burden to the
University’s education and general budget or to S.C. taxpayers.
World-class workspace
Not only do researchers need access to the cyber superhighway,
they need vast and flexible computing capabilities to conduct
their research, collaborate, store and analyze huge amounts of
data.
Part of the solution is a next-generation high-performance
computing cluster. The Palmetto Cluster — a supercomputer
developed by CCIT in collaboration with researchers across
the University — is an innovative example of a shared
computing infrastructure and a key point in attracting top
faculty.
The research enabled by the Palmetto Cluster already runs the
gamut from cross-layer protocol design of wireless communication networks to simulations in molecular dynamics to human
developmental studies.
The system is both innovative and cost effective because it’s
based on a “condominium cluster” concept that uses small
computer arrays assembled into larger units, much like a condominium complex. The cluster can be provisioned, configured
and managed as faculty and research needs dictate. Faculty
grants pay for a significant portion of the hardware (computing
nodes) while CCIT provides the rest of the nodes along with the
infrastructure to support it all.
What about students?
In addition to paying attention to what faculty need, CCIT
has listened carefully to students as well. In fact, CCIT is as
“customer-driven” as it is “cyber-driven.” It’s already increasing
the numerous new services like Google Apps for Education, a
partnership developed by Clemson’s student government, CCIT
and Google.
As for technical support, for the first time, students (as
well as faculty and staff) have a central location — the CCIT
Customer Support Center in the University Union — to go
for help. Support hours have increased, too, and staffers
have consistent training so they operate with a higher level
of professionalism. They also have Mac training, so Apple users
can now get local support.
Students have a wealth of new technical features, making study,
class work and research faster and more efficient. For example,
instead of physically searching for open printers across campus,
they can access “iprint” from their laptops, check the list of available printers and select the ones they need. On a much larger
scale than technical support and ease of computing, students
are the beneficiaries of all technological advances at Clemson.
National player, innovative leader
As the University expands and strengthens its own cyberinfrastructure, it’s playing a leading role for the state and higher
education.
Clemson is providing guidance for the S.C. Computing
Consortium (SC3), a coalition of five major research institutions in
South Carolina including USC, MUSC, Hollings Marine Laboratory
and Savannah River National Laboratory. Last year, the consortium created the state’s first presence at SC07, the International
Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking,
Storage and Analysis.
Earlier this year, Clemson Computing and Information
Technology hosted a national-level conference — Ci Days —
designed to explore innovative ways to integrate information
technology into teaching, research and outreach programs.
Nearly 350 faculty members, graduate students, IT staff and state
research partners came together for three days with national
agencies and providers of cyberinfrastructure resources and
services. The outcome was new working alliances to develop and
deploy a strong cyberinfrastructure at Clemson and throughout
the state.
President Jim Barker says, “The work that Clemson is doing
in cyberinfrastructure not only positions us as a national
player, it is garnering international recognition that Clemson
is an innovative leader in the areas of IT-enabled research
and education.”
To learn more about Clemson Computing and Information
Technology, go to www.clemson.edu/ccit. 
Jim Bottum, a premier
IT leader
Clemson’s chief information officer
and vice provost for computing and
information technology — Jim
Bottum — is at the top of his field.
He was named by Computerworld
among its “Premier 100 IT
Leaders,” and he’s on the Internet2
board of trustees and two National
Science Foundation advisory committees. Earlier this year, he made
the cover of STORAGE magazine
(Jan. 2008) in a feature that told
Clemson’s cyberinfrastructure
story.
“The charge given to me when I came to Clemson was to build
a world-class cyberinfrastructure to help move Clemson to the
top 20,” says Bottum. “The campuswide support for our bold and
comprehensive initiatives has been exciting and gratifying.”
What’s blue
and white and
ordered all over?
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“Our goal is to set the standard in public service for
land-grant universities by engaging the whole campus
in service and outreach,” says Kathy Woodard, director
of the Service Alliance.
Earning
the
Clemson
seal of service
By Debbie Dalhouse
Clemson’s Service
Alliance helps
students develop
into citizens, not
just taxpayers.
Clemson’s Community Scholars program provides scholarships to students who want to make a difference in
S.C. communities. Up to 10 Community Scholars are
selected for the program at the beginning of their
freshman year. In their sophomore year, they begin participation in the Creative Inquiry program and focus on
becoming effective change agents in their communities.
By their junior year, the focus expands to an international overview of civic engagement with a study-abroad
experience. During their senior year, students develop
and conduct community-based research projects.
In Denmark, design students worked with local community members to create a master plan. In Pendleton, they
expanded on an earlier Keese Barn project to make the
landmark more usable for the community. In Clemson,
they concentrated on the Jaycee Park with plans for a
stage canopy, educational signage, a stabilized stream
bank and terraces to improve seating and viewing.
Offering a wealth of service support
As a network, Clemson’s Service Alliance combines Public
Service Activities, service-learning and community service
across the University. It provides financial assistance to
students interested in service-learning. It provides faculty resources for service-learning course development,
reflection, assessment and documentation techniques.
“I can think of few other courses that have left such an indelible
mark on me!” says undergraduate student David Duncan.
Duncan, a management major, is talking about his experience in Clemson’s ClientBased Writing program, one of several programs affiliated with the University’s
Service Alliance. He’s among 2,300 juniors and seniors who have participated in
the writing program over the past five years.
Writing for change
Client-Based Writing projects in the Advanced Writing program match classes with
local clients who need communications materials. Clients are primarily nonprofits
that address issues such as food and shelter for the poor, health care, the environment, arts and education, as well as government agencies and public schools in
the Clemson, Anderson and Greenville areas. This program has involved more than
100 classes with 25 writing faculty and 47 clients.
The alliance also operates the Campbell Scholars program in which incoming freshman recipients serve as
tutors for elementary and middle school students eight
hours per week. The Campbell Scholars program is
funded by the late Robert S. Campbell and wife, Betsy,
through the Campbell Young Leader’s Corp.
The project that Duncan worked on was a proposal for Concerned Citizens for
Animals in Greenville County. “When the professor taught us techniques for
writing proposals and grants, I immediately put this knowledge into practice …
detailing what my group would achieve for them,” he says. “Because I was able to
apply what I was learning in class toward a worthwhile endeavor, I remembered
more from the teachings. I still refer to it on a regular basis.”
From preventing obesity to saving landmarks
Client-Based Writing, supported by the Robert S. Campbell Endowment, prepares
students for the workplace by engaging them in projects that have relevance
beyond the classroom. It was honored with the 2008 Education Service-Learning
Award by the S.C. Commission on Higher Education.
For example, “Understanding Grass-Roots Obesity
Prevention and Control Efforts,” by public health sciences professors, joins Clemson students with the Eastside
Neighborhood Alliance, Morningside Neighborhood
Association, Partners for a Healthier Honea Path and
Pendleton Pride in Motion to combat obesity-related
illnesses.
Engaging the whole campus
Service-learning at Clemson isn’t limited to one program or even one college.
In collaboration with the Office of Teaching Effectiveness
and Innovation, the Service Alliance offers courses to
assist faculty in developing service-learning classes. In
addition, Service Alliance Faculty Fellows in all five colleges serve as mentors and conduct workshops for
faculty and graduate students.
Another project is “Rules of Engagement II — Community
Engagement for Future Design Professionals,” led by
architecture and landscape architecture professors and
a community development Extension agent. Last spring,
16 graduate and undergraduate architecture students
formed Stewardship South, a design/build studio
focused on cultural and environmental sustainability
(cu-stewardshipsouth.blogspot.com).
The Citizens and Scholars program — interdisciplinary service-learning and community-based research
on health, socioeconomic and environmental concerns
— addresses real-world problems facing communities,
families and industries in South Carolina.
In other words, Service Alliance offers a wealth of support for service-learning — what President Jim Barker
calls “the most important pedagogical change in teaching and learning in the past two decades.”
To find out more about the role of service-learning in the
overall Clemson experience, go to www.clemson.edu/
servicealliance. 
“
Service-learning is the most important
pedagogical change in teaching and learning
in the past two decades, and it has found
fertile soil in which to grow at Clemson in our
legacy of public service. Civic responsibility
must be the very fabric of teaching and
learning in all disciplines. We must graduate
citizens, not just taxpayers.
”
— President Jim Barker
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CEMETERY CHRONICLES
Giving life to
PATRICK WRIGHT
Cemetery Hill
by Woodland Cemetery Stewardship Committee
S
even years ago this summer, “Cemetery Chronicles”
made its debut in Clemson World as an early initiative
of the Woodland Cemetery Stewardship Committee.
The idea behind this column was simple: to tell part of the
Clemson story through glimpses into the lives of those
who have earned resting places on Cemetery Hill and to raise awareness of efforts and opportunities to preserve and enhance this sacred
ground.
With the generous help of many of you, the idea has proven to be a
wonderful success.
In the 28 chronicles that have been published to date, we have
shared the stories of more than two dozen Clemson legends through
the voices of many alumni, family and friends who have graciously
served as volunteer authors. We have also heard from many Clemson
World readers who have shared their own touching memories in
response to the chronicles. The following is a sampling of stories we
have collected that remind us of the importance of this work:
I remember, as a child, going to Clemson football games and listening to my grandfather talking to Frank Howard about how
the season was shaping up. I remember him taking me into Judge
Keller’s to visit, and Judge Keller asking me if I was going to
be a Miss Tigerama one day … and I remember how the bells
of Tillman Hall played at his funeral. Though I did not attend
Clemson, it will always be an important part of my life, and I owe
much of that to Joe Sherman. I’m happy to see that my grandfather hasn’t been forgotten.
One of the hats Col. Rick Robbins wore at Clemson was that
of “Cheerleader Adviser.” Being a cheerleader during the “Hootie
era” was a life experience for all of us who attempted to rally the
students as our beloved Tigers were getting whooped … by whomever we seemed to play. But Col. Robbins was there with the
Tigers on the sidelines, and he was there for us cheerleaders, but
more importantly, he was there for me, personally, for the four
years I was a student.”
My grandmother told me for years that she distinctly remembered
there being a hill and trees. I always knew that they [great grandparents Charlie and Susan Ella Henry] were buried in Clemson,
but I had no idea it was on campus. A couple of months after I
found the graves, my mother and I carried my grandmother to see
them. She had not been there since the funerals many years ago.
After she cried a little bit she looked around and said that it was
exactly how she remembered it. It really is a beautiful cemetery,
and it means so much to my family that it has been taken care of
so well.
In addition to the many stories that have been shared through
“Cemetery Chronicles,” we have also periodically provided an
update to Clemson World readers on the progress of physical
enhancements that have taken place within Woodland Cemetery.
Since our last update in the summer of 2006, the original capital
improvements planned for the cemetery have been completed. A
new set of stone entry gates along Williamson Road was constructed
in 2006. Earlier this year, the entranceway was enhanced with terraced landscaping, new paving and two rows of oaks that will grow
to provide a stately entrance alley connecting the cemetery to the
historic center of campus.
All of these important improvements have been made possible
by a strong contingent of generous supporters. The Stewardship
Committee has secured a total of $480,000 to date for the cemetery’s preservation and enhancements.
We’re deeply grateful to those who’ve made financial gifts to the
Cemetery Preservation Fund. We also appreciate the students, staff
and alumni who have given their time and energy to help clean the
Woodland Cemetery grounds, preserve its trees, provide tours for
events like Reunion Weekend and Bring Your Daughter to Clemson,
and provide outlets like this one to tell the cemetery stories. We
believe the return on these monetary and in-kind investments will
last through many generations of Clemson men and women.
Despite the recent achievements mentioned above, the Stewardship
Committee’s work is not finished — there’s still more to do to improve
the grounds and maintain the health of the wooded environment.
However, we are excited to have reached an important milestone
with the completion of these recent capital projects. Our special
thanks go out to you for reading “Cemetery Chronicles” and to all
those who have supported our work over the past seven years.
We hope you will continue to join us in paying tribute to the
men and women who served Clemson so faithfully and make our
Woodland Cemetery a unique Clemson legacy. 
For more “Cemetery Chronicles,” visit the Web at www.clemson.edu/
clemsonworld/chronicles/.
To support its preservation and research, you can make a gift through
the enclosed envelope and designate it for the “Cemetery Hill
Preservation Fund.”
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LIFELONG CONNECTIONS
With Your Alumni Association
Cool Clemson women!
Alumni Master Teacher
Women’s Alumni Council hosted the 10th annual Bring Your
Daughter to Clemson weekend in May to treat girls, ages 6 to 17,
to a taste of the Clemson experience, possible career paths and a
whole lot of Tiger fun.
To commemorate the event, the council raised well over $10,000
for the Women’s Alumni Council Endowed Scholarship in the past
year, which provides three renewable $1,000 scholarships each year.
For more information, go to www.clemson.edu/alumni/clubs/
women.
Economics professor Daniel Benjamin is the 2008 Alumni Master
Teacher. The award is presented for outstanding undergraduate
classroom instruction to a faculty member nominated by the student
body and selected by the Student Alumni Council (pictured with
Benjamin).
In 2006, Benjamin was named Alumni Distinguished Professor
of Economics by the Alumni Association for his excellence in
teaching. He’s taught across the country and overseas and has been
a National Science Foundation Fellow, National Fellow, Visiting
Distinguished Scholar, Caird Honorary Research Fellow and
recipient of a variety of teaching awards.
Outstanding researchers
Terry
Tritt
Alumni relations senior director Wil Brasington presents the 2008 Clemson
Alumni Association Research Award to physics and astronomy professor Terry
Tritt ’80, PhD ’85 and electrical and computer engineering professor Ian Walker.
Tritt’s research focuses on developing higher-efficiency thermoelectric materials
that could increase energy savings. Walker researches robotic manipulator
Wil systems that can help robots navigate rough terrain, such as in search-and-rescue
Ian Walker
Brasington situations.
Texas Tigers
MARK YOUR CALENDAR for
President Jim and Marcia
Barker visited Clemson
folks in Texas earlier this
year. Their Austin hosts,
pictured here, are Suzanne
and Jay Watson ’82. Diann
and David Holl ’85 hosted
the Barkers in Dallas.
Texas is home to nearly
2,000 Clemson alumni.
reunion and homecoming events!
CAFLS Tees & Tailgate
L&IT alumni
These language and international
trade (L&IT) alumni returned to
Clemson earlier this year to talk with
current students during the Language
and International Trade Conference.
The event is sponsored by the
languages department and L&IT
program in the College of
Architecture, Arts and Humanities.
Front row, from left, are Ludmila Neagu ’05, Donna Murphy ’93, Leigh Roberson ’00; back
row: Bernell Ingram ’00, professor John Bednar (former L&IT director), Paul Ervin ’06
and Michael Hunt ’94. (Photo from Barry Davis ’71)
Clemson Clubbing
Incoming freshman Kelsey Norton (left)
and her sister, Candace Norton ’96,
meet Coach Tommy Bowden during a
Clemson Club meeting in Hartsville.
The Alumni Association and IPTAY
co-sponsored 16 whirlwind Clemson
Club events last spring where alumni,
friends and fans came for the latest news
about the University, alumni services
and Clemson athletics.
Wil
Brasington
Calling TN Tigers
Golden Class of 1958
The Class of 1958 reassembles for its 50th anniversary portrait at the Military Heritage Plaza in front of Tillman Hall during 2008 Clemson
Alumni Reunion in June.
The class celebrated its golden anniversary by giving major support for the construction of the Scroll of Honor, a campus memorial for
alumni who have died in service to our country. Members also continued support of the Class of 1958 Unrestricted Scholarship endowment.
Gifts from the class, since graduation, total nearly $12.5 million.
The Nashville Clemson Club’s 2008 ACC
vs. SEC Alumni Golf Tournament — to
benefit CASA-Nashville (court-appointed
special advocates for children) — is set for
Oct. 13, at the Hermitage Golf Course.
For the very latest, go to www.accsecgolf4casa.org or contact Evan Vutsinas ’79
Chris Looney ’06, Tom Bratcher ’99, Charles Cooper
at [email protected].
’84 and Scott Harbort during last year’s ACC vs.
The College of Agriculture, Forestry and
Life Sciences (CAFLS) is hosting its annual alumni golf tournament — Sept. 11 at
the Walker Course — to raise funds for the
Tom Skelton CAFLS Alumni Scholarship
Fund. The CAFLS Alumni Tailgate and Ag
Youth Day is scheduled for Sept. 27 at Fike
Recreation Center, to begin four hours before kickoff. For more information, contact
Sennah Honea at (864) 656-8998, schonea@
clemson.edu, or Kirby Player at (864)
656-3662, [email protected].
HEHD Homecoming
The College of Health, Education and
Human Development is holding its 2008
homecoming on Nov. 15, before the Tigers
take on Duke. The event, for HEHD alumni,
students and their families, will include fun,
food and games. For details, go to www.hehd.
clemson.edu/pages/news_events/index.php.
AAH/BBS Real Estate
Development event
Graduate students in the Master of Real Estate Development program, a joint program
between the College of Architecture, Arts
and Humanities and the College of Business
and Behavioral Science, are planning a kickoff tailgate party before the game on Sept. 13
for MRED alumni and the members of the
Advancement Board of the Center for Real
Estate Development. For more information,
email Leila Blackmon at lblackm@clemson.
edu or call (352) 494-4830 or (864) 656-3657.
We can
help you
reconnect
Do you have a special group or
organization of former Clemson
classmates you’d like to get together?
We can help. Contact Dana
Anderson, director of reunions and
special events, at (864) 656-2345 or
email [email protected].
SEC Alumni Golf Tournament.
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Alumni Council serving you
Clemson Alumni Association —
Changing the way we do business
Your Alumni Association is changing — from its constitution and leadership dynamics to the way it reaches out
to you individually and to your Clemson Clubs, academic organizations and other Clemson alumni groups.
The Alumni Association recently took a long hard look at itself. Alumni president Grant Burns and other
leaders consulted with alumni across the country, established a task force and engaged outside as well as
internal evaluation for a detailed self-study.
The result is a new strategic plan that will change the governing structure of the Alumni Association,
benefit the University and, most importantly, expand opportunities for Clemson alumni.
We sat down with Wil Brasington, senior director of alumni relations, to get answers to a few questions that
we think you might want to ask.
Why the sudden change?
It’s not sudden. The Clemson Alumni Association hasn’t
undergone a change of this magnitude in decades. We thought it
was time to look at our organization and gauge its relevance in its
current state. In other words, we wanted to see if we could better
serve our alumni and the University with some reorganization and
new approaches.
To make improvements, we needed to address the governing
document, the Clemson Alumni Association Constitution. So we
did a thorough line-by-line analysis.
We underwent an intensive 90-day self-study, spearheaded
by a specially appointed task force, before we made any
recommendations for change.
What are the highlights?
The main constitutional changes are in governance. Until now,
we’ve had an Alumni National Council — 17 nominated and
elected members, who served a term of four years — as well as
8-10 leaders of various University and alumni groups. We’ve asked
them to do the core work — the budget, strategic planning,
policy-setting and adhere to mission.
On top of that, we’ve asked them to be ambassadors, to help us
keep up with campus concerns, alumni constituent groups, the
need for new services and much more. With recent University
and alumni growth and advances, we feel the current Alumni
National Council is being asked to do too much.
The new model calls for an Alumni Board of Directors of
12-19 members who serve three-year terms. They will have at
least four regular meetings a year to carry out the managerial
and oversight responsibilities that are typically the core work
of most boards: approving our annual budget, creating policy,
monitoring the progress of our strategic plan, and similar
assignments that would fall under the care of this entity.
The current Alumni Association president, past president and
president-elect will be on the board along with others chosen by
a nominating committee. Another change is that presidents will
assume a two-year role instead of a “one and done” like we’ve had
in the past.
The new model’s Alumni Council will greatly expand to
include Clemson Club and other alumni constituency group
presidents; undergraduate and graduate student presidents;
representatives from each graduating class, academic college, the
Board of Visitors, Foundation Board and Board of Trustees; the
University president and the vice president of Advancement; and
the Alumni Association executive director, senior director and
the alumni board. To say the least, it will be a more representative
collection of alumni interests from across our campus as well as
the globe.
The new Alumni Council will leave the core work — budget,
strategic planning, etc. — to the Alumni Board. The council will
have at least two regular meetings each year and will provide
leadership, ideas, input and good will to help us serve, involve
and inform alumni and advance interests of the University.
It’s our hope and intent that the membership of this newly formed
body will benefit from involvement through the establishment
of new contacts and friendships, the exchange of ideas and “best
practices” among organized groups of alumni, and a heightened
sense of awareness about issues important to Clemson.
What do those “governing changes” mean for me?
Fewer referred calls, quicker answers, more points of contact and
expanded services.
With a larger, more diverse Alumni Council, we will have a
broader knowledge of what’s going on with Clemson alumni
across the state and across the country.
The on-campus representatives will help us become more
involved with each academic college, school and department as it
organizes and hosts alumni reunions and activities.
The more we know, the better we can serve as a central
information and service center for all alumni, regardless of
the specific affinity group or occasion. You’ll also have more
opportunities to be involved with classmates, fellow alumni and
the University.
What won’t change?
Our commitment! We’ll continue to be there for Clemson alumni,
to help maintain the relationship and strengthen the bonds with
the University. This includes:
• An open, non-dues association for all former students of
Clemson University;
• Current services such as top-notch travel programs, lifetime
email forwarding, career assistance and networking
opportunities, Clemson World magazine;
• Award programs recognizing and thanking Clemson’s finest
alumni, faculty, public service professionals and others
for their outstanding service and contributions to the
University;
• Special events to help alumni celebrate Clemson connections
here and in their own communities through clubs and alumni
groups.
(See all Clemson Alumni services and programs at www.clemson.
edu/alumni.)
What’s the takeaway message you’d like to give all
alumni?
As the University aspires to do an even greater job of serving its
students, state, nation and beyond in its quest for top 20, we too
aspire to do the same in meeting the needs and representing the
interests of Clemson’s outstanding alumni. It’s our hope and intent
— through these recent enhancements — that we’ll be better
prepared to accomplish this now and in the future.
Alumni president, 2008-2010
Leslie Dunlap Callison ’81 of
Lexington is the new Clemson
Alumni Association president.
She follows in the footsteps of her
father, Thornwell Dunlap Jr. ’53,
who served as president, 1995-96.
Callison’s children, Caroline and
Reel, are both Clemson students.
“I believe the Clemson experience
can be a lifelong one for every
alumnus,” says Callison. “My
focus will be on connecting the
University with as many graduates
as possible, renewing in each of
them the pride that is uniquely
Clemson.”
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STUDENT LIFE
Laboratory — African grasslands
Clemson students circle up
for LeaderShape® training.
Getting in ‘leader shape’
Student Alumni Council (SAC)
members run down the Hill
during senior week.
SAA rallies for students
Service project — Bahamas
Student Alumni Association (SAA) and its governing body SAC hosted a week of
fun and traditional events honoring graduating seniors in April — from the Ring
Ceremony and Senior Picnic to free Clemson ice cream and a “Rub the Rock”
event. For more on SAA and SAC, go to www.clemson.edu/alumni/saa.
Laura-Allen Kerlin and Danni Davis visit a childcare center during their spring break trip to the
island of Eleuthera. Students from the Clemson
University Gospel Choir and Clemson Wesley
Foundation joined forces during spring break
for service in the rural islands of the Bahamas.
They worked on construction projects, in
schools and in medical clinics.
Racing for Marines
Semper Fi Society members stand at the finish line of the Lt. Col. Jimmie Dyess
5K Run in honor of the heroic 1931 alumnus and U.S. Marine. Proceeds help fund
the society, Toys for Tots and the
Scroll of Honor memorial. Semper
Fi Society includes Marine Corps
reservists, prior-service Marines,
officer candidates and supporters.
It’s hosting a Marine alumni
dinner open to all Clemson graduates and current students who are
Marines, or are working to become
a Marine, and their families. For
more information, email smfisoc@
clemson.edu or go to www.clemsonmarines.com.
Clemson M B A! M B A!
Clemson master’s in business administration (MBA) and master’s in marketing
students pull together to raise funds for Special Olympics North Carolina.
They competed with 16 MBA programs from across the country in the annual
Duke MBA Games, winning in fundraising and the Olympic feat of briefcase tossing. But the real accomplishment was the encouragement and friendship they
gave to the Special Olympians.
For more on Clemson’s MBA program, go to www.clemson.edu/mba. For
alumni information, go to business.clemson.edu/MBA/alumni.
Fifty-four Clemson students spent the first week
of summer break participating in the national
LeaderShape Inc. — a unique curriculum for top
universities across the country to “improve society by
inspiring leadership with integrity.” To learn about
Clemson’s Center for Student Involvement, go to
www.clemson.edu/studentinvolvement.
Health services to
Sacramento
Health educator Salley Palmer Ouellette
(left) and student Emily Rita Accipiter, of
Clemson’s Student Health Services, meet
NBA star Kobe Bryant during the National
Tobacco Symposium on Young Adults in
Sacramento, Calif.
Clemson offers CU Quit, through
Redfern’s Office of Health Promotion, which gives individual tobacco cessation
counseling and “quit kits.” For more information, call (864) 656-0532.
Mission — Honduras
Health science
student Chris
Hopkins and
nursing student
Casey Skelnik
use summer
“vacation” for a
medical mission to
Hospital Bautista
in Guaimaca,
Honduras.
Natural resources students study ecology in the grasslands of South Africa.
The Clemson class trip, conducted during spring break, is the first American
educational
class to visit
the Kgalagadi
Transfrontier
Park between
South Africa
and Botswana.
The course
was taught by
forestry and
natural resources
professors Bill
Bowerman and Drew Lanham.
Top-10 Baja SAE
Classroom — Italy
Communication studies student Rich Wills,
center, is studying in Paderno del Grappa, Italy,
through the Consortium of Universities for
International Studies. He’s pictured with friends
on Mount Grappa just outside his campus.
Clemson participates in the program as part of
CIMBA: Consortium Institute of Management
and Business Analysis.
Clemson students place ninth in the
Baja SAE (Society of Automotive
Engineers) International Collegiate Design
Competition in May. Clemson’s team,
comprised of students from various
majors, began last fall designing, creating and testing an off-road vehicle from
scratch. For more on the Clemson Baja
SAE team, go to www.ces.clemson.edu/
sae/minibaja.
All that jazz
Upstate college students enjoy “Love and Jazz” — a concert featuring international flutist Galen Abdur-Razzaq.
From left are Furman student Shira Ratliff and Clemson
graduating seniors Ashlynn Jackson and Brittani Harmon.
The Clemson event was sponsored during Black
History Month by the Office of Multicultural Programs
and Services, WSBF, Council on Diversity Affairs,
Graduate Student Government, Lambda Theta
Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. and
CLEMSONLiVE.
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The Clemson Family
CLASSMATES
golf course at age 94. He walks
the course and recently hit a
hole-in-one! *John H. Truluck
Jr. ’38 (ARCH) reports that
Budd continues to be a gentleman and asset to all.
1940s
“Life at the Clemson College
Hotel During World War II
and After,” by history professor emeritus *Ernest
“Whitey” Lander, has been
reprinted and is available
at the Pendleton District
Historical Commission and
at McClure’s Bookshop in
Clemson.
t
1930
James A. Kennedy (TXINDED)
(right) of Richmond, Va., celebrated his 100th birthday with
nephew W. Craig Kennedy Jr.
’57 (INDMGT) of Albemarle,
N.C., and other family and
friends.
1935
*B. George “Budd” Price
(EE) of Walterboro is still making quite an impression on the
1950
*Leigh H. Hammond
(AGECON) of Raleigh, N.C.,
a retired professor of economics
and associate vice chancellor at
Walter’s ring goes home
*Bobby L. Huguley ’52
Thanks to education graduate Bobby Huguley of Columbia,
the 1950 “found” Clemson ring mentioned in the winter issue
of Clemson World has been returned to its owner.
‘Those days after the war’
Agriculture and science graduate Harry Frampton ’67 has been inducted into the
Colorado Business Hall of Fame.
1969
Frampton, as Vail Associates Inc. president
and later as East West Partners
co-founder, helped grow Vail and Beaver
Creek resorts into two of the world’s finest
mountain resort destinations.
Mason “Mickey” H. Dorsey ’49
Textile engineering graduate Mickey
Dorsey of Seabrook Island — retired
founder and president of Lubromation
Inc. in Charlotte, N.C. — recently made
an appearance on German and Austrian
TV in a new documentary on post-World
War II Germany.
He has also served as board chairman for
the Vail Valley Foundation and the Urban
Land Institute, director of the U.S. Ski &
Snowboard Team and in many other
leadership roles.
He and several other former soldiers
from the Allied countries that had occupied Germany were interviewed for
the documentary on the last months and
year after the war — “Damals nach dem
Krieg” (“those days after the war”).
For the University, he’s president of the
Clemson University Foundation Board, an
Alumni Fellow and a generous scholarship supporter.
During the war, Mickey was commander of an armored car called “The Four Rebels,”
which had the distinction of penetrating enemy lines and progressing the farthest
east of all Allied units during combat to near Waidhofen, Austria. It was also the
first to arrive in the liberation of the concentration camp Gunskirchen Lager.
Dorsey has received medals from the Jewish Community Council of California
and the Nation of Israel. Two years ago he was made an honorary member of the
Austrian World War II Veterans Association for his honored service.
Bobby and Betty
Huguley sign the
Clemson Legacy
Registry.
He knew from the 1950 TAPS and alumni directories
that there were nine “Walters” for that year. With only
the name “Walter” discernable inside the ring, he had a
jeweler use a powerful magnifier to see the hometown of
Savannah, Ga.
He then joined forces with the University’s records department to narrow the list. The ring first belonged to the late
Walter N. Gnann ’50. His son *Walter Jr. ’91 of Beaufort had the ring cut to size when he inherited it thus removing the
last name. Huguley met Walter Jr. in Orangeburg and gave him his long lost ring — truly an act of Clemson kindness and
perseverance.
Also, special thanks to Stephen Schutt ’01 of the University’s police department for bringing the ring to Clemson World‘s
attention.
*Harry H. Frampton III ’67
3rd Congressional District. He’s
president and CEO of Blue
Ridge Electric Cooperative Inc.
Colo. Business Hall of Famer
Huguley, a retired Jefferson-Pilot Corp. executive, decided
to track down the owner of the ring found in a Clemson gas
station restroom in 1993 or 1994. He learned that it was in
the possession of the Pine Ridge police chief. He obtained the
ring for a weekend by leaving his own ring as collateral!
The Clemson Family
N.C. State University, received
the Outstanding Alumnus
Award and the William L.
Turner Award for Outstanding
Public Service from the
university. Friends and associates endowed the Leigh H.
Hammond Scholarship in economics at N.C. State, and he
has been honored with the
Order of the Long Leaf Pine,
North Carolina’s highest civilian award, twice.
1952
*Henry O. Eubanks Jr.
(ARCH) of Matthews, N.C.,
is working with the Korean
War Veterans Association to
erect the N.C. Korean War
Memorial. He would like any
interested Clemson alumni and
friends to contact him at
[email protected].
Frampton, who also holds a degree from Harvard, remains a principal of Slifer
Smith & Frampton Real Estate. He was named Vail Citizen of the Year in 1987
and Beaver Creek Citizen of the Year in 2004.
1955
*George U. Bennett (A&S)
of Clemson recently received
the S.C. Athletic Hall of Fame
Distinguished Service Award.
Bennett, who served as executive secretary to IPTAY for
22 years and is a member of
the Clemson Athletics Hall
of Fame, has also received the
Clemson Alumni Association
Distinguished Service Award
and a Lifetime Achievement
Award from the National
Association of Athletics
Directors.
1964
Charles E. Dalton (INDMGT)
of Easley was elected to the S.C.
* Active Clemson Fund
donor for 2008 Fiscal Year
(July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2008)
through May 30.
For more information, call
Annual Giving at
(864) 656-5896.
Department of Transportation
Commission, representing the
*J. Glenn Cantrell (ECON) of
Anderson is senior vice president and area executive for
Capital Bank.
*George A. Southgate (CRE)
of Calhoun, Ga., was named
Georgia Runner’s Grand Prix
Runner of the Year in 2007.
1970
“Congratulations!” to
*Dennis D. Moore (ENGL) of
Tallahassee, Fla., for winning
the Clemson Fund’s “Romance
Package” for two, including
a night’s accommodations at
the James F. Martin Inn, dinner at Seasons by the Lake,
champagne, chocolates and a
wonderful getaway.
Wendy’s Hall of Famer
*Joseph J. Turner ’71, M ’77
Clemson entrepreneur and
former alumni and IPTAY
director Joe Turner has been
inducted into the Wendy’s
Hall of Fame. Turner is chairman and chief executive
of f icer of Fir s t Sun
Management Corp., a
49-unit Wendy’s Old
Fashioned Hamburgers Turner, center, with Wendy’s International chief
franchise headquartered in operations officer Dave Near and CEO Kerrii
Clemson. His business part- Anderson.
ner is political science graduate *Kelly Durham ’80.
Turner, who joined the Wendy’s system in 1981, has twice been selected as one
of the Wendy’s systems top franchise operators and has twice been recognized as
Wendy’s Marketer of the Year. He’s a trustee of the Wendy’s National Advertising
Plan, which he serves as president.
At Clemson, Turner has served in and supported just about every aspect of the
University, from the Alumni Association to IPTAY, from the Clemson University
Foundation Board to the Clemson Libraries.
Turner is married to personnel services graduate *Cathy Campbell M ’76.
1971
*Darrell H. Garber (SED, M
’73 EDUC) of Kutztown, Pa., is
dean of education at Kutztown
University.
*John R. Steer (AGRON,
M ’75 AGECON) of Fairfax
Station, Va., has retired after
more than 36 years with the
federal government. During
that time he was commissioner,
vice chairman and general
counsel of the U.S. Sentencing
Commission, and previously
was a senior staff member for
U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond.
He has joined the law firm of
Allenbaugh Samini LLP as a
senior partner.
1974
*William R. Short (INDMGT)
of Roswell, Ga., is president and
CEO of Touchmark Bancshares
Inc. and Touchmark National
Bank.
*Marilyn Walser Thompson
(ENGL) of Silver Spring, Md.,
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The Clemson Family
is the accountability editor
on the national desk at The
Washington Post newspaper in
Washington, D.C.
*Robert S. Watson (ZOOL) of
Raleigh, N.C., is vice president,
regulatory affairs in the oncology research and development
group at GlaxoSmithKline.
1975
Doye B. Cox (M ESE) of
Chattanooga, Tenn., is vice
president of Barge Waggoner
Sumner and Cannon Inc.
1976
Ronald W. Byrd (FORMGT)
of Darlington is general
manager of Forest Products
Division, Sonoco Products in
Hartsville. He’s chairman of
the Foresters Council of South
Carolina and secretary of the
S.C. Forestry Association.
1978
*J. Scott Andrew (ADMMGT)
of Mooresville, N.C., earned
Certified Financial Planner
status and is a financial planner with Preferred Financial
Strategies.
1982
*Mike A. Gearhart
(CPENGR) of Spartanburg is
president of manufacturing and
life sciences at CH2M Hill, an
engineering firm.
*D. Keith Reeves (FINMGT,
M ’87 CNLGUID) of Liberty is
associate director of financial
aid at Clemson and president
of the Southern Association
of Student Financial Aid
Administrators.
1983
*Dave L. Jenkin (FINMGT)
of Atlanta, Ga., is a partner
in the philanthropic firm of
Career of ‘firsts’
Georgia Lack of Lugoff became a trailblazer back in
1971 when she became the first female accepted
into Clemson’s electrical and computer engineering
program. She, along with two students who had
changed majors, became the University’s first
women to earn degrees in electrical and computer
engineering in 1975.
Lack joined the Charleston Naval Shipyard planning department in 1977 as the
first female engineer working in electrical design. When she went to the Naval
Electronic Systems Engineering Center in 1980, she was the only female engineer
there. She later became its first female division head and department head.
She recently retired from Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Charleston,
where she most recently served as Corporate Operation’s chief of operations
and acting Corporate Strategy division head. Along the way she has pulled cable
under the flight deck of an aircraft carrier in the July heat and descended ladders
to submarines in winter wind gusts of 40 miles per hour.
Through it all, she managed with a solid orange family. Husband, Michael, was
a chemistry major at Clemson and is now a minister. Son Christopher ’01 is a
chemical engineer, and son Tim is studying economics.
Contributed by Susan Piedfort ’78
1985
Crafting The Boatloads
C. Dan Albergotti ’86, M ’88
English graduate Dan Albergotti of
Conway is a poet, professor and core
Clemson man.
He says he knew he wanted to come
to Clemson before he knew what he
wanted to major in. As an undergraduate student, however, he discovered his
love of English literature, and the rest
is a career.
Albergotti is author of The Boatloads
(BOA Editions, 2008), which was selected by Edward Hirsch as the winner
of the 2007 A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize. His
poems have appeared in The Cincinnati
Review, Shenandoah, The Southern Review, The Virginia Quarterly Review and
other journals. He has been a scholar at the Sewanee and Bread Loaf writers’
conferences and a fellow at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts.
He’s also a graduate of the MFA program at UNC Greensboro and former poetry
editor of The Greensboro Review. He currently teaches creative writing and literature
at Coastal Carolina University.
Engineering law
Georgia Keenan Lack ’75
Alexander Haas Martin &
Partners.
Mark D. Wilson (SED-HI, M
’86 ADMSPV) of Madison,
Ga., was named the 2008
Principal of the Year by the
Ga. Association of Secondary
School Principals. He’s principal at Morgan County High
School.
1986
*Mary Muth Kassinger
(ADMMGT) of Sullivan’s
Island is co-owner of Kassinger
Development Group, a real
estate company.
1987
Sandra Nicholson Porter
(SCT-CH) of Huntersville,
N.C., is technical director for
the soap manufacturer at Deb
SBS in Stanley.
The Clemson Family
*J. Hal Wilson (INDMGT)
of Taylors is vice president,
consumer and business loans
officer with First Savers Bank
in Greenville.
1988
Doris Daniel Cole (M
ADMSPV, EdS ’93, PhD ’95
EDLDRS) of Williamston
was named S.C. Chamber of
Commerce Rural Educator of
the Year. She’s research assistant professor at Clemson’s
Institute on Family and
Neighborhood Life and liaison
to Anderson County School
District One for the Strong
Communities initiative.
(July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2008)
through May 30.
Annual Giving at
(864) 656-5896.
*Janine Anthony Bowen ’89,
M ’91
Industrial engineering graduate Janine
Bowen of Atlanta, Ga., discovered Clemson
during high school while attending the
Clemson Career Workshop. Several degrees
and a wealth of experience later, she’s now
a partner with McKenna Long & Aldridge
LLP law firm in Atlanta.
Bowen focuses on commercialization of
technology and intellectual property,
issues surrounding e-commerce and the protection and exploitation of Internetbased assets, privacy and information security, data and email retention and
technology export compliance. She has also worked for Accenture, CIBA Vision
Corp. and IBM.
She says her experience as an engineer serves her well as a lawyer both in an
understanding of technology and problem solving.
While maintaining a consecutive annual giving record to Clemson, Bowen has
also served the Alumni Association in a variety of roles in New York and now
in Atlanta. She recently endowed a scholarship in the industrial engineering
department.
*Haven Long Hart (SEDPSYCH, M ’90 CNLGUID) of
Myrtle Beach is acting assistant vice president for Student
Affairs at Coastal Carolina
University.
1989
Erika J. Elder (ELEM) of
Summerville received National
Board Certification in library
media and is the media specialist at Westview Primary School
in Goose Creek.
1990
H. Greg Hawkins (PRTM,
M ’95, PhD ’99) of Clemson is
executive director of Friends
of the Reedy River, a nonprofit organization focused
on improving and protecting
water quality and habitat of the
Reedy River.
*Megan Roberts McDow
(PRTM) of Walhalla is with
Clemson’s alumni relations and
donor services.
*Nicki Fernandez Mitchell
(PRTM) of Atlanta, Ga., is
a life sciences practical specialist with Egon Zehnder
International.
Lose Weight, Feel Great! Her
Web site (www.todaysultimatemom.com) has information
about it and her first book,
Managing Life with Kids.
Elizabeth J. Pendleton
(ECHED) of Charlotte, N.C.,
received National Board
Certification. She teaches
in Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Schools.
1993
Amanda Tieder Somers
(P-PHYT) of Greer received a
degree in physical therapy from
MUSC. She’s owner of Sports
Spine & Industrial Therapy
and Performance Training
Center with offices in Greer,
Simpsonville and Greenville.
She and her partners were
named the 2007 S.C. Small
Business of the Year.
P. Michael DePue (CE) of
Madison, Wis., helped prepare the report “A California
Challenge” on the flooding
problems facing that state.
*Mary Caroline Heath Walker
(MKTG) of Mount Pleasant
has published a second book,
1991
*Ethan R. Burroughs
(FINMGT) is Spartanburg
market president for Wachovia
Bank N.A.
Charlotte Beck Ramseur
(ACCT) of Greenville is
senior relationship manager
and senior vice president of
Pinnacle Bank.
1992
*Dewey Mitchell Evans
(HIST) of Batesburg-Leesville
is pastor at Faith Evangelical
Lutheran Church.
Paige Poltrack Metzger
(MKTG, M ’94 BUSADM) of
Atlanta, Ga., has patented the
product Pet JetSetter (www.
petjetsetter.com), a travel bag for
dogs (and their owners).
*Christy Betz Conway
(ANSC) is married and living
in Kingsland, Ga. She’s a veterinarian and owner of Betz
Veterinary Services.
*Curt H. Plyler (FINMGT)
of Raleigh, N.C., is a principal
with Fort Hill Association LLP,
a consultancy specializing in
contract audits and preconstruction reviews.
Dani L. Whaley (PRTM) of
Simpsonville is an account
Among Maryland’s best
*Rosemary M. Thomas ’90
Political science graduate Rosemary Thomas
of Salisbury, Md., has been named one of
Maryland’s Top 100 Women for 2008 by The
Daily Record, a business-based newspaper in
Baltimore. She’s vice president of Salisbury
University Advancement and executive director of the SU Foundation.
Under Thomas’ leadership, the SU capital
campaign reached 80 percent of its goal
in only two years, raising funds to achieve
needed capital improvements and to provide scholarships. She’s conducted and
participated in planned-giving seminars throughout the mid-Atlantic region.
Thomas serves on advisory boards for Public Radio Delmarva and the Salisbury
Symphony Orchestra. She’s active in the American Cancer Society and its Relay
For Life, General Federation of Women’s Clubs and other civic organizations.
As a Clemson student, she was a presidential intern and worked in fund raising
with the administration. She also served as a Lyndon Baines Johnson intern in
the U.S. House of Representatives for Congressman Alan B. Mollohan of West
Virginia. She earned a master’s degree at the University of South Carolina and
a doctorate at West Virginia University.
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The Clemson Family
1994
*Alice Cartledge Evatt (ACCT,
M ’97 HRD) of Seneca is treasurer for the Clemson University
Foundation. She’s assistant treasurer and business officer for the
University’s advancement division.
*David A. Poe (MKTG) of
Atlanta, Ga., is a sales executive
for the Mansion on Peachtree, a
Rosewood Hotel and Residence.
1996
Sean A. Murphy (M
CNLGUID) of Sanford, Fla.,
is director of compliance for
*Elizabeth E. Milhous (ELED,
M ’99) of Greenville is director of outreach with Clemson’s
alumni relations. She works
with constituency and special
interest groups.
1998
Computer science graduates James
Orara, Chris Exell and Adora Cheung
are plying their talent and skills in San
Francisco, Calif. Orara and Exell work for
Lucasfilm, one of the world’s leading
film and entertainment companies. In
fact, Orara worked on the new Indiana
Jones 4.
Orara and Exell with Yoda
*R. Matt Dunbar (CHE)
of Greenville is executive
director of the new Upstate
Carolina Angel Network. He
was previously with the Boston
Consulting Group based in
Atlanta.
Dan P. Parson (BIOSC, M ’04
PES) of Decatur, Ga., is organic
farm manager with Gaia
Gardens near Atlanta.
Benjamin S. Whitener
(DESIGN) of Charleston is a
Robert M. Bickey M ’06
Sculptor and master of fine arts
graduate Robert Bickey of Newark,
Del., recently received an Emerging
Professional Artist Fellowship
from the Delaware Division of
the Arts.
After Bickey earned an
MFA from Clemson,
he joined the faculty
of the University of
Delaware as an art instructor. He uses a range of “found” materials, including
industrial equipment and parts, incorporating them in his works.
Bickey with “Untitled
(The Rub)”
Bickey credits much of his success to professional development gained through
Clemson’s art program. He says, “The program is centered in a team-taught
multidisciplinary environment that develops students’ awareness of art as a
continuing discourse in which they are encouraged to find their own means of
visual communication.”
Before becoming a sculptor, he worked in jobs ranging from historic renovation
to bartending, giving him experience in woodworking, welding, casting and
listening.
2001
Cheung works for Slide, the
largest personal media network
in the world. Slide’s products are
popular on social networking
and blog platforms, including
MySpace, Facebook, Bebo, Hi5,
Friendster, Tagged and Blogger.
principal with the architectural
firm of Cummings & McCrady
Inc.
1999
There’s ‘The Rub’
James P. Orara ’04, Chris A.
Exell ’03, Adora M. Cheung ’04
t
Kristen Rennie Lee
(SP&COMM) of Bluffton
is director of marketing at
Hampton Lake, a residential
and recreation community.
1997
Japheth J. Light (EE, M ’02) of
Palm Bay, Fla., has published
Tri-doku, a book of puzzles
somewhat like Sudoku, but
triangular. It can be found at
major bookstores, online book
sites and at www.tridoku.com.
San Francisco Tigers
t
manager for Rosenfeld Einstein, the International Academy
an insurance brokerage and con- of Design and Technology in
sulting firm.
Orlando.
L. Kevin Bell (PRTM) of
Greenville was inducted into
Phi Theta Kappa honor society
and received an associate degree
in industrial technology with
a major in radio and television
broadcasting from Tri-County
Technical College in Pendleton.
Donna J. Mullenax (M PHYS)
of Savannah, Ga., was named
the Georgia Science Teachers
Association 2008 College
Science Teacher of the Year.
She’s an instructor of astronomy and physics at Armstrong
Atlantic State.
* Active Clemson Fund donor for 2008
Fiscal Year (July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2008)
through May 30.
For more information, call Annual Giving at
(864) 656-5896.
The Clemson Family
Cheung
with Slide
2000
Joshua C. Allison (M ARCH)
of Mount Pleasant completed
the architect registration exam
qualifying him for the S.C.
architectural license. He’s a
project manager with SGM
Architects.
Bernell King Ingram (L&IT)
of Greenville received the
“Gone the Distance” Award
from the University’s Women’s
Leadership conference. She’s
a personal and business coach
and a language and intercultural trainer for Vision
International.
Blake M. Lanford (PRTM,
M ’03 CRP) of Conway is an
Extension agent for Horry
County and a member of
the 2008 Leadership South
Carolina class.
Mohamed W. Abdel-Kader
(POSC) of Arlington, Va.,
works in major gifts fundraising for Georgetown
University’s Graduate School
of International Affairs. He
was featured in an article in
the Peabody Reflector, the
alumni magazine for Peabody
College, Vanderbilt University
in Nashville, Tenn., where he
received a master’s degree in
2003.
Michael D. Cerasa (POSC)
of Orlando, Fla., has joined
the law firm of Colling Gilbert
Wright & Carter.
Andrea Holt Duke
(SP&COMM) of Schertz,
Texas, received a doctorate
degree in mass communication from the University of
Alabama.
Triad young leader
Darris R. Means M ’07
2002
Counselor education graduate Darris
Means, formerly of Spartanburg, has
been named one of the Triad’s “40 Leaders
Under Forty” by Triad Business Journal of
Greensboro, N.C.
2003
Means is assistant director of the Elon
Academy, a college-access program
for academically talented high school
students in Alamance County with a
financial need and/or no family history
of college, at Elon University.
Anthony D. Roppa (DESIGN)
of Cleveland, Ohio, is director
of business development at ka
architecture.
Andrew L. Howard (MKTG)
of Anderson is an assistant vice
president-commercial lender
at First Savers Bank, Roper
Mountain Road Branch.
2004
Anthony H. Gurganious
(MGT) of Charleston completed U.S. Navy Basic
Training at Recruit Training
Command, Great Lakes, Ill.
Clemson star
Clifford D. Hammonds IV ’08
Clemson’s School of
Architecture’s fourthyear students and
faculty felt there was
one among them
— Cliff Hammonds
— too special to
graduate without a
little extra fanfare.
Basketball star and
Dean’s List student,
Hammonds received a Citation of Excellence signed by the president, dean,
department head and others for “quiet leadership, discipline and collegiality,
during the four years of undergraduate architectural education.”
Hammonds, a double major in architecture and psychology, has received
national recognition as well. He’s the first recipient of the ACC’s Skip Prosser
Award presented to the top student athlete in men’s basketball.
Earlier this year, Diverse: Issues In Higher Education magazine named him a finalist
for the 2008 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars of the Year Awards.
He serves on the Alamance County Closing
the Achievement Gap Committee, the
American College Personnel Association’s Commission for Social Justice
Educators, the N.C. College Personnel Association, the Elon University Chapter
of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society and Elon’s Young Alumni Council.
At Clemson, Means worked in student affairs as an adviser to Clemson’s fraternities and sororities and helped plan recruitment and leadership programs.
He was one of only eight students in the nation to be selected for membership
in the Association of Fraternity Advisors Graduate Staff.
Jamie L. Johnson (MGT)
of Lexington is sales professional for accounting/finance
and office support with FGP
International.
Cynthia Dayne Squires Lewis
(NURS) is married and living
in Florence.
Paige A. Witherington
(BIOS-EN) of Germantown,
Tenn., is organic farm manager
with Serenby Community near
Atlanta, Ga.
2005
Nathan R. Herold (ARCH) of
Norfolk, Va., was a member of
the design team that won the
grand prize at the 21st Century
Project Design Showcase competition, presented by the
Association of College &
University Housing Officers
– International. He works for
Hanbury Evans Wright Vlattas
+ Co.
Mandy L. McCaslan (POSC)
of Greenwood is a residence
life coordinator at Lander
University. She recently participated in the Pantene Beautiful
Lengths program by donating eight inches of her hair for
the making of wigs for cancer
patients. She wants to inspire
fellow Delta Zeta sorority sisters
to do the same.
Christopher I. Rehrig (ME)
of Jefferson, Ga., is a mechanical engineer with Newcomb &
Boyd in Atlanta.
*Michael D. Stadnisky
(BIOCH) of Charlottesville,
Va., is a third year Ph.D. student in microbiology at the
University of Virginia. He was
awarded the National Institutes
of Health training grant in
* Active Clemson Fund donor for 2008
Fiscal Year (July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2008)
through May 30.
For more information, call Annual Giving at
(864) 656-5896.
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The Clemson Family
The Litter Hitter
wants YOU to
keep Clemson
clean!
Tigers with BlackBaud
When an alumnus posted a memo announcing a Clemson alumni group shot of
employees for BlackBaud Inc. in Charleston — look what happened! Most of these
alumni are from the College of Business and Behavioral Science, but all of Clemson’s
academic colleges are represented. Blackbaud is a supplier of software specifically
designed for not-for-profit organizations.
immunology for the second
year and was selected to attend
the Federation of Clinical
Immunology Societies advanced
course. He lives on the Range,
a community of graduate students in Thomas Jefferson’s
“Academical Village,” and serves
as social chair.
2006
Tim B. McCulloch (POSC)
of Ardmore, Pa., is account
executive for ISP, a collegiate
multimedia rights holder, at
Villanova University.
www.clemson.edu/solidgreen
Sagar Ramesh Shah (BIOSC,
M ’07 BIOENG) of Baltimore,
Md., was awarded a National
Science Foundation graduate
research fellowship to pursue a
Ph.D. in biomedical engineering at Johns Hopkins University
School of Medicine.
2007
Wesley R. Byrd (CSM) of
Murrells Inlet is field engineer for Robins and Morton,
a construction firm based in
Birmingham, Ala.
Richard E. Kouyoumjian
(M PES) of Travelers Rest is
organic farm manager at The
Inn at Dos Brisas in Chappell
Hill, Texas.
*Eliza C. Shevenell (ENGL) of
Charlotte, N.C., is marketing
coordinator for the architectural and engineering firm of
Clark-Nexsen.
2008
Anthony N. Fernando
(COMPSC) of Clemson is a
software engineer for Universal
Avionics in Duluth, Ga. He’s
developing software for flight
management systems.
John A. McArthur III
(PhD RHETCOMM) of
Greer received Clemson’s
first doctorate in the College
of Architecture, Arts and
Humanities.
(July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2008)
through May 30.
Annual Giving at
(864) 656-5896.
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The Clemson Family
Julianne Frazier Reynolds ’91, a
daughter, Julia Blair, Oct. 18, 2007,
granddaughter of John Rhett
Frazier Jr. ’66 and greatgranddaughter of John Rhett
Frazier Sr. ’40.
J. Mike Jernigan ’76, a son,
James Mackey, Dec. 17, 2007.
Paul R. Sanders ’88, a son,
Wade Arthur, April 3, 2008.
Sheri West Symanski ’88, a son,
Scott Philip, Feb. 13, 2007.
Alan N. and Ann Hagins Brown
’89, a daughter, Sara Eliza,
Nov. 19, 2007.
Charlotte Evans Kinley ’89, twin
daughters, Sarah Elizabeth and
Catherine Yvonne, Jan. 30, 2008.
Rebecca Frances Cecil ’91, a son,
George, Sept. 22, 2007.
Gregory K. ’92 and Stefanie
Hunter ’92, PhD ’98 Baker, a son,
Matthew Gregory, Jan. 5, 2008.
Michael G. Garrett ’92, a daughter,
Emily Carolyne, Feb. 20, 2008.
Kristen Casey Marshall ’92, a son,
Owen William, Feb. 9, 2007.
Nicki Fernandez Mitchell ’92,
a son, Luke Power, Dec. 27, 2007.
Elizabeth J. Pendleton ’92, twin
sons, Thomas Andrew and Jackson
Lee, Dec. 15, 2007.
D. Len Reeves ’92, a son, Davis
Calhoun, Jan. 24, 2008.
Matt A. ’93 and Janet Hatchell
’95 Austin, a son, Greyson
Matthew, Sept. 3, 2007.
Christy Betz Conway ’93, a
daughter, Avery Lynn, June 5, 2006.
Chad J. Machen ’94, a son,
Johannes Xavier, Feb. 8, 2008.
Jim M. ’96 and Stephanie Hanks
M ’02 Covan, a daughter,
Sophie Elle, April 27, 2007.
John M. Gasque ’96, a daughter,
Kate Elizabeth, Oct. 23, 2007.
Ben Gray Abercrombie ’97, a
daughter, Belle Lynn, March 14,
2008, granddaughter of Robert E.
Abercrombie ’57.
Allison Smith Farnell ’99, a
daughter, Clara Grace, Nov. 22,
2006, granddaughter of Robert A.
Smith ’57 and Edwin A. Farnell
III ’67.
Jeremy S. ’00 and Teresa
“Chrissy” Partridge ’05 Taylor,
adopted a son, Joshua Isaiah, born
Oct. 14, 2007.
Scott E. ’01 and Jan Shipp ’02
Ellis, a daughter, Kimberly Grace,
Oct. 18, 2007.
Brent J. ’01 and T.K. Birchmore
’02 Moore, a son, Jacob Brent,
Dec. 5, 2007.
Seeking outstanding CE alumni
The Department of Civil Engineering
is taking nominations for its first Civil
Engineering Distinguished Alumni Award.
Nominations are due by Nov. 15, 2008.
Go to www.clemson.edu/ce for details.
Dianna Roberts Mitchell ’02, a son,
James Spencer, Sept. 18, 2007.
Amanda Parler ’02 and James Cory
’02, M ’05 Stewart, a daughter,
Payton Reese, Sept. 26, 2007.
Bryan S. ’03 and Dana Adler ’06
Lee, a daughter, Gracyn Maeve,
Dec. 19, 2006.
Christopher J. Hall ’04, M ’06,
a son, Michael Addison,
April 7, 2007.
Haden McInnis Milligan ’99, a
son, Benjamin Foster, Oct. 11, 2006,
grandson of John McInnis III ’67.
Sarah Henry Williams ’05, a
daughter, Hannah Grace,
Feb. 13, 2008.
Kristen Cleveland and S. Justin
Mullis ’99, a daughter, Mabry
Anne, Feb. 19, 2008.
Dan P. Addis ’06, a daughter, Kaylie
McKenzie, Jan. 17, 2008, greatgranddaughter of Lloyd G. Addis ’51.
Calling award-winning education alumni
Clemson’s Eugene T. Moore School of Education
wants to know: Have you recently received a
teacher/administrator-of-the-year award? Or
another award related to the counseling or human
resource development profession? If so, please let
us know so that we can put it on our Web site at
www.hehd.clemson.edu/Schoolofed/acc_alumni.php.
Please email your news to [email protected].
▼
Little
Tigers
Larry Brett ’93, M ’95 and Paula
Lowder ’93, M ’95 Calhoun, a
daughter, Lara Brett, Jan. 6, 2008.
The Clemson Family
2008 TIGER FOOTBALL
Aug. 30 — Alabama (at Atlanta)
Sept. 6 — The Citadel (Military Appreciation Day)
Sept. 13 — N.C. State (Hall of Fame)
Sept. 20 — S.C. State (Youth Day)
Sept. 27 — Maryland (Football Reunion Weekend/Tiger Cub Day)
Oct. 9 — at Wake Forest
Oct. 18 — Georgia Tech (IPTAY Day)
Nov. 1 — at Boston College
Nov. 8 — at Florida State
Nov. 15 — Duke (Homecoming)
Nov. 22 — at Virginia
Nov. 29 — South Carolina (Solid Orange Game)
Follow the TIGERS!
For 2008 Clemson football away games, be sure to plan your trips with the
Alumni Association’s new Clemson Sports Travel Program. Call (864) 656-2345
for the latest information on away-game headquarters and pregame tailgate
gatherings or visit the Web at www.clemson.edu/alumni/programs/alumnitravel.html.
SUMMER 2008
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First Savers Bank employees, many of them Clemson alumni, open the newest branch
in Seneca with special guest *Jeff Davis ’84, consensus All-American and 1981 ACC
Player of the Year. Front row, from left, are Dawn Bailey ’03, Holly Windham, Jennifer
Gibby and Lisa Reed ’92. Back row: Paula Buckles, Pat McShae, Davis, *Art Wray ’83,
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Clemson alumni and fans (from left) Jim Duckworth, Bill Melvin, Jeff
Duckworth ’88 and *Ed Duckworth ’61 cheer on the Tigers during the ACC
basketball tournament in Charlotte, N.C.
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The Clemson Family
Clemson World Travelers
East Africa
1
*Charles ’63 and *Penny Rochester ’64
Nicholson in Nairobi, Kenya, with Richard ’88
(Foreign Service officer at the U.S. Embassy) and
Judith Hunter ’82 Nicholson and children, Sarah
and Daniel.
Ireland
2
5
Hawaii
*Jack ’78 and *Beth White ’79 Marchette in
Waimanu Valley, Big Island.
*Judith Willson Davies ’79 with husband, *Tom,
aboard the Queen Mary II on the way back from
Eleuthera.
5
2
11
China 2
Clemson professors emeriti *Myles Wallace (second
from left) and *Susan Wallace (second from right)
with assistant Yiheng Huang and alumni Wei Yu
M ’88, PhD ’92 and Shahriar Hasan M ’92, PhD
’95 in Shanghai.
Kevin Aubry ’75 (right) with his family Molly,
Dee Ann and Conor (Clemson student) in County
Donegal, Ulster.
1
Over Iraq
*Chip Dukes ’92 (third from left) with friends in
front of the Beijing Olympic Stadium.
6
Bahamas cruise
10
China 1
The Clemson Family
15
Amanda Specht ’00 in an F-15E over Iraq.
Guatemala
India
Jeremy ’00 and Teresa “Chrissy” Partridge ’05
Taylor and their son, Joshua Isaiah, in Antigua.
Italy
Brian Joseph Messina ’02 on a crude oil tanker
berthed at the Port of Tarragona.
11
21
J. Adam ’07 and Rebekkah M ’07 Beeco outside
Desert National Park near Jaisalmer, Rajasthan.
Spain 17
22
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Michael Garcia ’08 and his sister, Lauren Garcia
(Clemson student), at the Trevi Fountain in Rome.
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14
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20
David Goodman ’06 at a village school in Nalerigu,
Ghana, during a medical mission.
16
10
6
West Africa
17
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15
21
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16
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Italy
*David Allen Slyder ’75, *Virginia Ann Ward
’82, *Elizabeth Ward Slyder ’77, *Peggy
Sullivan Clinkscales ’77 and *Roger B.
Clinkscales ’76 in Venice.
New Mexico
4
*Michael Kohn ’76, center, with son, Joel ’06, and
daughter, *Jocelyn (Clemson student), at Santa Fe
Ski Basin.
New Zealand
19
13
7
Honduras
12
*Bruce ’80 and *Anne McKinney ’80 Cottle on Fox Jeremy Petty ’93 on a mission in Tierra Blanca.
Glacier in Westland National Park.
Australia
8
*Dana F. Smith ’87 diving at the Great Barrier Reef
in the Coral Sea.
Israel
9
Jay League ’91 floating in the Dead Sea.
France 1
13
LaShawn Strange ’95 in Wissembourg, Alsace.
France 2
24
14
Jenks ’00, M ’04 and Emily Andersen ’05 Patrick
in front of the Louvre in Paris.
Thailand
18
Tommy and Lucy Doolittle Wilkinson ’02 with a
new friend in Thailand.
Iraq
19
Lt. Ben Self ’05 and Lt. *Edward De Iulio ’05 in
front of an MH-53 helicopter.
Peru
23
Incoming freshmen Thomas Justice, Anna-Layne
Kinsey and Esther Morrison on a mission trip in
Shevoja village in the Rio Tambo region.
Joshua Tree National Park 24
Incoming freshman Ryan Schurr atop Ryan
Mountain in Joshua Tree National Park in California.
Send your “Clemson Traveler”
photos to :
Sallie Leigh
Clemson World
114 Daniel Drive
Clemson, SC 29631-1520
email: [email protected]
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The Clemson Family
The Clemson Family
Passings
John F. Cassidy ’36, Columbia
Max C. Chapman ’36, Portsmouth, Va.
Joseph T. Seawell ’38, Greenville
Archie C. Thomas ’38, Brunson
Gerald R. Coker ’39, Turbeville
Garvin C. “Mac” McMakin ’40,
Greenville
Thomas Norris France Sr. ’48,
Greenville
Howard G. Garner Jr. ’56,
Huntsville, Ala.
James Christopher Simpson ’77,
Williamsburg, Va.
William H. Hunter ’48, Clemson.
Memorials may be made to the
“William H. Hunter, M.D. ’48 Lecture
Endowment,” payable to the Clemson
University Foundation, PO Box 1889,
Clemson, SC 29633-1889.
William Francis Holladay ’57,
Jasper, Ga.
Kathleen Martin Hunter-Kay ’78,
McConnells
Kenneth J. Locher ’58, Grayslake, Ill.
Leslie Orlander Strauss ’79, Easley
Jonathan D. Pelletier, Prosperity,
management student
Leroy Pike ’58, Spartanburg
Mark Lyle Seward ’83, Greenville
FACULTY AND STAFF
Francis Wayne Mack ’59, North
Stephen T. Bennett ’86, Fountain Inn
Richard C. Yeary ’59, Georgetown
Robert F. McCracken ’86, Conway
Samuel E. Butler, Orangeburg, livestock
and poultry health department field
specialist
William C. Anderson Jr. ’60, Hampton
John K. Hendricks Jr. ’90, Laurens
Donald K. Carver ’61, Orangeburg
Linda Corley Harris M ’91, Greenwood
Mandel A. Elmore, St. George, retired
human resource specialist
James A. Mauldin ’62, Six Mile
Kathryn Dickson Dozier ’98,
Charleston
Shelia Randolph Haymon, Seneca,
mail services specialist
William E. Varner ’01, Summerville
Eugene F. McClain, Pendleton,
agronomy and soils professor emeritus
Charles W. Thompson ’40, Hampton
Arthur S. Trumpore Jr. ’48,
Dallas, Texas
Clifford Daniel Cannon ’41,
Pawleys Island
Easley Bruce Barton ’49,
Charlotte, N.C.
Tallie J. Crocker ’41, Mount Pleasant
William McKay ’49,
Hendersonville, N.C.
Nicholas Fletcher Jr. ’41, Hartsville
Robert Emory Holroyd Jr. ’41,
Charlotte, N.C.
Harry M. Miller ’49, Rock Hill
John Wylie Ross ’49, Taylors
Ben A. Maynard Sr. ’41, Florence
Hale C. Sweeny ’49, Durham, N.C.
Hugh W. Webb ’41, Clemson, building
science professor emeritus
William B. Coxe Jr. ’50, Greenville
Joe D. Glenn ’42, Virginia Beach, Va.
John W. Thompson ’42, Orangeburg
Virgil Lee Warner ’43, Greenwood
Allen Thomas Adams ’44, Greenville
Thomas S. Armour Jr. ’44,
Charlotte, N.C.
Charles J. Beach Jr. ’44, Winnsboro
Henry D. Hammond ’50, Seneca
Joseph W. McMahan ’50, Greer
Kenneth R. Sanders ’50, Myrtle Beach
Kirk R. Craig ’51, Greenville
David M. Williamson Jr. ’51, Charleston
Ray L. Broadwell ’52, Anderson
Butler Reece Elrod ’53, Piedmont
W. Eugene Shuford ’53,
Rutherfordton, N.C.
Martin L. Frick Jr. ’44,
Belews Creek, N.C.
Joe B. Davis ’63, Fort Lawn
Laurence A. Gause ’63, Moncks Corner
William Glenn Smoak ’64,
Lakewood, Colo.
John L. Brock ’65, Central
John G. “Jack” Federline ’67,
Tulsa, Okla.
Marvin L. Sanders ’67,
Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Jonathan C. Rice III ’70, Anderson
Boyd A. Long ’47, Kingsland, Ga.
Martin James “Buddy” Wase ’54,
Burlington, N.C.
Joseph D. Price ’73, Inman
John F. Chalmers ’48, Greenwood
Benjamin H. Bell Sr. ’55, Florence
Vann J. Deas Jr. ’48, Goode, Va.
Clarence Smith Chance ’56, Central
Michael A. Herring ’76, Myrtle Beach
Susan McCullough Smith M ’76, York
Henry Joe “Jay” Rampey ’77,
Greenville
Family, friends and former classmates
may choose to remember a loved one by
supporting Clemson. To find out how to
establish a memorial in someone’s honor,
contact Ann Smith at annsmit@clemson.
edu or (864) 656-5895.
Your support is needed to realize this memorial
to Clemson’s heroes. Project 2, linking Memorial
Plaza to the stadium, needs your continued support.
Please use the envelope in this magazine, or make
a secure online contribution at www.clemson.edu/
isupportcu. Specify that your gift is for the Clemson
Scroll of Honor.
Ella Perrin Cox M ’69, Due West
Ronald J. Kopczyk M ’73, Seneca,
engineering professor emeritus
CLEMSON MEMORIALS
The Clemson Corps salutes Clemson’s heroes
the
470 alumni who gave their lives in sevice to their
country and the generous Tigers who have honored
that ultimate sacrifice with a contribution to the
Scroll of Honor. The Corps is proud to announce that
fundraising for Project 1, design and construction of
Memorial Plaza, is far enough along that
groundbreaking is scheduled for Sept. 4, 2008,
Military Appreciation Day weekend.
William B. Buie Jr. ’66, Little River
Joe E. Ramsey ’54, Eufaula, Ala.
Joseph O. Webster ’44, Darlington
Joseph L. Young, Clemson, architecture
professor emeritus. Memorials may
be made to the “Joseph Laurie Young
Program Enrichment Endowment” or the
“Joe Young Clemson House Endowment,”
payable to the Clemson University
Foundation, PO Box 1889, Clemson, SC
29633-1889.
Saluting Clemson’s Heroes
William C. Wilson ’65, Rock Hill
Joel B. Bolt ’72, Anderson
Leon Tigler ’44, Charlotte, N.C.
Rey G. Gonzales, Philippines, industrial
engineering graduate student
Mark R. Winchell, Clemson, English
professor
Edward K. Rice Jr. ’63,
Rancho Viejo, Texas
Robert W. Dozier Sr. ’54,
Asheboro, N.C.
Carl F. Merritt ’44, Piedmont
Brown Mahon III ’02, Pelzer
www.clemson.edu/alumni/clemsoncorps
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Race to the Rock
President Barker leads off the 2008 President’s Race
for the Library — a.k.a., Race to the Rock — to
raise funds for Clemson Libraries. Thanks go to title
sponsors Wendy’s and Oconee Medical Center, to
BB&T for all the bottled water, and to professor Bob
Brookover and his parks, recreation and tourism
management class for organizing the race.
Commitment
Center for Visual Arts
Brett Wright, chairman of parks, recreation and tourism management; Ed Krech, OLLI board president; Jim
Barker; Michael Cheezem, Patrick Square principal and president; Charlie Cheezem, for whom the future OLLI
home is named; and Larry Allen, dean of the College of Health, Education and Human Development.
Osher and Cheezems support lifelong learning
Two major gifts will help Clemson provide opportunities for adults to further their
knowledge in both academic and recreational pursuits and to share their experience and
interests with others.
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Clemson can set a steady
course for the future, thanks to a $1 million endowment from the Bernard Osher
Foundation of San Francisco.
The Osher Foundation has awarded $1,050,000, including $1 million for
an OLLI endowment and $50,000 in a grant to cover operating costs until the
endowment begins producing revenue. The foundation’s support of the Clemsonbased program goes back to 2005 with the first of three annual $100,000 grants.
OLLI will have a permanent home, too — the Charles K. Cheezem Education
Center in Patrick Square — thanks to Patrick Square LLC and the Cheezem
family.
The new OLLI structure, a two-story neo-Georgian building, will stand
as a focal point in Patrick Square’s Town Center on Issaqueena Trail. The
building and land are valued at $1.6 million. The square is a planned, mixed-use,
traditional neighborhood development.
Charles Cheezem is a 1944 graduate of Clemson and the father of Patrick
Square principal and president J. Michael Cheezem of St. Petersburg, Fla.
More than 200 intriguing works of
art were auctioned off to the highest
bidders in April
to raise funds for
Clemson’s Center for
Visual Arts. The new
center will transcend
a conventional art
museum and serve as a
place where students,
visitors and scholars
can engage directly
in all facets of the
creative process. For
Jane Robelot
more information, go to
www.clemson.edu/caah/leegallery/cva.
Student Affairs gala
Student Affairs celebrated its 10th annual fundraising gala — “one night that
shines all year” — in a ballroom setting at the Carolina First Gallery at CUICAR. Through corporate sponsorships, personal donations — including the
recognition of a $25,000 pledge from Roger and Kathy Troutman ’74 — and
auctioned items, the division raised money to fund campus safety, leadership
and diversity initiatives.
Visionary People.
Visionary Giving.
What can you do today to make an impact on the future?
Charlie White
Joan and Art Spiro
OLLI is open to residents of the Upstate area and is operated through
Clemson’s parks, recreation and tourism management department. For
more information, call (864) 656-6912, email [email protected] or visit
the Web at www.clemson.edu/OLLI.
Follow Sam ’43 and Pat Deal’s example. They committed a charitable
remainder unitrust valued at $1.125 million to Clemson University and
have irrevocably named the Clemson University Foundation as the
charitable beneficiary.
“This is payback for the good
military and academic training
I received at Clemson. This gift
gives leeway to the University
to follow the best path for the
research that shows the most
promise.” — Sam Deal
Their visionary investment will help bring some of
Clemson’s alternative energy initiatives to fruition
and the laboratory research into usable products for
American homeowners, ultimately changing the course
of energy consumption, pollution and environmental
well-being for generations to come.
Join the Deals in leading the future. Learn how you
can plan a future gift by calling JoVanna King at (864)
656-0663 or [email protected].
President Barker, Pat and Sam Deal, Marcia Barker
Clemson student athletes
S u m m e r 20 0 8  47
Taps
PATRICK WRIGHT
Open for business
When BMW unveiled its new X6 Sports Activity Coupe
earlier this year, it shined its good news on Clemson’s Carroll
A. Campbell Jr. Graduate Engineering Center at CU-ICAR
(Clemson University International Center for Automotive
Research).
The Campbell Center, which opened last fall, features stateof-the-art research, testing and educational facilities in an
environment that allows students and faculty to interact daily
with industry researchers.
CU-ICAR is a new model for economic development in South
Carolina, matching Clemson’s strengths in automotive
engineering with the state’s vibrant automotive economic
cluster including BMW, Michelin, Timken and other industry
leaders.
Look for the latest on CU-ICAR in the fall/Nov. 2008 issue of
Clemson World.
© 2008 The Coca-Cola Company. “Coca-Cola” and the Contour Bottle are registered trademarks of The Coca-Cola Company.
we’re behind you
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Summer
2008
www.clemson.edu/clemsonworld
First
Restoring the joy of teaching
Untangling Rett syndrome
Clemson’s cyber muscle
in the
family
Hosting the Clemson Experience
The next time you visit Clemson,
enjoy luxurious accommodations,
meeting space overlooking
Lake Hartwell and an 18-hole
championship golf course.
Comfort meets business meets
recreation all in one place.
The Conference Center & Inn John E. Walker Sr. Golf Course
230 Madren Center Drive
Clemson, South Carolina 29634-5673
(888) 654-9020
www.cuconferencecenter.com [email protected]

2008 - Clemson World Magazine

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