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Fall
2007
www.clemson.edu/clemsonworld
Coming
clean
with energy
Psyching out stress
Young scientists rock
Connecting intellect and soul
Post-Katrina housing
FALL
2007
VOL. 60, NO. 4
Departments
President’s View
page 2
Features
Performance Under Stress
Clemson psychology research could
make life safer for soldiers, police
and other emergency responders.
Sizzlin’ Science
Find out why S.C. students and
teachers are especially excited
about science.
Helping Good People
Avoid Bad Choices
World View
page 4
8
Clemson researchers are finding
alternative energy sources in
unusual places.
A Home of One’s Own
Discover the Dry-In House, an
award-winning design for
reconstruction in New Orleans.
page 13
Lifelong Connections
page 26
14
Alumni National Council
page 28
Student Life
page 30
18
Classmates
page 32
Commitment
page 46
See what the University is doing
to make ethical behavior a part
of the Clemson experience.
Coming Clean with Energy
Faces of Philanthropy
Taps
page 48
20
22
PATRICK WRIGHT
Cover photography - Patrick Wright
Artifacts of Anna Calhoun Clemson on display at Fort Hill
President’s View
F
Campus safety
and security have been
our paramount concerns
in 2007.
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How Safe Is Clemson?
aculty and students returned to campus this fall to a spate of good news
stories.
We had set records in the last fiscal year for private giving, research
funding, alumni and IPTAY participation levels, and student applications.
Clemson had also risen to 27th in the U.S. News rankings of the nation’s top public
universities.
Soon, however, we faced a handful of incidents that reveal clearly why campus
safety and security have been our paramount concerns in 2007. In short order, we
had a series of three emailed bomb threats, all apparently part of a pattern of false
alarms at more than a dozen universities. The second came on Labor Day, the morning of our nationally televised football opener against Florida State.
A few weeks later, a man was arrested for kidnapping and robbing a female
student on Parkway Drive near the President’s Home. In September, there was a pretrial hearing in the case of the man charged in the May 2006 murder of our student
Tiffany Souers in her off-campus apartment.
Into this mix came the reports and recommendations of the review panels looking
into the Virginia Tech shootings in April 2007.
At Clemson, a complete review of our safety policies and procedures began the day
of the Virginia Tech tragedy, and continued throughout the summer. By fall, we had
taken several steps recommended in the Virginia report, and others are in the works.
I’d like to use this column to update alumni, parents, students, faculty and
staff on the changes we’ve made, and attempt to answer an unanswerable question: How safe is Clemson?
The first thing to remember is that Clemson is a small, friendly, relatively safe
community. But, then, so is Blacksburg, Va.
Because Clemson College actually pre-dates the city, we evolved as both an
educational institution and a municipality. We once provided all municipal services
like power, water, and police and fire protection both on campus and off. (Our fire
department still serves the entire Clemson community under an arrangement with
the city.)
As a result, the University today has a professional police force and fire department with highly trained first responders, including EMS personnel. Our police force
includes an investigative unit. Officers carry weapons, have arrest powers, and train
in both campus and community policing.
Our officers are not simply “security guards.” Parents and grandparents can help
us help our students understand this distinction. It’s an important one, especially if a
student is arrested. It’s a real arrest.
We have a well-defined campus crisis-management team. It has responded ably to
the off-campus murder of Tiffany Souers and other emergencies. Our professionals
meet regularly with public safety officials in neighboring jurisdictions to make sure
the lines of communication and cooperation are well established and functioning.
Many of our students live off campus in surrounding communities, and we host
more than one million visitors to campus each year. This dialogue and cross-training
are essential. Crisis planning and joint disaster exercises have long been held on a
number of topics, ranging from nuclear emergencies and chemical spills to pandemic
flu-preparedness drills.
A new student-led Safety Task Force began meeting regularly last year to discuss
crime-related problems and issues and to help us reach students with safety information.
We learned two important lessons from the Virginia Tech tragedy. Swift, accurate communication is vitally important. And we need to share information and act when individuals pose a threat to
themselves and to others.
In response, we added six new police officers this fall, along with the resources to support them. We
are also:
• strengthening an existing siren system for severe weather alerts. We’ll add towers and voice
message capability for other types of warnings to some sirens.
• expanding the E-911 system in conjunction with Pickens County. This will “go live” in
January 2008.
• launching an electronic emergency notification system across several platforms. The system will
send emails and “pop up” messages to computers and text messages to cell phones whose users
have signed up for the service.
• expanding the duties of designated security coordinators in each campus building. We’ll also
provide additional training for those individuals.
We have hired outside consultants to help us with a campuswide risk assessment analysis. They’ll
evaluate our policies and procedures along with such concrete measures as door-locking/card-access
systems, emergency phone systems, closed-circuit TV systems and others.
Our response, however, must go beyond strengthening physical security.
The most troubling aspect of the Virginia Tech incident, for me, was the university’s failure to “connect the dots” about a troubled and violent student. Many individuals saw the warning signs — students,
parents, teachers, RAs, counselors, even the police and the judicial system. Yet they felt legally and ethically constrained from sharing information in a way that could have helped the student and prevented
other students from becoming his victims.
We now know that was a misinterpretation of federal privacy laws and guidelines. At Clemson, the
Student Affairs division is developing a program called PROPP — Proactive Reporting of Potential
Problems. The first phase is a care network to ensure that information is shared, when appropriate,
among the various offices and departments that may pick up on trouble.
Much has changed since April 2007 for every college and university. Clemson received national
recognition on ABC’s “World News Tonight” in September for all the positive things we have done in
the last few months to implement the lessons learned from Virginia Tech and to improve on our safety
performance.
I am reminded, though, of a best-selling book title some years ago: When Bad Things Happen to Good
People. Bad things also happen to good universities, and they will happen again at Clemson.
We live in a world where one angry or bored person, perhaps half a world away, can temporarily shut
down parts of our campus with a single malicious email. We must take every threat seriously, and we do.
But we must not let fear knock us off course or derail a student’s education.
We must be as proactive as possible to ward off danger but be prepared to act in a professional, caring
way in response to it.
How safe is Clemson? As safe as we can make it, which will never be quite safe enough.
(For more on campus safety, go to www.clemson.edu/cusafety.)
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FALL 2007  3
Highest U.S. News ranking so far
U.S.NEWS & WORLD REPORT RANKS CLEMSON 27th AMONG
the nation’s 164 public doctoral-granting universities, the only S.C.
school in the top 50.
The University continues its climb among the nation’s best
public universities.
President Jim Barker says, “I’m very excited about the number 27,
but I’m more encouraged by what’s behind that number. We’re seeing improvement in areas that directly impact faculty and students
— smaller classes, lower student-to-faculty ratios and continued
strong retention and graduation rates.”
Clemson alumni participation was a record 27.6 percent.
In addition to alumni giving, rankings are based on statistical
measures, such as student SAT scores, graduation rates and faculty
salaries, as well as a subjective measure of academic reputation.
C-Light closes cyber gap
C
LEMSON HAS CLOSED THE CYBER GAP IN SOUTH CAROLINA BY JOINING THE
national high-speed research community through direct fiber connections
between Clemson, Greenville, Atlanta and Charlotte, providing direct access to
the National LambdaRail, Internet2 and other research networks.
The network, known as C-Light, was developed using private donations and gifted
fiber with no burden to taxpayers. This cooperative effort provides Clemson with
leading-edge capabilities using direct fiber connectivity to high-capacity networks and resources that will enable research, academic advancements and
economic opportunities previously out of reach for Clemson and the Upstate.
C-Light provides faculty with the infrastructure they need to collaborate with
colleagues and access resources nationally and internationally and ensures their ability
to apply for major research grants.
A biochip
as small as a
grain of rice
could have a
huge impact
in saving
lives.
Fluor endows supply-chain chair in industrial engineering
FLUOR CORP. HAS MADE A $2 MILLION MATCHING COMMITMENT TO CLEMSON TO CREATE THE FLUOR ENDOWED
Chair of Supply Chain and Logistics in the University’s industrial engineering department. The $2 million award matches $2 million from
the S.C. Centers of Excellence program for a $4 million total endowment.
Supply chain and logistics affect all aspects of business, from the flow
of raw materials and scheduling production to manufacturing and distributing finished goods. In today’s global business environment, an effective
supply chain can mean the difference between a profitable and nonprofitable business.
Establishing the chair at Clemson provides for a world-renowned
leader in supply chain research to champion activities in education,
research and industry outreach at the Center of Economic Excellence in
Fluor Corp. Chairman and CEO Alan Boeckmann presents a $2 million
Supply Chain and Logistics. The endowment also will support students
commitment to Clemson President Jim Barker.
and educational programs.
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President Jim Barker meets with DEI’s
Teresa Earnhardt, CEO, and Max Siegel,
president of Global Operations, to
launch a motorsports partnership.
Lifesaving biochip
CLEMSON RESEARCHERS ARE WORKING ON
a biochip that could help save military and civilian
lives. The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded
$1.6 million to Clemson’s Center for Bioelectronics,
Biosensors and Biochips (C3B) for the development of
an implantable biochip that could relay vital health
information.
The biochip, about the size of a rice grain, could
measure and relay such information as lactate and
glucose levels in the event of a major hemorrhage,
whether on the battlefield, at home or on the highway.
Bioengineering professor Anthony Guiseppi-Elie,
C3B director and Dow Chemical Professor of Chemical
and Biomolecular Engineering, says, “First responders
to the trauma scene could inject the biochip into the
wounded victim and gather data almost immediately.”
It could also be injected as a precaution to future
traumas.
The device has other long-term potential applications,
such as reading blood-sugar levels for diabetics. For
more on the Center for Bioelectronics, Biosensors and
Biochips and its research, go to www.clemson.edu/c3b.
‘Lab’ on the Endeavour
DALE EARNHARDT INC. (DEI) IS THE UNIVERSITY’S FIRST MOTORSPORTS
Innovation Partner, providing the company preferred access to faculty, students, facilities
and equipment related to the field.
The Dale Earnhardt Foundation will fund an annual undergraduate scholarship
honoring the memory of Dale Earnhardt Sr. for students interested in motorsports
and automotive engineering. In addition, students selected to receive the Dale Earnhardt
Motorsports Scholarship will be eligible for internships with DEI. (See related item, p. 31.)
CEO Teresa Earnhardt says the relationship with Clemson is in keeping with the
missions of both DEI and the Dale Earnhardt Foundation to foster education and to assure
that the company and the motorsports industry will benefit from highly motivated, technically competent leaders and employees in the future.
A CLEMSON BIOENGINEERING
team landed at the Kennedy Space
Center in August as the Endeavour
shuttle landed at Cape Canaveral, Fla.
Eight graduate and undergraduate
students, led by bioengineering professor Ted Bateman, looked at function
and molecular changes caused by
spaceflight-induced bone loss in mice.
This research will help develop a
better understanding of weightlessness
and its impact on the skeletal system
and help minimize the risk of fracture
in crew members during exploratory
missions.
It can also impact research on
overall bone health. Clemson is a
co-investigator in the study, sponsored
by Amgen Inc. in partnership with
BioServe Space Technologies at the
University of Colorado, Boulder. For
more on Clemson spaceflight biomedical research, go to www.batemanlab.com.
Service-learning around the world
CLEMSON’S INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SERVICE-LEARNING IN TEACHER
Education hosted its first international conference in Brussels, Belgium, in conjunction
with the Thomas Green Clemson University Brussels Center.
The conference drew participants from six continents.
The International Center for Service-Learning in Teacher Education’s mission is
to share experience, practice and research with colleagues throughout the world. It’s
housed in Clemson’s Eugene T. Moore School of Education. For more on the center,
go to www.clemson.edu/ICSLTE.
Clemson students conduct bone-loss research
on the latest space shuttle.
Carolina First Gallery to showcase art at CU-ICAR
A
$1.5 MILLION INVESTMENT BY CAROLINA FIRST, THROUGH THE SOUTH FINANCIAL GROUP FOUNDATION, WILL
provide a unique gallery setting in the Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research
(CU-ICAR) for the public display of international automotive visual arts, innovative research initiatives and
other exhibits.
The Carolina First Gallery also will serve as a focal point for welcoming and entertaining guests and will provide
a space for events and announcements. It will be located in Innovation Place in Technology Neighborhood One of the
CU-ICAR complex, the official welcome point for visitors.
The Carolina First Gallery’s neighbors in Technology Neighborhood One include the Carroll A. Campbell Jr.
Graduate Engineering Center, the BMW Information Technology Research Center and Timken’s worldwide powertrain research and development center.
Mack Whittle, chairman, president and CEO of The South
Financial Group, and Clemson President Jim Barker unveil the
marker for the site of the Carolina First Gallery at CU-ICAR.
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World View
DEI partners with
Clemson motorsports
FALL 2007  5
BBS dean to broaden
international scope
CLAUDE LILLY, NEW DEAN OF CLEMSON’S
College of Business and Behavioral Science, is moving
forward with a plan to internationalize the educational
and networking opportunities for the college. In the
coming months, a new director will be in place to lead
all the college’s international programs, which
range from study-abroad
opportunities to international research.
Before joining
Clemson, Lilly served as
dean of the Belk College
of Business and the
James J. Harris Chair
of Risk Management
and Insurance at UNC
Charlotte.
He was professor of risk
management and insurance and director of the Center
for Risk Management and Insurance Research at
Florida State University. He was also a faculty member
and the director of the Center for Insurance Research
at the University of Southern California.
Clemson in the Peace Corps
CLEMSON IS ALREADY RANKED 21ST AMONG MEDIUM-SIZED
colleges and
universities for
the number of
its alumni who
are Peace Corps
volunteers.
Now, the Peace
Corps Master’s
International
Program has
added Clemson
as one of its
new university
partners.
Designed
for Americans
Peace Corps volunteer Terry Green ’03, pictured left with Nathan Martin ’03
who want to
in Peru, is working in Chulucanas, Piura, where he’s developing sustainable
earn graduate business practices among small artisan groups.
degrees while
serving as Peace Corps volunteers abroad, the program will enable students
to enroll in agricultural education, forestry resources or applied economics
and statistics and then combine their academic knowledge with a practical,
international field assignment. For more information, go to www.grad.clemson.
edu or www.peacecorps.gov/masters.
Clemson’s ‘Focus’ on global warming
C
lemson hosts Focus the Nation’s “Global Warming
Solutions for America” kickoff on Jan. 25, 2008, with a
“Green Expo” and national environmental leader Eban
Goodstein.
Focus the Nation is an educational initiative at more than
a thousand colleges, universities and K-12 schools to discuss
global warming solutions for America.
Clemson’s Focus the Nation activities are part of the
Clemson Environmental Committee’s efforts to raise awareness all across campus. It partners with the University’s Solid
Green, Students for Environmental Awareness and others.
To learn more about the January event and other efforts
for global warming solutions, go to www.clemson.edu/focus.
You can contribute to Focus the Nation to help Solid
Green projects and other University environmental efforts.
Gifts can be made to the Clemson University Foundation,
designated for “Focus the Nation,” and sent to PO Box 1889,
Clemson, SC 29633-1889.
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Apply to Clemson, then to
Honors College
CLEMSON’S CALHOUN HONORS COLLEGE IS CHANGING.
Starting this year, after students apply to Clemson, they’ll need to
apply to the Honors College rather than waiting for an invitation.
Students are encouraged to apply early.
In addition, the Honors College has created two pathways. The
University Honors Program is for students who are very focused.
This traditional honors curriculum provides stimulation and challenge in the general education requirements and, in the junior and
senior years, in-depth study and research in the student’s major
field.
The Calhoun Scholars Program is for the honors student who
wants a broad undergraduate experience that includes culturally
enriching events, leadership in student organizations, international study and public service activities.
For more information, go to www.clemson.edu/cuhonors.
Corrections
In the last issue’s “You’re in Great Company” feature, we should
have said that Daniel Augustus Joseph Sullivan received
the Medal of Honor for service during World War I. In “Silent
Soldiers,” we should have said the monument in front of Mell
Hall depicts the experiences of the Class of 1944. (See p. 48 of
this issue for more on the monument.)
Quiet Reflections
First class of new Youth
Development Leadership online
master’s degree program
Online leadership degree
THE FIRST CLASS OF CLEMSON’S NEW YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
Leadership online master’s degree program is about to graduate and start making waves throughout the country.
The innovative program — delivered through the distance education office
of the College of Health, Education and Human Development — is a 37-credithour interdisciplinary degree that prepares students to work in youth-serving
agencies.
The current graduating class includes students from California, D.C.,
Florida, Georgia, Tennessee and South Carolina. They work in such fields as
4-H, YMCA, the military, school counseling, nonprofit and faith-based organizations, Department of Juvenile Justice and others.
Students take two accelerated courses each term and complete the program
in two years. They visit the Clemson campus for three days each year for group
activities. For more information, go to www.clemson.edu/youthdevelopment.
A
128-page, full-color book by nature
photographer Tommy Wyche and
naturalist John Garton captures the
beauty of the Clemson Experimental Forest in
all four seasons and just in time for Christmas
giving.
The coffee-table book showcases the
natural and cultural history of the University’s
17,500-acre forest. The Clemson Forest is an
outstanding example of conservation and
home to more than 195 species of birds and
900 species of plants, including some of the
largest trees of their kind in the state, as
well as several rare or endangered species.
It shelters creatures ranging from tiny cricket
frogs and zebra swallowtail butterflies to bald
eagles, bobcats and black bears.
Quiet Reflections is scheduled for delivery
in late November. Proceeds go to the Clemson
Forest operating fund to support research and
education programs.
To order a copy, go to www.clemson.edu/
psapublishing or call toll free (888) 772-2665.
Lucas Glover makes
history as the first
former Clemson
golfer to be on the
U.S. Presidents Cup
team.
Glover named to U.S.
Presidents Cup Team
F
ormer Clemson All-American Lucas Glover ’02 was named to the U.S.
Presidents Cup team by captain Jack Nicklaus. Glover is the first Clemson
golfer to be named to the U.S. team.
He wasn’t the only Clemson golfer to have a strong year. Jonathan Byrd ’00,
who was a senior on Clemson’s 2000 team and Glover’s teammate for three years,
reached the final stage of the FedExCup Playoffs this year and won the John Deere
Classic. He has already qualified for the 2008 Masters.
Thank you for helping Clemson
outscore the competition!
Thanks to thousands of alumni and friends who support
Clemson, the University moved up three spots in the
U.S.News & World Report ranking to 27th among the nation’s
164 public doctoral-granting universities. South Carolina’s
top public university is now tied with Miami University
(Ohio), just behind Purdue, Connecticut and Iowa, and just
ahead of Michigan State and Virginia Tech.
When you make your 2008 gift to the Clemson Fund by
December 31, you will receive a free 2008 Clemson calendar
and be entered into a drawing to win four tickets to the
Clemson vs. Florida State basketball game.
See the enclosed gift envelope for details.
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The research is conducted at a “shoot
house” that can be configured in a variety
of ways for training exercises. Research
subjects wear tracking devices that monitor
and record movement and heart rate.
Performance under
Imagine the stress
and uncertainty of going
into a building and not being
sure where the threat is — for
example, a soldier in Iraq or
Afghanistan clearing buildings in
search of extremists. How do these soldiers
know they are safe? How do they protect
themselves? And how do they stay calm and
focused in such a situation?
Clemson “room clearing”
research may save the
lives of soldiers, police
officers and other
emergency responders.
These same questions can be asked of law enforcement officers or school
security officials.
“The general umbrella for me is human performance under stress,” says Muth. He monitors
observable interactions between body and mind, exploring how research participants respond
to urban war conditions.
“I was a Navy scientist for three years,” he says. “That’s when I really became a human factors
psychologist.”
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A current focus is on room clearing — the
process of entering a hostile space and
making it out safely. In July 2005, the
team collected data from a group of highly
experienced marines stationed at Camp
Lejeune, N.C., as well as from a group of
Clemson ROTC students with MOUT
training and a group of undergraduate
students with no MOUT training. Data
is now being compared among groups
regarding how to differentiate expert teams
from novice ones based on room-clearing
effectiveness.
The information on reaction time, heart
rate and methods of building clearing will
be valuable in training exercises to make
such operations safer and more efficient.
Another center for Clemson psychology research is the Cognition,
Aging and Technology (CAT) Lab in Brackett Hall, where professors
and students study capabilities and limitations of attention and
memory. The purpose of this lab is to guide the design of products so
that they are easier for older adults to use. One current study explores
how older adults’ fields of attention seem to shrink, how this affects
computer use and how computer companies can take these factors
into account.
Findings will be beneficial beyond the
military. For example, the tracking of
psychological and physiological responses
can help provide better training for police
officers and firefighters who often enter
uncertain environments.
Clemson graduate and undergraduate
students not only participate but also
get opportunities to conduct research
themselves.
Also in Brackett Hall is the University’s Driving Simulator Lab, an
important tool for understanding what really happens when someone
gets behind the wheel. It produces images of pedestrians, reckless
drivers and police officers in pursuit. The simulator also shows the
projected damage incurred in various car accidents.
“Without students, we wouldn’t be able
to accomplish work of this magnitude,”
says Muth, the lead human factors psychophysiologist on the team. He’s joined by
Adam Hoover, an electrical and computer
engineering professor, whose expertise is in
tracking, embedded systems and machine
vision. Through his work the heart rate,
location and reaction times of research
subjects (in this case soldiers) can all be
tracked.
Studies include drivers’ responses to changing driving conditions,
effects of cell phone use on the road, night vision and the ability to
see pedestrians, drivers’ reactions to automated tire pressure monitoring and other research that will ultimately lead to safer drivers, better
highway conditions and fewer
fatalities.
The third faculty member is psychology
professor and interim department chair
Fred Switzer, who has expertise in all
aspects of training.
“This project is giving us some excellent
insights into how to train effective teams
and how to measure true team performance,” says Switzer. “Even though the
primary focus is military teams, the lessons
we learn here can be applied to all kinds of
teams in industry and academia as well.” 
CRAIG MAHAFFEY
Clemson professor Eric Muth studies and teaches human physiology and
psychology within the psychology department. Part of his work focuses on military
operations in urban terrain (MOUT) and is funded by the U.S. Department of
Defense.
Clemson researchers are also collaborating on U.S. Department of
Defense projects dedicated to improving working conditions and
performance for
overworked U.S.
translators. Much
of their work is
conducted at
the University’s
Sustained
Operations
Research Lab,
a two-story
furnished house
complete with
computer
workstations and
wireless cameras installed for monitoring participants.
CRAIG MAHAFFEY
by Amanda Brock
and Teresa Hopkins
DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Bendet, U.S. Air Force.
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W
hen Ken Vickery set foot on the Clemson campus in 1934,
he had no idea where his path would take him. The Great
Depression was devastating the South, and college was a
privilege that many could not afford. Clemson Agricultural
College of South Carolina was founded for young men just
like him, even though he was from Georgia. He became involved in the Y.M.C.A.
and was later his company’s chaplain. From the moment he arrived on campus to
the day he passed away, Ken Vickery was the epitome of a Southern gentleman —
a “Clemson Man.”
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He served as director of admissions, registrar, director of admissions and
registration, dean of admissions and registration, and assistant vice president for
student affairs. He played a vital role in many of the most important changes in
the school’s history, including the return of World War II veterans, the ending of
mandatory military training, the registration of the first full-time degree-seeking
females and the registration of the first African American student, Harvey Gantt.
Kenneth N. Vickery
1917-2006
Most often called “Dean Vickery” by students, he worked hard to help students
succeed, whether it be spiritually, financially or academically. When he retired
from Clemson in May 1982, he had had a role in awarding almost 90 percent of all
the diplomas ever bestowed on Clemson students!
He served as a life deacon at the First Baptist Church of Clemson, a member
of the Anderson College Board of Trustees, president of the state and national
Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, a member of the
NCAA Committee on Tests and Requirements, chairman of the Clemson Athletic
Council and president of the Atlantic Coast Conference. A frequent consultant
to the NCAA, he was instrumental in the establishment of national eligibility
standards for student athletes.
Clemson’s student-athlete enrichment center, Vickery Hall, is named for him. He
was also a member of Phi Kappa Phi, Tiger Brotherhood and the Clemson Athletic
Hall of Fame. He received the prestigious Algernon Sidney Sullivan Award for his
leadership and devotion to the community and Clemson’s Alumni Distinguished
Service Award.
Ken Vickery passed away in October 2006. He left behind a family of dedicated
Clemson folks, including his wife, Evelyn; daughter, Carolyn Cloaninger M ’74;
son, Bob ’75; and grandchildren Amy C. Bonnette ’99, M ’00 and Matt Cloaninger
’06. He also left a legacy of accomplishments that rank him among the most
important figures in Clemson history. 
Trent Allen is co-owner of Allens’ Creations Inc. — Frame and Art Gallery and co-author
of Clemson — There’s Something in These Hills. Ginger Allen is a biology teacher.
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The very next day he received orders to an encampment in and around ancient
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before the siege ended. He was then assigned to retrain troops and was attached to
a battalion where all four company commanders were Clemson men!
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Doing the Right Thing
Remembering those who
made the ultimate sacrifice.
James E. Webb ’52
To honor those Clemson alumni who made the ultimate sacrifice, the Clemson Corps maintains the Scroll of Honor, a list
of alumni who gave their lives in service to their country. To
date, 469 alumni have been identified who were killed from
WWI through the current wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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.
Now the Clemson Corps has coordinated an effort to erect a
Scroll of Honor Memorial adjacent to the East Gate of Clemson Memorial Stadium (across from Howard’s Rock). The
Clemson Corps invites you to join us by considering a donation to establish this permanent monument to honor those
Clemson alumni who died that we might live.
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hen James Webb ’52 decided to leave a legacy for future
generations, his choice was obvious: Clemson University.
“In my family, there was only one college, and that was
Clemson,” says Webb. “Through my family’s history with
the University, my educational experience and my belief in Clemson’s
ability to accomplish great things, I decided that with mechanical
engineering students, I could be a part in making a valuable difference to
each individual and to the American automotive industry as a whole.”
As a provision in his will, Webb set up the James E. Webb ’52
Endowment for Excellence in Engineering in the College of Engineering
and Science. It will provide support for collaboration among the college,
Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CUICAR) and the Robert J. Rutland Institute for Ethics. (For more on the
Rutland Institute, see p. 18.)
Through his endowment, Webb hopes to contribute to the culture
of automotive maintenance as a fundamental concept and integral
part of vehicle design and to instill technical ethics within mechanical
engineering students at Clemson.
“One look at the state of corporations right now will convince
“I decided that with mechanical
anyone that we need an ethics focus in education,” says Webb. “Timing,
engineering students, I could
accountability, responsibility and doing a job right … these are the values I
be a part in making a valuable
hope we can pass along to students.”
difference to each individual
In establishing the planned gift, Webb was able to specify the objectives
he envisioned for the program. His endowment will be used to enhance
and to the American automotive
engineering design courses to enable students to gain an understanding
industry as a whole.”
of the life cycle of parts and assemblies, to project likely failure rates and
modes and ability of repair by the owner without the necessity of resorting
to a repair shop, to encourage and assist students in preparation for professional registration and to provide an understanding of the role
and importance of ethics in engineering practice.
Even though he lives in Alabama, Webb’s family roots run deep in Upstate South Carolina. When the city of Anderson was first
created, the Webb family bought three complete blocks of land. One of Webb’s ancestors was the first postmaster, while others served the
community in various capacities — and still do today.
In 1928, Webb’s father, James Ansel Webb, graduated from Clemson, then married Webb’s mother and moved to Huntsville, Ala. In
1948, Webb enrolled in Clemson and graduated four years later with a mechanical engineering degree. After a year with the Tennessee
Valley Authority in the power plant design department, Webb returned to Huntsville, where he began a 30-year career as a civil servant
in the U.S. Department of Defense.
An automotive enthusiast, Webb noticed that the maintenance of his vehicles kept getting more complex, requiring work by the dealer
and independent shops with special test equipment and tools, proving very expensive.
“I believe that individuals should be more independent and responsible for their needs. Vehicle know-how is one example,” says
Webb. “One of my primary objectives is to allow vehicle owners to be able to repair more things themselves.”
With his named endowment, Webb wants to help establish concepts and programs that allow students to be an integral part of the
creation and maintenance of automobiles. And adding an ethics component to this education is invaluable.
“Thomas Green Clemson had great ideas,” says Webb. “He was able to use a planned gift for the betterment of something larger than
himself and his family. When he established his Last Will and Testament, I wonder if he really understood what kind of impact it would
have and the tremendous difference it would make.” 
To find out how you can make a difference, contact JoVanna King, senior director of gift and estate planning, at (864) 656-0663 or jovanna@
clemson.edu.
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Sizzlin’ Science
camera and recorder, CD player, related software and equipment along with kits to study everything from ladybugs to
bats and weather to water quality.
The greatest “material” available to classroom teachers just may be the knowledge and enthusiasm of
Clemson faculty who teach courses and give
presentations for SC LIFE. They’re centered in
the College of Agriculture, Forestry and Life
Sciences and include professors from the
College of Engineering and Science and the
College of Health, Education and Human
Development.
by Liz Newall
’Our Community, the Movie’
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Clemson and the
Howard Hughes
Medical Institute are
creating a pipeline
of science excellence
for S.C. students and
teachers.
ry to imagine a virtual superhighway of “science” connecting every
county in South Carolina. One that carries the snap, cracklin’ latest
discoveries in biology, natural history and life sciences to middle and
high school students and teachers across the state.
This highway allows a constant flow of ideas among Clemson
faculty, classroom teachers and schoolchildren — all scientists, both large
and small.
In high schools, it attracts the state’s academically elite students who already have multiple
scholarship offers as well as economically challenged students who may become the first
in their families to attend college. It engages Extension
services and other in-state campuses and programs.
Clemson’s SC LIFE program has paved the way for
this exciting interchange of knowledge and inquiry for
the past 10 years, with major support from the Howard
Hughes Medical Institute Undergraduate Science Education
Program. And the traffic is heavy.
Welcome S.C. teachers!
SC LIFE offers on-campus, on-site and distant-learning
graduate courses for in-service teachers — from “River
Explorations” to “What Is Bioinformatics?” to “Welcome to the Gene Age” — all designed for
teachers’ needs and schedules.
It provides hands-on materials, including interactive CDs, lesson plans and SC LIFE footlockers. The footlockers, available for loan to trained teachers, are jampacked with laptop, digital
SC LIFE partners with teachers and
students in selected schools throughout the
state to guide them through research projects focusing on their own communities.
Projects involve a team of faculty, Extension
specialists and local folks.
For example, middle and high school students and teachers in Florence County School District 3 helped
preserve the history and record the impact of growing tobacco in South Carolina. The end product is a DVD, “The
Rise and Fall of Tobacco in the Lake City Market Area.”
Even more valuable than the DVD is the experience. The project stimulated interest in the sciences while
fostering a respect for the community’s agricultural heritage. At the same time, it reviewed alternative economic
opportunities that agricultural producers will pursue.
Students learned how to research, interview, record and communicate while their teachers earned course
credit, savvy in new computer technology and success within the community.
An exam even students love
As a special incentive, each spring Clemson offers its Biology Merit Exam to S.C. middle and high school
students. Its purpose is to recognize and reward outstanding student achievement and promote further
interest in life sciences.
While here for the exam, students get to experience campus and interact with scientists in various
biological and agricultural areas including the new DNA Learning Center.
Through the award from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, SC LIFE brings to campus more than 200
students from distant and economically deprived middle and high schools by identifying biology teachers
who want their students to participate and by subsidizing the registration, mileage and lodging expenses
for their classes.
Students compete for a spot on the team, and those who make it become “science celebrities” in
their schools and honored guests at Clemson.
CSI: Clemson
SC LIFE offers opportunities for classes of middle and high school students to get their hands
into biotechnology, genetics, forensics and natural history, using lessons developed by the
Dolan DNA Learning Center and by K-12 teachers and Clemson researchers. These laboratory
field trip lessons at the S.C. DNA Learning Center cover life sciences from molecules and cells
to whole organisms and ecosystems.
Middle school students can analyze DNA restriction fingerprints and see how they’re
used to solve crime. They can use forensic and DNA evidence to explore a history
mystery — what happened to the lost Romanov princess, Anastasia.
High school students can learn the basis of recombinant DNA technologies, create their
own DNA fingerprint, discover which foods are genetically modified and do other gene sleuthing.
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For rising high school seniors, SC LIFE and
the S.C. Governor’s School for Science and
Mathematics provide summer research internships. Teens are paired with researchers at various
state universities and given an average of six
weeks to conduct an original research project in
field or laboratory setting.
Projects range from tracking dangerous
weather patterns, to making our food supply
safer, to developing new surgical procedures.
They present their findings in a poster session.
They also submit a formal abstract and present
their work again at the annual S.C. Governor’s
School for Science and Mathematics Research
Colloquium.
For undergraduates, SC LIFE supports up to 90 research projects at Clemson and three
historically black universities. Their research looks into highway maintenance, production of
biofuels, gene study, use of traditional crops for novel protein biopolymers and much more.
Clemson currently has approximately 70 students conducting life sciences research with 30
faculty. They’ll present findings at the SC LIFE Colloquium of Undergraduate Research in the
spring.
Fueling the sizzle
• SC LIFE has worked with middle and high school students in almost every S.C. county.
It has supported more than 1,200 students from Lowcountry schools to participate in
the annual Biology Merit Exam.
• It has sponsored 227 high school student internships with the Governor’s School and
another 290 undergraduate student research projects at Clemson and S.C. historically
black colleges and universities.
• SC LIFE has attracted other grants to expand its program,
including a $1.9 million NSF grant to encourage and support
“first generation” students.
• And for every teacher it has enriched, the program continues to
impact that teacher’s new class of S.C. students every single year.
SC LIFE is a rich, dynamic pipeline of science excellence from grade
school to college to the workplace and ultimately to the economy of
South Carolina. And it’s a resource our state doesn’t have to import.
For more information about SC LIFE programs, go online at www.
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Can Clemson really teach integrity?
“Probably not,” says Dan Wueste, director of Clemson’s Rutland
Institute for Ethics. “But we don’t attempt to teach integrity.
Integrity is something a person has to achieve and then one has
to maintain it, which is a lifelong project. Our aim is to help
students develop the awareness and skills they will need to
meet these challenges.
“We give students a clearer understanding of how their choices
affect other people,” says Wueste. “Knowledge pretty much
discounts those common responses — ‘I just didn’t think about it’
or ‘everyone does it.’ Decisions, good or bad, become a matter
of personal responsibility.”
The University lets each student know early on
that ethical behavior is woven into the Clemson
experience and expected of each member.
Entering freshmen view a student-written and
produced DVD with an introduction of Clemson
ethics by President Jim Barker and a series of
vignettes for discussion. These short scenes
represent some likely situations they’ll face
as college students and allows for discussion
of possible choices.
Helping good people
avoid bad choices
by Liz Newall
Clemson’s Rutland Institute for Ethics is building the
foundation for the University’s culture of integrity.
T
urn on CNN or network news, and you’ll see the latest parade of
high-profile personalities who, oops, just made another bad decision.
It’s a daily dose of the good, the bad and the ugly.
The uglier scandal, of course, gets the news coverage, but there never seems to be a
shortage of good people making bad choices.
And it appears to start earlier and earlier in life. In fact, a recent national survey indicates
that more than 70 percent of college students admit to having cheated. High school may
be even higher.
Clemson’s Robert J. Rutland Institute for Ethics was founded six years ago to reverse the
“bad choice” trend, beginning at the college level. One: by making students aware of ethical decision-making as the basis for personal and professional success. Two: by providing
the tools and developing skills to approach ethical problems in a systematic, reflective
and responsible way.
In just a few years, the Rutland Institute has gotten such good reviews that the national Center for Academic Integrity, formerly at Duke, recently chose Clemson for its new home.
throughout the country, his work has appeared in a variety of
journals including Cornell Law Review, Harvard Journal of Law
and Public Policy, Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence,
Teaching Ethics and Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing.
Professional engagements recently have taken him to Kuwait,
Guam and China. He will be traveling to Ireland and Australia
in the fall.
Wueste is president of the Society for Ethics Across the Curriculum and was a member of the board of directors of the Center
for Academic Integrity when it was an independent nonprofit
organization. He’s joined at Clemson by Rutland Fellows, who
are top professors and scholars.
“Ethics is the connection
of the intellect with
the soul of a person in
the decision process,
both professionally and
personally.”
— Robert J. Rutland
Each student gains an understanding of ethical decision-making
as part of his or her undergraduate career because Clemson takes
an ethics-across-the-curriculum approach, regardless of major.
More than 300 faculty members have already received instruction and resources in integrating ethics into regular courses, and
each department is shaping requirements and teaching methods
to fit its own character.
The institute also sponsors an ethics bowl team, the annual J.T.
Barton Jr. Ethics Essay Scholarship Competition, and other special
events for students throughout the University. Clemson’s new
Creative Inquiry focus for all undergraduate students can easily
accommodate an ethics component.
The Rutland Institute partners with Student Affairs, Undergraduate
Studies, the Graduate School, the Pearce Center for Professional
Communication, the Spiro Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership
and other academic units.
The Center for Academic Integrity, which is now within the Rutland
Institute, will be working with the Eugene T. Moore School of
Education on a pilot program for future teachers. It will prepare
them to be proactive in teaching P-12 students about academic
integrity, which, in turn, will help them promote integrity in
schoolwork and in life.
Not just for students
Beyond the Clemson campus, the Rutland Institute reaches out
to middle and high school teachers through the S.C. Institute
for Service-Learning and Ethics. It has a continuing education
program for architects, and it is expanding its involvement with
the business community through collaboration with the College
of Business and Behavioral Science.
The institute sponsors forums for the community through the
Presidential Colloquium and other outreach opportunities.
Institute director Wueste is a leader in the national ethics field.
A sought-after speaker for ethics-related events at universities
With the addition of the Center for Academic
Integrity, the institute will be able to conduct
more research, reach more students, better
serve the business community and other professions and ultimately help good people make
fewer bad choices.
“With the Rutland Institute and the Center for
Academic Integrity,” says Wueste, “Clemson
can further develop its strengths and unique
character, while enriching the students who
become a part of it.”
The bottom line in Clemson’s emphasis on ethics is this: No
program can guarantee that students, professionals and other
individuals will make right decisions, but it can develop essential
skills and instill in each an awareness of the need to consider
fairness, effect on others and personal responsibility.
Preparing students for this lifelong endeavor, Clemson considers
a good choice.
For more information about the Rutland Institute for Ethics and
Center for Academic Integrity at Clemson, go to www.clemson.
edu/caah/rutland or contact Dan Wueste at (864) 656-6147 or
[email protected]. 
Robert J. Rutland
The opening of Clemson’s ethics center, now institute, was made
possible by a gift from Robert Rutland, an Atlanta businessman
who places a high premium on ethics. In the early 1960s, Rutland
was an industrial management major at Clemson. Past chairman
of Allied Holdings Inc., a public company, he believes in the
importance of a personal and corporate code of ethics.
“Ethics is the connection of the intellect with the soul of a person in the decision process, both professionally and personally,”
says Rutland. “The institute has an essential part to play in the
University to prepare students for the decision-making that will
occur post graduation. We also have envisioned reaching out
into the community to provide similar assistance to people applying ethics in real-life situations. We have a great window of
opportunity today that cannot be wasted.”
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orn and soybeans are sources of ethanol, but their use for
energy must be balanced with their use for food. If all the
existing corn and soybean crops were used for fuel, they
would meet only 11 percent of the nation’s automotive fuel needs.
Instead, Clemson scientists are searching for clean, renewable and
environmentally sustainable fuels from algae, peaches, hydrogen
fuel cells and wind.
cleanwith energy
Scientists estimate that microalgae could produce 100 times more
fuel than soybean oil, but it’s difficult to harvest. That’s where
biosystems engineer David Brune, food scientist Feng Chen and
chemist Lance Beecher step in. Their trials have shown that brine
shrimp, which feed on microalgae, can produce as much as 500
gallons of biodiesel per acre per year with no environmental waste
discharge. Brine shrimp are popularly known as the “sea-monkey”
sold in comic books. In early tests, the team has demonstrated that
they can extract about 70 percent of the fats and oils from the
shrimp for use as biodiesel.
From sea-monkeys to peaches to switchgrass to coastal
breezes, Clemson scientists are finding clean and viable
alternative energy.
Discarded peaches are being converted to fuel by a bacterium
called Thermotoga neapolitana. The S.C. Peach Council is funding
research by biosystems engineer Caye Drapcho and graduate
assistant Abhiney Jain. They are seeking to harness the microbe’s
ability to convert sugar from the peaches into gas that contains
nearly 30 percent hydrogen. This research has the potential to
produce valuable fuel from discarded fruit, benefiting growers,
the environment and consumers.
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By Susan Polowczuk,
Debbie Dalhouse and
Peter Kent
W
ith questions growing about the cost, availability and environmental impact of fossil fuels, Clemson scientists are
looking for alternative energy sources in unusual places.
“Because the United States’ energy demand is so huge — 25 percent
of energy consumption from 5 percent of the world’s population
— no single energy resource is the magic bullet,” says Nick Rigas,
Renewable Energy program director for Clemson University
Restoration Institute. “What is evident is that our natural, clean
energy resources must be part of the nation’s energy picture in
the future.”
The state’s greatest indigenous energy resource is cellulosic
biomass — woody plant material such as crop and timber residues — that can be converted into ethanol. Clemson’s Restoration
Institute is leading a research collaborative with Savannah River
National Laboratory, S.C. State University, SC Bio and Queensland
University of Technology in Australia to develop a cost-competitive
process to convert cellulosic biomass into biofuels.
In one of the early studies, about 20 acres of switchgrass have
been planted at the Pee Dee Research and Education Center near
Florence. Agronomist Jim Frederick, environmental engineer
Shelley Miller and entomologist Francis Reay-Jones are working on
this phase of the project. The next step is to seek funding to build
a pilot processing plant at the Restoration Institute.
The U.S. Hydrogen Fuel Initiative seeks to make hydrogen fuelcell-powered cars and refueling stations available, practical
and affordable to all Americans by 2020. To date, four grants
have been awarded to Clemson scientists for hydrogen fuel-cell
research.
A $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) was
recently awarded to Clemson chemical and biomolecular engineer
James Goodwin, in collaboration with Clemson chemist Steve
Creager and scientists at the Savannah River National Laboratory.
Their research seeks to understand the effects that impurities in
hydrogen and oxygen streams have on the performance of fuel
cells. These cells produce electricity when hydrogen and oxygen
are combined to produce water. They can be used to power vehicles
with up to three times the efficiency of traditional internal combustion engines, but they are not yet commercially viable.
Chemists Steve Creager, Dennis Smith and Darryl DesMarteau were
awarded two grants from DOE, totaling $2.5 million. This funding
is to develop a fuel-cell membrane to extend the life of fuel cells
for cars and to convert hydrogen into electricity.
In a separate project, chemical engineer Mark Thies is studying
how to use extreme temperatures to split water and form hydrogen
and oxygen, leading the U.S. team that is seeking a safe design to
handle the chemical reaction.
The winds off South Carolina’s coast are another source of clean,
renewable energy. Generating electricity with advanced wind
turbine technology is the fastest growing renewable energy
technology in the world, with an annual growth rate as high as
30 percent. Wind research at Clemson is led by Nick Rigas in the
Restoration Institute, in collaboration with Coastal Carolina University and the Academic Magnet High School in North Charleston.
The work is funded by Santee Cooper, Savannah River National
Laboratory and the S.C. Research Authority.
The first wind monitoring station was installed in June on Waties Island in Horry County, and the second went up in July at the
Clemson University Restoration Institute in North Charleston. The
monitoring towers are equipped with wind gauges, a barometer,
temperature gauge and solar sensor. Data will be collected for one
year to assess the potential for large-scale power generated from
coastal winds, with plans to install a commercial scale wind turbine
in North Charleston to support future energy research.
So the answer for renewable energy may be blowing in the wind,
growing in the field or swimming in comic books — all potentially
viable options for energy needs in South Carolina and beyond. 
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A Home of One’s Own
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he Rev. Earl Williams didn’t plan on having an empty lot. A
hurricane called Katrina did that for him. But Williams saw
opportunity in the devastation ... in his yard and in his community.
Williams is moving into the first Dry-In House, an award-winning project
designed by Clemson architecture faculty Doug Hecker and Martha Skinner
and developed with the assistance of Clemson architecture students in a
Creative Inquiry course.
Dry-In House is a mass-customized, affordable housing system proposed for
the reconstruction of New Orleans.
Clemson faculty and students have created
and installed an award-winning example
of fast, reliable and affordable housing in
New Orleans.
The project addresses inefficiencies in emergency housing currently provided
by FEMA. It gets the owner back to his home site quickly while providing
essential infrastructure — shelter, water and electricity. Families can
participate in the design of their home before the structure is fabricated as
well as onsite as the project is “fitted out” over time.
The Dry-In House concept uses the same automated woodcutting technology
that enables each roofline to be unique in newly developed neighborhoods.
By extruding the trusses to create walls and floors, landowners can design a
home that can be assembled quickly on their own property. The process puts
homeowners back in a permanent, but unfinished, home for about the same
cost as a FEMA trailer.
Clemson’s School of Architecture is home to the project called ddbNOLA —
digital design build New Orleans, La. The ddbNOLA team consists of Hecker
and Skinner, students Trevor Jordan, Katie Seaman, Melissa Vandiver, Vinnie
Vumbaco and Mandi Young, and a lineup of invaluable sponsors.
The team recently worked with Rev. Williams’ Trinity Christian Community
— an organization dedicated to developing and promoting youth leadership
in New Orleans’ Hollygrove community — to make the house a reality.
The project has earned international recognition, receiving an award from the
concept category of I.D. Magazine’s Annual Design Review (2007). Earlier this
year, it was exhibited at the Architectural Institute of British Columbia. Last fall
it was exhibited at the world-renowned Venice Biennale. For more on the DryIn House, go to www.field-office.com/ddbnola. 
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The Clemson Family
Lifelong Connections
The Clemson Family
With Your Alumni Association
‘Glory Days’
Alumni Master Teacher Robert Kosinski with project
co-chairs Brandon Shimer and Ashley Felker.
Clubbin’ Clemson-style
‘Biology’ of top teaching
Clemson Club folks in the Maryland/D.C./Virginia areas gathered for some “One Clemson
Pig Pickin’” fun. The Alumni Association has Clemson Clubs throughout the country
where alumni and friends get together to socialize, support Clemson students and learn
about the latest news at the University. To find a Clemson Club near you, go to www.
clemson.edu/alumni and click on “Clubs and Societies.”
Clemson students named biological sciences professor Robert Kosinski as their
2007 Alumni Master Teacher. He was
nominated for his enthusiasm, extensive
knowledge, “amazing” demonstrations and
overall skill at engaging students.
Tigers travel
Student Alumni Council (SAC) members
made the final selection and presentation.
The outstanding undergraduate classroom
instruction award carries a $2,500 stipend,
made possible by the Alumni Association,
and immeasurable honor.
▼
PASSPORT Travel, the Alumni Association’s official travel adventures program sponsored
two recent trips to Alaska.
Clemson alumni and
friends have a full slate
of PASSPORT Travel
adventures awaiting
them in 2008. Trips and
destinations include a
Panama Canal cruise; Peru
(featuring Machu Picchu);
a Tahiti and French
Wayne and Shirley Bennett host a cruise with Jimmy and June Lancaster, Tom and
Polynesia tall ship cruise;
Elaine McDaniel, Jim and Molly Hampton, George and Laura Cone, Joe and Pat
a Ukraine and Romania
Kenoyer, Carolyn Thomas, Roger and Hallie Smith, Max and Hilda Evans, Sharon and
river cruise; Cortona, Italy; Jan Smoke, Karen and Bob Hill, and Jerry and Harriet Dempsey.
and a Greek Isles cruise.
For more information,
go to www.clemson.edu/
alumni/programs/travel.htm
or call (864) 656-2345.
On another cruise featuring
Glacier Bay are front row, from
left, Paulette Mikell, Donna
Barrio, Leisa Harrell. Back row,
Julian Mikell, Lynn West and
Kim Farrell.
Fellow Clemson and Marlboro County High School graduates show their school colors at their 15-year high school
reunion — from left, Mark Palmer, Brad Leviner, Kern Cox,
Xaveria McRae, Rob Hinson and Barbara Wheeler.
Sisters forever
Sigma Beta Chi (now Chi Omega) sorority sisters, coeds from the late
1960s and early 1970s, met at the Madren Center for a summer reunion.
They’re pictured with their former adviser Edmee Reel (front row, right)
and featured speaker Jerry Reel, professor emeritus and University historian
(back row, left).
Golfing for scholarships
The Edisto Clemson Club is helping three new students
attain a Clemson education. The club, which represents
Bamberg, Calhoun and Orangeburg counties, has been
awarding a scholarship in each of the three counties for
three years. This year, the club helped finance the scholarships with a golf tournament. Members of the winning
team are, from left, Robert Williams, Rusty Matthews,
Michael Osborne and Glenn Jeffcoat with club president
Ryan Smoak.
GA Tiger tags
Georgia-based Clemson alumni will be able
to show their Tiger pride through official
Clemson license plates beginning January
2008.
The Ga. Department of Motor Vehicles
will contact people who applied for the
plates before July 31 with details on how to
get their plates. After early disbursement
is completed, the plates will be available
to everyone through all Ga. DMV offices.
Clemson license plates also are available
in South Carolina (of course), Tennessee,
North Carolina and Maryland. For more
information, call (864) 656-2345.
‘The Deacs’ in Ottawa
These Delta Kappa Alpha alumni have a frat brother who just happens
to be a U.S. ambassador. Pictured during a visit with David Wilkins,
U.S. ambassador to Canada, are (standing) Crossie and Frank Cox,
Butch Roche, David Rochester, Jimmy Addison, Bobby Stanzione, Beth
and Richie Mahaffey, Mary and Jim Sutherland, Marcia and (Clemson
President) Jim Barker; and (sitting with Susan Wilkins, far left, and David
Wilkins, far right) Dinny Addison and Kaye Stanzione.
’97 pledges
These members of the 1997 pledge class of Alpha Delta Pi
catch up on life after Clemson during a gathering in
Greenville.
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The Clemson Family
Alumni National Council serving you
Leading the charge
T
hese new council presidents will help
the University stay connected to individual alumni groups. Meet them and
learn about their plans for you. For more
information about councils and clubs, go to
www.clemson.edu/alumni/clubs.
From Andrea MacMeccan —
Women’s Alumni Council
Clemson Alumni Association president
Grant Burns and his family, chauffeured
by Bud Hicklin, get the royal orange
treatment during First Friday Parade
celebrating the kickoff of Tiger football.
Message from the president
Dear Clemson Alumni,
It’s my honor to represent you and fellow alumni across the country and
around the world this year as president of the Clemson Alumni Association.
Together with the Alumni National Council, we’re striving to ensure the
Alumni Association is doing its very best as your lifelong connection to
Clemson. Goals we are working toward include:
• Establishing a comprehensive five-year strategic plan that will guide our
alumni association to even better service and higher levels of involvement with you;
• Stressing the importance of annual giving to University operations
and initiatives and achieving our 2008 alumni participation goal of
28 percent;
• Developing an engagement strategy for the youngest, fastest growing
segment of our alumni base — younger alumni;
• Exploring new opportunities for reunion activities designed to
reconnect alumni through common bonds;
• Providing optimal support for our clubs and constituency groups by
expanding our staff outreach efforts and helping groups with capital
projects, such as the Clemson Corps’ Scroll of Honor Memorial.
We are steadily making progress, and I hope that you will contact me or the
alumni staff with any suggestions for how the Clemson Alumni Association can
best serve and support the Clemson family. You can reach me by email at grant.
[email protected].
Go Tigers!
Grant Burns ’88
Psychology and human resource development graduate Andrea Schinck MacMeccan ’99, M ’00 of Greenville
is the new president of the Clemson Women’s Alumni
Council. She’s a communications manager for Bank of
America in Greenville.
She has served as the
local arrangements chair
and special projects chair for
the Women’s Alumni Council
and is past president of the
Atlanta Clemson Club. She’s
a Super Tiger recipient, an
Ask-a-Tiger mentor and an
annual participant in Relay
for Life. She’s married to
Robert MacMeccan ’01.
This year, the Women’s Alumni Council welcomes
eight new and 14 returning members to its board.
Plans are under way to celebrate the 10th anniversary of
Bring Your Daughter to Clemson, during the weekend
of May 17, 2008. In addition, area representatives are
making plans for events in their respective areas,
including financial seminars, cooking classes and wine
tastings.
In its 28th year, the Women’s Alumni Council mission is to enhance the lifelong Clemson experience by
serving, involving and informing our alumni, current
and future students, and friends of the University.
The board consists of 22 member volunteers who
represent 12 different cities in the Southeast including
Atlanta, Baltimore, Charlotte, Charleston, Columbia,
Greenville, Myrtle Beach, Richmond and Virginia Beach.
The Clemson Family
From Crystal Pressley —
Clemson Black Alumni Council
From Jonathan Tribo —
Young Alumni Council
Graphic communications graduate Crystal
Wright Pressley ’01 of Fort Belvoir, Va., is the
new president of the Clemson Black Alumni
Council (CBAC). She also has an MBA from The
New York Institute of Technology, and she’s
an account executive with Balmar Inc. in Falls
Church.
She continues to serve on the board of the
Washington, D.C., area CBAC and on the regional board of directors for
the area’s Clemson Club. She’s married to Shermane Pressley ’97.
CBAC is a dedicated advisory group to the Clemson Alumni
Association that develops programs and events to benefit primarily
minority students and minority alumni. The council also works
to encourage minorities to develop strong connections with the
University through volunteering, participating in Clemson social
events and supporting student programs.
CBAC’s goals for the upcoming year are to increase participation
in student activities on campus, create more awareness of CBAC
among current minority students, increase membership, increase
annual giving to the Harvey Gantt Scholarship Endowment and
generate more involvement in local communities by expanding the
CBAC local chapters.
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Civil engineering graduate Jonathan Tribo
’04 is the new president of Clemson’s Young
Alumni Council. He’s a senior project engineer
with Holder Construction Co. in Atlanta, Ga.
After graduation, Tribo became involved in
the Atlanta Clemson Club where he has served
as the Young Alumni representative for the past two years. The Young
Alumni Council currently represents alumni age 35 and under.
The Young Alumni Council’s goals for the coming year include
communicating with other schools to determine how top-20
universities define their young alumni and what programs other
schools use to reach out to them.
More goals are creating a comprehensive plan for Young Alumni
engagement efforts, organizing a Young Alumni “Come Back to
Clemson” weekend in spring/summer 2008, making sure that active
Young Alumni leadership is in each of the local clubs and setting
March as a National Month of Service for the Young Alumni groups
in each of the local clubs.
We will also collaborate with more experienced alumni in different clubs to have volunteer training seminars for issues that new
grads are interested in such as how to buy your first house, how to
get out of debt and other concerns.
THIS YEAR
is the
“go to”
number.
The number of alumni who make a gift — to the
Clemson Fund and/or IPTAY — is a key factor in
Clemson’s becoming a top public university. Join the
“One Clemson” team and help us reach our goal of
28 percent alumni participation. Use the enclosed
envelope or go online to:
www.clemson.edu/isupportcu and/or ClemsonTigers.com
or call
(864) 656-5896
or call
(864) 656-2115
®
CHAMPIONSHIPS
BEGIN WITH SCHOLARSHIPS
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The Clemson Family
The Clemson Family
Student Life
Student Alumni
Council members
(purple shirts)
help welcome
new and
returning
students to
campus and
downtown
Clemson.
SAC says ‘Welcome!’
Thousands of people meandered along College Avenue enjoying food, games, giveaways
and music during Welcome Back Festival. The annual event to kick off the new school
year is sponsored by the Clemson Student Alumni Council (SAC) and Clemson Alumni
Association with support from the city of Clemson and area businesses.
SAC is the governing body of Student Alumni Association (SAA). Open to all Clemson
students, SAA has many bonuses for students year-round. It offers local business discounts,
professional benefits for career planning, leadership opportunities and fun activities. Dues
are $20, with $5 going to the Clemson Fund to support student projects and programming.
For more information, visit the Web at www.clemson.edu/alumni/studentprograms, email saa@
clemson.edu or call (864) 656-2345.
Earnhardt Motorsports
Scholar
Students (clockwise from left) Abra Weeks, Lauren
Taylor, Sebrina Vaughn, Jada Brody and Talia Gladden
Gantt Intercultural Center
connects
The University’s Gantt Intercultural
Center, in conjunction with various student
organizations, began fall semester with a
wealth of events for new and returning
multicultural and international students
including cookouts, an organizations fair, an
ice cream social, welcome mixers, bowling and
participation in the First Friday Parade. For
more on the Gantt Intercultural Center and
Clemson’s multicultural and international
services, go to stuaff.clemson.edu/gic.
Incoming honors freshmen
cool off from academics with
a whitewater adventure.
EUREKA!
Talking numbers
Flyin’ Tigers best in Southeast
Clemson’s Air Force ROTC Detachment 770 Flyin’ Tigers has been named the Most
Outstanding Air Force ROTC Detachment in the Southeast Region. The honor, known
as the High Flight Award, is presented each year to one detachment in each of three size
categories of small, medium and large.
The detachment competed for the first time this year in the large category against 38
detachments across nine states and Puerto Rico. In November, Detachment 770 will compete
for the Right of Line Award, honoring the best detachment in the nation. To learn more
about AFROTC Detachment 770, go to www.clemson.edu/afrotc.
Volunteering in Morocco
Language and international trade
major Katherine Cannon wears
“Clemson” well in Morocco. She spent
time between semesters working as an
international volunteer with Cross
Cultural Solutions.
Tiger Band on TIME
Clemson in Normandy
Time.com photographer Chip East
visited campus during move-in weekend
and followed freshman Tiger Band students
as they auditioned, moved into their dorm
rooms and met their roommates. East also
attended sectional rehearsals and marching
practices.
Check out www.clemsontigerbandgear.
com, a new Web site launched by the
Clemson University Tiger Band Association
(CUTBA) where band fans can purchase
unique items emblazoned with the Tiger
Band logo, CDs, DVDs and other “cool stuff.”
Proceeds go to the CUTBA endowment fund
and the Tiger Band Commitment project, an
effort by CUTBA to raise scholarship funds
for band members.
Lucas Hurd, Rahul Loungani and 11 other
Clemson National Scholars visited Normandy
American Cemetery and Memorial in France
and found the markers of three Clemson men
— John Osborne, Charles A. Brown and John
McKnight — who died during the D-Day invasion
(June 1944). In professor Michael Silvestri’s
history class, students had researched each of
the three Clemson men and made presentations
about their time at Clemson and sacrifice for
our country.
▼
Clemson’s Math Excellence Workshop got these freshmen talking numbers just before they
started the fall semester. The program is open to all incoming minority students majoring in
computer science, engineering, the life sciences, the physical sciences or mathematics.
The workshop is a part of Clemson’s award-winning PEER — Programs for Educational
Enrichment and Retention — whose goal is to assist minority College of Engineering and
Science students in achieving a career in an engineering or science field. It’s sponsored by the
Louis Stokes-South Carolina Alliance for Minority Participation, Duke Energy Foundation,
the College of Engineering and Science and the state of South Carolina. For more about
PEER, go to www.ces.clemson.edu/peer.
Clemson’s EUREKA! Program —
experiences in undergraduate research,
exploration and knowledge advancement
— immerses incoming Calhoun Honors
College freshmen into the academic world
of the University and acquaints them with
the beauty and culture of the region a few
weeks before the new academic year begins.
To learn more about the Clemson honors
program, go to www.clemson.edu/cuhonors.
For more on EUREKA!, go to www.clemson.
edu/cuhonors/eureka.
CONGRATULATIONS to mechanical
engineering senior William Bostic, the
first recipient of Clemson’s Dale Earnhardt
Motorsports Scholarship. Bostic plans to
be an engineer for a NASCAR team or in
the automotive or motorsports industry.
Through hard work and Clemson’s new
partnership with Dale Earnhardt Inc. (DEI),
he’s on the right track. In fact, he spent the
summer as an intern at DEI headquarters
in Mooresville, N.C. (See p. 5 for more on
Clemson’s partnership with DEI.)
National Scholars Lucas Hurd and Rahul Loungani read
the inscription on John Osborne’s grave marker at the
Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in France
during a visit in July.
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Classmates
The Clemson Family
Willis-Clemson tradition
Willis family — Marsh ’76, Hayden ’07, Virginia Lynn ’74, M ’76, Carter ’03
1954
Top advocate
Byron C. Vaigneur of
Jackson, who studied animal
science at Clemson in the
early 1950s, has a passion for
football, especially Clemson’s.
In fact, he has a collection of
135 special footballs including
two signed by Alabama’s
Paul “Bear” Bryant, two from
Penn State’s Joe Paterno, and,
of course, ones from Frank
Howard and Danny Ford.
He also received an official
NFL football from the San
Francisco 49ers signed by
coach Bill Walsh and former
Clemson greats Jim Stuckey
and Dwight Clark.
*Joel W. Collins Jr. ’65
English graduate Joel Collins, a leading attorney in Columbia,
has been elected president of the Foundation of the American
Board of Trial Advocates, the national organization devoted to
preservation of the civil jury trial. He’ll take office in January
2008.
Collins, a shareholder in Collins & Lacy P.C., has been a
defense-oriented trial lawyer since 1968. He earned a Bronze Star
in Vietnam and taught undergraduate law courses at West Point
before becoming a U.S. attorney, private civil defense lawyer and
law firm principal.
Recipient of Clemson’s Alumni Distinguished Service Award,
Collins has been instrumental in the University’s William T.
Howell Prelaw Society. He also supports students through endowments that honor his parents. His wife, *Rhonda Phillips
’75, and his children, Joel ’91, Andrew ‘00 and Christina ’02,
are Clemson alumni, too.
1942 & 1943
Robert L. Graham ’42 (EE)
and his wife, Lois, of
Morgantown, N.C., published
a book, Keeper of the Parks
— A History of the Parkers of
Western North Carolina. It
traces the Parkers and some
collateral families from the
1700s to the present.
When journalist James T.
Hammond started writing
his book — Tom’s War: Flying
with the U.S. Eighth Army Air
Force, Europe, 1944 — he
intended it to be about his
father and his service in World
War II. But along the way, he
discovered stories about other
men from the Upstate, including Clemson alumni the late
Lake Hugh Jameson ’42 and
Walter “Booty” Payne ’43.
One chapter tells the stories
of Jameson and Payne, former
Clemson football players,
who were prisoners of war in
Prussia. It includes other men
from Greenville who were also
prisoners of war. Hammond
attended Clemson in the early
1970s. (For more on Tom’s War,
go to iUniverse bookstore,
Amazon.com or other online
book retailers.)
1952
Charles R. McCreight
(ARCH) of Sumter was
named Rotarian of the Year
for the Rotary Club of SumterPalmetto.
The Clemson Family
When Hayden Willis of Columbia graduated earlier this year, he continued the Willis-Clemson tradition.
His mother, Lynn Lovelace Willis, has two degrees in education; his father, Marsh, has a zoology degree; and his sister,
Carter Willis McElveen, has a degree in marketing. Hayden’s is in civil engineering.
Lynn and Marsh
met at Clemson in the
mid-1970s. She was
a prominent student
leader and preceded her
brother, Oscar Lovelace
’81, in winning Clemson’s
Algernon Sidney Sullivan
Award for public service.
Hayden’s grandfathers Sam Willis ’50 and
Fred Lovelace ’51 are
alumni, too.
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1959
1953
Leonard C. Butler Sr.
(TMFG) of Burlington,
N.C., is Legionnaire of the
Year named by Post 63 of
the American Legion. The
U.S. Army veteran was also
the featured speaker for
the annual Memorial Day
services held at The Village at
Brookwood.
Global health leader
Wilbur K. Milhous ’70, M ’72
Zoology and poultry science graduate Wil Milhous of Tampa, Fla., is an
internationally recognized leader in the field of infectious diseases-chemotherapy. He’s especially noted for his ability to move drugs from the early
stages of research in the laboratory to doctors in the trenches.
As associate dean for research at the University of South Florida College
of Public Health and global health professor, Milhous leads a team of public
health researchers and general faculty members and oversees the college’s
multimillion-dollar research and training centers.
Before joining South Florida, Milhous was research coordinator for the
Military Infectious Disease Research Program and a chief science officer at
the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research in Maryland.
His daughters, Allyson ’92 and Elizabeth ’97, M ’99, and son-in-law,
Brad Best ’92, are also Clemson alumni.
Larry B. Copeland (CE)
of Greenville is the 2007
Engineer of the Year named
by the S.C. Society of
Professional Engineers. He has
48 years of experience in the
engineering field. He’s senior
project manager for an industrial engineering design/bid
design/build project for O’Neal
Inc. and is vice president of
O’Neal worldwide.
1962
Larry T. Taylor (CH, PhD
’65) of Christiansburg, Va.,
has retired as chemistry
professor emeritus at Virginia
Tech, Blacksburg. During his
40 years on faculty, he served
as chemistry department
chair, taught more than
13,000 students, advised 65
graduate theses and published
more than 350 research
manuscripts.
1964
Frank E. Taylor (FOR) of
Dallas, Texas, and his wife,
Bonnie, are the 87th Life
Members of the Texas Forestry
Association. He’s retired
from International Paper Co.
and continues to support
and participate in forestry
programs.
* Active Clemson Fund
donor for 2008 Fiscal Year
(July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2008)
through August 20.
For more information, call
Annual Giving at
(864) 656-5896.
1966
James W. Price Jr. (CHE, M
’68) of North Augusta retired
as president of DSM Fiber
Intermediate. He previously
worked at DSM headquarters
in The Netherlands.
1967
Oscar N. Vick III (INED, M
’70) of Charleston published
his 57th cookbook, Charleston
Tomatoes, Gullah Cooking. He
is owner of oscarvick.com, the
retail outlet for his publications.
1968
Danny L. Rhodes (FR) of
Seneca received a Ph.D. in
management from Walden
University. He’s associate
professor of management and
associate dean for the College
of Business at Anderson
University.
1970
Mary Ann Osteen Mills
(SED-EN) of Anderson works
for the Department of Social
Services.
Chief judge
Robert J. Conrad Jr. ’80
History graduate and Tiger athlete Bobby Conrad has been
nominated by President George Bush to the U.S. Court of Appeals for
the Fourth Circuit. He’ll hear appeals from the federal district courts of
North Carolina, Maryland, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia.
Conrad is chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western
District of North Carolina. He’s a highly respected jurist widely praised
by lawyers and fellow judges for his intellect, fairness and judicial
temperament.
At Clemson, Conrad was an Academic All-American in basketball
and a Rhodes Scholarship candidate. He currently serves on the
President’s Advisory Board.
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The Clemson Family
Ralph K. Ostrom (M
ENGL) of Irmo served as
representative for Virginia
Wingard United Methodist
Church and the Columbia
District to the annual conference. He is a member of the
Board of Higher Education
and Campus Ministry.
1976
Joseph O. Rogers III
(PREARCH) of Columbia
has launched a second career
after years of managing
large government building
challenges as an architect.
He owns a specialty steel
company, Rogers Steel, which
manufactures game day trailers for taking grills and other
tailgating necessities to games.
His Game Day Trailer is
online (www.gamedaytrailers.
com/id5.html).
1977
J. Rusty (MICRO, M
’82 NUTR) and Mary
Katherine Gramling (’79
ELED) Bishop are living in
Verona, Wis. He’s director of
the University of WisconsinMadison Center for Dairy
Research, and she’s a guidance
counselor at Oregon Middle
Margaret Lynn Scoggins ’89
Karrie-Jo Robinson Shell ’82
Chemical engineering graduate Karrie-Jo Shell of
Decatur, Ga., is the national energy expert for the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Water.
The first African American female to graduate from
Clemson in chemical engineering, she also has a master’s
degree in environmental engineering from Georgia Institute
of Technology.
Shell is a registered professional engineer and is married
to electrical engineering graduate W. Bernard Shell ’81, a
manager for AT&T.
School and Rome Corners
Intermediate School.
1978
Mary Roberts Barron
(FINMGT) of York is 2007
Outstanding Teacher of the
Year at Clover High School.
She’s yearbook and newspaper
adviser and a Reynolds
Institute Fellow at the
University of Missouri.
Dennis M. Cameron
(AGE) of Clover is a colonel
From big business to big screen
David P. Mendez ’87
Mechanical engineering graduate David Mendez of New York, N.Y., an entrepreneur and venture capitalist, has turned his sights to Hollywood to produce
feature films. His new production company, Monterrey Pictures, is currently
working on its first project, “700 Hill,” based on historical events in the MexicanAmerican experience in the early 1900s.
Mendez’s early career included work at DuPont and General Electric. He
also co-founded Supplybase.inc., later sold to i2 Technologies, and worked for
Katalyst, a small venture capital and consulting firm. His latest project stems
from his lifelong interest in film. A few years ago, he began research on the lives
of his ancestors. From his findings, he created a fictional story — “700 Hill” —
blending historical fact and his family’s story from the Mexican Revolution to
immigration to the coal mining towns of West Virginia.
Mendez is married to management alumna Phoebe Sanders ’87. For more
on his project or production company, go to www.monterreypictures.com.
Singing on the high seas
National energy expert
Joe Arbena
1971
The Clemson Family
in the U.S. Army Reserve.
He has more than 28 years
of active and reserve service
and recently served as the
deputy commander for the
U.S. Army’s Facility Engineer
Group, Southeast Center.
Minsy Balch Hest (SED,
M ’85 SED-MATH) of
Charleston is a member of the
board of directors of Palmetto
State Teachers Association.
She’s a math teacher at Garrett
Academy of Technology
and serves as an education
leadership partner for the S.C.
Aquarium.
1981
William E. Day III (EE)
of Duluth, Ga., is a colonel
in the Ga. Air National
Guard. A 35-year military
veteran, he’s the chief information officer for Information
Technology Division and
director of communications
services for the Joint Force
Headquarters–Georgia.
David E. Dukes (FINMGT)
of Columbia is president of
Lawyers for Civil Justice, a
national coalition of defense
trial lawyer organizations and
corporations. He’s managing
partner of Nelson Mullins
Riley & Scarborough.
Kathleen M. Keeshen
(ADMMGT) of Davis, Calif.,
(July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2008)
through August 20.
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is chief counsel and deputy
director of the Department
of Public Health for the state
of California, appointed to
the position by Gov. Arnold
Schwarzenegger. Since 1999,
she has worked for the Calif.
Department of Corrections
and Rehabilitation where she
currently holds the position of
chief deputy general counsel.
George C. Sharpe Jr. (ME)
of Holly Springs, N.C., has
joined DeVere Construction
Co. Inc. as director of business development for their
Carolinas Division.
1983
J. Mitchell Bohannon
(CE) of Mount Pleasant is
president/chief executive
officer/chairman of the
board for Thomas & Hutton
Engineering Co.
William T. Milam (EE,
M ’85) of Maryville, Tenn.,
participated in installing a
water purification project for
the Kausay Wasi Medical
Clinic in Coya, Peru. The
design came from a nonprofit
called Living Waters for the
World.
When secondary education-English graduate Margaret Lynn
Scoggins of Rock Hill was a Clemson student, she sang with the Clemson
University Chorus and the CU After 6 Singers. Little did she know that
experience would help send her to sea.
Scoggins, who taught several years in York, was cast in a Carowinds
show during summer break. Loving the experience, she soon put her
teaching career on hold and pursued more singing engagements. She
attended a Southeastern Theatre Conference in Savannah and was hired
by a production company that provided entertainment for cruise ships.
Her first contract took her to the Caribbean, her next to Europe. She’s
now been in the cruise industry for 13 years and has seen the world. She
often meets people from Clemson, most recently professor emeritus Joe
Arbena and his wife, Consuelo.
“I travel an average of nine months out of the year,” says Scoggins,
“but I take Clemson with me everywhere I go.”
Art M. Wray (PSYCH) of
Clemson received the 2007
Duke Energy Citizenship and
Service Award. He’s vice president/mortgage loan manager
at First Trust Mortgage.
1985
M. Harris Leonard (ME) of
Yorktown, Va., is vice president of Northrop Grumman
Newport News AMSEC
Operations.
Tracy Garrett Lopez (SEDMA, M ’92) of Rock Hill is a
math teacher and department
chair at Chester Senior High
School. She received National
Board Certification and is a
past Teacher of the Year.
Walter A. Warren (CE)
of Pawleys Island is vice
president and Myrtle Beach
branch manager for Thomas &
Hutton Engineering Co.
1986
R. Mark Hughes (ADMMGT,
M ’96 HRD) of Anderson is
vice president for enrollment
management at Gardner-Webb
University in Boiling Springs,
N.C.
Leon P. Kythas (ET) of
Wake Forest, N.C., is account
development manager for ABB
Industrial Power & Control.
Tim M. Owens (M ESE)
of Summerville is a senior
consultant with the Charleston
office of Kestrel Horizons LLC,
an engineering firm.
J. Kurt Wood (ADMMGT)
of Winter Park, Fla., is
international and global equity
portfolio manager and product
specialist with DePrince, Race
& Zollo. He’s president of the
Association of Investment
Management Sales Executives.
1987
Jeffrey L. Halliburton (CE)
of Savannah, Ga., is vice
president and land services
manager for Thomas & Hutton
Engineering Co.
Mike C. Roach (SOC) of
Greenville received special
commendation at the 2007
ERA International Business
Repairing bone fractures
Harry Thomas “I.V.” Hall IV ’92, M ’95
Ceramic engineering and bioengineering
graduate I.V. Hall of Chester Springs, Pa., is an
expert in mending broken bones.
He works for Synthes Inc., the leading
global medical device company in the world for
bone fracture repair, and he’s patented two devices for the fixation of hip fractures.
One is for rotational stabilization of bone
segments comprising a bone plate and a
locking collar. The other is an intramedullary fixation device that uses a sliding helical
blade element to stabilize the fracture.
Clemson’s College of Engineering and Science (CES) honored Hall earlier this year with an Outstanding Young Alumni
Award. He’s pictured left with CES dean Esin Gulari and fellow recipient Ed Sutt M ’96, PhD ’00.
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Patricia L. Knoblauch
(ECHED) of Greenville is a
high school special education
teacher.
Clemson at Va. Tech
Leon McClinton ’92, M ’94, PhD ’06
Three-time Clemson graduate and longtime Clemson residential life staff member Leon McClinton is taking his expertise
to Blacksburg, Va.
In his new position as Virginia Tech’s director of residence
life, McClinton will provide leadership for one of the largest
housing programs in the nation, including 47 residence halls.
At Clemson, McClinton received a Ph.D. in educational
leadership, a master’s degree in human resource development
and a bachelor’s degree in textile management. He worked in
residential life for 13 years.
He’s also president of the Southeastern Association of
Housing Officers, which serves college and university housing
officers in 10 states.
Conference in Las Vegas for
being a top performer with
ERA Top Guns Realty Inc.
1988
Gary N. Alford (ME) of
Goose Creek is an exam
development engineer with
the National Council of
Examiners for Engineering
and Surveying.
Brett A. Dalton (ECON,
M ’90) of Sunset became
Clemson’s chief financial
officer in June. He previously
served as executive assistant
to the vice president for academic affairs and provost. He
began his career at Clemson as
a Thurmond Research Fellow
with the Strom Thurmond
Institute.
1989
Barbara Anderson Cullum
(FINMGT) of Rock Hill
serves on the board of the
S.C. Workers’ Compensation
(July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2008)
through August 20.
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Educational Association,
on the N.C. Industrial
Commission Advisory
Council and on the board of
directors for Kid’s Chance Inc.
of South Carolina, a nonprofit
scholarship organization.
Paul A. (EE) and Renee
Brinson (PSYCH) Hanson
are living in Roanoke, Va. He’s
a senior electrical engineer for
American Electric Power Co.,
and she’s a Creative Memories
consultant and stay-at-home
mom.
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Courtney M. McInnis
(MATH) of Leesville coached
the Batesburg-Leesville High
School football team to the
Class AA State Championship
title. The S.C. Senate passed
a resolution to honor him, his
staff and players.
Jason G. Pike (AGSC,
M ’90) of Lorton, Va., is a
lieutenant colonel in the U.S.
Army serving in South Korea
as a command entomologist. He received a Defense
Meritorious Service Medal for
his work in medical entomology.
Rosemary M. Thomas
(POSC) of Salisbury, Md.,
received a doctorate in
educational leadership from
West Virginia University. She’s
vice president of advancement
at Salisbury University and
executive director of the SU
Foundation Inc.
1991
Teresa Replogle Wade
(POSC) of Mason, Ohio,
is an attorney with the law
firm Cors & Bassett LLC in
Cincinnati.
1992
1990
David J. DeVita (S&HMGT)
of Greenville is founder and
president of Carolina Safety
Consultants LLC. He’s taught
in the University’s construction science and management
department.
Amy Hulsey Kincaid
(ACCT) of Greensboro, N.C.,
is an associate attorney with
Schell Bray Aycock Abel &
Livingston PLLC.
Top park designer
Derwin Broughton ’00
Design graduate Derwin Broughton ’00 of Little Elm, Texas,
has earned top honors as an emerging design professional for
architectural innovation and community park planning.
A project manager for Ron Hobbs Architects, Broughton is
the first-place winner of the Gus Garcia Park Design Competition
for a 47-acre parkland located in the rapidly growing northeast
section of Austin.
His three-phased, comprehensive design includes a water
park, playing fields, butterfly garden, pavilions and an amphitheater. It also includes funding recommendations.
To see his winning plan, go to www.gusgarciapark.org.
Clemson leatherheads
*Fletcher Anderson ’04, Cameron O’Sullivan
Look for these two budding stars when George Clooney’s new movie
Leatherheads premieres this winter.
Fletcher Anderson, left, and Cameron O’Sullivan got the chance of a
lifetime to play extras in the locally filmed production earlier this year.
Anderson, a communication studies graduate and 2004 football letterman, has his own Nationwide Insurance agency in Central. O’Sullivan is a
junior from Moore majoring in industrial technology education.
1993
William H. Jarrard (M
PACC) of Mount Pleasant
was named among the “Forty
Under 40” award recipients
by the Charleston Regional
Business Journal. He is principal at the accounting and
business advisory firm Jarrard,
Nowell & Russell LLC.
John M. Tedder (HIST) of
Sewickley, Pa., is a partner in
the Trial Practice Group of
Duane Morris LLP.
1994
Craig D. Capano (M CSM)
of Waynesville, N.C., is head
of the civil, construction and
environment department
at Wentworth Institute of
Technology in Boston, Mass.
Heather L. Langendorfer
(MKTG) of Mountain View,
Calif., has launched atalanta
athleticwear for female athletes. After training for her
second Ironman triathlon, she
decided there was a need for
fitness apparel that was both
comfortable and attractive.
The result is a line of running
skirts that, of course, include
orange versions. See them
online at www.skirtgoddess.
com.
www.clemson.edu/solidgreen
S. Dickson O’Brien (EE) of
Chapin owns and leads GWA
Inc., an electrical engineering
firm. The American Council
of Engineering Companies
awarded the firm for its
replacement design solution
at the Medical University of
South Carolina in Charleston.
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1995
Cayce Rae Crenshaw (SEDMA, M ’97 CNLGUID) of
Harrisonburg, N.C., is director
of academic support for athletics at Elon University.
Scott R. Dobson (ME) of
Greenville is a partner in
Parkside Pediatric — definitely
a Clemson family endeavor!
Owner and developer of Oaks
at Five Points where the office
is located is Scott’s father,
Robert L. Dobson (’68 EE,
M ’70). Bob L. DuBose (’75
ADMMGT) of Seneca is vice
president of project development, and John V. Cox (’90
BLDSC) of Easley was project
manager with the construction
company for the building,
Trehel Construction. Jeremy
T. Wright (’98 FINMGT)
of Clemson handled the
financing with Wachovia of
Clemson. Sewer easement and
development were handled by
Jamie D. McCutchen (’92
CE) of Simpsonville with Civil
Construction and Design.
Realtor for the development
was J. Peter Couchell (’97
FINMGT) of Greenville
with NAI Earle Furman and
Associates. Web site developer
was Matt M. Edwards (’95
BIOSC) of Seneca with Net
Doctors. And Melanie Reid
Grooms (’02 NURS) of
Simpsonville is a nurse on
staff.
Chad Anthony Galloway
(SED-MA, M ’97) of Athens,
Ga., received a Ph.D. in
instructional technology from
the University of Georgia.
He’s a technical specialist for
Gaines Elementary School.
Ryan R. Hauck (COMPSC)
of Summerville is a principal
consultant with Keane,
performing software consulting for the U.S. Department
of State. He’s also secretary
of the Mu Beta Psi national
alumni association, honorary
music fraternity.
Joy Godshall (SPED) and
William S. (ENGL) Ivester
are living in Columbia.
She works for the Center
for Disability Resources at
the University of South
Carolina, and he’s president
You r g i f t cou nt s
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of McDonald Enterprises,
an educational equipment
distribution company.
Russell John Lewandowski
(HORT) is married and living
in Mount Pleasant.
Brian S. McNeill
(PRTM) of Burke, Va., has
Bi-Partisan Tour Company in
Washington, D.C. The tours
are in electric cars with or
without GPS technology. (He
says that Clemson students
and alumni and families will
be given discounts.)
Eric B. Nail (SED-SS)
of Wilmington, N.C., has
published a book, The Wave
Wranglers and the New Order
of the Pyramid, an adventure
fantasy aimed at young adults.
The book can be found at
www.amazon.com.
Aussie Tiger
Donald R. Lussier ’04
When construction science and management alumnus
Donny Lussier was an undergraduate at Clemson, he
studied for a semester at the University of South Australia,
Adelaide (UniSA) as part of Clemson’s undergraduate
program.
After he earned his Clemson degree, he moved to
Australia and enrolled in UniSA graduate school for a
master’s degree in urban and regional planning.
Now, Lussier works for the planning department
for the city of West Torrens in South Australia. His
success has earned him star status on the recruiting
poster for UniSA’s graduate program in urban and
regional planning.
David W. Scott (CHE)
of Anderson is an exam
development engineer with
the National Council of
Examiners for Engineering and
Surveying.
1996
Hillary B. Andren
(DESIGN, M ’05 ARCH) of
Greenville is on the board
of zoning appeals for the
Greenville County Council.
She’s a member of PazdanSmith Group Architect’s
campus and community studio.
J. Christian Hendricks
(FINMGT) of Columbia
was named Young Forest
Landowner of the Year by the
Forest Landowners Association
Inc. He’s president and brokerin-charge of Hendricks and
Co., a commercial real estate
company dealing exclusively in
the brokerage of S.C. acreage
and timberland tracts.
Tim A. Johnson (FINMGT)
of Greenville is founder, president and head recruiter of We
Find Bankers LLC, an executive search and placement
firm focusing on the banking
industry (www.wefindbankers.
com).
Sandra A. Wilson (PhD
PLPH) of Fort Pierce, Fla.,
was named the University
of Florida’s College of
(July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2008)
through August 20.
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The Clemson Family
Agricultural and Life
Sciences Undergraduate
Teacher of the Year. She’s
an associate professor of
environmental horticulture.
1997
Catherine Hayes Brown
(NURS) is married and living in Asheville, N.C. She’s a
labor and delivery nurse.
Tony S. Ferraro (POSC) of
Corona, Calif., is president
and CEO of 360Hubs. He
was an invited speaker at a
Harvard seminar addressing
social networking technology
and medical treatments.
Hank R. Sanders
(FINMGT) of Greenville
is president of Jobscope, a
Microsoft Business Solutions
partner.
Jane Cramer Varian
(NURS) is married and
living in New York, N.Y. She
works in oncology medical
affairs at Sanofi-Aventis in
Bridgewater, N.J.
1998
C. Vance Livingston III
(FINMGT) of Mount Pleasant
is a managing associate with
Carolina National Bank.
1999
Austin E. (MICRO) and
Katharine Hitch (PSYCH)
Bond are living in Rock
Hill. He’s director of youth
ministries at St. John’s United
Methodist Church.
Thomas J. Gaffney (M
HIST) of Port Huron, Mich.,
is executive director of the
Steam Railroading Institute
in Owosso. The institute is
best known for restoring steam
locomotives, such as Pere
Marquette 1225 used in the
movie Polar Express, and for
educating and entertaining
visitors about steam railroading.
Bryson Dial (EE) and Sally
Walker (FORMGT) Tucker
are living in Columbia. He
began an electrical engineering company, ETi Electrical
Solutions, and she’s employed
by Milliken Forestry Co. Inc.
Clemson on Capitol Hill
Laura J. Evans ’07
While a political science student, Laura
Evans made the most of her summers, interning
for U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint in Greenville and for
Congressman Gresham Barrett in Anderson.
Following her junior year, she became a
summer student at Georgetown University
and interned for Human Events: The National
Conservative Weekly.
After graduation, she landed her current position as staff assistant in DeMint’s D.C. office. (She’s
pictured with Sen. DeMint.)
Evans credits Clemson political science faculty
with providing guidance and inspiration on the
way to her Capitol Hill career.
2000
Mark S. Cothran (POSC)
of Greenville is a member of
the Class of 2007 Leadership
South Carolina. He works for
U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint.
Christopher L. Sielicki
(ECON) of Greenville is
director of gift and estate
planning for Clemson. He’s a
former financial planner and
retail bank manager for Bank
of America.
2001
Susan League (ECHED)
and Christopher D. Jr. (’05
SPCOMM) Mapp are married and living in Central.
She’s a first-grade teacher at
Starr Elementary School,
and he works for LMI in
Greenville.
Kyle M. Young (SEDPOSC, M ’03 ADMSPV)
of Clemson, former awardwinning center for Tiger
football, is an assistant athletic director for the Clemson
Athletic Department.
2004
P. Randolph Kapeluck
(HIST) is living in Mobile,
Ala. He’s an HVAC distributor for Ferguson Enterprise.
2006
Ben B. Markwardt
(COMPSC) is married and
living in West Melbourne,
Fla. He’s a software engineer
at Harris Corp.
Leslie A. McElrath (MGT)
of Greer is personal lines
processor at Rosenfeld
Einstein in Greenville.
Patrick Z. Sapp (PSYCH)
of Central is a development
officer with the University
Foundation. After playing
for Clemson, he played with
the San Diego Chargers
and the Arizona Cardinals
before retiring from football
in 2002.
2007
Miranda L. Beystehner
(M ARCH) of Easley is with
the architecture department
at BSA LifeStructures in
Chicago, Ill.
Alexander S. Lay (ARCH)
of Hartsville is an intern
architect with Clark-Nexsen
Architecture & Engineering
in Charlotte, N.C.
Kyle D. (SED-HI) and
Deborah Threadgill
(PSPA-M) Pearson are
married and living in Rock
Hill.
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Ryan S. ’95, M ’97 and Merri
Anna Petty ’98 Allred,
a daughter, Emily Katherine,
Nov. 21, 2006.
Little
Tigers
L. Clator Butler Jr. ’95, a son,
Andrew Clator, June 21, 2007,
grandson of Leonard C. Butler
’53.
Ryan R. Hauck ’95, a son,
Jonas Everett, May 3, 2007.
Jeffrey Glenn Turner ’87,
a son, Jeffrey Daniel, Oct. 17,
2005, and a daughter, Kristen
McKenzie, April 8, 2007.
Paul A. and Renee Brinson
Hanson ’89, adopted
a daughter, March 26, 2007,
Emily Elizabeth ChenHui,
born June 19, 2006, in Hunan
Province, China.
Hugh B. Smith ’89, twins,
Alfred Gaillard Pinckney and
Julianna French, grandchildren
of J. Boyd Smith ’56 and
great-grandchildren of the late
Edward H. Pinckney ’10.
Betty Anne Tagha McMahon
’92, a daughter, Annie Moran,
July 13, 2007.
John W. ’92 and Jennifer
Gallagher ’95 Riser,
a daughter, Chloe Ann,
March 21, 2007.
Daniel F. IV ’93, M ’95 and
Amy Armbruster ’95 Joy,
a daughter, Elizabeth Grace,
April 25, 2007.
Suzanne Rook ’93 and
Stephen T. ’94, M ’99 Schilf,
a son, Andrew Joseph,
March 18, 2007.
Patricia Lynn Knoblauch ’90,
a daughter, Hannah Mari,
May 2, 2007.
Dyan M. Spinnato ’93, a son,
Robert Michael Rectenwald,
Dec. 19, 2006.
Nancy Humphries O’Dell
’90, a daughter, Ashby Grace
Zubchevich, June 11, 2007.
Ashley Champion Jones ’94,
a son, Galvin Champion,
June 12, 2007.
Mary Fay ’90 and Erik ’92
Stockham, a son, William
James, Jan. 18, 2007.
Melissa Land Koenig ’94,
a son, Evan Land,
Sept. 1, 2006.
Kathleen Bradley ’91 and
Jeffrey A. M ’96 Guilbault,
a son, Jackson Alexander,
May 10, 2007.
Donna Wilson Thomas ’94,
a son, Wyatt Matthew,
March 12, 2005, and
a daughter, Caroline Dansby,
May 12, 2007.
James F. Burton ’92,
a daughter, Lillian Hope,
Aug. 20, 2006.
Bryan Eugene and Cynthia
Elaine Allen Woody ’94, M
’03, a daughter, Calli Brynn,
May 4, 2007.
Russell John Lewandowski
’95, a son, Evan William,
March 20, 2007.
Jeff C. ’95 and Sandi
Thompson ’97 Summers,
a daughter, Elisabeth Jayne,
May 4, 2006.
Meredith Prehn ’96 and Bill
T. ’97 Rollis, a daughter, Eden
Grace, March 21, 2007.
Lauren Wilson ’96 and David
A. ’98 Rosenbaum,
a daughter, Caroline Blythe,
Oct. 3, 2006.
Christine Ciani ’96 and Jon
B. ’96 Tingle, a daughter,
Anna Mae, Nov. 10, 2006.
W. Travis ’97 and Caci Riddle
’00 Abercrombie, twin sons,
William Rutland and Owen
Thomas, Oct. 25, 2006.
Catherine Hayes Brown ’97,
a son, Eli James, June 10, 2007.
Stacy L. Guy ’97, a son,
David Bennett, March 30,
2007.
Ian M. Saunders ’97, a son,
Marshall James, Dec. 1, 2005.
Jane Cramer Varian ’97,
a son, Connor Thomas,
Sept. 27, 2006.
Rebecca Austin Crosby ’98,
’00, a daughter, Chaney
Addison, Sept. 3, 2005.
The Clemson Family
Kelley Snelling ’98 and Jacob
Y. M ’02 Neal, a son, Jackson
William, Nov. 21, 2006.
Carrie Crater Peet ’98,
a daughter, Maci McKenzie,
May 5, 2007.
Meredith Buckner Smith ’98,
a daughter, Cameron Kathleen,
May 9, 2007.
Christopher A. ’98 and
Jennifer Ellenburg ’99, M ’00
Touchstone, a daughter, Anna
Kathryn, Oct. 3, 2006.
Ashley McKinney Harper ’99,
M ’02, a son, David, June 20,
2006.
Doug A. ’99 and Hayden
Harbin ’00 Lichtenberg, a son,
Owen Thomas, May 28, 2007.
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April 25, 2007.
Bryson Dial and Sally Walker
Tucker ’99, a daughter, Anna
Lynn, Dec. 20, 2005.
Sabrina Schaller and William
Ashby IV Hudson ’00, a son,
Aiden Ashby, Nov. 7, 2006.
Eric S. ’01 and Shannon
Driggers ’02 Riesenfeld, a son,
Chase Maximillan, Feb. 22,
2007.
Chris D. ’01, M ’02 and
Ashley Bailey ’02 Semesky,
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May 2, 2007.
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The Clemson Family
Passings
James Frank Gilreath Sr. ’35,
Travelers Rest
Willis Cantey Davis Jr. ’39,
Greenville
J. Cleon Hunter ’40, Liberty
Hezekia J. Ross Jr. ’40,
Columbus, Ga.
Melvin C. Cantrell ’41,
Spartanburg
Mitchell F. Simmons ’41,
Lookout Mountain, Tenn.
Charles F. Tisdale ’41,
Clemson
John Hertz Warren Jr. ’41,
Charleston
Joe M. Glenn ’50, Greenville
Roy E. Pittman Sr. ’50,
Marion
Ernest R. Reeves ’50,
Kingstree
Raymond F. Taylor ’50,
Leesville
William S. Roberts ’56
’56,
Gastonia, N.C.
Deborah Batchelor Connelly
’76, North Augusta
Benjamin T. McDaniel ’57,
Durham, N.C.
Clarence R. Garrett Jr. ’78,
Greenville
William Douglas West ’58,
Greenville
Stephanie Porter Frampton
’80, Westerville, Ohio
Cecil H. Johnson Jr. ’60, M
’64, Daytona Beach, Fla.
Steven M. Wynkoop ’81,
Greenville
Lewis A. Wood ’50, Greenville
Robert M. Dameron ’52,
Marietta, Ga.
Myles Jackson Scruggs ’60,
Knoxville, Tenn.
Richard C. Stanton ’61, Greer
John M. Di Marzo ’52,
Toms River, N.J.
David K. Fricke ’52, Knoxville,
Tenn.
Sam J. Matthews Jr. ’52,
Scranton
Howell Franklin Coleman ’62,
Anderson
Francis W. Perkins ’64,
Edisto Island
Melvin D. Parkman ’66,
Augusta, Ga.
Leach S. McCormick Jr. ’52,
Aiken
Harry L. Moore Jr. ’67, Taylors
Thomas S. Rogan Jr. ’52,
Greeleyville
Elton Eugene Mitchell Jr. M
’68, PhD ’72, Morris, Okla.
William Harry King ’44, Easley
James Donald Wade ’52,
Seneca
Thomas Edwin Christenberry
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Carroll F. Holmes Jr. ’53,
Sylva, N.C.
Bobby H. Robinson ’68,
Locust Grove, Va., former head
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Wilson Cannon Wearn ’41,
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Ernest T. Dupre ’44,
Tell City, Ind.
Verde H. Eargle ’48,
Tyler, Texas
Forrest G. Calvert ’54,
Charleston
John Stanley Carlisle Jr. ’54,
Spartanburg
William A. Gaines Jr. ’49,
Seneca
Jackson E. Greene ’54,
Greenville
Lewis V. “Hootch” Morgan
’49, Anderson
Robert T. Thomas Jr. ’49,
Williamston
Don Wade ’54, Spartanburg,
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The Clemson Family
CLEMSON WORLD TRAVELERS
1
Gone sailin’
T.I. Martin ’37, a retired colonel, joins his daughter
Jacque and her husband, Joe Brandt, aboard their 47-foot
sailboat for a monthlong cruise of the Chesapeake Bay.
’O Canada’ 2
During a visit to Canada, the Greenville First Baptist
Church youth choir spent an afternoon at the Ottawa
residence of Canadian Ambassador and Clemson Trustee
David Wilkins ’68 and his wife, Susan. Pictured with
Susan (left) and David (right) are choir Tigers Jerry Wylie
’84, student Christina Devo and Bert Taylor ’74.
Peachtree 10K 3
Retired Col. Dale Ellenburg ’71, retired Col. Paul Harman
and son-in-law Grady Sharpe (both USC graduates),
and retired Maj. Creighton Kelly ’75, run the July 4th
Peachtree Road Race 2007 in Atlanta, Ga. The annual
tradition began 20 years ago when the three now-retired
S.C. Army National Guard officers served together.
Old Faithful 4
Alumnus and Clemson employee John Trice ’74, M ’76
checks out that world-famous geyser in Yellowstone
Park.
5
Iditarod ice!
Roger Troutman ’74 (right) enlists champion dogsled
musher Lance Mackey to show Clemson colors at an
Iditarod Sled Dog Race checkpoint in Koyuk. Troutman
has volunteered as a trail veterinarian for the Iditarod
and the Yukon Quest for several years.
Diamond Head 6
Frank ’77, Susan Addy ’80, Brandon and Candice
Boatwright stand atop Diamond Head crater on Oahu
during a visit to Hawaii.
Swiss Tiger 7
Suzanna Fulton Campbell ’88 looks cool at the
Zermatt ski area in Rotenboden, Switzerland.
Machu Picchu, Peru 8
David R. Moore II ’88 M ‘90 and Andrew, his son, climb
Waynapicchu during a visit to Machu Picchu in Peru. They
were on a mission trip in Cusco, where David designed a
new pediatric clinic for medical missionaries.
The Clemson Family
Tiger Marine pilot 14
Marine Capt. Kelly A. Hancock ’99 is currently in
Al Qaim, Iraq, serving with HMLA-369 from Camp
Pendleton. He pilots the UH-1N flying Reconnaissance,
VIP and convoy escort, and Close Air Support (CAS)
missions.
From China with love 9
The Hanson family — Kayla, Renee Brinson ’89, Emily
and Paul ’89 — unite to show their Clemson spirit at
the Great Wall of China. The Hansons traveled to China
to adopt baby Emily.
Bahamas Tigers 10
Clemson friends join Jamie Mathews ’91 and Dave
Smith at their wedding on Ship Channel Cay, Bahamas.
The preacher just happened to wear purple.
15
Gone hikin’
Lisa Britt ’01 and Laura Smith ’05 celebrate Memorial
Day with a hike in Park City, Utah.
Charity and Faith 11
Class of 1992 alumni — *Mark H. Johnson, Mark Partin
and Susan Hepler — are pictured with schoolchildren
at the Charity and Faith mission in Mamelodi, South
Africa.
Cliff of the Dawn 16
Mason ’02, M ’05 and Holly Smith ’02 Ailstock catch
a Mexican sunrise on Isla Mujeres at the Cliff of the Dawn
next to a Mayan ruin.
Jamaica Tigers 17
These Clemson friends are chillin’ at Dunn’s River Falls in
Jamaica, from left, Eddie Glover ’06, Meagan Smith
’05, Ashley Bumgardner ’05, Patrick Thomasson
’05, Whitney Hightower ’06 and Josh White ’05.
St. Lucia 12
Ross and Kelly Suggs Lenhardt ’92 show some orange
during an anniversary trip to St. Lucia, West Indies.
Concepcion, Peru 13
During a medical/construction mission, these Clemson
people — (back row) Joy Higgs ’94, Brice Elvington
’02 and Clemson parent Bob Barrett — make a whole
lot of friends for Clemson.
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Day at the Forum 18
Clemson student Graham Sharpe dresses appropriately
for his visit to the Roman Forum while his father,
George Sharpe ’81, snaps his photo during their
recent travels.
Adelaide connection 21
Roger Liska, professor and director of the Center for the
Improvement of Construction Management & Processes,
finds new art in Australia. He’s an adjunct professor at the
University of South Australia, Adelaide, where Clemson
students participate.
Cruisin’ 19
History emeritus professor Joe Arbena and his wife,
Consuelo, enjoy a cruise to the Greek Islands and Istanbul,
one of many cruises the couple has taken. Joe often gives
lectures on South America, Mexico and the Caribbean as
part of various cruise programs.
Tiger chemists in Prague 22
Chemistry professors Dennis Smith and *Darryl
DesMarteau show some Clemson spirit on the Charles
Bridge in Prague, Czech Republic. They were attending
the 15th European Symposium on Fluorine Chemistry.
Computer savvy in Sicily 23
Faculty, from left, Brian Dean, Marilyn Reba, Barbara
Weaver and Roy Pargas, add a touch of Clemson to
the entrance into the Aula Magna, part of the Palazzo
Centrale of the University of Catania. They presented
papers at the 1st International Conference on Pen-based
Learning Technologies in Catania.
Holy Land 20
Clemson’s director of health education, Parvin Lewis,
visits the Baha’i Shrines in Haifa, Israel, during a recent
trip to the Holy Land.
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FALL 2007  45
The Clemson Legacy, a Family Tradition
Clemson University started as a family matter. The Nov. 13, 1838, marriage of
Thomas Green Clemson and Anna Maria Calhoun both united a handsome,
intellectual couple and set in motion a series of events that would lead to the establishment of the Clemson Agricultural College of South Carolina. For Mr. and Mrs.
Clemson, education was a family affair. They loved each other, they loved learning,
and they took steps to ensure that their legacy would forever be linked to the pursuit
of knowledge in service to the common good.
Commitment
Holcombes boost academic gifts to $6 million
Record $upport from donors
Milton W. and Betty M.
Holcombe have added $1 million
to their support for electrical
and computer engineering at
Clemson. That boosts to $6
million their total giving for the
Milton W. Holcombe Electrical
and Computer Engineering
Department (ECE), the only
named department in the College
of Engineering and Science.
This latest gift establishes
the Milton W. and Betty M.
Holcombe Fund for Excellence to
promote the department’s research
Esin Gulari, dean of Engineering and Science; Milt and Betty
and educational mission — includ- Holcombe; Darren Dawson, ECE department chair
ing (but not limited to) student
salaries and travel, faculty salaries
and travel, supplies, an invited seminar series, and educational and research equipment.
In addition to longtime support of Clemson through annual giving and volunteer
service, the Holcombes created the Milton W. and Betty Holcombe Chair in Electrical and
Computer Engineering in 1987 with a $1 million cash gift. Their support attracted Michael
Pursley, a world-class communications research scientist, who holds the chair.
Clemson’s annual fund raising reached
an all-time record of $113.9 million in
private gifts to academics and athletics
in the fiscal year that ended June 30. A
$39.3 million gift of land at the former
naval base in North Charleston boosted
the total over the $100 million mark.
Princes in WestZone
Friends and family delighted in the unveiling of the Phil and Celeste Prince Lobby in
the WestZone. The Princes were surprised
with the honor during a celebration of the
WestZone campaign success, featuring
key WestZone proponents. Phil, president
emeritus, has lent his support to many
major projects at Clemson, his latest as
co-chair of the WestZone campaign.
Jim, Celeste, Phil
and Novella Prince
Look who’s with the Garvins!
Noel ’44 and Sarah Garvin have a surprise dinner guest
at the Clemson Lowcountry boil in Littlejohn Coliseum.
The Garvins joined nearly 300 other top donors and
guests for a special tailgate event, hosted by the
Barkers, before the Tigers defeated the Florida State
Seminoles.
Academic programs
The Clemson University Foundation
(CUF) received $86 million in support
of academic programs: $68.4 million in
cash, $6.4 million in pledges and $11.1
million in gifts-in-kind. Excluding the
North Charleston land gift, there was a
28.9 percent increase of gifts to academics
over last year.
The overall total also includes $12.5
million added to the University’s inventory of planned gifts and bequests.
WestZone and athletic scholarships
IPTAY, which raises money for athletic
scholarships, reported $15.1 million for
the year and more than 16,000 members,
as well as $189,827 given by the 6,341
members of the Tiger Cub Club and
IPTAY Collegiate Club.
This year also marked the successful
completion of the $27 million WestZone
capital campaign.
The percentage of alumni donors
increased to 27.6 percent. Alumni donors
gave $9.6 million to CUF, an increase
of 29 percent over last year’s alumni gift
amount.
“Thanks to continued support from
alumni and friends,” says President Jim
Barker, “Clemson is able to offer to students
a unique college experience, to faculty the
resources they need and to the state of
South Carolina support through public
service and economic development.”
Alston creates internship
Longtime Extension specialist and host of
the award-winning “Making It Grow!” ETV
program, Rowland Alston ’70, M ’72 has established a summer broadcast internship in honor
of his father, a 1942 alumnus.
The Clemson University/Rowland P. Alston,
Sr. Memorial Internship provides hands-on
training in broadcast production and creative
services for the popular ETV Radio program
“Your Day” produced by Clemson University
Radio Productions. Pictured with Alston
(right) is the program’s first intern, Wilson
Peden.
Thank you, North Charleston
Clemson formally thanked the City of
North Charleston, the Hunley Commission
and the Friends of the Hunley for committing 86 acres of land, the Warren Lasch
Conservation Center (now Clemson
Conservation Center) and a dry dock and
wharf, all
valued at
$39.3 million,
in support of
the Clemson
University
Restoration
Institute.
The state
Bette and Paul Hund of Charleston
of South
with Philippe de Vivies, assistant
Carolina also conservator on the H.L. Hunley, at
the Clemson Conservation Center.
approved a
$10.3 million
bond (S.C. Research University Infrastructure
Act) for the effort. This represents the largest
single gift in the University’s history. During
the ceremony, Clemson presented plaques of
Tillman Hall made by Charleston artists Scott
and Kaye Penegar as a thank-you gift to each
group.
Many Clemson families
today are following that
example. They are deciding
to secure Clemson’s future
by naming the University
in their wills or as a beneficiary of a revocable trust,
retirement account or life
insurance policy. Those
who make such commitments are recognized as
members of the Clemson
Legacy.
In honor and gratitude,
members of the Clemson
Legacy society receive a
print of excerpts from Mr.
Clemson’s will, scribed in
calligraphy and sealed with
the intaglio from his signet
ring.
Grants’ Clemson Legacy
Peggy and Tony ’64 Grant (seated) add their names to
the Clemson Legacy Registry at Fort Hill. Joining them
are their son and daughter-in-law, Chris and Edith Ann
(both ’85 graduates), and granddaughter Jaimie Grant,
who hopes to go to Clemson. Grandson Chip, not
pictured, is a student at Clemson, too.
In addition, Clemson
Legacy members are
invited to sign their names
in the Clemson Legacy Registry — an archival, leather-bound ledger that serves as a
permanent record to be treasured and celebrated by future generations.
The Legacy Registry was unveiled Nov. 10, 2006, at the commencement of a yearlong
celebration of the bicentennial of Mr. Clemson’s birth on July 1, 1807. The Legacy
Registry is permanently housed at Fort Hill, home of Thomas and Anna Clemson
and where they were married. The Registry is available for signatures of Clemson
Legacy members by appointment.
Throughout the year, members are invited on specific dates and times to come to Fort
Hill for a ceremonial event to add their names to the Legacy Registry. The application of one’s signature in the Registry personally symbolizes with the stroke of a pen
the power of philanthropy and the perpetuation of the legacy initiated by Thomas
and Anna Clemson.
For more information about how a planned gift might fit into your overall giving,
please contact the Office of Gift and Estate Planning, PO Box 1889, Clemson, SC
29633-1889; call JoVanna J. King at (864) 656-0663 or (800) 699-9153; or email
[email protected].
You can also find more information about gift plans to benefit you, your family and
Clemson University on the Gift Planning Web site at clemson.planyourlegacy.org.
FALL 2007  47
Taps
Veterans Day and every day
A happy college student and a combat-worn
veteran sit back-to-back in front of Mell Hall.
The “two-faces” statue — commissioned by
the Class of 1944 in memory of classmates
who fell and in honor of those who survived —
quietly reminds us of all Clemson veterans.
PATRICK WRIGHT

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