SUMMER 2001 VOL. 54, NO. 3

FEATURES DEPARTMENTS

One THE PRESIDENT’S Clemson VIEW 16 When academics and PAGE 2 athletics pull together, students gain strength. WORLD VIEW PAGE 6

ALUMS PAGE 26

The Examined CALENDAR 12Life PAGE 28 Why study philosophy in STUDENT LIFE an age of technology? PAGE 30

CLASS NOTES PAGE 32

NEWSMAKERS The Science PAGE 44 18of Caring CLEMSON See what’s happening in the supply COMMITMENT PAGE 46 and demand of nursing graduates. TAPS PAGE 48

Sacred Ground 14 Discover Clem- son’s quiet treasure of legend and legacy. 20 Night Watch View Clemson at 3 a.m. through the eyes of a campus policeman. Oprah honor On the cover: Sikes at night. (Photo by Rick Clark) See page 6. THE PRESIDENT’S VIEW THE PRESIDENT’S VIEW

distributed our goals. We keep a continually updated Web site that reports on how we’re doing on each goal. We will Executive Editor & continue to travel across the state talking with constituents about our plans and how we’re directing funds. Senior Art Director Decisive moment In all the areas within our control, we have delivered. Dave Dryden Shortly after the Clemson Board of Trustees enacted a tuition increase to fund the road map and Art Director Throughout history, Clemson has faced decisive moments that have restore lost state funding, Governor Hodges vetoed portions of the appropriation bill that affected our Judy Morrison funding, and the Legislature upheld those vetoes. shaped its future. In the 1950s, we shifted to a coed and civilian student Editor As a result, we revisited our decision and considered four options: Liz Newall body; in the 1960s, we desegregated and gained university status; in • Leave tuition where it is and use the restored funding to move more aggressively toward our goals. Classes Editor & the 1990s, we underwent restructuring. • Roll back tuition for in-state students by the net amount of the vetoes, which is equivalent to $600 Advertising Director On June 20, 2001, another such decision was made. When the Board of Trustees enacted an unprece- per in-state student. Sallie Leigh 864-656-7897 dented tuition increase, they ensured that we would provide the resources necessary to make Clemson one • Provide a tuition reduction for this year only to hedge against future budget cuts and ensure longer- Contributors of the top-20 public universities in the nation. term funding for the road map. Keri Anderson, Sandy Dees, Throughout the year, as we faced substantive issues about quality, funding and the direction of the Uni- • Take a “wait and see” approach, delaying action until we know more about legal challenges to the Robin Denny, Debbie Dunning, versity for the next 10 years, we followed a process that served us well: Our goals are non-negotiable. We governor’s action or until we know more about next year’s revenue. Eve Gibson, Beth Jarrard, would have an open, inclusive process. We would gather input from people affected by our decisions. We With input from our students, alumni, faculty and staff and in consultation with economic advis- Peter Kent, Ross Norton, Sandra Parker, Christine Prado, Cath- would debate all options, carefully considering the benefits and risks of each. We would act as One Clemson. ers concerning the projected shortfall for next year’s budget, we determined the best choice is to reduce erine Sams As Clemson alumni, students, faculty and staff well know, we have a goal to become one of the nation’s tuition for in-state students for the fall semester by $600, enact the full planned increase for the spring Photographers top-20 public universities, and we have a plan or a “road map” to help us achieve that goal. semester and retain the planned increase for out-of-state students. Darryl Glubczynski We will build our research environment and improve South Carolina’s ability to attract knowledge- With this plan, South Carolina students benefit from the full impact of the governor’s vetoes, and their Dave Lewis based industry. The value of a Clemson degree will be increased, making our graduates more competitive families have more time to plan for the increase. This plan provides funding for our goals this year and Patrick Wright in the job market. More of our best students will remain in state for their education, no longer having to provides greater protection against future funding shortfalls. University Officials choose between a LIFE scholarship and a top-tier education. And with this plan, the quality of Clemson will not be susceptible to unexpected shifts in state rev- President James F. Barker A recent poll shows that 9 out of 10 South Carolinians agree that the state should have a top-tier uni- enues or the economy. Board of Trustees “The quality of versity. Yet Clemson is substantially underfunded, even with a 42 percent tuition hike. According to the Lawrence M. Gressette Jr., Clemson will not Commission on Higher Education mission resource requirement, Clemson is funded at $68 million a year chairman; William C. Smith Jr., below what we need to operate. We are currently funded at 61 percent of the state’s formula compared to vice chairman; Bill L. Amick, be susceptible to 68 percent for peer research institutions in South Carolina. John J. Britton, Leon J. Hendrix Jr., James F. Barker, FAIA Harold D. Kingsmore, Louis B. Lynn, For the past five years, Clemson has had lower tuition increases and smaller growth in appropriations unexpected shifts President Patricia Herring McAbee, than other state institutions. When we compare per-student appropriations to those in Georgia, North Leslie G. McCraw, in state revenues Carolina and Florida, we are far behind. E. Smyth McKissick III, Thomas B. McTeer Jr., The road map was charted with the understanding that we would need significant improvements in all L E T T E R S or the economy.” Joseph D. Swann, funding areas. We believed that our goals were reasonable with modest improvements in five areas. Dear Clemson Alumnus, Allen P. Wood. State appropriations: We assumed we would continue to see the modest increase of 2 to 3 percent that © 2001 Clemson University The Alumni Association has had a longstanding commitment to provide to every alum- had been the norm the past five years.Instead of slight growth, however, we face a situation of flat funding for Clemson World Clemson World is published quarterly for alumni and friends of Clemson University academic and operating needs, and declining resources for public service activities. nus four times a year, regardless of whether or not that alumnus has financially supported the University’s by the Division of Advancement. Editorial offices are in the Department of Publications Tuition: For the past five years, tuition increases merely offset unfunded pay raises and other unfunded academic programs through the Clemson Fund. Unfortunately, with funding concerns and the need to and Promotion, Clemson University, 102 Fike Center, Clemson, SC 29634-5608 mandates. 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Our plan call 1-800-313-6517. calls for increase in external support generated through private gifts, grants and sponsored programs. Our $50,000 each year. Currently there are about 45,000 alumni who have never made a gift to the Clemson faculty and staff have risen to the challenge. Last year, we had the most successful fund-raising year ever and the highest Fund. Hopefully, the value of Clemson World will be that added incentive these alumni need to make their CLEMSON WORLD one-year increase in research funding ever. first gift of $10 or more. CORPORATE SPONSORS If you have never supported the University through the Clemson Fund, this issue of Clemson World The following make this mag- Internal efficiencies: With limited resources, we knew we would have to look within and be willing to azine possible by their support: will be the last you receive until August 2002, unless you make a gift. You can make a gift online at www. reallocate from current budgets to higher priorities. Our administrative costs are 7.3 percent of academic costs, Alumni Career Services the lowest in the state and well below similar universities elsewhere. Our general overhead cost per student is $100-$300 clemson.edu/isupportcu, return the gift envelope in Clemson World or call 864-656-5896 to make a credit ARAMARK card gift. The Clemson Corps below the average of our peers and $200 less than it was two years ago. Each year, Clemson received the highest scores in Conference Center and Inn the state for administrative efficiency. Yet we continue to look for ways to maximize efficiency and have recently restruc- It is our hope that this time next year we will have a much smaller number of alumni who have never tured two academic colleges. supported Clemson financially. We hope to return to the time when all alumni get four great issues of the Accountability: We have a responsibility to tell students, parents, alumni, legislators and others how Clemson World every year. we are spending their money and show them what they are receiving in return. We have published and widely Fred Faircloth ’72, Clemson Alumni Association President Debbie DuBose ’75, Executive Director

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Clemson Pride

THANK YOU Stuart C. McWhorter ’91 It takes 25 for helping Clemson exceed the 25 percent alumni participation to get to ‘20’ mark! To become a top-20 public university, Clemson needs help from at least 25 percent of its alumni. All states are important, but because over half of our alumni live in South Carolina, each county really adds up. Congratulations to all counties that have reached 25 percent in 2000-2001! See the fiscal year-end results below (as of 6/30/01). Get a jump on the new fiscal year, which began July 1, and start Newberry your county participation off right.

Counties Alumni Donors Percentage (as of 6/30/01) (as of 6/30/01) (as of 6/30/01)

Abbeville 305 50 16.4 Aiken 1,158 235 20.3 Allendale 64 10 15.6 re Anderson 4,216 591 14 Bamberg 95 18 18.9 Barnwell 164 34 20.7 er Beaufort 553 126 22.8 In the decade since he graduated from Clemson, Berkeley 495 78 15.8 Calhoun 167 41 24.6 Tiger mascot Stuart McWhorter has continued Charleston 3,300 741 22.5 Cherokee 318 51 16 to be a leader. Chester 185 43 23.2 Chesterfield 206 44 21.4 Clarendon 190 35 18.4 After earning his bachelor’s degree in management from Clemson, McWhorter served as an intern with the U.S. Budget Colleton 240 63 26.3 Committee before earning his MBA from the University of Alabama-Birmingham. He then became vice president of physician devel- Darlington 452 105 23.2 opment with Tenet Healthcare Corporation and was founder and vice president of OrthoLink Physicians Corporation, now United Dillon 155 26 16.8 Dorchester 701 143 20.4 Surgical Partners (NASDAQ: USPI). Edgefield 176 40 22.7 In 1996, McWhorter and his father founded their own firm, Clayton Associates LLC, an investment firm in Nashville, Tenn., that Fairfield 113 27 23.9 Florence 967 230 23.8 serves as a hub of strategic business development activities for health care and diversified service and technology firms throughout the Georgetown 397 84 21.2 Southeast. Greenville 9,432 1,864 19.8 But the man who previously wore the Tiger suit hasn’t forgotten his Clemson experience, and he’s continuing his family’s com- Greenwood 1,074 224 20.9 Hampton 138 23 16.7 mitment to philanthropy in his own innovative way. Horry 800 176 22 Part of McWhorter’s gift to the Clemson University Foundation will establish a student investment fund in conjunction with the Jasper 43 13 30.2 Kershaw 394 77 19.5 University’s Trading Room in the College of Business and Behavioral Science. Clemson has one of only a few collegiate “Wall Street Lancaster 300 63 21 laboratories” nationwide in which finance students work with the same resources that professional brokers utilize to research, buy and Laurens 587 105 17.9 sell securities. McWhorter’s contribution will enable them to make real-time transactions with real funds through a licensed Lee 110 36 32.7 Lexington 2,269 506 22.3 broker. If successful, proceeds will benefit the Clemson Foundation. Marion 180 60 33.3 In support of Tiger Pride, the athletics component of The Clemson Commitment capital campaign for upgrading athletic facilities, Marlboro 109 25 22.9 McCormick 62 13 21 McWhorter is adding art to Memorial Stadium. Fittingly, McWhorter will fund a bronze tiger to be installed in the soon-to-be- reno- Newberry 437 82 18.8 vated West End Zone. Oconee 2,368 388 16.4 “I draw from my experiences at Clemson so often. In many ways, a student’s years in college lay the foundation for future achieve- Orangeburg 634 174 27.4 Pickens 5,185 1,869 36 ments,” says McWhorter. “I hope to encourage tomorrow’s alumni to remember the University and to sustain the continuum of Richland 2,859 777 27.2 support.” Saluda 168 27 16.1 Use the enclosed envelope, call Spartanburg 2,637 508 19.3 864-656-5896 or make a secure Sumter 599 131 21.9 online gift at www.clemson.edu/isup- For information on ways to support academics and athletics with a single gift, contact the Development Office at P.O. Box 1889, Clemson, SC 29633- Union 151 29 19.2 portcu to help Clemson reach the top 1889 or call 864-656-2121; contact the IPTAY Office at P.O. Box 1529, Clemson, SC 29633; go online at www.clemson.edu/isupportcu or see the Williamsburg 174 25 14.4 20. York 1,546 409 26.4 One Clemson envelope in this issue of Clemson World.

4 • CLEMSON WORLD/SUMMER 2001 CLEMSON WORLD/SUMMER 2001 • 5 Clemson in Arabia Clemson is partnering with Zayed University in the United Arab Emirates to offer a new executive master of business administration degree in managing e-business. The tax-free environment of Dubai is well-suited to international commerce. The program, designed to prepare executives for business in the worldwide marketplace, consists of a 12-course curriculum over a 24-month period with students spending 12 weeks in residence at NEWS THAT SPANS CLEMSON’S WORLD Dubai’s Internet City. They will complete the remaining require- ments through teleconferencing and the Internet. Clemson faculty will offer courses in financial management, marketing management, supply chain management and business strategy. Clemson faculty will benefit from the interaction with interna- National champs! tional business leaders in a critical region in the world’s economy. Clemson earned top honors in the 10th annual National Student Steel Bridge Competition in May. More than 400 civil engineering Call Me MISTER students from 42 colleges and universities across the United States and Canada took part in the event, held this year at Clemson’s Madren Conference Center. The winning Clemson bridge, a 184-pound, 23-foot orange and blue beauty, was able to hold almost 14 times its weight. Bridges were required to hold 2,500 pounds, roughly the weight of a Volkswagen Beetle. The construction team of four built the bridge in 1.77 minutes! Global impact Designing those perfect A deceptively simple-sounding program at Clemson — Develop- spans, however, took nearly a ing Naturally: Enhancing Communities — is having anything but year. The Clemson team invested about 600 hours in design and simple results. As a sign of its impact, it has just won a national fabrication and an additional 300 hours in practice. innovation award from the National Association of Development Key sponsors include the American Institute of Steel Construc- Organizations (NADO) Research Foundation. tion and American Society of Civil Engineers. The program’s resource materials, developed and distributed The national championship team includes captain Scott Robi- through the Strom Thurmond Institute and made available on the nett, Jon Lamb, Bob Twilley, Matt Anderson, Will Jacobs, Adam Web, emphasize grassroots economic development, social develop- Black, Gene Rogers, Charlie Wilson, Rusty Charles, Matt Bolin and ment and ecological sustainability. Billy Evans with civil engineering professor Scott Schiff as adviser. © 2001 Harpo Productions, Inc. Photographer: George Burns All rights reserved. What began as guidelines for rural South Carolina on such Clemson’s Jeff Davis ’84, field director of the “Call Me MISTER” program, was honored by topics as nature-based community tourism, bed and breakfast de- velop- ment and recycling for the hospitality industry, has become a Oprah Winfrey earlier this year for helping to make the world a better place. godsend for small rural communities around the globe. Korean War veterans On “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” broadcast in April, Davis received the “Oprah’s Angel Network’s Use Your Life Award” for his work with Created several years ago by professor and Extension specialist In a future issue of Clemson World, we would like to remem- Call Me MISTER, an innovative program designed to put more African American male role models into elementary school classrooms. Tom Potts, of the parks, recreation and tourism management depart- ber and honor the many alumni who served our country during The award includes a $100,000 gift, funded by actor Paul Newman and his “Newman’s Own” line of food products and by donations from ment, the program has leaped in demand. Last fiscal year, it reached the Korean War. Within the past year, we’ve heard from several viewers. The gift will be used to move Call Me MISTER closer to its goal of producing at least 200 young black male teachers for classrooms 88 countries and responded to more than 127,000 requests. During alumni who have shared their experiences. We hope to hear from across the state over the next four years and to be a model for other states seeking solutions to similar problems. a single week in July, it responded to nearly 3,400 requests and re- others. If you have a Clemson-related story or experience for the Clemson initiated the research and wrote grants to fund partnerships with three historically black South Carolina colleges — Clafin, Mor- corded the downloading of 531 publications. Korean War that you’d like to share, please call 864-656-7897, ris and Benedict — each of which recruited approximately 20 students for the program last fall. Developing Naturally provides resource materials at no cost from email [email protected], fax 864-656-5004, or write to Clemson its Web site: www.developingnaturally.com. World, Clemson University, 102 Fike, Clemson, SC 29634-5608.

6 • CLEMSON WORLD/SUMMER 2001 CLEMSON WORLD/SUMMER 2001 • 7 World View Storm warnings Clemson is well known for its wind-engineering program, but Reedy River Project Run for the Libraries Greenville has turned to the University for a vision of how to the problems presented by hurricanes and tornadoes involve more Marcia Barker (#2) leads the pack early in the Presidential Race develop the historical Reedy River. Clemson is serving as facilitator than engineering. A recent first-of-its-kind conference at Clemson 2001, a 5K road race in April to benefit the Clemson Libraries. in a partnership with the city and county to plan the development of brought together international Students in the University’s parks, recreation and tourism a 16-mile section of the river from Travelers Rest through downtown experts to explore not only the management program managed the race, and Wendy’s provided Greenville to Lake Conestee. wind-engineering aspects of the corporate sponsorship. The purpose of the Reedy River Project is to create and implement storms but also their sociopolitical “The annual race is a great opportunity to support both the a master plan that will provide guidance for the best use of the cor- impacts in North, South and Cen- academic and athletic traditions of Clemson,” says President Jim ridor for private landowners and local governments. Clemson faculty tral America. Barker (#1). “Beyond that, it’s a great event.” and students from the College of Architecture, Arts and Humanities The Americas Conference on bring in both a fresh look and renowned expertise. Wind Engineering gave wind en- The first round of public hearings began earlier in the summer. gineers, sociologists, risk managers, “This project is about doing what is best for the community,” says emergency preparedness manag- Barry Nocks, project director and Clemson professor of city and ers, meteorologists, architects, Homecoming books Visitor parking regional planning. contractors and manufacturers If you’re coming back to Clemson for Homecoming, Oct. 20, If you’re planning to visit campus, the first thing you need is a Using feedback gathered at the public hearings, the master plan- the opportunity to share their don’t forget your books! Clemson Libraries staff and volunteers will parking permit. If your visit is for an official function, ask the depart- ners will define areas for various types of land uses, from residential expertise on the impact of nature’s be driving around the main parking areas in easy-to-spot golf carts to ment sponsor to mail a visitor parking placard to you in advance. to commercial to recreation and open space. They will also propose devastating force. pick up book donations. Some books will be added to the Libraries’ Or make Parking Services at the University Union or the Visitors design standards and implementation strategies for county and city Participants explored policy-making issues such as creating new collection; others will go into the annual book sale. Center your first stop during regular office hours. The Visitors Cen- governments. wind-load codes for homes, low-cost refuge centers and a national Collection tables will be set up near the Kickoff Countdown ter, located just below the Clemson House and adjoining the Alumni For more information on the Reedy River Project, visit the Web wind-hazard reduction program. Radio Show in front of Littlejohn, on the bridge in front of Cooper Center, is also open Sat. 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. and Sun. site: . www.clemson.edu/caah/ccgc/reedyriver Library and in the Lee Hall Courtyard. 1-4:30 p.m. The University Police Department issues parking plac- ards when the Visitors Center is closed. Herbal remedy Clemson has joined a pact to bring one of the fastest growing in- Binding the Intracoastal Waterway WISE girls For a new way to prevent bank erosion of the Atlantic Intra- Gullah arts and lore dustries in the nation — nutraceuticals — to the Carolina coastland. Nearly 50 eighth-graders came to campus in June for Project Clemson’s ninth annual Festival of African American Literature coastal Waterway, Clemson researchers are turning to the very old Nutraceuticals, or medicinal botanicals, could provide the state’s WISE (Women in Sci- and the Arts (FAALA), Sept. 17-21, at the Brooks Center embraces “science” of wattling — an ancient construction technique using tobacco growers with a new source of income to supplement what ence and Engineering), a the artistry and heritage of South Carolina’s coastal islands and bundles of branches to make a barrier. has been lost to reduced quotas. weeklong camp for girls celebrates the Gullah culture. Because boat wakes, tidal influences and drainage are taking a toll The National Nutraceutical Center (NNC), begun in Charles- featuring mini-courses NPR cultural correspondent Ver- on the 1,200-mile protected ton and now on the Clemson campus, is a consortium of Clemson, taught by Clemson pro- tamae Grosvenor will return to her water route connecting Cape the S.C. Research Authority and the Medical University of South fessors. WISE campers native South Carolina to talk Cod to Key West, the U.S. Carolina. The center is building on the fact that South Carolina has experienced hands-on about “Growing Up Gullah.” Army Corps of Engineers is the climate and the technology already in place to become a major learning, practical appli- Emmy-nominated Ron and Nata- looking for affordable and player. cations and the fun side lie Daise will share Gullah stories practical methods to control “The idea is to link agriculture and medicine, helping the nu- of math and science. The and songs. And master sweetgrass bank erosion and shore up traceutical industry that is already present in the state to become camp was made possible basket weaver Jery Bennett-Taylor, a basins containing dredging more vibrant and bring new players into South Carolina,” says Dave by a grant from Duke native of Mount Pleasant, will exhibit residue. Gangemi, NNC executive director. Power. her work. When the Corps undertook Work has already begun through the S.C. Herb Project to grow For more information, call the Brooks Center at 864-656-7787. nutraceutical botanicals such as feverfew on land previously used to a study to examine the use of grow tobacco. The work has been a joint effort including faculty from bioengineering — installing Clemson’s Coastal Research and Education Center in Charleston. living material for construc- Chemistry Olympiad tion — to control erosion, it Salt Lake City may have the 2002 Winter Olympic Games, but Clemson has the Chemistry Olympiad every year. For nearly a de- Kaplan/Newsweek top college called on researchers at Clem- Clemson has just been recognized in the Kaplan/Newsweek cade, the U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad has been prepared, Parents, mark your calendar son’s Belle Baruch Institute College Catalog 2002 as among top schools in the nation that offer distributed and graded at Clemson. Parents Weekend 2001 is set for Oct. 19-21, of Coastal Ecology and Forest the best value for the tuition dollar, that are academically chal- Thanks to the American Chemical Society’s DivCHED Exami- Homecoming weekend. For information Science in Georgetown to lenging, that are hot and trendy, and that have the best Web nations Institute at Clemson, top chemistry educators from high on hotels, football tickets and other assist them. sites. events, visit www.clemson.edu and So far, the wattling is working in preliminary tests by Clemson re- schools and universities gather on campus annually to grade the click on Parents Weekend 2001 searchers. Will Conner, professor of forest resources, says that, “Over National Olympiad Exams. Winners go on to compete internation- or call 864-656-2345. ® 90 percent of the wattling made of native plant materials sprouted, ally. For more information about the Chemistry Olympiad, visit the and in just over a month, averaged a foot tall in growth.” Web at www.acs.org/education/student/olympiad.html.

8 • CLEMSON WORLD/SUMMER 2001 CLEMSON WORLD/SUMMER 2001 • 9 College name change Clemson’s former College of Business and Public Affairs has a new name that more accurately reflects its departments — the Col- The Clemson Ring Connection lege of Business and Behavioral Science. The college includes the School of Accountancy and Legal Studies and the departments of economics, finance, management, marketing, graphic communications, political science, psychology, Generations of Clemson alumni wear their class rings with universal pride and personal significance. sociology, military science and aerospace studies. It is also home to In the early military days, the rings were the hallmark of the “Clemson man.” And when that elite the Small Business Development Center and the Spiro Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership. fraternity expanded to include women, the spirit embodied in the ring continued and broadened. Clemson’s dean of the College of Business and Behavioral Sci- ence Jerry E. Trapnell has been elected vice chair/chair-elect of From grandfather to father, from son or daughter to grandchild, the Clemson Ring encircles families AACSB International, the Association for the Advancement of Collegiate Schools of Business. It is the premier accrediting agency in a common tradition of outstanding academics, exciting athletics and lifelong friendships. for bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degree programs in business administration and accounting worldwide. But each ring holds its own special story for the wearer. It may signify success at the end of a long Fixin’ the Fort Renovations on Fort Hill, the home place of road of sacrifice. It may alert you to a fellow traveler in a foreign land. It may represent a promise kept, Thomas Green Clemson and John C. Calhoun, are in Making strongholds stronger full swing. The house will remain closed until the Clemson’s College of Engineering and Science is realigning two an opportunity born, a moment remembered. first phase is completed by next spring. research and education strongholds in order to expand the poten- Clemson’s historical Hanover House, located in tial reach of both and to put the college in a better position to help The Clemson Alumni Association would like to ask Clemson World readers this question: the S.C. Botanical Garden, however, remains open Clemson reach top-20 status in public universities. seven days a week. Call 864-656-3405 for more in- The two new schools — the School of Materials Science and formation. Engineering and the School of the Environment — will each operate as a single administrative and budgetary unit, meaning that each will What makes the Clemson Ring so special to you? be better able to build the faculty, infrastructure and funding needed Environmental excellence to sustain leading-edge research and education programs. Clemson’s Institute of Environmental Toxicology made history The School of Materials Science and Engineering includes units earlier this year when it received the Environmental Excellence of the previous School of Textiles, Fiber and Polymer Science and Award from International Paper of Purchase, N.Y., the largest paper the Gilbert C. Robinson Department of Ceramic and Materials and forest products maker in the world. Clemson became the first Engineering. university to receive the prestigious award. The School of the Environment combines the environmental The award recognizes professor John Rodgers and his students engineering and science department with geological sciences. Key who’ve worked on International Paper’s environmental projects over research areas include environmental treatment process engineering the years. and nuclear environmental engineering. A specialist in environmental hazards and wetlands, Rodgers and his colleagues have explored the natural process for removing water pollutants and have created man-made projects to accomplish the same goal. Please take a minute to let us know. You can use the response form on p. 41; VP for research email us at [email protected]; The University’s new vice president for research is Christian call 864-656-7897; E.G. Przirembel, a Fellow of four national engineering and science fax 864-656-5004 or organizations and internationally recognized for his leadership in write us at Clemson World, Clemson University, engineering education. 102 Fike, Clemson, SC 29634-5608. A member of Clemson’s faculty since 1981, Przirembel played a key role in establishing at the University the only National Science Foundation center for advanced engineering fibers and films in the TIME traveler United States. Psychology professor Cindy Pury recently took her “TIME He has earned a list of honors throughout his career including Public College of the Year” T-shirt all the way to ancient times the nation’s highest award given by the mechanical engineering in Athens, Greece. She’s pictured at the Stoa of Zeus, with the education community — the Ralph Coats Roe Award. Temple of Hephaestus in the background.

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A mother who discovers her six-year-old son has several genes asking the tough questions and that their answers adequately con- for heart disease, for example, can take extra care to teach him sider all the pertinent complexities. The health of any democratic the value of a low-fat diet. Later on, his physician might moni- society ultimately depends on the ability of its citizens to reflect in The ExaminedBy Kelly C. Smith,Life philosophy professor tor his cardiac system carefully and treat early warning signs such just this way.

The unexamined life is not worth living. — Socrates as high cholesterol aggressively. This technology may facilitate a fundamental shift in medicine away from treatment and toward Rutland Center for Ethics preventative care — an enormous benefit to society. The ability to think critically and formulate thoughtful “What good is this philosophy stuff anyway?” my students often ask, rolling their eyes. ethical judgments is an essential facet of what it means “It’s not about anything practical like accounting or engineering or anything; so why study it at all?” Whose right is it anyway? to be an educated person. Fostering these skills is also On the other hand, widespread genetic testing also raises some an explicit part the University’s mission. very disturbing questions such as: Therefore, Clemson has begun an ambitious project — the I’m used to this sort of complaint, of course, and I like to respond support one position over any other. (We could always simply yell “Who should have access to genetic information and under Robert J. Rutland Center for Ethics — to raise awareness of ethical to it directly. “For one thing,” I point out, “every other discipline at one another, but that’s not terribly constructive.) It would be just what circumstances?” issues and aid the development of ethical reasoning, not just for taught at a university like Clemson was initially developed by as silly to argue about what’s ethically right as it is to argue about “Who owns the genetic information produced by the tests?” Clemson students but for the entire community. philosophers as part of philosophy. Physics de- whether North Carolina style barbecue really “Should individuals be able to get any genetic test they desire?” It’s already off to an excellent start thanks to the generous finan- partments, for example, didn’t even exist until tastes the best. Most people want to avoid such “How do we keep genetic testing from sliding into eugenics cial support of Robert J. Rutland ’64 and the leadership of interim about 100 years ago since physics was considered a radical conclusion, in which case they must (‘improving’ offspring by controlling hereditary factors)?” director Daniel Wueste. Philosophy professor Steven Satris and I to be a branch of natural philosophy.” Then I believe that ethics is based on more than mere It is tempting to answer these questions quickly and intuitively, are serving as fellows of the center. go to work by asking them those irritating “why opinion. Of course, this immediately raises the but such an approach can get us into trouble. For example, people Two very successful summer seminars for faculty and community questions” for which philosophers are so famous question of what basis is appropriate, but that’s a often say that genetic information should be kept strictly confiden- members have already been conducted in order to provide teachers — such as, “Why do you suppose all academic much more involved question than I can ex- tial. Insurance companies argue, however, that this puts them in an with the tools they need to integrate ethical discussion into their disciplines began with philosophy?” plore in this context. impossible situation. People who discover they will likely contract own teaching. Workshops along similar lines have also been held What I hope my students come to understand Ethics is not just abstract theory. Every a virulent heritable form of cancer can buy enormous insurance or are being planned in conjunction with the Office of Teaching is that philosophy is basically all about think- discipline and profession, from accounting to policies. The insurance company, not having access to the genetic Effectiveness and Innovation as well as Sigma Xi, the national sci- ing. A philosopher is someone who continually zoology, has its own set of ethical problems, and information, will be unable to compensate for the increased risk ence and engineering honor society. asks questions and questions answers. This can solving these problems requires philosophical with higher premiums and thus will lose a fortune on such claims. Another donor, Stephan Barton ’72, has endowed an annual sometimes make philosophers annoying, as the work that is anything but abstract. My own We might not care about the profitability of insurance companies ethics essay competition in honor of his father, J.T. Barton Jr. ’50. Athenians discovered with Socrates. On the training is in both biology and philosophy, and in the abstract, but we would care a great deal if the entire industry This fall, we will have the first Barton essay competition in con- other hand, it’s clearly better than the alterna- thus one aspect of my research focuses on the shut down. junction with a series of events planned for President Jim Barker’s tive: Someone who never asks difficult questions will ethical implications of biotechnology. We are living at the dawn Similarly, we might start with the thought that individuals colloquium on “Science and Values: New Frontiers, Perennial never make any progress, and someone who never ques- of a new biotechnology age that, within the lifetime of should be able to get any genetic tests they desire. After all, how Questions.” (The essay topic will be human cloning.) tions his answers will hold on to all sorts of false beliefs. today’s undergraduates, will transform the way we live can mere information be harmful? Several complications immedi- Other projects in the works are linking ethics education with (for better or worse) in fundamental ways. What could be ately arise, however. For one thing, genetic tests are unlike other service learning in high schools, training scientists in the ethical The question of ethics more practical than to try to prepare students for such medical tests in that they reveal information not only about you practice of science (soon to be required by the National Institutes Ethics is the area in which contemporary philosophers are change? but about your whole family. If I test positive for a heritable form of Health), conducting a series of seminars designed for profes- most often asked for input. Ethics deals with questions of how we of cancer, it is likely that my brother will have the same gene(s). If sionals in various areas including architecture, health care, law, should behave toward one another. (How we actually do behave Genetic report card he does not wish to know this — say, because there is no effective engineering and others, and hosting the 2003 meeting of the Soci- is another matter entirely.) Ethical questions pervade every Consider just the tip of the biotechnology iceberg — genetic treatment — do I have a right to the test knowing it will reveal ety for Ethics Across the Curriculum. aspect of our lives, and they are also notoriously com- testing. Every day, scientists announce the discovery of a new gene information about my brother that he does not want to have? As Socrates recognized long ago, one must examine one’s own plex. Despite this, people often attempt to solve them for some disease — though what it means to talk about “genes for” Or what if the test accurately reveals the presence of a gene, but beliefs and attitudes, especially about ethical matters. This is not with surprisingly little reflection. disease is a very complex issue. In any event, once a gene has been we do not yet understand fully how the gene affects my prognosis (a a one-time thing, of course; it is the project of a lifetime. Helping Herein lies one of the most basic services philosophers provide discovered, it is a relatively simple matter to develop a test that can common situation for new tests)? Do I have a right to information students acquire what they need to carry out this project is a cen- — critique of what people accept uncritically. When a claim is obvi- screen for it. Several companies are already developing prototype of uncertain quality that may cause me to worry or even undergo tral part of Clemson’s mission. Embracing this goal and promoting ously controversial, people approach it with caution, but the claims machines to cheaply, quickly and accurately screen thousands of medical procedures unnecessarily? ethics across the campus and the community, the Rutland Center that can get you into trouble are the tacit ones that few question. different genes in a single drop of blood. Thus, it is likely that my Philosophy is different from other disciplines in that there are for Ethics will enrich the Clemson experience as it joins in the ef- For example, it’s common for people to believe that ethical views students’ children will receive “genetic report cards” as a routine no universally agreed-upon answers to philosophical questions, fort to make Clemson a top-20 public university.  are nothing more than statements of personal opinion and that part of pediatric care. especially in ethics. (This does not mean there are no answers or there is simply “no right answer” to ethical questions. The advantage of this technology is that it allows far earlier in- that all answers are equally acceptable.) When a philosopher is For more information, contact philosophy professor Kelly Smith at If all we ever have are mere opinions, then there is no point at tervention in those individuals who have “defective genes.” (Exactly doing professional research, he or she may argue for a particular [email protected] or 864-656-5366, or Daniel Wueste, interim director of all in ethical discussion — in fact, such discussion would be impos- what this phrase means is another complex issue.) ethical position on some issue. Acting as a teacher, however, the the Rutland Center, at [email protected] or 864-656-5379. sible since there would be no arguments that could be given to same philosopher’s job is to make sure that people are not avoiding

12 • CLEMSON WORLD/SUMMER 2001 CLEMSON WORLD/SUMMER 2001 • 13 Its official name is “The Woodland faithful servants ironically became the the campus lands. Many additional graves Clemson World readers are urged to The next time Cemetery,” a title adopted by the Board first of their number to be buried there. have been dug and new markers have been share any historical information that you Sacred of Trustees in July of 1924. The Board had Thousands gathered on campus to pay their erected, but the essential character of the may have about the cemetery, especially you’re in Clemson, been approached about the idea of a faculty respects as they marched from Memorial place described by President Jim Barker as a concerning the relationships among and Ground cemetery two years earlier by Clemson’s Chapel in Tillman Hall to the graveside “quiet room” has not been violated. contributions of the individuals who are president Walter Merritt Riggs. Riggs came service on Cemetery Hill, making what The only real changes in Board policy buried there. Not only will this information you might want to visit to Clemson Agricultural College in 1896 the Greenville Piedmont described as “the regarding the cemetery over the years have prove invaluable to the institutional his- By Matt Dunbar ’99 as an assistant professor of mechanical and most appropriate and impressive burial in been to increase to 10 years the minimum tory of the University, but it will also help electrical engineering. It didn’t take him South Carolina since the funeral of Wade continuous length of employment for ob- develop a unique way to tell the Clemson and say thanks to some long to develop a fierce loyalty to the school Hampton.” taining a plot and to remove a segregation story through the voices of those buried at of which he would be named acting presi- Fortunately for Clemson, the legacy of clause found in early policy statements. the cemetery. dear old friends. dent in 1910 and confirmed as president in Walter Merritt Riggs did not die with him, (Interestingly, the site may have been used If you would like more details about 1911. and his contributions to the school are still at one time as a burial ground for slaves the cemetery project, or if you have any President Riggs expected a similar loy- as evident today as they were in 1924. A and later for epidemic victims and convict information to share, please contact one of alty from the faculty and administrators list of those contributions might include laborers who helped build the first buildings the committee members listed below. And Tillman Hall ... of the College, and in 1922, he sought to the football program, the on campus.) the next time you’re in Clemson, you might Bowman Field ... Death recognize their service by creating a fac- men’s glee club, the student But the same measures that have pre- take a few moments to visit some dear old Valley ... Just the men- ulty cemetery for those “who may desire affairs office, the public served the peacefulness of Cemetery Hill friends on Cemetery Hill. tion of these special  to avail themselves of the privilege.” With relations department, the have also allowed many of its maintenance places brings to mind the Board’s endorsement, Riggs appointed a architectural school and needs to be neglected, primarily from a lack vivid images and en- committee to study the proposal and recom- most importantly, a previously of resources. There have been occasional during memories for mend a suitable location. The commit- tee unknown strength and authority in the of- improvements, such as the recent addition “His monuments generations of Clemson reported that “the best available location is fice of president. And of course, there’s also of a stone retaining wall east of the Calhoun people. Even newcom- live about you.” what is now known as ‘Cemetery Hill’ adja- the cemetery. plot, but much more work is needed to ers to the University, cent to the Calhoun plot.” Since President Riggs’ death, nearly 300 control erosion on the steep terrain and to whether in person or Of course, the Calhoun cemetery with plots have been assigned within the fence provide a more aesthetically pleasing barrier The Woodland Cemetery through a Web site or its lofty perch above the Seneca River had that surrounds Cemetery Hill, most of them than the current chain-link fence. Stewardship Committee television broadcast, been around much longer than the school occupied, but some still awaiting owners Clemson’s good fortunes continue, how- readily identify the Jim Hendrix ’98, chairman itself. John C. Calhoun had acquired the who have not yet finished their service to ever, for just as President Riggs once had campus with these easily ([email protected]) lands for his plantation in 1825 with the the University. Names dear to Clemson the vision to create the college cemetery, recognized landmarks. Wil Brasington ’00 (864-678-3146) purchase of Clergy Hall, the former parson- — Sikes, Poole, Howard, Fike and Bradley so now President Barker has a vision to Such beloved places Matt Dunbar ’99 (423-967-5323, age of the Old Stone Church. He named his — are among those that mark the landscape preserve it. When Barker was inaugurated as that have been witness [email protected]) plantation Fort Hill in honor of the Indian on Cemetery Hill. The words on the head- Clemson’s 14th chief officer in April 2000, to so much studying and Bobby McCormick ’72, M ’74, outpost Fort Rutledge that had been erected stone of J.C. Littlejohn could easily serve as he made clear his obligation to uphold marching and compet- BB&T Scholar (864-656-3441) nearby in 1785. a collective epitaph for all those who have the “sacred trust” that had been handed ing through the years are Don McKale, Class of ’41 Memorial In 1837, 12 years after taking up resi- earned their spot: “His monuments live him. He has since described the Woodland fitting symbols for Clem- Professor of the Humanities dence at Fort Hill, the Calhouns suffered about you.” Cemetery as a “sacred and historic site son. But there’s another (864-656-5367) their first death on the peaceful upcountry The Woodland Cemetery is a treasure, deserving special care and attention.” site on Clemson’s cam- Gerald Vander Mey, Campus Master land, their infant grandson John Caldwell. perhaps unparalleled among public colleges, In order to help fulfill his obligation, he pus perhaps even more Planner (864-656-5191) The child became the first member of the concentrating so much of the legend and appointed a Woodland Cemetery Steward- defining. It is a quiet Tom Wooten, Alumni Distinguished family to be buried on the wooded knoll legacy of the men and women who have ship Committee earlier this year to make place where rich history Professor (864-656-4860) that came to be called Cemetery Hill. In served to make the institution great. It is a recommendations for the protection and is steeped into the soil, a wooded knoll that Sonya Goodman (ex-officio member), the years to follow, his father, Andrew Pick- fitting tribute for their service, an eternal preservation of Cemetery Hill for genera- keeps watch over the evolution of Thomas Facilities Support ens Calhoun, and 14 other members of that vantage point from which they can watch tions to come. Green Clemson’s dream, a sacred ground branch of the family would join him. Some- over the students and the school they loved Pressing issues are maintenance and where many of those who have given them- Monetary support for the research time after the turn of the 20th century, so dearly. It is sacred ground indeed. erosion control, the collection of important selves and their names to this institution and maintenance work is sorely needed Calhoun’s descendents enclosed the family In the many years since John C. Cal- historical information, the completion of at Cemetery Hill. Any gifts you wish to The Woodland Cemetery is a have been laid to rest. That place, tucked in plot with the stone and wrought-iron fence houn first laid his grandson to rest on the research about possible slave burials on the make can be sent to the Clemson Fund treasure, perhaps unparalleled among the trees behind Memorial Stadium, that crowns the top of Cemetery Hill today. grounds of his plantation, Cemetery Hill site, and the solicitation of donations for with a designation for the Woodland among public colleges, concentrating so is known as Cemetery Hill. Just a few feet from that enclosure, on a has been relatively isolated from the growth the Woodland Cemetery Stewardship Fund. Cemetery Stewardship Fund. much of the legend and legacy of cold winter’s day in 1924, the man who had and change that have enveloped the rest of the men and women who have served to envisioned a college cemetery for its make the institution great.

14 • CLEMSON WORLD/SUMMER 2001 CLEMSON WORLD/SUMMER 2001 • 15 14 • CLEMSON WORLD/SUMMER 2001 ably different from those of the past.” Financial support from One Clemson will help Academics and athletics. turn the Clemson Libraries into a library without These two aspects of college life rarely seem walls. The Libraries will be able to provide access to overlap. Yet, as Thomas Green Clemson to databases, books, journals and primary research envisioned, both are vital parts of the Clemson materials regardless of format. They will have experience — the rich traditions, the sense of the means to keep technology up-to-date — a family and community, the pride and the loyalty. critical need, especially for science and other And One Clemson, a new private-giving initia- technology-oriented disciplines that rely on tive, recognizes this by uniting academics and electronic journals. They will collaborate with athletics for a common purpose: to make Clemson other universities, government agencies and a top-20 public university within the next decade. industries to share access to library holdings. “One Clemson is tangible evidence that Clem- Staffing and services will become more flexible son encourages excellence in mind, in to meet the needs of this library of the future. body and by every standard by which great Simply put, as President Barker says, “A universities are judged,” says President Jim Barker. “No university is University can only be as strong as its library.” One One “No university is stronger than Clemson when stronger than Clemson academics and athletics are together. A united The Athletic Heritage Center Clemson is unstoppable.” when academics and One Clemson will also help fund the construc- The goal of this unique partnership is to raise tion of the Athletic Heritage Center, an interactive $10 million. Sixty percent of the money goes to athletics are together. museum showcasing Clemson traditions and Mind Spirit the Clemson Libraries. The other 40 percent sup- athletes throughout the decades. One of the Uni- A united Clemson is ports the Athletic Heritage Center. Fifty percent versity’s 10-year goals is to win another national of a gift may count toward the donor’s IPTAY unstoppable.” football championship, and Bowden considers cumulative giving record. — Clemson President the Athletic Heritage Center to be an essential The idea behind One Clemson is that all areas James F. Barker building block in establishing the Tiger football of Clemson must work as one to become a top-20 program and its recruiting efforts as one of the public university. “As a father of a Clemson student nation’s elite. and coach of the football team, I understand how Visitors will be able to see the Clemson important both academics and athletics are to a athletic experience come alive through the latest great university,” says Coach Tommy Bowden. interactive technology. Exhibits will celebrate “One Clemson shows that Clemson promotes ex- athletes and the sports achievements throughout cellence in all areas of student life, and I am proud Clemson history, from the national champion to be supporting this unique partnership between football and soccer teams to the legendary figures athletics and the library.” like Coach Frank Howard. The facility will clearly Senior members of Clemson’s academic and ath- demonstrate Clemson’s commitment to recruiting letic family — including President Barker, Interim the best student athletes nationwide. Provost Dori Helms, Athletic Director Bobby Rob- The Athletic Heritage Center will be located inson, head football coach Tommy Bowden, men’s south of Jervey Gym on a hill near Clemson’s basketball head coach Larry Shyatt and women’s volleyball facility. In addition to its interactive basketball head coach Jim Davis — museum, the center will house a new locker room, have pledged leadership commitments. An anony- weight room, meeting rooms and coaches offices mous donor has given an additional $250,000. “One Clemson shows for the Tiger football program. Current cost esti- “It should combine, if practicable, that Clemson promotes mates for the facility range between A Library Without Walls $10 million and $15 million. Few institutions are as dramatically affected by excellence in all areas “I think when everyone has a chance to see physical and intellectual education, and the rapid changes in information technology as li- of student life, and I am what’s going into the center, they’ll be excited braries, especially libraries at research universities. about it,” says George Bennett ’55, executive Once a primary storehouse for printed materials, proud to be supporting director of IPTAY. “We really want this building today’s libraries must now be that and much more. to look good, not only because it’s going to be an this unique partnership should be a high seminary of learning.” They must combine traditional books and journals athletic heritage center but also because it will with electronic information moving at the speed between athletics and be something that the entire University can use to of cyberspace. its best advantage … to tell the story of Clemson — Will of Thomas Green Clemson, 1886 Dean of Libraries Joe Boykin explains, “Our the library.” athletics.” Libraries are here to help our students, faculty and — Head Football staff accomplish their goals. We need to assure Coach Tommy Bowden You can make a secure online gift to One Clemson at them that whatever information resources they www.clemson.edu/isupportcu by Keri Anderson need, we can provide within their time frame. The or simply use the One Clemson envelope in this issue of strategies for the library of the future are consider- Clemson World.  1616 • • CLEMSON CLEMSON WORLD/SUMMER WORLD/SUMMER 2001 2001 CLEMSONCLEMSON WORLD/SUMMER WORLD/SUMMER 2001 2001 • • 17 17 More male students have begun to seek careers in nursing than in previous The bad news decades, but these welcome additions are not enough to keep up with growing The nursing shortage in South Carolina is acute. The demand. South Carolina ranks 42 out of 50 in the number of Managed health care led to a reduction in hospital stays and even in the RNs per 1,000 in the population. number of hospital beds. Because many patients go home before they are fully Half the licensed RNs practicing in South Carolina recovered, the remaining hospital beds are filled with sicker patients. Caught are from out of the state. with sicker patients and fewer nurses, hospital recruiters are keeping an eye on Only 34 percent of S.C. registered nurses have ScienceScience the graduation dates of Clemson’s nurses. a baccalaureate or higher degree as compared to 44 For graduates who seek work, job placement for Clemson nurses is 100 percent. percent nationally. The spring graduating class was recruited heavily with lunches, dinners and Experts predict that by the year 2015, fewer than sales pitches from every hospital in the Upstate and many beyond. Some hospi- 6 percent of the nursing workforce will be under age 30 of tals are offering sign-on bonuses of $12,000 to $16,000. and 27 percent will be over age 55. (Older nurses have CaringCaring Clemson graduates may have an advantage over candidates who choose the invaluable experience but are obviously much closer to By Ross Norton associate degree path to the nurse’s pin. “We’re finding that employers want retirement.) nurses with a bachelor’s degree because they are well-rounded,” says Logan. “They tend to have better thinking skills and a better understanding of people and their health problems.” The good news In fact, Clemson offers a baccalaureate program specifically designed for Starting salary for a registered nurse is between working nurses who did not attend a traditional university. Most who enroll in $30,000 and $35,000 annually and is increasing even the RN/BS completion program were trained originally through courses offered as we report this. Possible signing bonuses of $12,000 at technical colleges. The Clemson program is offered through the University to $16,000 make it even more lucrative. Center of Greenville and gives RNs a chance to earn a bachelor of science with a Salaries can increase to around $50,000 to major in nursing. $60,000, depending on geographic region, within five The University Center has proved invaluable for working nurses in the years of experience. Greenville area. The program, taught by Clemson faculty members, is recognized Nurse practitioners can expect an average of as progressive, flexible and individualized, building on previous education and around $70,000. experience. Job placement for Clemson nursing graduates seek- Whether a working nurse with an associate degree or a student fresh out of ing work is 100 percent. high school, Clemson students can earn a bachelor of science degree with a major in nursing and go on to earn a master of science degree with a major in nursing. After graduation, nursing students must pass the state licensing exam to become “registered.” In 1999-2000, Clemson baccalaureate graduates achieved Nurse Jessica Garland ’01 a pass rate of 91 percent, which is above state and national levels. Master’s returned to work on a recent spring graduates who took the certification exams as family and gerontological nurse day and everything was the same — practitioners achieved a 100 percent pass rate. yet everything was different. For graduates, a nursing degree opens many avenues. Bachelor’s degree candi- dates learn a little of everything so they have some experience in all specialties. She had begun working at Oconee Memorial Hospital in Seneca on the They put in clinical time at area hospitals each week, and during their final Monday following her high school graduation, and she continued working weekends semester, they work eight hours daily for two to three days each week. during her time as a student at Clemson. The hospital’s terrain had become as familiar to Master’s degree candidates concentrate on specialty areas from pediatric nurs- Garland as a comfortable old shoe. ing to gerontology. After last spring’s commencement exercises, however, she returned to work as a fresh graduate of the Clemson School of Nurs- “It’s a very versatile profession,” says Logan. “And the money isn’t bad al- ing. Her new role as nurse provides Garland with all of the things she was seeking in a profession: a good income, a chance to help though a lot of us think it should be better.” people and options — lots and lots of options. Every department within the hospital was recruiting Garland when she graduated But the nursing professionals at Clemson agree that most students don’t go in May. The reason in two words: “nursing shortage.” into the program specifically for the money.Few other professions Other than being well-trained and having sound working experience, Garland is in demand because of a growing nursing are entrusted to protect something as precious as shortage throughout America. Douglas Staiger, Dartmouth professor and co-author of a series of articles on the future of nursing, human life. It takes someone committed to the art reports that we’re due for “a 400,000-nurse shortage in 20 years” (The New York Times, April 13, 2001). According to Barbara Logan, director of Clemson’s School of Nursing, advances for women in the American workforce have and science of caring. led to challenges for nursing schools and the health care industry. And knowing there’s a spot waiting for you is especially encouraging. Like “Although our students are highly capable, fewer women in general elect to go into nursing,” says Logan. “They have more Jessica Garland, the nearly 400 students currently enrolled in the Clemson un- opportunities than they once did, and some of them are choosing other fields.” A few years ago, there was an oversupply of nurses. dergraduate program will definitely be in demand when it’s time to find a job. That, coupled with cost-cutting measures ushered in by managed care, steered potential nurses in other directions. 

18 • CLEMSON WORLD/SUMMER 2001 CLEMSON WORLD/SUMMER 2001 • 19 Night by Liz Newall Watch

Like a circle of cameras firing in sequence, alumnus Rick Clark has a unique view of Clemson. As a 2000 horticulture grad- uate, a current public administration graduate student and campus policeman, he sees the University through multiple lenses. In the still and dark of night, he sees yet another Clemson, one he has captured for Clemson World readers in these pages (also on the cover and in Taps, p. 48) during his predawn watch.

Memorial Stadium reflects softer, quieter tiers on the smooth surface of Lake Hartwell.

College Avenue blurs with night lights and images of students, present and past.

20 • CLEMSON WORLD/SUMMER 2001 CLEMSONCLEMSON WORLD/SUMMER WORLD/SPRING 2001 • 21 20 • CLEMSON WORLD/SUMMER 2001 The columns of Sikes Hall stand straight as they have for nearly a century while Tillman continues to measure The “Six Degrees of Freedom” sculpture time in the background. rises toward the light of the Fluor Daniel Engineering Innovation Building.

22 • CLEMSON WORLD/SUMMER 2001 CLEMSON WORLD/SUMMER 2001 • 23 The Cooper Library “floats” on the surface of the reflecting pool.

The bronze soldier of the Military Heritage Plaza casts a tall shadow in memory of all who marched on the sacred soil of Bowman Field. Sikes Hall and College Avenue await a new dawn. Rick W. Clark ’00

24 • CLEMSON WORLD/SUMMER 2001 CLEMSONCLEMSON WORLD/SUMMER WORLD/SUMMER 2001 2001 • • 25 25 Attention, Attorneys If you are a Clemson attorney, mark your calendar for Friday, Sept. 21, 2001, for the Clemson Alumni Lawyers Society’s (CALS) sixth annual Continuing Legal Education Seminar to be held on campus at the Madren Center. S.C. Chief Justice Jean Toal will be one of the featured speakers. Other attorneys in South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia New leader are also invited to participate in this accredited event. Clemson Alumni Association’s Tigers in Greece For more details regarding the exact credits, contact your state new president Fred W. Faircloth III PASSPORT travelers toured the Greek Islands last spring, Bar Association. If you have additional questions about the event, ’72 of Rock Hill is a prime example of visiting the Parthenon, Delphi and other famous sites during an contact Mot Dalton at [email protected] or call 864-656-2345. the “One Clemson” philosophy in his Alumni Association trip hosted by Betty McClellan. service to the University. A member An October cruise on the Rhine will round out this year’s of the Alumni National Council since travel. Next year’s PASSPORT Travel Adventures include a wa- Alumni Master Teacher 1997, he’s also an IPTAY representative. terways of Holland and Belgium cruise; a trip to Kinsale, Ireland; Biology and agricultural education professor A. Denny Smith In addition to being active in many a Scandinavian capitals/Russian cruise hosted by Jim and Marcia joins an elite group of student-selected top teachers as this year’s College community organizations, Faircloth Barker; and a trip to Sorrento, Italy. For more information, call Alumni Master Teacher. The Student Alumni Council conducts comeback has served as president of the York County Clemson Club and York 864-656-2345. the annual award program and chooses the recipient based on Because education is a lifelong experience, come back to County chairman for IPTAY. In his new role, he’ll lead the Universi- student nominations. campus this fall for a week of Alumni College. The Alumni ty’s 90,000-member Alumni Association as it coordinates worldwide The Student Alumni Council is composed of approximately 35 Association is offering a unique learning opportunity with activities for the Clemson family. students representing a cross section of Clemson students. It a twist of fun: “What They Didn’t Teach You about Religion A political science graduate, Faircloth is general manager of Rock bridges the gap between alumni and current students and spon- and the Bible in Sunday School,” Sept. 9-14; and “Hollywood Hill Coca-Cola Bottling Company and is past president of the S.C. sors a variety of projects including the annual Welcome Back Great Directors,” Oct. 14-19. Soft Drink Association. He and his wife, Phyllis, have twins, Freddy Festival. In addition to lively classes, you’ll have visits to such places ’00 and Virginia. as the S.C. Botanical Garden and the Campbell Geology Museum and free time to explore the campus or play golf at Career choice CABA-ret the Walker Course. If you have been involved in a layoff or are anticipating one, Clemson’s annual Choral Activity Boosters and Alumni (CABA) Accommodations will be provided at the University’s sharpen your skills and prepare your resources. The Clemson Alumni Concert will be held during Homecoming weekend, on Saturday, lakeside Conference Center and Inn complex. For more infor- Association has career services available to you for a lifetime. Clem- Oct. 20. The event, for all choral alumni and their families, will take mation, call 864-656-4392, email [email protected] or go to son graduates with years of experience are finding success in their place at the Brooks Center and will include a barbecue and special www.clemson.edu/alumni/college on the Web. transition by utilizing our list of professional jobs, one-on-one con- music by the alumni group “4:30 Thursday Singers.” sultations, online information and networking opportunities. Visit Exact times will depend on kickoff. For more information or to the Alumni Career Services online at www.alumni.clemson.edu and purchase tickets, contact the choral office at 864-656-1565 or Jeff choose “Career.” Bennett, CABA president, at 864-656-5137 or [email protected]. Super! These outstanding Tigers make great Clemson Clubs. The Alum- 50 years and who’s counting! ni Association’s latest “Super Tigers” (pictured right) and the clubs Reunion 2001 weekend in June provided a big time for old friends they represent are, from left, Connie Rampey (Cabarrus-Rowan), like Melvin Cauthen ’51 (left) of Spartanburg and Frank Flowers ’51 Kim Younghans (Atlanta), Bob Wise (chair of Field Activities Com- of Darlington, pictured here among fellow alumni during a luau at mittee and awards presenter), Tom Laroche (Charleston) and Bill the Owen Pavilion. Burnett (Greenwood). The Class of 1951 celebrated its golden anniversary by presenting Super Tigers not pictured are Jean-Ann Schmidt (Charlotte), to the University a check for $4,910,000, representing total gifts and Grace Ann Brown (Colleton/Walterboro), Chris Shellnut (Fort outstanding pledges made by class members since the beginning of Hill), John Criscione (Lexington), Eric Folk (Northern Alabama), their Golden Anniversary project five years ago. Thomas Uldrick (Northern California), Frank and Phyllis Wheeler The gift includes an unrestricted scholarship in the name of the (Tidewater/Virginia Beach), Elizabeth Wilkins (Tri-Cities) and Class of 1951 and $85,000 for an orientation center kiosk that will Mary Anne Farabee (Mid-South). The Piedmont Triad Clemson be located on Hwy. 93 for visitors to the Clemson campus. Club honored the late Tom Anderson by naming him their Su- per Tiger.

26 • CLEMSON WORLD/SUMMER 2001 CLEMSON WORLD/SUMMER 2001 • 27 • Palmetto Pleasure Horse Charleston Southern Nov. 3-4 • Family Nature Walk, S.C. Classic, Garrison Arena, 9 a.m. • Harvest Festival, S.C. • Arabian Horse Show, Botanical Garden, 10 a.m. CALENDAR Botanical Garden Garrison Arena, 8:30 a.m. Oct. 19-21 • WATER: Earth Science Nov. 15 • Parents Weekend Week Celebration, Nov. 4 • Tiger Band Pass-in-Review, • Growing Up Gullah, NPR Campbell Geology Museum, • Volleyball vs. North Brooks Center, 8 p.m. September correspondent Vertamae Oct. 20 Carolina • Men’s Soccer ACC Tourna- Sept. 1 Pregame Open House 1 p.m. Grosvenor, FAALA, Brooks • Football vs. North Carolina, • Clemson University Sym- ment at Clemson • Football vs. Central Florida Center, 8 p.m. Homecoming Oct. 27-28 phony Orchestra Strings, • Volleyball vs. Wake Forest • Choral Homecoming Fort Hill Presbyterian Nov. 17 Sept. 2 • CUET/IHSA Horse Show, Concert, Brooks Center Church, 3 p.m. • Football at South Carolina • Women’s Soccer vs. Richmond Garrison Arena, 9 a.m. Sept. 20 Away-game Headquarters, • Gullah Stories and Songs, Oct. 21 Nov. 5 Clarion Town House Hotel, Sept. 4 Oct. 28 Ron and Natalie Daise, • Men’s Soccer vs. Davidson • Swimming and Diving vs. Columbia • Women’s Soccer vs. • Men’s Soccer vs. Maryland FAALA and Family Series, Drop by the Clemson Alumni Center • Women’s Soccer vs. N.C. Florida State • Bantam Show, Garrison Gardner-Webb Brooks Center, 7 p.m. before each home football game this fall. State Oct. 30 Arena, 8 a.m. Nov. 6 Sept. 5 • Women’s Soccer vs. College Sept. 21 Meet your friends, enjoy refreshments, stroll to the stadium. • Volleyball vs. Furman Nov. 19 • Men’s Soccer vs. Georgia Oct. 23 of Charleston • CAFLS Golf Tournament, • Volleyball vs. Georgia Tech • Clemson University Jazz • Clemson University State • Volleyball vs. Georgia State Walker Course Open at least two hours before kickoff: • Women’s Soccer vs. UNC- Ensemble, Brooks Center, Symphony Orchestra, • Volleyball vs. Florida State light snacks, big screen TV, restrooms, Asheville 8 p.m. Brooks Center, 8 p.m. Sept. 7 Oct. 31-Nov. 1 • Snappy Dance Theatre, • First Friday Nature Walk, Tiger paws and other fun freebies • The Tempest, Aquila Sept. 21-23 Brooks Center, 8 p.m. Theatre Company, Brooks Nov. 9 Nov. 21-23 S.C. Botanical Garden, 7 a.m. • Carolina Horse Show- • A View from the Bridge, • PASSPORT Travel, Center, 8 p.m. • Men’s Soccer vs. Wake Forest • Thanksgiving Holidays AQHA, Garrison Arena, 8 a.m. Oct. 24 • Swimming and Diving vs. Sept. 7-8 Clemson Players, Brooks Rhine River Cruise • Men’s Soccer vs. Gardner- University of Florida Nov. 24 • Volleyball Big Orange Bash Sept. 22 Center, 8 p.m. Tues.-Sat., 3 p.m. Sun. Oct. 12 Webb November • Western Carolina Horse • Football vs. Virginia Nov. 10 Sale, Garrison Arena, noon Sept. 8 • Volleyball vs. Virginia Nov. 2 • CAFLS Tailgate, Littlejohn • Football at Maryland • Football vs. Wofford Oct. 5 Oct. 27 • First Friday Nature Walk, Coliseum • Football at Wake Forest Away-game Headquarters, Nov. 29 • Family Nature Walk, S.C. • First Friday Nature Walk, Oct. 12-13 S.C. Botanical Garden, 9 a.m. Alumni Road Trip to Wake • Volleyball vs. N.C. State Marriott-Greenbelt, • Clemson University Choral Botanical Garden, 10 a.m. Sept. 23 S.C. Botanical Garden, 7 • IPRA Rodeo, Garrison a.m. Arena, 8 p.m. Forest Greenbelt, Md. Ensembles, Brooks Center, • Volleyball vs. Duke • Women’s Soccer vs. • Academy Horse Show, 8 p.m. Sept. 8-9 • Women’s Soccer vs. Duke Nov. 3 • Men’s Soccer vs. N.C. State Garrison Arena, 9 a.m. • Carolina Mountains Arabian Oct. 13 • Football vs. Florida State

Horse Show, Garrison Sept. 27 Oct. 5-7 • Football at N.C. State Arena, 8 a.m. • Damn Yankees, Brooks • Paint Horse Fall Futurity, Away-game Headquarters, Center, 8 p.m. Garrison Arena, 5 p.m. Fri., Crabtree Summit, Raleigh Sept. 9-14 9 a.m. Sat. and Sun. • Family Nature Walk, S.C. • “What They Didn’t Teach Sept. 28 Botanical Garden, 10 a.m. You About Religion and the • Men’s Soccer vs. Calif. Oct. 7 • Plant Sale, S.C. Botanical Bible in Sunday School,” Polytech State-San Luis • Men’s Soccer vs. South Garden, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Alumni College Obispo Carolina • Volleyball vs. Maryland

Sept. 12 Sept. 29 Oct. 8 Oct. 14-19 • Volleyball vs. South Carolina • Football at Georgia Tech • The Sunshine Boys, Dick • “Hollywood Great Direc- Away-game Headquarters, Van Patten and Frank tors,” Alumni College Sept. 13 Sheraton Hotel, Buckhead- Gorshin, Brooks Center, • American Chamber Players, Atlanta 8 p.m. Oct. 15-16 Utsey Series, Brooks Center, • Women’s Soccer vs. Virginia • Fall break 8 p.m. • WCAHA Open Horse Show, Oct. 10 Garrison Arena, 10 a.m. • Sleeping Beauty, Family Oct. 18 Sept. 14 Series, Brooks Center, 7 p.m. • International Sejong Solo- • Men’s Soccer vs. Duke Sept. 30 • Men’s Soccer vs. Wofford ists, Brooks Center, 8 p.m. • Men’s Soccer vs. Va. Sept. 14-15 Commonwealth Oct. 11-19 Oct. 19-20 • S.C. Tennessee Walking Horse Show, Garrison Arena, Call to confirm specific events — 6 p.m. Fri., 5 p.m. Sat. Alumni Office 864-656-2345 October Brooks Center 864-656-RSVP (7787) Oct. 1 Special Collections and Cooper Library exhibits 864-656-1557 Sept. 15 • Eroica Trio, Utsey Series, Lee Hall exhibits 864-656-3883 • Football vs. Duke Brooks Center, 8 p.m. Garrison Arena 864-646-2718 S.C. Botanical Garden 864-656-3405 Sept. 16 Oct. 2 Sports Information 864-656-2114 • Women’s Soccer vs. Florida • Women’s Soccer vs. South For event details, call the University Visitors Center at 864- State Carolina 656-4789. On the Web — Check out the Clemson University Master Cal- Sept. 18 Oct. 2-6 endar at calendar.clemson.edu.

28 • CLEMSON WORLD/SUMMER 2001 CLEMSON WORLD/SUMMER 2001 • 29 STUDENT LIFE Meet the new leaders Student body president Gary Kirby and vice president Brittany Wright have big plans for Clemson students in the new school year. Gary, a political science and economics major from Greenville, traces his Clemson roots back to his grandfather O.B. Tigers in Texas Garrison ’39. Before coming to Clemson, English professor Michelle H. Martin established an annual conference — African America 2000 — at Stephen F. Austin State Brittany, a language and international University in Nacogdoches, Texas. The event celebrates the culture and pres- Excellent taste! ents educational programs on different aspects of African American life. trade major also from Greenville, also traces These students are going the “extra meal” for Mama In April, Martin and several Clemson students traveled to Stephen F. Austin Mary’s Gourmet Pizza Crust, Spartan Foods of America her Clemson connections back several gen- State to take part in the 2001 event — An African American Studies Confer- Inc. They are taste-testing for the company’s nationwide ence — as presenters. erations. But these new leaders are ready to pizza recipe contest. Pictured (from left) are architecture graduate student Mark Palmer, English Clemson’s food science and human nutrition depart- make a name for their own generation of major Keyonna Baker, professor Martin, English education major Janice Byrd ment has an active sensory evaluation program to test and language and international trade major Allyson Reaves. They returned to Clemson students. the quality of food products and to work with food com- Clemson with the goal of bringing the conference to campus within the next To learn more about Clemson University panies to research and develop new and tastier foods for few years. Student Government and current projects, the consumer. visit the Web at cusg.clemson.edu. Pictured (from left) are Holiday Durham, May 2001 graduate and current intern in nutrition dietetics at Vanderbilt; Brad Osterhout, graduate student and na- ‘Nobel’ students Sm-o-o-o-th season tional milk-tasting champion; and Carrie Cumbie, a Clemson physics graduate student Amy Pope of Seneca was in Clemson’s rowing team claimed the South region title at the Lexus South/ senior who’ll represent Clemson in national competition an elite group of 31 outstanding research participants chosen by the Central Sprints and finished second at the Atlantic Coast Conference Rowing this fall. Department of Energy (DOE) to attend the 51st convention of Nobel Championship. The Tigers’ varsity eight boat earned the honor of ACC Crew of Both Holiday and Carrie are Mama Mary’s Scholar- Laureates in Lindau, Germany, in June. The participants were selected the Year. ship recipients. Brad is leading food science’s effort to from among researchers working at Clemson bring back the manufacture of Clemson ice cream, and universities, national laboratories rower Lucy Doo- he’s working on some new “top secret” flavors. or other federal facilities funded by little was named Job placement for Clemson’s food science graduates DOE. to the Division is over 95 percent, and the average starting salary is Amy’s work, earning her selec- I All-America $40,000. For more information go to www.clemson.edu/ tion, is the investigation of thermal First Team. foodscience. and electrical transport properties of Head coach Susie quasicrystalline materials. Lueck was named Clemson’s Calhoun Honors College con- Nobel Laureates in chemistry, ACC Coach of gratulates the University’s latest National Science New ‘Old Mill Bridge’ physics, or physiology and medicine the Year and the Foundation Fellows: Miranda M. Baladi, Rebecca Students and guests test the new Old Mill Bridge constructed by convene annually in Lindau to have South Region K. Jelen, Amanda C. Lattam, Robert M. MacMec- professor Kurt Michael’s technology and human resource develop- open and informal meetings with Coach of the can, Matthew J. Miller and Sarah E. Mongeau. The ment class in the S.C. Botanical Garden. students and young researchers from Year. fellowships are three-year awards for postgraduate

These education students did everything from finding funds, to around the world, a tradition estab- For Clemson Bob Bellinger study leading to research-based surveying and calculating beam loads. The service learning project lished in 1951 by Swedish patron, Count Linnart Bernadotte. rowing’s fall advanced degrees in science, mathematics and was supported with grants from the garden and the National Drop- Pictured: Clemson student Amy Pope and fellow convention participant semester schedule, call Sports Information at 864-656-2114 or visit the Web at engineering. They include a $17,000 stipend plus a out Prevention Center. Matt Worcester take a mental break to brush up on their waltz steps. clemsontigers.com. cost-of-education allowance of $10,500 per year.

30 • CLEMSON WORLD/SUMMER 2001 CLEMSON WORLD/SUMMER 2001 • 31 growing, privately held companies. Bringing the past to life 1971 Edward A. Merrell Jr. M ’74 S. Terry Smith (PREMED) of When the new $14 million Museum of Columbia is in private practice in gynecological oncology with S.C. Albermarle opens in Elizabeth City, N.C., Oncology Associates. next year, Clemson alumnus and head of the museum Ed Merrell will be there to bring 1973 the past to life. Thornwell F. Sowell (HIST) of Merrell — pictured (left) with two mu- years. He has moved to Hiawas- of discipleship at Frazer Memo- Columbia is listed in The Best Law- seum supporters — has nearly three decades 1948 see. rial United Methodist Church. yers in America 2001-2002 in the SEND YOUR R. L. Chapin (INDPHYS) of He is also a statistical analyst for category of business litigation. He of experience in preserving history. He’s NEWS FOR Okatie has published Fish Tales, Creative Solutions. Donald A. is a member of Sowell Gray Stepp worked in Georgia, Michigan, Minnesota, a book that gives information 1964 Gardner (ARCH) of Greenville & Laffitte L.L.C. Mississippi and Virginia. But he credits his CLASSES TO: on fishing, shrimping, crabbing, David M. Rucker (ME) of South and associates of Donald A. Gard- realization of the importance of history to Clemson World gigging and oystering as well as Boston, Va., is president and chief ner Architects Inc. won Home on sharks and porpoises. Fred K. 103 Fike Center executive officer of Resource Planners Publications’ Best Selling 1974 his Clemson experience and Jess Grove, professor of parks, recreation and tourism manage- Norris Jr. (AGE) of Eutawville Technologies Inc. in Blackstone. Home Plan Award for 2000 for the Beth Hart McCandless (MATH) ment. Clemson, SC 29634-5608 has retired from the corporate of Charleston received the Best plan “The Pennyhill.” “My career path changed in grad school when I took environmental interpretation taught or fax your items to us at board of Gold Kist Inc. of Atlanta, Practices Award for outstanding Ga., where he served as chairman. 1966 leadership as a National Oceanic by professor Jess Grove,” says Merrell. “I discovered that what you learn in class can be 864-656-5004 or email John A. Setchfield (PREMED) of 1969 and Atmospheric Administration brought to life in a museum.” Merrell went on to teach at Clemson several years until mu- [email protected]. Marion, N.C., retired from the ac- Robert E. Smyth (BIOLSC) of employee. She is branch chief of 1953 tive pastorate of Pleasant Gardens Haddonfield, N.J., is president of the regional management services seum work and historic sites became his classroom. Harry S. Murdock (AGE) of Bel- Baptist Church. Smyth Consulting Associates L.P., division of the NOAA Coastal Merrell expects the new Museum of Albermarle, set to open in the fall of 2002, to put ADDRESS ton has retired after 47 years as an working with clients in pharma- Services Center. Elizabeth City atop the museum map. It will continue to feature the history of the 13-county agent with Nationwide Insurance. ceuticals, chemicals and general CHANGED? region, but with a new auditorium, open-air porch and museum green where history can 1967 manufacturing, to provide business You can call it in directly Oscar N. Vick III (INED M improvements, marketing/sales and 1976 come to life in performances, reenactments and interactive displays. to 1-800-313-6517 or fax 1962 ’70) of Charleston has finished a environmental consulting. Jack A. McKenzie (POSC) of Walter H. Knox III (CHE) has trilogy of novels set in Ireland and Dudley H. Stone (CE) of Char- Clemson was re-elected by accla- 864-656-1692. retired from Alcoa after 38 years coastal South Carolina. lotte, N.C., is a principal in the mation to a second two-year term and is living in Bridgewater, Va., firm of ColeJenest & Stone P.A., as president of Alpha Phi Omega Tomsyck (ENGL) of Colum- state director for USDA Rural De- Authority. He’s known through- and North Myrtle Beach. 1968 which was recognized at the 12th National Service Fraternity. He is bia has started her own sports velopment. He’s also a member of out Georgia for his expertise and Kennith R. Ott (IM) of Roswell, Bob N. Ewell (MATH) of Annual Fast-50 Awards ceremony the director of stewardship for the marketing agency, Road Runner the Monticello City Council and leadership in rural and small town Ga., has retired after practicing Montgomery, Ala., is minister as one of the region’s 50 faster University’s development office. Marketing. F. Stone Workman executive director of the Jasper community development. law in the Atlanta area for 28 H. Hall Provence III (ADM- (POSC) of Monticello, Ga., is the County Economic Development MGT) of Greenville, president of Provence Printing, was featured in Greenville Magazine as a business- A leader in Atlanta Master Planner person of the year finalist.John C. Wells (CRE) of Wichita Falls, Gloria Bromell-Tinubu M ’77, PhD ’86 Robert E. Marvin ’42 Texas, is president of the Glass Clemson alumna Gloria Bromell-Tinubu is a lead- Landscape architect Robert Marvin, president and owner of Robert Manufacturing Industry Council. ing candidate in the upcoming election for mayor of Marvin Howard Beach & Associates P.A. of Walterboro, has received the He is a product line manager for Saint-Gobain Vetrotex America Atlanta, Ga. highest honor of his profession — the American Society of Landscape Inc. An economics professor at Spelman College, Bro- Architects (ASLA) Medal for outstanding lifetime achievement. mell-Tinubu has served on the city council, the state Marvin is renowned for creating designs that celebrate the unique re- 1977 board of education and in other civic and education gionalism of the Lowcountry. His work includes the Governor’s Mansion in Tina W. Cross (M ZOOL, PhD areas in Atlanta. Columbia, Monarch at Sea Pines in Hilton Head and Glencairn Gardens ’80 ENT) of Columbus, Ga., has At Clemson, Bromell-Tinubu served on the Com- in Rock Hill. received a Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and mission on the Future of Clemson University. She’s In addition to his impact on South Carolina, some of his best-known Science Teaching. She is lead currently an associate of the Strom Thurmond Institute work is located across the Southeast including major projects at Callaway science teacher at Carver High of Government and Public Affairs and a member of the Gardens and the Jones Bridge Headquarters of Simmons Company in School’s integrated math/science/ technology magnet program. Clemson Black Alumni Council. Georgia and the Southern Progress Corporation in Alabama. Solomon H. Simon (CHEM) of “I married a Tiger, and many of my most faithful Author Pat Conroy, in writing about his own love for the Lowcountry, Arlington, Texas, has published a political supporters are from my Clemson family,” says paid Marvin the ultimate compliment: “I would not let God alter a single book on the Internet eXtensible Markup Language entitled XML. Bromell-Tinubu, who received a master’s degree in ag- detail of this master design unless He bid out the job to Robert Marvin.” John M. Smeak Jr. (ADMMGT) ricultural economics in 1977 and a doctorate in applied economics in 1986. Her Nigerian-born (We are saddened to report that Mr. Marvin passed away June 25, 2001.) of Gastonia, N.C., was named president of Parkdale Mills Inc. husband, Soji Tinubu, is a 1976 Clemson civil engineering graduate. Sales Company. Kathleen A.

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practice with her husband at Ho- 1985 listic Health Center, specializing Man with a plan Beach boys Richard D. Bailey (INED) of in natural health care. Mike Smith ’81 and Raleigh, N.C., is regional man- Danny E. (EE, M ’92) and Mandy A. Stan Davis ’81 ager of Nationwide Insurance Moak (ECHED) Julian are liv- Alumnus Stan Davis of Greenville has been a man with a plan Thomas W. Davis Jr. ’84 Company’s home care program for ing in Willow Spring, N.C. He throughout his life. He’s recently opened a private consulting firm spe- At Clemson, Mike Smith (left) stud- Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and is a research and development the District of Columbia. cializing in the areas of strategy development, coaching and mentoring, ied architecture and engineering, and engineer with ABB in Raleigh. Franklin S. Kurtz (CE) of Whea- She is an educational consultant group dynamics and succession planning ([email protected]). Thomas Davis studied marketing and ton, Ill., is editor of Masonry with Discovery Toys. Rolann C. Earning a mechanical engineering degree at Clemson and then a business. But it was after their Clem- Construction magazine, a publica- Lee (M ELED) of Westminster, a tion of Hanley-Wood, LLP. Stan master’s degree at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, he began his career son days that their love of the beach special education teacher at West- J. Watson (POSC) of Winchester, minster Elementary for 28 years, is designing weapon systems for Martin Marietta, followed by designing brought them together as friends, and Va., is assistant professor of gov- still teaching but has retired under turbine blade components for GE and Westinghouse. their interest in art brought them to- ernment at Patrick Henry College the TERI Program. Melanie G. in Purcellville. From there he moved into management and leadership roles as engi- gether as business partners. McCulley (ECON) of Dayton, Ohio, an attorney, published a le- neering services manager for TVA, an international quality manager for As artists and co-owners of Col- gal treatise, Drug Litigation in South

Caroline Wright Sara Lee and most recently strategic planning officer for the University lector’s Café in Myrtle Beach, Smith 1987 Carolina, and is currently writing Dave P. Andersen (ADMMGT) of South Carolina-Spartanburg. and Davis have made it their business a novel. Jason G. Pike (AGED) of Roanoke, Va., is vice president of Boiling Springs, an entomolo- His success has earned him honors including being named as one of Dollars & Sense Maga- to deliver fine cuisine and equally fine art to locals and tourists alike. Davis’ background in of Dominion Lodging Hotels. gist, was promoted to major in the zine’s Best and Brightest Business Professionals and being listed in International Who’s Who of marketing kept him from going the “starving artist” route. And Smith’s architecture and engi- Frederick R. Broome (CE), a U.S. Army Medical Department. lieutenant commander in the Professional Management in 1998. neering background helped them design and build the café. Catherine Derrick (ENGL) and U.S. Navy, currently serves as the William Marshall Jr. (’90 ME) His experience has also led to his appointment to a term on a federal advisory committee The art includes paintings, pen-and-ink drawings, mosaics, photography and sculpture. Ex- director of facilities at the Ports- Taylor are married and living for the National Academy of Sciences. The committee is responsible for reviewing and evalu- hibitors are national artists as well as local favorites, including Davis and Smith. Collector’s mouth Naval Medical Center. in Columbia. She is an attorney He and his family are moving ating alternative technologies for the demilitarization of assembled chemical weapons. Café has earned a Business Image Award from the Chamber of Commerce, several Taste of the with SCANA Corp., and he is an to Bossier City, La. Emily Eitel attorney with McNair Law Firm, Davis serves on the board of directors of United Way of South Carolina and the board of Town awards and mention in the Chicago Tribune and The Washington Post. Groce (ME) is married and living practicing environmental law. in Hoboken, N.J. She is the direc- trustees for the Phillis Wheatley Association and for Leadership South Carolina. tor of corporate, foundations and faculty initiatives at the Stevens 1990 Institute of Technology. Jani L. Sheila Rhea Cowden (M ENGL) has recently moved to Columbus, Turner Padget Graham & Laney quette consultant. for Dean Oliver International (ENGL) of Norcross, Ga., is a McCreary (CE) of Valparaiso, of Pennington Gap, Va., is an 1978 Ohio. after stepping down as U.S. At- G. Christian Cope (EE) of consultants. Alfredo R. Valdes network engineer for WebTone Fla., has taken command of De- instructor of English at the Uni- Rick M. Clanton (PREARCH) of torney for the District of South Longmont, Colo., is a senior (POSC, M ’93 CRP) of Davie, Technologies, a software develop- tachment 1 in 823rd Red Horse versity of Virginia-Wise. Michael Hilton Head Island received two Carolina. J. Wayne Merck (ME, design engineer for Vitesse Fla., is an intelligence analyst ment company in Atlanta. Squadron. The unit is the Air R. Holt (CE) of Dunwoody, Ga., Best of Living Awards sponsored M ’92 BUSADM) of Simpsonville Semiconductors. Jonathan J. with the DEA San Jose, Costa Jamie C. (M CRP) and Shannon 1981 Force’s “Silver Flag” site, provid- is an associate with Gresham, by Professional Builder and the M. Michele Burnette (PSYCH) is vice president of Operations (FIN- MGT) and Rebecca Rica office. Dean (’93 SPECED) Gilbert are ing readiness training to active Smith and Partners in Alpharetta. National Association of Home- of Edgeworth, Pa., has co- for K2 Inc. of Seattle, Wash. Boucino (’92 MEDT) Davis are living in Abbeville. Jamie is the duty, Air National Guard and Air L. Allison Foster (PSYCH, SOC) builders. John J. “Jack” Schlank authored the textbook Exploring Donna Cowart Mousa (ACCT) living in Dayton, Ohio. He is a executive director of the Abbev- Force Reserve civil engineer and of Greenville is a physician with III (PREARCH, ’81 ME) of Human Sexuality: Making Healthy of Blairsville, Ga., received an U.S. Air Force captain stationed services personnel. Palmetto Family Medicine in 1992 Highlands Ranch, Colo., is sys- Decisions. Glenn L. Cash (FIN- MBA from Loyola University at Wright-Patterson AFB. She is a Donald “Chip” Dukes II Jan Lazar Tevis (COMPSC) is Taylors. Tammy Partridge McCo- tems test engineering manager at MGT, M ’95) of Greer is assistant in New Orleans, La. She owns a medical technologist at Compunet married and living in Greenville. nnell (NURS) of Belton teaches Lockheed Martin Astronautics controller, AFL Services, for small accounting practice and is Clinical Laboratories. Donald nursing at Greenville Technical Company in Denver. Alcoa-Fujikura Ltd. Ric V. with Coldwell Banker Real Estate W. “Jay” Hayden Jr. (POSC) of College. Davis (POSC) of Greenville was Co. Columbia is a senior consultant Lowe’s VP 1988 Rosemary M. Thomas (POSC) of re-elected to a two-year term as James E. Swan IV (ACCT) of with the Computer Sciences Carla Duncan Brewer (ENGL) Fairmont, W.Va., is vice president Aleda Jo Howard ’83 1979 chairman of the S.C. State Eth- Columbia is with the finance Corp. in Austin, Texas. Kelley J. is married and living in Central. for college advancement at Glen- Wood utilization graduate Elizabeth Bethea Fuller (HORT- ics Commission. He is a partner group at SCANA Corp. Manderscheid (MGT) of Mounds She is studying for teacher certifi- ville State College. OR) of Lancaster is Outstanding in the law firm of Christian View, Minn., works for McKes- Aleda Howard of Wilkesboro, cation at the University. Jennifer Manley (PREPHAR) Employee for the Division of and Davis. Robert E. Erwin sonHBOC Medical Group and has Rick T. Bynum Jr. (M ARCH) and George R. “Colie” (’92 N.C., is vice president of human Support Services for the S.C. (MICRO) has a private medical received human resources certifica- 1984 of Winston-Salem, N.C., has DESIGN) Wertz are married and resource systems for Lowe’s Com- Department of Mental Health. practice in Surfside, Calif., and Judith Silverman Benedict (AD- tion. Sean T. Mann (PSYCH) published his third book, The living in Petaluma, Calif. Colie is plans to get married this summer. MMGT) of Greenville has formed of Covington, Ga., recently panies Inc., a Fortune 200 home Insulation Handbook. Kathryn a digital special effects artist for William L. Spurgeon (TEXT) is Giraffe Web Design Services graduated from the Army Officer Durham (ACCT) and Sam Ev- George Lucas’ Industrial Light & improvement retailer with more 1980 general manager for Computerized — “Heads Above the Rest!” — Candidate School at Fort Benning Robert J. Conrad (HIST) of ans (DYSC) McGregor are living Magic. than 100,000 employees. Cutters Inc., a manufacturing specializing in Web and graphic in Rock Hill. He is pastor at Al- and is now a commissioned second Charlotte, N.C., has been ap- company of CNC Machines. design. Her portfolio can be found lieutenant in the Army. Elizabeth She has been with the pointed by Attorney General lison Creek Presbyterian Church. at www.giraffeweb.net. Fred L. Sheryl West Symanski (MGT) of Parak (PRTM) and Michael A. company for her entire career, John Ashcroft as interim U.S. (CHE) and 1991 Linda Schneider Winston-Salem, N.C., is with Big Ethan R. Burroughs (FINMGT) Jr. (INED-T) Neary are living in beginning as a compensation analyst, working her way to di- Attorney for the Western District (ADMMGT) Dulin are living in 1982 Brothers Big Sisters Services in of Boiling Springs is in business Crofton, Md. She is a pharma- of North Carolina. He has served (BLDSC, M The Hague, Netherlands, where rector of compensation and then director of human resource Clay T. Addison Forsyth County. banking with Wachovia Bank. ceutical representative for Dexcel as the criminal chief of the U.S. ’85) of Charlotte, N.C., is director he is global unit director for East- Christopher H. (ECON) and Pharma Inc. He is operations information systems. Attorney’s office for the district of construction at Belk Inc. man Chemical Company’s resin Shannon Christopher (SCT-MA) manager for Golden Builders Inc. As a vice president, Howard serves as a mentor to other since 1992 and as the head of the J. Rene Josey (POSC) of Flor- intermediates business. in Annapolis. C. Guy Sorrell Jr. department’s campaign financing 1989 Chase are living in Greenville. ence has joined the law firm of Tassie Osborne Hargrove (EE) recently moved from Co- female employees working their way up the corporate ladder, task force since January 2000. He is sales manager of NVIDIA (MGT) of Savannah, Ga., is in lumbia to Augusta, Ga., to work while also overseeing a $2 billion plus annual payroll. Shawn Byars Sledge (HORT) Corp., and she is a certified eti-

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he is a captain in the U.S. Marine ‘If the Jukebox Took Teardrops’ Corps. ‘Long Gray Lines’ J. Mason Wells ’90 J. Rod Andrew Jr. M ’93 Musician Mason Wells of Columbia is combin- 1994 When Rod Andrew, currently a Clemson history professor, applied to graduate Kimberly Hannah (MGT) and school at Clemson in 1990, he was a lieutenant in the Marine Corps and his unit ing his Clemson marketing education with his Wade Alan (ME) Buehler are liv- natural talents. In June, he debuted his first CD — ing in Simpsonville. She is a 401K was just about to ship overseas for Operation Desert Storm. Once he returned to Trains Make Me Lonesome — a reminiscent blend processor for Hunt Dupree Rhine the states and started his studies at Clemson in the fall of 1991, he began research- & Associates. He is a group leader ing a much earlier military period. of hot-roots country and Southern-flavored rock. for Robert Bosch Corp. James Released on Railroad Records and produced by C. Carson (MATH) of Murphy, As a graduate student, Andrew was interested in the concept of the Southern RCA recording artist Joe Taylor, the CD includes N.C., is editor of the national auto military tradition — the idea that Southerners have been somewhat more “mili- racing newspaper/magazine Late taristic” than other Americans. For his master’s thesis, his adviser Bill Steirer songs by some of the top writers in Nashville in- Model Digest. Mark A. Dickson cluding Paul Overstreet. (CRE) is married and living in suggested that he start by looking into the University’s history because Clemson Mason is joined on the record by his producer McKinney, Texas. He is the West Agricultural College had functioned as an all-male military college until 1955. region sales engineer for Basic Andrew later expanded his research while at the University of Georgia by along with Paul Tucker, Stevie Kent and the Machinery Company. Miriam Fre- Great Johnny Spell. diani Gibson (MGT) is married studying other Southern land-grant colleges that operated as military schools. For more information, visit www.masonwells.org and living in Canton, Ga. Tony His findings, which held a few surprises along the way, led to his writingLong Gene Gillespie Jr. (ACCT) of Ly- Gray Lines (recently released by the University of North Carolina Press), a book or your local music store. man received a master’s degree in education from Converse College. that explores the tradition of Southern military schools from 1839-1915. He is a math teacher and football coach at Byrnes High School. ille County Development Board. is a regional pest management is married and living in Ander- Gina Phillips Jolley (MGT) is from Webster University. He is Ridge, N.J., is a YMCA com- from the University of Montana. licensed professional engineer, is Bobbitt T. Jenkins (AGE) is mar- coordinator for the S.C. Army son. She is the director of the married and living in Gaffney. a lien specialist consultant with munity outreach director. Jeff K. He is a research forester for the a project manager for Connor & ried and living in Fort Myers, Fla. National Guard. Tammy McCoy child-care center at Tri-County She is in the accounting depart- Rolls Royce North American and (CE) and Lisa Kaminski (SP& USDA Forest Service in St. Paul, Associates Inc., owned by Allen He is a business representative in Koldyke (AQFI&WB, M ’99) of Technical College in Pendleton. ment of Southern Loom Reed was the recipient of the “Move COMM) Webb are married and Minn. Basil Ward (’90 CE, M ’92 ESE). the agricultural products division Daphne, Ala., is a wildlife biolo- Brian G. Tolbert (CE, M ’95) of Mfg. Inc. Allison Kilgore (SED- the Needle” award for continuous living in Charleston. He is a civil Darren R. (DESIGN) and Joy of BASF Corp. gist for the Forest Resources Gulf Salt Lake City, Utah, is working EN) and David G. (MGT, M ’99 cost savings efforts for the com- engineer with ADC Engineering Kilby (’97 DESIGN) Getty are Jennifer Heffernan (DESIGN) Coast Area for International Pa- on the Legacy Parkway Design- BUSADM) Mayernik are married pany. Robin Atkins Pucciarella Inc., and she is an account execu- 1996 living in Pella, Iowa. Darren is a and Tony T. (DESIGN) Latto per. Kathy Daly Shand (MKTG) Build Project for Fluor Corp. Katy and living in Greenville. David is (L&IT) is married and living in tive with Rawle-Murdy Associates William M. Aiken (FINMGT) design architect for Pella Corp. are married and living in Port- is married and living in Atlanta, Graham (ECHED) and Ed B. (’94 a production supervisor at Sealed Atlanta, Ga. She received an Inc., an advertising and public of Greenville is vice president B. Kelly McCormick (NURS) of land, Ore. She works at Ankrom Ga. She is a project manager for MKTG) Tomlinson are married Air Cryovac Division. Sidney D. MBA from Loyola College and is relations firm.Chris W. Woodall of commercial lending for Cen- Moisan Associated Architects, The Coca-Cola Company. Jen- and living in Stafford, Va. She is Poole (BIOLSC) of Indianapolis, now the director of marketing for (FORMGT) of Missoula, Mont., tral Carolina Bank. Heath E. and he is an industrial designer at nifer Hammett Smith (ECHED) an early childhood teacher, and Ind., received an MBA in finance Citizens Conferencing. received a Ph.D. in silviculture Duncan (CE) of Hilton Head, a Intel. Aaron W. Reason (CHE) is married and living in Jacksonville, Fla. He is a project engineer for 1995 Millennium Specialty Chemicals. Sisters Robert Hall Bailey (HLTHSC) Southern Connector John W. (MGT) and Jennifer of Huntersville, N.C., is a medical Gallagher (’95 BIOSC) Riser are Rudy V. Rowell ’91 and safety consultant with Venetec In- married and living in Atlanta, ternational in Charlotte. Jennifer Joan L. Peters ’97 Ga. He is a catalog and operations Regina F. Moore ’93 Elliott Butler (M IM) is married When the Greenville Southern Connector Toll and living in Midway Park, N.C. manager for Peridot Distinctive As Clemson students, Rudy Rowell (left) and Road opened earlier this year, no one was prouder Gifts, and she is a chemist at Regina Moore were both members of the Clemson Keng-Wah K. Chan (M ENGL) Eka Chemicals. Lisa G. Jackson of Singapore received a Ph.D. in than alumna Joan Peters. Peters was executive di- Sadeghi (PSYCH) is married and University Gospel Choir and several other Student English from the University of rector for the Connector and the design engineer, Florida. He is an assistant pro- living in San Francisco, Calif. Union organizations. But after graduation, they working with the developer, for construction of the learned they had a stronger connection; they were fessor in writing and critical thinking in the scholars program $200 million, 16.5-mile stretch of highway. 1993 actually sisters. at the National University of Sin- Getting a later start on her degree at Clemson M. Chad Abramson (ENGL) Rowell, with the blessing of her adopted par- gapore. Bradford R. (BUSMGT) than the traditional student, Peters says, “My focus of Columbia graduated from the ents, began looking for her birth mother shortly and Tara Zippiroli (’96 SPECED) USC School of Law and clerked Cherry are married and living in and energy were directed at completing my studies. with the Honorable J. Ernest after she finished Clemson. She soon discovered Suffolk, Va. What I lacked in the straight-A department, I made Kindar Jr. last year. He recently that although her birth mother had passed away, Brian R. Doiron (DESIGN) of up for in determination. I would not be denied a married and is currently practicing she had two sisters. And the biggest surprise was Lyman has joined the Pazdan- law with McAngus, Goudelock Smith Group, an architectural degree in civil engineering. It was my dream, and regardless of the sacrifice I would earn that & Courie L.L.C., specializing in that she already knew one of them, Regina Moore. Since then, the two have become even firm in Greenville.Timothy L. degree.” workers compensation defense. better friends. (ME) and Allye Montgomery Now the owner of J. Peters and Associates in Greenville, she has contracts with Fluor Robert P. Bradham (ACCT) of A management graduate, Rowell is a quality control analyst with Washington Mutual. (’96 ELED) Godwin are liv- Charleston has joined the ac- ing in Ninety Six. Timothy is Daniel to manage utility construction for 26 state road projects in the Upstate. counting firm of Gamble Givens Moore, who earned a history degree at Clemson, completed medical school studies at the an engineer with Capsugel, a “I cherish my days at Clemson,” says Peters. “I hope the engineering college continues to & Moody L.L.C. Medical College of Ohio at Toledo. She’s currently working as a licensed associate with the division of Pfizer in Greenwood. diversify so that others can benefit from the wonderful experience that’s known as going to Alison Horton Hyder (ENT, PhD Vanguard Group in Charlotte, N.C. John Alan Thorp Jr. (PRTM, ’98 ENVTOX) of West Columbia M ’98 CNLGUID) of Basking Clemson.”

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ried and living in Superior, Colo. Charleston is a second-year stu- ing a master’s degree in applied financial aid counselor at Erskine He is pursuing an MBA at the dent in the occupational therapy anthropology at the University of Theological Seminary. Scott K. USC Tigers University of Colorado at Boulder. graduate program at the Medical Maryland. Mills (PSYCH) of Easley hiked These Clemson alumni are members She is a registered nurse at Boulder University of South Carolina. the 2,168-mile Appalachian Trail of the University of South Carolina’s Community Hospital. Andrew N. (HIST) and Sara M. following graduation. He went School of Law Class of 2001. From Patterson (MGT) Cambron are 2000 from north to south, beginning married and living in Greenwood F. Jason Barnwell (CE) of Crof- at Mount Katahdin, Maine, and physics to forestry, education to engi- 1998 Village, Colo. He is a law student ton, Md., is a project manager for ending at Springer Mountain, Ga. neering, marketing to microbiology, Eric Christopher (SCT-ES) and at the University of Denver, and Centennial Contractors in the The trek took six months. Sean their undergraduate degrees represent Amy Kuras (’99 ECON) Bender she is a sales consultant for Kraft Andrews Air Force Base office. P. Paone (LSAH) of Fairfax, Va., are married and living in Char- Inc. Christopher L. Chandler Dale L. Butts (INED-A) of Sen- is a site designer for ColeJenest & all five of Clemson’s academic colleges. lotte, N.C. Traci James Burnikel (CE) of Bossier, La., a first lieu- eca was appointed by the Oconee Stone P.A., a land development births Pictured (front row, from left) are (M CNLGUID) is married and tenant in the U.S. Air Force, is a County Council as its first Regis- services firm in Charlotte, N.C. Melanie Galberry ’98 and Bright Ariail living in Port Charlotte, Fla. She navigator on a B52 Bomber. ter of Deeds. Catherine L. Davis is an elementary school music John H. Harris (FINMGT) of (ECHED) of West Union taught 2001 ’81; second row, Anthony Stith ’98, teacher. J. Brian Davis (CRD) of Fredericksburg, Va., is a second- at the International Christian Matthew Jefferson Miller Laura Johnson ’97 and Jennifer Jordon Pendleton is head of Hammock year student at Cumberland School in Budapest Hungary (COMPSC) of Pickering, Ohio, is ’97; third row, Mike Dirnbauer ’96, Beach Real Estate Company’s School of Law at Samford Uni- during the 2000-2001 school pursuing a doctoral degree in com- Atlanta, Ga., sales and marketing versity in Birmingham, Ala. He year through Campus Crusade for puter science at the University of Pete Balthazor ’94, Justin Werner ’97, office.Becky Hall Kinnebrew has been elected to represent Christ. Virginia Hardin Friesen Illinois at Urbana- Champaign. Allison Earlin ’96, Kristin Winn ’97, (MKTG) of Atlanta, Ga., sells the Class of 2002 on the Honor (MKTG) is married and living in Meredith McRae ’97 and Heather Oak- promotional products. Sarah Court. Jay M. McAdams (PRTM) Oviedo, Fla. Tricia A. Latham Delaney Latimer (ELED) is mar- of Greenwood has graduated (M HRD) of Clemson is a hu- For more Clemson babies, ley ’97; fourth row, Jim Scott ’94, James ried and living in Tallahassee, from the Army Officer Candidate man resource generalist for Isola go to alumni.clemson.edu Glenn ’93, M ’96, James Hedgepath Fla. A. Brooke Petty (MKTG) School at Fort Benning, Ga., Laminated Systems in Pendleton. and click on “photos.” of Greenville is co-owner of The and is now commissioned a Angelita Cox Laymon (MATH) ’94, M ’96 and Jim Barnes ’98. L. Eddie Evans II ’79, a son, IdeaWorks, a promotions firm. second lieutenant in the Na- is married and living in Akron, Joshua David, Dec. 3, 2000. Not pictured are Chip Beverly ’97, Leslie M. Sturtevant (MGT) of tional Guard. Mandy M. Rowland Ohio. Treva C. Lee (SED-SS) of Cindy Jo Owen Cox ’81, a Boston, Mass., is account manager (GRCOMM) of Chicago, Taylors is a history teacher and Wade Cooper ’97, Shannon Phillips ’93, Harrison Rushton ’96 and Paul Timmerman ’97. daughter, Leigh Ann, Nov. 19, at Genuity Inc. Ill., works with an international head wrestling coach at J.L. Mann 1999. William L. Spurgeon ’81, a graphics company at its on-site High School in Greenville. Can- son, Ryan Arthur, Oct. 12, 2000. client location. Candace Vickery dee Fleming McCurry (M HRD) Kathleen Miller Vinson ’81, a 1999 (PSYCH) of Anderson is pursu- of Anderson is an admissions and Kristy McDermott (VIS-ST) and Seneca is a financial consultant for land and timber to woodland HIST) Payne are married and R. Glen (FINMGT) Adair are with Merrill Lynch in Clemson owners. Tara L. Martin (PKGSC) living in Truckee, Calif. She is a married and living in Greenville. and is pursuing financial manager of Tampa, Fla., is pursuing an Web site designer, and he works She is a graphic artist for The Green- certification. He is also on the MBA at the University of Phoe- for a law firm.Rebecca Ryan ville Journal. He is a business analyst board of directors for the Oconee nix. Michelle L. Paris (AGRON, Towe (ECON) is married and with Computer Science Corp. Community Theater. James M ’99) of Basking Ridge, N.J., is living in Myrtle Beach. Brian S. and is in the U.S. Army Reserves. L. Morgan (AGED, M ’97) of a restaurant owner. Julia Hane (DESIGN) and Susan Bachmann Corrie E. Banis (HLTHSC) of Lumpkin, Ga., is a county agent (GRCOMM) and Robert L. (’98 (’99 NURS) Weninger are mar- with the University of Georgia Cooperative Extension Service. Andrea M. Parkhurst (BIOSC, Saving Slovakia M ’99 ANPH) of Charleston is Patrick J. Holladay ’98 a research specialist in cardio- thoracic surgery at the Medical Aquaculture, fisheries and wildlife graduate University of South Carolina. Patrick Holladay of Hopewell, Va., is in Slovakia Rodney D. Robinson (M CNL- as a Peace Corps volunteer, assisting with envi- GUID) of Hodges is a guidance counselor at Emerald High School ronmental work and development. in Greenwood. He works in the Zahorie Protected Landscape Katherine Nauss (ELED) and Area, the first large-scale area in Slovakia de- Brian C. (’98 GRCOMM) Templeton are married and living signed to protect lowlands and ecosystems. in Columbia. Laura Tesi-Bress Holladay is helping with territory and habitat (FDSC) is married and living in mapping and bird and bat studies. He’s also de- West Orange, N.J. signing and building a Web page, to be published in English, Slovak and German, that will help 1997 place new layers into Slovakia’s Geographic Brad T. Farmer (FORMGT) of Newberry, a registered forester Information System. and a certified prescribed fire As a secondary project, he’s planning environmental education classes for elementary and manager, has joined Henderson & middle school children and English conversation classes for high school students. He will serve Major Inc., a forestry consulting firm that provides manage- ment, in the Peace Corps until July 2002. appraisal and marketing services

38 • CLEMSON WORLD/SUMMER 2001 CLEMSON WORLD/SUMMER 2001 • 39 Classes daughter, Garland Kathleen, Aug. Martin ’87 and J. Clinton ’88 Thomas, Feb. 3, 2001. 9, 2000. Jean Karo Clark ’91, a Jan. 23, 2001. Jamie C. ’92 and Livingston, a son, Allen Thomas, ’94, a daughter, Sarah Elizabeth, 1999. Laura Tesi Bress ’96, a 21, 2000. David Charles Black Dunn, a daughter, Jean Herron, Catherine Derrick ’89 and Wil- son, Joseph Clifford, Feb. 7, 2001. Shannon Dean ’93 Gilbert, a Dec. 28, 2000. Robert Seabrook Aug. 29, 2000. Jeff H. Garrison son, Aidan Christopher, Aug. 18, ’82, a son, Sanders McKeithen, Sept. 12, 2000. Barbara Rivera liam Marshall ’90 Taylor, a G. Christian Cope ’91, a daugh- daughter, Anna Marie, April 2, Moore ’93, a daughter, Mary ’94, a son, Whitt Traynham, 2000. Andrew W. ’96 and Tracy Oct. 3, 2000. J. Wayne Merck ’87 and Gerald M. ’88 Dyck, a son, William Marshall III, ter, Halina Marie, Jan. 19, 2001. 2001. Nancy Groener Griffin Eliza, Feb. 7, 2001. Linda Binkley Feb. 5, 2001. Miriam Frediana Dean ’97 Gaillard, a son, Andrew ’82, M ’92, a son, Jonathan son, Alexander Michael, June May 19, 2000. Judith Wohn Jonathan J. and Rebecca Boucino ’92, a son, Scott Thomas, July 4, and Bob K. Mulvihill ’93, a son, Gibson ’94, a daughter, Caroline Alexander, Sept. 9, 2000. Jennifer Wayne, Jan. 20, 2001. James E. 14, 2000. James A. Kimbell III Aughtry ’90, a son, Robert Davis ’91, a daughter, Samantha 2000. Bobbitt T. Jenkins ’92, a Ryan Garrett, Feb. 23, 2001. Ash- Elizabeth, Sept. 12, 2000. Mer- Mills and John K. Murphy ’96, a Swan IV ’82, a daughter, Sarah ’87, a daughter, Lawing Sum- Wohn, April 7, 2000. Alan F. ’90 Rose, Oct. 22, 2000. daughter, Breana Marie, Nov. 14, ley Craig Pender ’93, a daughter, edith Brown Halliday ’94, a son, son, Mills Grandy, Oct. 10, 2000. Paige, Jan. 11, 2001. Carol King merville, June 11, 2000. David and Beth Griswold ’91, M Mary Ann Boring Dellegatto ’91, 2000. Jennifer Heffernan and Caroline Bishop, Jan. 31, 2001. William Hilton, Alison Disher Smith ’96, a son, Diedrichs ’83, a son, Erik Goran, L. Winn ’87, a son, Maxwell ’92 Campbell, a daughter, Mad- a daughter, Caitlyn Ann, Feb. 28, Tony T. Latto ’92, a daughter, Todd D. Radlein ’93, a son, Col- Nov. 19, 2000. Allison Kilgore Tyler Marshall, March 3, 2001. Feb. 6, 2001. Jane Willcox Salley David, Dec. 17, 2000. Ellen Pruit eline Elizabeth, Sept. 10, 2000. 2001. Richard P. Jaynes ’91, M Marina Elise, Dec. 26, 2000. lin Thomas, Nov. 13, 2000. Scott ’94 and David G. ’94, M ’99 Christine Ciana and Jonathan B. ’83, a daughter, Elizabeth Kath- Adams ’88, a daughter, Grace Arthur Brooks Harlow III ’90, ’93, a son, William Lewis, Nov. Portia Sherman MacKinnon ’92, A. ’93 and Melissa McLeese ’94 Mayernik, a daughter, Hannah Tingle ’96, a daughter, Madi- ryn, Feb. 16, 2001. Betty Ariail Margaret, April 7, 2001. Lisa a daughter, Isabel Land, Nov. 2, 2, 2000. Karen Klein-McGreevy a son, Walker William, Feb. 24, Robertson, a son, Thomas Chris- Elizabeth, Sept. 12, 1999. Sharyn son Elizabeth, March 27, 2001. Dixon ’84, a son, James Tredway, Little Griffin ’88, a son, John 2000. Michael R. Holt ’90, a ’91, a son, Ryan Thomas, Dec. 30, 2001. Beth Arthurs O’Brien ’92, tian II, Feb. 22, 2001. Deborah Meyer Moore ’94, a son, Chase Sarah Zanitsch ’96 and Richard Feb. 26, 2001. Thomas M. Le- Samuel, Dec. 27, 2000. Kathryn daughter, Emma Kipp, Dec. 27, 2000. a daughter, Catherine Elizabeth, Meilhammer Berry, Dec. 10, 2000. Scott L. H. ’97 Warmath, a son, Jacob ysath ’84, a son, Luke Thomas, Durham and Sam Evans Mc- 2000. William Phillip Ingmire W. Duke ’91 and Angela Tidwell Feb. 19, 2001. Aaron W. Reason M ’93 and Maurice D. ’94 ’94 and Dana Henderson ’95 Michael, Feb. 3, 2001. Amy Eck- Jan. 24, 2001. Sandra Nobbs Gregor ’88, a son, James Mitchell, ’90, a daughter, Karina Julianne, ’96 Lee, twin daughters, Caroline ’92, a son, Caleb Andrew, Shearer, a daughter, Hope Whelchel, a son, Cameron Tate, berg Malcomb M ’97, a daughter, Severance ’84, a daughter, Leah March 5, 2001. April 19, 2000. Ken J. ’90 and Rose and Lauren Olivia, Jan. 4, Jan. 21, 2001. Robert T. Bland IV Elizabeth, Nov. 21, 2000. Feb. 16, 2001. Regina Murphy Grayson Elisabeth, Dec. 7, 2000. Grace, Dec. 15, 2000. Robert C. Martha Kay Pagel ’88, a daugh- Margie Marcus ’92 Kelly, a 2001. Sandy Harmon Spence ’91, ’93, a daughter, Kathryn Leigh, Jennifer Hammett Smith ’93, ’95 and Chris M. ’96 Broome, Rebecca Ryan Towe ’97, a son, Holmes ’85, a daughter, Sarah ter, Elsie Blair, Jan. 27, 2001. daughter, Avery, Nov. 6, 2000. a son, Douglas Jan. 29, 2001. Angela Ammons a daughter, Jordan Elizabeth, Nov. a son, Noah McFarlane, Dec. Samuel James, Oct. 12, 1999. Grace, March 9, 2001. Melissa Thomas W. Jr. ’89 and Patti Cinnamon Ashley Mazzola ’90, Jackson, Nov. 18, 2000. Alfredo ’93 and Mateo K. M ’94 4, 1999. Katy Graham ’93 and Ed 22, 2000. Tim L. ’95 and Al- Joe M. Doyle ’98 III, a daughter, Davis Walters ’85, twin sons, Shuler ’91 Greene, a daughter, M ’93, a son, Ian Joshua, Feb. R. Valdes ’91, M ’93, a daughter, Caymol, a daughter, Anna Logan, B. ’94 Tomlinson, a daugh- lye Montgomery ’96 Godwin, Rebecca Marie, Feb. 19, 2001. Robert Reeves and Samuel Rebecca Frances, March 3, 2001. 27, 2001. Joel R. ’90 and Mary Juliana Marie, Oct. 24, 1999. June 24, 2000. Jon S. ’93 and Re- ter, Sarah Grace, July 11, 1999. a son, William Timothy, May Jennifer Saylors Ermino ’98, a Thomas, Dec. 27, 2000. James Tassie Osborne Hargrove ’89, a Caroline Heath ’92 Walker, a Chrissy Runey Walton ’91, a becca Catalano ’94 DuBro, a son, Kimberly Burns Bailey ’94, a 25, 2000. Ray C. Hartzog ’95, son, Ryan Andrew, March 21, C. ’86 and Amy McConnell ’94 daughter, Samantha, Sept. 13, son, James Douglas, March 6, son, Joseph William, Dec. 3, 2000. Jack Ryan, May 30, 2000. Lisa son, Kendall Montgomery, Feb. a daughter, Sydney Addison, 2001. Jennifer Rice Holcombe Chapman, a son, William 2000. Mandy Moak ’89 and 2001. Stacey Young Adams ’91, Kelly Hewins Alkhatib ’92, a Sheehan and Todd T. Holder ’93, 16, 2001. James W. ’94 and Dec. 27, 2000. Luke Edward ’99, a son William Jonah, Jan. 3, Andrew, Dec. 6, 1999. Susan Danny E. ’91, M ’92 Julian, a a daughter, Catherine Ellen, Feb. son, Benjamin Sallah, a son, Mason Todd, Jan. 9, 2001, Kimberly Murdaugh ’95 Bryan, a Langner ’95, a daughter, Connor 2000. Dale L. Butts ’00, a son, Scobee Fucito ’86, a daughter, daughter, Rebekah Diane, May 1, 23, 2000. Allen Sutherland Jr. Oct. 26, 2000. Stacie Woodgeard delivered by Kathy Fipp-Bing ’90. son, Wesley Patrick, Dec. 5, 2000. Grace, Jan. 1, 2001. Robert ’95 Nathaniel, Oct. 28, 1999. Brooke Nicole, Aug. 16, 2000. 2000. Melanie G. McCulley ’89, and Jennifer Sherer Bashore ’91, Ball ’92, a son, Jacob Kyle, Erin Webb ’93 and Dane S. ’96 Kimberly Hannah and Wade and Erin Kathleen McGuigan Melinda Dodson Newton ’86, twin daughters, Defiance a son, Sutherland Elliott, Jan. 29, Feb. 14, 2000. Wendy Schmidt Hunter, a son, Spence Robert, Alan Buehler ’94, a daughter, ’96 Tipton, a son, Joshua Mark, a daughter, Kathryn Joyce, Alexandria and Mamie Grace 2001. Ethan A. Burroughs ’91, a Baughman ’92, a son, Jonathan Aug. 30, 2000. Alison Horton Allison Nicole, Oct. 9, 2000. March 28, 2000. Steven R. Wall June 23, 2000. Elizabeth Bennett Yenovkian, Sept. 20, 2000. daughter, Morgan Elizabeth, Michael, Sept. 26, 1999. Michael Hyder ’93, PhD ’98, a daughter, Jodie Stiles ’94 and Greg H. ’95 ’95, a son, Steven Andrew, July Varnes ’86, a daughter, Rebecca Lisa Weinheimer ’89 and Charles Feb. 27, 2001. Christopher J. ’92 and Helen Johnson ’93 Madeline Frances, March 1, 2000. Dawes, a son, Christopher Stiles, 29, 2000. Ken L. Adams ’96, a Anne, June 22, 2000. Kim L. ’90 Murray, a son, Sterling H. and Shannon Christopher Denny, a son, Frederick Tilson, Flynn T. ’93 and Amee Beck ’95 Sept. 17, 2000. Mark A. Dickson son, Zachary Knowles, Jan. 24, Chase ’91, a son, Heath, Aug.

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40 • CLEMSON WORLD/SUMMER 2001 FAX-864/656-5004 Classes Charles E. Seigler ’38, Fred K. Guest ’48, Greenwood Travelers Rest Address Jacob F. Wyse ’38, W.M. “Red” Ashley ’49, ‘Wasserfall’ Columbia Anderson Changed? Microbiology alumnus Benjamin A. Hoyt U. Bookhart Jr. ’39, Or- William T. Fraser Jr. ’49, Green- You can call it in Dunn II ’92 of Columbia, and his father, angeburg ville B. Allen Dunn, director of Clemson’s James W. Ragsdale ’49, Crawford B. Lawton ’40, directly to School of Natural Resources, stand in front Seneca Blair John A. Desportes ’41, Robert L. Whitaker ’49, 1-800-313-6517 of Triberg Wasserfall, Germany’s longest Union Fort Mill or fax waterfall. The two were on a trip through Marshall F. Dunn ’41, W. Harold Wood ’49, Germany’s Black Forest last April. Falconer, N.Y. Gray Court 864-656-1692. Anderson C. Nalley Jr. ’41, Douglas G. Lytle ’50, Easley Stamford, Conn. Hal E. Bland ’51, Andrew J. Alexander ’42, Richard F. Harlow ’91, Gaffney Anderson Clemson L. Odell Bragg ’56, C. Hoyt Rogers ’27, Oliver A. Mays ’42, Betsy Alice York ’94, Français reunion Enoree Mullins Columbia Rock Hill Classmates Jim T. Shirley ’53 (left) of Les James T. Medlin ’57, Sloan E. Jones ’28, William B. Dillard Jr. ’43, Cart- Richard Axel Gillis ’02, Bordes, France, and Dan M. Carmichael ’53, Lancaster Greer ersville, Ga. Anderson M ’60 of Chapel Hill, N.C., met in the Loire Victor H. Becorest ’59, McCo- Jaime M. Prim Jr. ’30, Bert B. Knight Jr. ’43, Joshua Lee Nichols ’02, mas, W.Va. Valley of France for the first time since their Glacial Tigers Brunswick, Ga. Greenville Seneca David H. Ross ’73, Alumni P. Zack (left) and Kimberly Clark Hubert J. Webb ’33, David E. Stoudenmire Sr. ’43, senior year at Clemson. They’re pictured Greenville Fulmer ’97 of Orlando, Fla., and Matt R. Clemson Lone Star In the previous issue’s “Pass- at a golf course that Shirley built and oper- Nancy Adams Holt ’77, Gilbeart H. Collings Jr. ’37, James Ward Free ’44, Dunbar ’99 of Kingsport, Tenn., share com- Clinton ings,” Joe Edd Murphree ’49 ated until he began construction on another Clemson Jonesville mon ground in New Zealand — make that F. Christian Kallmeyer ’84, of Walhalla should have been course nearby. Carmichael, owner of Mac- Edwin E. Dacus Jr. ’37, Harry G. Boylston Jr. ’45, Barn- Marietta, Ga. common ice — at the Franz Joseph Glacier. Rock Hill well listed instead of Wilma Smith dan in Chapel Hill, was on a bicycle tour of Pamela Smith Harrill ’87, Fred V. Harris ’38, Arthur C. Dorsey Jr. ’48, Green- Murphree M ’69. We regret the the Loire Valley when the two alumni took The Fulmers were on a two-month world ville Greer West Palm Beach, Fla. error. time to catch up on the past 48 years. tour. Dunbar joined them for two weeks of Richard H. Langston Jr. ’38, adventure. Florence

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CLEMSON WORLD/SUMMER 2001 • 43 ‘Promoting the Best’ Front and center Marketing graduate and entertainment industry personality NEWSMAKERS The Guidance Channel’s Web site GuidanceChannel.com carries Nancy Humphries O’Dell ’90 left Beverly Hills, Calif., for Washing- an in-depth interview (June 2001) with Marty Duckenfield of the ton, D.C., to help promote the National Healthy Mothers, Healthy National Dropout Prevention Center at Clemson on the potential of Babies Coalition in May. service learning in working with at-risk youth. O’Dell, cohost of the syn- Splendor in the grass The one-of-a-kind national center serves as a clearinghouse for train- dicated entertainment news USA June 27, 2001, story on the art of grass design in big ing, technical assistance, publications and network all for the purpose Today’s show “Access Hollywood,” league ballparks opens with Clemson alumnus Luke P. Yoder ’94. of keeping children in at-risk situations from losing their main hope of hosted the coalition’s awards Yoder is head groundskeeper for the Pittsburgh Pirates. success, an education and a positive link with community. ceremony — “Promoting His artistic claim to fame is the “Vortex,” a rich green field of For more information about the center, its services and events, the Best from the Begin- light and dark swirls emanating from a common center, a pattern visit www.dropoutprevention.org on the Web, email ndpc@clemson. edu or ning.” The event recognized he perfected while working in the minor leagues. The horticulture call 864-656-2599. outstanding individuals, graduate attributes much of his knowledge to working at the Uni- companies and organizations versity’s turf plot with professor Anthony Mazur in addition to his working to assure that all studies. Foiling a purse-snatcher Professor Gerald Lovedahl of Clemson’s College of Health, Educa- babies are born healthy. Clemson has become a family tradition for the Yoders. Luke’s tion and Human Development made headlines in Miramichi, New In addition to “Access brother T.R. is a 1998 accounting graduate (M ’99), brother David Brunswick, Canada, earlier this year when he chased down a purse- Hollywood,” the Myrtle is a 2001 biological sciences major, and sister Hope is an incoming snatcher. Beach native makes frequent freshman. Lovedahl was on sabbatical at NBCC Miramichi, part of the New cameo appearances on other Brunswick Community College Network, to do research and to help television shows. She still the college find funding opportunities for its distributive learning finds time to support the National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies ‘Teen ‘Flowers, fossils and cool rocks’ center. Coalition efforts and to pose with a lucky tiger. Southern Living’s “Clemson’s Gems” (July 2001) spotlights the En route to an afternoon meeting downtown, the professor was University’s Bob Campbell Geology Museum and the surrounding summoned by a woman shouting, “Stop him! He took my purse!” He Culture’ S.C. Botanical Garden as great tour destinations. If you can remember and another man from Miramichi bolted in pursuit of the thief, an The museum showcases fluorescent minerals, plant and animal being a teenager or if adventure that at one point briefly left them stuck in a snow bank but fossils, meteorites, stone carvings, gems, the largest topaz crystal ever you have one or more resulted in the arrest of the thief and recovery of the purse. found in this country and much more. of your own right now, Special exhibits during September are “Amazing Minerals,” English professor Lucy “Minerals: To Your Health” and “Alabama Fossils: Where a Field Rollin has a book for ‘Sync or swim’ Trip Can Take You.” you —Twentieth Cen- Clemson’s concrete canoe team was back in the news this spring The S.C. Botanical Garden at Clemson, 270 acres of woodlands, tury Teen Culture by the with stories carried by AP and Copley News Service, picked up as far meadows and streams, is open Decades. Her book was away as the San Diego Union-Tribune. year-round. It’s home to an honored nationally last The two-time national champs and always-in-contention Tigers internationally known nature- year by the Library Jour- were edged out of first place during this year’s competition by the based sculpture collection. For nal as one of the best University of Alabama-Huntsville. information about the Bob reference books of the At the regional competition earlier this year, however, Clemson Campbell Geology Museum, previous year. Rollin is widely known for her expertise in children’s clenched its ninth straight conference win, currently the longest win- call 864-656-4600. For garden and adolescent literature. ning regional streak in the country. information, call 864-656-3405. At the National Press Club International wildlife photographer Angelo Sciulli ’78 of Lancast- On the ‘Today Show’ er was part of the VSA arts exhibition in June at the National Press Clemson alumnus Frank Wise ’76, M ’79 of Seneca had the opportunity of a lifetime earlier this year when he met the person who saved Club in Washington, D.C. VSA arts provides education opportunities his life through a bone-marrow transplant. Their meeting in Wise’s home was recorded by NBC and broadcast on the “Today Show” in May through the arts for people with disabilities. Sciulli was also on the 2001. panel of a related forum moderated by “Dateline” correspondent John Wise, former director of the Anderson/Oconee Council on Aging, was diagnosed with leukemia in 1999 and later that year received Hockenberry. a bone-marrow transplant from Rev. Donald Kuntz of Ohio. With the help of his wife, Rosemary, also a Clemson graduate (’89, M ’93), Sciulli, whose work was featured in Fall 2000 Clemson World, has Wise continues to recover. traveled extensively and photographed wildlife from whales to grizzly Catching the attention of the national media is the fact that Wise is African American and Kuntz is white, and as a result, compatible bears, despite having primary lateral sclerosis. To see his work on the cells are unusual. Both men welcome the opportunity to encourage people to be a part of the National Marrow Donor Registry and to Web or to learn about accessible sites for photographers with physical show that the gift of life is universal. challenges, go to www.scnature.com.

44 • CLEMSON WORLD/SUMMER 2001 CLEMSON WORLD/SUMMER 2001 • 45 Go THE CLEMSON COMMITMENT Tigers! Alumni and friends, thank you for helping Clemson exceed Abney Scholars the 25 percent alumni participa- The Abney Foundation Scholars tion mark! When Program, begun in 1975, supports all was said and done, we ended unrestricted University-wide scholar- the fiscal year at 26.6 percent! We ships for S.C. residents. During the 2000-2001 couldn’t have Ann B. Smith ’82, M ’85 academic year, 120 students benefited from the foundation’s commit- Coca-Cola Clemson Scholars done it without ment to helping students attain their dreams of a Clemson diploma. These Clemson students have The Coca-Cola Company to thank you! Abney Scholarship recipients, pictured here, gathered in April to for academic support. The corporate-sponsored program offers an By rallying to reach the alumni participation goal for the 2000- meet and thank foundation trustees. annual $2,500 scholarship to top-ranked minority and nonminority 2001 year, you’ve helped move Clemson closer to being a top-20 students at all S.C. public high schools and a number of independent public university. Your support has benefited the most important part schools in the state. of the University — our students. And your strength in numbers has helped increase the value of your diploma. It’s been a win-win year Clemson calling thanks to you, our alumni and friends. Thanks to all alumni and friends who contributed to We’ve just begun a new fiscal year (July 1) and, as a result, we the Clemson Fund through the Spring 2001 Phonathon! must start again at zero. Our new goal will exceed 25 percent par- Clemson students have been helping raise financial support for academics by phoning alumni and other do- ticipation. We’re counting on everyone who gave last year, and we’ll nors since 1985. And this fall, they’ll call again, asking need to bring in new donors as well because our number of alumni for your support. increases with every graduation. Thank you in advance for supporting Clemson! Annual giving is a way to “vote” for the value you place on your Clemson degree and to help future alumni get the best Clemson ex- perience possible. You can designate that your annual gift go to the academic area of your choice or remain unrestricted so that it can go to the area of greatest need. A number of you can also take advantage of an employee benefit offered by many corporations, a matching gift that doubles the value of your own gift. See your human resources office for details. Please take this opportunity to make your 2002 Clemson Fund contribution. You can use the enclosed envelope, call 864-656-5896 or make a secure online gift at www.clemson.edu/isupportcu.

Nora and Fritz A. Sargent Together for Clemson,

Ann Smith ’82, M ’85 Game plan Class of ’41 Studio pledge Director of Annual Giving Alumnus Fritz Sargent ’68 and his wife, Nora, of LaJolla, Calif., During Clemson Reunion 2001, the Class of 1941 and class Clemson Fund are proud of the way Clemson plays golf — both the sport and the president Roy Pearce, pictured here with President Jim Barker, academic component. made a $1,000,000 pledge for the Class of 1941 Studio for Stu- The Sargents have recently endowed the head golf coaching posi- dent Communication. The studio is a natural expansion of the The big picture Roy and Marnie Pearce Center for Professional Communication. tion in honor of Clemson’s coach Larry Penley and the record he’s You can find the full account of alumnus and attorney The fund will be used for space renovation in Daniel Hall, the achieved with the consistently high-ranked Tigers. Al C. Todd’s estate planning advice (from Clemson World, Spring new home of the Pearce Center and the Class of 1941 Studio. The endowment also gives support to a scholarship in the Univer- 2001) on the Web. Go to the University’s homepage at www. sity’s professional golf management program, the newest opportunity clemson.edu, scroll down to “Capital Campaign” and click on “es- for Clemson students who want a career in the golf industry. tate planning.”

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They set up a pillar of stone in the place where they so vanquished their enemies. . . . —Sir Thomas More Photo by Rick Clark