WINTER 2007 Features Vol. 60, No. 1

Life and Legacy 10 Find out why Thomas Green Clemson was hard to ignore as we celebrate the bicentennial of his birth.

Where the Wild Things Grow 14 Take a fresh look at the Clemson Experimental Forest through the eyes of creative inquiry students.

Someone in These Hills 16 Meet the man behind “Something in These Hills” and see how he helped create the fabric of Clemson.

The World Is My Laboratory 20 Learn how Clemson’s research laboratories extend throughout the world.

‘Symphony of Motion’ 24 Discover another team of Tigers working hard to win.

A+ Ambassadors 26 Departments Clemson has a traveling force of volunteers President’s View intent on helping the University achieve its vision. page 2 World View page 4 Lifelong Connections page 28 Student Life page 30 Classmates page 32 Commitment page 46 TAPS page 48

Cover photo: Aerial, by Patrick Wright President’s View Executive Editor As to statewide public service and economic development, recent milestones include: Dave Dryden Economic development • Dedication of the $10 million Timken Technology Center at the Clemson University Art Director International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR); Judy Morrison is our mission • Rededication of the former Clemson research park near I-85 as the Clemson University Advanced Materials Center, in partnership with Anderson County; Editor Liz Newall • Approval by the state Budget & Control Board to provide $10.3 million in bond funding, and by We have begun our celebration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of the city of North Charleston to transfer land, for the Clemson University Restoration Institute. Classes Editor & Thomas Green Clemson. Advertising Director These centers are direct descendants of our founder’s vision, as expressed in his will. When he wrote Sallie Leigh (864) 656-7897 As you read his story elsewhere in this issue, you will learn that, even today, the about programs “intended to benefit agricultural and mechanical industries,” Mr. Clemson authored South remarkable life of Clemson University’s founder provides us with a template for the Carolina’s first economic development plan. Contributors truly educated person. Mr. Clemson was the “total package,” as today’s students might Dale Cochran “I trust that I do not exaggerate the importance of such an institution for developing the material Debbie Dunning say. resources of the State,” he added. Catherine Sams News Services A transplanted “Yankee” born in Philadelphia, he was educated in the United States Publications and Promotion He did not exaggerate. Clemson’s historical role cannot be overstated in developing and providing expert and in the universities and salons of Paris and Brussels. He was a scientist, a farmer manpower to the state’s agriculture and forest industries, textiles, fibers, chemicals, construction, bricks and a diplomat who also loved and participated in the arts. He painted, played the Photographers and ceramics, packaging and many more. Patrick Wright violin and wrote music. Craig Mahaffey Statewide economic development is not “mission creep” for Clemson. Economic development is our Mr. Clemson understood that scientific education was the key to economic progress University Officials mission, and always has been. If the research universities don’t now build a knowledge economy for South and prosperity in the poverty-stricken South Carolina of the 1880s. In the “high President Carolina, who will? James F. Barker q seminary of learning” he envisioned, intellectual development would be forever Clemson is taking an wedded to practical knowledge and economic development. Clemson has no ambitions to build a law school, or a medical school, or a gigantic student body on Board of Trustees Leon J. Hendrix Jr., multiple residential campuses. These are, frankly, hallmarks of most of the institutions ahead of us in the His wisdom guides us today. chairman; John J. Britton, unconventional route to ranks of top-30 national public universities. We have determined that is not our way. vice chairman; Bill L. Amick, Mr. Clemson’s will is the foundational document of Clemson University. It is to our Lawrence M. Gressette Jr., Clemson’s way is to be the best at what we do best, which is undergraduate teaching and targeted, highly Thomas C. Lynch Jr., the top 20. Because when institution what the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution are to focused research, which demands outstanding graduate programs as well. Louis B. Lynn, we get there, we want to our nation. Patricia Herring McAbee, Leslie G. McCraw, Our commitment is to limit undergraduate enrollment, control class size and maintain the special I invite you to read the full text online at www.clemson.edu/TGC200/. I do that E. Smyth McKissick III, make sure Clemson will . Our challenge is periodically, and I find it a humbling and inspiring experience. relationship that students have with teachers, and alumni have with their alma mater Thomas B. McTeer Jr., not only to find a way to balance economic development and intellectual development, but to design Robert L. Peeler, still be Clemson. I also believe that, in 2007, our university has finally begun to realize the fullness of William C. Smith Jr., relationships and structures that allow them to reinforce and strengthen each other. Joseph D. Swann Thomas Green Clemson’s vision. One way we plan to do that is through undergraduate research and creative inquiry. There are some things © 2007 Clemson University In this issue, you will learn that Clemson faculty have been awarded a campus you just cannot learn by listening or reading, or from someone else’s experience. Some things you must Clemson World is published quarterly for alumni and friends of Clemson Univer- chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious academic honor learn by doing and discovering for yourself. sity by the Division of Advancement. society. This is an important milestone for us because it recognizes the excellence of Editorial offices are in the Department Even our freshmen can make contributions to our important work of research, service and economic of Publications and Promotion, Clemson our undergraduate programs in the humanities, arts and sciences. University, 114 Daniel Dr., Clemson, development as they learn the skills to be questioning, knowledge-seeking, self-educating adults. We must SC 29631-1520 (FAX: 864-656-5004). The learned, artistic Mr. Clemson would be proud. ready them for a lifetime of learning. Copyright© Publications and Promotion, Clemson University. Story ideas and letters are welcome, but publisher assumes Another story documents progress toward our long-range goal of providing an This is a “Big Idea” worthy of Thomas Green Clemson himself. Yet it is entirely consistent with the path no responsibility for return of unsolicited international experience for every Clemson student. As one of our globe-trotting to the top 20 that we have chosen — a path based on commitment to students, focus, tenacity, service … manuscripts or art. Send address changes to Records, 110 Daniel Dr., Clemson, SC undergraduates observed: “Our world is demanding that we think more like global and big ideas. 29631-1520 (FAX: 864-656-1692), or call citizens.” 1-800-313-6517. Clemson is taking an unconventional route to the top 20. Because when we get there, we want to make Consider this question: Can you be a truly educated person in the 21st century sure Clemson will still be Clemson. CLEMSON WORLD without traveling abroad, experiencing foreign cultures and seeing for yourself how CORPORATE SPONSORS interdependent we are in a global economy? Alumni Online Services ARAMARK The answer is no. Mr. Clemson, the world traveler and diplomat, understood that Blackbaud The Clemson Corps th way back in the 19 century. Coca-Cola Company James F. Barker, FAIA Conference Center and Inn at President Clemson University Tom Winkopp Properties

2  CLEMSON WORLD WINTER 2007  3 Quest for Major hydrogen Parkinson’s research cure he U.S. Department of Energy is WWorldorld VViewiew THE MICHAEL awarding $2 million to Clemson J. Fox Foundation to fund hydrogen research and T MARK CRAMMER HurriQuake nail, top invention Top honor society for Parkinson’s development that may help change Research has the way we power the country. IVIL ENGINEERING ALUMNUS ED SUTT M ’96, PHD ’00, A FASTENING ENGINEER THE PHI BETA KAPPA SOCIETY, America’s provided $125,000 The research project, headed with Bostitch, has designed a nail that could save thousands of lives and homes oldest and most prestigious academic honor in supplemental by chemical and biomolecular in a hurricane or earthquake. C society, has funding to advance engineering chairman Jim Goodwin, For that, Popular Science magazine Flyin’ Tigers — the best! selected Clemson the promise of will involve collaboration with the has named the HurriQuake nail its for one of six Clemson professor Xuejun Wen’s quest for Savannah River National Laboratory lemson’s Air Force ROTC Detachment 770 2006 Innovation of the Year. new chapters in a cure. and John Deere on research directed has earned the Right of Line Award as Sutt took notice of a hurricane’s recognition of Wen uses novel bioengineering at understanding the effect of the most outstanding midsized Air Force devastating effects when, as a C the University’s technology in combination with dopamine impurities in hydrogen and oxygen ROTC detachment in the nation. The annual Clemson student, he visited the excellence in neurons derived from human stem cells. streams on the performance of award goes to the top small, medium and large Caribbean following Hurricane liberal arts and hydrogen fuel cells. detachments. Marilyn in 1995. He noticed the His lab specializes in inducing human stem sciences. This funding is part of $100 Clemson’s Air Force ROTC also has fasteners, not the wood, had failed cells into different types of cells aimed “What this means to our students is that million used to fund 25 hydrogen been home to Arnold Air Society national in house after house. at curing diseases and injuries such as their Clemson degree will have even more projects that support the Advanced headquarters honorary cadet service Sutt created a prototype Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, diabetes, heart value,” says President Jim Barker. “What it Energy Initiative to reduce U.S. organization for two consecutive years and has that would resist the nail head’s and brain strokes, and spinal cord injuries. means to Clemson is that another of our 10- dependence on foreign sources of been recognized by the Air Force Association as ripping through sheathing, enable He works at the Charleston branch year goals has been achieved. I believe Phi energy through new clean energy the Outstanding AFROTC Detachment in South the shank to stay put in the frame during high winds or earthquakes, and keep the of the Clemson bioengineering Beta Kappa and Clemson fit well together.” technologies. Carolina for the last three years. midsection of the nail from snapping when a house rocks back and forth under stress. department with the Clemson University- A minimum requirement is that 10 percent Clemson is one of four Pictured at the trophy presentation during The HurriQuake nail is made of carbon-steel alloy and adds about $15 to the Medical University of South Carolina of the teaching faculty in arts and sciences universities across the country to Military Appreciation Day are Clemson Trustee materials cost of a house. Testing shows it to have up to twice the uplift capacity of Bioengineering Program and shares must themselves be Phi Beta Kappa members. receive the competitive award, along Bill Hendrix, Cadet Peter Boardman and Col. standard nails. the latest award with Su-Chun Zhang, The selection capped off a rigorous three-year with such corporations as 3M and Lance Young, detachment commander. For The nail is available only in the coastal region from Texas to North Carolina at anatomy and neurology professor at the process. national laboratories, such as Los more on Clemson’s Air Force ROTC, go to construction supply stores. Bostitch, a subsidiary of The Stanley Works, is adding new University of Wisconsin. Alamos and Oak Ridge. business.clemson.edu/aerospac/. production lines to meet nationwide consumer demand.

NSF research site ’Hard Scramble’ beauty Stopping anthrax HE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION HAS SELECTED THE UNIVERSITY AS A ENEFACTOR MARGARET HEBARD LLOYD ICTURE A SPIDER WEB COATED WITH research site for the Center for Engineering Logistics and Distribution (CELDi), has given Hard Scramble, a beautiful, un- sugar. But instead of luring in unsus- an Industry/University Cooperative Research Center. spoiled 853-acre tract of land along the T pecting creatures, this spider web pulls in deadly anthrax spores, rendering B Clemson joins eight universities nationwide in developing integrated solutions P Wateree River in Kershaw County, and a gener- them harmless. to logistics and supply chain problems. The work will enhance the United States’ ous endowment to Clemson for environmental Clemson chemist Ya-Ping Sun and his research team have developed such a competitive edge in the world by producing and delivering products into the stewardship. countermeasure strategy to weaponized anthrax, a biological agent used by a marketplace more quickly and efficiently. Hard Scramble and Clemson’s Sandhill perpetrator who killed five Americans in 2001. The Clemson team’s findings were The selection has the potential to affect the flow of raw materials, scheduling Research and Education Center in Columbia, published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society in September (vol. 128). production and distributing finished goods for everything from Homeland Security only 20 miles apart, are closely connected in to- Anthrax spores are covered with carbohydrates used to communicate with and disaster preparedness to automobile production and distribution. pography, flora, fauna and land resources. The or attract other biological species. The Clemson team used carbon nanotubes As a CELDi university, Clemson receives at least $1 million over a three-year period through industry projects and matching gift broadens Clemson’s ability to involve and as a platform for displaying sugar molecules to attract the anthrax spores. When contributions. educate citizens about the wise use of natural sugar-coated, the carbon nanotubes bind with the anthrax spores, creating The research site supports interdisciplinary research and is housed in Clemson’s industrial engineering department. It’s a component of resources and opportunities for environmental clusters too large to be inhaled, stopping their infection and destruction. a broader plan that includes an endowed chair in supply chain optimization and logistics. The Research Centers for Economic Excellence sustainability. The new method holds potential for first responders to contain anthrax in an program, created by the S.C. Legislature, has approved $2 million for the chair at Clemson, and efforts are under way to secure matching funds. Development of a small portion of the Hard office or mailroom setting using a water-based gel, foam or aerosol spray, and it Pictured from left are Clemson graduate students Esengul Tayfur, Michael Sawyer and Priya Devapriya working on an integrated Scramble property will be devoted to an initiative may have application on the battlefield in larger quantities. The National Science logistics problem. dealing with residential green building and an Foundation and the U.S. Department of Agriculture funded the study. For more information, contact Bill Ferrell, Clemson CELDi director, at (864) 656-2724 or [email protected]. environmental education center that highlights our connections with nature.

4  CLEMSON WORLD WINTER 2007  5 First CU-ICAR fellowship Up close and astrophysical UTOMATION ENGINEERING CORP. (AEC) HAS GIVEN THE DEEP SPACE JUST GOT A LITTLE CLOSER FOR CLEMSON National sweep! Project Middle Passage ® first endowed graduate fellowship in the Center for astrophysics students. A Curry Foundation grant of $100,000 will HREE CLEMSON GRAPHIC THE NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED CALL ME MISTER® AAutomotive Design and Development at the Clemson give Clemson faculty and students time on the Kitt Peak National communications graduate program, which recruits African American men to become University International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR). Observatory’s 4-meter Mayall telescope in Arizona. Tstudents swept the TAPPI S.C. elementary school teachers, will delve into new The $100,000 endowment will support graduate students working The grant provides 2006 Student Design Competition. territory with an initiative to mentor African American toward degrees at the new Carroll A. Campbell Jr. Graduate approximately one-third of the TAPPI is the world’s largest profes- boys in middle school. Call Me MISTER is based at Clemson and administered through 10 Engineering Center on the CU-ICAR campus in Greenville. $290,000 cost for 33 nights. The sional association serving the pulp, campuses in South Carolina. “Automation Engineering has enjoyed a tremendous amount of agreement was made for three paper, converting and packaging Through a $99,800 grant from the Lumina Foundation for Education’s McCabe Fund, the success in the Upstate thanks to economic growth the area has years through the National Optical industries. program is launching Project Middle Passage early this year among a select group of middle enjoyed the last 20 plus years. CU-ICAR will push that economic Astronomical Observatory, funded The students — Wade schools in Pickens, Oconee, Anderson and Greenville counties. growth to an even higher level,” says Gary Foster, AEC president. through the National Science Beard, Zak Nicholas and Project Middle Passage will heighten awareness of future academic and career opportunities for “To be part of that success and to be able to contribute to the Foundation. It also allows Clemson Griffin Hockswender students by working with schools, parents, local colleges, social services agencies and individuals. education of the brightest engineering students in the country to trade its Mayall time for access — each conceived, There are 150 men currently enrolled in the Call Me MISTER program and 20 already teaching was something we couldn’t pass up.” to other telescopes in the U.S. designed, cre- in S.C. classrooms. For more information, contact Roy Jones, director, at [email protected] or (864) Automation Engineering Corp.’s commitment of $100,000 will system around the world. ated, mounted 656-7915 or visit the Web at www.callmemister.clemson.edu. be matched by the state, under legislation establishing the Through the Seneca-based printing Research Centers of Economic Excellence, to generate a total of Curry Foundation, more than plates and $200,000 in endowment funds. $300,000 has been donated to manufactured Summer Odyssey for kids the astrophysics program at Clemson. In addition, Charles Curry a “box” that CAMP ODYSSEY AT THE UNIVERSITY’S OUTDOOR LAB IS A POPULAR has endowed three fellowships for outstanding graduate student was definitely one-week residential camp for children between the ages of 6-12. This year’s camp, researchers in astrophysics over the past three years. “thinking July 8-14, offers children fun, challenging and educational group activities with outside the other campers and program leaders. Activities include hiking, fishing, canoeing, box.” swimming, arts and crafts, outdoor games, campfire programs, overnight camping trips Their proj- ’Organic’ bottles and more. Cost is $445 per child with a discount given to additional children from the Cleaning up ects provided same family. Sign up early. For more information and an application, call (864) 646-7502, UTRACEUTICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES MAY opportunities to email [email protected] or go online at www.clemson.edu/outdoorlab/ody.htm. IL AND WATER DON’T MIX. AS A RESULT, VEGETABLE- soon use organic bottles to ship their dietary supplements. reach new creative based oil could be the answer to contaminant cleanup. Clemson researcher Danny Roberts, assistant to the vice limits and investigate Clemson researchers led by geologist Larry N Ray Ray’s amazing story O president for Public Service and Agriculture, has developed a new the capabilities of a Murdock, with the Savannah River National Laboratory, are container using environmentally friendly fibrous plants such as Bobst flexographic LEMSON STUDENT ATHLETE RAY RAY MCELRATHBEY’S testing vegetable oil as a way to prevent contaminants from kenaf, flax and cotton. printing press, a family story swept the national media last year when getting into groundwater aquifers. The method could help These composites use no petroleum, take less energy to Martin press, prepress software he was granted custody of his 12-year-old brother, clean up chlorinated solvents, which are among the most C produce, are derived from renewable resources and are 100 such as Score!, and other equip- Fahmarr. common groundwater contaminants caused by industry. percent biodegradable and recyclable. ment such as a Datatech sample He gained help through an NCAA ruling that let assistant The study at the U.S. Department of Energy’s The natural fibers are combined with polylactic acid, table. In the process, they created coaches’ wives give Fahmarr rides to school and help care Savannah River Site is funded through derived from corn. Inhibitory agents rich in naturally occurring quality-finished products and for him. The NCAA has also allowed the establishment of a the S.C. Universities Research and Education Foundation. antioxidants and antimicrobial properties are added to protect demonstrate the diverse capabili- fund for Fahmarr through First Citizens Bank in Clemson. Vegetable oil, injected through hydraulic fractures against degradation of materials inside the bottles. ties of direct-printed corrugated, The Clemson wide receiver’s story caught national 20 to 30 feet into the ground, draws in oil-based flexographic printing and metallic Gaia Herbs Inc., a nutraceutical company in Brevard, N.C., attention because of hardships he’s overcome to earn a SPORTS INFORMATION contaminants that have leaked from pipes or tanks. has provided significant research funding to the Institute for and scented inks. football scholarship at the Division I level and to take on If mixed with water, the contaminants separate Nutraceutical Research at Clemson. Roberts collaborated on In the TAPPI competition, guardianship in addition to all his responsibilities as a as droplets, with small amounts dissolving into this research with Dave Gangemi, director of the institute, and Beard’s box robot took first place. student athlete. the water and making it hazardous. But, if scientists from Germany, France, Cotton Inc., Delta and Pine Land, Nicholas’ box guitar, designed as a His story was featured in Sports Illustrated, The New another oil is introduced, the contaminants Clemson’s Pee Dee Research and Education Center and other mailing piece to hold brochures York Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, USA Today and on ESPN. steer clear of the water, drawn instead to the Clemson personnel. and electronic media, took second. com, ESPN’s “College Gameday,” “Oprah” and other edible oil source. Their entries also won the BCM Ink’s venues. In addition, he was named the Person of the Week by “ABC World News Tonight.” His In addition, some microbes in the ground Werner Sattler Award. Hockswender’s latest national recognition came in December when he received the Keith Jackson Award subsurface will degrade solvents. The edible oils box boat won third place. of Excellence at the Cingular ESPN All-America show and when he received the 2006 FedEx create the right conditions for those kinds of microbes The winning entries were Orange Bowl-FWAA Courage Award. to flourish. Therefore, the oil can both trap and destroy printed at Clemson’s Printing and Throughout the swirl of publicity and the new stresses fame has added, McElrathbey has contaminants underground. Converting Research Center in remained appreciative, unassuming and responsible. He’s been an outstanding representative Pendleton. of Tiger athletics and the Clemson Family.

WINTER 2007  7 6  CLEMSON WORLD Groovy Tiger Band Hey active, older adults! LUMNI AND FANS OF TIGER BAND CAN relive special moments from long ago LOOKING FOR SOME ADVENTURE IN YOUR Aperformances with “Pass in Review,” a life? Try Camp Again this fall at the University’s history of Tiger Band halftime shows from the Outdoor Laboratory on the shores of Lake 1960s through the 1990s on three DVDs. Hartwell. It’s a fun week filled with trips to “Volume One” of “Pass in Review” documents scenic areas, boating, nature walks, fishing, the band from the early 1960s through the apple picking, historical tours, talent shows, 1970s. The video contains scenes of the band’s campfires and other great programs. Cost gathering at the Clemson railroad station includes meals, lodging and activities for five Getting into Clemson: for its first trip to a bowl game — the 1959 days and four nights of adventure. The 2007 Answers about Undergraduate Admission Bluebonnet Bowl — and performances under camps will be held Sept. 24-28, Oct. 1-5 and the direction of John Butler, Bruce Cook and Oct. 22-26. Apply early. For more information, James Copenhaver. 1. Why is undergraduate admission to Clemson Apply early and make sure all requested information is Proceeds from the DVD will support band scholarships. To purchase “Volume call (864) 646-7502, email conrad@clemson. so competitive? provided. The priority deadline for undergraduate applications One” DVD ($20 + $5 for S&H), contact the band office at (864) 656-3380. Send edu or write Camp Again, Lehotsky Hall, Box Higher education in South Carolina has changed dramatically is December 1. We encourage online application for admission mail orders to Clemson University Band, 119 Brooks Center, Clemson SC, 29634- 340735, Clemson, SC 29634-0735. in the past few years. Those changes, coupled with advances through the University’s home page at www.clemson.edu. Also, 0534 or go to virtual.clemson.edu/groups/CUTBA. “Volume Two” (the 1980s) and on the Clemson campus, have created an environment where SAT/ACT score reports must be sent directly to Clemson from the “Volume Three” (the 1990s) should become available later in 2007. admission to Clemson is more desirable than ever before. testing agency. Since 1996, freshman applications have increased by 60 Simply the Best percent. The number of applications versus the number of avail- 3. What special consideration does Clemson give Highest global recognition AF Young Investigator named a first-team freshman All-American able spaces in the freshman class has gone from four to one to five to legacy applicants? to one. The percentage of freshman applicants who are accepted The University is sensitive to the contributions of its alumni Chemistry professor Darryl DesMarteau The Air Force Office of Scientific Research by The Sporting News, Rivals.com and Scout. has dropped from 78 percent to approximately 55 percent over the and desires to see family traditions continue. Questions about received in Paris the prestigious Moissan is awarding Clemson materials science com. Jacoby Ford was named a second-team Prize for 2006 for his achievements in and engineering professor Jian Luo freshman All-America kick returner by Rivals. past nine years. family members (father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, sister, fluorine chemistry. The prize, the highest approximately $300,000 as part of its new com and Scout.com. These are the main reasons: brother, spouse) who have attended Clemson are included on the global recognition in the field of fluorine Young Investigator Research Program. He There are more high school seniors than ever before, especially application for admission and are considered in the review of the chemistry, is awarded every three years at and 20 other top scientists and engineers Communication excellence in South Carolina and other nearby states. Clemson quality application. While legacy is a factor in the admission decision, it an international symposium. DesMarteau’s will share an estimated $6.3 million in Dixie Goswami M ’67, Strom Thurmond recognition by Peterson’s Competitive Colleges, U.S.News & World does not replace the importance of academic credentials. During recent research has focused on grants as part of the program. Luo studies Institute senior scholar and English Report and Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, along with athletic successes, the 2005-2006 admission cycle, 64 percent of all legacies were development of membranes for fuel cells. nanometer-thick, quasi-liquid films that can professor emerita, is co-recipient of the provides additional publicity and exposure, making more people accepted versus less than 53 percent of nonlegacies. That technology, which currently provides critically impact the fabrication and high- Rigo Award from the Special Interest Group aware of the value of a Clemson education. energy for the space shuttle, is being temperature performance of aerospace on Design of Communication. The national The LIFE Scholarship was established in 1999 to keep more 4. What’s the Bridge program? developed for automobiles and stationary materials. award celebrates an individual’s lifetime of South Carolina’s best and brightest students in state, and it’s The Bridge to Clemson University program, in conjunction power plants. contribution to the field of communication All-America Tigers design. Goswami has many accomplishments doing just that. The average SAT score for Clemson freshmen has with Tri-County Technical College, is a cooperative, residential increased from 1128 to 1217 since 1996. Forty-seven percent of admission program designed to assist a select group of students International award for osteo Football student athlete Gaines Adams in the field of writing education including the the most recent class of Clemson freshmen graduated in the top who cannot be offered regular admission but who wish to have research had a stellar senior year. His honors include Richard Riley Award from the S.C. Council of Karen Burg, one of the University’s first-team All-America defensive end Teachers of English. 10 percent of their high school class, and more than 70 percent a freshman-year experience with a distinct Clemson flavor and, leading researchers in bioengineering, (Associated Press, Walter Camp Foundation, graduated in the top 20 percent. most of all, desire to earn a Clemson degree. received the AO (Arbeitsgemeinschaft The Sporting News, American Football IT leader The University is committed to providing Clemson students The student will enroll in a transferable curriculum at Tri- für Osteosynthesefragen) Research Coaches Association, Football Writers James Bottum, Clemson’s chief information with the type of experience students and parents have come County for the entire freshman year and, while taking these Foundation’s inaugural research fund prize Association, Rivals.com, SI.com). He’s the officer and vice provost for computing and to expect and value. To meet this expectation, enrollment is classes, will have access to a number of services and programs on for her work in tissue-engineered bone first Clemson unanimous All-American since information technology, has been named carefully managed. The goal for next year’s freshman class is the Clemson campus. If a student meets the academic expecta- replacement systems. The AO Foundation Terry Kinard in 1982 and just the second in one of Computerworld’s Premier 100 IT approximately 2,800. tions of the program, he or she is assured a seamless transition is recognized worldwide for its pioneering Clemson history. He was also named ACC Leaders for 2007. The honor includes 100 IT to Clemson the following year with the vast majority of the work and training in osteosynthesis. Burg’s Defensive Player of the Year, semifinalist executives who have led their organizations 2. What does it take to be admitted to Clemson? freshman-year curriculum completed. To be considered for the research involved the development of a for the Lombardi Award and finalist for the by mentoring and motivating employees, Bridge program, a high school senior must apply for admission to composite tissue-engineered replacement Nagurski and Hendricks awards. envisioning innovative solutions to business Admission to Clemson is an academic decision. Therefore, system, designed for application to bone challenges and effectively managing and decisions are made primarily upon the academic credentials Clemson. Teammate Nathan Bennett was named a defects in order to promote tissue repair. executing IT strategies. Bottum is also a that are submitted with the application (SAT/ACT, class rank, For additional information, contact the Office of Admissions at third-team AP All-America offensive guard. member of the National Science Foundation’s GPA, courses taken, etc.). Decisions are not based upon a single (864) 656-2287 or visit our Web site at www.clemson.edu/admission. Clemson running back C.J. Spiller was Advisory Committee on Cyberinfrastructure. criterion but rather a combination of the various credentials.

8 CLEMSON WORLD  WINTER 2007  9 Different sort of fella relationship, named charge d’affaires to King Leopold’s Court in Belgium in 1844. The Clemsons remained there until spring of 1851, If not distinguished from the crowd by his French-friendly dogs, the year after Calhoun’s death, when they returned to the United Clemson would have certainly been so by his looks. Standing six States to live in Maryland. feet, six inches tall and wearing size 14 shoes, he was hard to ignore The years abroad had been highly successful as well as stimulat- in a crowd. by Dot Yandle ing for Clemson and Anna Maria. There, Clemson began collecting Handsome in his earlier years, and both charming and hospitable, art and interesting furniture — both for himself and for friends at Clemson drew plenty of attention from his new neighbors when he home. One chair from this period, a distinctive gift from the king, is and Anna Maria lived at the Fort Hill plantation during much of in the parlor of Fort Hill today. (A second parlor chair, which came the first four years of their marriage. through a Clemson family marriage to a great-nephew of George The story goes that Thomas Green Clemson’s hunting dogs His differences were apparent then and became more so as he Washington, is a Windsor chair used by Washington at the Trenton aged. Yet the thing that ultimately most set him apart from others responded only to his commands. That was because he had encampment during the Revolutionary War.) was what went on inside his head. Clemson’s interest in scientific education was evident during trained them in French. Clemson — like many another great thinker — had a dream. the Maryland years. He was instrumental in the establishment of And during 2007, the bicentennial year of his birth, we’re celebrating Maryland Agriculture College, now the University of Maryland. both the dreamer and the outcome of his vision. In 1860, he worked for the federal government in Washington as From 1838 when he married John C. Calhoun’s daughter, Clemson considered himself a Southerner from the time of superintendent of agricultural affairs, a precursor to the position of his marriage on and gave long and serious thought in his declining Anna Maria, until his death in 1888, it was clear that secretary of agriculture. years as to the best way he could help South Carolina recover from The next year war began. Although his wife remained on their Clemson stood out in one way or another from his the Civil War. property in Maryland, Clemson — though conflicted in his mind The solution he devised, with input and support from his wife, has upcountry South Carolina neighbors. about secession — joined the Confederacy along with his son, John impacted the lives of more than 125,600 men and women who have Calhoun Clemson. received degrees over the past 113 years since Clemson Agricultural He was not what they College first opened its campus. Countless thousands of others have benefited from special studies and public service activities through Back to the future at Fort Hill called “a local boy.” the years. Some years after the war, Fort Hill passed to Anna Maria and His “different sort of thinking” founded Clemson University. became home to the family until Clemson’s death at age 81. Despite the variety and accomplishment of his early life and From Philly to Paris middle age, we may tend to remember Thomas Clemson as a sad elderly man, brooding about past losses and sitting on his porch at Clemson was born in Philadelphia in July 1807. Son of a wealthy Fort Hill pondering the dismal present and dim future of the South. merchant and his wife, he lived a privileged and adventurous life, He was sometimes irascible, too, feuding with neighbors over cows acquiring a scientific education and credentials that led to his profes- and fences and contested millponds. sion as a mining engineer in the years before his marriage. Clemson had much to keep him awake at night. His personal Clemson’s father had died when he was a boy of seven but left losses over the years were so great that one can understand his once him a generous legacy that ensured a superior education. The young having compared his life to Job’s. He and Anna Maria had lost all Clemson enrolled at age 16 at what is now Norwich University in four of their children: an infant daughter who lived only three weeks, Vermont, where he received basic instruction in both the arts and Cornelia to scarlet fever at age three, Floride (Mrs. Gideon Lee) sciences, laying early groundwork for the varied life he would lead. suddenly in July of 1871, and John Calhoun just 17 days later in a Three years later, he studied at the Sorbonne College of the railroad accident near Seneca. University of Paris and attended the Royal School of Mines. It was Anna Maria died just four years later, leaving her husband alone in France that he received a diploma as an assayer. at Fort Hill to think about the dream they had shared. In Paris, Clemson developed an enduring appetite for the arts and The dream was a college that would educate South Carolina’s for intellectual life. Both remained an important part of his persona youth and provide help for the impoverished people of the state. The throughout his long life. He spoke fluent French and several other school would teach improved agricultural practices and scientific languages. He began to paint. He played the piano and violin. As a methods for redeeming the worn-out cotton lands of the state. It student, he participated in the 1830 overthrow of Charles X. And he would be a place for current and future generations to learn the means took great pleasure in the exhilarating social life of Paris. for bracing up the collapsed economy of the South. In other words, his unusual and gifted mind absorbed and It would be called Clemson Agricultural College, and in his expanded, providing him with the mental equipment he used to famous will, signed in 1886, he describes it in the beautiful term, welcome and excel in the opportunities that came to him in the “a high seminary of learning.” He left what he called “the Fort Hill next 30 years. place,” some 814 acres of land, and about $80,000 in cash and securi- ties to the state in order to make it happen. From D.C. to Belgium to Maryland Despite his tribulations, Clemson’s heart was ever warm toward Thomas Clemson had a dream. Clemson returned to the United States at 26 and rapidly began his adopted state and region. His belief in scientific education and accruing reputation and fortune in his field. He traveled widely, and his love of art and learning were deep and pervasive throughout his And during 2007, the bicentennial year on one of his frequent trips to Washington, he met Senator Calhoun’s career and personal activity. His yearning to see education make an of his birth, we’re celebrating both daughter. They married the same year after a whirlwind courtship and impact on the lives of South Carolina’s suffering people influenced by all accounts had many happy years together, dividing their time his lasting legacy.  the dreamer and the outcome of his vision. in the early years between Philadelphia and Fort Hill. Using his influence as U.S. Secretary of State, Calhoun saw his son-in-law, with whom he shared a close personal and intellectual

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he forest covers more than 17,500 acres of land surrounding the University’s main campus in Pickens, Anderson and Oconee counties and stretches about 15 miles north to south along TLake Hartwell. The largest U.S. university forest adjacent to campus, it’s been home to education, demonstration and recreation since Clemson began supervising the land in the 1930s.

Students and faculty from across campus are collabo- rating on the Experimental Forest Project.

These images — captured by undergraduate students in Suzanne Edlein’s graphic communications creative inquiry class — give a glimpse of the wildlife and Photos, clockwise, by Amy Spears, grandeur in this bountiful classroom.  Jim Ferguson, Calin Shope, For more creative inquiry projects in the Clemson Amy Keller, Katy Kivett, Calin Experimental Forest, go to www.clemson.edu/cef.

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14  CLEMSON WORLD WINTER 2007  15 CEMETERY “Hundreds of names pass through my consciousness, names of people who CHRONICLES gave selflessly of themselves to build the institution nestled here and who at one and the same time mined the priceless something the hills contain and returned to them still more of it.” from “Something in These Hills” Someone in ne of the names thatr passes through the consciousness of many Clemson people when they think of those who gave selflessly to serve Clemson University is the name of the man who penned those words, Joe Sherman, former public relations These Hills O and alumni director. by T. Josh Bell Sherman was born July 31, 1912, in Raleigh, N.C. When he was 13 years old, his family moved to Clemson after his father accepted a position as head of the entomology and zoology department. He immediately fell in love with his new college hometown, and in 1930, he enrolled as a Clemson cadet. During his student days he played baseball and earned an arts and science degree. After graduation in 1934, he stayed on at Clemson. He started the Clemson News Bureau, compiled sports information and worked to revive alumni publications after a 20-year hiatus. He produced videos and pictures to promote the school to prospective students and visitors, and during the 1939 season, he was responsible for publicizing the football team and its star, Banks McFadden. His national media releases helped earn Clemson a bid to its first bowl game, the 1940 Cotton Bowl. In 1947, Sherman accepted a position at the University of Florida with their alumni relations and athletic departments. While at Florida, he began to dream of a Clemson homecoming pep rally modeled after the “Gator Growl,” a student- directed show. In 1953, Sherman became general editor for the National Collegiate Athletic Bureau and moved his family to New York City, but he longed for Clemson. In 1956 he jumped at the chance to serve as Clemson’s public relations director. Clemson benefited immediately upon Sherman’s return. His dream of a home- PATRICK WRIGHT coming pep rally became a reality. He persuaded the alumni council to fund the show and proposed that Blue Key Honor Society organize and produce the event. A Clemson homecoming tradition was born with the first Tigerama in November 1957. Last fall marked its 50th anniversary. Sherman’s additional contributions to Clemson were numerous and significant. Joseph Edgar Sherman, He developed the Clemson Loyalty Fund, which grew from $15,000 to $6 million in annual 1912-1990 private support under his leadership. He supervised the design of the seal of the University and the Alumni Association. He raised $500,000 in funds for the construction of the Alumni Center, in which his office was located on the same spot as the bedroom in his boyhood home. He also created the Alumni Association’s Distinguished Service Award, which he was awarded himself in 1964. He played an important role in Clemson’s “integration with dignity” in 1963. President R.C. Edwards sent him to the University of Mississippi to learn from their mistakes in desegregation. Cemetery Chronicles is a series on the As a result, he developed and communicated rules for the news media and visitors to campus honored inhabitants of Clemson’s Woodland during Clemson’s peaceful integration. Cemetery, better known as Cemetery Hill. Sherman also loved Clemson athletics, and in 1976 he published Clemson Tigers: A History of For more information about the cemetery’s Clemson Football. He founded the Southeastern Conference Sports Publicity Association and historical value, contact Matt Dunbar at served as its first president. In 1977, after making unparalleled contributions to the strength of . [email protected] Clemson and its alumni network, he retired as Clemson’s alumni director. Joe Sherman wrote the well-loved essay “Something in These Hills” in 1969, and his lines For more Cemetery Chronicles, visit the Web at cworld.clemson.edu/chronicles. still echo in the hearts and minds of generations of Clemson alumni. He was greatly admired not only for his undying love for Clemson, but also for his faithful, dedicated service to its To support its preservation and research, people. you can make a gift through the enclosed After he passed away on Nov. 4, 1990, he was laid to rest on Cemetery Hill, adding a envelope and designate it for the “Cemetery lifetime and legacy of “that priceless something” to the hills that we Clemson people mine and Hill Preservation Fund.” cherish. c Josh Bell is a senior history major, president of Sigma Nu Fraternity and vice president of Blue Key 16 CLEMSONCLEMSON WORLDWORLD WINTER 2007 17  Honor Society.  Clemson’s Senior Platoon was active on campus from 1930 through 1960. Today, along with the Clemson Corps, the Alumni Senior Platoon stays involved by supporting our Army and Air Force ROTC programs and cadets. The former members of the Senior Platoon are a part of Clemson’s long-standing military heritage. They share the mission with the Clemson Corps to keep that heritage alive. You, too, can help keep the Uni- versity’s military heritage alive and support our role in developing the nation’s future military leaders. Use the envelope in this magazine or make a secure online contribution at www.clemson.edu/isupportcu. Specify that your gift is for the Clemson Corps.

There’s Something in These Hills

“There is something in these hills that Share your undying love for Clemson and help define the you and I can’t define and others can’t Clemson experience for generations to come with a gift to the understand. A wave of warmth always Clemson Fund. Your gift increases our alumni participa- surges through me when ‘outsiders’ tion rate and helps Clemson move to a higher level in say, ‘I don’t know what it is about you national rankings. The better our ranking, the stronger your Clemson people, but your undying love diploma! for Clemson is admired by everyone I Make your gift by March 19, and you will know.’” — “There’s Something in These Hills,” be entered in a drawing Joe Sherman ’34 for a FREE romantic Clemson weekend. See the enclosed gift enve- lope for details.

18  CLEMSON WORLD WINTER 2007  19 conducted in a university laboratory setting, vegetation, all the physical details just can’t study-abroad programs provide firsthand be experienced from a photograph, a book or research opportunities. a film.”

The students visiting Troy, for example, Huguley is one of several students on this are undergraduate and graduate students in trip so affected by its lessons that they ex- architecture, planning and landscape archi- tended their study to a semester in Clemson’s tecture. They have touched the earth, looked latest international education agreement, a out over the plains where Homer described studio at Istanbul Technical University that the encampment of vast armies, stood on the Yilmaz, a native of Turkey, is also teaching. slope where the Greek warriors rolled the horse that changed the course of history. Asia to New Zealand International education for every student The For 12 days, the students have climbed at Clemson is one of the University’s this and other ancient sites, from the long-range goals. For example, the College Acropolis and the Parthenon overlooking of Architecture, Arts and Humanities has World the busy urban setting of Athens, Greece, to incorporated international experience into what now appears to be the lonely outpost the curriculum, with about 45 percent of the of Prienne. Walking through the jumble students involved in study-abroad experi- Is My of massive ancient columns, the students ences. Clemson’s other academic colleges and their teacher, planning and landscape have exciting study-abroad opportunities as architecture professor Umit Yilmaz, follow well with many programs crossing majors and Laboratory the clear evidence and discover what they disciplines. have traveled the curve of the earth to find. by Sandy Woodward Last summer, graduate students Paul Although the civilization in which it Nudelman and Joshua Ropa in real estate t has been a hot, dusty thrived has vanished and its structures development (a program between the colleges toppled by earthquakes and other destruc- of Architecture, Arts and Humanities and climb up the steep slope, tion, the essential Prienne — its streets, Clemson has extended its vision Business and Behavioral Science) worked as the gentle breeze scatter- foundations and details of how people once of research beyond the traditional interns in a booming real estate company in ing bits of grit and causing lived — has hardly changed over 2,000 years. models of “the lab” to include the China. They visited the centuries-old impe- I Prienne, like many of the sites on this trip, whole world. rial palace and climbed atop contemporary brilliant red poppies to dance was a planned city. As they sit in the council constructions; they promoted sales and criti- among the tall grass that now chamber where the leaders of this civilization cally reviewed various development projects. covers the ancient city of Troy. once debated laws, the students discuss the lessons they might take from Prienne into “They went in knowing a little Chinese language,” says political science professor Make that one of the ancient cities their 21st century work as planners of the Xiaobo Hu, director of the Clemson China of Troy. There were nine. Nine layers of built environment. program. “They returned to Clemson with a civilization. Nine times humans built their For these students, then, the “study- life-changing experience, professional con- homes, their businesses, roads and temples, abroad” experience becomes a critical nections and cultural interactions.” one atop the other. All are now covered research exercise that informs and expands with soil, grass and remnants of marble. their understanding of their profession. Graduate student Erin McCoy spent Brad Pitt’s movie Troy doesn’t mention that. In addition to the ancient sites, students Maymester 2006 in Italy with professor But the group of Clemson students who are exposed to the urban environments of Alma Bennett and other Clemson graduate have come to this ancient site in what is Athens and Istanbul, to underwater ruins and undergraduate students, taking English now Turkey will never forget it. in the Mediterranean and, above all, to the courses in Dante, Ovid and Italo Calvino. Between classes, she and her classmates of Ancient to urban experience of negotiating the world beyond varying backgrounds, including a genetics This is just one group of many who their traditional campus routine. major, took in the sights, sounds and atmo- experience Clemson study-abroad programs. Mary Hays Huguley, a graduate student sphere of historical cities. Such journeys are seen as educationally in planning, says the trip opened her eyes valuable for enlarging one’s view of the in numerous ways. “There’s no substitute “Trying to speak another language, read world and creating cultural awareness, for standing in these places and getting a a map, view incomprehensibly beautiful art but they’re much more than that. While sense of the physical proportion and the — all these things create a laboratory for the most people may see “research” as activity environment,” she says. “The climate, the mind,” she says. “Our world is demanding that

20  CLEMSON WORLD WINTER 2007  21 we think more like global citizens, and going village where we built 10 houses for needy boundaries. Even if one is working in the United abroad is one of the most wonderful ways to Indian families,” she says. States, the company may have facilities or suppliers in realize how necessary that demand is.” other countries.” “From riding an elephant around a Language students can also perfect their maharaja’s palace in Mysore to speaking Students in the new automotive engineering gradu- speech in France, China and Japan. Health, with the wonderful people in my village ate program associated with the Clemson University education and human development students about their lives and their country to play- International Center for Automotive Research can compare teaching and nursing systems ing cricket with the many children in our (CU-ICAR), for example, are required to have inter- in England with their own. The possibilities village, I learned firsthand about one of the national experience before they graduate. are nearly boundless. most colorful cultures on earth.” In the College of Agriculture, Forestry and Life So are the destinations. Language of science Sciences, students can study biological and cultural Even for students working in traditional diversity in India or tropical ecosystems in Peru along According to Jim Cross, vice provost for the Amazon River. They can examine agribusiness international affairs, through Clemson’s laboratory settings, study abroad often requires new ways of looking at their roles. systems in Argentina, forestry in New Zealand, extensive network of international packaging science in England and more. partnerships, students can study in Africa, Engineering and science students involved in international study say their experiences the Middle East, South America, North Culture of critical thought America, Asia, Australia and all over add to their understanding of research methods, the relationships between faculty Opportunities for faculty and students to conduct “Our world is demanding Europe. international research is a critical Clemson objective. and students in other cultures, and the that we think more like global Clemson has its own centers in Genoa, intercontinental nature of scientific inquiry. Vincent Gallicchio, associate vice president for Italy, and the Commonwealth of Dominica research, is working with an international team of citizens, and going abroad is and recently opened its first international Two Clemson undergraduate physics scientists on laboratory procedures and standards that one of the most wonderful ways portal in Brussels, Belgium, in cooperation students took part in a new Clemson study- will make collaboration easier. with ICHEC Business School and the abroad course last summer coordinated by to realize how necessary that Peter Barnes, physics and astronomy de- “The universities in the European Union are Catholic University of Louvain — ranked adapting new standards for degree recognition so that demand is.” among the top 100 universities in the world. partment chairman, and Murray Daw, R.A. Bowen Professor of Physics and Centennial graduates can move more freely from country to coun- The purpose of the international portals try, knowing that standards are met. It makes sense is to increase the flow of people, ideas Professor. The course includes lectures in a small village of northern Italy and exposure for the United States to be a part of that dialogue,” and opportunities between Clemson and he says. “Creating opportunities for our students to the world through study abroad, research, to a top physics laboratory in Italy. The laboratory, Elettra, is home to the country’s spend time in international labs, working alongside service learning and economic development researchers whose perspectives can add to their own initiatives. largest synchrotron (a device to study high- energy particle physics), one of the best understanding of research methodology, will be of “An important part of our strategy to such facilities in the world. great benefit to the individual student and to the reach the top 20 is to offer all our students University.” “I can’t imagine a better environment an academically relevant, affordable and safe Clemson has extended its vision of research beyond in which to learn physics,” says Clemson international experience,” says Cross. “We the traditional models of “the lab.” Expanding that vi- senior physics major Tripp Collins. are looking to double our participation in sion to include the whole world requires commitment study abroad from 600 to over 1,200 students Another participant Carolyn Yount, — both in planning and financing. It also takes some- by 2012.” recipient of the National Space Club’s thing that has never been lacking in the Clemson family’s “genetic” makeup — intellectual curiosity and Through the European Portal last Robert H. Goddard Memorial Scholarship, the courage to step into unknown territory. summer, Calhoun Honors College students says, “At the end of the term, I had gained a useful background in quantum mechan- participated in a unique international “From this institution’s very beginning, the land- ics, solid state theory and experimental project teaming with European students to grant model has taken us off campus for research,” techniques while also experiencing another learn about rural Indian communities. They says Chris Przirembel, vice president for research and culture firsthand. Studying surface physics spent four weeks living in the communities, economic development. “In the 21st century, some in Paderno was truly a once-in-a-lifetime building houses and traveling around the of our new research tools — particularly with regard opportunity.” country. to communication — have given us even greater prospects to explore research opportunities in ways For honors student and political science Larry Dooley, engineering and science and in places never possible before.” major Emily Burchfield, the ICHEC-India associate dean of research, says, “Given the c global nature of business, it’s essential that Housing Project was an experience of a We’ve mentioned only a portion of Clemson’s many inter- our students prepare themselves for working lifetime. “I was able to live for a month with national opportunities. To learn more, go to www.clemson. in a culture that truly has no geographic a team of Belgian students in a rural Indian edu/IA and click on “study abroad.”

22  CLEMSON WORLD WINTER 2007  23 The benefits of Vickery Hall (the academ- ic support center for student athletes), the rest of the campus and the whole Clemson experience are added attractions.

Off to the races ‘ ymphony of otion’ The spring season sees plenty of action by Farrell Finstad Photos by Patrick Wright on Lake Hartwell. In fact, Clemson will be S M home to the ACC Championships for the third straight season. In March, the Tigers host Eastern Michigan, Michigan State, Pennsylvania, Boston College, Indiana, Purdue, Marist College and Cornell. They host the ACC Rowing Championships on April 21. To learn more about the Tiger rowers and to keep track of their schedule, go to clemson- tigers.com/sports/w-rowing. Or better yet, come to the East Beach and cheer them on. c Short history of a long sport Rowing is the oldest intercollegiate sport in America. In fact, the first intercol- legiate event was the Harvard-Yale Boat Race on the Thames River in New London, Conn., in 1852. The first collegiate women’s rowing “A great art is rowing… a symphony of motion. And program was established in 1875 at Wellesley College. These women, when you’re rowing well, … it’s nearing perfection.” however, rowed for love of the sport not — George Y. Pocock, boat-builder and early for titles. In 1971, nearly a century later, proponent of rowing programs collegiate women competed in the first National Women’s Rowing Association Championship. This race also included club hey’re tall, strong and smart. They’re Tigers When these Tigers aren’t rowing or the country and maintained an outstanding Premier ‘boathouse’ boats from all over the country with the who know how to use a blade. They’re studying, they’re still in motion taking part presence in the classroom too. In addition to its dedicated student best-finishing collegiate boat considered Clemson’s Division I Rowing team. These female in service projects like the annual Toys for In 2001, Lucy Doolittle became Clemson’s athletes and coaching staff, the Clemson the national champion. Tots Challenge Run, Lake Hartwell cleanup, first rowing student athlete to reach All- program is getting a training center in line A year after the first unofficial student athletes row for “the art of perfection” — in Clemson’s Solid Green campaign and other America status. Katherine Sloan and Lauren with the top teams in the country. championship, Title IX of the Education other words, they row to compete. community events. Henne were Clemson’s first women to receive The athletic department is currently con- Amendments of 1972 was enacted, Recruits come to Clemson from across the South, some from the Midwest and beyond, Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association structing a 10,000-square-foot rowing facility expanding programs and scholarship evenT Washington and California. Their majors span the academic colleges. Many are honor Starting line (CRCA) National Scholar-Athlete awards. on East Bank with a workout area, athletic opportunities for female student athletes. students — not surprising when you consider the discipline it takes to hit the water by 6 a.m., Rowing as a Clemson women’s varsity During 2003 and 2004, seven Clemson training room (sports medicine), team locker row for two hours and then go to class. In the evenings, they row again. sport is in its ninth year. The University rowers were named National Scholar Athletes. room, coaches’ offices and team meeting area. It led to the first Women’s National The team trains year-round for two racing seasons, fall and spring. In the fall, the boats formed its inaugural Women’s Rowing Last season, rowers Sarah Cooper and Jaclyn The program has a full fleet of Pocock Collegiate Rowing Championship in start one at a time at 10-second intervals and compete for a time over a 5,000-meter course. team in 1998, hired Coach Lueck, West Rath were named to the All-ACC team. boats built of carbon fiber. The 8+s (boats for 1980 and the establishment of the NCAA Rowers can judge how they’re doing in the race if they’re passing other boats, or being passed. Coast Conference Coach of the Year, and Cooper was a CRCA All-America and All- eight rowers plus a coxswain) are 58 feet long Women’s Rowing Championship in 1997. In the spring — the NCAA championship season — they race head-to-head with other col- established “home water” at East Beach on Region selection as well. and weigh 210 pounds. Today there are 86 Division I rowing legiate teams over a 2,000-meter course. Fall training builds strength and aerobic endurance the shores of Lake Hartwell. Over the past four seasons alone, the The on-campus training center, beautiful programs across the country. for the spring. The program has laid a solid foundation Tiger rowing program has produced 18 Lake Hartwell and the excellent racecourse “The rowing stroke uses the entire body as the rower levers the boat through the water,” in its short history. These Clemson women, National Scholar Athletes, including four — six lanes, fully buoyed, with the finish line Farrell Finstad ’03, a graphic communications says Coach Susie Lueck. “After placing the oar in the water, the rower creates power by using whose motto is “Consistency and Intensity,” currently on the Clemson squad. Also, Coach right in front of the center — are major draws graduate, is a former rower and assistant coach. the legs, torso and arms. The primary power source is generated by the legs, not the arms as have raced against the toughest crews in Lueck has been named ACC Coach of the for recruits. She’s currently a marketing coordinator in the most people think.” Year — twice. University’s public affairs department.

24  CLEMSON WORLD WINTER 2007  25 Members attend campus meetings to learn about Clemson’s latest news, concerns and innovations. They, in turn, respond to issues by serving as an information source for family, friends, colleagues and their community.

The board meets with the S.C. Legislature to learn about issues facing higher education in general and Clemson in particular.

“They’re devoted advocates for Clemson and work tirelessly year- round on behalf of the University,” says Angie Leidinger, executive director of Clemson’s governmental affairs. “They’re well-versed in Clemson’s legislative agenda and work diligently with the govern- mental affairs team to bring that message to the South Carolina General Assembly and the United States Congress.”

To help Clemson get the best students, the board partners with the Alumni Association to hold receptions across the state for students accepted to Clemson.

“We have University representatives from the president’s of- fice, student affairs, financial aid, housing and other key areas to answer questions and to prepare students for the next step in enrolling in the fall,” says Tim Reed, board chairman. “It’s a great networking opportunity and one of their first Clemson experienc- es. By the end of the activity, we often find them so excited that they are ready to jump in the car and go straight to campus.”

Margaret Worsham, a former board chairwoman, sees the Board of

Designed by Patrick Boylan Patrick by Designed Visitors’ greatest role as Clemson ambassadors. “Along with legis- BY LIZ NEWALL lative advocacy and helping recruit top students, board members AMBASSADORS serve as Clemson representatives in their individual communities,” says Worsham. “When we’re asked questions about the University, we usually have the answer. And if we don’t, we know who will.”

lemson has a secret force. Not that much of They do even more at home. In addition to donating time and energy, the Board of Visitors a secret, actually, but definitely a force. They’re called members put their money where their advocacy is, paying their “The Clemson Board of Visitors is own way for travel and other projects and giving financial support the “Board of Visitors.” Why the name, no one is sure. an elite mix of professionals from to Clemson programs, both collectively and individually. C across the state and beyond,” says At least 50 strong, they’re much larger than most “boards.” As for Marvin Carmichael, assistant to The board has established an endowment that annually presents “visitors,” they do visit other campuses on fact-finding missions. the president and Board of Visitors two graduate teaching awards chosen through faculty nomination. liaison. “The members are all It frequently passes the hat for individual student needs. And it’s But they do much more than visit. volunteers who support Clemson’s mission and help President Jim working on an endowment to offset Board of Visitors’ operational Barker with special projects as the University rises in the ranks of expenses to make the board totally self-sustaining. They meet with peer university officials — from presidents, stu- national universities.” dent affairs administrators, admissions directors to facilities and “These busy, successful people come together to concentrate their parking managers. They tour the campuses, talk to students and Among them are doctors, attorneys, growers, financial advisers, efforts and resources for the good of the University,” says President dine in the cafeterias. They check out new programs, compare teachers, architects, engineers, real estate experts, banking admin- Barker. “They’re a powerful and generous force in helping Clemson istrators and more. Members are nominated by the Clemson Board notes and find out how Clemson’s peer schools are handling cur- achieve our vision.”  rent higher education issues — all to help Clemson be at the head of Trustees and appointed by the president. They serve three-year of the class. terms and are currently focusing on three key areas: legislative af- For more information on Clemson’s Board of Visitors, go online at fairs, marketing and student affairs. www.clemson.edu/bov. 1940 Board of Visitors

26  CLEMSON WORLD WINTER 2007  27 The Clemson Family The Clemson Family

Lifelong Connections With Your Alumni Association Volunteer of Year The Clemson Alumni Association has named former faculty member and alumnus Cecil Godley SAC leaders the 2006 Volunteer of the Year. Godley graduated Meet the new Student Alumni from Clemson in 1943, earned advanced degrees at Council (SAC) executive board, N.C. State and returned to Clemson to teach. He’s from left, Jonathan Trammell,

MARK CRAMMER pictured left with Homecoming Edward Curtis, Mary Kathryn Matt Watkins. winners Dempsey, Brian Ammons, Charles Polley and Tony Greene. Godley is Each year dur- SAC is the 35-member leader- known for his ing the Clemson ship council for Student Alumni leadership in the Homecoming celebration, Central Spirit coordinates CBAC homecoming Association (SAA). Its goal is to Class of 1943, the displays, and the Alumni Association makes the Alumni WestZone gift from marketing revenue Diamond Palmer ’94, M ’01(left), a bridge the gap between students which contrib- competition richer by contributing $10,000 in prize literacy coach for the Darlington County and alumni and to promote the The Clemson Alumni Association is proud to give $250,000 from marketing uted the Carillon money. School District, and Malichia “Nikki” Lee Alumni Association. In addition revenue to the WestZone project to support the breezeway connecting the north Garden and the The latest homecoming judges are pictured, from ’92, a microbiology graduate, joined other to guiding SAA activities, SAC and south stands. largest bell in left, Alumni Association representatives Susie and alumni on campus for the Clemson Black co-sponsors with the Alumni The gift — exclusively from marketing programs revenue — places the Alumni the Tillman bell Ben Leppard, Hap (president) and Jeannette Carr, Alumni Council (CBAC) gathering during Association the annual Welcome Association in the top tier of donors to IPTAY and in a high-visibility location in tower. He has coordinated reunions and helped the Andy and Karen Thomas, and Central Spirit repre- Clemson Homecoming last fall. The photo Back Festival and the Alumni the WestZone concourse area. Alumni Association with several recent candidate sentatives Lauren was shot by Mark Palmer ’96, M ’01, vice Master Teacher Award. Pictured in Memorial Stadium during the presentation are, from left, Ben searches to fill staff positions. Ledgerwood and president of Key Architecture. Leppard, past Alumni Association president, Bill D’Andrea, senior associate Godley is associate dean and director emeritus of Joni Byars. CBAC has representatives and events athletic director, and Chalmers “Happ” Carr, current Alumni president. the S.C. Agricultural Experiment Station, a retired Sigma Nu won Reunion 2007 from Philadelphia, Pa., to Charleston, S.C. Alumni marketing programs making this gift possible include Bank of America colonel with the U.S. Army Reserve and a WWII best moving display The 2007 Clemson Alumni Reunion is For information about a chapter near you, credit cards, Nationwide auto insurance, PASSPORT Travel destinations, NelNet veteran. The Godley-Snell Research Center and the and Alpha Phi set for June 14-16 to celebrate the golden call (864) 656-2345 or visit the Web at Student Loan Consolidation, Clemson merchandise and sponsorship opportunities Godley-Snell Award for Excellence in Agricultural Omega, best still anniversary of the Class of 1957 and other alumni.clemson.edu and click on “clubs.” of Alumni Association events. For more information, contact Mike Bonnette at Research are named in his honor, along with his display. reunioning classes. For more information, [email protected] or (864) 656-1694. colleague Ab Snell. call the Alumni Center at (864) 656-2345.

Ring tradition Clemson in D.C. The Baltimore-Washington, D.C., Clemson Club hosted its During the University’s Class Ring Ceremony last semester, annual Congressional Reception last fall for congressmen and other architecture major Katy Seaman continued the Clemson family dignitaries. Pictured from tradition. She’s pictured with her grandfather, Richard Quattlebaum left are Chris Seamands, ’55 (left), President Jim Barker and her father, Duncan C. Seaman the D.C.-area Clemson ’86 (right). Young Alumni representa- All seniors tive, President Barker are invited to and Aric Smarra ’89, the take part in past national president of the ceremony Young Alumni. where they can receive their ring personally from New Alumni Directory President Barker The University, along with the Harris Publishing Co., is and learn about compiling a new directory for and about Clemson alumni. the history of the Clemson ring. Friends and family are welcome. Look for a questionnaire in the mail beginning in March Clemson Corps remembers The ring ceremony is sponsored by the Alumni Association telling you about the new directory and asking you to update The Clemson Corps, along with Clemson’s military programs, the athletic department and Tiger Band, paid special tribute to Vietnam and the Student Alumni Association each semester. The next is your information. A phoning phase will follow in May. Release War veterans during Military Appreciation Day in November. The Clemson Corps is an alumni constituency group dedicated to continuing scheduled for April 16. Students will hear from an alumnus with a of the directory is scheduled for January 2008. For more informa- Clemson’s military heritage and developing other opportunities to commemorate the military history of Clemson University. In addition, it special ring story and receive their ring. For more information, call tion, contact the Alumni Center at (864) 656-2345. supports the University’s Army and Air Force ROTC programs through its annual scholarships and endowment. For more information, call the Alumni Center at (864) 656-2345. Danny Rhodes, chairman, at (864) 985-1550 or go to alumni.clemson.edu/clubs/clemsoncorps.htm.

28  CLEMSON WORLD WINTER 2007  29 The Clemson Family The Clemson Family Great advice Clemson student Darris Means is one of only eight students Student Life in the nation to be selected for membership in the Association of Fraternity Advisors Graduate Staff. A graduate student in the counselor education program, Means works through Student Affairs as an adviser to Clemson’s fraternities and sororities. He works with the Interfraternity Council, which includes 20 international fraternities in the North American Interfraternity Conference. He also co-advises Junior Panhellenic Council, an organization for new sorority women, and assists with planning of fraternity and sorority recruitment and several Greek leadership programs.

Three in a row! Clemson’s Design-Build Team has won first place in the 2006 Associated Schools of Scabbard and Blade Construction/Associated General Contractors of America Southeast Regional Design-Build The Scabbard and Blade Military Honor NY marketing Student Competition. It’s the third year in a row that the Clemson team — majors in Society raised $1,000 for two Clemson Marketing students in the “Gateway to World Markets: The New York City Experience” program architecture and in Corps scholarships. Pictured are com- make an annual field trip to New York to meet key executives, advertising agencies, public relations firms, construction science mander cadet Lyndsey Banks and Clemson media corporations, sports marketing experts and retailers. and management Corps board chairman Danny Rhodes. These students — pictured at Yankee Stadium — visited offices and executives of the New York PRTM for military — has come away Scabbard and Blade members also Yankees, Ogilvy & Mather Advertising, Sports Illustrated and Time Warner, Playwrights Horizon and Senior Zach Nicks complet- with the top award. provided funds for 467 American flags The Marketing Group, Henri Bendel, LaForce + Stevens Public Relations and others. For more informa- ed his parks, recreation and Pictured from left displayed on Bowman Field during the tion, contact marketing professor Mary Anne Raymond or James Gaubert at (864) 656-2290. tourism management (PRTM) are Chris Monroe, University’s Military Appreciation Day internship at Pearl Harbor, Frank Cardella, Brad last fall. The flags represented Clemson Hawaii, last summer. He worked Nolan, Jill Hazel, Bestseller alumni killed in conflicts from WWI to the Language students in professor Paula Heusinkveld’s Spanish class have helped create a bestseller for the civilian Morale, Welfare Cameron Tuckfield present. — and Recreation service, which and Jessica Latour. Faculty adviser is Shima Clarke, recipient of the national W.A. Klinger ¿Realmente quieres dejar de asistir a la escuela? ¡Debes conocer los hechos! The society also hosts speaking engage- As a service-learning project in intermediate grammar and composition, a group of students conducts recreation for military Construction Education Award. ments featuring military professionals from translated into Spanish written by Mary personnel and dependents. He’s In the competition, students had a 13-hour time frame to prepare a written proposal for a Do You Really Want to Drop Out? You Ought to Know the Facts! all services and ranks as well as political Reimer of the National Dropout Prevention Center at Clemson. Since the book’s publication, the pictured during a visit from $4 million ultraviolet treatment facility expansion to an existing wastewater treatment plant. and defense specialists. For more informa- center has sold several thousand to high schools and middle schools across the country. Judi Nicks ’70, his mom, on The Clemson team will compete in the national competition in March against six other tion, go to business.clemson.edu/ armyrotc/ the aircraft carrier Abraham regional winners from around the country. Lincoln. scabbard_&_blade.htm. TakeNote! Published! Clemson’s TakeNote a cap- Before these new graphic communications graduates walked pella ensemble has received across the stage, they already had a beautiful professional publi- excellent reviews for its CD cation to their credit. Caroline Brunson, Laura Ogard and Lucy and made the lineup of the Belcher worked on the design and layout of the new coffee-table Best of College A Cappella book: Clemson — There’s Something in These Hills, by Trent Allen ’82 (BOCA) 2006. TakeNote’s and Kevin Bray ’90. (See p. 34.) track “Hallelujah” appears on The project was a special “Town and Gown” arrangement made the BOCA 2006 CD. And with the University’s graphic communications department. The the group’s Now That We Have students worked with Clemson merchant Trent Allen of Allens’ Creations on the book. Your Attention CD also scored Latin Fest a perfect rating by A Cappella Wisdom and youth Clemson students and area residents SAA-Shirt Day Review Board (RARB.org). Students are teaching computer skills to local senior citizens danced the salsa and merengue, enjoyed Student Alumni Council president Laura Young and vice The all-female ensemble, through a program called “Joining Wisdom and Youth through Bits traditional Latin food and made new friends president Katherine Davis ride around campus looking for advised by Clemson choral di- and Bytes.” during Clemson’s 11th annual Latin Fest last students in Student Alumni Association (SAA) T-shirts. rector Dan Rash, performs in the President’s Box for football games, The students are part of professor Dale Layfield’s class in semester. Latin Fest is sponsored by student During SAA T-Shirt Day, every third Thursday of the month, at Littlejohn Coliseum for basketball games, at local elementary agricultural applications of educational technology, which engages government’s Minority Council and the they award members who show their SAA pride with prizes. schools and at various community functions. students in computer use through intergenerational service-learning. Hispanic Student Association in partner- SAA members are involved in fun activities and Clemson TakeNote will compete in the International Competition of They teach seniors at Clemson Downs how to search the Internet, ship with the Gantt Intercultural Center traditions throughout the year, including Big Thursday and the Clemson Ring Ceremony. Collegiate A Cappella 2007 this winter. For more on TakeNote and communicate with email, scan photos and perform other electronic and Cultural Awareness Board. For more They also choose and distribute the Senior Gift and participate in community service their CDs, go to www.clemson.edu/PerArts. skills. In the process, the students gain a better understanding of on the Gantt Intercultural Center, visit the projects, etiquette dinners and professional development workshops. For more information, visit the Web at alumni.clemson.edu/saa. history and society. Web at stuaff.clemson.edu/gic/.

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AF Outstanding Civilian SEND YOUR Forrest “Jack” Agee ’63 NEWS FOR Classmates CLASSES TO: Alumni from the 1930s, Jack Agee’s career with the U.S. Defense Department spans three Rebuilding homes different service branches and nearly four decades. Clemson World 1940s and 1950s, we William R. Britton ’44 114 Daniel Drive want to hear from When Agee recently retired as director of physics and electronics Last spring when Bill Britton of Sumter saw the request for electricians to help in research for the Air Force Office of Scientific Research in Arlington, Va., he Clemson, SC 29631-1520 more of you! rebuilding efforts along the Gulf Coast, he didn’t hesitate. An engineering alumnus received the Air Force Outstanding Civilian Career Service Award. or fax your items to us at and retired businessman, Britton found the name and location of a church work camp His early career includes investigating the acoustics of submarines (864) 656-5004 or email 1945 at Gulfport, Miss. as a physicist for the Navy and working in low-temperature physics for [email protected]. *James S. Plaxico (AGRIC, M ’48 He contacted the proper officials, then loaded up his hatchback with tools, cloth- the Army. He’s served in various roles at the Harry Diamond Laboratory, AGEC) of Stillwater, Okla., was ADDRESS ing and a few other necessities and headed out to Mississippi. The neighborhoods guided strategic command control and communications systems including the Airborne Command Post, and managed elected to the Oklahoma Higher CHANGED? Education Hall of Fame. where he worked were three to six blocks from the shore, and many of the homeown- the high-power microwaves program for the Army. ers had set up small campers to live in while they worked on their homes. In 1990, Agee formed the Joint Directors of Laboratories Panel on Directed Energy Weapons and chaired the panel You can call it in directly He found that many of them had removed damaged insulation and sheetrock and for several years. He has authored more than 200 publications and inventions in these areas. to 1-800-313-6517, fax 1948 were waiting for electrical help. Britton says the homeowners’ spirit and determina- *McCagga Baxter Smith III Although “retired” from the Defense Department, Agee plans to continue his research interests and has accepted (864) 656-1692 or email (DAIRY) of Spartanburg was tion to start over were admirable in the face of their huge losses and long road to a position at Rice University in Houston. He’s pictured with Janet S. Fender, scientific adviser to the commander, Air [email protected]. the winner of the Clemson Fund recovery. Combat Command. ticket drawing for Clemson/USC football tickets. of Santa Barbara, Calif., is an Tennessee Valley Authority America. He’s president of Gaskin 1954 1967 attorney, executive, educator and 1970 in 2002 and from Duke Power Construction Co. in Augusta. 1978 *Thomas E. “Tommy” Thornhill *W. Reaves McCall (ARCH) of *Carl H. Huffman (HIST) of author. He’s commissioner of the *Louis B. Lynn (HORT, M ’72) in 2006. He has formed a Tina Hayes Ballew (HORT) of (EE) of Charleston was awarded Hartsville received the Algernon Aiken has retired after 30 years Santa Barbara Human Relations of Columbia is serving on the private consulting firm, Heron *James M. Shuler (BOT) of Greenville is associate alumni the 2005 Commercial Realtor Sydney Sullivan Award from of teaching middle school history. Commission. Branch Banking and Trust Co. Cove Partners LLC, special- Germantown, Md., has published director for on-campus activities of the Year by the Charleston Coker College at the May 2006 Board. He’s president of ENVIRO izing in public park, marina and a book, Understanding Organizations for the Furman University Trident Association. He was also commencement ceremonies. AgScience Inc. and is a member residential waterfront design and and Management Through Triangle Alumni Office. awarded the Frances R. Edmunds 1968 of the Clemson Board of Trustees. development. Analysis and Performance. Award by the Historic Charleston Frank H. Chapman (ECON) * Active Clemson Fund *Charles S. “Chick” Jacobs Foundation for his lifetime of of Lexington is president donor for 2007 Fiscal Year *Alva D. Gaskin Jr. (BLDG- (POSC) of Fayetteville, N.C., was support for preservation. He’s 1959 *E. DuBose Blakeney III (ME, of Resource Development (July 1, 2006 - 1971 CNS) of Evans, Ga., is the awarded second place in the 2006 a past president of the Alumni 1976 American Association of Sunday M ’61) of Hollywood retired for Associates, an organizational June 30, 2007) through Charles M. Hendrix (PREVET) recipient of the 2006 Rudolph Steven B. Meadows (PSYCH) of Association and president and Feature Editors national the second time from General development consulting firm. of Auburn, Ala., is vice president John Barnes Estimator of the Columbia is chief operating officer emeritus and secretary-treasurer of December 12. competition for short feature Engineering & Environment. He’s of the American Veterinary Year Award presented by the and director of operations and CC&T Real Estate. For more information, call writing. He was awarded third owner and managing partner of Medical Association. He’s a Professional Construction technology for Allied Irish Banks Annual Giving at place for humorous column writ- Oyster House Creek Farm. professor of pathobiology at the Estimators Association of in Dublin, Ireland. 1969 (864) 656-5896. ing in the N.C. Press Association. Brent E. Zepke (M INDMGT) Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine. Lifetime of learning In command William H. Hunter ’48 1973 Henry C. Morrow ’77 Clemson physician Bill Hunter has scored many accomplishments during his lifetime: three-sport Gordon L. Brown Jr. (M MGT) Maj. Gen. Henry “Hank” Morrow assumed command of First Air of Anderson is president of Flexi- Force, Air Forces Northern and the Continental U.S. NORAD (North letterman at Clemson, WWII carrier fighter pilot, president of the S.C. Medical Association, director Stix LLC and was granted a U.S. of the National Academy of Family Practice, recipient of Alumni Distinguished Service awards from patent for “Exercise Methods to American Aerospace Defense Command) Region last fall. Clemson and the Medical University of South Carolina and the Order of the Palmetto from the Strengthen Abdominal Muscles” An administrative management graduate who also holds a ® governor and much more. using the Body Bar Flex variable master’s degree in aeronautical science from Embry Riddle Aero- resistant flexible exercise rod. nautical University, Morrow was formerly with Peterson Air Force One of his ongoing accomplishments for Clemson is co-founding the Calhoun Lecture Series. The This is his 22nd patent. series, begun in 1999 through the Strom Thurmond Institute, brings cutting-edge policy conversa- Base, Colo., where he served as the National Guard assistant to tion to the University and to people of South Carolina. Tim E. Gause (INDMGT) of the NORAD and U.S. Northern Command commander. Morrow is a Speakers have included the likes of Jack Anderson, Howard Baker, Barbara Bush, Shelby Foote Lancaster was named a 2006 command pilot and combat veteran with more than 3,000 hours S.C. Ambassador for Economic in the F-111 and F-16. and Robert Morgan. Recent and upcoming speakers include U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, author and Appalachian educator Ron Rash and longtime Dacca University Development by Gov. Mark economics professor Uni Mosharaff Hossain. Sanford. He works for Duke Morrow will have responsibility for the air sovereignty and air Widely published, Hunter has served on the editorial boards of American Family Physician, MD Magazine and the Journal of the South Carolina Medical Associa- Energy. defense of the continental United States, Virgin Islands and Puerto tion. He received the public service award from Medical Economics Magazine in its 75th anniversary issue. Rico. He will direct and coordinate the efforts of the Combined Air His latest work is Tales from Seventeen Mile Hill, memories of boyhood and reflections on his adventurous life and the events he has witnessed. For more on his Operations Center at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., and its geograph- 1974 ically separated defense sectors and fighter wings. book or the Calhoun Lecture Series, visit the Web at www.strom.clemson.edu. *William S. Ambrose (RPA, M ’76) of York retired from

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Cathy Young Tillet (FINMGT, school. He’s associate minister at 1980 M ’96 PACC) of Seneca is direc- Your Honor Sandy Springs United Methodist *William P. Chaplin (AGMECH) Restaurateur tor of internal auditing at the James C. “Jim” Walker ’76 Church. of Neeses is an environmental University. Christopher S. Morocco ’89 health manager III with S.C. Brig. Gen. Jim Walker of Management graduate Chris *Dianne Martin Boik (FIN- Department of Health and *Jeff W. Willis (CHE) of Springfield, Va., is the senior Morocco of Atlanta, Ga., was MGT) of Charlotte, N.C., is a Environmental Control, EQC Simpsonville is global accounts judge advocate for the U.S. Marine physician assistant with Sanger Stormwater Construction and a dynamic student athlete at manager for Tredegar Film Corps. As staff judge advocate Clinic. Agricultural Permitting Division. Products in Richmond, Va. Clemson. Today, he’s a high-energy to the commandant of the U.S. restaurateur. Steve L. Brown (ENGL) of Fair Bobby J. Skelton Jr. (ELED, Marine Corps and director of the The former Tiger quarterback, Lawn, N.J., was awarded Ortho M ’88 ADMSPV) of Seneca is judge advocate division, he su- Therapeutic Rehab Center’s director of secondary athletics for 1983 who was named S.C. Player of the Lawrence Barrett Holmes pervises the 443 active-duty and Patient of the Year for recovery Pickens County. Year, Offensive MVP and Clemson efforts from leg and knee injuries. (AGEC) of Carlisle, Pa., is a the 430 reserve judge advocates colonel in the U.S. Army. He’s Athlete of the Year, is now chief de- H. Ruth Todd (DESIGN, M ’82 attending the U.S. Army War in the corps and provides legal velopment officer of Raving Brands. Kirk A. Nix (TM) of Carson ARCH) of Fairfax, Calif., is an College and was selected to advice to the commandant and staff in the Pentagon. The restaurant franchise company City, N.M., is financial executive, associate principal with Page & command the Japan Corps of Walker, a Clemson honors graduate in political science, was commis- Citicorp Investment Services. Turnbull in San Francisco. has nine concepts including Moe’s Engineers District. sioned through the Marines Platoon Leaders Course program. He then Southwest Grill, Shane’s Rib Shack Larry E. “Rocky” Tucker earned a juris doctorate degree at the University of South Carolina. Prior Joseph Timothy Kinard (POSC) and Planet Smoothie. (FORMGT) of Hampton is a 1981 of El Paso, Texas, is assistant to his latest post, he served as military secretary/executive assistant to the Morocco has been the right-hand man to Raving Brands founder, Martin Sprock, for a number of years, and he was major in the U.S. Army serving Jimmy Denning Jr. (CHE) of with Operation Enduring special agent in charge, criminal commandant. the behind-the-scenes architect of the portfolio’s original brand, Planet Smoothie. He’s now leading the aggressive Charleston is special counsel with branch, El Paso, Texas, division His personal decorations include the Legion of Merit with two gold Freedom in Afghanistan. McNair Law Firm P.A. of the FBI. Raving Brands expansion. Still an avid athlete, Morocco is a runner and cyclist. stars, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal with He’s pictured with Clemson friends outside Memorial Stadium. From left are Hank Phillips ’90, John Phillips ’88, *Stacy Lynn Yike (ME) of Leslie Anne Cooper Jackson Christopher C. Nowell (ACCT) three gold stars, Navy Commendation Medal with gold star and Navy Morocco, Jeff Bak ’89 and Steve Gerrald ’90. Biloxi, Miss., is commander of (RPA) of Clinton celebrated the of Summerville, William Achievement Medal. His father, William H., is a 1952 graduate, and his son, the 338th Training Squadron at th 20 anniversary of her ladies’ store, A. Russell (’90 ACCT) of Craig, is a current Clemson student. Keesler Air Force Base. She’s a Tapestry. Local officials presented Summerville and William H. lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air her with a plaque to commemorate Force and has served 16 years. Jarrard (M ’93 PACC) of Mount with the U.S. Attorney’s Office, for 2006. She teaches preschool Robert M. Seel (DESIGN, M ’90 her years of service to the com- Pleasant are the principals with 1984 1985 District of South Carolina, for exceptional children at ARCH) of Central is president of munity and to the Chamber of Jarrard, Nowell & Russell LLC. Bill D. Burton Jr. (CHE) of Sam J. Konduros (ENGL) of assigned to the violent crimes Ben Hazel Primary School in RMS Architecture in Clemson. Commerce. The accounting and business Macon, Ga., is vice president of Greenville is president of SK section. She received an award Hampton School District 1. 1990 advisory firm was named Small the U.S. division of Zschimmer Strategies LLC, which has been for “Outstanding Individual Betsy Newton Williams (AGE, Business of the Month by the and Schwarz, a maker of cosmetic, retained by the Anderson County Contributions to a Gun Task *Robert H. Morse (INDE) of M ’92 BIOE) of Teaneck, N.J., is Charleston Metro Chamber of ceramic and textile chemicals. Development Partnership to lead 1989 clinical science and strategy head 1982 Force” from the Department Lynchburg, Va., is director of *Christopher A. Barbieri C. Douglas Kaufman (ADM- Commerce and its Joint Business strategic marketing plan and at Dianippon Sumitomo Pharma of Justice at the Project Safe operations at Andrews Corp. in (CPINSYS) of Roswell, Ga., MGT) of Mount Joy, Pa., is Council. John Carvelli (INED, EdD ’93 brand development initiatives for America Inc. in Fort Lee. Neighborhoods Conference. Forest. traveled to Chernihiv, Ukraine, production coordinator with R.R. V&TED) of Port St. Lucie, Fla., the Clemson Research Park on to teach a business seminar and Donnelley in Lancaster. was elected to a fourth term on the behalf of the partnership and its J. Todd Long (ELED, M ’94 to assist with a vacation Bible St. Lucie County School Board. collaborative alliance with the CNLGUID) of Anderson has University. been serving as a missionary in Bulgaria for two and a half years. PR in Europe 400 photos later Hollye Lannom Moss (M Trent Allen ’82, Kevin Bray ’90 He’s on the staff of Bucharest Erin Meehan Reindl ’98, M ’99 CHEM, PhD ’02 INDMGT) of Christian Academy. Economics graduate Trent Allen and marketing graduate Dillsboro, N.C., received Western Language and international trade graduate Erin Reindl lives in Vienna, Austria, Kevin Bray have collaborated on a beautiful new coffee-table Carolina University’s College of Scott S. MacLean (EE) of where she’s head of the think tank and public relations department of JWT book: Clemson — There’s Something in These Hills. Business Professor of Excellence Winchester, Mass., is chief Advertising Agency, one of the world’s largest advertising agencies, for Central and Award for 2006. She’s an associate Over 400 photographs help tell the story of the founding information officer of Newton- Eastern Europe. professor of management. Wellesley Hospital in Newton. of the college, the friendships that exemplify the spirit of Previously in charge of the agency’s Prague office, Reindl screened new trends, Clemson, and the challenges and triumphs that have made it generated consumer insights and shared network learning for the quality of a nationally recognized university. 1986 1987 strategic and creative work, and published the JWT Think Tank Newsletter. Allen (left), the principal author, has lived in Clemson Stacey D. Haynes (POSC) of Kevin S. Truesdel (FINMGT) In her new role, she’ll implement the model she built in the Czech Republic. VOJTECH VLK Columbia is an assistant attorney since he was four years old when his father, Joe, was hired of Houston, Texas, is director of A graduate of the Consortium Institute of Management and Business Analysis strategic planning for Dynegy as a chemistry professor. He founded Allens’ Creations Inc. master’s program at Clemson, Reindl began her career with Estée Lauder Corp. in * Active Clemson Fund donor for Corp. — Frame and Art Gallery with his mother, Doris, in the 1970s. For Bray, the principal photographer, the book is the 2007 Fiscal Year (July 1, 2006- Munich and then Vienna. culmination of several years of picture-taking in and around the campus and town. It also contains a wealth of historical June 30, 2007) Previous experience includes JWT account manager for international corporations Reckitt Benckiser, Kimberly through December 12. photos. Allen and Bray involved current students by working with the University’s graphic communications department. For more information, call 1988 Clark and Pfizer Central & Eastern Europe. She also teaches marketing at a university in Vienna. Reindl is married to an Angela Hall Hutto (SED-HI) For more information, go to www.forthillpress.com. Annual Giving at Austrian architect and has twin daughters. 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Bonnie Clifton (ENGL) and From the field up * Active Clemson Fund Romera A. (SED-HI) Maratea Bon voyage! Frank Jason Barnwell ‘00 donor for 2007 Fiscal Year are living in San Diego, Calif. She’s a Web consultant, and he’s Christina Hagan ’06 Civil engineer graduate Jason Barnwell joined Centennial Contractors (July 1, 2006 - June 30, 2007) through December 12. a seventh-grade social studies Performing arts graduate Christina Hagan has Enterprises Inc. in Virginia as a field engineer in 2000. Since then, he’s For more information, call teacher. Romera was named his an office with spectacular views — majestic Mount district’s Teacher of the Year for swiftly moved up the ranks. Annual Giving at McKinley and Glacier Bay. Humpback whales, brown bears 2005-06 and is one of 50 finalists Barnwell has been assigned to various project offices in the greater (864) 656-5896. for San Diego County Teacher of and caribou often add a spark of adventure to her day. Washington, D.C., area including Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Andrews Air the Year. Hagan is an assistant cruise director for the Holland Force Base and the Housing Authority of Baltimore City. E. Cam Werntz (MGT) of Mount America Line where she recently finished her first con- He’s now located at the Washington Navy Yard where he’s project Pleasant helped start Harbor tract in Alaska. As a staff officer on the MS Statendam, she general manager for a multimillion-dollar, multiyear contract with the Financial Group, affiliated 1996 with Wachovia Securities in encounters the natural wonders of the Pacific Northwest. U.S. Navy. Bernadette M. Brennan Charleston. (DESIGN) of Havertown, Pa., is a Responsible for planning and implementing all He manages all Centennial work and employees at the Navy Yard visiting instructor of theater arts on-board leisure activities, she applies her Clemson and six other sites, the largest of which include Andrews Air Force Base, *Jennifer Wuestefeld (FINMGT) at Illinois Wesleyan University in performing arts training on the deep blue sea. She also Bolling Air Force Base and the Marine Corps Headquarters. and *Mark E. (’97 ME) Wieland Bloomington. are married and living in plans activities for the crew, including a Clemson tailgate party last fall. Alpharetta, Ga. She’s a financial Tara Zippiroli Cherry (SPECED) Her next assignment will take her to Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific. adviser and certified financial of Chesapeake, Va., is an educa- planner with Merrill Lynch, and tion consultant specializing in guidance counselor at Lakeside Excellence. He’s the college’s he’s a sales engineer for BHI. working with preschool- and *Virginia Davis Hayes (ENGL) She’s an infection control nurse, sor with House of Cheatham in 1991 Middle School. mathematics department manager. kindergarten-age children diag- of Greenville was selected one and he’s an ICU nurse at St. Stone Mountain and serves as Clint A. (CHE) and Erin Jennett nosed with mental retardation of Greenville Magazine’s “Best and Francis Hospital in Greenville. usher captain at the First Baptist (’92 CRE) Herring have been Eduardo S. Egea (DESIGN, M Andrew T. Doran (POSC) of Las 1995 and behavior disorders. She was Brightest 35 and Under.” She Bryan received critical care Church of Conyers. living in Belgium for the last six ’94 ARCH) previously of San Vegas, Nev., is director of area sales *W. Mark Duvall (M a featured speaker at the 2006 works for Prudential C. Dan certification from the American and a half years and welcome Francisco, Calif., is a principal in for Coca-Cola Co. CNLGUID) of Greenville is Cerebral Palsy Associations of Joyner Co. Association of Critical Care Rulinda Thompson Price Clemson grads in the area to give the health care practice of RTKL pricing coordinator for rigid trays New York State’s annual confer- Nurses. (HIST, M ’98) of Pickens has an them a call. He’s the site manager Associates, an architectural firm Gina Phillips Jolley (MGT) of and absorbent pads/Cryovac ence in Albany, N.Y. *Krystal L. (BIOSC, ’00 NURS) article on electrification in South of Ineos Polyolefins Manufacturing in Miami. Gaffney is accounting administra- Laminates with Sealed Air Corp. and *Bryan M. (’01 NURS) Christopher C. Miller (AGE) of Carolina published in Walter NV in Geel. tor for Hamrick Mills Inc. in Duncan. Kennedy are living in Anderson. Covington, Ga., is a QA supervi- J. Tom King (PS) of Florence *Russell D. Robinson (MGT) of was awarded the N.C. Poultry Road trip of a lifetime Irmo is a manager in the patient Federation’s 2006 Allied Industry Nicholas ’05 and Anthony Tedesco financial services area of Palmetto Award. He’s a salesman with Health. Alpharma Animal Health. As an undergraduate, Nicholas Tedesco All Your Clemson Connections on One Page majored in landscape architecture while he John M. Sherrer III (ENGL, M took 195 credit hours that he’d need to get into ’93) of Columbia is president of 1993 medical school. He calls it being well-rounded. the S.C. Federation of Museums With “My CU Connections,” it’s easier than ever to *Bruce L. (EE, M ’00 BIO- So when he planned a summer vacation to and serves on the University’s ENGR, PhD ’06 BIOENGR) and connect with Clemson’s online alumni community. Humanities Board. *Caroline Barrineau (ENGL) mark his last summer off and to celebrate his You can: Anneaux are living in Clemson. brother Anthony’s admission to Clemson, he Jennifer Evers Slocumb (MKTG) He’s the manager of product planned a well-rounded vacation — a 9,000- • Search an online directory of alumni and friends. of Roswell, Ga., is manager of engineering and management for mile road trip centered on their favorite sport vendor relations for McKesson Poly-Med Inc. at the Clemson • Update your own information. Corp. Research Park. — baseball. The brothers left their home in Tampa, Fla., • Add a photo to your personal profile. James David Whorton (MKTG) *Trisha Foster Clements in June and headed to Clemson for the Super of Chicago, Ill., is vice president, • Review your giving history. (L&IT) is married and living in Regional tournament where the Tigers took on advisory services, with IEG Inc. Roswell, Ga. She’s an IT project Oral Roberts. From there they traveled to the • RSVP to your Clemson Club events. manager with Verizon Business. Lisa Russell Wolters (POSC) Pacific Northwest, down to Carmel, Calif., and of Seattle, Wash., is director for Daniel M. Shirley (ENGL) of back, stopping in Omaha for the College World Series. Start your connections at alumni.clemson.edu. the office of U.S. Senator Maria Macon, Ga., is on the sports staff Cantwell. Their trek included stops at the Louisville Slugger museum and factory in of the Macon Telegraph. Louisville, Ky., and at the Field of Dreams in Dyersville, Iowa. Throughout the trip, the brothers played homerun derby in as many states as they could (10), 1992 1994 and both hit a few balls into the cornfield in Dyersville. *Robin Marie Cathey (SED-MA, Frank W. Caldwell Jr. (EdD Nicholas (right) is now a second-year medical student at the University M ’95 CNLGUID) of Anderson V&TED) of Rock Hill received is certified as a Global Career of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine, and Anthony is at Clemson the York Technical College majoring in philosophy with a pre-med concentration. Developmental Facilitator and is a 2006 Award for Instructional

36  CLEMSON WORLD WINTER 2007  37 The Clemson Family The Clemson Family Edgar’s Encyclopedia of South projects engineer in the produc- Kevin L. Jacques (M CNLGUID) Carolina. tion company of Exxon Mobil Your gift counts of Florence, Ala., is director of 2002 Corp. residence life at the University of Hugh M. Duck Jr. (COMPSC) The number of alumni who make a gift every year is North Alabama. of Greer received a Darla Crystal S. Whitfield (M HRD) of a key factor in Clemson’s becoming a top public Moore Fellowship from the 1997 Moore School of Business at the *Catherine Hayes Brown Summerville is a human resource university. To make an online gift, go to University of South Carolina (NURS) is married and living manager for Home Depot. www.clemson.edu/isupportcu. 2001 where he’s enrolled in the in Mills River, N.C. She’s a labor Leighton H. Chapman international master of business and delivery nurse at Pardee (GRCOMM) of Lexington is the administration program. Hospital in Hendersonville. 1998 for Expeditors International of Ellen K. Bradford (MATHSC) graphic designer for B.P. Barber & Marc A. (HLTHSC, M ’03 Washington Inc. in Baltimore. of Chicago, Ill., graduated from Associates Inc. in Columbia. Kennerly O. Jameson (AGED) James M. (BIOSC) and Carrie HA) and Marianne Bruner Harvard Law School and is an of Manning is executive director Tildsley (’98 SPAN) Chapman (’00 MKTG) Baur are living in T. Scott White (CE, M ’99) of associate in the insurance and Edmund G. Frampton III * for the Clarendon County Farm are married and living in Charlotte, N.C. He’s regional Simpsonville passed the struc- financial services group of Sidley (VIS-ST) of Yonges Island is Service Agency with the U.S. Monmouth Beach, N.J. He’s a director for AIM Healthcare. tural/professional engineering Austin LLP. working for General Engineering Department of Agriculture. physician with Family Practice of exam and is employed by DeVita Labs in Charleston. Clemson in Romania Middleton. *Chad V. Echols (FORMGT) & Associates Inc. in Greenville. Thomas Jay Gaffney (M HIST) *Dustin M. (SED-HI) and These Clemson alumni are pictured in Oradea, Romania, during a medi- of Rock Hill is associated with of Port Huron, Mich., is curator Lucian B. Henry (CPENGR) of *Brittany Wright (’03 BIOLSC) Heather Simmons Jones (ENGL) Hamilton, Martens, Ballou & of collections at the Port Huron Spartanburg received a doctor of cal mission last summer. They spent two weeks providing free clinics to the Kerns are married and living in of Beaufort is Anderson County Sipe LLC as “of counsel” to the Museum and has overseen the ex- chiropractic degree from Sherman 1999 Greer. He’s an assistant basketball Romanian people. economic development director. firm. He’s vice president and Kristy McDermott (VIS-ST) pansion of the facility, focusing on College and graduated summa coach at Wofford College in In addition to being Clemson alumni, they’re current or past students of general counsel for Williams & and R. Glen (FINMGT) Adair Great Lakes maritime and local cum laude and valedictorian Spartanburg, and she’s a pharma- the Medical University of South Carolina. Paul L. Lavanish (FINMGT, M Fudge Inc. are living in Simpsonville. She’s history in southeast Michigan. He of his class. He is practicing in ceutical sales representative with ’99 BLDSC & MGT) of El Paso, a graphic artist for the Greenville, has had an article published in Greenville. Pictured, front row from left, are Catherine Ridings ’04 (biochemistry) GlaxoSmithKline in Greenville. Texas, is project manager with John A. (ACCT, M ’00 PACC) Spartanburg and Anderson Journals Trains magazine and teaches part and Sarah Karpel ’05 (mathematical sciences). On the back row are James Centex Construction at Fort and Robyn Floyd (L&IT ’00) and layout editor for the At Home time at Baker College. Emily Sparkman Smith (M *Kayce Webster Lockamy Gambrell ’05 (biological sciences), Jay Traynham ’93 (biological sciences), Bliss. Spitz are living in Elkridge, Md. in the Upstate magazine. He has PACC) of Holly Springs, Miss., (SP&COMM) is married and Andrew Jamison ’05 (biosystems engineering), Jason Curry ’05 (polymer He’s a CPA for the Securities opened an Allstate Insurance Theo E. (MKTG) and Kellie is manager in the audit and living in Dillon. She’s a high John G. Lopiccolo (ME) of and Exchange Commission in office in Mauldin. Teramano (’01 SPECED) enterprise risk services practice and textile chemistry), John David Williamson ’02 (biological sciences) and school teacher at Dillon Christian Tomball, Texas, is a senior Washington, D.C., and she’s Mougros are married and living of Deloitte & Touche LLP in Jay Meehan ’04 (plant and environmental sciences). School. a customs brokerage manager in Tarpon Springs, Fla. He’s a Memphis, Tenn. purchasing agent, and she’s a middle school teacher.

More MUSC Tigers Corey T. Reedy (TM, M ’01 HRD) of Columbia is director of housing and residence life

 Meet Clemson’s newest dentists who graduated at Armstrong Atlantic State from the Medical University of South Carolina University. last May. They are, front row from left, Melissa Farino ’01 (health science), Cindy Nichols ’02 Michael E. (SED) and Nikki (health science) and Huong Pham ’02 (biological Gibbs (ELED) Wald are married and living in Seneca. He’s a phar- sciences); top row, Mike Twitchel ’02 (chemistry), macist for CVS, and she teaches at *Catherine Myrick ’91 (political science), Brandon Clemson Elementary. Cummins ’01 (biochemistry) and Andy Burton ’98

(biological sciences). 2000  Daniel P. Cutler (M CNLGUID) Meet Clemson’s newest pharmacists who graduated of Syracuse, N.Y., is assistant from the Medical University of South Carolina last director for the Office of Learning spring. Front row from left (holding flag) are Communities at Syracuse Hosting the Clemson Experience Courtney L. Sexton ’02 (biochemistry), Susan E. University. Nunes ’01 (animal science), Lauren Forrest ’03 Enjoy luxurious accommodations, meeting space overlooking (preprofessional studies) and *Gregory R. * Active Clemson Fund Brownlee ’99 (biological sciences); back row, Lake Hartwell and an 18-hole championship golf course. donor for 2007 Fiscal Year Shannon Pritchard Busby ’02 (biological sciences), (July 1, 2006 - June 30, 2007) Comfort meets business meets recreation all in one place. Jessica White ’03 (preprofessional studies), through December 12. Christopher Dunmeyer ’02 (biochemistry), For more information, call Jefferson Bigby ’03 (preprofessional studies) Annual Giving at The Conference Center & Inn The Walker Golf Course 100 Madren Center Drive Clemson, South Carolina 29634-5673 and Lee Stabler. (864) 656-5896. (888) 654-9020 www.cuconferencecenter.com [email protected]

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*Alan C. (MKTG) and an entitlement and permitting A. Clinton Greene III ’90, a son, Douglas Wayne Weeks ’92, twin *Marianna Demori (MKTG) coordinator for Freeland and A. Clinton IV, Oct. 12, 2006. daughters, Marley Grace and Magee are married and living in Kauffman Engineering. Little Morgan Elizabeth, Aug. 10, 2006. Sam and Adrianne pick up their Atlanta, Ga. They both received Amy Touchberry Scott ’90, Loraine McDaniel Zaidan ’92, master’s degrees in advertising Elizabeth Chamblee Renedo a daughter, Madeline Virginia, July 22, 2006. a daughter, Emma Loraine, trash. Shouldn’t you? from the University of Texas, (ENGL) of Columbia is managing Tigers Dec. 11, 2005. editor of South Carolina Wildlife Austin. He’s an assistant national Lynne Girmindl and Tony W. Robert P. Grumbach ’91, magazine. Let’s all work together to keep marketing manager for Arby’s, McGuirt ’88, M ’90, a daughter, a daughter, Margaret Elizabeth, Trisha Foster Clements ’93, a son, and she’s a marketing analyst for Eleanor Miller, June 28, 2006. April 22, 2006. Brady Michael, July 5, 2006. Clemson clean. Macy’s. Jason R. Smith (LSAH) of Charlotte is working for Rob H. Morse ’88, a daughter, Amy Buelow Ledlow ’91, a son, Michael T. Dauterman M ’93, Desiree Wright (COMPSC) and LandDesign. Mary Glenn, April 24, 2006. Ryan Andrew, Sept. 25, 2006. a son, Charles Thomas, Andrew E. Jr. (’03 EE) Marshall Sept. 16, 2005. are married and living in Ladson. C. Stephen Helms ’76, a son, Dianne Martin Boik ’89, Karen Ann Klein McGreevy ’91, She’s a quality engineer for 2004 Murphy Alexander, May 9, 2006. a daughter, Alyssa Jade, a son, Brendan Nicholas, Andrew G. ’93 and Allen Leland Blackbaud, and he’s a design Jared S. (FORMGT) and Marie March 24, 2006. Jan. 28, 2006. ’94 DuPre, a son, Hugh Baker, Jan. 12, 2006. engineer for SCANA. Jordan (PSYCH) Wilson are Kent A. ’83, M ’85 and Christa R. Derick ’89 and Elizabeth Jennifer Evers Slocumb ’91, married and living in Columbia. Schmitz ’90 Lineberger, twins, Sherer ’91, M ’97 Durham, a a daughter, Delaney Paige, James N. III ’93, M ’99 and Jamie C. Ryan Pinckney (CPENGR) Miles Alan and Madeline Marie, July 19, 2006. daughter, Paige Rylee, June 16, April 6, 2006. Griggs ’99 Goodson, a son, of Greenwood graduated from 2006, granddaughter of Richard James Newton IV, Feb. 8, 2006, Harvard Law School and is a 2005 Julie Hoffman Eveker ’86, Lee Sherer ’62, M ’65. Mary Brooke Phelps Baria ’92, grandson of W. Mike Griggs ’70. first-year associate with Jones Day William C. Dillard Jr. (PHIL) a daughter, Sarah Ann, a daughter, Mary Louisa, Law Firm in Washington, D.C. of Columbia is a first-year law March 14, 2006. Kristine Bohrer Koerner ’89, two Oct. 11, 2006. Laura Waldrop Gordon ’93, student at the University of South daughters, Sarah Grace, a daughter, Kennedy Lauren, Kristina A. Young (SP&COMM, Carolina Law School. Paula Holstein Herzberg ’86, Oct. 5, 2004, and Sienna Rose, Karla Bjontegard ’92 and David Nov. 18, 2005. POSC) of Summerville graduated a daughter, Sarah Ellen, March 11, 2006. Max ’93 Johns, a son, Kirby from the University of South June 20, 2006. Bjontegard, June 1, 2006. Brian Jeffrey ’93 and Joy Thames Carolina Law School. She’s an Kelly Patterson Bostic ’90, a son, ’95 Harvill, a daughter, Patrick Brian, June 7, 2006. associate in the law firm of Parker 2006 Graham A. Barton ’88, a daughter, A. Tom ’92 and Erin Stubenhofer Molly Claire, Aug. 2, 2006. Kathryn L. Kuneyl (LSAH) ’94 Murray, a son, Mark Thomas, Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP Catherine Grace, June 21, 2006. of Charlotte is working for Joi Martinez Farrow ’90, a son, Oct. 7, 2005. Kendra Taylor Krezanosky ’93, with the torts, trial and insurance LandDesign. Morgan Emilio, Dec. 12, 2005. a daughter, Ella Grace, Oct. 6, 2006. practice group in Charleston. Eric W. Odom (ECON) of Marietta, Ga., is director of mar- WINTER 2007 2003 keting for First Sun Management Elizabeth M. Arnold (BIOS-EN) Corp., a 47-unit Wendy’s Old of Blythewood received a Darla Fashioned Hamburgers franchisee What’s new? We like to hear from you. Moore Fellowship from the headquartered in Clemson. Moore School of Business at the Sorry for the delay! Are you receiving duplicate cop- Has anything new happened to University of South Carolina You may not see your class note in the issue ies of this magazine? Please help us you? 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John Stephen McPhail ’93, Anjail Salahudin-Bolden ’95, M Tressa Lawton ’97 and Eric H. Stephen C. and Hunter Nelson Norfleet Harte Jr. ’48, James M. Dewitt ’75, Hartsville a daughter, Samantha Anne, ’97, a son, Anjalou Willeem, ’98 Jordan, a son, Hunter Lawton, Robinson Forstchen ’99, a son, Pinehurst, N.C. Oct. 27, 2006. June 9, 2006. Dec. 15, 2005. Parker Andrew, May 11, 2006, Robert L. Geiger Jr. ’78, Lugoff grandson of Neil C. Robinson Passings Herbert Hall Provence Jr. ’48, Greenville Karen Fields Nelson ’93, a son, Jeff C. ’95 and Sandi Thompson R. Langdon Keels ’97, a son, Jr. ’66. Darlene Shuler Wooten ’83, Columbia Parker Brian, July 12, 2006. ’97 Summers, a daughter, Ellis Campbell Drake, Aug. 11, 2006. Carl E. Buck Jr. ’49, Bamberg Jayne, May 4, 2006. Farrah McCauley Redmon ’99, Cyril Ovierre “Cy” Shuler ’34, Clemson, Patricia Jane Christensen ’85, Carla Jahelka Pisano ’93, John G. Lopiccolo ’97, a daughter, a daughter, Francesca, Oct. 12, industrial management professor emeritus, Alfred Cary Cox Sr. ’49, Atlanta, Ga. Colorado Springs, Colo. a daughter, Ella Rose, Feb. 4, 2006. Stephanie Brooks ’95 and Owens Meredith, March 8, 2006. 2006. Alumni Distinguished Service award recipient Michael H. ’96 Walzak, a son, , Greenville , Newberry Joey Duane Riddle ’93, a son, Logan William, May 5, 2006. Marc A. ’98, M ’03 and Ben E. ’99 and Avery Willis and longtime alumni volunteer. Memorials James D. Stone ’49 Michelle Pruitt Connelly ’87 Ryan Brady, May 31, 2006. Marianne Bruner ’00 Baur, a ’00 Smith, a daughter, Madison may be made to the “C.O. Shuler Family Britta Ziemer and Mark T. Wert daughter, Mary McLean, Nov. 17, Cope, Oct. 17, 2006. Endowment” at the Clemson University George Harold Furse Jr. ’50, Manning Carey J. Johnson ’90, Prattville, Ala. Christopher J. ’94 and Nicole ’95, a daughter, Alexis Noel, Dec. 2005. Foundation, PO Box 1889, Clemson, SC Roberts ’96 Diak, a daughter, 5, 2005. Penny D. Spell-Knight ’99, 29633-1889. Robert M. Hoffmann ’50, Live Oak, Fla. Nolan M. Watson ’95, Easley Morgan Marie, June 20, 2006. Scott K. and Susan Thompson a son, Michael Knight, adopted Dave M. Bachmann ’96, a Carlson ’98, two daughters, Leah March 2006 from Volgograd, Robert M. Hunt ’35, Knoxville, Tenn. Billy McCoy Reaves ’50, Hartsville Welch M. Bostick III ’97, M ’99, Amy Erwin Faulkner ’94, a daughter, Savannah Grace, Ruth, July 20, 2004, and Kathryn Russia, and a daughter, Emily Gainesville, Fla. daughter, Harper Kate, June 5, 2006. June 15, 2006. Helen, May 16, 2006. Grace, June 29, 2006. Claude R. Hinson ’36, Alexandria, Va., 1940s Leonard T. McCoy ’51, Myrtle Beach baseball coach and assistant football coach Robert N. Parker III ’97, Anderson Michael K. ’94 and Heather Heath E. Duncan ’96, a son, Jennifer Wright Crady ’98, Christine Church and Mark B. Charles E. Taylor Jr. ’51, Graham ’98 Fleming, a son, Luke Jacob Edward, Aug. 6, 2006, a daughter, Elena Maree, Varadi ’99, a daughter, Henry D. Adams ’38, Pelzer Newport News, Va. David O. Sheriff ’99, Greer. Memorials may William, March 23, 2006. grandson of Larry W. Duncan ’72. Jan. 10, 2006. Isabel Grace, May 25, 2006. be made to the “David O. Sheriff Memorial Rembert J. Reynolds ’38, Orangeburg John E. Lunn ’52, Florence Scholarship” endowment, payable to the Mark A. Freeman ’94, a son, John M. Gasque ’96, a son, Rebecca Austin Crosby ’98, ’00, April Hardwick Ward ’99, Clemson University Foundation, PO Box Noah Daniel, Feb. 12, 2006. John Chesley, June 30, 2005. a daughter, Chaney Addison, a son, Zachary Wallace, Kenneth Notley Vickery ’38, Clemson, dean James F. Warren ’52, Kings Mountain, N.C. 1889, Clemson, SC 29633-1889. Sept. 3, 2005. May 25, 2006. emeritus, admissions and registration. He Gina Phillips Jolley ’94, a son, Tanja Schwab Shubert ’96, served as Athletics Council chairman, Warren Crawford Davis ’53, Anderson Scott, Nov. 1, 2005. a son, James Matthew, Allison Lynam Curti ’98, a son, Erika Church ’00 and Jason Chad Alan Bibb ’06, Westminster NCAA representative and ACC president. Hilton Head Island June 14, 2006. Sullivan Anthony, June 9, 2006, P. ’00, M ’02 Anderson, a son, , Central, graduate student. Suzanne Hollowell McCawley ’94, grandson of Elliott H. Lynam III Ethan James, July 3, 2006. Clemson’s student-athlete academic An-Hong Cheng a son, Patrick Branton, Ivy Jamison ’96 and T. Scott ’98, ’72 and great-grandson of the late enrichment center is named in his honor. August Henry Gorse III ’53, Memorials may be made to the physics and March 17, 2004, and a daughter, M ’99 White, a daughter, Addison Elliott H. Lynam Jr. ’32. Jason C. Barnwell ’00, a son, Memorials in his name may be made to the St. Helena Island astronomy department’s graduate fellowships Evelyn Hollowell, Dec. 16, 2005. Glenn, July 30, 2006. Caleb Theodore, May 5, 2006. Clemson University Foundation, PO Box “in memory of An-Hong Cheng,” payable to Meredith Warren Godbold ’98, 1889, Clemson, SC 29633-1889. Joseph E. Coggins ’54, Hendersonville, N.C. the Clemson University Foundation, PO Box Darren L. Morrow ’94, a daughter, T. Dan ’96 and Ann Wielgus ’99 a daughter, Sarah Morgan, Jill Stecher Conway ’00, a son, 1889, Clemson, SC 29633-1889. Julia Sofia, July 21, 2006. Witmer, a son, Benjamin Michael, June 28, 2006. Kellen Russell, Sept. 29, 2006. Virgil A. Ballard ’39, Fort Mill Walter Frederick Biggers ’56, Murrells Inlet Sept. 13, 2006. Jerry Douglas “Doug” Harris III, Dulles, Frank E. Freeman ’95, M ’99, a Katie Keaton Hughes ’98, twin Catherine Branen ’00 and Jacob R. Pritcher ’39, Arlington, Texas Paul Frank Griffith ’57, Elberton, Ga. Va., freshman and ROTC cadet daughter, Sara Paige, July 28, 2006. Mistylynn Belard Barnes ’97, sons, Parker Joseph and Harrison Michael ’01, M ’03 Goforth, a daughter, Jillian Presley, Scott, May 22, 2006. twin daughters, Caroline Carnes Heber Venable Traywick ’39, Lynchburg, Va. Addison Lee Crocker ’58, Winchester, Ky. Sandy Nieves Inklebarger ’95, Aug. 18, 2006. and Abby Page, Dec. 6, 2005. Faculty a son, James Brandon, July 28, 2005. Jen Diak ’98, M ’99 and Manny James Frank Little ’40, Belton John Randolph Jordan ’59, Lancaster Janna Widder ’97 and Kris K. ’98 J. ’98 Licata, a daughter, David P. and Kelly Pettit Edwin M. Coulter, Santee, political science Krystal ’95, ’00 and C. Bryan ’01 Blakeney, a daughter, Maria Ann, Carmen Elise, March 25, 2005. Philpott ’00, a son, Zachary, James C. Pettigrew ’41, Beaufort Hasseltine Chaffee Coward ’60, Aiken professor emeritus Kennedy, a son, Charles Bryan, June 26, 2006. April 8, 2006. Marty Davis, Seneca, architecture professor. Oct. 2, 2006. Millie Feagin Mastrianni ’98, Carl F. Bessent ’42, Baltimore, Md. Edgar H. Kleckley Jr. ’60, Columbia Angela Ridings ’97 and Heath a son, Robert Curtis, May 25, 2006. John C. Sieverdes ’00, a son, Memorials may be made to the “Martin and , , a son, Maxwell Kate McLure ’95 Rick E. ’95 B. ’99 Bolds Samuel, July 31, 2006. William Edgar Harper ’42, Orangeburg Jack M. Pressley ’60, Lawrenceville, Ga. Davis Scholarship” fund, payable to the M ’97 Langley, triplets, Jillian, Thomas, Oct. 28, 2005. Caroline Hollowell Showers ’98, Clemson University Foundation, PO Box Andrew and Zachary, Aug. 8, 2006. a daughter, Ashlyn Hollowell, Katherine Timmerman and Henry Dennis West ’42, Bowman Bobbie Ruth Rogers Leard ’62, M ’67, 1889, Clemson, SC 29633-1889. Michelle Anderson ’97 and May 27, 2006. Tommy G. Sinclair ’01, Bonnie Clifton and Romero A. Nathan A. ’98, M ’01, PhD a daughter, Allie Elizabeth, Westminster , Clemson, English Maratea ’95, a daughter, Kylie ’04 DeBardeleben, a daughter, John A. ’98, M ’00 and Robyn June 11, 2006. Fred C. Hobson ’43, Charlotte, N.C. Herman M. Felder Arena, Aug. 3, 2004. Gwendolyn Jane, Aug. 18, 2006. Floyd ’00 Spitz, a son, Colin John John D. Connor ’63, Barnwell professor emeritus Braydon, April 30, 2006. Joni O’Dell Snyder ’01, a son, James T. Lazar Jr. ’43, Chapin, dairy science Robert L. ’95 and Linda Siebert Kimberly Simpson Faust ’97, Luke Aaron, Feb. 21, 2006. professor emeritus James E. Morrison ’63, Belton Thomas B. Maertens, Clemson, ’97 Moseley, twin daughters, a son, Jonah William, Amanda Sharpe Atkins ’99, management professor emeritus Anabel Jean and Sarah Elizabeth, Sept. 14, 2006. a daughter, Lilly Madison, Kaycie Webster Lockamy ’02, Jesse S. Haigler Jr. ’44, Pawleys Island John D. McConnell ’64, Mount Pleasant Dec. 13, 2005, granddaughters of May 26, 2006. a daughter, Erica Mason, Lin L. Roth, Georgetown, forestry and Neal C. Moseley ’65 and Michael Lisa Smail ’97 and Matt J. ’98 Nov. 20, 2005. Pete G. Konduros ’44, Houston, Texas Ronald P. Gaston ’66, Woodruff natural resources professor and Cooperative C. Siebert ’77. Garner, a daughter, Delaney Kate, Bryan L. and Meredith Extension specialist at Clemson’s Belle W. Feb. 9, 2006. Clark Cully ’99, a daughter, Ashley Birckhead Lowe ’02, Hermin Bruce Denny ’47, Columbia David Anthony Hadden ’66, Baruch Institute of Coastal Ecology and David Boyd and Misty Sebok Anna Elizabeth, June 6, 2006, a son, Lucas Alexander, San Antonio, Texas Forest Science Owens ’95, a daughter, AnaClaire Angela Rock and Chris L. granddaughter of Martha Snoddy May 12, 2006. Paul J. Reece ’47, Pickens Lyndon, Nov. 21, 2006. Hutchins ’97, a daughter, Clark ’73, M ’75 and great- Ruttland E. Riddle ’69, Easley Charlotte Reese, March 10, 2006. granddaughter of the late William Travis C. Higingbottom ’04, Marvin E. Wilson ’47, Lilburn, Ga. Kristal Moore ’95 and Jay E. ’98 B. Hiott ’36. a son, Ayden Jackson, April 5, Rodger F. Hinton ’71, Pickens Palassis, a son, Lukas Cooper, 2006. Martin B. Hall Jr. ’48, Clover Dec. 26, 2004.

42 CLEMSON WORLD  WINTER 2007  43 CLEMSON WORLD TRAVELERS The Clemson Family The Clemson Family Wyoming more than 60 orphans. The group also Baghdad 16 colors in Guatemala during a medical Greece display their Solid Orange spirit dur- Mount Whitney 6 a half marathon (13.32 miles) with a Some mid-1980s classmates 11 did construction work at the Tumaini Computer science graduate Andrew mission over spring break. These Clemson couples Gene ’57 1 ing a visit to Zermott, Switzerland. Architecture graduate David N. 7,815-foot vertical gain and with the recently reunited in Jackson Hole, Children’s Home. A. Poe ’03, who works for the U.S. and other students led by nursing and Annette Matthews of Sumter Fisher ’79, M ’81 unfurls his Tiger finish at 14,110 feet in elevation. Wyo. From left are Katie Mahon Navy’s Space and Naval Warfare professor Roxanne Amerson set up Rome and Wedgefield residents *John 4 flag at the summit of Mount Whitney Rama, Lisa Agner Mann, Jamie Tal Afar 14 Systems Command in Charleston, a clinic and pharmacy to serve remote Bill ’74 and Mindy Higgs ’85 ’57 and *Jennie Linn Duffie, and in the Sierras of California, the tallest Red Square 9 Blankenship Mitchum, Margaret Maj. Lewis Mitchell ’91 and his stands on top of the Presidential villages. Taylor spread Tiger Paw cheer *Virginia Anne and *Hugh ’58 peak in the lower 48 states, during a Cynthia Rodgers Dennis ’84, Turner Wannamaker, Trish commander Col. Fred Woerner (a Palace in Baghdad, Iraq. He was sent during a recent trip throughout Italy. Afghanistan, too McLaurin pause in front of the climb in September. Bryan Scott Johnson ’81, M ’92 Redding Williams, Caroline Clemson parent) display their Tiger to the “Green Zone” to supervise 19 They’re pictured here in Rome in Clemson student Jeff Fulton, Parthenon at the Acropolis during a and James Edward Dangerfield Whittington Soomsawasdi, Sally spirit at a castle in Tal Afar, Iraq. the installation of communications front of the Coliseum. prebusiness major, shows his Clemson summer trip to Athens, Greece. Havasu Falls 7 Jr. ’94 add a little orange to Red Schaaf Tompkins and Elizabeth Constructed around 500 A.D., it’s the and computer-related hardware colors while serving in Afghanistan Bobby ’81 and Sissy Rea ’79 Square during a recent trip to Dorn Wardlaw. highest point in the city. and software in offices and official 2 Porto Cervo with the U.S. Army. Pacific Crest finale 5 Rosebrock and their sons Ben Moscow, Russia. vehicles. Industrial management graduate *Ed These alumni and friends and Drew show their Clemson Afghanistan 12 Mount Sinjar 15 recently traveled to Sardinia, Italy, Turkey Selby ’62 of Naples, Fla., reached the spirit as they hike Havasu Falls, Grand SW Asia 10 Rocky Tucker ’89, a major in the Parks, recreation and tourism man- New Orleans 17 20 and Corsica, France. They’re pictured Clemson faculty from across the Washington State/ Canadian border Canyon, in May. In a nearby village, These Air Force officers are working U.S. Army, and Scott Laidlein ’88, agement graduate *John O. Clark Counselor education graduate here while docking for lunch at Costa campus visited Turkey last summer. last August, marking his completion the Rosebrocks ran into Eddie at the Combined Air Operations a naval commander, are serving in ’02 shows his Clemson pride during a Deborah West M ’03, along with Smeralda, Italy, from left, Jane Standing on a plateau overlooking of the 2,650-mile Pacific Crest Trail. He Easterling ’78, whom they hadn’t Center in Southwest Asia supporting Operation Enduring Freedom in dust storm on Mount Sinjar, Iraq. After fellow volunteers, has made four trips Dixon Player ’75, Jim Fields ’66, a valley in the Anatolian region section-hiked the trail during parts of seen in many years. Operation Iraqi Freedom and Afghanistan. serving four years and spending a in the past year to New Orleans to help Spencer Player ’75, Darla Moore, are, from left, Mary Haque five summers. Enduring Freedom. They are, from year in Iraq, he was accepted into the clean up after the destruction left by * Baxter and Tracy Knisley Hahn (horticulture), Sertac Pehlivan PhD Pikes Peak 8 left, Col. Jay Raymond ’84, Col. Kenya 13 Green to Gold program. He’s working Hurricane Katrina. Switzerland 3 ’84 and Richard Rainwater. Textile chemistry graduate *Keith Lewis Jordan ’85 and Maj. Sean English graduate Eric Vassy ’90 on a master’s degree from North ’06 (mechanical engineering and a *Bill ’69 and *Jayne Kissam and Lang ’83 of Colorado Springs, Colo., Leroy ’91, M ’95. visits the Arap Moi Children’s Home Greenville University and fulfilling Guatemala 18 guide on the trip), Wilene and Peter two new friends (with brandy kegs) finishes the Pikes Peak Ascent 2006, in Nakuru, Kenya, where Roswell ROTC requirements through Furman Senior nursing students, from left, Cohen (philosophy and religion), Presbyterian Church delivered food, University. Ashley Willis, Whitney Spires *Altheia Richardson (Gantt Intercultural Center) and *Imtiaz 2 4 clothing and other supplies to the and Chenille Taylor display their 1 3 Haque (mechanical engineering). 11 12 13

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44  CLEMSON WORLD WINTER 2007  45 Keinath endowment Engineering and science dean emeritus Tom Keinath has made a major impact on Clemson academics. As a result, former students, colleagues and friends have contributed $130,000 to an endowment to honor his teaching, service and dedication to Clemson. The Thomas M. Keinath Endowment in Environmental Engineering and Science, established by Commitment former student Steve Cawood ’76, will contribute to scholarships, fellowships and faculty support. Commitment “Dr. Keinath was a great source of encouragement while I was an undergraduate and a graduate student,” says Cawood. “Also, giving to the endowment is a great way to support the Clemson vision of becoming a top-20 public research university.” Crucial private support Keinath’s peers have honored him professionally for sustained and outstanding contributions to Private giving to Clemson academics and athletics topped $59 million the field. In addition, he started Clemson’s Women in Science and Engineering Program (WISE), last fiscal year (July 2005-June 2006). The Clemson University Foundation implemented a flexible maternity policy for tenure-track female faculty and recruited two women as received $36.2 million in support of academic programs, a 32.6 percent department chairs. To support the Keinath endowment, contact Ann Marie Alexander at (864) 656- increase over the previous year. The total includes $29.2 million in cash gifts, 7013 or [email protected]. $6.4 million in pledges and $582,972 in gifts-in-kind. The overall private giving total also includes more than $5 million added to Clemson’s inventory of planned gifts and bequests. “Alumni and friends of Clemson take a lot of pride in their enthusiastic MARK CRAMMER support of our university. Their generosity continues to make our academic and athletic programs among the most respected in the country,” says Clemson President Jim Barker. “Private support is crucial to improving quality Vivian Reeves, Allen N. Reeves III, at Clemson, which in turn makes for a better South Carolina.” Kim Reeves Rogers Gift highlights from the year include a $3 million commitment from The he University and Timken Co. to the Clemson University International Center for Automotive WestZone BOOST T Research (CU-ICAR), $2.8 million from the Sirrine Foundation to fund an Clemson’s WestZone initiative got a major boost this the Clemson University endowed chair in advanced materials fibers, a $1.4 million gift from BB&T fall. Thanks to Vivian Reeves and her family, the facility Foundation hosted to establish the Clemson Institute for the Study of Capitalism, a $1 million now has the Allen N. Reeves Recruiting Center. Former Clemson presidents R.C. Edwards (left) and a black-tie gala and commitment from Wachovia to the Emerging Scholars and Call Me MISTER® Vivian Reeves chose the recruiting center to honor Phil Prince (right) join President Jim Barker in signing programs, and a $1 million gift from Vivian Reeves of Tampa, Fla., for the the memory of her late husband, Allen ’51. Clemson has induction ceremony the Clemson Legacy Registry. WestZone initiative. long been central to the Reeves family for education, in November for family events and especially football games. The Reeves Stephen Gosnell, Clemson National Scholar and new members of the Partners in green Recruiting Center’s role in attracting top student athletes undergraduate student body president, along with now and into the future is especially important to the Cumulative Giving Brittany Ross, communication studies major and Clemson students and faculty are working with The Cliffs Communities family. student athlete, emcee the Cumulative Giving in Travelers Rest to create a botanical garden at the gateway to the Blue Societies. Another major gift came from the 1981 National Societies black-tie gala. Ridge Mountains. The Cliffs Communities has given Clemson’s horticulture Champion football team and their coach, Danny Ford. department a $250,000 grant for the project. In addition, donors They reached their $1 million goal for the WestZone The Cliffs at Mountain Park Botanical Garden along the Cherokee who have remembered Foothills Scenic Highway will showcase a wide variety of plant species and during the University’s silver anniversary celebration of Clemson in their wills provide educational and recreational resources for The Cliffs residents and the the national championship. public. Their support will go to Phase II of the WestZone or other forms of project, which includes constructing a strength and Horticulture Alumni Distinguished Professor Mary Haque is leading estate planning were the team of faculty and students planning and developing designs for conditioning facility, developing the space for coaches invited to sign the approximately 3.5 acres of green space in the park. offices and meeting rooms, expanding the training room The Cliffs founder and president, Jim Anthony, credits Clemson with to include a hydrotherapy area and the concourse area on Clemson Legacy Level 3. “being there” throughout his life and career, from sponsoring 4-H when he Registry at Fort Hill. was a child to giving him advice and assistance as a farmer and later as a land For a webcam of the WestZone and a virtual tour of all The handsome ledger developer. Tiger facilities, go to clemsontigers.com. For information on For his dream project of a botanical garden for the public, he chose supporting the WestZone, contact Bill D’Andrea at (864) 656- symbolizes “the power While helping at the gala and induction ceremony Edmee and Jerry Reel, professor emeritus Clemson to help. The partnership provides an unprecedented opportunity to 2956, Bert Henderson at (864) 656-2115, Jeff Davis at (864) of the pen” as a tool for donors, Clemson National Scholars gather for a and University historian (sitting), join apply Clemson’s expertise in innovative design, natural resource management, 656-0388 or Bobby Couch at (864) 656-0361. quick group shot. of philanthropy watershed management, ecosystem conservation and public environmental . President Barker and Clemson University education to a private development. Foundation President Harry Frampton.

WINTER 2007  47 46  CLEMSON WORLD WINTER 2007  47 The Clemson University Libraries system has more visitors Taps than even Death Valley on game day. • Open 24 hours a day five days a week (14 hours a day the other two), Cooper Library had 1.13 million visits last year.

• Reference librarians answered more than 25,000 questions on- site and exchanged thousands of emails and IMs.

• The Libraries’ 200 electronic databases and 26,000 electronic journals can be accessed worldwide via the Internet.

• Students can refresh and shop for study supplies at Cooper Library’s Java City coffee shop and Snax & Stax convenience store. PATRICK WRIGHT