SUMMER 2008 VOL. 61, NO. 3 www.clemson.edu/clemsonworld Features Back to Nature 10 S.C. teachers will soon have a renewal center in the natural beauty of Upstate forestland.
First in the family 12 A new program at Clemson is helping first-generation college students begin a family tradition.
‘For little girls 14 who need us’ Meet a Clemson physician on a quest to demystify and treat Rett syndrome.
Clemson’s new cyber muscle 18 Discover how Clemson is Departments emerging as an information technology leader. President’s View page 2 Earning the Clemson 22 World View seal of service page 4 See how Clemson’s Service Faces of Philanthropy Alliance and service-learning page 17 programs give the Clemson education a crucial edge. Lifelong Connections page 26 Giving life to Cemetery Hill 25 Alumni Council Learn how Clemson World readers page 28 have helped preserve and enhance Clemson’s historic Woodland Student Life Cemetery. page 30 Classmates page 32
PATRICK WRIGHT Commitment Cover photo: President Jim Barker with page 46 student Juan Nieto, by Patrick Wright Taps page 48 This page: Matt Rogers ‘04 and son, Taylor
Summer 2008 1 • SC LIFE sponsors life sciences education for middle and high school students and their teachers. Enrichment opportunities include laboratory field trips and a summer program PRESIDENT’S VIEW for research interns. It is supported by $5.4 million in awards since 1998 from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Executive Editor Dave Dryden • This summer, we offered three special orientation sessions for transfer students. A new Transfer Council within Student Government will address the specific needs of this group. Art Director Part of the One of the council’s first activities will be a mentoring program that pairs upperclass trans- Judy Morrison fer students with incoming transfers. Editor • The Academic Success Center offers all Clemson undergraduates academic counseling Liz Newall Clemson DNA and coaching, tutoring, supplemental instruction and training in study skills and time Classes Editor & management. Its goals are to increase student success and graduation rates. The story in this issue about Clemson’s FIRST Program (p. 12) is near and dear to my heart. Advertising Director Sallie Leigh (864) 656-7897 Like so many Clemson alumni, I was the first in my family to go to college. Two brothers fol- Academic Success Center lowed in my footsteps, and life for everyone in my extended family is better today because of If I could offer parents of incoming students only one piece of advice this summer it would be: Make Contributors that opportunity. sure your student knows about the Academic Success Center. (My top tip to students is: “Make sure Dale Cochran Debbie Dunning Also, like some of our FIRST students, I came to Clemson for a summer before beginning you never miss a class!”) Catherine Sams News Services my freshman year. It was a long and winding road, literally and metaphorically, from the We broke ground in June for a new home for the center — between the Brooks Center and the Publications and Promotion hills of eastern Tennessee to the campus “where the Blue Ridge yawns its greatness.” Cooper Library — which will be known as the Class of 1956 Academic Success Center. The class Photographers That summer experience tested my motivation and helped me get comfortable with the idea has raised $2.7 million to name the new building. Patrick Wright Craig Mahaffey of college. I learned my way around. I shook off my doubts and nerves and fears, and arrived The Class of 1956 was at the forefront of Clemson’s change from an all-male, military college to that fall much more confident and ready to get to work. a coed, civilian institution. Today, we are transitioning again. Clemson is becoming one of the University Officials President My own two sons grew up with very different expectations. They simply assumed that col- nation’s best public research universities, but we have promised to bring our students along on James F. Barker lege lay ahead for them. They are more typical of the students we enroll today, but I am the journey. Board of Trustees Tproud that a significant percentage of our students are “first generation” like me. Clemson is Why do we place such emphasis on increasing academic opportunity and support for all students, Leon J. Hendrix Jr., chairman; still accessible and must remain accessible. Joseph D. Swann, vice chairman; including “first-generation” students? Bill L. Amick, John J. Britton, First-generation students Because it is the right thing to do. Because it is in line with Clemson’s traditional mission. Because it Louis B. Lynn, If I could o er Efforts such as the National Science Foundation-sponsored FIRST Program — with its goal is a part of our DNA. And because it is in our collective best interest to do it. Patricia Herring McAbee, John N. McCarter Jr., parents of incoming to increase graduates in science, technology and math — offers coaching, mentoring and a Leslie G. McCraw, built-in support network to first-generation Clemson students in those majors. Education, education, education E. Smyth McKissick III, students only one piece I spoke recently to a Greenville Chamber gathering about the “Greenville Regional Economic Thomas B. McTeer Jr., We will enroll more than 300 first-generation freshmen in these disciplines alone this fall, Robert L. Peeler, Scorecard.” This study was commissioned by the chamber and written by Clemson faculty members more than 10 percent of the freshman class. I will follow their progress with great interest. William C. Smith Jr., of advice this summer, led by David Barkley and Mark Henry. David H. Wilkins I hope we will have the resources to continue the program after the NSF grant expires. We © 2008 Clemson University it would be: Make sure I told these business leaders: When I read the “Scorecard” report, I see three needs — education, would love to see it expanded to every first-generation student at Clemson. Clemson World is published quarterly for education, education. In other words, education at every level. alumni and friends of Clemson Univer- your student knows Studies show that first-generation students lack what is known as “college knowledge.” They sity by the Division of Advancement. In relation to peer regions, Upstate South Carolina shows real strength in innovation activity and Editorial offices are in the Department about the Academic need extra help to get ready for college-level academic work, to navigate the financial aid of Publications and Promotion, Clemson and admissions process, and to make a successful transition once they arrive on campus. entrepreneurial environment. Clemson University is a big part of the reason. University, 114 Daniel Dr., Clemson, SC 29631-1520 (FAX: 864-656-5004). Success Center. Where the Upstate and South Carolina are relatively weak — in general labor force education and Copyright© Publications and Promotion, Intervention programs must begin in middle school or earlier. Unless children can pic- Clemson University. Story ideas and let- ture themselves going to college and succeeding in a career, they will not take the rigorous “knowledge worker” occupations — education is both the problem and the solution. Clemson must ters are welcome, but publisher assumes help here, too. no responsibility for return of unsolicited courses they need in high school, especially advanced math and science. manuscripts or art. Send address changes to Records, 110 Daniel Dr., Clemson, SC We simply need better schools, more high school graduates and more college graduates to meet the 29631-1520 (FAX: 864-656-1692), or call Many first-generation students begin higher education at a community college, with plans 1-800-313-6517. to transfer. So programs aimed at first-generation students need to include transfer students, needs of tomorrow’s economy. And we cannot afford to leave anyone behind. too. We expect transfer enrollment to increase over the next few years. CLEMSON WORLD CORPORATE SPONSORS Clemson is tackling these multiple challenges in multiple ways. In addition to the FIRST ARAMARK Program, which is for accepted Clemson students only, efforts include: The Clemson Corps Coca-Cola Company • Emerging Scholars targets freshmen from six S.C. high schools with the high- James F. Barker, FAIA Conference Center and Inn at est family poverty rates. They come to Clemson for three summers and receive President Clemson University academic support throughout the school year. Some Emerging Scholars later Solid Green Tom Winkopp Properties enroll at Clemson, but others do not. The goal is to ensure that they enroll in col- For more information on the Academic Success Center, go to www.clemson.edu/asc. For New Student, lege somewhere. Sophomore and Transfer programs, go to www.clemson.edu/studentaffairs/nssp.
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Clemson, Michelin advance tire technology
A Clemson research team a li- ated with CU-ICAR will receive $1.9 million to develop new technology with Michelin North Nation’s top student America, one of CU-ICAR’s found- C director ing partners. OURTES The project will focus on PERFORMING ARTS GRADUATING Robert Davis ’85, senior vice president of reducing automotive tire-rolling Teresa Earnhardt, founder and chairwoman of the Dale Earnhardt Foundation; Y OF senior Jeff McLaren has won the 2008
product development and quality for Mazda Casey Appleman, scholarship recipient; Imtiaz Haque, mechanical engineering DEI resistance, improving vehicle North American Operations Kennedy Center American College department chairman; Dick Baker, executive director of the Earnhardt Foundation. Theatre Festival’s national student fuel economy. Michelin chose directing award. Clemson to conduct a signi cant New Earnhardt scholar CU-ICAR partners with Mazda As a part of the competition at the portion of the research after CLEMSON’S FIRST MOTORSPORTS INNOVATION PARTNER, DALE EARNHARDT INC. (DEI) MAZDA NORTH AMERICAN OPERATIONS, HEADQUARTERED IN IRVINE, CALIF., Kennedy Center for the Performing a competitive bid process for has announced its annual undergraduate scholarship winner — Casey Appleman. will be the first Asian Original Equipment Manufacturer to partner with the Clemson University Arts in Washington, D.C., he directed universities. The project will The mechanical engineering major received the Dale Earnhardt Motorsports Scholarship at a presen- International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR). an award-winning original student play engage the talents of more than tation at DEI headquarters in Mooresville, N.C. The Mazda Foundation will provide an initial pledge of $30,000 to CU-ICAR for the Mazda Annual and was interviewed by a panel of distin- 20 professors and graduate and The Dale Earnhardt Foundation funds the annual undergraduate scholarship honoring the memory of Graduate Fellowships program. The fellowships are performance-based and renewable for up to guished theater directors. McLaren has undergraduate students. Dale Earnhardt Sr. for students interested in motorsports and automotive engineering. The foundation three years for a potential total of $90,000. In addition, the company will donate a CX-7 crossover received an all-expense-paid summer provides $13,000 annually for a total minimum pledge of $39,000 for a three-year scholarship in the College SUV, drive trains, subassemblies and other components to be used as learning tools by Clemson internship at the O’Neill Playwrights of Engineering and Science. Scholarship winners are eligible for internships. Appleman began a summer students and faculty. Theatre Center in Waterford, Conn. internship in May. Outstanding S.C. Legislator S.C. REP. DANIEL T. COOPER ’84 CU-ICAR’s ‘Green Building’ received an honorary Doctor of Humane strikes gold Letters during Clemson Commencement in May. CU-ICAR’s COLLABORATION 3 (THE He has served in the S.C. House of Timken Co.) building has earned LEED Representatives since 1991, where he has (Leadership in Energy and Environmental been a member of the Medical, Military Design) Gold Core and Shell Certification and Municipal Affairs Committee; the by the U.S. Green Building Council. Education and Public Works Committee; This is the rst project in the state to earn and the Ways and Means Committee, which the Gold-level certi cation for core and shell M AR he has chaired since 2005. He serves on the
construction. The Furman Co., Development K C Joint Bond Review Committee and is the LLC, Pazdan-Smith Group Architects and RAMMER only Upstate member of the Budget and State Rep. Dan The Harper Corp. share the honor. Control Board. Cooper receives Green building designation LEED Gold is honorary National Champs — ve in a row! Cooper’s support has enabled the state’s research the nationally accepted benchmark for the degree. CLEMSON’S PERSHING RIFLES TEAM WINS ITS FIFTH STRAIGHT NATIONAL universities to increase their research capability and design, construction and operation of high- Championship, its seventh in nine years. advance South Carolina’s knowledge-based economy. performance green buildings. Core-and-shell The Pershing Ri es competed against 18 other teams from all over He also has been a champion of Clemson’s Public encompasses base building elements such as the country. For more on Clemson’s famed precision drill team, go to Service Activities mission and the University’s sup- structure, envelope and the HVAC system. business.clemson.edu/Armyrotc/Activities/prs.htm. port of the state agriculture industry. Summer 2008 5 44 Clemson Clemson World World 8 8 www.clemson.edu/clemsonworld www.clemson.edu/clemsonworld Field of Flags Engineering and science stars AS PART OF CLEMSON’S 2008 ONE WORLD PROJECT, NEARLY 10,000 colored ags loop into the form of an “awareness ribbon” CLEMSON HAS INDUCTED THREE NEW on Bowman Field, representing statistics from the Federal Bureau members into its prestigious engineering and science of Investigation on hate crimes. academy while honoring the contributions of two young Arun Gandhi, grandson of Mohandas Gandhi, spoke on using alumni. peaceful means to interact with one another. The Thomas Green Clemson Academy of One World Project works to raise awareness of hate, ignorance Engineers and Scientists inducted Thomas H. Keinath, and exclusion in order to increase compassion and inclusiveness. dean emeritus of Clemson’s College of Engineering and For more information, go to www.clemson.edu/oneworld. Science; John D. Petersen, president of the University That’s heavy! of Tennessee and former associate dean of research at CLEMSON’S VERY FIRST HEAVY CONSTRUCTION Clemson; and Michael L. Watt ’84, president and CEO competition team places third in the nation. of Scientific Research Corp. and advisory board mem- The team won the Third Place Granite Award in the ber for Clemson’s electrical and computer engineering 2008 Associated Schools of Construction/Associated General department. Contractors Heavy Civil National Student Competition. The In addition, Robert B. Ross ’94, PhD ’00 and Clemson team qualified earlier by winning the Southeast Regional Andrew G. Sowder PhD ’98 received the Outstanding Architecture earns two top national prizes Young Alumni Award for 2008. Ross’s work with Competition. CLEMSON’S SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE HAS WON MPICH2, a high-performance software application, Pictured from left are construction science and management two of the six national 2008 NCARB (National Council of enables developers to run the same code on a wide vari- students Dominic Giannini, Murray Davis, Stewart Lee, Eddie Architectural Registration Boards) prizes for creative integration ety of platforms, from laptops to the largest and fastest Beard, David Babb and Chris McKee. They were coached by pro- of practice and education. parallel computers in the world. Sowder is a physical fessor Gregg Corley. One of Clemson’s winning entries explored how innovative scientist whose service as a foreign affairs officer has architecture improves health care environments (illustration helped negotiate agreements to keep nuclear materials National Extension Educator above). out of the hands of terrorists. The other localized global climate change by illustrating how HORTICULTURE PROFESSOR DESMOND LAYNE SCORED A FIRST FOR Charleston’s historic peninsula might be defended against the twin Clemson this summer when he received the American Society of threats of rising sea level and increased storm severity (below). Horticultural Science Outstanding Extension Educator Career Award. Layne is known worldwide as the Robotics rule! authority on the fruits pawpaw and One thousand students and peach. His peach 36 robots invade Littlejohn Jessica Nelms/Daily Journal Messenger Jessica Nelms/Daily Web site is a compre- Coliseum as Clemson welcomes TGC Academy of Engineers and Scientists inductees (from left) hensive and popular the fifth annual FIRST Robotics John Petersen, Michael Watt and Tom Keinath with Dean Esin Gulari and Outstanding Young Alumni Andrew Sowder and source of information Competition Palmetto Regional. Robert Ross. on all topics related Last spring, teams designed to peach produc- robots to race around a track tion (www.clemson. knocking down 40-inch inflated edu/hort/Peach). trackballs and moving them His work emphasiz- around the track, passing them Newest Clemson Trustee ing the culture and either over or under a 6-foot THE S.C. GENERAL ASSEMBLY HAS ELECTED JOHN N. “NICKY” MCCARTER JR. ’80 use of pawpaw has 6-inch overpass. Teams were of Columbia to the Clemson University Board of Trustees. McCarter will fill the unexpired term of been featured on National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered” and on judged not only on point accumu- Thomas C. “Tom” Lynch Jr., who retired in February. This term will expire in 2010. ABC’s “World News Tonight.” lation, but also on design, team McCarter is president of Defender Services, a Columbia-based company providing outsource He provides statewide leadership for horticulture Extension spirit, professionalism and perse- solutions, including facility maintenance, security and landscaping, to commercial, industrial and programming and is a member of the steering committee of the verance. retail clients. Southern Region Small Fruit Consortium. Layne is editor of a new, com- To see a video recap of this A 1980 alumnus, McCarter previously served on Clemson’s Board of Visitors. prehensive textbook — The Peach: Botany, Production and Uses. For more year’s competition, go to www.clemson.edu/newsroom/multimedia/ information, email [email protected] or go to his Web site. video and click on “FIRST Robotics Competition.”
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Lady Tigers — way to go! Tra c bowl Sukumar Anekar, Priyank Alluri and winners Swathi Korpu THE NCAA PRESENTED THE CLEMSON ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT WITH A DIVERSITY IN CLEMSON STUDENTS COMPETING IN THE Athletics Award in Gender Equity Compliance, based on the proportion of female Southern District of the Institute of Transportation student athletes relative to the proportion of female undergraduates. Engineers (ITE) Traffic Bowl — 2008 William H. At Clemson, 45.7 percent of the undergraduate student population is female, Temple Scholarship Challenge — again took home and 45.5 percent of student athletes on varsity sports teams are female. Clemson the championship. is one of only seven Division I schools to receive the honor. Civil engineering master’s degree students So how are they doing? This was an excellent year for women’s Sukumar Anekar and Swathi Korpu and Ph.D. stu- sports at Clemson. The volleyball team reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament and won the ACC Championship. Women’s tennis reached the Sweet dent Priyank Alluri represented the state of South 16 in the NCAA Tournament and ranked 13th in the nation in the nal poll. Carolina in the “Jeopardy” style competition. The rowing team’s varsity 8 boat was selected for the NCAA Tournament for In addition, the Clemson ITE chapter, advised by professor Wayne Sarasua, was named best stu- the rst time ever, and the team nished 13th at the NCAA Championships. TM The women’s soccer team reached the second round of the NCAA tournament and dent chapter for the fifth straight year! For more on Town Square Cutting-Edge Fiber Network EarthCraft Certification Parks and Fields Osher Lifelong Learning Institute was selected for the tournament for the 15th straight year. Clemson’s chapter, go to www.clemson.edu/ce/about/ Clemson School District Nettles Park 18-Mile Creek Community Garden Clemson University ite.php. From Greenville and Easley: Take Hwy. 123 west into Clemson and exit at Issaqueena Trail. Turn left, heading south on Issaqueena Trail, and look for our visitor’s center under the flags. Summer 2008 9 8 Clemson World 8 www.clemson.edu/clemsonworld Prices and specifications subject to change without notice. Broker participation welcome. Spring 2008 9
APAT-4172_CW_Wave_FR1.indd 1 5/28/08 12:59:19 PM South Carolina teachers will soon have their very own Teacher A major gift of Upstate forestland The Cliffs Center for Renewal Center thanks to a major and cash will boost education Environmental Golf Research Sgift of Upstate forestland and cash The Cliffs Communities, along with from The Cliffs Communities and throughout the state. Clemson and top industry support, has launched a first-of-its-kind turfgrass research its foundations. Clemson will join center.
forces with the S.C. Department of The Cliffs Center for Environmental Education to oversee development Golf Research, in cooperation with the University, will be a laboratory for indus- and management of the center. Back to try-leading turfgrass research to produce The gift includes $10 million in cash and environmentally enhancing, ecologically more than 355 acres of prime real estate in complementary golf course and green the Jocassee Gorges area of Pickens County space management and maintenance prac- to support development of a Teacher tices. It will serve as a model for others in Renewal Center — a first-of-its-kind facility the golf course development business. in South Carolina. The goal of the center nature The center is located on a 5.6-acre site in is to enhance the quality of education by The Cliffs at Mountain Park in Travelers helping the state retain its best teachers. Rest. It includes research laboratories, two experimental Par 3 organic golf holes grown
“The center will offer a venue and program- Clay Bolt/ with both warm- and cool-season grasses, ming designed to renew teachers’ spirits and 40,000 square feet of turfgrass plots, and celebrate their contributions to our chil-
www.claybolt.com office, meeting and living space for adminis- dren, to our state and to our nation,” says trators and students. Jim Anthony, founder and chief executive officer of The Cliffs Communities. For more on the center, go to www.cliffs communities.com/golf. . Clay Bolt/ Tea e S — reconnect visit the waterfront complex for weeklong, other states is a youth development compo- the Blue Ridge Mountains of Pickens and renew residential seminars. The seminars will be nent that offers experience-based learning County features a trout stream, 60-foot www.claybolt.com organized around an interdisciplinary study for students while their teachers participate waterfall, fish pond, teepees, game field Anyone who has been a kindergarten of ideas, questions or themes. Initial plans in seminars. and hiking trails, with nearby access through high school teacher can tell you, for the center include a hotel, restaurant to the 76-mile Foothills Trail and Lake Clemson’s Youth Learning Institute teaching “is not for sissies.” As a result, and conference complex on the banks of Jocassee. — which already has strong programs . many teachers leave the profession within the Keowee River between lakes Keowee connecting children and teachers with the first few years. and Hartwell. “The relationship between Clemson nature such as Teaching Kids About the and The Cliffs Communities is a In South Carolina, more than 6,800 teach- Anthony believes the center will have Environment (KATE), residential field model for the way a public university ers will not be returning to the schools additional benefits. “For teachers, the more studies, camping and other activities — can partner with a private company where they taught last year, at a cost of they care and pour themselves into their will coordinate programs at the center. to achieve far-reaching, multidimen- nearly $75 million to S.C. taxpayers, ac- students, the more stressful it is,” he says. sional benefits,” says President Jim In addition, The Cliffs Communities gift cording to education department statistics. “We want to inspire them and lift their Barker. “The impact that this latest has added a wilderness adventure camp to Other states are facing similar issues. spirits. We want to reconnect them to what gift will have on South Carolina the Youth Learning Institute’s lineup of led them to the classroom in the first place. teachers, students and eventually the The Teacher Renewal Center will offer summer programs. Our children will surely reap the benefits.” S.C. teachers programs similar to those state’s overall education is a perfect of nationally recognized centers in North Adventure Camp provides campers, ages example.”
Clay Bolt/ Carolina and Washington. 12 to 15, with 10 days of outdoor wilderness Kids — amp and learn excursions. Located at Pinnacle Falls in Teams of 20 to 25 practicing K-12 the Eastatoe Valley, the 100-acre camp in www.claybolt.com One facet of the Teacher Renewal Center teachers from across the state will that will distinguish it from programs in 10 Clemson World 8 www.clemson.edu/clemsonworld Summer 2008 11 Summer 2008 11 . This year, from 10 They can also gain research and teaching skills through the percent to 14 percent S.C. DNA Learning Center at Clemson. As they become of Clemson’s incoming upperclassmen, FIRST students can participate in the freshman class is made undergraduate research program through Clemson’s SC LIFE of first-generation Project sponsored by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. college students. The Just completing its second full year, the FIRST Program is challenges they face will already proving successful for participating students through be a little steeper than higher GPAs and greater retention. those of students who grew up in homes where they had parents who could guide A generous grant from the NSF Science Talent Expansion them through college. Program currently funds FIRST. Because the NSF grant is intended to increase the number of students graduating Finding and keeping financial aid, maintaining good in science, technology, engineering and math, it applies to grades and social networking are critical needs for majors in Clemson’s College of Agriculture, Forestry and Life all students, but especially for those who are first Sciences and College of Engineering and Science. generation.
Clemson is addressing those needs through the new FIRST Program.
Thanks to a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant, excellent staff and experienced mentors, Clemson’s first- generation students majoring in science, technology, engineering and math have a variety of services and support First in the PATRICK WRIGHT specifically tailored for them. “The FIRST Program provides a home away from home for first-generation students,” says Sherry Dorris, program by Liz Newall coordinator. “It gives them opportunities to interact with first-generation faculty, staff and student mentors who will Program leaders have begun looking for ways to guide them toward reaching their full potential.” familyFIRST students with President Barker, support FIRST when the NSF grant runs out in two Justin Benoit, Brandy Moss, Nicole Crim Essential to FIRST’s success are its “proactive” short years. And, they want to be able to offer its A new program at Clemson helps and Juan Nieto mentors. These first-generation upperclassmen stay in services to all Clemson first-generation students in students who are scoring a first. contact with their freshmen throughout all majors. the summer and academic year, meeting “Students who are the first in their families frequently and serving as a close to attend college may not realize how special connection to the coordinator. they are,” says Barbara Speziale, associate Incoming first-generation students dean of Summer Programs and Academic can attend the FIRST Summer Outreach, and director of the NSF grant. Casey is first. So is Anita. Preview free of charge. They can stay “They have not only the intelligence on campus for a three-week summer and drive to get into college, but also And Stephen, H.J., Maribeth, Benjamin. course designed to improve their the courage to achieve a milestone for critical-thinking, problem-solving and their family. At Clemson, we want to do mathematical skills. Additional activities provide study skills everything we can to help them succeed.” In fact, President Jim Barker and introduce students to the campus, faculty and student services. For more information about FIRST, go to www.clemson.edu/ is first, too. They’re all first in ugs/first or contact Sherry Dorris at fi[email protected] or Throughout their Clemson experience, FIRST (864) 656-1674. their families to go to a four-year college. students have seminars, workshops, social events, field trips, newsletters, free tutoring and a What you can do designated lounge to meet with mentors, study and To support FIRST, you can make a secure online gift at www. network. clemson.edu/isupportcu or contact the Clemson Fund office at (864) 656-5896.
SummerSummer 20082008 1313 1212 ClemsonClemson WorldWorld 8 www.clemson.edu/clemsonworld ou could say Carolyn Schanen ’84 was born to the “My research medical profession — her father was an obstetrician. experiences as an
Brains didn’t hurt either. Schanen, originally from Greenwood, undergraduate at entered Clemson as a pre-veterinary major through an early Clemson shaped my admission program. career.” Between her junior and senior years, however, she found herself torn between going on to veterinary school or to medical school. A trip to the hospital with her father to see little girls out there who need us to work Yhim perform a C-section helped her shift from animal patients to human ones. harder to understand this disorder so that “My dad so clearly loved what he did for a living,” says Schanen. “His relationship with we might eventually develop a cure.” his patients was something I wanted to experience.” Researchers are making progress. As a Clemson undergraduate, she also discovered another passion that would be- Several years ago, they linked a gene called come a major part of her medical career — research. MECP2 on the X chromosome to the disease. Her then biological sciences professor and department head Dori Helms (now provost More recently, they’ve begun to understand and vice president for academic affairs), along with her adviser Gayle Noblet (now how the mutations can cause a variety of professor emeritus), suggested that Schanen experience more research as a part of her impairments. overall undergraduate experience. As the research advances, so does the hope She began working with biological sciences professor Alfred P. “Hap” Wheeler (now for treatment. department head) in studying calcified structures — oyster shells, in particular. At Nemours Human Genetics Research “The lab provided both intellectual and hands-on challenges and experiences,” Laboratory, Schanen’s team is developing a Schanen recalls. “There was also a collegiate, fun part to lab work.” cell-based analysis to screen possible drugs to alleviate RTT by restoring the defective She went on to the Medical University of South Carolina and entered the M.D./Ph.D. gene’s protein. Such research may also be program where she became engrossed in genetics. From there, she went to Stanford key to treating autism. University where she completed a residency in pediatrics and fellowship training in medical genetics. Schanen is hopeful that her team’s work will lead to better therapies that will allow girls Schanen is now at Nemours Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, with RTT to lead more normal lives, talking Del., where she’s a principal investigator at the Human Genetics Research Laboratory. and playing like other children. She has found her calling in trying to demystify the genetic disorder Rett syndrome. As the renowned geneticist looks forward, Rett syndrome (RTT) is a neurological condition similar to autism that strikes she also glances back to her days as a college ‘Fr mostly young girls. They start out as healthy, normal children, but soon begin to student. regress, losing the ability to speak and developing unusual hand movements that are a hallmark feature of the disorder. They often end up severely handicapped, both “My research experiences as an undergradu- mentally and physically. ate at Clemson shaped my career,” she says. “I learned that there were no questions too RTT hasn’t gotten the public attention over the years tough to tackle. It just takes patience and by Liz Newall that autism has because it isn’t as widespread. But it’s l g r s perseverance.” just as devastating. e s’ For more information on Rett syndrome and For those affected and those working for a cure, Dr. support, go to the International Rett Syndrome A Cl hci s ea ng t Nmrs Carolyn Schanen is a familiar name. Her research has Foundation Web site at www.rettsyndrome. Carolyn appeared in top medical journals across the country, org. For more on the Nemours Human Genetics Bimec R erc te qu t dmy fy Schanen and her presentations have keynoted national and Research Laboratory and Schanen’s work, go international conferences on RTT and related condi- to www.nemours.org/research/biomedical/ n re R nrm n lr st tions. program/genetic.html. rdrs. “The goal of helping the families affected by RTT through research provides the driving force in my lab,” says Schanen. “We always remember there are
Summer 2008 15 14 Clemson World 8 www.clemson.edu/clemsonworld Faces of Philanthropy Tea m Mo rse John and Suzanne Morse are fueling worldwide biodiversity research through Clemson.
rompted by his love for Clemson and his devotion to the advancement of biodiversity in solving world issues, Clemson alumnus and entomology professor PJohn C. Morse MS ’70, and wife, Suzanne, will soon see their efforts to fund an endowed chair in arthropod biodi- versity come to fruition. More than eight years ago, the Morses began contributing to an endowment to fund an endowed chair in arthropod biodiversity within the Department of Entomology, Soils and Plant Sciences. Over the years, the Morses’ personal $25,000-per-year contributions have been matched 4-to-1 by the W.C. English Foundation, created by Suzanne’s father in 1966. In three more years, the endowment will reach more than $1.25 million, fully funding the chair. The chair will recruit a leading scholar to teach, conduct research, inform land managers and decision-makers, and discover and manage economically detrimental effects and beneficial prod- ucts and services of arthropod species. “An understanding of biodiversity is critical to our earth,” says Morse, who has 14 species of bugs named in his honor. Sixty-five percent of all species of plants and animals are insects, and the cost to agriculture, homes, stored foods, fabrics and animals is roughly $5 billion per year. On the other hand, the benefits of arthropod diversity for society are immeasurable, but many times the cost. Their value ranges from essential ecological services like pollination and debris decomposition to natural and manufactured products for human use, like honey, silk, dyes and medicine. “An aggressive teaching and research initiative in biodiversity, led by a world-class arthropod scholar,” he says, “will not only elevate the stature of the University, but significantly impact our society.” Suzanne English Morse agrees with her husband and has given the support of her family’s foundation. Her father, the late W.C. English — an astute Virginia businessman who started English Construction Co. (one of the largest construction firms in Virginia) and W.C. English Inc., a general contracting firm — established the W.C. English Foundation prior to his death. “When my father was alive, he supported the same organizations every year — those that were close to his heart,” says Suzanne. “As time went on, we decided to continue to give to those organizations, but so that we could feel ownership, we expanded the list to include those that were near and dear to us as well.” Today, the W.C. English Foundation supports many religious and research-oriented activities, and English’s four daughters act as the English Foundation’s trustees — Joan Allen of Fayetteville, N.C., Beverley Dalton of Altavista, Va., Margaret Lester of Martinsville, Va., and Suzanne, who resides in Pendleton. “The [English] Foundation brings us together — we must physically be in the same room to review proposals, make decisions and determine investments.” No stranger to philanthropy, Suzanne accepted the 2006 Philanthropist of the Year award given by the Tri-County Technical College Foundation Board of Trustees for work through the English Foundation (she is a Tri-County Tech Foundation Board member). She’s also on the Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics Foundation Board. Together, the Morses are a formidable team leading change at Clemson and, quite possibly, throughout the world. For information on making a difference at Clemson University and far beyond, call (864) 656-2121 or go online to www.clemson.edu/isupportcu.
Summer 2008 17 16 Clemson World 8 www.clemson.edu/clemsonworld lemson is emerging as an information technology leader not only in the state but also in the nation. In two years, the University has built an IT environment Cand organization that have brought it to the forefront in higher education. In fact, according to TOP500 (June 2008), Clemson has the No. 62 supercomputing site in the world.
Information technology is evolving worldwide to include much more than just technology. The concept of cyberinfrastructure has All Clemson computing systems and the entire computer network many de nitions; but just as the term infrastructure refers collec- are monitored from the University’s new, state-of-the-art Network tively to the roads, power grids, telephone systems, rail lines and Operations Center (NOC). Located in the Information Technology Center similar public works required for an industrial economy, the term at the Clemson Advanced Materials Center, the NOC uses real-time diagnos- cyberinfrastructure refers to the foundational components of tics and other leading-edge technologies to keep a nger on the pulse of all distributed computer, information and communication technolo- University computing systems and network operations. This helps ensure gies. As infrastructure is required for an industrial economy, reliable and available services by diagnosing and correcting problems — cyberinfrastructure is required for a knowledge economy. often even before they have a chance to impact users. That’s what Clemson is building.
Cyberinfrastructure permits a new kind of scholarly inquiry and for computing and IT — set out to update, rebuild and greatly educational process, empowering communities to innovate and expand Clemson’s computing foundation. revolutionize what they do, how they do it and who participates. Cyberinfrastructure is about creating a culture of collaboration, So far, they have both within and across disciplines. As research and education • nearly completed an $8 million campus network upgrade; have grown increasingly computational and data-driven, col- • centralized and integrated services; laboration (especially electronic collaboration) in every academic discipline has become essential. • completed a major upgrade to the University’s main data center (which now allows signi cant advances in high-perfor- By building strong infrastructure, Clemson is attracting top mance computing and data storage, and network and systems faculty, enriching students’ educational experience and monitoring); helping South Carolina compete with other states that previ- • given researchers a pipeline for collaboration and grant access; ously outranked us in IT capacity for economic development. • assumed leadership in multiple S.C. cyberinfrastructure alli- Thanks to creative partnerships and inventive ways of increasing ances. capacities while keeping costs down, Clemson is making leaps in technology while being smart about its investments. In fact, Superhighway to research Clemson’s all-around information technology advances are mak- Clemson has scored a major advantage by creating a regional Clemson’s ing it an “IT model” for other universities. optical network known as C-Light, a ber-optic high-speed What’s all the buzz about? highway. It provides the foundation for research, academic and economic advancements that were previously impossible. A university’s strategically planned cyberinfrastructure means “C-Light is South Carolina’s rst and only connection to the greater capacity for research, education and outreach opportuni- new cyber national and international computing infrastructure. It puts ties. In other words, it’s a foundation for everything we do both Clemson ‘on the map’ in a big way,” says Bottum. now and in the future. Clemson’s boom in C-Light connects Clemson, Greenville and Atlanta, providing “The University has recognized the absolute necessity of a direct access to the National Lambda Rail, Internet2 and other strong cyberinfrastructure and has prioritized it through muscle cyberinfrastructure has national and international research networks. Work is also under appropriate funding and by making it the core of our new way to complete a connection to Charlotte, which will add moved the University into academic plan,” says Dori Helms, provost and vice president for redundancy (backup) to this critical new link to the research and academic a airs. the top 75 supercomputing high-performance computing world. Clemson Computing and Information Technology (CCIT) sta sites in the world. — led by Jim Bottum, chief information o cer and vice provost
Summer 2008 19 18 Clemson World 8 www.clemson.edu/clemsonworld Innovative industry partnerships valued at $2.4 million in startup National player, innovative leader gifts-in-kind funded the project with no additional burden to the As the University expands and strengthens its own cyberin- University’s education and general budget or to S.C. taxpayers. frastructure, it’s playing a leading role for the state and higher education. World-class workspace Clemson is providing guidance for the S.C. Computing Not only do researchers need access to the cyber superhighway, What’s blue Consortium (SC3), a coalition of ve major research institutions in they need vast and exible computing capabilities to conduct South Carolina including USC, MUSC, Hollings Marine Laboratory their research, collaborate, store and analyze huge amounts of and Savannah River National Laboratory. Last year, the consor- data. tium created the state’s rst presence at SC07, the International Part of the solution is a next-generation high-performance Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, and white and computing cluster. The Palmetto Cluster — a supercomputer Storage and Analysis. developed by CCIT in collaboration with researchers across Earlier this year, Clemson Computing and Information the University — is an innovative example of a shared Technology hosted a national-level conference — Ci Days — computing infrastructure and a key point in attracting top designed to explore innovative ways to integrate information faculty. technology into teaching, research and outreach programs. ordered all over? The research enabled by the Palmetto Cluster already runs the Nearly 350 faculty members, graduate students, IT sta and state gamut from cross-layer protocol design of wireless communica- research partners came together for three days with national tion networks to simulations in molecular dynamics to human agencies and providers of cyberinfrastructure resources and When the first Clemson Blue Cheese™ was developmental studies. services. The outcome was new working alliances to develop and cured in the Stumphouse Mountain Tunnel The system is both innovative and cost e ective because it’s deploy a strong cyberinfrastructure at Clemson and throughout based on a “condominium cluster” concept that uses small the state. back in 1941, it was the birth of a dearly held computer arrays assembled into larger units, much like a con- Clemson tradition. Now that it’s available on President Jim Barker says, “The work that Clemson is doing dominium complex. The cluster can be provisioned, con gured in cyberinfrastructure not only positions us as a national the Internet, it’s even easier to enjoy! and managed as faculty and research needs dictate. Faculty player, it is garnering international recognition that Clemson grants pay for a signi cant portion of the hardware (computing is an innovative leader in the areas of IT-enabled research nodes) while CCIT provides the rest of the nodes along with the and education.” That’s right. Now you can order Clemson Blue infrastructure to support it all. To learn more about Clemson Computing and Information Cheese, the best domestic blue cheese you’ll What about students? Technology, go to www.clemson.edu/ccit. ever taste, for all your delicious recipes at In addition to paying attention to what faculty need, CCIT www.clemsonbluecheese.com. has listened carefully to students as well. In fact, CCIT is as “customer-driven” as it is “cyber-driven.” It’s already increasing Jim Bottum, a premier the numerous new services like Google Apps for Education, a IT leader So pay us a visit, whether it’s in person at partnership developed by Clemson’s student government, CCIT Clemson’s chief information o cer the Eastside Food Court and Einstein Bros. and Google. and vice provost for computing and As for technical support, for the rst time, students (as information technology — Jim Bagels in the Hendrix Student Center or well as faculty and sta ) have a central location — the CCIT Bottum — is at the top of his eld. by surfing the Internet. There’s no better Customer Support Center in the University Union — to go He was named by Computerworld way to show your Clemson colors than by for help. Support hours have increased, too, and sta ers among its “Premier 100 IT have consistent training so they operate with a higher level Leaders,” and he’s on the Internet2 savoring our blue cheese! ® of professionalism. They also have Mac training, so Apple users board of trustees and two National can now get local support. Science Foundation advisory com- mittees. Earlier this year, he made 1-800-599-0181 Students have a wealth of new technical features, making study, the cover of STORAGE magazine class work and research faster and more e cient. For example, (Jan. 2008) in a feature that told instead of physically searching for open printers across campus, Clemson’s cyberinfrastructure they can access “iprint” from their laptops, check the list of avail- story. able printers and select the ones they need. On a much larger “The charge given to me when I came to Clemson was to build scale than technical support and ease of computing, students a world-class cyberinfrastructure to help move Clemson to the are the bene ciaries of all technological advances at Clemson. top 20,” says Bottum. “The campuswide support for our bold and www.clemsonbluecheese.com comprehensive initiatives has been exciting and gratifying.”
Summer 2008 21 20 Clemson World 8 www.clemson.edu/clemsonworld “Our goal is to set the standard in public service for Another project is “Rules of Engagement II — Community land-grant universities by engaging the whole campus Engagement for Future Design Professionals,” led by in service and outreach,” says Kathy Woodard, director architecture and landscape architecture professors and of the Service Alliance. a community development Extension agent. Last spring, 16 graduate and undergraduate architecture students In collaboration with the Office of Teaching Effectiveness formed Stewardship South, a design/build studio and Innovation, the Service Alliance offers courses to focused on cultural and environmental sustainability Earning assist faculty in developing service-learning classes. In (cu-stewardshipsouth.blogspot.com). addition, Service Alliance Faculty Fellows in all five col- leges serve as mentors and conduct workshops for In Denmark, design students worked with local commu- the faculty and graduate students. nity members to create a master plan. In Pendleton, they expanded on an earlier Keese Barn project to make the Clemson’s Community Scholars program provides schol- landmark more usable for the community. In Clemson, Clemson arships to students who want to make a difference in they concentrated on the Jaycee Park with plans for a S.C. communities. Up to 10 Community Scholars are stage canopy, educational signage, a stabilized stream seal of service selected for the program at the beginning of their bank and terraces to improve seating and viewing. freshman year. In their sophomore year, they begin par- ticipation in the Creative Inquiry program and focus on Offering a wealth of service support becoming effective change agents in their communities. As a network, Clemson’s Service Alliance combines Public By their junior year, the focus expands to an interna- Service Activities, service-learning and community service tional overview of civic engagement with a study-abroad across the University. It provides financial assistance to experience. During their senior year, students develop students interested in service-learning. It provides fac- and conduct community-based research projects. ulty resources for service-learning course development, reflection, assessment and documentation techniques.
“I can think of few other courses that have left such an indelible By Debbie Dalhouse mark on me!” says undergraduate student David Duncan.
Duncan, a management major, is talking about his experience in Clemson’s Client- Based Writing program, one of several programs affiliated with the University’s Clemson’s Service Service Alliance. He’s among 2,300 juniors and seniors who have participated in the writing program over the past five years. Alliance helps Writing for change The alliance also operates the Campbell Scholars pro- In other words, Service Alliance offers a wealth of sup- Client-Based Writing projects in the Advanced Writing program match classes with students develop gram in which incoming freshman recipients serve as port for service-learning — what President Jim Barker local clients who need communications materials. Clients are primarily nonprofits tutors for elementary and middle school students eight calls “the most important pedagogical change in teach- that address issues such as food and shelter for the poor, health care, the environ- into citizens, not hours per week. The Campbell Scholars program is ing and learning in the past two decades.” ment, arts and education, as well as government agencies and public schools in funded by the late Robert S. Campbell and wife, Betsy, the Clemson, Anderson and Greenville areas. This program has involved more than just taxpayers. through the Campbell Young Leader’s Corp. To find out more about the role of service-learning in the 100 classes with 25 writing faculty and 47 clients. overall Clemson experience, go to www.clemson.edu/ servicealliance. The project that Duncan worked on was a proposal for Concerned Citizens for From preventing obesity to saving landmarks Animals in Greenville County. “When the professor taught us techniques for The Citizens and Scholars program — interdisciplin- writing proposals and grants, I immediately put this knowledge into practice … ary service-learning and community-based research Service-learning is the most important on health, socioeconomic and environmental concerns detailing what my group would achieve for them,” he says. “Because I was able to “pedagogical change in teaching and learning apply what I was learning in class toward a worthwhile endeavor, I remembered — addresses real-world problems facing communities, more from the teachings. I still refer to it on a regular basis.” families and industries in South Carolina. in the past two decades, and it has found
Client-Based Writing, supported by the Robert S. Campbell Endowment, prepares For example, “Understanding Grass-Roots Obesity fertile soil in which to grow at Clemson in our students for the workplace by engaging them in projects that have relevance Prevention and Control Efforts,” by public health scienc- legacy of public service. Civic responsibility beyond the classroom. It was honored with the 2008 Education Service-Learning es professors, joins Clemson students with the Eastside must be the very fabric of teaching and Award by the S.C. Commission on Higher Education. Neighborhood Alliance, Morningside Neighborhood Association, Partners for a Healthier Honea Path and learning in all disciplines. We must graduate Engaging the whole campus Pendleton Pride in Motion to combat obesity-related citizens, not just taxpayers. Service-learning at Clemson isn’t limited to one program or even one college. illnesses. — President” Jim Barker
Summer 2008 23 22 Clemson World 8 www.clemson.edu/clemsonworld CEMETERY CHRONICLES Giving life to Cemetery Hill PATRICK WRIGHT by Woodland Cemetery Stewardship Committee
even years ago this summer, “Cemetery Chronicles” and it means so much to my family that it has been taken care of made its debut in Clemson World as an early initiative so well. of the Woodland Cemetery Stewardship Committee. In addition to the many stories that have been shared through The idea behind this column was simple: to tell part of the “Cemetery Chronicles,” we have also periodically provided an Clemson story through glimpses into the lives of those update to Clemson World readers on the progress of physical whoS have earned resting places on Cemetery Hill and to raise aware- enhancements that have taken place within Woodland Cemetery. ness of e orts and opportunities to preserve and enhance this sacred Since our last update in the summer of 2006, the original capital ground. improvements planned for the cemetery have been completed. A With the generous help of many of you, the idea has proven to be a new set of stone entry gates along Williamson Road was constructed wonderful success. in 2006. Earlier this year, the entranceway was enhanced with ter- raced landscaping, new paving and two rows of oaks that will grow In the 28 chronicles that have been published to date, we have to provide a stately entrance alley connecting the cemetery to the shared the stories of more than two dozen Clemson legends through historic center of campus. the voices of many alumni, family and friends who have graciously served as volunteer authors. We have also heard from many Clemson All of these important improvements have been made possible World readers who have shared their own touching memories in by a strong contingent of generous supporters. The Stewardship response to the chronicles. The following is a sampling of stories we Committee has secured a total of $480,000 to date for the ceme- have collected that remind us of the importance of this work: tery’s preservation and enhancements. I remember, as a child, going to Clemson football games and lis- We’re deeply grateful to those who’ve made financial gifts to the tening to my grandfather talking to Frank Howard about how Cemetery Preservation Fund. We also appreciate the students, staff the season was shaping up. I remember him taking me into Judge and alumni who have given their time and energy to help clean the Keller’s to visit, and Judge Keller asking me if I was going to Woodland Cemetery grounds, preserve its trees, provide tours for be a Miss Tigerama one day … and I remember how the bells events like Reunion Weekend and Bring Your Daughter to Clemson, of Tillman Hall played at his funeral. Though I did not attend and provide outlets like this one to tell the cemetery stories. We Clemson, it will always be an important part of my life, and I owe believe the return on these monetary and in-kind investments will much of that to Joe Sherman. I’m happy to see that my grand- last through many generations of Clemson men and women. father hasn’t been forgotten. Despite the recent achievements mentioned above, the Stewardship One of the hats Col. Rick Robbins wore at Clemson was that Committee’s work is not nished — there’s still more to do to improve of “Cheerleader Adviser.” Being a cheerleader during the “Hootie the grounds and maintain the health of the wooded environment. era” was a life experience for all of us who attempted to rally the However, we are excited to have reached an important milestone students as our beloved Tigers were getting whooped … by whom- with the completion of these recent capital projects. Our special ever we seemed to play. But Col. Robbins was there with the thanks go out to you for reading “Cemetery Chronicles” and to all Tigers on the sidelines, and he was there for us cheerleaders, but those who have supported our work over the past seven years. more importantly, he was there for me, personally, for the four years I was a student.” We hope you will continue to join us in paying tribute to the men and women who served Clemson so faithfully and make our My grandmother told me for years that she distinctly remembered Woodland Cemetery a unique Clemson legacy. there being a hill and trees. I always knew that they [great grand- parents Charlie and Susan Ella Henry] were buried in Clemson, but I had no idea it was on campus. A couple of months after I For more “Cemetery Chronicles,” visit the Web at www.clemson.edu/ found the graves, my mother and I carried my grandmother to see clemsonworld/chronicles/. them. She had not been there since the funerals many years ago. To support its preservation and research, you can make a gift through After she cried a little bit she looked around and said that it was the enclosed envelope and designate it for the “Cemetery Hill exactly how she remembered it. It really is a beautiful cemetery, Preservation Fund.”
Summer 2008 25 24 Clemson World 8 www.clemson.edu/clemsonworld Texas Tigers MARK YOUR CALENDAR for LIFELONG CONNECTIONS With Your Alumni Association President Jim and Marcia reunion and homecoming events! Barker visited Clemson CAFLS Tees & Tailgate folks in Texas earlier this Cool Clemson women! year. Their Austin hosts, The College of Agriculture, Forestry and pictured here, are Suzanne Life Sciences (CAFLS) is hosting its an- and Jay Watson ’82. Diann nual alumni golf tournament — Sept. 11 at and David Holl ’85 hosted the Walker Course — to raise funds for the the Barkers in Dallas. Tom Skelton CAFLS Alumni Scholarship Texas is home to nearly Fund. The CAFLS Alumni Tailgate and Ag Alumni Master Teacher 2,000 Clemson alumni. Youth Day is scheduled for Sept. 27 at Fike Recreation Center, to begin four hours be- Economics professor Daniel Benjamin is the 2008 Alumni Master fore kickoff. For more information, contact Teacher. The award is presented for outstanding undergraduate L&IT alumni Sennah Honea at (864) 656-8998, schonea@ th classroom instruction to a faculty member nominated by the student Women’s Alumni Council hosted the 10 annual Bring Your clemson.edu, or Kirby Player at (864) body and selected by the Student Alumni Council (pictured with These language and international Daughter to Clemson weekend in May to treat girls, ages 6 to 17, 656-3662, [email protected]. to a taste of the Clemson experience, possible career paths and a Benjamin). trade (L&IT) alumni returned to whole lot of Tiger fun. In 2006, Benjamin was named Alumni Distinguished Professor Clemson earlier this year to talk with HEHD Homecoming of Economics by the Alumni Association for his excellence in current students during the Language To commemorate the event, the council raised well over $10,000 The College of Health, Education and teaching. He’s taught across the country and overseas and has been and International Trade Conference. for the Women’s Alumni Council Endowed Scholarship in the past Human Development is holding its 2008 a National Science Foundation Fellow, National Fellow, Visiting The event is sponsored by the year, which provides three renewable $1,000 scholarships each year. homecoming on Nov. 15, before the Tigers Distinguished Scholar, Caird Honorary Research Fellow and languages department and L&IT For more information, go to www.clemson.edu/alumni/clubs/ take on Duke. The event, for HEHD alumni, recipient of a variety of teaching awards. program in the College of women. students and their families, will include fun, Architecture, Arts and Humanities. food and games. For details, go to www.hehd. Front row, from left, are Ludmila Neagu ’05, Donna Murphy ’93, Leigh Roberson ’00; back clemson.edu/pages/news_events/index.php. Outstanding researchers row: Bernell Ingram ’00, professor John Bednar (former L&IT director), Paul Ervin ’06 Alumni relations senior director Wil Brasington presents the 2008 Clemson and Michael Hunt ’94. (Photo from Barry Davis ’71) AAH/BBS Real Estate Alumni Association Research Award to physics and astronomy professor Terry Development event Tritt ’80, PhD ’85 and electrical and computer engineering professor Ian Walker. Graduate students in the Master of Real Es- Tritt’s research focuses on developing higher-efficiency thermoelectric materials Clemson Clubbing tate Development program, a joint program that could increase energy savings. Walker researches robotic manipulator between the College of Architecture, Arts systems that can help robots navigate rough terrain, such as in search-and-rescue Wil Incoming freshman Kelsey Norton (left) Terry Wil Ian Walker Brasington and Humanities and the College of Business Tritt Brasington situations. and her sister, Candace Norton ’96, and Behavioral Science, are planning a kick- meet Coach Tommy Bowden during a off tailgate party before the game on Sept. 13 Clemson Club meeting in Hartsville. for MRED alumni and the members of the The Alumni Association and IPTAY Advancement Board of the Center for Real co-sponsored 16 whirlwind Clemson Estate Development. For more information, Club events last spring where alumni, email Leila Blackmon at lblackm@clemson. friends and fans came for the latest news edu or call (352) 494-4830 or (864) 656-3657. about the University, alumni services and Clemson athletics.
We can Calling TN Tigers help you The Nashville Clemson Club’s 2008 ACC reconnect vs. SEC Alumni Golf Tournament — to Do you have a special group or benefit CASA-Nashville (court-appointed organization of former Clemson Golden Class of 1958 special advocates for children) — is set for classmates you’d like to get together? Oct. 13, at the Hermitage Golf Course. We can help. Contact Dana th The Class of 1958 reassembles for its 50 anniversary portrait at the Military Heritage Plaza in front of Tillman Hall during 2008 Clemson For the very latest, go to www.accsec- Anderson, director of reunions and Alumni Reunion in June. golf4casa.org or contact Evan Vutsinas ’79 special events, at (864) 656-2345 or Chris Looney ’06, Tom Bratcher ’99, Charles Cooper The class celebrated its golden anniversary by giving major support for the construction of the Scroll of Honor, a campus memorial for at [email protected]. ’84 and Scott Harbort during last year’s ACC vs. email [email protected]. alumni who have died in service to our country. Members also continued support of the Class of 1958 Unrestricted Scholarship endowment. SEC Alumni Golf Tournament. Gifts from the class, since graduation, total nearly $12.5 million.
Summer 2008 27 26 Clemson World 8 www.clemson.edu/clemsonworld assume a two-year role instead of a “one and done” like we’ve had The more we know, the better we can serve as a central in the past. information and service center for all alumni, regardless of the specific affinity group or occasion. You’ll also have more Alumni Council serving you The new model’s Alumni Council will greatly expand to opportunities to be involved with classmates, fellow alumni and include Clemson Club and other alumni constituency group the University. presidents; undergraduate and graduate student presidents; Clemson Alumni Association — representatives from each graduating class, academic college, the Changing the way we do business Board of Visitors, Foundation Board and Board of Trustees; the What won’t change? University president and the vice president of Advancement; and Our commitment! We’ll continue to be there for Clemson alumni, Your Alumni Association is changing — from its constitution and leadership dynamics to the way it reaches out the Alumni Association executive director, senior director and to help maintain the relationship and strengthen the bonds with to you individually and to your Clemson Clubs, academic organizations and other Clemson alumni groups. the alumni board. To say the least, it will be a more representative the University. This includes: collection of alumni interests from across our campus as well as The Alumni Association recently took a long hard look at itself. Alumni president Grant Burns and other the globe. • An open, non-dues association for all former students of leaders consulted with alumni across the country, established a task force and engaged outside as well as Clemson University; internal evaluation for a detailed self-study. The new Alumni Council will leave the core work — budget, strategic planning, etc. — to the Alumni Board. The council will • Current services such as top-notch travel programs, lifetime The result is a new strategic plan that will change the governing structure of the Alumni Association, have at least two regular meetings each year and will provide email forwarding, career assistance and networking benefit the University and, most importantly, expand opportunities for Clemson alumni. leadership, ideas, input and good will to help us serve, involve opportunities, Clemson World magazine; We sat down with Wil Brasington, senior director of alumni relations, to get answers to a few questions that and inform alumni and advance interests of the University. • Award programs recognizing and thanking Clemson’s finest we think you might want to ask. It’s our hope and intent that the membership of this newly formed alumni, faculty, public service professionals and others body will benefit from involvement through the establishment for their outstanding service and contributions to the of new contacts and friendships, the exchange of ideas and “best University; them to do the core work — the budget, strategic planning, Why the sudden change? practices” among organized groups of alumni, and a heightened • Special events to help alumni celebrate Clemson connections policy-setting and adhere to mission. It’s not sudden. The Clemson Alumni Association hasn’t sense of awareness about issues important to Clemson. here and in their own communities through clubs and alumni undergone a change of this magnitude in decades. We thought it On top of that, we’ve asked them to be ambassadors, to help us groups. was time to look at our organization and gauge its relevance in its keep up with campus concerns, alumni constituent groups, the What do those “governing changes” mean for me? current state. In other words, we wanted to see if we could better need for new services and much more. With recent University (See all Clemson Alumni services and programs at www.clemson. Fewer referred calls, quicker answers, more points of contact and edu/alumni.) serve our alumni and the University with some reorganization and and alumni growth and advances, we feel the current Alumni expanded services. new approaches. National Council is being asked to do too much. With a larger, more diverse Alumni Council, we will have a What’s the takeaway message you’d like to give all To make improvements, we needed to address the governing The new model calls for an Alumni Board of Directors of broader knowledge of what’s going on with Clemson alumni alumni? document, the Clemson Alumni Association Constitution. So we 12-19 members who serve three-year terms. They will have at across the state and across the country. did a thorough line-by-line analysis. least four regular meetings a year to carry out the managerial As the University aspires to do an even greater job of serving its and oversight responsibilities that are typically the core work The on-campus representatives will help us become more students, state, nation and beyond in its quest for top 20, we too We underwent an intensive 90-day self-study, spearheaded of most boards: approving our annual budget, creating policy, involved with each academic college, school and department as it aspire to do the same in meeting the needs and representing the by a specially appointed task force, before we made any monitoring the progress of our strategic plan, and similar organizes and hosts alumni reunions and activities. interests of Clemson’s outstanding alumni. It’s our hope and intent recommendations for change. assignments that would fall under the care of this entity. — through these recent enhancements — that we’ll be better prepared to accomplish this now and in the future. What are the highlights? The current Alumni Association president, past president and president-elect will be on the board along with others chosen by The main constitutional changes are in governance. Until now, a nominating committee. Another change is that presidents will we’ve had an Alumni National Council — 17 nominated and Alumni president, 2008-2010 elected members, who served a term of four years — as well as Leslie Dunlap Callison ’81 of 8-10 leaders of various University and alumni groups. We’ve asked Lexington is the new Clemson Alumni Association president. She follows in the footsteps of her father, Thornwell Dunlap Jr. ’53, who served as president, 1995-96. Callison’s children, Caroline and Reel, are both Clemson students.
“I believe the Clemson experience can be a lifelong one for every alumnus,” says Callison. “My focus will be on connecting the University with as many graduates as possible, renewing in each of them the pride that is uniquely Clemson.”
Summer 2008 29 28 Clemson World 8 www.clemson.edu/clemsonworld Laboratory — African grasslands Natural resources students study ecology in the grasslands of South Africa. STUDENT LIFE The Clemson class trip, conducted during spring break, is the rst American educational class to visit the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park between Clemson students circle up for LeaderShape® training. South Africa and Botswana. Getting in ‘leader shape’ The course Fifty-four Clemson students spent the rst week was taught by of summer break participating in the national forestry and LeaderShape Inc. — a unique curriculum for top natural resources professors Bill Student Alumni Council (SAC) universities across the country to “improve society by members run down the Hill inspiring leadership with integrity.” To learn about Bowerman and Drew Lanham. during senior week. Clemson’s Center for Student Involvement, go to www.clemson.edu/studentinvolvement. Health services to SAA rallies for students Service project — Bahamas Sacramento Student Alumni Association (SAA) and its governing body SAC hosted a week of Laura-Allen Kerlin and Danni Davis visit a child- Health educator Salley Palmer Ouellette fun and traditional events honoring graduating seniors in April — from the Ring care center during their spring break trip to the (left) and student Emily Rita Accipiter, of Ceremony and Senior Picnic to free Clemson ice cream and a “Rub the Rock” island of Eleuthera. Students from the Clemson Clemson’s Student Health Services, meet event. For more on SAA and SAC, go to www.clemson.edu/alumni/saa. University Gospel Choir and Clemson Wesley NBA star Kobe Bryant during the National Foundation joined forces during spring break Tobacco Symposium on Young Adults in for service in the rural islands of the Bahamas. Sacramento, Calif. Racing for Marines They worked on construction projects, in Clemson o ers CU Quit, through Semper Fi Society members stand at the nish line of the Lt. Col. Jimmie Dyess schools and in medical clinics. Redfern’s O ce of Health Promotion, which gives individual tobacco cessation 5K Run in honor of the heroic 1931 alumnus and U.S. Marine. Proceeds help fund counseling and “quit kits.” For more information, call (864) 656-0532. the society, Toys for Tots and the Mission — Honduras Scroll of Honor memorial. Semper Health science Top-10 Baja SAE Fi Society includes Marine Corps student Chris Classroom — Italy Clemson students place ninth in the reservists, prior-service Marines, Hopkins and Communication studies student Rich Wills, Baja SAE (Society of Automotive o cer candidates and supporters. nursing student Engineers) International Collegiate Design It’s hosting a Marine alumni center, is studying in Paderno del Grappa, Italy, Casey Skelnik Competition in May. Clemson’s team, dinner open to all Clemson gradu- use summer through the Consortium of Universities for International Studies. He’s pictured with friends comprised of students from various ates and current students who are “vacation” for a on Mount Grappa just outside his campus. majors, began last fall designing, creat- Marines, or are working to become medical mission to Clemson participates in the program as part of ing and testing an o -road vehicle from a Marine, and their families. For Hospital Bautista CIMBA: Consortium Institute of Management scratch. For more on the Clemson Baja more information, email sm soc@ in Guaimaca, clemson.edu or go to www.clemsonmarines.com. and Business Analysis. SAE team, go to www.ces.clemson.edu/ Honduras. sae/minibaja.
Clemson M B A! M B A! All that jazz Clemson master’s in business administration (MBA) and master’s in marketing Upstate college students enjoy “Love and Jazz” — a con- students pull together to raise funds for Special Olympics North Carolina. cert featuring international utist Galen Abdur-Razzaq. They competed with 16 MBA programs from across the country in the annual From left are Furman student Shira Ratli and Clemson graduating seniors Ashlynn Jackson and Brittani Harmon. Duke MBA Games, winning in fundraising and the Olympic feat of briefcase toss- The Clemson event was sponsored during Black ing. But the real accomplishment was the encouragement and friendship they History Month by the O ce of Multicultural Programs gave to the Special Olympians. and Services, WSBF, Council on Diversity A airs, For more on Clemson’s MBA program, go to www.clemson.edu/mba. For Graduate Student Government, Lambda Theta alumni information, go to business.clemson.edu/MBA/alumni. Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. and CLEMSONLiVE.
Summer 2008 31 30 Clemson World 8 www.clemson.edu/clemsonworld The Clemson Family The Clemson Family 3rd Congressional District. He’s 1971 Colo. Business Hall of Famer president and CEO of Blue *Darrell H. Garber (SED, M Ridge Electric Cooperative Inc. CLASSMATES *Harry H. Frampton III ’67 ’73 EDUC) of Kutztown, Pa., is Agriculture and science graduate Harry Frampton ’67 has been inducted into the dean of education at Kutztown golf course at age 94. He walks Colorado Business Hall of Fame. 1969 University. the course and recently hit a ‘Those days after the war’ *J. Glenn Cantrell (ECON) of Frampton, as Vail Associates Inc. president hole-in-one! *John H. Truluck Mason “Mickey” H. Dorsey ’49 Anderson is senior vice presi- and later as East West Partners *John R. Steer (AGRON, Jr. ’38 (ARCH) reports that dent and area executive for Textile engineering graduate Mickey co-founder, helped grow Vail and Beaver M ’75 AGECON) of Fairfax Budd continues to be a gentle- Capital Bank. Dorsey of Seabrook Island — retired Creek resorts into two of the world’s nest Station, Va., has retired after man and asset to all. founder and president of Lubromation mountain resort destinations. more than 36 years with the Inc. in Charlotte, N.C. — recently made *George A. Southgate (CRE) federal government. During 1940s an appearance on German and Austrian He has also served as board chairman for of Calhoun, Ga., was named that time he was commissioner, TV in a new documentary on post-World the Vail Valley Foundation and the Urban Georgia Runner’s Grand Prix vice chairman and general “Life at the Clemson College Land Institute, director of the U.S. Ski & War II Germany. Runner of the Year in 2007. counsel of the U.S. Sentencing Hotel During World War II Snowboard Team and in many other Commission, and previously and After,” by history pro- He and several other former soldiers leadership roles. t was a senior staff member for fessor emeritus *Ernest from the Allied countries that had oc- 1970 1930 For the University, he’s president of the U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond. “Whitey” Lander, has been cupied Germany were interviewed for “Congratulations!” to James A. Kennedy (TXINDED) Clemson University Foundation Board, an reprinted and is available the documentary on the last months and *Dennis D. Moore (ENGL) of He has joined the law firm of (right) of Richmond, Va., cel- Alumni Fellow and a generous scholarship supporter. at the Pendleton District year after the war — “Damals nach dem Tallahassee, Fla., for winning Allenbaugh Samini LLP as a ebrated his 100th birthday with Historical Commission and Krieg” (“those days after the war”). Frampton, who also holds a degree from Harvard, remains a principal of Slifer the Clemson Fund’s “Romance senior partner. nephew W. Craig Kennedy Jr. at McClure’s Bookshop in Smith & Frampton Real Estate. He was named Vail Citizen of the Year in 1987 Package” for two, including ’57 (INDMGT) of Albemarle, During the war, Mickey was commander of an armored car called “The Four Rebels,” Clemson. and Beaver Creek Citizen of the Year in 2004. a night’s accommodations at N.C., and other family and which had the distinction of penetrating enemy lines and progressing the farthest 1974 the James F. Martin Inn, din- *William R. Short (INDMGT) friends. east of all Allied units during combat to near Waidhofen, Austria. It was also the rst to arrive in the liberation of the concentration camp Gunskirchen Lager. ner at Seasons by the Lake, of Roswell, Ga., is president and 1950 Department of Transportation champagne, chocolates and a *Leigh H. Hammond 1955 CEO of Touchmark Bancshares 1935 Dorsey has received medals from the Jewish Community Council of California Commission, representing the wonderful getaway. (AGECON) of Raleigh, N.C., *George U. Bennett (A&S) Inc. and Touchmark National *B. George “Budd” Price and the Nation of Israel. Two years ago he was made an honorary member of the a retired professor of economics of Clemson recently received Bank. (EE) of Walterboro is still mak- Austrian World War II Veterans Association for his honored service. and associate vice chancellor at the S.C. Athletic Hall of Fame ing quite an impression on the Distinguished Service Award. Wendy’s Hall of Famer *Marilyn Walser Thompson N.C. State University, received Bennett, who served as exec- *Joseph J. Turner ’71, M ’77 (ENGL) of Silver Spring, Md., Walter’s ring goes home Bobby and Betty the Outstanding Alumnus utive secretary to IPTAY for Clemson entrepreneur and *Bobby L. Huguley ’52 Huguley sign the Award and the William L. 22 years and is a member of Clemson Legacy former alumni and IPTAY SEND YOUR Turner Award for Outstanding the Clemson Athletics Hall Thanks to education graduate Bobby Huguley of Columbia, Registry. director Joe Turner has been NEWS F O R Public Service from the the 1950 “found” Clemson ring mentioned in the winter issue of Fame, has also received the inducted into the Wendy’s CL ASSE S T O: university. Friends and asso- of Clemson World has been returned to its owner. Clemson Alumni Association Hall of Fame. Turner is chair- Clemson World ciates endowed the Leigh H. Distinguished Service Award Huguley, a retired Je erson-Pilot Corp. executive, decided man and chief executive 114 Daniel Drive Hammond Scholarship in eco- and a Lifetime Achievement to track down the owner of the ring found in a Clemson gas officer of First Sun Clemson, SC 29631-1520 nomics at N.C. State, and he station restroom in 1993 or 1994. He learned that it was in Award from the National Management Corp., a or fax your items to us at has been honored with the the possession of the Pine Ridge police chief. He obtained the Association of Athletics 49-unit Wendy’s Old (864) 656-5004 or email Order of the Long Leaf Pine, Directors. ring for a weekend by leaving his own ring as collateral! Fashioned Hamburgers Turner, center, with Wendy’s International chief [email protected]. North Carolina’s highest civil- franchise headquartered in operations o cer Dave Near and CEO Kerrii He knew from the 1950 TAPS and alumni directories ian award, twice. Clemson. His business part- Anderson. Be sure to include your that there were nine “Walters” for that year. With only 1964 Charles E. Dalton (INDMGT) ner is political science graduate *Kelly Durham ’80. full name, class year, the name “Walter” discernable inside the ring, he had a major and address. jeweler use a powerful magni er to see the hometown of 1952 of Easley was elected to the S.C. Turner, who joined the Wendy’s system in 1981, has twice been selected as one *Henry O. Eubanks Jr. Savannah, Ga. of the Wendy’s systems top franchise operators and has twice been recognized as (ARCH) of Matthews, N.C., Wendy’s Marketer of the Year. He’s a trustee of the Wendy’s National Advertising ADDRE SS * Active Clemson Fund CHANG ED? He then joined forces with the University’s records department to narrow the list. The ring rst belonged to the late is working with the Korean donor for 2008 Fiscal Year Plan, which he serves as president. Walter N. Gnann ’50. His son *Walter Jr. ’91 of Beaufort had the ring cut to size when he inherited it thus removing the War Veterans Association to You can call it in directly (July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2008) At Clemson, Turner has served in and supported just about every aspect of the last name. Huguley met Walter Jr. in Orangeburg and gave him his long lost ring — truly an act of Clemson kindness and erect the N.C. Korean War to 1-800-313-6517, fax through May 30. University, from the Alumni Association to IPTAY, from the Clemson University perseverance. Memorial. He would like any (864) 656-1692 or email For more information, call Foundation Board to the Clemson Libraries. Also, special thanks to Stephen Schutt ’01 of the University’s police department for bringing the ring to Clemson World‘s interested Clemson alumni and Annual Giving at [email protected]. attention. friends to contact him at (864) 656-5896. Turner is married to personnel services graduate *Cathy Campbell M ’76. [email protected].
Summer 2008 33 32 Clemson World 8 www.clemson.edu/clemsonworld The Clemson Family The Clemson Family is the accountability editor 1978 *Nicki Fernandez Mitchell Lose Weight, Feel Great! Her on the national desk at The Career of ‘ rsts’ Engineering law (PRTM) of Atlanta, Ga., is Web site (www.todaysultima- *J. Scott Andrew (ADMMGT) Washington Post newspaper in Georgia Keenan Lack ’75 a life sciences practical spe- temom.com) has information of Mooresville, N.C., earned *Janine Anthony Bowen ’89, Washington, D.C. cialist with Egon Zehnder about it and her first book, Certified Financial Planner Georgia Lack of Lugo became a trailblazer back in M ’91 International. Managing Life with Kids. status and is a financial plan- 1971 when she became the rst female accepted Industrial engineering graduate Janine *Robert S. Watson (ZOOL) of ner with Preferred Financial into Clemson’s electrical and computer engineering Bowen of Atlanta, Ga., discovered Clemson Raleigh, N.C., is vice president, Elizabeth J. Pendleton Strategies. program. She, along with two students who had during high school while attending the 1993 (ECHED) of Charlotte, N.C., regulatory affairs in the oncol- changed majors, became the University’s rst Clemson Career Workshop. Several degrees *Christy Betz Conway received National Board ogy research and development 1982 women to earn degrees in electrical and computer and a wealth of experience later, she’s now (ANSC) is married and living group at GlaxoSmithKline. engineering in 1975. a partner with McKenna Long & Aldridge Certification. She teaches in Kingsland, Ga. She’s a vet- *Mike A. Gearhart LLP law rm in Atlanta. in Charlotte-Mecklenburg erinarian and owner of Betz (CPENGR) of Spartanburg is Lack joined the Charleston Naval Shipyard planning department in 1977 as the Schools. Veterinary Services. 1975 president of manufacturing and rst female engineer working in electrical design. When she went to the Naval Bowen focuses on commercialization of Doye B. Cox (M ESE) of life sciences at CH2M Hill, an Electronic Systems Engineering Center in 1980, she was the only female engineer technology and intellectual property, Chattanooga, Tenn., is vice Amanda Tieder Somers P. Michael DePue (CE) of engineering firm. there. She later became its rst female division head and department head. issues surrounding e-commerce and the protection and exploitation of Internet- president of Barge Waggoner (P-PHYT) of Greer received a Madison, Wis., helped pre- She recently retired from Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Charleston, based assets, privacy and information security, data and email retention and Sumner and Cannon Inc. degree in physical therapy from pare the report “A California *D. Keith Reeves (FINMGT, where she most recently served as Corporate Operation’s chief of operations technology export compliance. She has also worked for Accenture, CIBA Vision MUSC. She’s owner of Sports Challenge” on the flooding M ’87 CNLGUID) of Liberty is and acting Corporate Strategy division head. Along the way she has pulled cable Corp. and IBM. Spine & Industrial Therapy problems facing that state. 1976 associate director of financial under the ight deck of an aircraft carrier in the July heat and descended ladders She says her experience as an engineer serves her well as a lawyer both in an and Performance Training Ronald W. Byrd (FORMGT) aid at Clemson and president to submarines in winter wind gusts of 40 miles per hour. understanding of technology and problem solving. Center with offices in Greer, *Curt H. Plyler (FINMGT) of Darlington is general of the Southern Association Through it all, she managed with a solid orange family. Husband, Michael, was While maintaining a consecutive annual giving record to Clemson, Bowen has Simpsonville and Greenville. of Raleigh, N.C., is a principal manager of Forest Products of Student Financial Aid a chemistry major at Clemson and is now a minister. Son Christopher ’01 is a also served the Alumni Association in a variety of roles in New York and now She and her partners were with Fort Hill Association LLP, Division, Sonoco Products in Administrators. chemical engineer, and son Tim is studying economics. in Atlanta. She recently endowed a scholarship in the industrial engineering named the 2007 S.C. Small Hartsville. He’s chairman of a consultancy specializing in Contributed by Susan Piedfort ’78 department. Business of the Year. the Foresters Council of South 1983 contract audits and preconstruc- Carolina and secretary of the tion reviews. *Dave L. Jenkin (FINMGT) *J. Hal Wilson (INDMGT) Clemson’s alumni relations and *Mary Caroline Heath Walker S.C. Forestry Association. Alexander Haas Martin & *Haven Long Hart (SED- of Atlanta, Ga., is a partner Partners. of Taylors is vice president, PSYCH, M ’90 CNLGUID) of donor services. (MKTG) of Mount Pleasant Dani L. Whaley (PRTM) of in the philanthropic firm of consumer and business loans Myrtle Beach is acting assis- has published a second book, Simpsonville is an account 1985 officer with First Savers Bank tant vice president for Student 1991 in Greenville. Affairs at Coastal Carolina *Ethan R. Burroughs Crafting The Boatloads Mark D. Wilson (SED-HI, M Among Maryland’s best ’86 ADMSPV) of Madison, University. (FINMGT) is Spartanburg C. Dan Albergotti ’86, M ’88 *Rosemary M. Thomas ’90 Ga., was named the 2008 1988 market president for Wachovia English graduate Dan Albergotti of Principal of the Year by the Doris Daniel Cole (M 1989 Bank N.A. Political science graduate Rosemary Thomas Conway is a poet, professor and core Ga. Association of Secondary ADMSPV, EdS ’93, PhD ’95 Erika J. Elder (ELEM) of of Salisbury, Md., has been named one of Clemson man. School Principals. He’s prin- EDLDRS) of Williamston Summerville received National Charlotte Beck Ramseur Maryland’s Top 100 Women for 2008 by The cipal at Morgan County High was named S.C. Chamber of Board Certification in library (ACCT) of Greenville is Daily Record, a business-based newspaper in He says he knew he wanted to come Baltimore. She’s vice president of Salisbury to Clemson before he knew what he School. Commerce Rural Educator of media and is the media special- senior relationship manager the Year. She’s research assis- ist at Westview Primary School and senior vice president of University Advancement and executive direc- wanted to major in. As an undergradu- tor of the SU Foundation. ate student, however, he discovered his 1986 tant professor at Clemson’s in Goose Creek. Pinnacle Bank. love of English literature, and the rest *Mary Muth Kassinger Institute on Family and Under Thomas’ leadership, the SU capital is a career. (ADMMGT) of Sullivan’s Neighborhood Life and liaison 1990 1992 campaign reached 80 percent of its goal to Anderson County School in only two years, raising funds to achieve Albergotti is author of The Boatloads Island is co-owner of Kassinger H. Greg Hawkins (PRTM, *Dewey Mitchell Evans District One for the Strong needed capital improvements and to provide scholarships. She’s conducted and (BOA Editions, 2008), which was se- Development Group, a real M ’95, PhD ’99) of Clemson is (HIST) of Batesburg-Leesville Communities initiative. participated in planned-giving seminars throughout the mid-Atlantic region. lected by Edward Hirsch as the winner estate company. executive director of Friends is pastor at Faith Evangelical of the 2007 A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize. His of the Reedy River, a non- Lutheran Church. Thomas serves on advisory boards for Public Radio Delmarva and the Salisbury poems have appeared in The Cincinnati 1987 * Active Clemson Fund profit organization focused Symphony Orchestra. She’s active in the American Cancer Society and its Relay Review, Shenandoah, The Southern Review, The Virginia Quarterly Review and Sandra Nicholson Porter donor for 2008 Fiscal Year on improving and protecting Paige Poltrack Metzger For Life, General Federation of Women’s Clubs and other civic organizations. As a Clemson student, she was a presidential intern and worked in fund raising other journals. He has been a scholar at the Sewanee and Bread Loaf writers’ (SCT-CH) of Huntersville, (July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2008) water quality and habitat of the (MKTG, M ’94 BUSADM) of with the administration. She also served as a Lyndon Baines Johnson intern in conferences and a fellow at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. N.C., is technical director for through May 30. Reedy River. Atlanta, Ga., has patented the product Pet JetSetter ( the U.S. House of Representatives for Congressman Alan B. Mollohan of West He’s also a graduate of the MFA program at UNC Greensboro and former poetry the soap manufacturer at Deb For more information, call www. petjetsetter.com), a travel bag for Virginia. She earned a master’s degree at the University of South Carolina and editor of The Greensboro Review. He currently teaches creative writing and literature SBS in Stanley. Annual Giving at *Megan Roberts McDow (PRTM) of Walhalla is with dogs (and their owners). a doctorate at West Virginia University. at Coastal Carolina University. (864) 656-5896.
Summer 2008 35 34 Clemson World 8 www.clemson.edu/clemsonworld The Clemson Family The Clemson Family manager for Rosenfeld Einstein, the International Academy Japheth J. Light (EE, M ’02) of Andrea Holt Duke an insurance brokerage and con- of Design and Technology in San Francisco Tigers Palm Bay, Fla., has published (SP&COMM) of Schertz, Triad young leader sulting firm. Orlando. James P. Orara ’04, Chris A. Tri-doku, a book of puzzles Texas, received a doctorate Darris R. Means M ’07 somewhat like Sudoku, but degree in mass communica- Exell ’03, Adora M. Cheung ’04 Counselor education graduate Darris triangular. It can be found at tion from the University of 1994 1997 Computer science graduates James Means, formerly of Spartanburg, has major bookstores, online book Alabama. *Alice Cartledge Evatt (ACCT, *Elizabeth E. Milhous (ELED, Orara, Chris Exell and Adora Cheung been named one of the Triad’s “40 Leaders sites and at www.tridoku.com. M ’97 HRD) of Seneca is trea- M ’99) of Greenville is direc- are plying their talent and skills in San Under Forty” by Triad Business Journal of surer for the Clemson University tor of outreach with Clemson’s Francisco, Calif. Orara and Exell work for 2002 Greensboro, N.C. Foundation. She’s assistant trea- alumni relations. She works Lucas lm, one of the world’s leading Anthony D. Roppa (DESIGN) 2001 Means is assistant director of the Elon surer and business officer for the with constituency and special lm and entertainment companies. In Mohamed W. Abdel-Kader of Cleveland, Ohio, is director Academy, a college-access program University’s advancement divi- interest groups. fact, Orara worked on the new Indiana (POSC) of Arlington, Va., of business development at ka for academically talented high school sion. Jones 4. works in major gifts fund- architecture. students in Alamance County with a Orara and Exell with Yoda 1998 t raising for Georgetown nancial need and/or no family history *David A. Poe (MKTG) of University’s Graduate School *R. Matt Dunbar (CHE) Cheung works for Slide, the 2003 of college, at Elon University. Atlanta, Ga., is a sales executive of International Affairs. He of Greenville is executive largest personal media network Andrew L. Howard (MKTG) for the Mansion on Peachtree, a was featured in an article in He serves on the Alamance County Closing director of the new Upstate in the world. Slide’s products are of Anderson is an assistant vice Rosewood Hotel and Residence. the Peabody Reflector, the the Achievement Gap Committee, the Carolina Angel Network. He popular on social networking president-commercial lender American College Personnel Association’s Commission for Social Justice alumni magazine for Peabody was previously with the Boston and blog platforms, including at First Savers Bank, Roper Educators, the N.C. College Personnel Association, the Elon University Chapter College, Vanderbilt University 1996 Consulting Group based in MySpace, Facebook, Bebo, Hi5, Mountain Road Branch. of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society and Elon’s Young Alumni Council. in Nashville, Tenn., where he Kristen Rennie Lee Atlanta. Friendster, Tagged and Blogger. (SP&COMM) of Bluffton received a master’s degree in 2004 At Clemson, Means worked in student a airs as an adviser to Clemson’s fra- t ternities and sororities and helped plan recruitment and leadership programs. is director of marketing at Dan P. Parson (BIOSC, M ’04 2003. Cheung Anthony H. Gurganious He was one of only eight students in the nation to be selected for membership Hampton Lake, a residential PES) of Decatur, Ga., is organic with Slide (MGT) of Charleston com- Michael D. Cerasa (POSC) in the Association of Fraternity Advisors Graduate Sta . and recreation community. farm manager with Gaia pleted U.S. Navy Basic of Orlando, Fla., has joined Gardens near Atlanta. Training at Recruit Training principal with the architectural the law firm of Colling Gilbert Jamie L. Johnson (MGT) Mandy L. McCaslan (POSC) Sean A. Murphy (M 2000 Command, Great Lakes, Ill. firm of Cummings & McCrady Wright & Carter. of Lexington is sales profes- of Greenwood is a residence CNLGUID) of Sanford, Fla., Benjamin S. Whitener Joshua C. Allison (M ARCH) Inc. sional for accounting/finance life coordinator at Lander is director of compliance for (DESIGN) of Charleston is a of Mount Pleasant completed and office support with FGP University. She recently partici- the architect registration exam International. pated in the Pantene Beautiful 1999 qualifying him for the S.C. There’s ‘The Rub’ Clemson star Lengths program by donat- L. Kevin Bell (PRTM) of architectural license. He’s a Robert M. Bickey M ’06 Cynthia Dayne Squires Lewis ing eight inches of her hair for Greenville was inducted into project manager with SGM Cli ord D. Hammonds IV ’08 (NURS) is married and living the making of wigs for cancer Sculptor and master of ne arts Phi Theta Kappa honor society Architects. Clemson’s School of in Florence. patients. She wants to inspire graduate Robert Bickey of Newark, and received an associate degree Architecture’s fourth- Del., recently received an Emerging fellow Delta Zeta sorority sisters in industrial technology with Bernell King Ingram (L&IT) year students and Professional Artist Fellowship Paige A. Witherington to do the same. a major in radio and television of Greenville received the faculty felt there was from the Delaware Division of (BIOS-EN) of Germantown, broadcasting from Tri-County “Gone the Distance” Award one among them the Arts. Tenn., is organic farm manager Christopher I. Rehrig (ME) Technical College in Pendleton. from the University’s Women’s — Cliff Hammonds with Serenby Community near of Jefferson, Ga., is a mechani- After Bickey earned an Leadership conference. She’s — too special to Bickey with “Untitled graduate without a Atlanta, Ga. cal engineer with Newcomb & (The Rub)” MFA from Clemson, Donna J. Mullenax (M PHYS) a personal and business coach little extra fanfare. Boyd in Atlanta. he joined the faculty of Savannah, Ga., was named and a language and inter- of the University of the Georgia Science Teachers cultural trainer for Vision Basketball star and 2005 *Michael D. Stadnisky Delaware as an art instructor. He uses a range of “found” materials, including Association 2008 College International. Dean’s List student, Nathan R. Herold (ARCH) of (BIOCH) of Charlottesville, industrial equipment and parts, incorporating them in his works. Science Teacher of the Year. Hammonds received a Citation of Excellence signed by the president, dean, Norfolk, Va., was a member of Va., is a third year Ph.D. stu- Bickey credits much of his success to professional development gained through She’s an instructor of astron- Blake M. Lanford (PRTM, department head and others for “quiet leadership, discipline and collegiality, the design team that won the st dent in microbiology at the Clemson’s art program. He says, “The program is centered in a team-taught omy and physics at Armstrong M ’03 CRP) of Conway is an during the four years of undergraduate architectural education.” grand prize at the 21 Century Project Design Showcase com- University of Virginia. He was multidisciplinary environment that develops students’ awareness of art as a Atlantic State. Extension agent for Horry Hammonds, a double major in architecture and psychology, has received petition, presented by the awarded the National Institutes continuing discourse in which they are encouraged to nd their own means of County and a member of national recognition as well. He’s the rst recipient of the ACC’s Skip Prosser Association of College & of Health training grant in visual communication.” the 2008 Leadership South Award presented to the top student athlete in men’s basketball. * Active Clemson Fund donor for 2008 University Housing Officers * Active Clemson Fund donor for 2008 Before becoming a sculptor, he worked in jobs ranging from historic renovation Carolina class. Fiscal Year (July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2008) Earlier this year, Diverse: Issues In Higher Education magazine named him a nalist – International. He works for Fiscal Year (July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2008) to bartending, giving him experience in woodworking, welding, casting and through May 30. for the 2008 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars of the Year Awards. Hanbury Evans Wright Vlattas through May 30. listening. For more information, call Annual Giving at For more information, call Annual Giving at (864) 656-5896. + Co. (864) 656-5896.
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immunology for the second Richard E. Kouyoumjian year and was selected to attend (M PES) of Travelers Rest is the Federation of Clinical organic farm manager at The Immunology Societies advanced Inn at Dos Brisas in Chappell course. He lives on the Range, Hill, Texas. a community of graduate stu- dents in Thomas Jefferson’s *Eliza C. Shevenell (ENGL) of “Academical Village,” and serves Charlotte, N.C., is marketing as social chair. coordinator for the architec- tural and engineering firm of 2006 Clark-Nexsen. Tim B. McCulloch (POSC) of Ardmore, Pa., is account 2008 executive for ISP, a collegiate Anthony N. Fernando multimedia rights holder, at (COMPSC) of Clemson is a Villanova University. software engineer for Universal Avionics in Duluth, Ga. He’s Sagar Ramesh Shah (BIOSC, developing software for flight M ’07 BIOENG) of Baltimore, management systems. Md., was awarded a National Science Foundation graduate John A. McArthur III research fellowship to pursue a (PhD RHETCOMM) of Ph.D. in biomedical engineer- Greer received Clemson’s www.clemson.edu/solidgreen ing at Johns Hopkins University first doctorate in the College School of Medicine. of Architecture, Arts and Humanities. 2007 * Active Clemson Fund Wesley R. Byrd (CSM) of donor for 2008 Fiscal Year Murrells Inlet is field engi- (July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2008) neer for Robins and Morton, through May 30. a construction firm based in For more information, call Birmingham, Ala. Annual Giving at (864) 656-5896.
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Larry Brett ’93, M ’95 and Paula Jeremy S. ’00 and Teresa Lowder ’93, M ’95 Calhoun, a “Chrissy” Partridge ’05 Taylor, Little daughter, Lara Brett, Jan. 6, 2008. adopted a son, Joshua Isaiah, born Seeking outstanding CE alumni Oct. 14, 2007. ▼ Tigers Christy Betz Conway ’93, a The Department of Civil Engineering daughter, Avery Lynn, June 5, 2006. Scott E. ’01 and Jan Shipp ’02 Ellis, a daughter, Kimberly Grace, is taking nominations for its rst Civil Julianne Frazier Reynolds ’91, a Chad J. Machen ’94, a son, Oct. 18, 2007. daughter, Julia Blair, Oct. 18, 2007, Johannes Xavier, Feb. 8, 2008. Engineering Distinguished Alumni Award. 2008 TIGER FOOTBALL granddaughter of John Rhett Brent J. ’01 and T.K. Birchmore Nominations are due by Nov. 15, 2008. Aug. 30 — Alabama (at Atlanta) Frazier Jr. ’66 and great- Jim M. ’96 and Stephanie Hanks ’02 Moore, a son, Jacob Brent, Sept. 6 — The Citadel (Military Appreciation Day) granddaughter of John Rhett M ’02 Covan, a daughter, Dec. 5, 2007. Go to www.clemson.edu/ce for details. Frazier Sr. ’40. Sophie Elle, April 27, 2007. Sept. 13 — N.C. State (Hall of Fame) Dianna Roberts Mitchell ’02, a son, Sept. 20 — S.C. State (Youth Day) Gregory K. ’92 and Stefanie John M. Gasque ’96, a daughter, James Spencer, Sept. 18, 2007. Sept. 27 — Maryland (Football Reunion Weekend/Tiger Cub Day) Hunter ’92, PhD ’98 Baker, a son, Kate Elizabeth, Oct. 23, 2007. J. Mike Jernigan ’76, a son, Matthew Gregory, Jan. 5, 2008. Amanda Parler ’02 and James Cory Oct. 9 — at Wake Forest James Mackey, Dec. 17, 2007. Ben Gray Abercrombie ’97, a ’02, M ’05 Stewart, a daughter, Oct. 18 — Georgia Tech (IPTAY Day) daughter, Belle Lynn, March 14, Michael G. Garrett ’92, a daughter, Payton Reese, Sept. 26, 2007. Calling award-winning education alumni Nov. 1 — at Boston College Paul R. Sanders ’88, a son, Emily Carolyne, Feb. 20, 2008. 2008, granddaughter of Robert E. Wade Arthur, April 3, 2008. Abercrombie ’57. Bryan S. ’03 and Dana Adler ’06 Clemson’s Eugene T. Moore School of Education Nov. 8 — at Florida State Kristen Casey Marshall ’92, a son, Lee, a daughter, Gracyn Maeve, Nov. 15 — Duke (Homecoming) Sheri West Symanski ’88, a son, Allison Smith Farnell ’99, a wants to know: Have you recently received a Owen William, Feb. 9, 2007. Dec. 19, 2006. Nov. 22 — at Virginia Scott Philip, Feb. 13, 2007. daughter, Clara Grace, Nov. 22, teacher/administrator-of-the-year award? Or Nicki Fernandez Mitchell ’92, 2006, granddaughter of Robert A. Christopher J. Hall ’04, M ’06, Nov. 29 — South Carolina (Solid Orange Game) Alan N. and Ann Hagins Brown a son, Luke Power, Dec. 27, 2007. Smith ’57 and Edwin A. Farnell a son, Michael Addison, another award related to the counseling or human ’89, a daughter, Sara Eliza, III ’67. April 7, 2007. resource development profession? If so, please let Follow the TIGERS! Nov. 19, 2007. Elizabeth J. Pendleton ’92, twin sons, Thomas Andrew and Jackson Haden McInnis Milligan ’99, a Sarah Henry Williams ’05, a us know so that we can put it on our Web site at For 2008 Clemson football away games, be sure to plan your trips with the Charlotte Evans Kinley ’89, twin Lee, Dec. 15, 2007. son, Benjamin Foster, Oct. 11, 2006, daughter, Hannah Grace, www.hehd.clemson.edu/Schoolofed/acc_alumni.php. Alumni Association’s new Clemson Sports Travel Program. Call (864) 656-2345 daughters, Sarah Elizabeth and grandson of John McInnis III ’67. Feb. 13, 2008. for the latest information on away-game headquarters and pregame tailgate Catherine Yvonne, Jan. 30, 2008. D. Len Reeves ’92, a son, Davis Please email your news to [email protected]. gatherings or visit the Web at www.clemson.edu/alumni/programs/alumni- Calhoun, Jan. 24, 2008. Kristen Cleveland and S. Justin Dan P. Addis ’06, a daughter, Kaylie Rebecca Frances Cecil ’91, a son, Mullis ’99, a daughter, Mabry McKenzie, Jan. 17, 2008, great- travel.html. Matt A. ’93 and Janet Hatchell George, Sept. 22, 2007. Anne, Feb. 19, 2008. granddaughter of Lloyd G. Addis ’51. ’95 Austin, a son, Greyson Matthew, Sept. 3, 2007. SUMMER 2008 What’s new? We like to hear from you. Sorry for the delay! Are you receiving duplicate copies of Has anything new happened to you? You may not see your class note in the issue this magazine? Please help us keep our Use the space below for your name, year of graduation, or two after you send it in because of the mailing costs down by taping your address major, and town and state. whoppin’ amount we receive and the cuto information from the back cover in the time necessary to keep the magazine on space below so that we can delete it from schedule. But we will include it as soon as our list. Name (Please include maiden name.) possible. Thanks for your patience. First Savers opens with orange Address changed? Please tape your old Year of Graduation Major address information from the back cover First Savers Bank employees, many of them Clemson alumni, open the newest branch in the space below and write in your new Town and State in Seneca with special guest *Je Davis ’84, consensus All-American and 1981 ACC address. Player of the Year. Front row, from left, are Dawn Bailey ’03, Holly Windham, Jennifer Gibby and Lisa Reed ’92. Back row: Paula Buckles, Pat McShae, Davis, *Art Wray ’83, Comments: (Please specify which subject.) General comments ❏ Address information ❏ Class notes ❏ Other ❏ Shane Smith ’96, Clayton Kerr ’86, *Ed Norris ’72 (board chairman) and *Jimmy League ’71 (board chairman).
Go Tigers! Clemson alumni and fans (from left) Jim Duckworth, Bill Melvin, Je Duckworth ’88 and *Ed Duckworth ’61 cheer on the Tigers during the ACC basketball tournament in Charlotte, N.C. Send your news by FAX to (864) 656-5004 or by email to [email protected]. Or tear along perforated lines and mail your news to Clemson World, 114 Daniel Drive, Clemson, SC 29631-1520. You can also update your information online at www.clemson.edu/alumni/updates.html.Summer 2008 41 40 Clemson World 8 www.clemson.edu/clemsonworld The Clemson Family The Clemson Family Clemson World Travelers 15 20 East Africa Hawaii 5 China 1 10 Over Iraq West Africa *Charles ’63 and *Penny Rochester ’64 1 *Jack ’78 and *Beth White ’79 Marchette in *Chip Dukes ’92 (third from left) with friends in Amanda Specht ’00 in an F-15E over Iraq. David Goodman ’06 at a village school in Nalerigu, Ghana, during a medical mission. Nicholson in Nairobi, Kenya, with Richard ’88 Waimanu Valley, Big Island. front of the Beijing Olympic Stadium. 16 (Foreign Service o cer at the U.S. Embassy) and Guatemala 21 Judith Hunter ’82 Nicholson and children, Sarah Bahamas cruise 6 China 2 11 Jeremy ’00 and Teresa “Chrissy” Partridge ’05 India and Daniel. *Judith Willson Davies ’79 with husband, *Tom, Clemson professors emeriti *Myles Wallace (second Taylor and their son, Joshua Isaiah, in Antigua. J. Adam ’07 and Rebekkah M ’07 Beeco outside aboard the Queen Mary II on the way back from from left) and *Susan Wallace (second from right) Desert National Park near Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. 17 Ireland 2 Eleuthera. with assistant Yiheng Huang and alumni Wei Yu Spain Brian Joseph Messina ’02 on a crude oil tanker Italy 22 Kevin Aubry ’75 (right) with his family Molly, M ’88, PhD ’92 and Shahriar Hasan M ’92, PhD ® Dee Ann and Conor (Clemson student) in County ’95 in Shanghai. berthed at the Port of Tarragona. Michael Garcia ’08 and his sister, Lauren Garcia Donegal, Ulster. (Clemson student), at the Trevi Fountain in Rome.
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3 7 12 Italy New Zealand Honduras Thailand 18 Peru 23 Send your “Clemson Traveler” *David Allen Slyder ’75, *Virginia Ann Ward *Bruce ’80 and *Anne McKinney ’80 Cottle on Fox Jeremy Petty ’93 on a mission in Tierra Blanca. Tommy and Lucy Doolittle Wilkinson ’02 with a Incoming freshmen Thomas Justice, Anna-Layne photos to : ’82, *Elizabeth Ward Slyder ’77, *Peggy Glacier in Westland National Park. new friend in Thailand. Kinsey and Esther Morrison on a mission trip in Sallie Leigh Sullivan Clinkscales ’77 and *Roger B. 8 France 1 13 Shevoja village in the Rio Tambo region. Clemson World Clinkscales ’76 in Venice. Australia Iraq 19 114 Daniel Drive LaShawn Strange ’95 in Wissembourg, Alsace. *Dana F. Smith ’87 diving at the Great Barrier Reef Lt. Ben Self ’05 and Lt. *Edward De Iulio ’05 in Joshua Tree National Park 24 Clemson, SC 29631-1520 New Mexico 4 in the Coral Sea. front of an MH-53 helicopter. email: [email protected] 14 Incoming freshman Ryan Schurr atop Ryan *Michael Kohn ’76, center, with son, Joel ’06, and France 2 Mountain in Joshua Tree National Park in California. daughter, *Jocelyn (Clemson student), at Santa Fe Israel 9 Jenks ’00, M ’04 and Emily Andersen ’05 Patrick Ski Basin. Jay League ’91 oating in the Dead Sea. in front of the Louvre in Paris.
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John F. Cassidy ’36, Columbia Thomas Norris France Sr. ’48, Howard G. Garner Jr. ’56, James Christopher Simpson ’77, Brown Mahon III ’02, Pelzer Mark R. Winchell, Clemson, English Greenville Huntsville, Ala. Williamsburg, Va. professor Max C. Chapman ’36, Portsmouth, Va. Rey G. Gonzales, Philippines, industrial William Francis Holladay ’57, Kathleen Martin Hunter-Kay ’78, engineering graduate student Joseph L. Young, Clemson, architecture , Greenville William H. Hunter ’48, Clemson. Joseph T. Seawell ’38 Jasper, Ga. McConnells professor emeritus. Memorials may Memorials may be made to the Jonathan D. Pelletier, Prosperity, Archie C. Thomas ’38, Brunson be made to the “Joseph Laurie Young “William H. Hunter, M.D. ’48 Lecture Kenneth J. Locher ’58, Grayslake, Ill. Leslie Orlander Strauss ’79, Easley management student Endowment,” payable to the Clemson Program Enrichment Endowment” or the Gerald R. Coker ’39, Turbeville University Foundation, PO Box 1889, Leroy Pike ’58, Spartanburg Mark Lyle Seward ’83, Greenville “Joe Young Clemson House Endowment,” FACULTY AND STAFF payable to the Clemson University Garvin C. “Mac” McMakin ’40, Clemson, SC 29633-1889. Francis Wayne Mack ’59, North Stephen T. Bennett ’86, Fountain Inn Samuel E. Butler, Orangeburg, livestock Foundation, PO Box 1889, Clemson, SC Greenville Arthur S. Trumpore Jr. ’48, and poultry health department field 29633-1889. Richard C. Yeary ’59, Georgetown Robert F. McCracken ’86, Conway Charles W. Thompson ’40, Hampton Dallas, Texas specialist William C. Anderson Jr. ’60, Hampton John K. Hendricks Jr. ’90, Laurens CLEMSON MEMORIALS Clifford Daniel Cannon ’41, Easley Bruce Barton ’49, Mandel A. Elmore, St. George, retired Family, friends and former classmates Pawleys Island Charlotte, N.C. Donald K. Carver ’61, Orangeburg Linda Corley Harris M ’91, Greenwood human resource specialist may choose to remember a loved one by Tallie J. Crocker ’41, Mount Pleasant William McKay ’49, James A. Mauldin ’62, Six Mile Kathryn Dickson Dozier ’98, Shelia Randolph Haymon, Seneca, supporting Clemson. To find out how to Hendersonville, N.C. Charleston mail services specialist establish a memorial in someone’s honor, Nicholas Fletcher Jr. ’41, Hartsville Joe B. Davis ’63, Fort Lawn contact Ann Smith at annsmit@clemson. Harry M. Miller ’49, Rock Hill William E. Varner ’01, Summerville Eugene F. McClain, Pendleton, edu or (864) 656-5895. Robert Emory Holroyd Jr. ’41, Laurence A. Gause ’63, Moncks Corner agronomy and soils professor emeritus Charlotte, N.C. John Wylie Ross ’49, Taylors Edward K. Rice Jr. ’63, Ben A. Maynard Sr. ’41, Florence Hale C. Sweeny ’49, Durham, N.C. Rancho Viejo, Texas
Hugh W. Webb ’41, Clemson, building William B. Coxe Jr. ’50, Greenville William Glenn Smoak ’64, science professor emeritus Lakewood, Colo. Henry D. Hammond ’50, Seneca Saluting Clemson’s Heroes Joe D. Glenn ’42, Virginia Beach, Va. John L. Brock ’65, Central Joseph W. McMahan ’50, Greer John W. Thompson ’42, Orangeburg William C. Wilson ’65, Rock Hill , Myrtle Beach Kenneth R. Sanders ’50 The Clemson Corps salutes Clemson’s heroes the Virgil Lee Warner ’43, Greenwood William B. Buie Jr. ’66, Little River 470 alumni who gave their lives in sevice to their Kirk R. Craig ’51, Greenville country and the generous Tigers who have honored Allen Thomas Adams ’44, Greenville John G. “Jack” Federline ’67, that ultimate sacrifice with a contribution to the David M. Williamson Jr. ’51, Charleston Tulsa, Okla. Scroll of Honor. The Corps is proud to announce that Thomas S. Armour Jr. ’44, fundraising for Project 1, design and construction of Ray L. Broadwell ’52, Anderson Memorial Plaza, is far enough along that Charlotte, N.C. Marvin L. Sanders ’67, groundbreaking is scheduled for Sept. 4, 2008, Butler Reece Elrod ’53, Piedmont Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Military Appreciation Day weekend. Charles J. Beach Jr. ’44, Winnsboro Your support is needed to realize this memorial W. Eugene Shuford ’53, Ella Perrin Cox M ’69, Due West Martin L. Frick Jr. ’44, to Clemson’s heroes. Project 2, linking Memorial Rutherfordton, N.C. Plaza to the stadium, needs your continued support. Belews Creek, N.C. Jonathan C. Rice III ’70, Anderson Please use the envelope in this magazine, or make Robert W. Dozier Sr. ’54, a secure online contribution at www.clemson.edu/ Carl F. Merritt ’44, Piedmont Joel B. Bolt ’72, Anderson Asheboro, N.C. isupportcu. Specify that your gift is for the Clemson Scroll of Honor. Leon Tigler ’44, Charlotte, N.C. Ronald J. Kopczyk M ’73, Seneca, Joe E. Ramsey ’54, Eufaula, Ala. engineering professor emeritus Joseph O. Webster ’44, Darlington Martin James “Buddy” Wase ’54, Joseph D. Price ’73, Inman Boyd A. Long ’47, Kingsland, Ga. Burlington, N.C. Michael A. Herring ’76, Myrtle Beach John F. Chalmers ’48, Greenwood Benjamin H. Bell Sr. ’55, Florence Susan McCullough Smith M ’76, York Vann J. Deas Jr. ’48, Goode, Va. Clarence Smith Chance ’56, Central Henry Joe “Jay” Rampey ’77, www.clemson.edu/alumni/clemsoncorps Greenville
Summer 2008 45 44 Clemson World 8 www.clemson.edu/clemsonworld Race to the Rock President Barker leads off the 2008 President’s Race for the Library — a.k.a., Race to the Rock — to raise funds for Clemson Libraries. Thanks go to title sponsors Wendy’s and Oconee Medical Center, to BB&T for all the bottled water, and to professor Bob Commitment Brookover and his parks, recreation and tourism management class for organizing the race. Center for Visual Arts More than 200 intriguing works of art were auctioned off to the highest bidders in April to raise funds for Clemson’s Center for Visual Arts. The new Student Affairs gala center will transcend Student Affairs celebrated its 10th annual fundraising gala — “one night that a conventional art shines all year” — in a ballroom setting at the Carolina First Gallery at CU- museum and serve as a ICAR. Through corporate sponsorships, personal donations — including the recognition of a $25,000 pledge from Roger and Kathy Troutman ’74 — and Brett Wright, chairman of parks, recreation and tourism management; Ed Krech, OLLI board president; Jim place where students, Barker; Michael Cheezem, Patrick Square principal and president; Charlie Cheezem, for whom the future OLLI visitors and scholars auctioned items, the division raised money to fund campus safety, leadership home is named; and Larry Allen, dean of the College of Health, Education and Human Development. can engage directly and diversity initiatives. in all facets of the Osher and Cheezems support lifelong learning creative process. For Jane Robelot more information, go to Two major gifts will help Clemson provide opportunities for adults to further their www.clemson.edu/caah/leegallery/cva. knowledge in both academic and recreational pursuits and to share their experience and interests with others. Visionary People. “This is payback for the good The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Clemson can set a steady military and academic training course for the future, thanks to a $1 million endowment from the Bernard Osher Visionary Giving. I received at Clemson. This gift Foundation of San Francisco. gives leeway to the University The Osher Foundation has awarded $1,050,000, including $1 million for What can you do today to make an impact on the future? to follow the best path for the an OLLI endowment and $50,000 in a grant to cover operating costs until the research that shows the most endowment begins producing revenue. The foundation’s support of the Clemson- Follow Sam ’43 and Pat Deal’s example. They committed a charitable promise.” — Sam Deal based program goes back to 2005 with the first of three annual $100,000 grants. Charlie White remainder unitrust valued at $1.125 million to Clemson University and OLLI will have a permanent home, too — the Charles K. Cheezem Education have irrevocably named the Clemson University Foundation as the Center in Patrick Square — thanks to Patrick Square LLC and the Cheezem charitable bene ciary. family. The new OLLI structure, a two-story neo-Georgian building, will stand Their visionary investment will help bring some of as a focal point in Patrick Square’s Town Center on Issaqueena Trail. The building and land are valued at $1.6 million. The square is a planned, mixed-use, Clemson’s alternative energy initiatives to fruition traditional neighborhood development. and the laboratory research into usable products for Charles Cheezem is a 1944 graduate of Clemson and the father of Patrick Joan and Art Spiro American homeowners, ultimately changing the course Square principal and president J. Michael Cheezem of St. Petersburg, Fla. of energy consumption, pollution and environmental well-being for generations to come. OLLI is open to residents of the Upstate area and is operated through Clemson’s parks, recreation and tourism management department. For Join the Deals in leading the future. Learn how you more information, call (864) 656-6912, email [email protected] or visit can plan a future gift by calling JoVanna King at (864) the Web at www.clemson.edu/OLLI. 656-0663 or [email protected]. President Barker, Pat and Sam Deal, Marcia Barker
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Open for business When BMW unveiled its new X6 Sports Activity Coupe earlier this year, it shined its good news on Clemson’s Carroll A. Campbell Jr. Graduate Engineering Center at CU-ICAR (Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research). The Campbell Center, which opened last fall, features state- of-the-art research, testing and educational facilities in an environment that allows students and faculty to interact daily with industry researchers. CU-ICAR is a new model for economic development in South Carolina, matching Clemson’s strengths in automotive engineering with the state’s vibrant automotive economic cluster including BMW, Michelin, Timken and other industry leaders. Look for the latest on CU-ICAR in the fall/Nov. 2008 issue of Clemson World. © 2008 The Coca-Cola Company. “Coca-Cola” and the Contour Bottle are registered trademarks of The Coca-Cola Company. and the Contour Bottle are registered trademarks of “Coca-Cola” The Coca-Cola Company. © 2008
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