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Lost to the Pacific Written by: Kelly Durham The 507th Fighter Group deployed to the Pacific theater of operations in March 1945. Its planned mission was to provide fighter escort…
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Lost to the Pacific Written by: Kelly Durham The 507th Fighter Group deployed to the Pacific theater of operations in March 1945. Its planned mission was to provide fighter escort…
Dr. Delphine Dean Named Honorary Alumna The Clemson Alumni Association recently honored Dr. Delphine Dean with the designation of Honorary Alumna of Clemson University, Class of 2021. The distinction of…
Dr. Mary E. Kurz Named Honorary Alumna The Clemson Alumni Association recently honored Dr. Mary E. Kurz with the designation of Honorary Alumna of Clemson University, Class of 2021. The…
The Clemson Alumni Association has selected Jeffrey Arthur Busch of Roswell, Georgia to receive the 2020 Frank Kellers III Volunteer of the Year Award. The award recognizes an individual for…
Fatal Formation Written by: Kelly Durham There was a threat of war in Europe in the fall of 1938 as Lewis Bryson Lawter and the Class of 1942 enrolled on…
Career Cut Short Written by: Kelly Durham William Mathew Able, an agriculture/animal husbandry major from Saluda, arrived on campus with the other boys in the Class of 1945, the last…
Retired Construction Industry Executive to Receive Clemson Alumni Association’s Distinguished Service Award Retired corporate executive Robert B. “Bob” Hambright of Blowing Rock, N.C., will receive the Clemson Alumni Association’s highest honor,…
Longtime Leader in the Student Financial Aid Field Will Receive Clemson Alumni Association’s Distinguished Service Award Nationally respected student financial aid leader Marvin G. Carmichael of Seneca will receive the Clemson…
Retired Lowcountry Insurance Agency Owner to Receive Clemson Alumni Association’s Distinguished Service Award Phil Bradley, retired owner of the Allstate Insurance Agency on Folly Road, Charleston, will receive the Clemson Alumni…
Great Southern Homes Founder to Receive Clemson Alumni Association’s Distinguished Service Award One of America’s leading homebuilding entrepreneurs, Michael Pennington Nieri of Chapin, will receive the Clemson Alumni Association’s highest honor,…
ExxonMobil Vice President to Receive Clemson Alumni Association’s Distinguished Service Award ExxonMobil executive Raymond E. Jones of The Woodlands, Texas, will receive the Clemson Alumni Association’s highest honor, the Distinguished Service…
Recalled to Duty Written by: Kelly Durham William Clyde Preacher of Ridgeland was older than most of his classmates, but there was a reason for that. Billy, as he was…
The Bridge At Remagen Written by: Kelly Durham The Associated Press called it a “military triumph rivaling in importance the Normandy landings.” “It” was the capture of a crossing over…
Lost Written By Kelly Durham These days, we take transoceanic flight for granted. With advances in aircraft technology—from efficient jet engines to satellite navigation systems—air travel between continents is routine,…
A Young Man of the Highest Caliber Written by: Kelly Durham Robert Bankston Williams of Charlotte, North Carolina attended Clemson College for only his freshman year, enrolling in the general…
“A Poem for My Daughter” Written By: Kelly Durham [Author’s note: Several years ago, I was serving as a host at the Scroll of Honor Memorial before a Clemson football…
The Clemson Alumni Association prides itself on enhancing the lifelong Clemson experience by serving, involving, informing, and engaging our alumni, current and future students, and friends of the University. The…
Chemist in Battle Written by: Kelly Durham After his 1935 graduation from Greenville High School, Henry Ayer Raysor II headed to Clemson College. Over the next four years, as Raysor…
Night Fighter Written by: Kelly Durham We don’t know when he first saw her, but she must have been an impressive sight: standing tall and with shapely lines. He was…
Just before Thanksgiving of this year an anonymous donor left a box of World War II era medals at the Hospice Store in Greenwood, SC. No one at the store…
Winter War Written by: Kelly Durham Carl Long, Jr. of Saluda attended Clemson College from 1936 to 1938, majoring in agronomy. Following his stint on campus, Long was employed by…
The Clemson Alumni Association recently honored Robyn Twine Nieri with the designation of Honorary Alumna of Clemson University. The distinction of Honorary Alum is a special recognition intended for steadfast…
Army Ranger Written by: Kelly Durham America was already at war when Lee Hugh Welborn arrived on the Clemson College campus as a freshman in the late summer of 1942. …
Over Over There Written by Kelly Durham One hundred two years ago today, the Great War ended. As the clock ticked its way to 11 am on the 11th day…
The Clemson Alumni Association presented the Honorary Alumna distinction bestowed posthumously upon the late Pam Maddex Hendrix of Kiawah Island, SC, to her husband Bill, and all of her children…
Forgotten Front Written by: Kelly Durham The Italian Campaign in World War II is sometimes called the “Forgotten Front,” overshadowed by Operation Overlord, the June 1944 Allied invasion of France. …
From Teacher to Warrior Written by: Kelly Durham They were fighting over what in ordinary times would have appeared to be nothing more than a worthless sliver of mango-covered coral,…
Cut Short Written by: Kelly Durham The headlines in The Tiger campus newspaper in August 1941 included nothing about the war that had been raging in Europe for nearly two…
Cold War Heats Up Written by: Kelly Durham The start of the Korean War in June 1950 caught the United States by surprise. American forces were quickly pushed south, retreating…
On His Way Written by: Kelly Durham John Dendy McBrearty was a young man on his way. After graduating from high school in Pelzer in 1931, he enrolled at Clemson…
Deadliest Season Written by: Kelly Durham Clemson’s Scroll of Honor, which lists alumni who died while on military duty, includes four hundred ninety-three names reaching back to 1918 and the…
Deon Stevenson Legette supervises 42 Extension agents and staff members in a 10-county area, but her impact on the Clemson Cooperative Extension Service is statewide. Deon Legette The winner of…
Lesly A. Temesvari, Alumni Distinguished Professor in the biological sciences department in the College of Science, received Clemson University’s 2020 Alumni Award for Outstanding Achievements in Research for her work…
Calling All Teachers, Counselors, Coaches and Educational Leaders! As the time draws near for a new and uncertain academic year, we want to salute all of our alumni who work…
Non-Battle Death There were surely many ways to die in World War II. The National World War II Museum estimates that sixty million died world-wide during the conflict, a staggering…
Stuck Throttle The F-100 Super Sabre was the United States’ Air Force’s first fighter aircraft capable of supersonic speed in level flight. Designed by North American Aviation, the F-100 served…
Target Tokyo The night was filled with the roar of more than two thousand powerful Wright-Cyclone 2,200 horsepower engines as the bombers lined up along the miles of Tinian’s taxiways. …
The last time it happened was just two years after the end of World War II when President Harry Truman signed the National Security Act of 1947 creating a separate…
Army ROTC Cadet Eric Brown, Air Force ROTC Cadet Jacob Siebert and student veteran Victoria Graham were this academic year’s recipients of the Chalmers R. Carr and Jeannette D. Carr…