Spring 2008 — Lifelong Connections

Excellent teaching

English and humanities professor extraordinaire Alma Bennett is the 19th recipient of a classic Clemson honor. The Faculty Senate, colleagues and members of the Class of ’39 recently paid tribute to her with the Class of 1939 Award for Excellence.

The award recognizes faculty for the highest achievement of service to the student body, the University and the community. The recipient also becomes an honorary member of the class.

Bennett, who directs the M.A. in English program, often teaches Clemson study-abroad courses. Her publications include two books on American novelist and essayist Mary Gordon and a wide range of essays and other works. She’s also the editor of Jerome Reel’s Women and Clemson and the editor of the forthcoming biography of Thomas Green Clemson.

Alpha Phi Alpha scholarship

As Clemson’s Pi Alpha chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity celebrated its 25th anniversary at Clemson, its alumni organization, Pi Alpha National Alumni Coalition (PANAC), endowed a scholarship benefiting Clemson students. The fund — now at $33,000 from gifts and pledges — will provide scholarships in memory of Clarence L.B. Addison M ’74, the chapter’s founding adviser and architecture professor emeritus.

Pictured from left are Ann Smith, director of annual giving; Ken Robinson ’84, PANAC convener; and the Addison family — Clarence’s wife, Rubielee, and daughters Kristye ’95, M ’00 and Maudré ’94, M ’96.

For more information, contact Jerry Middleton ’88, scholarship endowment co-chair, at jerrymid@alumni.clemson.edu or Ann Smith at annsmit@clemson.edu or (864) 656-5895. Contributions can be made to the Clemson Fund designated as “Alpha Phi Alpha Endowment.”

Clemson travelers

These alumni and friends visited Peru — Lima, Cuzco, Machu Picchu and other historical sites — during a PASSPORT Travel adventure earlier this year.

Front row from left, are Cathy Owen, Margaret Anderson and Dinky McMahan; back row, Jim Anderson, Dick McMahan, Betty McClellan, Nelson Weaver, Becky Allen and Jackie Reynolds. Margaret Weaver is behind the camera.

Visit PASSPORT Travel for upcoming adventures or call (864) 656-2345.

Jiving Jungaleers

When Clemson Jungaleers reunioned earlier this year, they sat in with the CU Jazz Ensemble and rocked the house.

They are, front row from left, Jim Sams ’54, Henry Savage ’61, Bruce Evans ’61 and Mike Outen ’59; middle row, Ed Freeman ’49, Foster Boone ’53, Gene Moorhead ’61, Ted Gregory ’49 and Don Jenkins ’49; back row, Rudy Hawkins ’61, Jimmy Burns ’53, Jay Reynolds ’56 and Ed Britt ’61. Not pictured are Mike Cheatham ’80 and Alex MacCormack ’63.

 

Orange in San Diego

Clemson alumni and faculty at the 2007 Entomological Society of America annual meeting in San Diego take time to show their colors.

CBAC ’08

Clemson University Black Alumni Council (CBAC) held their annual board meeting in March and attended the Clemson vs. Virginia Tech game. Pictured from left are Kellye Whitaker ’90; Diamond Palmer ’94, M ’01; Crystal Pressley ’01; Wanda Gaines; Neil Young ’95; Mark Palmer ’96, M ’01; Jessie Hood ’94; Joseph Hood ’97; and Dana Anderson, director of reunions and special events.

CBAC is an Alumni Association constituency group, primarily for the benefit of minority graduates and students. For more information, visit the Clemson University Black Alumni Council site.

Clemson at Camden Yards

Carolyn ’00 and Eddie Cosentino make a new friend during the Baltimore/D.C. Clemson Club’s day at an Orioles vs. Chicago White Sox game.

 

Nashville Tigers

The Nashville Clemson Club organized the Inaugural ACC vs. SEC Alumni Golf Tournament to benefit Nashville Habitat for Humanity last fall. Held at the Hermitage Golf Club, the event raised more than $13,000.

Pictured from left are the Harris foursome — Clemson parent Randy Kroll, Zach Harris ’03, Lanier Shuler ’05 and Don Harris ’67.

Nashville Tigers, led by Evan Vutsinas ’79, are already working with other alumni groups on the next big ACC vs. SEC charity event for Oct. 13. For more information, contact him at EVTiger@comcast.net.