Alumni Profiles

Jack M. Whetstone ’75, M ’78

Winter 2006

Aquaculture specialist Jack Whetstone, who works through the Clemson University-S.C. Department of Natural Resources Cooperative, was recently noted for his work with the S.C. shellfish industry. Whetstone received a Superior Outreach Programming Award from the South Atlantic Sea Grant Region (the Carolinas, Georgia and Florida) and recognition from the USDA for his outstanding regulatory work in the shrimp industry.

A member of Clemson’s forestry and natural resources department and the S.C. Sea Grant Extension Program, he was selected by the EPA to help develop regulations for reducing nutrient discharges from shrimp farms without putting the farmers out of business. His group developed guidelines to regulate discharges by timing harvest and pond drainage around a cycle that allows solid wastes to settle to the pond bottom first.

The Clemson Alumni Association honored Whetstone for his work both with the EPA and the state’s aquaculture industry with the Distinguished Public Service Award last year. He’s pictured (left) receiving the award from Brian O’Rourke, director of development and alumni affairs. Whetstone holds Clemson degrees in zoology and wildlife biology.