Cultural center
tribute
Harvey B. Gantt ’65, HD ’85
Summer 2007
Architect Harvey Gantt of Charlotte, N.C., longtime business, civic and cultural
leader, recently received a new honor.
The Charlotte Mecklenburg Community Foundation has granted $1 million to
the Campaign for Cultural Facilities as a tribute to Gantt. The grant is
the first gift toward a $5 million effort to name the Afro-American Cultural
Center in honor of Gantt, Charlotte’s first African American mayor.
In 1963, Gantt became the first African American student to attend Clemson.
Today, he’s the co-founder of Gantt Huberman Architects, a firm that has
designed some of Charlotte’s highest profile civic facilities including the
Transportation Center and ImaginOn, the new children’s library and theater
in downtown Charlotte.
He and his wife, Lucinda, continue to support Clemson in a variety of ways
including the Gantt Intercultural Center. The Harvey B. Gantt Scholarship
and Harvey Gantt Lecturer in African American Literature are also named in
his honor. Harvey and Lucinda are pictured at Clemson’s
Gantt Intercultural Center.