Did You Know?
Facts about Clemson University and the Clemson community prepared by the Town 'n Gown Creative Inquiry Class - Dr. Diane Smathers, mentor
- Did you know that Clemson graduate and local businessman Joe Turner bought his first Wendy's restaurant in 1981 and now owns fifty including the one in Clemson?
- Did you know that Clemson townsperson, the late Dr. Bill Hunter is credited with the suggestion to move the Clemson vs. USC football game from Big Thursday (always in Columbia) to alternating Saturdays at both campuses?
- Did you know that former Clemson president R.C. Edwards once created a day when people were allowed to streak on campus without legal consequences?
- Did you know that Clemson graduate and former IPTAY Director George Bennett is credited with starting the Welcome Back Festival?
- Did you know that Clemson townsperson Jim Burns, a retired Clemson employee, was the founder of the Clemson Volunteer Fire Department?
- Did you know that Clemson professor emeritus, Dr. Taze Senn is the permanent president of the Class of '39?
- Did you know that Judge Keller's downtown business got its name when Clemson cadets were told to take their uniforms to Keller's store and let him "judge" it to make it fit?
- Did you know that Clemson Mayor Larry Abernathy and former University President Walter Cox established the first joint "town 'n gown" committee in 1984?