
Considering the many alternatives for majors as a Clemson student, Mitch Norville ’80 leaned toward engineering at his father’s suggestion. It turned out to be very good advice, and 35 years later Norville has presented a gift to Clemson that will endow an engineering chair in his father’s honor.

In 1987, when Carl McHenry Lund Sr. and his wife, Mary, created the Lund Professor of the Year Award Endowment in the College of Agriculture, Forestry and Life Sciences, their dream was to someday establish a permanent endowed chair position to attract a top researcher and an excellent teacher. Carl Sr. passed away in 2002, but thanks to Mary Lund and their son, Carl Jr. and his wife Scarlett, that dream has become a reality.

Toward a goal of environmental stability, R. Glenn Hilliard '65 and his wife, Heather, have provided Clemson University with a $1 million endowment to teach generations to treasure and manage the dynamic balance between the natural and human-made worlds.