DATE: October 01, 2007

CONTACT: Neill Cameron, (864) 656-2123
cameron@clemson.edu

CONTACT: Harrison F. “Hack” Trammell, (704) 355-3253

WRITER: Cathy Sams, (864) 656-4233
cathy.sams@pubaff.clemson.edu

Clemson University Foundation Board names new president/CEO

CLEMSON – The Clemson University Foundation Board of Directors has named  Harrison F. “Hack” Trammell, current president of the Regional Facilities Division of the Carolinas HealthCare System (CHS), to be its first full-time president and chief executive officer.

"Hack Trammell brings a wealth of executive-level operational and financial experience to the foundation, having served for 22 years in key leadership positions with the third-largest public, not-for-profit health care system in the country,” said Neill Cameron, Clemson’s vice president for institutional advancement.

The Clemson foundation exists to raise and manage private gifts to benefit the university. Until Trammell’s appointment, however, the foundation’s president was a volunteer and day-to-day operations were managed by Clemson staff members who held other jobs and assignments.

“With the growth of the endowment to $400 million, and the foundation’s increasing role in complex university initiatives such as CU-ICAR, the time has come for us to have full-time, dedicated leadership and go to the next level,” Cameron said. The position was created by restructuring the duties of a retiring staff member.

At CHS, Trammell, a native of Greer and a 1978 graduate of Clemson, was responsible for leading a division with more than 7,500 employees and more than $1.1 billion in revenues. Over his tenure he directed the transformation of the operating division from four Mecklenburg County facilities to a two-state division comprising 12 hospitals, six long-term care facilities, a continuing care retirement community and numerous physician practices.

Since 2003, he has served on the Clemson Parents’ Council Advisory Board and is a past co-chairman. Trammell also serves as treasurer of the Charlotte Urban Ministry Center and on numerous boards of community hospitals served by CHS.

Trammell and his wife, Cheryl Samisch Trammell (class of 1978), have four children, three of whom have attended or currently attend Clemson.

"My family and I have deep roots in the fertile soil that is Clemson University. It is an honor and the fulfillment of a dream to return to serve the CU foundation and support the mission of my alma mater,” Trammell said. “Clemson is in the midst of a watershed period in her history, and I am excited to become part of the team that is elevating the university’s value to the state and its residents.”

Trammell will assume his responsibilities in January 2008.