DATE: May 12, 2009

CONTACT: Joy Smith, 864-656-0471
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WRITER: Angela Nixon, 864-656-0382
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Rock Hill resident receives Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award from Clemson

CLEMSON — Dr. Roger Troutman of Rock Hill was recognized at Clemson University’s Commencement May 8 with the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award.

The Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award is given annually “in recognition of the recipient's influence for good, excellence in maintaining high ideals of living and genuine and disinterested service to others.” The award, named in honor of the first president of the New York Southern Society, was established by an agreement between the society and Clemson University. The award is given to two students and one non-student each year.

Troutman, a Clemson alumnus, is the founder of an eight-doctor veterinary practice in Rock Hill and has served as president of the S.C. Association of Veterinarians and as chairman of the S.C. Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners. Troutman has volunteered his veterinary skills as one of 35 trail veterinarians in the Iditarod Sled Dog Race in Alaska, providing a myriad of services required to keep the dogs healthy along the 1,100-mile route.

Troutman and his wife, Kathy, who also graduated from Clemson, have made regular gifts to the Clemson Fund for the past 34 years. He is a charter member of the Presidents Club for major gift donors, a member of IPTAY since 1974 and an IPTAY representative for more than 20 years. He is past president of the York County Clemson Club and has served on the Alumni National Council. He was a Super Tiger recipient in 2006 and received the Distinguished Service Award, Clemson’s highest alumni honor, in 2007.

Troutman is involved in his community as a member of the Chamber of Commerce and Rotary. He has led the Catawba School Athletic Booster Club and has served as a scout leader.