Inside Clemson

Mildred King, retiree – December 29, 2023

Mildred King, 89, of Seneca, passed away on December 29, 2023. She served Clemson University for 17 years as a Fiscal Technician for Campus Services, retiring in 1998. Her obituary is available online.

Joan Bobbitt McLaughlin, Professor Emerita of English and Humanities – December 19, 2023

Joan Bobbitt McLaughlin, Professor Emerita of English and Humanities, passed away on December 19, 2023, at the age of 78. McLaughlin joined Clemson in August 1975 as an assistant professor of English. She taught students of every level in undergraduate and graduate-level courses in both English and Humanities during her 30-year tenure with the University. […]

Margaret Hickman, retiree – December 24, 2023

Margaret Kaye Smith Hickman passed away on December 24, 2023, in Clemson, at the age of 81. She served the University for more than 31 years as an Applications Analyst and Business Systems Analyst in Enterprise Applications. She joined Clemson on April 11, 1997, and retired on June 1, 2006, before working again from August […]

Benjamin Allen Dunn, Professor Emeritus and Associate Dean of CAFLS – December 25, 2023

Benjamin Allen Dunn, Professor Emeritus and Director of Forestry and Natural Resources, passed away on December 25, 2023, at the age of 82. Dunn joined Clemson University’s Department of Forest Resources in 1973 and for the next 32 years enjoyed a career in teaching, research, and administration at the University. In addition to being a professor […]

Robert ‘Bob’ Brackett, Staff, Office of Undergraduate Studies – December 15, 2023

Bob Brackett

Clemson University mourns the death of Robert “Bob” Brackett, an assessment support specialist in the Office of Undergraduate Studies. He passed away on December 15, 2023. “Bob Brackett was a valued colleague and good friend to all of us in Undergraduate Studies,” said Sean Brittain, associate provost and dean of Undergraduate Learning. “Bob loved working […]

Doug Kingsmore, Trustee Emeritus – December 5, 2023

Doug Kingsmore, a three-term member of the Clemson Board of Trustees and a trustee emeritus following the conclusion of his elected term in 2002, passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 5. Kingsmore, a native of Aiken, S.C., was first elected to the Board of Trustees in 1990 and served for 12 years. “While we are saddened by the […]

George Emmitt Carter, Jr., Professor Emeritus and former Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies – November 25, 2023

George Emmitt Carter, Jr., Professor Emeritus of Plant Pathology and Physiology and former Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies, passed away on November 25, 2023, at the age of 77. Dr. Carter earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Wake Forest University before graduating with a Ph.D. in plant pathology and physiology from Clemson University. He […]

H. ‘Roger’ Grant, Professor, History — November 17, 2023

Clemson University mourns the death of H. ‘Roger’ Grant, Professor, History. The University was notified on November 17 that Dr. Roger Grant had passed away. Grant was hired at Clemson on August 15, 1996, and he was in his 27th year at the University.  Roger Grant stands next to his 40 published books. “Roger was one […]