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The Emeritus College would like to thank the following individuals for their generous donations to the Emeritus College for 2021-2022. These donations provide undergraduate scholarships, Kennelly-Voss Endowed Emeritus Fund, the Debbie and Vince Jackson Endowment for Music, and Emeritus College programming initiatives!

Clementina Adams

Paul Adams

John Bednar

Adolph and Anne Beyerlein

Dave  and Priscilla Bodde

Joan and Michael Bridgwood

Farrell and Ann Brown

Harold and Arlene Cheatham

Donald L. Collins

Garnet  and Mary Craddock

Janet Craig

Michael  and Laurie Crino

Page and Di Crouch

Joe  Culin and Dana Anderson

Kim Dawson

Michael Drews

Chip and Diane Egan

Skip  and Ingrid Eisiminger

Ralph  and Linda Elliott

Michael S. Ellison

Lucy Eubanks

Jim and Mary Fanning

Terry Farris

Larry and Linda Gahan

Robert and Jan Geist

Victoria G. Gillis

Robert  and Martha Green

Joel Greenstein

Nicci Hanewald

Mary and Imtiaz Haque

Herlie  and Shena Hendrix

Susan Hilligoss

Bonnie Holaday

Robert  and Heli Horton

Verne W.  and Nancy House

Gordon Howard

Joan  and Mark Hudson

Robbie and Kevin Hughes

Almeda and Putt Jacks

Debbie and Vince Jackson

Gail Julian

Jack  and Christa Kanet

Yuji and Toshiko Kishimoto

Richard Klein

Patricia Knowles

Michael Kohl

Jane McLamarrah

Larry and Mary LaForge

Barb Lewis

Rose Lowe

Joseph (Dick) Manson

Jennifer McCalmont

Rob Roy McGregor

Donald and Janna McKale

John and Erika Meriwether

John  and Suzanne Morse

Rameth R. Owens

James and Kate Palmer

Wayne  and Cheryl Patterson

Gary and Connie Powell

Chris and Donna Przirembel

Virgil and Judy Quisenberry

Dan and Barbara Rash

Greg and Angela Reighard

Elaine and Roy Richardson

Coke and Tina Robbins

Charles B . and Ann Russell

David J and Ronda Senn

Thomas E. Skelton

Webb and Diane Smathers

Forrest Stegelin

Dolores Stegelin

Roy Stoddard

Bill and Sharon Stringer

Kinly and Kathy Sturkie

Karyna Szmurlo

Dennis Taylor

Ronald and Christine Thurston

Jerry and Sally Trapnell

Joe Turner

Amy Vogelgesang

John and Patricia Wagner

Sam and Xin Wang

Charles and Judith) White

Wes Williams and Sara Doornbos

Robert and Eva Williamson

Bruce and Dot Yandle

Art Young

Donna Reiss

Paul B. and Monica Zielinski

Dr. M. Elaine Richardson was selected for the 2022 Kenelly-Voss Distinguished Emeriti Award. The diversity and depth of her post-retirement experiences are truly amazing! This Award would be a most fitting acknowledgement of her excellence and provide a powerful example of a life well-lived after retirement. I offer these examples to support my nomination. 

Leadership in Academia: In 2019, Dr. Richardson received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National College Learning Center Association. This prestigious award recognizes learning center professionals who have contributed an extraordinary amount of service and leadership to the organization. In 2020, Dr. Richardson was part of the Inaugural class of I. Dwaine Eubanks Emeritus College Fellows, an award given to recognize Clemson Emeritus faculty members for their valuable service to both the College and University. She continues to serve the Emeritus College on the Advisory Board and as Chair of the Undergraduate Support Committee. In 2021, the Council of Learning Assistance and Developmental Education Associations (CLADEA) named Dr. Richardson as a CLADEA Fellow for outstanding leader in the learning assistance field. This is the highest honor conferred upon professionals in learning assistance, tutoring, and developmental education.

Leadership in the Local Community: Dr. Richardson is the co-organizer of Clemson’s Historic West End neighborhood association, a volunteer membership organization working to build community through fellowship and cooperation. She led a consortium of local residents, the Clemson Arts and Cultural Commission, and the Clemson Center for the Arts to seek seed money from the Hughes Investments Elevate Upstate Grant program. She served on the City of Clemson Board of Zoning Appeals and now has returned to service on the Planning Commission, where she was recently elected Chair. She led the Housing and Land Use components for the City of Clemson’s 2024 Strategic Plan that resulted in the formation a new city board for housing. Dr. Richardson was selected to serve on the ClemsonNEXT Implementation Committee to guide the development of a strategic plan for future development in the City of Clemson.  In 2020, Dr. Richardson joined with other community leaders to develop a non-profit housing center. In June 2021, the George and Roszena Shaw Center for Housing and Economic Growth received non-profit status and Dr. Richardson was elected to serve as the Vice-Chair of its Directors. Dr. Richardson has successfully written two grants (Community Foundation of Greater Clemson and Dabo’s All in Team Foundation) to receive funding totally over $6000 for housing repairs.  A third grant request to be submitted to the Lutheran Church is being finalized. 

Leadership in South Carolina: Dr. Richardson is passionate about the benefits of providing higher education opportunities to those presently incarcerated. She was an invited presenter to the SC Senate Department of Corrections Oversight Subcommittee. In 2018, Dr. Richardson was appointed by Governor Henry McMaster to the Palmetto Unified School District Board, the oversight Board for the SC Department of Corrections. She continues to serve on this Board, providing strong voice to encourage and support higher education opportunities. Presently the most common option for incarcerated individuals to benefit from higher education is through paper-based correspondence courses. After a presentation to the Emeritus College, Dr. Richardson has formed a task force to explore ways in which interested Emeriti may serve as mentors and/or academic coaches. Mentoring, even in virtual environments, has the potential to provide academic support for those on the inside and would enhance chances for success in the outside world.

Leadership for a Cause: As a two-time survivor of Breast Cancer, Dr. Richardson continues her long-standing commitment, leadership, and support for the breast cancer community. She was one of the original founders and has been Chair of the Clemson Area Breast Cancer Support Group, and also of Carolina Cups, the state-wide group that provides funding for breast cancer screening and research. She was elected Chair of the Board of Directors for the “Pledge the Pink” Foundation. She has always set a personal example by gathering and leading teams to participate in signature fund-raising walks. She served as Captain of a team called the “Tumornators”. They trained and participated in three 3-day 30-mile “Pledge the Pink” walks that span 3 counties and 3 islands, ending at Hilton Head. They have raised over $15K for breast cancer research.  From 2018-2020, Dr. Richardson served as Chair of the “Pledge the Pink” Foundation Board of Directors. Dr. M. Elaine Richardson epitomizes the values expressed in the Award description.  John Kenelly and his wife Charmaine Voss established this award to recognize an outstand emeritus whose contributions to academia, the University, the community, and mankind have continued past retirement.

Donald L. Collins, Emeritus Professor in Planning and Landscape Architecture, College of Architecture, Arts and Humanities was selected as the 2022 Emeritus College Research and Scholarship Award recipient.  The award was established by the Emeritus College to recognize emeritus faculty members who continue to produce extraordinary research and scholarship, either in their discipline or in a new field.

Don retired in 2005, but that has not kept him from contributing to his field in unique ways.  He has carved out an applied research niche advising architects and fire departments on the design of fire stations.

Don is from a family of professional firefighters so when the invitation was extended early in his academic career, it was natural for him to become a member of the Clemson University Fire Department. When traveling on university business he would often stay at fire stations.  The discussions that would ensue during these stayovers frequently lead to insights about fire station design that he applies in his present-day design advisory role.

Since his retirement, he has participated in 21 fire station related projects ranging from assessment studies to schematic designs and construction documents.  Fifteen new fire stations in the US and Canada have been placed online with his input.

Fire station designs that Don has encouraged embody elements that are unique to the requirements of each site, space needs program and fire department. Don has successfully advocated for training rooms that double as community meeting rooms for stations in Clemson, SC, Santa Monica, CA and Ankeny, IA. He has also been an advocate for fire stations that address firefighter welfare issues of physical and mental health and occupational safety at the station.  One such example of this is his insistence that all Fitness Rooms be placed in a high-traffic area with plenty of opportunity to see into the room because there have been firefighter deaths resulting from solo physical fitness workouts in an isolated fitness area.

Seven of the 15 fire station designs in which Don was engaged have won design awards.  These include state AIA, Firehouse Magazine, and the Fire Industry Education Resource Organization’s Fire Facilities Design Awards Program.  Don’s Brandon, Manitoba fire station, designed in conjunction with George Cibinel of Cibinel Architects, Ltd. has been ranked by one writer as among the world’s greatest fire stations.

The Emeritus College congratulates Don Collin on being the 2022 Emeritus College Research and Scholarship Award.

Emeritus Faculty Scrolls Ceremony

On April 26^th, the President and Provost recognized 28 new emeriti colleagues to the Emeritus College with scrolls, the numbers represent all eight colleges and 21 departments.   In addition, 25 special ranked faculty (senior lecturers, professors of practice, lecturers) retired and will join the Emeritus College.  The ceremony included the awarding of the Distinguished Emeritus of the year, and the induction of five new I.D. Eubanks Emeritus College fellows.  The keynote speaker was Tony Wagner, Executive Vice President for Finance and Operations for Clemson University.

 Kenelly-Voss Distinguished Emeritus Award

The Kenelly-Voss Distinguished Emeritus Award was established by the late John Kenelly to recognize emeritus faculty members who have made outstanding contributions to the Emeritus College, Clemson University, the greater Clemson community, and to society. The award pays tribute to John’s late wife, Charmaine Voss. The award provides $500 toward a donation to a Clemson University program of interest of the awardee in the recipient’s name.

 

Dr Elaine Richardson.

Dr. Elaine Richardson, Professor Emerita of Animal and Veterinary Sciences and Director, Academic Success Center. Elaine was named the first director of the Academic Success Center, building a program that received numerous national awards. Dr. Richardson publishes and presents on learning assistance collaborations across campus; much of her earlier work included Universal Design and building programs to enhance academic performance and retention. After serving as president of National College Learning Center Association (NCLCA), Dr. Richardson led the development of NCLCA’s Centers of Excellence Certification program. Elaine continues to serve NCLCA as a certification reviewer and on the Past Presidents Council.  In 2019, she received the NCLCA Lifetime Achievement Award and in 2020 was named a Clemson Emeritus College Fellow and a Fellow of the Council of Learning Assistance and Developmental Education Associations (CLADEA).  Dr. Richardson is the chair of the Undergraduate Committee of the Emeritus College and has developed ongoing relationships with campus leaders, hosted panel discussions between transfer students and emeriti faculty.  She is spearheading a task force to examine how the emeritus faculty can support statewide programs such as Inside/Out and second chance programs offered at by the SC technical college system, Furman and Southern Wesleyan University. Dr Richardson was an invited presenter to the SC Senate Department of Corrections Oversight subcommittee and has been appointed by Governor McMaster (2018) to the Palmetto Unified School District Board, the oversight Board for the SC Department of Corrections.

The I. Dwayne Eubanks Fellow Award

 The designation Emeritus College Fellow was created to honor emeritus faculty members each year who steadily render valuable service to the Emeritus College and to Clemson University without compensation.  It is named in honor of I. Dwaine Eubanks, former Executive Director of the Emeritus College. The five fellows elected for 2022 are:  Dr. Victoria Ridgeway Gillis, Dr. Donald McKale, Ms. Marty Duckenfield, Dr. Michael Ellis, and Dr. Robert Hogan.

Dr. Victoria Ridgeway Gillis

Dr. Gillis, Professor Emerita of Literacy and Learning and director of the Center for Excellence in Literacy and Learning. Dr. Gillis provides insight and problem-solving skills that contribute to the ongoing operations and successful programming of the Emeritus College. As the chair of the Emeritus College 20th Anniversary Task Force, she is leading the effort to create a collection of essays by emeritus faculty.  The 20th Anniversary project, Moments and Memories of Clemson University Faculty, is a collection of emeriti’s stories incorporating memories or moments of their professional lives as members of the Clemson University faculty. The essays paint a collective portrait of Clemson during the past six decades. As one of our colleagues has suggested, faculty memories reveal interesting and essential elements about the fabric of our lives and careers at the University.

In addition, Dr. Gillis serves on the Emeritus College Advisory Board; has contributed to the programming of the Emeritus College with several presentations including presentations on reading and literacy issues, and the Quilts of Valor Foundation. Quilts of Valor, made by Victoria, honor many of the veterans that served in Vietnam, some of whom had been classmates of Victoria’s. During the Emeritus Day ceremony, Dr. Gillis presented to the Emeritus College a quilt based on the framework of the Quilts of Valor to be displayed in the College.

Dr. Donald McKale

Dr. McKale, Professor Emeritus of History, has served on the Emeritus College Advisory Board, which he chaired in 2019-2020.  He also served on the Executive Director Search Committee and Program Planning committee.  Don is always willing to lend a hand when the college needs help.  Dr. McKale was  honored with his selection as an honorary member of the Class of ’39 in 2006.  In 2017, Dr. McKale published a guest column in the Greenville News about Ben Skardon as Ben celebrated his 100^th birthday.  It is Dr. McKale’s ongoing relationship with the University and the Emeritus College that is recognized in his selection as a Eubanks Fellow.

Don is an active member of the Clemson Sertoma Club, serving as Board Chair, as well as the working with the annual Christmas Tree sales project for the Sertoma Club.  The funds raised by Sertoma support Camp Hope, providing wonderful life changing opportunities for children with hearing disabilities. Camp Hope occurs each summer at Clemson’s Outdoor Lab.  Dr. McKale has been a long-time supporter of Boy Scout Troop 235 helping raise funds in support of scouting events.

 

Ms. Marty Duckenfield

Ms. Duckenfield currently serves on the Emeritus College Advisory Board; a member of the Program Committee and the task force for the 20^th Anniversary of the Emeritus College.  As an outreach of the planning committee, Ms. Duckenfield identified and promoted special interest groups for emeriti.  She leads the Memoir Writing group for the Emeritus College.  This interest group supports individuals as they write their memoirs.  The positive work and conversations in the groups monthly meetings led to the adoption of the 20^th anniversary project. Marty’s creativity and her abilities to encourage others to write makes a difference for emeritus colleagues.  The Christopher J. Duckenfield Scholarship Program, funded by Marty and her family, support two students each year to St. Peter’s College in Oxford England.  Marty has arranged for graduates of the program to make presentations to the Emeritus College, creating a valuable connection with Oxford.  ZOOM allows St Peter’s College faculty to join us as their former students report on their research and life changing experiences the Duckenfield Scholarship Program provides.

 Dr. Michael Ellison

Dr. Ellison, Professor Emeritus of Materials Science and Engineering,  currently serves on the Emeritus College Advisory Board and as a current member of the Emeritus College Awards Committee. Dr. Ellison is known for his strong commitment to interdisciplinary research.  Prior to his retirement in 2014, Dr. Ellison served as interim director of the School of MS&E.  He led an interdisciplinary research team studying biologically inspired advanced materials. Dr. Ellison continues this commitment to interdisciplinary work in the Emeritus College promoting and encouraging programs and activities that engage faculty from across disciplines. A primary goal of the college is to reach out and engage with faculty from all colleges and departments, and Mike supports these efforts.  Dr. Ellison received the Theodore von Karman Fellowship of Exploratory Research Space at RWTH Achen University.

 

 Dr. Robert Hogan

Dr. Robert Hogan, Professor Emeritus of Architecture, served as Associate Chair of the School of Architecture, director of undergraduate studies, and acting associate dean of the college prior to his retirement in 2015. Dr. Hogan serves on the Emeritus College Advisory Board.  He has served five years as a member of the Emeritus College Awards Committee and now is its chair.  In addition, Bob is the faculty advisor for the student chapter of Habitat for Humanity Homecoming build on Bowman’s field, having been in involved with the project for almost 30 years.  Dr. Hogan continues to serve as an advisor for Alpha Phi Omega, the Service fraternity on Clemson’s campus. Dr. Hogan consistently demonstrates his leadership, work ethic and strong commitment to serving the Emeritus College and Clemson University.

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Donations to the Emeritus College have been made in memory of the following faculty members:

Dr. Alvin Elrod, Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering

Dr. I. Dwaine Eubanks, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry and EC Director

Dr. Alta Kingman, Professor Emerita of Horticulture

Dr. George “Bill” Koon, Professor Emeritus of English

Dr. Wayne Roy Ogle, Professor Emeritus of Plant and Environmental Sciences

Dr. George M. Polk, Professor Emeritus of Architecture and Dean

Dr. Roger Rollin, Lemon Professor Emeritus of English

Dr. Susan Wallace, Professor Emerita of Agronomy