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Annual drinking water report available

The 2019 Annual Consumer Confidence Report (CCR) on the quality of drinking water supplied by the Clemson University water system  is now available. The report lists the results of tests for various contaminants required by federal and state regulations. This annual report is issued by the university to comply with the 1996 amendments to the […]

James Roland Fischer, former Experiment Station director – June 19, 2020

James Roland Fischer. 75, former director of the Clemson Experiment Station, died June 19, 2020. Fischer worked for Clemson University more than 15 years from 1987 to 2003. Raised on his family’s farm in Missouri, he earned his bachelor’s, master’s and Ph.D. in agricultural engineering from the University of Missouri-Columbia. His professional career spanned four […]

Betty Palmer Watkins, Associate Professor Emerita – June 8, 2020

Betty Palmer Watkins, Associate Professor Emerita of Vocational Education, died on June 8, 2020.\ During her career, Watkins worked for the Clemson Extension Service and taught at Clemson University and Tri-County Technical College. She retired after 30 years of state service. The Clemson University board of trustees conferred upon her the official title Associate Professor […]

Richard K. White, professor emeritus – June 6, 2020

Richard K. White, 90, professor emeritus of agricultural and biological engineering, died June 6, 2020. He retired from Clemson University in 1997 after 12 years. White received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Pennsylvania State University and his Ph.D. from Ohio State University in agricultural and biological engineering.  He served as the first Charles Carter Newman Endowed Chair of Natural Resources Engineering at Clemson […]

Malcolm John Skove, professor emeritus – June 7, 2020

Malcolm John Skove, 89, Clemson alumnus and professor emeritus of physics, died Sunday, June 7, 2020, at the Cottingham Hospice House in Seneca. A graduate of Clemson, he earned his Ph.D. from the University of Virginia and taught physics at Clemson for 26 years, retiring as an Alumni Professor. He continued his research as professor […]

Kelsey N. McGhee, student – May 22, 2020

Kelsey N. McGhee, 19, passed away Friday, May 22. McGhee was a junior construction science and management major from Conway, South Carolina. “We are saddened to learn of Kelsey’s passing,” said Interim Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students Chris  Miller. “She was a joy to all those who knew her. The Clemson […]