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Edward Ford Byars, Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering – December 24, 2020

Edward Byars, 95, Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering and retired executive assistant to the president, died December 24, 2020. Byars earned his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and Master of Science in Civil Engineering from Clemson University and a Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics from the University of Illinois. After World War II service in […]

G. Richard Thompson, Professor Emeritus of Economics – December 15, 2020

Richard Thompson, 80, Professor Emeritus of Economics, died December 15, 2020. Thompson retired from the Department of Economics at Clemson in 2008. He previously served as assistant dean of the College of Commerce and Industry and interim head of the Department of Marketing. Prior to Clemson, he worked at the University of Southern Alabama and […]