August 10, 2022
Former professor and acting Dean of Engineering Col. Everett Lane Thomas Jr. (Ret.), 91, died Friday, Aug. 5, 2022. Thomas joined the faculty of Clemson University in 1974 as director of Systems Engineering, a new graduate program. He also served as acting dean of Engineering from 1982 to 1983 and taught undergraduate industrial engineering prior […]
July 28, 2022
Tah-Teh Yang, 94, professor emeritus of Mechanical Engineering, died July 27, 2022. Born in Shanghai, China, he received a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the Shanghai Institute of Technology. He worked at the Kaohsiung Harbor Bureau in Taiwan before coming to the United States for graduate school in 1955. He received his Master […]
July 28, 2022
Benjamin Clay Dysart III, 82, of Brentwood, Tennessee, distinguished professor of Environmental Engineering, died July 9, 2022. Dysart earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Vanderbilt University’s School of Engineering and his doctoral degree at Georgia Tech. He worked as a civil engineer at Union Carbide and then was a distinguished professor of Environmental Engineering at Clemson University. He […]
July 19, 2022
Julia Ann Eggert, 71, of Bluffton, Professor Emerita of Nursing, died July 14, 2022. Eggert retired from Clemson University in 2017, having served as the coordinator of the Ph.D. program and professor of nursing; geriatric nurse practitioner and Fellow in Genetics at NINR/NIH. Her 22 years of clinical experience include managing a local site of […]
July 7, 2022
Peter J. McNulty, Professor Emeritus of Physics and Astronomy, died June 6, 2022. McNulty joined Clemson’s Physics and Astronomy department in 1988, serving as department head for more than 13 years before retiring in 2012. McNulty was a doctoral graduate of the State University of New York-Buffalo and earned a Bachelor of Science at Fordham […]
July 6, 2022
Yanchen Wu, 30, passed away on Monday, June 27. He was a Ph.D. student in economics and a native of Hangzhou, China. “Learning of the death of one of our students is always difficult,” said Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students L. Christopher Miller. “The Clemson Family extends our deepest condolences to […]
July 5, 2022
Lane Duncan Miller, 73, died Thursday, June 30, 2022, at Dominion Senior Living in Clemson. Miller was 1966 graduate of D.W. Daniel High School and a 1974 graduate of Clemson University. He worked at Clemson University for more than 30 years, starting with the Athletic Department. He then worked and retired as the associate director […]
July 5, 2022
Martha Waring Garrison, 91, died June 24, 2022. She worked for Clemson University for 28 years as the receptionist in Jervey Athletic Center. Garrison was honored as Clemson University’s Employee of the Year in 1993 and Tiger Brotherhood Mother of the Year in 1979. She retired in 1994. A memorial service is planned for 1 […]
June 27, 2022
Sally A. Surver, Emeritus of Electrical & Computer Engineering passed away last week. Surver had more than 21 years of service to Clemson University and retired on June 21, 2002. She was a member of the Emeritus College. Service details will be offered as details become available.
May 25, 2022
Alfred Franklin Newton, 91, Professor Emeritus of Industrial Education, died May 11, 2022. Newton was a graduate of Clemson University, earning a bachelor’s degree in 1952 and a master’s in 1958. He earned a doctorate in education from the University of Tennessee in 1961, then returned to Clemson and served as the department head of […]
