August 19, 2020
Ireland G. Regnier, 95, professor emeritus of Art, died Aug. 15, 2020. He retired from Clemson in 1988 after 26 years. A decorated World War II veteran and graduate of the Kansas City Art Institute with a Master of Fine Arts degree, Regnier had works in private collections in the U.S. and England and a […]
August 19, 2020
Clyde Lewis Barth, 88, professor emeritus of Agricultural Engineering, died Aug. 13, 2020. He retired from Clemson University in 1987 after serving as a professor and Extension agent. Barth was a veteran of the United States Army. He graduated from the University of Illinois Champaign and earned his master’s degree and Ph.D. from the University […]
August 17, 2020
Lawrence “Larry” Dyck, 78, professor emeritus of Biological Sciences, died Aug. 15, 2020. Dyck taught at Clemson for 31 years. His dedication for the removal of PCBs in Twelve Mile Creek led to a cleaner Lake Hartwell. Upon retiring as a professor, he created a business focused on the stabilization and habitat restoration of eroded and […]
August 11, 2020
Benjamin Upchurch Kittrell Sr., former director of the Pee Dee Research and Education Center in Florence, died July 27, 2020, after a long battle with dementia. He retired from Clemson in 2002 after 24 years as an agronomist and tobacco specialist before guiding the Pee Dee REC through a time of tremendous change, implementing many […]
August 11, 2020
Stanley “Luke” Lukawecki, professor emeritus of mathematical sciences and former director of Undergraduate Studies, died in Seneca Aug. 8, 2020. Lukawecki graduated from Southeastern Louisiana College in 1953, then served in the U. S. Army. He was awarded a Ph.D. in applied mathematics from Auburn University in 1961. He taught at Southwestern Louisiana College and […]
July 17, 2020
Joe L. Ancrum, 22, passed away, the University was notified. Ancrum was a senior computer engineering major from Goose Creek, South Carolina. He was a student operations assistant with Campus Activities and Events. “Joe was a valuable member of the Clemson Family, and we are deeply saddened by his passing,” said Interim Vice President for […]
July 10, 2020
Frances Fotini Chamberlain, 73, Professor Emerita of Landscape Architecture, died July 2, 2020, in Boulder, Colorado. She earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Texas, Austin, in 1970 and a Master of Landscape Architecture degree from the University of Virginia in 1980. Her career began at a small landscape architecture firm in New […]
July 7, 2020
Starlett Russell Craig, 72, former director of Academic Outreach for the Charles H. Houston Center for the Study of the Black Experience in Education at Clemson University, died Sunday, June 28, 2020, at her home. A native of Asheville, Craig retired in 2015 after 25 years at Clemson. She was a graduate of Spelman College. […]
June 23, 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 […]
June 19, 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 […]
