Inside Clemson

Patricia Eakins-Cook, retiree – June 27, 2023

Patricia “Pat” Eakins-Cook, 81, of Clemson, S.C, passed away on Tuesday, June 27, 2023. She served Clemson University for 26 years, retiring as the Public Information Coordinator for the BPA Service Center in June 2005. She also worked for the Textiles Department and in the Dean’s Office of the College of Business and Professional Development. […]

Alberta Quartey, student

Alberta Quartey, 23, passed away on June 18, 2023. She was a graduate student from Ghana majoring in electrical engineering. “Our campus community mourns the loss of Alberta,” said Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students Chris Miller. “She will be sorely missed. Please continue to have her family and friends in your […]

Abena Ofori, student

Abena Ofori, 31, passed away on June 18, 2023. She was a graduate student from Ghana majoring in English. “We were saddened to learn of Abena’s passing,” said Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students Chris Miller. “The Clemson community sends thoughts and prayers to her family and friends as they grieve this tragic loss.”  […]

Wesley Ray McCaskill, retiree – June 2, 2023

Wesley Ray “Mac” McCaskill, 97, of Clemson, passed away June 2, 2023. He served Clemson University for 29 years as a chemist in Agricultural Chemical Services, starting on January 10, 1955, and retiring on June 30, 1983. He also served his country proudly in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II as a […]

Richard Dubsky, Professor Emeritus of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences

Richard S. Dubsky, Senior Lecturer Emeritus, died on May 15, 2023, at the age of 70 at the Cottingham Hospice House in Seneca, S.C. He earned his bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Salisbury University, a master’s degree in philosophy from the University of Tennessee and his Ph.D. in Philosophy from Duquesne University. Prior to teaching […]

Raymond C. Sawyer, Professor Emeritus of Performing Arts

Raymond C. Sawyer passed away on May 8, 2023.  Hired at Clemson University on August 15, 1974, Dr. Sawyer taught in the Department of Performing Arts and retired in 2006 after 31 years of service. Although he had many accolades during his tenure at Clemson, one notable accomplishment was his production of the play “American […]

Steven Meadows, Director of the Clemson University Bull Test Program – May 9, 2023

Steven Meadows

Clemson University mourns the death of Steven Meadows, Director of the Clemson University Bull Test Program within Clemson University Cooperative Extension. Dr. Meadows passed away on May 9, 2023. Meadows was hired at Clemson on May 1, 1989, and he was in his 35th year at the University. Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) provides grief counseling to […]

Marian Hull Withington, Professor Emerita of Libraries – April 26, 2023

Marian Hull Withington, 92, of Greenville, passed away on April 26, 2023. She served Clemson University as a Reference Librarian from 1964 until her retirement in 1990. Prior to Clemson, she served as a secretary with the U.S. Department of Air Force at Donaldson Air Force Base in Greenville. She subsequently went on to work […]

Carroll Preston Culbertson, retiree – May 5, 2023

Carroll Preston Culbertson, 69, passed away May 5, 2023. He spent a lifetime in agriculture as graduate of Clemson University with a degree in Agriculture and minors in Horticulture and Agricultural Economics. He served as a county agent in Greenwood, Abbeville and Union Counties before supervising some 22 counties of the Upstate as Senior Extension […]