October 18, 2022
Jay Wallace Lathrop of Asheville, Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering, died on October 9, 2022. Lathrop entered the University of Maine as a 14-year-old and decided he wanted to become a physicist. At 15, he transferred to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where he received bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees in physics. Lathrop was employed […]
September 23, 2022
Carl Stassen Thompson, 75, of Seneca, Professor Emeritus of Applied Economics and Statistics, died September 17, 2022. Thompson worked at Clemson University for nearly 38 years; first, as a professor of teaching and research in Agricultural Economics and then as director of Land Management. He also served as president of the Faculty Senate during his […]
September 20, 2022
Clemson mourns the death of Accounting Professor Brian Carver who died on Monday, September 19, 2022. Service information will be shared when it becomes available. “We are all heartbroken by the loss of Brian, a dedicated teacher and scholar who has been a valued member of our accounting department since 2014,” said Wendy York, dean of […]
September 19, 2022
Joseph L. McPartland, 18, passed away on Monday, Sept. 12. He was a freshman engineering major from Roswell, Georgia. “We were deeply saddened to learn of Joseph’s passing,” said Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students L. Christopher Miller. “He was a joy to all those who knew him. The Clemson community sends […]
September 5, 2022
Ernest G. Baxa Jr., 82, Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering, died Aug. 31, 2022. Baxa earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Virginia before receiving his master’s degree and doctoral degree in electrical engineering at Duke University. He moved his family to Clemson in 1980 and finished his career […]
August 30, 2022
Retiree Frank McCloy Crane, 88, of Six Mile, died Aug. 27, 2022. Crane retired in 1992 after 34 years at Clemson University. He was plumbing supervisor in University Facilities when he retired. Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 30, in the Chapel of Duckett-Robinson Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Six […]
August 24, 2022
William “Biff” Joseph Kennedy Jr., 84, of Hilo, Hawaii, Professor Emeritus of Industrial Engineering, died Aug. 24, 2022. Originally hired in 1984, Kennedy retired in 2002 and was rehired in 2004 and retired again in 2012, for a total of 33 years of service to the University. Kennedy earned degrees from Whitman College, Washington State University, […]
August 19, 2022
Retiree Martha “Missy” Thompson Nail, 63, of Pendleton died Aug. 17, 2022. She worked at Clemson University from June 2000 to 2011 and again from June 2019 to January 2022, a total of 14 years. She worked in the Mailing and Distribution Center and University Facilities’ Custodial Shop. Nail attended T.L. Hanna High School and […]
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 […]
