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The Clemson Agricultural College

of Sou th Carolina

GRADUATING EXERCISES

Fifty-ninth Commencement

June 5, 1955

CLEMSON, SOUTH CAROLINA

ALMA MATER

Where the Blue Ridge yawns its greatness

Where the Tigers play;

Here the sons of dear old Clemson Reign supreme alway.

CHORUS

Dear Old Clemson, we will triumph,

And with all our might,

That the Tiger's roar may echo

O'er the mountain height.

-A. C. CORCORAN, '19

Graduating Exercises SUNDAY, JUNE 5, 1955

5:00 p. m. - Outdoor Theatre

ORDER OF EXERCISES (Audience will please stand as seniors march in)

Invocation The Reverend George R. Cannon

Clemson Methodist Church

Recessional . Musical Selection

Kipling-DeKoven Harry Bolick, Ten or

Address to the Graduating Class The Honorable James 0. Wynn

Vice-President of The Olin Foundation

Authorization by the Boa rd of Trustees The Honorable Robert M. Cooper

President of the Board

Conferring of Degrees and Delivery of Diplomas President R. F. Poole

"Alma Mater"

Benediction The Reverend M. C. Allen Clemson Baptist Church

"Taps"

(Audience will please remain seated while graduates march out

CANDIDATES FOR BACHELORS' DEGREES

SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE

Agriculture - Agricultural Economics Major Rob ert Langston Huffma n ________ Newberry Louis Stout Philhower, Jr. __ Williamsburg, Va. Willia m Earl Johnson III ------------- Aiken

Agriculture - Agronomy Major Sumter Elwood Calcutt ------------ Pa mp lico Silas Nathaniel Pea rman, Jr. ______ Columbia Donald Cockfield ----------------- La ke City Cla rence Franklin Sease ---------- Ehrhardt John Olien Hardee ------------- Greeleyville *Bryan Legare Walpole, Jr. ____ Johns Island Ma rtin William McCa rter, Jr. ________ Clover Gene Richard Ware -------------- Due West Benjamin Franklin Pa rker _____ Marion, N. C.

Agriculture - Animal Husbandry Major Edw a rd Dewey Byrd, Jr. __________ Kingstree Reu e l McLeod --------- -------- Timmonsville *Niles Craig Clark, Jr. ------------ Waterloo Ha rry Harley Mills, Jr. ----------- Ridgeland Dale Lester Collins - ---------------- Mullins Arthur Glenn Neil, Jr. _____________ Waterloo Edward Leon Corley --- ---------- Lexington Robert Barney Dorn, Jr. --------------- Irmo Robert Marvin Edwards, Jr. _________ Elloree Henry Webster Hodges -------------- Sumter Gilbert Lamar Horne _____________ Jonesville James Samuel Horne, Jr. --------- St. George

Bruce Garvin Nickles ----- - - -------- - Seneca Ch arle s Harrison Quarles ________ Abbeville Fred erick Johnson Rivers _______ Chesterfield John Ea rle Smith, Jr. --------------- Kinards Ja mes Clement Ulmer, Jr. ____________ Elloree Ph illip Whittington Whiteside ___ Anniston, Ala.

Agriculture - Dairy Major Willis Wilson Crain ---------------- Chester Kenneth Light Moore __________ Calhoun, Ga. Ra wl Dargan Culclasure, Jr. ____ St. Matthews *Chauncey Depew Smith, Jr. ---- Spartanburg Rich a rd Morris Freund ____ Philadelphia, Pa. Thoma s Hall Trively - ------ - ------- Clemson Francis Stuart Haneke! III ________ Charleston

Agriculture - Entomology Major James Aubrey Gallman -------------- Inman

Agriculture - Horticulture Major James Allan Cox _____________ Yonge s Island Da n Morrow Robinson ------------ Lancaster Donald Erwin Lidke ______ Maplewood, N. J.

Agriculture - Poultry Major John Eugene Garrison ________ Buffalo, N. Y.

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SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE

Arts and Sciences *Melvin Eugene Barnette _________ Pendleton George Ulmer Bennett - ----------- Columbia Robert Edward Bradford - ------- Fords, N. J. Clifford Chandler Bryan ______________ Rains Eddie Neel Dalton --- - ------- Asheville, N. C. Bobby Julian Daniel - - - ------- Oxford, N. C.

Wade Hampton Gilmer, Jr. ---- - --- Anderson Homer Leroy Hoover, Jr. ______ Wooster, Ohio **William Theodore Jefferies

- - - - - ------- --- ---- ---- Burlington, N. C. William Edwin Myrick, Jr. - - - ------ - - Ulmers Washington Reid Patrick - ------- Charleston

Industrial Physics Alfred Erskine Hawkins ----- ------ Greenville

Pre-Medicine Richard Albert Blair -- - --- --- Louisville, Ky. Forrest Farley Hedden - - - --- --- - -- Walhalla **Robert Eaton Hunter -------------- Clemson John Delano Mixon - ------ --------- Hampton Melvin Bond Nickles, Jr. - ---- - - - - - - - Laurens

*Thelberl Rudolph Suggs ------- - - ---- - Loris Joseph William Taber, Jr. __________ Pendleton Lewis Johnson Turner, Jr. - - - - North Augusta Jesse Alexander White, Jr, __ Greensboro, N. C. Steven Merle While --------------- Clemson

SCHOOL OF CHEMISTRY BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE

Agricultural Chemistry William Carl Nettles, Jr. ---- - - - ---- Clemson

Chemistry Carl Columbus Bailey, Jr. - - -------- Clemson Marcus Karl Brandt - ---- ------ Spartanburg Robert Lee Brock -------- ------------ Belton Talmage Dewitt Fosler, Jr. - --- - Spartanburg

James Drew Hindman ___ ___ Red Wing, Minn. Barbour Hubert Littleton ---------- Walhalla William Schirmer, Jr. - - --------- Charleston

SCHOOL OF EDUCATION BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE

Education Franklin Hugh Atkins - ---------- - -- Chesnee Cecil Rigby Brown ------ ------ Spartanburg *James Neel Calhoun ____________ Ninety Six Wayne Ray Davis - - - - ---- - - - --- - --- Liberty

Harold Douglas Kingsmore ------ - --- Buffalo Oscar Belton Sanders - ------- Yonges Island *Bernard Carroll Smith ______ Conover, N. C.

Industrial Education Charles Edward Gray ------ ---- Spartanburg William Dewey Mitchell, Jr. ____ Spartanburg David Henry Harrison _____________ Clemson Augustus Maynard Sharkey ------- Clemson Simon Weaver Humphrey - - - --- ---- Bethune

Vocational Agricultural Education William Jake Caudill ---- - ----- Ronda, N. C. Lawrence Elbert Murphree ________ Tamassee Remo Emerson Cribb ----------- - - - Florence Robert Hastings Randall ________ Ridge Spring James Allen Herndon - - - ------ - --- Bamberg George Wayne Sawyer, Jr. - - ------ Monetta Wildon Hucks -------------- Galivanls Ferry Carl Britton Tucker ____________ Mt. Croghan David Allen Inabinet ------- - - St. Matthews John Richard Underwood -------- West Union Terrell Maurice McMillan -------- - Bamberg Thurman O'Neal Marlin - - ----------- - Aynor

William Weston Weldon _______ Bennettsville James Kirby Willis ---- --------- -------- Clio

SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE

Agricultural Engineering (Agricultural Engineering is jointly administered by th e

School of Agriculture and the School of Engineering. ) Ernest Thomson Anderson , Jr. - - ----- Low rys John David Patrick ----------- ----- Clemson Douglass Kennedy Britt ---------- McCormick Sanford Newton Smith - - ------- Spartanburg John Hoy t Ha rdee -------------------- Loris Reed Clifton Tanner --------- ----- Kingstree Azel Jame s Hutto, Jr. --------- - Ora ngeburg Eustice Hin son Walters -------- --- Lancaster William Fred McClure _____________ Chesnee Byron Kenneth Webb ------ ---- Cross Anchor Ja mes David Martin ---------------- Lyman Floy d Coleman Worley -------------- Nichols **Ja me s Aubrey Murph y -------------- Sta rr

Architectural Engineering *Raymond Neill Campbell ________ Greenville Cly de Albert Glenn, Jr . - -------- -- Anderson *John Carroll Cox - -------------- Greenville Roy Bronson Jeffcoat ---------- ---- Sw ansea

Architecture Allen Edgar Arthur, Jr. -------- Orlando, Fla. George De Witt Auld _____________ Gre enville Ph ilip Everett Dugger ---------- Ta mpa, Fla . John Walter Harrison --------------- Su mter George Joseph Madlinger ___ Memphis , Tenn . Charles Smith Major, Jr . ---------- Anderson

Richard Dillard Mitchell - ---- --- - Greenville Augustus Louis Ott Ill ---------- -- Columbia Jimmie DeLeon Phipps , Jr. ________ Lake City George Legare' Porch er - ----- ---- Charleston William Thomas Sumner ______ Spartanburg William Kay Turner - - - - ---- ------ Columbia

BACHELOR OF CERAMIC ENGINEERING DEGREE *Arthur English Brown ------------ Florence Robert Guy Hill ---- --- ----------- - Florence

Charles William Reece ---- --- ------- Greer

BACHELOR OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING DEGREE *James Hodgson Abbott, Jr. ---- Can ton, N. C. Joe Major Alexander ______________ Anderson *Bacil Freeman Dickert ----- ---- --- Columbia *Fritz Richard Franke ---- ----- - Spartanburg *Charles Dean Hendrix - ------ --- Greenville

*Angus McPh erson La nder - ----- Spartanburg **John Connor Le utwyler ____ Sa vannah, Ga. Jack Tompkins Moyd ---- ------- -- Ninety Six William Francis Sta fford - - --------- Oswego *Bobby James Tha rpe -- - --- ------- Varnville

BACHELOR OF CIVIL ENGINEERING DEGREE

Robert Myles Carter ------------ Walterboro *Henry Reynolds Coleman ________ Abbeville Ch arles Glenn Cra fton, Jr. ------- __ Camden Harry Leon King, Jr. __________ Atlanta, Ga.

John Lemuel Leap h a rt ---- ----------- North David Morris ------------ ----- - Shelby, N. C. Clyde Ezra Poovey, Jr. _______ Hickory, N. C. Samuel David Shearer, Jr. ------ -- Anderson

BACHELOR OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DEGREE William Harry Allison -------- --- Gre enville ***William Donald Ashcraft --------- Florence ** *John Ma rtin Bailey, Jr. ----------- Seneca William Heard Boatwright ------ - Darlington *Thomas Woodward Bookha rt ____ Kingstre e Jasper Lee Byrd, Jr. -------------- Hartsville Elton Myers Calder __________ Sava nnah, Ga. *Thomas Champion Drew, Jr. ______ Gaffney John Melvin Gasque, Jr. ---------- Columbia W illiam Alfred Gasque ------------- Marion Ed ward Douglas Guy, Jr. -------- Abbeville John Calhoun Harris ______________ Florence

George Simeon Ha rvey , Jr. - ----- -- Columbia John Davis Hunsuck ----- ------ Spartanburg Joh n Robert Kin g - ---- --------- Flovilla, Ga. Cecil Eugen e Kirby - - ------ --- ------ Sumter *William Lawrence Orr, Jr.

---------- ----- --- Hendersonville, N. C. Richard Blair Sherer ---------- - - -- Rock Hill Richard Lane Sullivan

------------------ Cristobal, Canal Zone John Cle llan Thorne --------------- Chesnee *Robert Ly nn Wy a tt --------------- Florence

BACHELOR OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEGREE *Marion Hugh Anderson - ----- - -- Greenville Garland Franklin Brewer - - - - - ------ Seneca James Carlisle Cauthen , Jr. ---- Orangeburg William Bryan Clinton, Jr. -------- Rock Hill William Carol Cook ------ - - - - - - -- Woodruff Cornice Earl Driskill - - ---- -- Asheville, N. C. Roy Calhoun Fuller, Jr. ------ Murphy, N. C. Samuel Bolivar George II -------- Lexington

*Joseph Dennis Hayes, Jr. --- - -------- Latta ••w alter Hazel Hendrix ______ Hea th Springs **Whitten East Little __________ Myrtle Beach John Calvin McGill - - - - - - - -- Charlotte, N. C. Champ Forney Nelson ------ Savannah , Ga. Roy Edward Pa rdue, Jr. -------- Gra niteville Allen Wayne Ward ------- Birmingham, Ala.

SCHOOL OF TEXTILES BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE

Textile Chemisiry

Benjamin Harrison Bell ------------ -- Inman William Henry Elam ---------- Ware Shoals William Carlyle Howard ------ Canton, N. C. John Howard Howell -------------- Columbia

**Joe Franklin Mattison - - ------------ Belton Richa rd Lee Neely --- ------------- Rock Hill *William Oscar Stone, Jr. - - --- --- Newberry *Samuel Gregg Thompson __ Charleston Heights

Textile Engineering Robert Michael Ashmore ________ Greenville William Thomas Bowen ------------ Clemson Joseph Robert Clelan -------- Lewistown, Pa. *Clarence Westmoreland Davis ____ Abbeville Ray Hampton Fowler ---------- Spartanburg Robert Carl Grant ---- - ----------- Abbeville Claude Albert Graves, Jr. ________ Due West

••Andrei Knox Helms ________ W axhaw, N. C. •••Allston Thomas Mitchell ____ Spa rta nburg *Dougla s Donald Padgette ---------- Saluda Maun g Khin Si ------- ----- Rangoon, Burma Jack Randall Ta tham - - ------- --- Greenville Huston Edwin Thompson ________ Gray Court

Textile Manufacturing James Caleb Bass, Jr. -------------- Florence Lacy Wellington King, Jr. - - ----- - - - Cheraw Earl Dean Berry - - ------------- Spartanburg Thomas Broome Lee - - ------ -------- Gaffney Roy Odell Coker, Jr. - -------------- Taylors Thomas Grigsby Livingston ------- -- Neeses Walter Richard Coker ---- - - -------- Laurens John Martin Lunsford ----- ----- Spartanb urg Gerald B. Cooper ----------------- Lancaster Robert Samuel Mabry ----------- Greenville Leon Archie Cooper, Jr. ----------- Columbia Eddie Thomas Madden ----- ---- - Clearwa ter Garland Walker Duvall ------------ Cheraw John Jasper Mikell -------------- Greenville Charles Hicklen Ferguson ------- Great Falls Robert Thayle Mooneyhan ___ West Columbia *Ben Robert Fox -------------------- Inman Marly n Donald Morgan - - - --------- Gaffney Rogers Oscar Gaines ------------ Greenwood Preston Calhoun Opt ------ - ------ --- Belton Joe Dean Garner ------------------ Gaffney Joel DuPre Pate ---- --- - - --------- Winnsboro *David Raymond Gentry ------------ Easley Randolph Olando Potts - - ------- - -- Fort Mill Hamlin Joseph Gleaton ---------- Greenville Donald Howard Ross ---- - - ------ -- Rock Hill William Madison Golden ---------- Piedmont David Hartford Seagraves ------ Athens, Ga. Walter Dewey Gunnell, Jr. ------ Spartanburg Clarke Robertson Sta rnes, Jr . __ Gastonia, N. C. Ellis Jesse Gunter ---------------- Anderson John Alv in Templeton - - - - - - - - - - -- Greenville Edward Bryan Hammond ______ Johnsonville Judge Ruben Thornton - ---- ---- -- Greenville William Frampton Harper --- ---------- York Joseph King Tinsley - ----- Forest City, N. C. Donald Lee Harrison ---------------- Brunson Lawrence Anthony White ---- ---- -- Camden Robert Marshall Harrison _______ Greenwood Richard Edward Whitlock - - - - ---- Lake City Kenneth Rutherford Hart ---------- Rock Hill Richard Anthony Whitten - --- - -- Macon, Ga. Alfred Douglas Hellams ------------ Laurens James Thomas Wilkerson --------- Anderson Billy Edwin Hodgin -------------- -- Camden William Edward Worthy - - ---- ------ Chester Fred Harold Hope ------------ North Augusta Charles N. Wyatt, Jr. ------- - ---- Greenville William Addison Key ------------ Columbia

• With honor. With high honor. With highest honor.

CANDIDATES FOR MASTERS' DEGREES

SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE

MASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREE Agricultural Economics

William Howard Faver, Jr. ----- --- Eastover Fred Hubert Garner ------- ---------- Union

Entomology John Patrick Fulmer - - - - - - - --- Augusta, Ga.

Zoology James McKenzie Alexander III ______ Clemson

SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING MASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREE

Agricultural Engineering (Agricultural Engineering is jointly administered by the

School of Agriculture and the School of Engineering.)

Carl McHenry Lund ---------------- Clemson

MASTER OF CERAMIC ENGINEERING DEGREE Irvin Fenley Havens ---- ---------- Clemson

MASTER OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DEGREE Walter Lee Ball -------------------- Clemson

MASTER OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEGREE Ja mes Walter Hammond -------- Williamston