Bob ’78 and Lee Anne Sattazahn celebrated Clemson’s championship victory at the top of Mt Haleakala in Maui on January 10th. Lee Anne is a former staff member who worked as a secretary for Dean Walter Cox from 1975-78.
Ross Griffin, Class of 1972 (chemistry) on top of the Hidden Lake Ski Run at Powder Mountain, Utah, at 9500 feet elevation. Representing Clemson and celebrating the National Championship on Top of the Mountain, January 2017!
Go Tigers!
John Ellis ’65 prepares to board the high speed EuroStar for holidays in London.
In a trip that included 3 National Parks, 2 states, and ~1 foreign country (Canada), Jordan Burbage ’11, M ’13 stands atop the ironically named Easy Pass in North Cascades National Park.
2016 marks 50 years of independence for Barbados. Brian Jeffrey Lunsford celebrated 50 trips around the sun in June of 2016. In 7 short months, I too will finish my 5th decade. As a couple who enjoy marathon racing, it seemed only fitting that we travel to Barbados for the Run Barbados races. We ran a 1 mile race on Friday, a 5k on Saturday and finished the weekend on Sunday with the marathon (Diana) and half marathon (Brian) event. We ran the Saturday 5k in our Clemson colors and hurried back to the resort to watch the Tigers win the ACC Championship. Although the participants were primarily from the UK and Canada, we did have two spectators give us a “Go Tigers” shout out along the course.
Trae King ’11 and Tammie Carroll King ’84 sharing their Clemson pride with Nelson, a local coconut harvester on San Pedro island in Belize for an unbelizable holiday. You better Belize they love Clemson here!
Romaine Sargent ’85, Pamela Bishop ’87 and Kevin Bishop ’85 strike the now familiar Deshaun (Watson) TD pose on top of Elk Knob (elevation 5538′) outside of Boone, NC on Saturday Dec. 31 prior to the victory over OSU in the Fiesta Bowl!
After high school, I wanted to be a part of something bigger than myself. I enlisted in the United States Marine Corps as an infantryman and served with 3rd Battalion 8th Marine Regiment in Camp Lejeune, N.C.
After four years, three continents and 13 countries, I wanted to give back on a larger scale, and I knew I needed a formal education. One thing I didn’t cultivate in high school or by crawling through swamps, though, was my academic skills.
When I applied to Clemson, it was a total Hail Mary based on my dismal high school GPA and SAT scores. The only thing I had going for me was four years of service in the Marines. To someone in admissions, that stood for something, and Clemson let me in. That sent a message to me that serving this country meant something to people at Clemson. And if they were going to take a gamble on me, I surely could not disappoint them.
With unwavering support from my future wife, Amy, I worked relentlessly and graduated cum laude in mechanical engineering and was in three different honor societies. A degree from Clemson has opened so many doors for me. I really do bleed orange because of the chance they gave me.
My second act at Clemson is to help more of our veterans come back to the workforce and bring the intangibles and leadership they honed while serving. Amy and I want to help them further their education at Clemson. We know firsthand how wonderful everyone here was when I was a struggling veteran getting re-immersed in 1999. The Veteran Resource Center is a clear display of the commitment Clemson has to veterans, and we couldn’t be more proud to support it.
I am Brian Burger, and this is My Clemson.
Brian Burger is co-owner of Fathom 4, a veteran-owned small business in Charleston that provides engineering services.
Bill Mitchell made his first pair of jeans in his dorm room. Now he’s an evangelist in the denim revival.
Travelers are Bill and Ann McCrary (79), Rob and Nancy Holmes (78) and Rick and Suzanne McLeod (78) in Paris.
