Ben Skardon ’38 survived the Bataan Death March of WWII thanks to his Clemson ring. After surrendering to the Japanese at the Battle of Bataan in the Philippines, tens of thousands of U.S.-Filipino forces were forced on a 65-mile march from Bataan to Camp O’Donnell. Despite surviving the march, Skardon became deathly ill, suffering severe malnutrition, […]
Curtis F. Morgan Jr. M ’85 accompanied his adopted daughter on a heritage tour of China June 23-11, 2018. This was taken in front of the entrance to the Forbidden City, Tienanmen Square, Beijing.
Ben Capa ’02 traveled to Bali to see his brother, Jyles Sosa, left, get married to his beautiful bride, Elise. The wedding was at Nungnung Waterfall North of Ubud. “This pic was taken in the heart of Seminyak. We were doing a little shopping and came across this gem.”
David Tempel III ’13 and his wife, Danielle, went on an Alaskan cruise to get married in Juneau, Alaska, on September 2, 2018, near the Mendenhall glacier. The next day, they traveled to Skagway where they took a helicopter ride and got to hike on the Chilkat glacier. Since the weather was so good that […]
Ken ’84, Becky ’86, Ashleigh ’15, Bryson ’17, and Michael Stoddard hiked the Great Wall of China in Beijing, showing some Clemson pride.
Dan ’10, M ’12 and Kimberly ’10 D’Unger and Rob ’10 and Lauren ’11 Culbertson celebrated joint 30th birthdays in Iceland, including hiking in and around the ice caves of the Mýrdalsjökull glacier, which covers an active volcano known as Katla.
Cody Huggins ’17, a second lieutenant in the Air Force, and a group of friends hiked the Manitou Incline in Colorado Springs.
Tonya Burgess ’95 was married in Jamaica on August 11, 2018, and her niece Tasheka McDowell ’01 served as a bridesmaid. The aunt and niece duo showed off their shared love of Clemson during the wedding’s reception in Jamaica.
“I had three weeks between jobs and decided, very last minute, to hike Mt. Kilimanjaro — the tallest mountain in Africa. We arrived at the Lemosho trail head, and about five minutes before we started our ascent, I notice the unforgettable Clemson colors and logo. The purple sweatshirt was worn by a Swahili-speaking, Tanzanian native […]
Chip ’92, M ’94, Ph.D. ’11, and Jenni Tonkin ’91 and their children, Chase and Shelby, took their Tiger Rag on a gondola ride in Switzerland up to the highest point in Europe: Jungfraujoch.