{"id":15187,"date":"2016-05-04T07:30:35","date_gmt":"2016-05-04T11:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/?p=15187"},"modified":"2016-05-04T07:30:35","modified_gmt":"2016-05-04T11:30:35","slug":"tee-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/tee-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Tee &amp; Me: Thoughts on the Legacy of T.L. Senn at Clemson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div id='fullscreen_slider_1'  class='avia-fullscreen-slider main_color   avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_fifth  avia-builder-el-first   container_wrap sidebar_right' style=' '  ><a href='#next-section' title='' class='scroll-down-link ' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue877' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'><\/a><div   data-size='extra_large'  data-lightbox_size='large'  data-animation='slide'  data-conditional_play=''  data-ids='15121'  data-video_counter='0'  data-autoplay='false'  data-bg_slider='true'  data-slide_height='100'  data-handle='av_fullscreen'  data-interval='5'  data-class=' '  data-el_id=''  data-css_id='fullscreen_slider_1'  data-scroll_down='aviaTBscroll_down'  data-control_layout=''  data-custom_markup=''  data-perma_caption=''  data-autoplay_stopper=''  data-image_attachment=''  data-min_height='0px'  data-stretch=''  data-default-height='100'  class='avia-slideshow avia-slideshow-1 av-slider-scroll-down-active av-default-height-applied avia-slideshow-extra_large av_fullscreen   avia-slide-slider '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><ul class='avia-slideshow-inner ' style='padding-bottom: 100%;' ><li style='background-position:top left;' data-img-url='https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/04\/Tee-and-me-005.jpg' class=' av-single-slide slide-1 ' ><div data-rel='slideshow-1' class='avia-slide-wrap '   ><div class = \"caption_fullwidth av-slideshow-caption caption_center caption_center_framed caption_framed\"><div class = \"container caption_container\"><div class = \"slideshow_caption\"><div class = \"slideshow_inner_caption\"><div class = \"slideshow_align_caption\"><h2  class='avia-caption-title  '  itemprop=\"name\" >Tee and Me<\/h2><div class='avia-caption-content  '  itemprop=\"description\"  ><p>Thoughts on the Legacy of T.L. Senn at Clemson<br \/>\nby Jere Brittain \u201961<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><div id='after_full_slider_1'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap sidebar_right' style=' '  ><div class='container' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-15187'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'><br \/>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_fullscreen  el_before_av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-first  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_three_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p><i>A member of Clemson\u2019s extraordinary Class of \u201939,\u00a0Tee Senn passed away on January 12, 2016, at the age of 98. Longtime professor and chair of horticulture, Senn influenced the University through academics and agriculture, pedagogy and philanthropy. One of the driving forces behind the Class of \u201939 Award for Faculty Excellence, he was instrumental in the founding of the South Carolina Botanical Garden, and the original 44 acres are dedicated in his honor. This essay is written by Jere Brittain, who was both a student and a colleague of Tee Senn.<\/i><br \/>\nWhen I registered for Horticulture 201 in 1959, I was an agriculture education major, inspired by admiration for my teacher at Mills River High School (N.C.). The Clemson professor was a young, charismatic South Carolinian with a fresh Ph.D. from the University of Maryland. He was Tee Senn, a member of the Clemson College Class of \u201939. By mid-semester l had changed my major to horticulture, a turning point in my life that l have never regretted.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_15122\" style=\"width: 190px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/clemson.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/39Ceremony-090.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15122\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15122\" class=\"size-square wp-image-15122\" src=\"https:\/\/clemson.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/39Ceremony-090-180x180.jpg\" alt=\"Jan. 10, 2012 - Richard Figliola, who has been a member of the mechanical engineering faculty at Clemson since 1980, has been recognized by his colleagues and the Class of 1939 as one of Clemson University\u2019s brightest. Figliola was named the recipient of the Class of 1939 Award for Excellence at a ceremony Tuesday morning at the Carillon Gardens on campus. The award was established to recognize faculty members for the highest achievement of service to the student body, the university and the community.\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/04\/39Ceremony-090-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/04\/39Ceremony-090-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/04\/39Ceremony-090-36x36.jpg 36w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-15122\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Richard Figliola (left)\u00a0was named the recipient of the Class of 1939 Award in 2011.<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nAs a teacher, Tee brought the study of plants to life for me. He understood and respected the need to explore plant processes at the tissue and cellular levels, but his real professional passion was for whole plants, especially when artfully assembled in gardens and when applied as therapy for populations with special needs. Tee was a pioneer in the evolution of horticultural therapy for persons with physical, mental and social impairments. The South Carolina Botanical Garden on the Clemson campus originated as a horticultural therapy garden and is a lasting memorial to Tee\u2019s creativity in finding funds for an initiative that lacked support by the gatekeepers of horticultural science.<br \/>\nDuring my years as professor and occasional interim chair in the Department of Horticulture, it was my privilege to create two courses, Horticulture and Human Well-Being and Garden Experiences in Childhood Development, somewhat in Tee\u2019s honor. The latter course provided the genesis for the current children\u2019s gardening program at the gardens, and it descends directly from Tee\u2019s teachings.<br \/>\nTee was a visionary with big ideas. The evidence is all around the Clemson campus and extends far beyond through his students and their students.\u00a0Clemson College produced its own greatest generation, and Tee Senn was one of its proudest members. Jere Brittain \u201961 is professor emeritus of horticulture at Clemson.<br \/>\n<em>Jere Brittain\u00a0<\/em><i>\u201961 is professor emeritus of horticulture at Clemson.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_three_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_three_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_three_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><div   class='av_promobox  avia-button-yes   avia-builder-el-7  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '>\t\t<div class='avia-promocontent'><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-15442\" src=\"https:\/\/clemson.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/39Ceremony-078-2-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"Class of 1939, Richard Figliola\" width=\"121\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/04\/39Ceremony-078-2-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/04\/39Ceremony-078-2-468x705.jpg 468w, https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/04\/39Ceremony-078-2.jpg 531w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 121px) 100vw, 121px\" \/>Read another tribute to Tee Senn that was prepared\u00a0\u00a0for the annual Class of \u201939 Memorial Service by Don McKale, Class of &#8217;41 Memorial Professor of the Humanities.<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><div  class='avia-button-wrap avia-button-right ' ><a href='http:\/\/wp.me\/p63Bn8-40K'  class='avia-button   avia-icon_select-no avia-color-theme-color avia-size-large avia-position-right '   ><span class='avia_iconbox_title' >Read more<\/span><\/a><\/div>\t<\/div><\/div><div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-8  el_after_av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-last  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":15574,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[880,1762,2905,2931,2979],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-15187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-landmarks-legends","tag-cw-spring-2016","tag-landmarks-legends","tag-t-l-senn","tag-tee-and-me","tag-the-south-carolina-botanical-gardens"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/05\/T.Senn-and-me-e1462477423593.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15187\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15187"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=15187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}