{"id":17912,"date":"2017-09-03T14:30:07","date_gmt":"2017-09-03T18:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/?p=17912"},"modified":"2017-09-03T14:30:07","modified_gmt":"2017-09-03T18:30:07","slug":"alumnus-pledges-1-2-million-to-support-clemson-architecture-other-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/alumnus-pledges-1-2-million-to-support-clemson-architecture-other-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumnus pledges $1.2 million to support Clemson architecture, other programs"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>William H. \u201cBill\u201d Pelham \u201977, M \u201981 has pledged gifts totaling $1.2 million through the Jean T. and Heyward G. Pelham Foundation to support the School of Architecture, the Clemson Architectural Foundation (CAF) and other initiatives.
\nThese gifts bring the Pelham family\u2019s total donations to Clemson to more than $2.8 million since 2007. The philanthropic Pelham Foundation was established in 2006 by Bill Pelham\u2019s parents, Jean and Heyward Pelham. The Pelhams were strong advocates and supporters of education and the arts and very active in the Greenville community.
\n\u201cBill Pelham and his family have been tremendous supporters of Clemson\u2019s academic mission for many years, and we are very appreciative of this latest generous gift,\u201d said Clemson President Clements. \u201cBill has a passion for both the importance of study abroad programs and for further strengthening Clemson\u2019s outstanding architecture program, and this gift reflects both of these important University priorities.\u201d
\nThe donation includes annual unrestricted gifts and endowments. The unrestricted gifts provide flexibility so that college leadership can be more nimble and responsive. The endowments will provide for lasting funding.
\n\u201cWe wanted some funds to be available now for immediate impact and the rest to be available every year, forever,\u201d said Pelham.<\/p>\n

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\u201cBill Pelham and his family have been tremendous supporters of Clemson\u2019s academic mission\u00a0for many years, and we are very appreciative of this latest generous gift.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Bill Pelham graduated from Clemson in 1977 with a B.A. in pre-architecture and in 1981 with a master\u2019s in architecture. In 1978, he spent a semester studying in Genoa, Italy, at Clemson\u2019s Charles E. Daniel Center for Building Research and Urban Study, an experience that has informed his worldview and inspired his charitable giving.
\n\u201cBy giving our students a global reach that prepares them to provide design leadership in a flat world, to be global practitioners and regional experts, to understand the unique opportunities of place and the wealth derived from cultural differences, Bill\u2019s gift is truly transformational,\u201d said Kate Schwennsen, director of the School of Architecture.
\n\u201cBill Pelham has served as a visionary force for excellence in the College of Architecture, Arts and Humanities,\u201d said Dean Richard Goodstein. \u201cWhile his focus is very much on the School of Architecture and the CAF, Bill has supported the college in many ways, most recently during Clemson\u2019s Will to Lead capital campaign. We are truly grateful to Bill, his wife, Laura, and the Pelham family for their leadership and generosity to Clemson.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

William H. \u201cBill\u201d Pelham \u201977, M \u201981 has pledged gifts totaling $1.2 million through the Jean T. and Heyward G. Pelham Foundation to support the School of Architecture, the Clemson Architectural Foundation (CAF) and other initiatives. These gifts bring the Pelham family\u2019s total donations to Clemson to more than $2.8 million since 2007. The philanthropic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":17913,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[770,2538,2858,2860,3272,3278],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-17912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-clemson-forever","tag-college-of-art-architecture-and-humanities","tag-school-of-architecture","tag-summer-fall-2017","tag-summer-fall-2017-clemson-forever","tag-will-to-lead-campaign","tag-william-pelham"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/08\/Bill-Pelham.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17912","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\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17912\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17912"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=17912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}