{"id":19704,"date":"2018-09-17T13:28:50","date_gmt":"2018-09-17T17:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/?p=19704"},"modified":"2018-09-17T13:28:50","modified_gmt":"2018-09-17T17:28:50","slug":"golden-tiger-class-of-1968-raises-1-million-for-rotc-scholarships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/golden-tiger-class-of-1968-raises-1-million-for-rotc-scholarships\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden Tiger Class of 1968 raises $1 million for ROTC scholarships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/clemson.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Golden-Tiger_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19810\" src=\"https:\/\/clemson.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Golden-Tiger_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/09\/Golden-Tiger_1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/09\/Golden-Tiger_1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/09\/Golden-Tiger_1-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/09\/Golden-Tiger_1-705x471.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">The class of 1968 marked its 50th anniversary in June with a reunion celebration on campus and the announcement of a $1 million gift to Clemson\u2019s Reserve Officers\u2019 Training Corps (ROTC) program and scholarships for Clemson students.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u201cA gift of more than $1 million is an amazing gift,\u201d said Clemson President Jim Clements. \u201cI can tell you that it is a powerful, life-changing gift. You were students during a time of great change on our campus and in this nation. In the 50 years since then, you have witnessed many things and helped Clemson and the entire country improve, grow strong and lead. Now, you are adding to the already impressive legacy of the Class of 1968.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/clemson.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Golden-Tiger_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-19811 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/clemson.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Golden-Tiger_2-229x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"229\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/09\/Golden-Tiger_2-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/09\/Golden-Tiger_2.jpg 534w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Jerry Trapnell, Class of 1968 Golden Anniversary chair, said he was honored to be part of the reunion planning committee and to lead the class project. \u201cAs our committee reflected on our time at Clemson and the subsequent careers so many of our classmates led that were made possible by their Clemson degree,\u201d he said, \u201cit became very clear that our focus must be on reinforcing the top priority of supporting students in attending Clemson.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s3\">Since graduating, the Class of 1968 has given more than $17 million for University programs.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The class of 1968 marked its 50th anniversary in June with a reunion celebration on campus and the announcement of a $1 million gift to Clemson\u2019s Reserve Officers\u2019 Training Corps (ROTC) program and scholarships for Clemson students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":19811,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[1158,1392],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-19704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-clemson-forever","tag-fall-2018-clemson-forever","tag-golden-tigers"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/09\/Golden-Tiger_2.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19704","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\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19704\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19704"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=19704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}