{"id":22017,"date":"2019-12-19T14:01:56","date_gmt":"2019-12-19T19:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/?p=22017"},"modified":"2019-12-19T14:01:56","modified_gmt":"2019-12-19T19:01:56","slug":"tradition-flavors-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/tradition-flavors-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Tradition Flavors the Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"p2\">McGregor children honor parents with support of \u201955 Exchange<\/h4>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/clemson.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IceCream_Hand.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-22018\" src=\"https:\/\/clemson.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IceCream_Hand-1030x686.jpg\" alt=\"Ice Cream cone\" width=\"1030\" height=\"686\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/12\/IceCream_Hand-1030x686.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/12\/IceCream_Hand-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/12\/IceCream_Hand-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/12\/IceCream_Hand-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/12\/IceCream_Hand-705x470.jpg 705w, https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/12\/IceCream_Hand.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/a>S<span class=\"s1\">am \u201949 and Betty McGregor\u2019s <\/span><span class=\"s2\">family history is deeply rooted in Clemson, and their love for the University was passed down to their children and grandchildren. The McGregors also instilled the value of giving in their family. Years ago, they began a family tradition of giving back to worthy causes in honor of one another.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">That philanthropic spirit, along with an enduring love for Clemson, inspired the four McGregor children to establish the Sam Evans McGregor \u201949 and Betty Ulmer McGregor Clemson University MicroCreamery Endowment Fund in honor of their parents.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">As a South Carolina dairy farmer, Sam McGregor was a prominent leader in the agriculture field, named one of four Outstanding Young Farmers in America in 1964 and the recipient of the Clemson Alumni Association\u2019s Distinguished Service Award in 1977. Betty McGregor was honored as National Mother of the Year in 2009 and was named Clemson\u2019s Mother of the Year in 2010.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">The choice to give to the \u201955 Exchange was an obvious one for the proud children of a Clemson-educated dairy farmer. The \u201955 Exchange is a student-led entrepreneurial center in which the students design, manufacture, sell and serve Clemson\u2019s world-famous ice cream, blue cheese and other products. All revenues generated support Clemson students and their academic and professional training.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s3\">Students benefit from being a part of the creative process at the \u201955 Exchange. They created a special flavor \u2014 McGregor\u2019s Salty Caramel Glazed Southern Beignet Ice Cream \u2014 to express appreciation for the family\u2019s gift.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s3\">The McGregor family\u2019s gift reflects the motto of the \u201955 Exchange, \u201cWhere Tradition Flavors the Future.\u201d The McGregor family gave back to honor the traditions established by their parents, and to help ensure success for future generations of Clemson students. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sam \u201949 and Betty McGregor\u2019s family history is deeply rooted in Clemson, and their love for the University was passed down to their children and grandchildren.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":22018,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[24],"tags":[3347],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-22017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-clemson-forever","tag-winter-2020-clemson-forever"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/12\/IceCream_Hand.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22017","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=22017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22017\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22017"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=22017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}