{"id":24897,"date":"2022-06-20T10:55:39","date_gmt":"2022-06-20T14:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/?p=24897"},"modified":"2022-06-20T10:55:39","modified_gmt":"2022-06-20T14:55:39","slug":"dsa-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/dsa-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"2021 Distinguished Service Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div id='fullscreen_slider_1'  class='avia-fullscreen-slider main_color   avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-first   container_wrap sidebar_right' style=' '  ><a href='#next-section' title='' class='scroll-down-link av-control-minimal' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue877' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'><\/a><div   data-size='no scaling'  data-lightbox_size='large'  data-animation='slide'  data-conditional_play=''  data-ids='24907'  data-video_counter='0'  data-autoplay='true'  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='av-control-minimal'  data-custom_markup=''  data-perma_caption=''  data-autoplay_stopper=''  data-image_attachment='scroll'  data-min_height='0px'  data-stretch=''  class='avia-slideshow avia-slideshow-1 av-slider-scroll-down-active av-control-minimal av-default-height-applied avia-slideshow-no scaling av_fullscreen   avia-slide-slider '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><ul class='avia-slideshow-inner ' style='padding-bottom: 66.6666666667%;' ><li style='background-position:top center;' data-img-url='https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/DSA-Award.jpg' class=' av-single-slide slide-1 ' ><div data-rel='slideshow-1' class='avia-slide-wrap '   ><\/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-24897'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'><br \/>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_fullscreen  el_before_av_hr  avia-builder-el-first  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  av_inherit_color '  style='font-size:33px; color:#000000; '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"color: #f26834;font-size: 16px;text-align: center\"><b>distinguished service awarDS<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 84px;text-align: center;line-height: 140%;margin-top: -10px\"><b>Starting Five<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><br \/>\n<div  style='height:25px' class='hr hr-invisible   avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_fifth '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_three_fifth  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_three_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><div   class='hr hr-default   avia-builder-el-6  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_three_fifth  el_before_av_one_full  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-8  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  av_inherit_color '  style='font-size:16px; color:#000000; '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center\">Illustrations by\u00a0<b>Chris Turner<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-10  el_after_av_one_full  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-11  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><div   class='hr hr-default   avia-builder-el-12  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-13  el_after_av_three_fifth  el_before_av_one_full  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-14  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_one_full  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  av_inherit_color '  style='font-size:19px; color:#000000; '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Like many other events in 2021, <\/span>Clemson\u2019s Distinguished Service Award ceremony was delayed. But in February 2022, the Alumni Association honored five alumni, ranging from the Class of 1965 to the Class of 1986, with the highest honor they bestow on alumni.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">The DSA is based on personal and professional accomplishments, dedication and service to the University, and devotion to community and public service. These five honorees have long resumes and even longer lists of personal and community achievements.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-16  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_full  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  av_inherit_color '  style='font-size:19px; color:#000000; '  itemprop=\"text\" ><h1 style=\"font-weight: bold;color: #ff6600\"><a href=\"https:\/\/clemson.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Phil-Bradley.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24905 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/clemson.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Phil-Bradley.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/Phil-Bradley.png 300w, https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/Phil-Bradley-224x300.png 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Phil Bradley \u201965<\/h1>\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 19px\">Retired Owner, Allstate Insurance Agency<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 19px;margin: 0px 0px 25px 0px\">Charleston, S.C.<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">After graduating in 1965 and serving three years in the military, Phil Bradley returned to Charleston and began a five-decade career in the insurance business. He retired in 2018 and lives on Johns Island with his wife, Mary H \u201915.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Bradley has chaired the University\u2019s Board of Visitors and served on the Clemson University Foundation\u2019s board of directors. He is a member of the Charleston County Clemson Club and has served two terms as chair of Clemson in the Lowcountry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Bradleys are donors to both academics and athletics. The first major benefactors of the Creative Inquiry program, they also have contributed significantly to ClemsonLIFE, the Watt Family Innovation Center, the Early Childhood Education Center, and annual awards in teaching and mentoring. Longtime members of IPTAY, they supported the facilities at the West End Zone, where the patrons\u2019 locker rooms are named in their honor.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-18  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_full  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  av_inherit_color '  style='font-size:19px; color:#000000; '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><a href=\"https:\/\/clemson.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Marvin-Carmichael.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-24899 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/clemson.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Marvin-Carmichael-e1655387676493.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/Marvin-Carmichael-e1655387676493.png 300w, https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/Marvin-Carmichael-e1655387676493-203x300.png 203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"font-weight: bold;color: #ff6600\">Marvin G. Carmichael \u201971, M \u201976<\/h1>\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 19px\">Nationally Respected Student Financial Aid Leader<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 19px;margin: 0px 0px 25px 0px\">Seneca, S.C.<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Marvin Carmichael began working at Clemson as a student in 1967, as a full-time employee in 1971 and as a member of the Office of Student Financial Aid in 1973, where he was a driving force in shaping state and national student financial aid policy, legislation and funding for four decades. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">An adviser to the South Carolina General Assembly, he was instrumental in crafting legislation and regulations for the LIFE Scholarship. He chaired the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators and the NCAA\u2019s Committee on Financial Aid and Amateurism. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In 2000, he became assistant to the president and liaison to the University\u2019s Board of Visitors and President\u2019s Advisory Board. In 2005, he was appointed assistant to the president and chief of staff, the post he held until his 2016 retirement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Carmichael passed away in October 2021.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-20  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_full  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  av_inherit_color '  style='font-size:16px; color:#000000; '  itemprop=\"text\" ><h3 style=\"text-align: center;color: #522d80;font-size: 33px;font-weight: bold;line-height: 140%;margin: 50px 50px 0px 50px\">\u201cThese individuals are exemplary in terms of their selfless service to others, their professional accomplishments, and their outstanding devotion and commitment to Clemson. They\u2019ve set a high bar, and the Alumni Association is proud to recognize each with such a fitting honor.\u201d<\/h3>\n<p style=\"color: #ff6600;text-align: center;font-size: 19px;font-weight: bold;margin: 25px 0px 0px 0px\">Wil Brasington \u201900<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;color: #522d80;font-size: 19px;margin: -1px 0px 0px 0px\">Alumni Association Executive Director<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-22  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_full  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  av_inherit_color '  style='font-size:19px; color:#000000; '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><a href=\"https:\/\/clemson.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Robert-Hambright.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24903 size-full alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/clemson.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Robert-Hambright-e1655389351686.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/Robert-Hambright-e1655389351686.png 300w, https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/Robert-Hambright-e1655389351686-198x300.png 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"font-weight: bold;color: #ff6600\">Robert B. Hambright \u201970<\/h1>\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 19px\">Retired Construction Industry Executive<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 19px;margin: 0px 0px 25px 0px\">Blowing Rock, N.C.<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">After 25 years leading J.A. Jones Construction, one of the nation\u2019s largest construction companies, Bob Hambright served as president and chief executive officer of the Southeast Division for Balfour Beatty, a provider of general contracting, at-risk construction management, design-build and privatized military housing services.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">As a member of the Clemson University Foundation\u2019s board of directors and chair in 2019-2020, Hambright drove the improvement of donor stewardship and restructuring to enhance support for fundraising activities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Within the College of Engineering, Computing and Applied Sciences, Hambright and his wife, Susan, have created the Hambright Scholars Program, the Robert B. \u201970 and Susan B. Hambright Annual Leadership Program in Engineering and the Hambright Distinguished Professorship in Engineering Leadership. They are also major donors to athletics.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-24  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_full  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  av_inherit_color '  style='font-size:19px; color:#000000; '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><a href=\"https:\/\/clemson.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Raymond-Jones.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24902 size-full alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/clemson.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Raymond-Jones-e1655390534471.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/Raymond-Jones-e1655390534471.png 300w, https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/Raymond-Jones-e1655390534471-201x300.png 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"font-weight: bold;color: #ff6600\">Raymond E. Jones \u201986<\/h1>\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 19px\">Vice President, ExxonMobil<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 19px;margin: 0px 0px 25px 0px\">The Woodlands, Texas<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">As vice president of surface engineering for ExxonMobil\u2019s Upstream business, Raymond Jones is responsible for the development and deployment of engineers to support ExxonMobil\u2019s global business. He focuses on improving opportunities for underrepresented employees and is a member of the Executive Leadership Council, which creates opportunity for the development of Black executives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Jones serves on the Clemson University Foundation\u2019s board of directors. He also is the ExxonMobil executive Clemson contact and chairs the Clemson Alumni Group for his Texas campus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">He works to enhance programs to educate, recruit and retain underrepresented populations in STEM fields. In 2011, he and his wife, Carla, established the Raymond Jones Family Scholarship Endowment to provide financial assistance to underrepresented students in CECAS.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-26  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_hr  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  av_inherit_color '  style='font-size:19px; color:#000000; '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><a href=\"https:\/\/clemson.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Michael-Nieri.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24900 size-full alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/clemson.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Michael-Nieri-e1655390778550.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/Michael-Nieri-e1655390778550.png 300w, https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/Michael-Nieri-e1655390778550-193x300.png 193w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"font-weight: bold;color: #ff6600\">Michael P. Nieri \u201986<\/h1>\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 19px\">Great Southern Homes Founder<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 19px;margin: 0px 0px 25px 0px\">Chapin, S.C.<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Michael Nieri is founder, owner and president of Great Southern Homes, ranked by <i>BUILDER<\/i> magazine in 2020 as the nation\u2019s 44th-largest homebuilder. He received the magazine\u2019s 2020 Hearthstone Humanitarian Award, honoring his commitment to public service.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Inducted into the S.C. Housing Hall of Fame in 2018, he was twice recognized as \u201cBuilder of the Year\u201d by the Building Industry Association and is a past president of the BIA Charitable Foundation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Nieri and his wife, Robyn H\u201920, are Cornerstone Partners for academics and athletics at Clemson, with gifts to develop the Nieri Family Student-Athlete Enrichment Center in 2015, and to the Department of Construction Science and Management in 2019, which now bears the family\u2019s name. Nieri serves on the department\u2019s advisory board and recently led fundraising efforts for a new remote laboratory classroom.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><br \/>\n<div  style='height:100px' class='hr hr-invisible   avia-builder-el-28  el_after_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-last '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":24907,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[159,991,2827,2834],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-24897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-these-hills","tag-alumni","tag-distinguished-service-award","tag-summer-2022","tag-summer-2022-in-these-hills"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/DSA-Award.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24897","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=24897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24897\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24897"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=24897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}