Turkey: Christopher Horton ’84

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Christopher Horton ’84 traveled with friends to the archeological site of Göbekli Tepe in eastern Turkey. “This discovery is rewriting what is currently believed about the beginning of civilization, more than 50 times larger than Stonehenge and 7,000 years older,” writes Horton. “Less than 10 percent of the site has been excavated.”

Travelers Summer 2019

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Phil ’83, Ann ’87, Gracie ’19 and Wilson ’13 Scott found a Clemson-colored beach hut among many others on Brighton Beach in Melbourne. “I had a presentation I was giving in Melbourne, Australia, at the Sigma Theta Tau International Research Congress (Nursing Honor Society),” Ann says. “We turned it into a family vacation.”

Graham Abbott ’56 and his son Graham happened to run across Larry Grimes, emeritus professor of applied economics and statistics, in Olympic National Park. Alaska: Mike Barnhart ’72 and his wife, Alexa, visited the Arctic Circle. Australia: Charlotte Cobb ’91 and her husband, Stephen, celebrate the National Championship win in Sydney: “We were in Santa Clara for the National Championship game and flew out to Sydney the next day.” California: Virginia Dillard ’18 on the slopes surrounding Lake Tahoe, which sits on the border of California and Nevada. Canada: Becca Driggers Doswell ’90 braves the cold at Niagara Falls in Ontario. Colorado: Brent ’08 and Sarah Stone ’10, M ’12 Gregorich, their son, Connor, Tommy Stone ’78, Liz Stone ’12, Judy Stone and Catherine Carmignani enjoying the Colorado Rocky Mountains on vacation. Scotland: Erica Harper ’13, M ’16 and Lucas Harper ’17 with Lucas’ parents, Eric and Lyn Harper, in Leven, Fife, a seaside town in Scotland. Wyoming: Bryan J. Hamby ’10 and his sister Heather Hamby Hill ’12 paid Old Faithful a visit in Yellowstone National Park, December 2018. Honduras: Siblings Nick ’14 and Alyssa ’17 James scuba dive 60 feet underwater with their Tiger Rag in Roatan. France: Elizabeth Milam ’87, M ’88 with her sons, Carson Lomas, a first lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force, and Turner Lomas ’20, at the Chateau de Chambord. Milam, director of student financial aid, celebrated her 30th year working at the University in Dec. 2018. Utah: Elizabeth Lander Purcell ’76 and Roger ’75 and Wanda Watson ’76 Heffelfinger hiking in Zion National Park. Ecuador: Alex McBryde, Shawn Williamson, Rebecca Williamson '12, Katelyn Ausborn, Amy Blackwell, Aidan Smith and Mark Smith hiked 15,953 feet to the Jose F. Rivas refuge at the Cotopaxi volcano in Ecuador during a mission trip. Israel: Kay Lindsay Sporrer ’82 on the shores of the Sea of Galilee in Tiberias. “This sea is mentioned many times in the Bible, but probably the most well-known is when Jesus and Peter walked on water.” France: Kevin Prufer ’79 at the finish line of the L’Alpe D’Huez stage of the 2018 Tour de France. Croatia: Ashley Page ’10 vacationing in Dubrovnik. Italy: Michal Clark Miller ’82 and Emily Perrotta ’18 visited the famous Trevi Fountain in Rome. Argentina: Will ’84, Sandra ’83 and Collins ’15 Mauldin visiting Iguazu Falls. Collins served in the Peace Corps in neighboring Paraguay from 2016-18. Utah: Tom M ’91, Nancy ’81, Pearson ’18 and Laura ’18 Mann at Corona Arch, a sandstone arch near the Colorado River, during a family trip. California: Harry Childs ’89, right, and Oscar Outen rep the Tigers in San Francisco during a trip to see the National Championship. Arizona: Madison Cain ’18, Gabrielle MacDonald ’18 and Laura Mann ’18 enjoy Antelope Canyon, a slot canyon in Arizona, as part of their graduation trip. California: (15) Kristen ’11 and Atticus ’11 Mabry ascended up the Mountaineer Route of Mount Whitney to a height of 14,505 feet. “The Mountaineer Route takes three days from the Whitney Portal but affords amazing views of the night sky and glacier lakes. Following the descent, we traveled through (the other) Death Valley at -282 feet.” Germany: Robin Lynn Kirk ’78 and her husband, Bob, took a trip through Bavaria and snapped a shot with her Tiger Rag in Dinkelsbühl, Bayern, “a medieval Imperial City with marvelous history and architecture and fabulous people!” Connecticut: Drew Hyde ’84 and his son, Greg, toured ESPN headquarters in Bristol. “In the National Championship hallway is a display of all the D-1 football teams’ logos. You can press any of the logos and it will activate the playing of that school’s fight song. Yes, we heard ‘Tiger Rag’!” Germany: Jim Hayes ’68 and his wife, Sheron, along with Emory Washington ’54 and his wife, Betty Lou, at the Mercedes-Benz assembly plant in Rastatt. The couples were on a Rhine river cruise, which took them from Amsterdam to Basel, Switzerland. Scotland: Jerry and Linda Flanders, Angela Phillips ’83, Meghan ’14 and Joe ’13 Scott, Ashley ’10 and Colin ’11 Cyr, and Mitch and Sheila ’87 Cox at the Wallace Monument, erected for the Scottish hero William Wallace, in Stirling. British Virgin Islands: (33) Shannon Christopher ’91 and Christopher ’91 Chase, Jill Christopher Wolf ’89 and her husband, Michael, Cece Stark ’93 and Lance ’93 Burnett, and Carissa Pace Ivey ’98 and her husband, Michael, chartered the 42-foot catamaran known as the Sea Tiger to sail the British Virgin Islands. “We met people from all over the world who stopped to ask us about the giant Tiger Paw sail … or just to say, ‘Thank you for beating Alabama!’” said Shannon. “Best trip ever.” Australia: Keith Hendrix ’98 made friends with the kangaroos of Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary near Brisbane. Puerto Rico: Father and son, Christopher ’90 and James ’20 Dickey, near Patillas during an UMCOR mission trip for hurricane repair in the area. South Korea: Gina Gennaro ’16 traveled to Seoul to visit her friend who teaches English there. “During the week, while [my friend] was at work, I solo traveled around the city to visit all the palaces and temples and shrines. [Gyeongbokgung] Palace was the biggest and my favorite.” Syria: Hayes McDowell ’14, a first lieutenant serving as base commander in Syria during a 10-month tour under Operation Inherent Resolve, showed off his love for Clemson before the Military Appreciation Game against Duke in 2018. Denmark: Mark McKinney ’95 in Aarhus at dusk, there for a LEGO company meeting. Hungary: Left to right, Pat Pankopp, Ken Pankopp ’74, Sue Reichert Rysinski ’75, John Rysinski ’75, Bill Cooper ’70 and Sarah Cooper ended their fall cruise through Central Europe in Budapest and took a photo overlooking the Danube River. Nepal: Victor Quintero ’14, right, hiked to Mount Everest Base Camp, which sits at 17,600 feet, with his guide, Jamling, in October 2018. Arizona: Tommy Ryan ’91 and his two sons, Alex Ryan ’14 (pictured) and Austin Ryan, traveled to the Havasupai campground in the Grand Canyon. Havasupai is one of the most remote Native-American reservations in the U.S., which Tommy describes as “a beautiful campground in the midst of running streams and spectacular waterfalls.” South Africa: Stephanie J. Shipley ’93 surrounded by the wild beauty of Kruger National Park. Colorado: Lisa Walker ’03 and her husband, Todd, and children, Avery and Warren, took a family trip to Beaver Creek for some skiing. Uganda: Bill Anderson ’68 aboard the African Queen on the White Nile River in Murchison Falls National Game Park during a mission trip to northern Uganda in Oct. 2018. Honduras: Dawn Berndt M ’16 explores the amazing reefs off the coast of Roatán with her family — on underwater BOSS scooters. England: Tom Bethea ’70 and his wife, Dorothy, visiting Tower Bridge in London.

Travelers Winter 2018

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Zack Geiger ’13 and Andy Burns ’15 took a three-day tour through the Sahara Desert near Merzouga, Morocco. The pair rode camels into the desert, snapping a picture on the sands with their Tiger Rag on the way to a nomadic campsite. “It was an exhilarating trip made all the more exciting by angry, spitting camels and our guide quitting on day two after a dispute with the driver. It truly was the trip of a lifetime,” Burns says.

William Stevens '67 and granddaughter Lucy Stevens ‘18 pose with the rest of their family at the Eiffel Tower, celebrating William’s 50th wedding anniversary with wife Linda. Clinton Smith ’03 (far right) snapped a photo with Sam Kariuki and Cathy Inabnit in Kisumu, Kenya. Greg ’84 and Carol ’87 Smith in Spain on the Camino de Santiago, the pilgrimage path to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. Toni Seals, Mike Seals ’85, Anne Weldon Zarbock ’88 and Jeff Gallaher ’78 brought their Clemson orange to the Upper Falls of the Yellowstone River in Yellowstone National Park. Whitney Sanders ’01 and company showing her Tiger pride in Switzerland. Barbara Mishoe Robertson ’74, M ’75 kept her balance visiting the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Pisa, Italy. Michael Rerko ’17 and Ryan Auger ’17 in front of a glittering Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. Rees Porcari ’11 packed his Tiger Rag on a mission trip to Brie, France. Robert Parker ’81 and his wife Carol Wheeler in Iceland in July, 2017. James Owens ’65 and his wife Kay visited the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. Neal O’Sullivan ’17 explored the Prambanan Temple in Indonesia during his travels of Southeast Asia following graduation. Sandy Erskine Morgan ’74 and Kathy Davis ’75 brought their Tiger Rag on their vacation to the Netherlands in April 2017. Ensign Daniel Minnick stood with his parents, Mike Minnick ’81, Ph.D. ’84 and Anne Minnick ’83, aboard the U.S.S. Nimitz in Bremerton, Washington, shortly before its current deployment to the Persian Gulf. Bob McGill ’90 took his Tiger Rag scuba diving in the Peacock Springs cave system in Live Oak, Florida. Steve Matonak ’83 in front of the Hungarian Parliament Building in Budapest, Hungary. Dennis ’12 and Emily Griffin ’14 Kiff celebrated their honeymoon in Phuket, Thailand, in January, 2017. Van HA ’09 and Ashley Champion ’94 Jones visited the Grand Canyon with their family. Amanda Hrubesh ’13, Collin Clemons ’16 and Will Middlebrooks ’14 at Moraine Lake in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. Amanda and Collin met at Clemson and plan to wed in May 2018 with Will as a groomsman in the ceremony. Peter Horn ’86 and Tammy Horn brought their Clemson flag to the Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau, Alaska. Megan Hoffman ’13, Tate Fennell ’11 and Lauren McDonald ’15 in front of the giant Ferris wheel known as Cosmo Clock 21 in Yokohama, Japan. Floyd Harris ’78 traveled throughout Vietnam visiting children’s schools and orphanages in preparation for teaching English as a second language. He shared his Tiger pride with local university students in front of the Saigon Central Post Office in Ho Chi Minh City. Hayden Grooms ’16, Natty Long ’17, Nate Adams ’16, Eric Schelble ’16 and Andrew Caitlin ’15 visited Churchill Downs before enjoying a Clemson football win at Louisville. Jason Flanders ’01, former Clemson football player, traveled to Arizona for the Fiesta Bowl with his wife Christen and Tiger cubs Madison and Robby. The family ventured up Camelback Mountain on the trip. Gary Faulkenberry ’65 and wife Toni enjoyed the canals of Venice, Italy, with their grandson Aiden. Jack Fallaw ’64, Ashley Dunnavant ’88, Deana Pilger ’91, Paul Dunnavant IV ’16 and C. Preston Dunnavant ’19 traveled to St. Andrews, Scotland, and piled three generations of Clemson Tigers onto the famous Swilcan Bridge. Phil Ellis ’71 and wife Ann near the Cliffs of Kilkee in County Clare, Ireland. John Ellis ’65 and his wife Margaret visited the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin before the 27th Anniversary of the German reunification. Charles Elfert ’67 and his wife Gail in front of the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood in St. Petersburg, Russia. Robert Duvall '84 and wife Phyllis summited Rendezvous Mountain in Grand Teton National Park. Jeff Dunlap ’78 and his wife Beth in front of the Belfry of Bruges, Belgium. Galen DeHay ’97, M ’99, Melissa Cooper and Daniel Cooper ’84, honorary Ph.D. ’07 on the floor of the Grand Canyon. Kathy ’75 and Maynard ’70 Davis wave their Tiger Rag over the Columbia Glacier on Prince William Sound in Alaska. Nathan Creel ’19 stands with his Clemson pennant over Machu Picchu in Peru. Karen Burns ’78 shows some Tiger spirit at Drum Castle in Scotland with her husband Randy. Computer engineering professor R.R. Brooks shares his Tiger spirit in Conakry, the capitol city of the Republic of Guinea in Africa. Pressley ’13 and Meagan Best ’13 of Irmo wave their Tiger Rag while on their honeymoon in Saint Lucia. Ron Arias ’87 with his wife Liz and son Ron Jr. visited the other Death Valley in California. Zabriskie Point and Manly Beacon can be seen to the right of the family. Hannah Creech ’15 braved the cold on Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. Robert Bussmann ’16, Michael Dolan ’15 and Matt Koch ’15, all 2nd lieutenants, snapped a picture at Ft. Rucker, Ala., just before Dolan’s graduation from the U.S. Army’s flight school where he learned to fly the CH-47F Chinook, a heavy-lift cargo helicopter. Bussman is currently training on the UH-72 Lakota, a utility helicopter, and will complete his advanced training in the Chinook. Koch graduated flight school in October where he learned to fly the AH-64D Apache, an attack helicopter. Randy Ward, parking services, and Joyce Ward at Dead Horse Point in Moab, Utah. Jennifer Saylors ’98 at Letná Parks in Prague, Czech Republic. Andrew Sayer ’12 packed his Tiger Rag when he traveled to Alaska and explored Glacier Bay as well as the nearby areas of Skagway and Haines. Alton McLellan ’93 and Sam McLellan share their love of Clemson with a new friend in Gibraltar. Ray Massey ’92, Dave Christensen, Chad Blackston ’04 and Tom Wyatt posed on the iconic Swilcan Bridge with their Clemson golf gear at the Old Course in St Andrews, Scotland. Megan Lunn ’06, after landing at Lukla, one of the world’s most dangerous airports, hiked eight days to Mount Everest’s Base Camp, an elevation of 17,600 feet, waving her Tiger Rag to celebrate her accomplishment. Stewart Hurst ’82 and his wife Michelle at the UNESCO Heritage site in the Dolomite Mountains of Italy. Julianna Ellis ’14, Patrick Welsh ’80, M ’82 and Virginia Ellis ’17 at Mount Rushmore in South Dakota. Rebecca Cook ’19 and her father John Cook Jr. ’71 visited Giant’s Causeway in Northern Ireland. Carl Brown ’83, Grace Ann Brown ’88, Jim Brown ’15, Mary Hunter Brown ’17, West Brown and Clayton Stoddard ’17 wave their Tiger Rag under the waves while scuba diving in Great Guana Cay in Abaco, Bahamas. Chris Berry ’17 summited Mt Fuji in Japan during his summer internship for his master’s degree in engineering at Clemson.