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Thomas Green Clemson Academy Welcomes Three New Members Clemson University inducted three new members into its Thomas Green Clemson Academy of Engineers as part of its National Engineers Week celebration. Honorees included Frank Sanders Barnes Jr., CEO of Rock Hill, Lancaster, and Fort Mill Telephone Companies; Cressie Earl Holcombe Jr., co-founder and president of Oak Ridge, Tenn.-based ZYP Coatings Inc.; and James Hagood Sams Jr., a former dean of engineering at Clemson. Membership in the Clemson Academy represents the very highest
honor bestowed on Clemson engineers, according to Thomas
M. Keinath, dean of the
College of Engineering and Science. No more than three individuals,
either Clemson engineering graduates or others having a strong
and direct association with Clemson engineering, are inducted
each year into the Thomas Green Clemson Academy of Engineers.
Barnes, who received an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering from Clemson in 1942, has served on the Clemson University Board of Visitors and on the Clemson University Foundation Board. He received Clemson University's Distinguished Alumni Award in 1991, the President's Award in 1992 and the Clemson Medallion in 1997. Under his leadership, his family has established a graduate engineering fellowship, visiting engineering scholar endowment and a telecommunications laboratory within the College of Engineering and Science. Under Barnes' guidance, the Rock Hill Telephone Co. has developed
one of the strongest engineering departments in the independent
telephone industry, enabling the company to provide leading-edge
services to its customers. Holcombe, a former corporate fellow of Martin Marietta Energy Systems Inc./Lockheed-Martin Energy Systems Inc., is co-founder of two high-tech coating companies - ZYP Coatings Inc. and ORPAC Inc. Together, these companies are the world leaders in boron nitride coatings and all paintable ceramic coatings for metals, ceramics and graphite substances. Holcombe holds 60 U.S. patents and is a fellow of the American Ceramic Society. He has received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Museum of Science and Energy, as well as an Advanced Technology Award from The Inventors' Clubs of America. Holcombe received a bachelor's degree from Clemson in ceramic engineering in 1966 and followed with his master's in ceramic engineering the following year.
Sams, the first Clemson graduate to become dean of the School of Engineering, was honored posthumously. The award was accepted by sons James Hagood Sams III of Clemson and Frank Dargan Sams of Baltimore. Sams received his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Clemson in 1924. During his tenure at Clemson, he rose from the instructor ranks to become the dean, where he served from 1950 to 1960. Following his retirement, he became executive director of the National Council of State Boards of Engineering Examiners, a position he held until his death in 1970. |
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