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Alumni in the Spotlight
Alumni Awards
  Albert
Neill Cameron, Sr., (BS CE ‘41) of Cashiers, N.C.
has been recognized with the Distinguished Service Award, Clemson’s
highest alumni honor. Cameron spent 35 years with the U.S. Department
of Interior U.S. Geological Survey, and he became one of the country’s
top water resource authorities. He served at the national headquarters
and as chief of the Georgia and Louisiana water resource districts.
He was awarded the U.S. Department of Interior Medal for Meritorious
Service and retired in 1981 to work another 10 years as a consulting
hydrologist.
Cameron
is an active member of the community -- tutoring children, serving
on the local hospital board and lending his civil engineering expertise
to the community’s infrastructure. He is a member of the Cashiers
Valley Rotary Club and has received many Rotary awards, including
the 2002 Al Cameron Service-Above-Self Award, named in his honor.
In recognition for his community service, the Cashiers Area Chamber
of Commerce named him the 2003 Citizen of the Year.
 Ben
A. Leppard Jr., (BS ME ‘74) P.E., was installed as
director and regional chair of the American Society of Heating,
Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) at its 2004
Annual Meeting. He is the principal of Leppard Johnson and Associates,
Tucker, Ga.
ASHRAE,
founded in 1894, is an international organization dedicated to advancing
the arts and sciences of heating, ventilation, air conditioning
and refrigeration to serve the evolving needs of the public.
In
this new position, Leppard serves on ASHRAE’s Board of Directors
and as chair of the Society’s Region IV. He oversees the activities
of the chapters in Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina.
He
has held all offices in the Atlanta Chapter, and received the chapter’s
Engineer of the Year – Private Practice Award, the Region
IV Membership Beacon Award and the Regional Award of Merit.
 Daniel
Malone (BS TMGT ‘92) recently joined Accessory Brands,
Inc. (ABI) as vice president of manufacturing. ABI, of Winston-Salem,
N.C., and on the web at www.dahook.com, is a manufacturing, sales
and distribution company. Their product lines focus on sports items
and accessories, including headbands, wristbands, headwear, laces
and lanyards, sport bags and basketballs. ABI has current licensing
agreements with the NBA, the NHL, MLB–Europe, and Reebok,
among others. Malone and his wife, Anne (MED SPEC ED 97), have two
sons; Christopher, 4, and George, 18 months. They have been in Winston-Salem
since 1997, where he was plant manager for the Carolon Company,
makers of medical textile products.
 The
Culbertson Lecture Hall (room 100 in Earle Hall) was dedicated this
fall, honoring Charles M. Culbertson, II (BS ChE
‘71) and his wife, Dianne.
The
Culbertsons have supported chemical engineering through the years
with an endowed scholarship established in 1997. Most recently,
and the reason for the dedication, they have created an irrevocable
trust naming Clemson University and chemical engineering as the
beneficiary. This gift will support the Charles M. Culbertson, II,
and Dianne T. Culbertson Endowment for Excellence in providing unrestricted
funds for the department. These funds can be used in a variety of
ways to enrich the educational experience here at Clemson, such
as graduate student recruiting, seminar speakers, and special lectures.
The
Culbertsons have two sons, Chad (BS CPINSYS ‘00) and Tucker,
who is completing his J.D. degree at University Of California Berkeley.
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