| DATE: 9-15-97
CONTACT: Gary Ransdell, (864) 656-2123
WRITER: Jack McKenzie, (864) 656-3861
CU FOUNDATION NAMES HEADQUARTERS
FOR PHILANTHROPIST JOSEPH A. SHIRLEY
CLEMSON -- The Clemson
University Foundation has named its headquarters building at 110 Daniel
Drive in Clemson for philanthropist Joseph A. Shirley.
The foundation raises,
invests and manages private gifts for Clemson University's benefit, and
Shirley is one of the foundation's most generous donors, directing most of
his gifts toward the university's library.
In 1981 he established
within the foundation the Callie Jones Shirley Library Endowment in memory
of his mother. The endowment has grown to more than $2.4 million.
The foundation building will
now be known as the Joseph A. Shirley Center for Philanthropy.
"Joe Shirley epitomizes
philanthropy in its purest, most altruistic form," said Gary A. Ransdell,
the foundation's executive vice president and the university's vice
president for administration and advancement.
"He is a sacrificial donor
who lives and works to grow his support for Clemson, particularly the
library," Ransdell said. "Having his name on this building is not so much
an honor for him as it is an inspiration and motivation for those of us
who work and meet here to follow his example of loyalty and support for
Clemson."
Born in rural Greenwood
County, Shirley is a 1940 Clemson graduate. After a 30-year career in the
Army, he retired to the Clemson area, where he lives today.
He is a member of the
university's Library Development Advisory Committee and an honorary member
of the Clemson University Foundation's board of directors.
The university bestowed upon
him an honorary Doctor of Humanities degree in 1994.
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