Corporate DevelopMint Client Receives $5.6 Million Gift

Clemson University receives its largest gift yet from a foundation

(From The Greenville News, Greenville Online, November 11, 2005)

The J.E. Sirrine Textile Foundation, a longtime supporter of Clemson University's textile programs, donated $5.6 million Thursday to partially endow two chairs in the areas of glass optical fibers and advanced polymer fibers.

"The good news: There is a future in textiles. It may not look like the textiles of the 20th century. But it's here," said Mark B. Kent, president of the foundation and a textile leader in the Upstate. "Times have been changing and we, too, must change. The foundation wants to be on the front end of change."

Research in fibers generated by the holders of the two chairs, both in the School of Materials Science and Engineering, is expected to renew the textile and materials industry in South Carolina, said Clemson University President James Barker. It also eventually should spin off companies based on the research and create jobs.

Corporate DevelopMint and especially Senior Consultant Bob Bartlett, who served as lead counsel on this project, congratulate Clemson University on this triumphant occasion!

For more information about this success and Clemson University’s Endowed Chairs in Material Science, visit Clemson University’s website.