Architecture firm donates $75,000 to Clemson building renovation
January 21, 2010
CLEMSON, SC – January 21, 2010 – A $75,000 gift from two Clemson University alumni will support the expansion, renovation and restoration of Rudolph E. Lee Hall, where they studied architecture.
The gift is from West Columbia architecture firm Jumper Carter Sease. Principal architects Todd Sease and Joel Carter are Clemson graduates.
The money is part of the $31 million project to expand, renovate and restore Lee Hall, home of graduate and undergraduate programs in architecture, art, city and regional planning, construction science and management, landscape architecture, real estate development and a doctoral program in planning, design and the built environment. The project includes designs for a new addition and renovations for the older facilities, many of which will help Lee Hall become self-sustainable.
“This gift is especially gratifying because it comes from alumni of the programs in Lee Hall,” said Clifton S.M. “Chip” Egan, dean of the College of Architecture, Arts and Humanities. “On one level, Todd Sease and Joel Carter are responding to Clemson’s top construction priority. But on a much more personal level, they’re lending a hand to the students who will — in a few short years — become their professional colleagues. That’s visionary.”
Sease graduated in 1985 with a bachelor’s degree in design. Carter graduated in 1982 with bachelor’s degrees in design and construction science and management. He is a trustee of the Clemson Advancement Foundation for Design + Building.
“The experiences we had and relationships we developed while studying at Lee Hall have been instrumental in our firm’s success,” said Sease. “This gift is to celebrate those individuals who had a positive influence on us at Clemson University as well as to encourage and inspire future generations of architectural students.”
