Clemson honors recipients of the 2025 Distinguished Service Award
May 19, 2025
(Clockwise from top left): Hance, Harbin, Harrell, Holmes, Lockwood
At a reception in May, the Clemson Alumni Association will honor the recipients of the 2025 Clemson Alumni Distinguished Service Award, the highest honor that the association bestows on former Clemson Tigers.
The prestigious Clemson Alumni Distinguished Service Award is based on three main criteria:
- personal and professional accomplishments;
- dedication and service to Clemson University; and
- devotion to community and public service
Members of the Clemson family nominate potential honorees, who are then selected by the Clemson Alumni Association as outstanding alumni, public servants and examples to others.
The 2025 Clemson Alumni Distinguished Service Award winners are:
David Carr Lockwood III ’84
Columbia, South Carolina, business executive and community volunteer David Lockwood is an international leader in the commercial real estate industry.
The 1984 Clemson graduate is executive vice president and chief operating officer of Colliers International South Carolina Inc., which has four offices across the state and affiliations worldwide. After joining Colliers | South Carolina as a broker in 1986, he advanced through increasingly significant roles before assuming his current position in 2016.
Lockwood is a prominent leader in numerous local, state, national and international professional organizations, including serving as the 2024 global president of the Society of Industrial and Office REALTORS® (SIOR), the leading global professional office and industrial real estate association. He has earned National Association of REALTORS® designations as both a Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) and a member of the Counselors of Real Estate (CRE).
James Timothy Hance ’84
The 1984 Clemson graduate is a member of the American Institute of Architects. He is owner and president of the architectural firm he founded in Columbia, South Carolina, in 1994.
His firm, J. Timothy Hance, Architect, P.A., offers primarily residential architectural design and selected commercial design for projects throughout South Carolina. Before opening his own practice, Hance worked for Stevens and Wilkinson, one of the largest architectural firms in the Southeast, and then McClam-Blake Architects, a small residential design firm located in Columbia.
Anthony Lee “Tony” Harbin ’88
Prominent South Carolina attorney Anthony Lee “Tony” Harbin is a partner in the Harbin & Burnett law firm in Anderson, South Carolina. The 1988 Clemson honors graduate is a Greenville native. He has lived and practiced law in Anderson since 1996. Before attending Clemson, he served with distinction in the U.S. Marine Corps. He is a member of the American Legion and of Disabled American Veterans.
After earning his Juris Doctor degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1991, he worked at various law firms in the state before forming Harbin & Burnett in 2014.
Lewis F. Holmes III ’83
South Carolina native, agricultural and civic leader, Lewis F. Holmes III is a 1973 Clemson graduate and is owner and operator of Lewis F. Holmes Farms in his hometown of Johnston. A diversified farmer, he has grown or produced numerous crops, including cotton, corn, wheat, rye, grain sorghum, soybeans, brown top millet and timber. He was a successful peach grower and commercial peach packer for more than 30 years.
Holmes is a past president of both the South Carolina Peach Council and the National Peach Council. He is a former chairman of the Legislative Affairs Committee of the South Carolina Peach Board. He received the United States Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Award for the Southeast in 2004.
Bryant Aubrey Harrell ’89
Atlanta business executive and community volunteer, Aubrey Harrell, is a retired audit partner with KPMG. The 1989 Clemson honors graduate has more than 34 years of experience in various industries, including aerospace, real estate, entertainment, food and beverage, and alternative investments.
In 2024, he was appointed by the governor of Georgia to the State Board of Accountancy, which regulates certified public accountants in the Peach State.
