Phil Prince

Phillip Hunter Prince (born c. 1926) is a former President of Clemson University and a former student-athlete for the Clemson Tigers football team. He received the Clemson Distinguished Athletes Award in 2015.[1]

Prince was born in Bostic, North Carolina in 1926 and was schooled in Erwin, Tennessee before receiving, in 1944, an athletics scholarship to Clemson College. His education was interrupted by serving in the US Army from 1944 to 1945 but on resuming his studies, he became joint captain of the 1948 Football Team which won the 1949 Gator Bowl and later became Vice President of the 1949 Senior Class. He graduated to Columbia University and rejoined the army from 1950 to 1951.[2]

Prince was a four-year letterman for the Clemson football team in the years 1944 and 1946–48.[1] In his true freshman season, Prince started at left tackle on the Tigers' offensive line.[3] His time at Clemson was interrupted by his service in the United States Army from 1944–45.[1] He served as co-captain of the 1948 team that finished with an 11–0 record and #11 ranking in the final Associated Press poll. After graduation, he worked for Milliken & Company in various management and executive positions between 1951 and 1967.[1]

In February 1994, he became acting president of Clemson University and served 11 months, until he was named president by the board on September 30, 1994.[1] During his tenure, he instigated wide-ranging changes including reducing the number of colleges from nine to four (this was later to become five), an organizational structure that endured for the next two decades. He was recognised for his long-term commitment to the college by the receipt of an honorary Doctor of Humanities degree in May 1995.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Prince to receive Clemson Distinguished Athletes Award". The Times and Democrat. 13 August 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Philip Hunter Prince". Clemson University, Office of the President: Repository. Clemson University. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  3. ↑ "Freshman Mitch Hyatt earns starting spot". GoUpstate.com. August 31, 2015.
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