CLEMSON – The decision to take John C. Calhoun’s name off the Honors College and to ask the state’s general assembly to allow the university to take the Tillman name off of the Old Main building was not taken lightly by the school’s Board of Trustees, and the wheels were set in motion back in 2018 with a vote set for July of 2020.
The vote by the Board of Trustees was expedited by recent events, however, according to President Jim Clements.
“This was an important day for Clemson - a historic day for Clemson.