“I speak for the entire board and the entire Clemson family when I say Clemson has lost a great leader and, most especially, a great friend,” McKissick said in a statement issued Wednesday. “He will be sorely missed by all and our deepest sympathies go out to the family.”
When Tindal left the Clemson board, the trustees approved a resolution naming him a trustee emeritus and honored him for his service to the university and “his contributions to the growth and progress of the state’s agri-business industry [that] are widely known and respected, especially his leadership in bringing soybeans to prominence as a crop for South Carolina and export commodity for the United States.”