Born in 1867, David Wistar Daniel cultivated a passion for education through family influence and personal experience. His father served Laurens County as superintendent of education and as a teacher in the public school system where Daniel received his boyhood education. After Daniel graduated from Wofford College in 1892, he too taught several years in the S.C. public school system.
Then, in 1898, he accepted a position at Clemson College as assistant professor of English. Thus began a distinguished career in service to Clemson that would span a half-century.
During his career at Clemson, Daniel moved up through the ranks to associate professor of English in 1910, professor in 1913, director of the academic department in 1918, and dean of the School of the Arts and Sciences in 1925.
While his effective leadership resulted in steady advancement within the college administration, his first love remained the education of young collegians. Likewise, he remained a favorite professor among Clemson cadets throughout his tenure. It was common knowledge among the cadet corps that "If you want to get the best out of a Clemson education, you'd better take at least one class with Dr. Daniel before graduation."
Along with Daniel's professional commitment to the College, he remained dedicated to the public school system. He served on the S.C. State Board of Education for 12 years and led the state teacher's association as president. South Carolina honored his service by awarding him the 1951 American Legion of South Carolina plaque for distinguished service. In 1956, the state named the local high school in Central after him. Clemson also named an academic building and a campus road for him.
Daniel not only had a profound impact on the educational community of South Carolina, he also held sway over the minds of audiences nationwide as one of the South's finest, most entertaining public orators. His lecture tours carried him across the nation, and his messages, laced with humor and good grace, echoed his personal credo of diligence, service and patriotism.
Alongside the likes of President Herbert Hoover and Amelia Earhart, he spoke to senators and congressmen, Supreme Court justices, members of the armed services, manufacturing associations, social clubs and others. Daniel's powerful words and humorous stories helped improve the morale of army camps during World War II.
Although he traveled throughout America to deliver his messages, he was always happy to come home to Clemson to his wife, Eva, and daughter, Evelyn. He lived the last years of his life in his home near the present-day Clemson House where he could look out his den window and see Bowman Field.
Then, in 1898, he accepted a position at Clemson College as assistant professor of English. Thus began a distinguished career in service to Clemson that would span a half-century.
During his career at Clemson, Daniel moved up through the ranks to associate professor of English in 1910, professor in 1913, director of the academic department in 1918, and dean of the School of the Arts and Sciences in 1925.
While his effective leadership resulted in steady advancement within the college administration, his first love remained the education of young collegians. Likewise, he remained a favorite professor among Clemson cadets throughout his tenure. It was common knowledge among the cadet corps that "If you want to get the best out of a Clemson education, you'd better take at least one class with Dr. Daniel before graduation."
Along with Daniel's professional commitment to the College, he remained dedicated to the public school system. He served on the S.C. State Board of Education for 12 years and led the state teacher's association as president. South Carolina honored his service by awarding him the 1951 American Legion of South Carolina plaque for distinguished service. In 1956, the state named the local high school in Central after him. Clemson also named an academic building and a campus road for him.
Daniel not only had a profound impact on the educational community of South Carolina, he also held sway over the minds of audiences nationwide as one of the South's finest, most entertaining public orators. His lecture tours carried him across the nation, and his messages, laced with humor and good grace, echoed his personal credo of diligence, service and patriotism.
Alongside the likes of President Herbert Hoover and Amelia Earhart, he spoke to senators and congressmen, Supreme Court justices, members of the armed services, manufacturing associations, social clubs and others. Daniel's powerful words and humorous stories helped improve the morale of army camps during World War II.
Although he traveled throughout America to deliver his messages, he was always happy to come home to Clemson to his wife, Eva, and daughter, Evelyn. He lived the last years of his life in his home near the present-day Clemson House where he could look out his den window and see Bowman Field.
Born in 1867, David Wistar Daniel cultivated a passion for education through family influence and personal experience. His father served Laurens County as superintendent of education and as a teacher in the public school system where Daniel received his boyhood education. After Daniel graduated from Wofford College in 1892, he too taught several years in the S.C. public school system.
Then, in 1898, he accepted a position at Clemson College as assistant professor of English. Thus began a distinguished career in service to Clemson that would span a half-century.
During his career at Clemson, Daniel moved up through the ranks to associate professor of English in 1910, professor in 1913, director of the academic department in 1918, and dean of the School of the Arts and Sciences in 1925.
While his effective leadership resulted in steady advancement within the college administration, his first love remained the education of young collegians. Likewise, he remained a favorite professor among Clemson cadets throughout his tenure. It was common knowledge among the cadet corps that "If you want to get the best out of a Clemson education, you'd better take at least one class with Dr. Daniel before graduation."
Along with Daniel's professional commitment to the College, he remained dedicated to the public school system. He served on the S.C. State Board of Education for 12 years and led the state teacher's association as president. South Carolina honored his service by awarding him the 1951 American Legion of South Carolina plaque for distinguished service. In 1956, the state named the local high school in Central after him. Clemson also named an academic building and a campus road for him.
Daniel not only had a profound impact on the educational community of South Carolina, he also held sway over the minds of audiences nationwide as one of the South's finest, most entertaining public orators. His lecture tours carried him across the nation, and his messages, laced with humor and good grace, echoed his personal credo of diligence, service and patriotism.
Alongside the likes of President Herbert Hoover and Amelia Earhart, he spoke to senators and congressmen, Supreme Court justices, members of the armed services, manufacturing associations, social clubs and others. Daniel's powerful words and humorous stories helped improve the morale of army camps during World War II.
Although he traveled throughout America to deliver his messages, he was always happy to come home to Clemson to his wife, Eva, and daughter, Evelyn. He lived the last years of his life in his home near the present-day Clemson House where he could look out his den window and see Bowman Field.
Then, in 1898, he accepted a position at Clemson College as assistant professor of English. Thus began a distinguished career in service to Clemson that would span a half-century.
During his career at Clemson, Daniel moved up through the ranks to associate professor of English in 1910, professor in 1913, director of the academic department in 1918, and dean of the School of the Arts and Sciences in 1925.
While his effective leadership resulted in steady advancement within the college administration, his first love remained the education of young collegians. Likewise, he remained a favorite professor among Clemson cadets throughout his tenure. It was common knowledge among the cadet corps that "If you want to get the best out of a Clemson education, you'd better take at least one class with Dr. Daniel before graduation."
Along with Daniel's professional commitment to the College, he remained dedicated to the public school system. He served on the S.C. State Board of Education for 12 years and led the state teacher's association as president. South Carolina honored his service by awarding him the 1951 American Legion of South Carolina plaque for distinguished service. In 1956, the state named the local high school in Central after him. Clemson also named an academic building and a campus road for him.
Daniel not only had a profound impact on the educational community of South Carolina, he also held sway over the minds of audiences nationwide as one of the South's finest, most entertaining public orators. His lecture tours carried him across the nation, and his messages, laced with humor and good grace, echoed his personal credo of diligence, service and patriotism.
Alongside the likes of President Herbert Hoover and Amelia Earhart, he spoke to senators and congressmen, Supreme Court justices, members of the armed services, manufacturing associations, social clubs and others. Daniel's powerful words and humorous stories helped improve the morale of army camps during World War II.
Although he traveled throughout America to deliver his messages, he was always happy to come home to Clemson to his wife, Eva, and daughter, Evelyn. He lived the last years of his life in his home near the present-day Clemson House where he could look out his den window and see Bowman Field.
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