Grant Burns

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Grant Burns

Greer resident Grant Burns has been elected president of Clemson University’s Alumni Association. He officially steps into the role July 1, 2007. Burns is a lawyer with Nexsen Pruet in Greenville. He graduated from Clemson with a bachelor’s in political science in 1988 and graduated from the Washington and Lee University School of Law in 1991. While at Clemson, he served as student body president his senior year and was a member of Tiger Brotherhood, Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, IPTAY Student Advisory Board and was a university tour guide. As an alumnus, Burns continues to be an active member of the Clemson family. He has been a member of the Alumni National Council, the governing body of the Alumni Association, since 2003. He served as president of the Greenville Clemson Club in 1998-1999 and served as a member of the club’s board of directors from 1995 to 2002. He is a member of the Tiger Golf Gathering board of directors and a member of the Clemson University Alumni Lawyers Society. He received the Greenville Clemson Club Super Tiger Award for 2005-2006. “I was first introduced to the Alumni National Council exactly 20 years ago when I was student body president,” Burns said. “It was a joy then, just as it is now, to be a part of such a hard working volunteer board which shares such a passion for all things Clemson.” Burns and his wife Julie have two sons, Camden, 13, and Emory, 10. They are members of John Knox Presbyterian Church in Greenville, where Burns is an elder. He authored a book about the history of his church titled “The Church of Our Dreams – The First 50 Years of John Knox Presbyterian Church.” He has volunteered his time to Habitat for Humanity in Greenville County and other local organizations.

Source: Clemson news release, June 19, 2007. This is the ClemsonWiki project's 1,058th article.