Clarice Cross Bagwell

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Clarice Cross Bagwell
Born(1914-12-15)December 15, 1914
West Georgia College
OccupationTeacher

Clarice Cross Bagwell (December 15, 1914 – September 26, 2001

PTA
. Working for the PTA's Committee on International Relations, she visited Canada, Japan, Switzerland, and the USSR on goodwill and outreach missions.

Bagwell was born on December 15, 1914, in Pickens County, Georgia. She married chemist and teacher Leland Horace Bagwell,[b] sometime after 1930. They had two children, David Leland Bagwell[c] and Thomas Nathan Bagwell. Leland was the founder and CEO of American Proteins, founded in 1949 as the North Georgia Rendering Company; after his death in 1972 she became the company's chairman of the board and co-owner and ran it alongside their son, Tommy Bagwell. American Proteins would become the largest poultry renderer in the country before being purchased by Tyson Foods in 2018 for $850 million.[3][4] Bagwell never took a salary for her work.

Despite not being an alumni, Bagwell was a strong supporter of

Bagwell College of Education[d] is named in both her and her husband's honor,[8] and the KSU Foundation's Bagwell Medal for Distinguished Service, established in 1991,[9]
is named after Clarice.

Additionally, Bagwell was a charter member of the

National Council on Crime and Delinquency
.

Bagwell received commendations from the American Cancer Society, the Community Concert Association, and the Heart Association. In March 2020, Bagwell was added to the Georgia Women of Achievement Hall of Fame.[10]

Bagwell died on September 26, 2001, in Cumming, Georgia, at the age of 86.[11]

Footnotes

  1. ^ The grand jury was empaneled in Cherokee County.
  2. ^ Born 18 September 1913; died 1 October 1972.
  3. ^ Born 8 February 1943, died 18 May 1967.
  4. ^ Formally the Leland H. and Clarice C. Bagwell College of Education.

References

  1. ^ "Person Page - Clarice Cross". bagwells.com. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Clarice Cross Bagwell". Georgia Women of Achievement. 2020. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  3. ^ Sparkman, Worth (15 May 2018). "Tyson Foods Builds on its Commitment to Sustainability through Acquisition of American Proteins and AMPRO Products Assets". Tyson Foods. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  4. ^ Paglia, Brian (15 May 2018). "Tyson Foods to acquire American Proteins and AMPRO Products Assets". Forsyth County News. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  5. ^ 1997 Congressional Record, Vol. 143, Page E1347 (June 27, 1997)
  6. ^ Whitmire, Kelly (17 October 2017). "New center at KSU named for local donors". Forsyth County News. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Education building named for Chantal and Tommy Bagwell". KSU News. Kennesaw State University. 19 October 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  8. ^ "About BCOE". Bagwell College of Education. Kennesaw State University. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  9. ^ "Kudos to KSU". Marietta Daily Journal. 24 June 1997.
  10. The Telegraph
    . Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  11. ^ "Family-Placed Death Notices: Bagwell". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. 28 September 2001. p. D14.