Background
Clemence, Samuel Patton was born on May 23, 1939 in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. Son of William James and Martha Evelyn (Patton) Clemence.
Clemence, Samuel Patton was born on May 23, 1939 in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. Son of William James and Martha Evelyn (Patton) Clemence.
Bachelor of Science in engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1962. Master of Science in engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1963. Doctor of Philosophy, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1973.
Graduate researcher, teaching assistant Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, 1969-1973. Assistant professor University Missouri, Rolla, 1973-1977. Associate professor, then professor, chairman department civil engineering Syracuse University, New York, since 1977.
Consultant University Son of Navy, 1980-1981, O'Brien & Gere Associates, since 1982, Dames & Moore, Baldwinsville, New York, 1980-1982.
Chairman study commission Onondaga Citizens League, 1983. Served to lieutenant United States Navy, 1963-1969. Member American Society of Civil Engineers (chairman technical committee 1978-1983), Association Engineering Geologists, International Society Rock Mechanics, Society of America Military Engineers, Sigma Xi Clubs: Syracuse Masters, Syracuse Masters Swim (vice president 1980-1983).
Married Carolyn Jeanette Lipscomb, March 18, 1967. Children– Daniel Patton, Samantha Kaye.