Clemson University featured Evergreen Advisors’ Mike Gill in this month’s “The Will to Lead for Clemson,” article. Here is an excerpt and link to the article:
Mike Gill came to Clemson from Baltimore in the fall of 1968 on a baseball scholarship, playing under Coach Bill Wilhelm. Today, he and his wife, Mary, support the Brooks Center for the Performing Arts with a generous endowment. Perhaps the connection between baseball and the Brooks Center is not readily apparent, but then Clemson has a way of bringing people and ideas together in unexpected ways.
While playing for the Tigers, Mike got to know Byron Harder, a young doctor working at the Redfern Health Center. Byron was a fan of the baseball team and treated many of its players. Byron was also a fan of Lillian “Mickey” Harder, whom he married and who is now director of the Brooks Center. The friendship that was struck between the Harders and Gill remains today.