Published on January 25, 2016  

This past weekend Clayton McWhorter, pioneer in the delivery of health care and a visionary leader, slipped from this world to his eternal home.  In lending his name to our own McWhorter School of Pharmacy and in giving of his resources to support our people and programs, his legacy will endure at Samford for generations to come.  Clayton was bright, friendly, considerate, and inquisitive, always searching for solutions to problems.  Many of us at Samford are honored to have known him as a trusted friend.   

 The world is better because of Clayton McWhorter.

 

 
Samford is a leading Christian university offering undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional schools. Founded in 1841, Samford is the 87th-oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. Samford enrolls 5,791 students from 49 states, Puerto Rico and 16 countries in its 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. Samford fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and ranks 6th nationally for its Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.