Clarice Cross Bagwell

[2] Bagwell also was president of the Georgia Parent Teacher Association and sat on the board of directors of the national PTA.

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

American Proteins would become the largest poultry renderer in the country before being purchased by Tyson Foods in 2018 for $850 million.

Despite not being an alumna, Bagwell was a strong supporter of Kennesaw State University, where she served as a trustee for 18 years, was in charge of the KSU Foundation's Special Projects Committee, and in 1997 received the first honorary doctorate of humane letters bestowed by the school.

[5] In 1996,[6] the Bagwell family-owned American Proteins donated $2 million worth of land, 680 acres (280 ha) in Bartow County, to the KSU Foundation,[7] its largest gift at the time; the university's 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.