Earle Hall luncheon speakers Clemson University Libraries On back: [Series II, Earle Hall Dedication 1959]; UA100_001178. Speakers are: A. R. Eckel, president of Commercialores, Inc. (left); Dr. G. C. (Gilbert Chase) Robinson, head of the Ceramics Department (right).  Luncheon given (at least in part) on April 12, 1958 for the Olin Foundation's donation of $1.175 million towards a new chemical engineering building (Earle Hall). Source: Jim Cross