Zucker to receive honorary degree at CU

Clemson University honors philanthropist and businesswoman Anita Zucker of Charleston with an Honorary Doctorate of Humanities during next week’s summer graduation. The ceremony is planned 11 a-m Friday, August 9 at Littlejohn Coliseum. Zucker is chairperson and CEO of the InterTech Group. She also owns the Carolina Ice Palace, the South Carolina Sting Rays and Tristan restaurant in Charleston. In 2012, she and her family donated $5 million to help build a graduate education center at the Clemson Restoration Institute in North Charleston.