Department of Consumer and Design Sciences

Grisham Trentham

Since 1987 the Grisham/Trentham Lecture Series has brought world class designers and business leaders to the Auburn campus to share their insights, experiences, and successes with students, faculty, and guests. Initiated by Professor Gary Trentham of the Department of Consumer Affairs, Auburn University, and supported through an endowment established in 1989 by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Grisham, Huntsville, AL, the lecture series has expanded the horizons of many Auburn students, inspiring them to challenge themselves to fulfill their career goals and aspirations at a higher level.

Betty Grisham is an artist, textile designer, and entrepreneur. She and her late husband, Charles, have been strong supporters of the design program in the Department of Consumer Affairs. Now retired, some of Betty’s designs were featured at the 2004 Grisham/Trentham Lecture. These designs reflect Betty’s life as an “expression of a soul full of color.”

Professor Gary Trentham, artist, textile designer, and “favorite teacher” for hundreds of students, retired from the Department of Consumer Affairs, Auburn University in 1995. Passionate about expanding the horizons of his students, Professor Trentham was instrumental both in bringing world-class fashion/design authorities to campus and in encouraging his students to move out and experience the world for their internships and careers.

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