With that being said, I seriously doubt that some 150+ years later, thatthe schools are so identical he could not find an area of study that Clemson does not have.Thomas Green Clemson IV, the Clemson's founder, came to the Foothills of the state. He left most of his estate in his will to be used to establish a university that would teach agriculture and the mechanical arts. Clemson wanted the university to be modeled after Mississippi A&M which is now Mississippi State University.</p>