Lauren Carpinelli started in September 1959 and graduated in 1965. Carpinelli was here full time for 6 1/2 years. (Source: Col. Courvoisie)
Another candidate would be Jay Orr. He began his knob year in 1991. After much determination and persistence, he graduated in December 2000 and is very proud of it. (Source: Kurt Walters, Class of 1995, Columbia, S.C.).