Many words can be used to describe Tony Clements.
Talented. Funny. Mentor.
The list goes on and on. But but above all, Tony Clements was a friend.
"He didn't know a stranger," said Terry Elmore, associate director of University of Illinois Campus Recreation.
Friday was a tough day for the many friends he had made over the years as news spread that Mr. Clements, longtime director of Campus Recreation and the official scorer at Illini basketball games, passed away that morning at the age of 68, following a long battle with cancer.
"I lost a good friend today," said Edgar Brummett, who replaced Mr.