Clawson, a Class of 1975 graduate, has been the scoreboard operator and timekeeper for Drexel men's basketball games since 1986, taking over the duty at women's basketball games in the mid-1990s. As a student, he served as a representative on the university's athletics committee, as a student manager of the baseball team, as a building supervisor at the DAC upon graduation and worked game management for men's basketball prior to taking on scoreboard and timekeeping duties. Clawson worked in Drexel's alumni records office after graduation for two years before moving to the registrar's office where he would work until 1988.