James Terry Sanford was an American lawyer and politician from North Carolina. A member of the Democratic Party,Sanford served as the 65th Governor of North Carolina from 1961 to 1965,was a two-time U.S. presidential candidate in the 1970s,and served as a U.S. senator from 1986 to 1993. He was a strong proponent of public education and introduced several reforms and new programs in North Carolina's schools and institutions of higher education as the state's governor. From 1970 to 1985,Sanford served as the president of Duke University.
The University of South Carolina System is a state university system collection of campuses established in 1957 to expand the educational opportunities of the citizens of South Carolina as well as extend the reach of the University of South Carolina (USC) throughout the state. With over 52,000 students at the eight campuses,the system is the largest institution of higher learning in the state of South Carolina.
James Hovis Hodges is an American businessman,attorney,and politician who served as the 114th governor of South Carolina from 1999 to 2003. A former member of the South Carolina House of Representatives,Hodges is the most recent Democrat to serve as the state's governor.
The University of South Carolina is a public research university in Columbia,South Carolina. It is the flagship of the University of South Carolina System and the largest university in the state by enrollment. Its main campus is on over 359 acres (145 ha) in downtown Columbia,close to the South Carolina State House. The university is classified among "R1:Doctoral Universities with Highest Research Activity". It houses the largest collection of Robert Burns and Scottish literature materials outside Scotland and the world's largest Ernest Hemingway collection.
Francis Marion University is a public university near Florence,South Carolina. It is named in honor of American Revolutionary War Brigadier General Francis Marion.
Philip Lader,is a former US Ambassador to the Court of St. James’s and former chairman of WPP plc,the global advertising/communications services firm.
Asbury Francis "Frank" Lever was a member of the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina.
Axel Alfred Weber is a German economist,professor,and banker. He is currently a board member and chairman of Swiss investment bank and financial services company,UBS Group AG,and has announced his resignation effective 7 April 2022.
Thomas Warren Ross Sr. is an American public official who served as the president of the University of North Carolina system from 2011 to 2016. He succeeded Erskine Bowles on January 1,2011. Formerly,he was president of Davidson College,a private North Carolina liberal arts college from August 1,2007,to January 1,2011,and received membership in Omicron Delta Kappa while there in 2008.
This history of the University of South Carolina began in the 18th century when intersectional differences arose between the Lowcountry and the Upstate. It was conceived that a state supported college located in the center of the state at Columbia,South Carolina,would foster friendships between those of both regions thus allowing the state to present a united front to the nation when threatened with issues jeopardizing the South Carolina way of life. The University of South Carolina's history can be described in four distinct phases:a firebrand college (1801–1862),constant reorganization (1865–1891),college to university (1891–1944) and the state's university (1944–present).
A comprehensive regional university today,the University of North Alabama traces its beginnings to the first half of the 19th century,when the Methodist Episcopal Church sought to bring learning and culture to an obscure mountain in Alabama.
Hugh Kenneth Leatherman Sr. was an American politician who served as a Republican member of the South Carolina Senate from 1981 until his death in 2021. The 31st District,which he represented,is anchored in Florence,South Carolina. From 2001 until his death,Leatherman effectively controlled South Carolina's budget as the Senate Finance Chairman and was considered one of the most powerful people in South Carolina politics. He negotiated the deal to bring Boeing to South Carolina in 2009 and secured funding for the deepening of the Charleston Harbor in 2011. At the time of his death,Leatherman served as Vice Chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee. He served as President Pro Tempore of the South Carolina Senate for all but one day from June 18,2014,to January 8,2019. The position was abolished and replaced with the President of the Senate. Prior to this change,Leatherman was capable of being both President of the Senate and Senate Finance Chairman. He was also a member of the State Budget and Control Board until it was abolished in 2014.
Harvey Cloyd Philpott was an American businessman and politician who served as the 24th Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina in 1961. Philpott grew up in Lexington,North Carolina. Following the completion of his education,he rose to become president and chairman of the board of the United Furniture Corporation. He held several local political offices before being elected to a seat in the North Carolina House of Representatives in 1953 as a Democrat.
William G. Parrett is an American businessman and senior manager who has served public,private,governmental,and state-owned clients worldwide. In October 2008,Parrett was elected to the board of directors of UBS AG and,in November 2014,to the Board of Directors of UBS Group AG. In May 2018,he stepped down from this role and was focussing on the position of President of UBS Americas Holding LLC.
Robert Louis Caslen Jr. is a retired United States Army officer who served as the 59th superintendent of West Point from 2013 until 2018 and as the 29th president of the University of South Carolina from July 2019 until May 2021. Between January and May 2019,Caslen was senior counsel to the president and interim chief financial officer at the University of Central Florida. On July 19,2019,the Board of Trustees of the University of South Carolina elected him as the school's 29th president,a position he assumed on August 1,2019. Caslen also served as HigherEchelon's Special Advisor on Executive Leadership and Character Development. He resigned as President at South Carolina on May 12,2021.
Bruce Haynes is an American communications consultant. He is currently Chairman of Public Affairs,Managing Director and co-head of the Washington,D.C. office for Sard Verbinnen &Co.,a global strategic communications and consulting firm.
William C. Hubbard is an American lawyer. He is the dean of the University of South Carolina School of Law and a former partner at the law firm of Nelson Mullins Riley &Scarborough LLP,based in Columbia,South Carolina. Hubbard is a co-founder and chair of the board of directors of the World Justice Project,an NGO that assesses the rule of law worldwide. He was President of the American Bar Association in 2014–15. Hubbard was appointed dean of the University of South Carolina School of Law with effect on 1 August 2020.
Vivian Wilson Henderson was an American educator and human rights activist,and the eighth president of Clark Atlanta University. Vivian Wilson Henderson became President of Clark College in 1963,at the age of 40,where he would serve as president for 10 consecutive years.
Gunther Krichbaum is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) who has been a member of the German Bundestag since the 2002 elections.
Douglas Jennings Jr., is an American attorney and politician from South Carolina. Jennings was previously an assistant solicitor for the fourth circuit.
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