Personal Information
- Attorney
- Residing at 1486 Cureton Dr., Rock Hill
- Born December 19, 1952
- Son of Robert Wesley and Wilbur (Kirkland) Hayes
- United States Military Academy in West Point, B.S., 1975
- University of South Carolina, J.D., 1983
- January 8, 1977 married Sarah Mellon Shurley, 3 children, Robert Wesley III, James Creighton, and Margaret Mellon
- President of Class of 1975 & Battalion Commander at West Point
- President, Student Bar Association, University of South Carolina, 1982-83
- Law Review, 1981-83
- Order of the Coif
- Law firm of Robert W. Hayes, Jr. LLC
- Executive Council, South Carolina Young Lawyers Division of State Bar, 1984-87
- Executive Council, South Carolina National Guard Association, 1990-92, 2001-03
- Board, Guardian Fidelity Mortgage Corporation
- Westminster Towers
- South Carolina Bank & Trust of the Piedmont
- National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
- Chairman, York County Red Cross, 2004
- Chairman, York District Boy Scouts of America, 1985-91
- Chairman, Rock Hill United Way Campaign, 1992
- Chairman, State Government and United Way Campaign, 2011
- President, Palmetto Council Boy Scouts of America, 2010-
- South Carolina Jaycees Outstanding Young American Award, 1990
- Recipient of The Compleat Lawyer Award by University of South Carolina Law School Alumni Association, 1996
- South Carolina Chamber of Commerce Public Servant of the Year, 2006
- 2010 David H. Wilkins Award for Excellence in Legislative Leadership by the Riley Institue at Furman
- Westminster Presbyterian Church
- United States Army, 82nd Airborne Division, 1975-80
- South Carolina Army National Guard, 1980-05
- Master Parachutist, Ranger, Legion of Merit Award, Colonel
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