Personal Information
- Residing at 2825 Wilton Rd., Springdale
- Born July 31, 1947 in Charleston
- Son of the late Hugh deVeaux and the late Wray (Graves) Wilson
- Graduated from Washington & Lee Univ., B.A., 1969
- Univ. of S.C., J.D., 1972
- Dec. 30, 1977 Married to Roxanne Dusenbury McCrory, 4 children, Michael Alan McCrory-Wilson, Addison Graves, Jr., Julian Dusenbury and Hunter Taylor
- Mem. & former Pres./Chm.: Cayce Rotary Club
- Sheriff's Dept. Law Enforcement Adv. Council, Reserve Offs. Assn
- Lexington Co. Historical Soc.
- Co. Comm. & Resource Dev. Com.
- Co. Amer. Heart Assn.
- Mid-Carolina Mental Health Assn. & Bank of America Lexington Adv. Bd.
- Mem. & Dir. or former Dir. of: Cayce_West Columbia Jaycees
- Kidney Foundation
- S.C. Lung Assn.
- Alston Wilkes Soc.
- Cayce-West Columbia Chamber of Commerce & Congaree Land Trust
- Saluda Shoals Park Foundation
- Lake Murray Tourism & Recreation Assn.
- Member of Cola. World Affairs Council
- First Presbyterian Church, Cola.
- Nature Conservancy
- Sons of Confederate Veterans
- Fellowship of Christian Athletes
- Sinclair Lodge No. 154
- Jamil Temple
- WOW
- Mil. Order of the World Wars
- Fulmer PTA
- Amer. Legis. Exchange Concil
- Lexington , Irmo, West Metro and Chapin Chambers of Commerce
- Homebuilders Assn.
- Amer. Legion (Guignard Post)
- 40 & 8
- Dutch Fork and Lexington Co. Rep. Women's Clubs (Assoc.)
- Exec. Council of Indian Waters Council, Boy Scouts of America
- Former Judge, Town of Springdale
- Former VC, Co. Registration & Elections Comm.
- State Dev. Bd., 1975-80
- Former staff mem., Sen. Strom Thurmond & Congressman Floyd Spence
- Sutdent Asst., U.S. Atty., 1971
- Dep. Gen. Counsel, U.S. Dept. of Energy, SES 5, Washington, 1981-82 with Energy Secy. Jim Edwards
- Elected 1st State Youth VC, S.C. Rep. Party, 1970
- Campaign Mgr. for Congressman Spence 1974, 1978, 1980, 1982 & 1998
- 1976 Citizens ofr Reagan Second Dist., Chm.
- 1986 Dist. Chm. for Gov. Carroll Campbell
- 1988 & 1992 Bush for Pres. Second Dist., Chm.
- Thurmond for Sen., Second Dist., Chm. 1990, State VC 1996
- Del. for Gov. George W. Bush, 2000 Rep. Natl. Convention
- Co-founder, First Tues. Rep. Club
- Nominated by RNC Chm. Lee Atwater for U.S. delegation to observe Bulgarian Parliamentary elections, June, 1990
- Lecturer on dem. process, Bulgaria, 1990, Slovakia, 1994, and Russian Siberia, 1995
- NCSL Delegation to Tiawan, 1996
- Cola. World Affairs Council, Sister Cities Delegation to Bulgaria, Romania and Russia, 1997
- Appted. by Pres. Bush to the U.S. Intergovernmental Adv. COuncil on Educ., 1990-91
- Southeastern Regional Vision for Educ. Comm., 1990
- Elected Chm., Sen. Gen. Com., 1995
- Cola. Coll. Bd. of Visitors, 1996-
- Coker Coll. Bd. of Trustees, 1998
- Common Cause of S.C., Legis. Award, 1990
- Coll. Rep. Confederation, Legislator of the Year, 1990
- Irmo Fire Dist., Distinguished Public Serv. Award, 1991
- WOW, Citizenship Award
- S.C. Jaycees, State House Award, 1993
- S.C. Cable TV Assn., Legislator of the Year, 1993
- S.C. Assn. of Taxpayers, Senator of the Year, 1993
- Rotary Club, Paul Harris Fellow
- NRA, Defender of Freedom Award
- Order of the Palmetto, 1995
- Home Builders of S.C., Hammer & Trowel Award, 1995
- Retired Cola. Police Offs., Public Serv. Award, 1995
- S.C. Policy Council Palmetto Leadership Award, 1995
- Gun Owners of S.C., Freedom Award, 1996
- Amer. Legion Senator of the Year, 1997
- NFIB/SC Guardian of Small Bus., 1998
- 1999 Greater Irmo Chamber of Commerce Ambassador of the Year
- S.C. Assn. of Taxpayers Friend of the Taxpayer Award, 1999
- S.C. Child Care Assn. Legislator of the Year, 2000
- United Way Comm. Builder Award
- Mil. serv.: USAR, 1972-75
- SCARNG, 1975-
- Currently Col. & serving as Staff Judge Advocate for 218th Mech. Inf. Brigade
- Prev. serv. in Sen. 1985-01.
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