Current Status Introducing Body:Senate Bill Number:1170 Primary Sponsor:Passailaigue Type of Legislation:CR Subject:Edwards, James B. Date Bill Passed both Bodies:19940223 Computer Document Number:1170 Introduced Date:19940209 Last History Body:Senate Last History Date:19940223 Last History Type:Received from House Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Passailaigue Bryan Cork Courson Courtney Drummond Elliott Ford Giese Glover Gregory Hayes Holland Jackson Land Lander Leatherman Leventis Macaulay Martin Matthews McConnell McGill Mescher Mitchell Moore O'Dell Patterson Peeler Rankin Reese Richter Rose Russell Ryberg Saleeby Setzler Short Greg Smith J. Verne Smith Stilwell Thomas Waldrep Washington Williams Wilson Type of Legislation:Concurrent Resolution
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1170 House 19940209 Introduced, referred to 24
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1170 Senate 19940209 Introduced, adopted, sent to
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COMMITTEE REPORT
February 17, 1994
S. 1170
Introduced by SENATORS Passailaigue, Bryan, Cork, Courson, Courtney, Drummond, Elliott, Ford, Giese, Glover, Gregory, Hayes, Holland, Jackson, Land, Lander, Leatherman, Leventis, Macaulay, Martin, Matthews, McConnell, McGill, Mescher, Mitchell, Moore, O'Dell, Patterson, Peeler, Rankin, Reese, Richter, Rose, Russell, Ryberg, Saleeby, Setzler, Short, Greg Smith, J. Verne Smith, Stilwell, Thomas, Waldrep, Washington, Williams and Wilson
S. Printed 2/17/94--H.
Read the first time February 9, 1994.
To whom was referred a Concurrent Resolution (S. 1170), to request the Department of Transportation to name that section of the Mark Clark Expressway which crosses over the Wando River, etc., respectfully
That they have duly and carefully considered the same, and recommend that the same do pass:
DEWITT WILLIAMS, for Committee.
TO REQUEST THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO NAME THAT SECTION OF THE MARK CLARK EXPRESSWAY WHICH CROSSES OVER THE WANDO RIVER AS THE JAMES B. EDWARDS BRIDGE.
Whereas, Dr. James Burrows Edwards was born on June 24, 1927, in Hawthorne, Florida; and
Whereas, he is an oral surgeon who, after graduating from the College of Charleston in 1950, went on to study Dentistry at the University of Louisville and attended the University of Pennsylvania's Graduate Medical School; and
Whereas, Dr. Edwards has had a distinguished career of service to his country, serving in the United States Maritime Service during World War II where he became a Ship's Officer at the age of nineteen and the United States Navy where he served as a Dental Officer and rose to the rank of Lieutenant Commander; and
Whereas, he served as the Chairman of the Charleston County Republican party from 1964-1969 and as Chairman of the First Congressional Republican Committee from 1970-1971; and
Whereas, Dr. Edwards served in the South Carolina State Senate from 1972-1974 after which he was elected the first Republican Governor of the State of South Carolina since the days of Reconstruction; and
Whereas, Dr. Edwards, as Governor of the State, served as Chairman of the Subcommittee on Nuclear Energy for the National Governor's Association and Chairman of the Southern Governor's Conference; and
Whereas, Dr. Edwards, in his long established tradition of community service, has been involved in a number of organizations and projects including the Palmetto Partnership for Drug Abuse Prevention, the Carolina Art Association, the South Carolina Historical Society, and has served as a member of the board of both Charleston and Baker Memorial Hospitals; and
Whereas, in acknowledgement of his continued concern for the community and outstanding leadership, he was given the honor of having the James B. Edwards Elementary School in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina dedicated to him in 1981; and
Whereas, he has received several other awards including the Tenth Thomas P. Hinman Distinguished Service Medal, the Founders Medal presented by the College of Charleston, and the Silver Good Citizenship Medal presented by the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution; and
Whereas, Dr. Edwards has been awarded ten honorary degrees and serves on the boards of ten corporations; and
Whereas, because of his outstanding public service and proven leadership in the field of energy development and conservation, President Ronald Reagan appointed Dr. Edwards to serve as the Secretary of the United States Department of Energy; and
Whereas, Dr. Edwards has served effectively and successfully as President of the Medical University of South Carolina since 1982. Now, therefore,
Be in resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring:
That the members of the General Assembly request the Department of Transportation to name that section of the Mark Clark Expressway which crosses over the Wando River as the James B. Edwards Bridge.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to Dr. James B. Edwards.