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TO CONGRATULATE DR. CLYDE WILSON, PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF HISTORY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, FOR A LIFETIME OF PRESERVING AND DEFENDING SOUTHERN HISTORY AND TRADITION AND FOR HIS SEMINAL WORK ON JOHN C. CALHOUN.
Whereas, born on June 11, 1941, in Greensboro, North Carolina, Dr. Clyde Wilson's father was a fireman, leader of the State's Firefighters Union, and was most well known for training the first African American fire company in Greensboro; and
Whereas, during his high school years, Dr. Wilson began his literary career as editor of the Greensboro High School newspaper and received special recognition from the Columbia University Scholastic Press Association for his editorial writing; and
Whereas, Dr. Wilson earned a bachelor's degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1963 and a master's degree in 1964. He published for the Greensboro Daily News, the Greensboro Record, the Winston-Salem Journal, and The Chapel Hill Weekly, and wrote a regular column for the campus Daily Tar Heel. He spent a number of years as a reporter for the Richmond News Leader and the Charlotte News; and
Whereas, upon completing a doctorate in history in 1971, he began his career in education as an assistant professor of history at the University of South Carolina. He became an associate professor there in 1977 and a full professor in 1983; and
Whereas, one of Dr. Wilson's most notable achievements is the completion of volumes 10 through 28 of The Papers of John C. Calhoun which documents the life and decisions of South Carolina's most celebrated statesman, John C. Calhoun, and which ensures that future generations can understand Calhoun's tireless defense of his beloved State, and the rights of sovereign states enshrined in the United States Constitution; and
Whereas, in addition to teaching a variety of courses throughout his career of thirty-two years at the University of South Carolina and directing numerous doctoral dissertations, he has published hundreds of articles, essays, and reviews and has tirelessly lectured across the United States. He also has edited numerous books and authored Carolina Cavalier: the Life and Mind of James Johnston Pettigrew, an American Civil War Biography that has gone through three editions; From Union to Empire: Essays in the Jeffersonian Tradition; and Defending Dixie: Essays in Southern History and Culture; and
Whereas, Dr. Wilson's significant work has garnered numerous awards, including the Bostick Medal for Contributions to South Carolina Letters, the first annual John Randolph Club Award for Lifetime Achievement, and the Sons of Confederate Veterans Medal of Meritorious Service; and
Whereas, the South Carolina House of Representatives is grateful for Dr. Clyde Wilson's lifetime of work and dedication to South Carolina, and the members value his scholarly contributions in preserving and chronicling South Carolina's celebrated history in the cause of liberty. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:
That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, by this resolution, congratulate Dr. Clyde Wilson, Professor Emeritus of History at the University of South Carolina, for a lifetime of preserving and defending Southern history and tradition and for his seminal work on John C. Calhoun.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to Dr. Clyde Wilson.
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