2008-03-14 / Business

Folks about town

Mary Higgins was named administrative assistant by Central Carolina Community Foundation.

Flynn Bowie Jr.
The United Nations has selected "The Middle Passage: White Ships/Black Cargo," an exhibit from the USC's McKissick Museum, to be displayed in the New York City Head quarters to commemorate the abolition of the slave trade.

Flynn Bowie Jr. has joined Grubb & Ellis Wilson Kibler as property manager.

The Gillespie Agency was recognized by the City of Columbia as the fourth honoree in the Business Spotlight Program.

Billy Way has been appointed as senior vice president at Grubb & Ellis Wilson Kibler.

J. Mac Bennett, James A. Bennett, John W. Folsom, Marjor ie L. Gilbert, Barbara J. Hamilton, Joel A. Smith III, and Inez Moore Tenenbaum have been named as community advisors by the Knight Foundation. Wendy Brawley and Jeanette McBr ide have earned recognition in the S.C. School Boards Association Boardmanship Institute for training achievement.

Madaline Braxton, Alysen Woodruff, and Char ley Butts were named Recycling Professionals of the Year during the 13th annual Recycle Guys Awards Program.

Billy Way
Midlands Technical College student Terr i Pope has been named the 2008 New Century Scholar for the state of SC.

Clay Johnston has joined South Carolina Wildlife Federation Board of Directors.

William C. Hubbard has been named the first South Carolinian to lead the American Bar Association's House of Delegates.

Mary L. Thomas has been appointed by Gov. Mark Sanford to the nine- member Board of Commissioners for the S.C. State Housing Finance and Development Authority. Will Moreau Goins has been named a 2008 Jean Laney Harris Folk Heritage Award Winner.

John T. Lay Jr., William P. McElveen Jr., and David C. Sojourner Jr., have been selected to the 2008 SC Super Lawyers.

Tameika Isaac Devine, Terry Dozier, and Abraham Riley have been selected to receive the Whitney M. Young Service Award.

Jonathan J. Robertson of Abacus Planning Group, Inc. has passed the SC Bar Exam.

The Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Participants of the Providence Hear t Institute raised $49,991.25 through their annual Golf Tournament. The sixth annual tournament will be held April 28, at the Old Hickory Golf Course at Fort Jackson Golf Club.

Jeanette McBride
Terri Pope
William C. Hubbard
Jonathan J. Robertson

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