Charles D. Beaman Jr. Four distinguished Richland One graduates — an educator, a health care executive, a physician and a judge — will be the newest members of the Richland One Hall of Fame.

The Richland One Hall of Fame was created to recognize the many district alumni and other persons who have made significant contributions to Richland One, their communities, their professions, and society as a whole. Twenty- one persons have been inducted since the Hall of Fame was established in 2004.

Members of the 2008 Richland One Hall of Fame induction class are

• Fannie Phelps Adams, a 1934 graduate of Booker T. Washington High School whose career as an educator in Richland One spanned more than 40 years;

• Charles D. Beaman J r., a 1969 graduate of Dreher High School who is president and chief executive officer of Palmetto Health, the largest integrated health care delivery system in South Carolina;

• Dr. Gar y B. Bell , a 1974 graduate of Columbia High School who has volunteered his time to help the medically underserved at the local, state, national and international levels; and

Dr. Gary B. Bell • The Honorable Judge Willie T. Smith Jr., a 1936 graduate of Booker T. Washington High School who was a Family Court judge in Greenville County and a participant in several pivotal desegregation cases. Judge Smith died in December 2002.

The Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Gala will be held the evening of Saturday, January 10, 2009 at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center. The annual event is sponsored by the Partners In Education Foundation. For more information about the gala, contact PIE Executive Director Nathalie Gregg at (803) 318- 3005.

Fannie Phelps Adams The Honorable Judge Willie T. Smith Jr.