Student ambassadors participated in a Junior Achievement program during the 2008- 09 school year and were selected from nominations submitted by volunteers or teachers who taught or hosted these Junior Achievement classes. The ambassadors escorted the honorees. The committee for the event honoring the 2009 Laureates included James W. Cantey Jr. (co- chair), James W. Cantey & Associates; Jack Goettee (co- chair), South Carolina Bank and Trust; Henri Baskins, AT&T; John Hall, SCANA; Hydie Kirkland, McNair Law Firm; Rick Morgan, McNair Law Firm; Keely Saye, Catalyst Advertising; Dr. Susie VanHuss; Stephanie Stuckey, Junior Achievement; and Mary Weston Grimball, Junior Achievement. See page 6 for the 2009 Laureates.

Laureate Darla Moore escorted by Ambassador Jaclyn Warden, Hartsville High School, who also recognized the Hall of Fame Family in the program Photos by John Temple Ligon

Laureate Charlie Way, Charleston, escorted by Ambassador Jordan Belton, Fairfield Central High School Laureate Roger Milliken, Spartanburg, escorted by Ambassador Jaclyn Warden, Hartsville High School Laureate Bill Barnett, mayor of Spartanburg, escorted by Ambassador Symone Sutton, H.B. Rhame Elementary School, who also gave the invocation at the program Laureate Fred Dent, Spartanburg, escorted by Ambassador Brian Miles, Dent Middle School Laureate George Dean Johnson, Spartanburg, escorted by Ambassador Shannon Spires, Sandhills Intermediate School Laureate George William Rogers, Columbia, escorted by Ambassador Jacob Harding, Center of Knowledge Laureate Joel Smith, Columbia, escorted by Ambassador Alden Brinkley, Cross Roads Middle School Laureate Bob Royal, Columbia, escorted by Ambassador Lee Metts, Satchel Ford Elementary School