Folks about town
Leighton McLendon
Susan Brill has been elected president of the Board of Trustees for the Historic Columbia Foundation.
Kaela Harmon has been selected as the new museum advancement coordinator for the South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum.
Distinguished past members of the South Carolina Bar have been memorialized at the annual Memory Hold the Door ceremony on Thursday, January 21 at Kiawah Island Golf Resort. Established in 1958, this annual memorial provides an opportunity for the South Carolina Bar and University of South Carolina School of Law faculty to recognize and honor distinguished deceased members of the Bar and continue funding an endowment at the USC School of Law for scholarships, lectures, research and academic programs. The South Carolina Bar Foundation has graciously contributed to the USC Educational Foundation in honor of those memorialized. The honorees represent a true honor roll of the legal profession, selected by their peers as best exemplifying the qualities of integrity, professionalism and skill required of the bench and bar. The ceremony is held in conjunction with the annual South Carolina Bar Convention, taking place January 21–24 at Kiawah Island Golf Resort. This year’s honorees are James W. Alford of Columbia, David A. Brown of Aiken, Harry S. Dent of Columbia, Henr y Hammer of Columbia, Harriet M. Johnson of Charleston, Oren O. Jones of Anderson, T. Engl ish McCutchen III of Columbia, Governor Rober t E. McNair of Columbia, and Hon. Donald S. Russell of Spartanburg.
Susan Brill
Dar ra James Coleman and John C. Phillips J r. have been certified by the SC Supreme Court’s Board of Arbitrator and Mediator Certification as Family Court mediators.
Kaela Harmon
Mike Biediger, president and chief executive officer of Lexington Medical Center, has recently become a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives.
Morgan & Associates Inc. has been named one of the top ten small businesses of Lexington County.
