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Welcome to Charleston, South Carolina and The Citadel campus for our 9th Annual Principled Gay and Bill Krause ’63 Leadership Symposium. Over the next two days, you will hear from outstanding speakers and Kevin Elmore ’74 presenters on contemporary leadership and ethics issues. You will have the opportunity to The Harry and Reba Huge Foundation engage in discussions with fellow student delegates, faculty and staff, members of The South Rita and Steve McManus ’64 Carolina Corps of Cadets, distinguished Citadel alumni, and prominent members of the Thomas Mikell ’64 community. Diane and Eli Wishart ’63
The theme of this year’s symposium is “Principled Leadership: Character, Courage, and The Principled Leadership Committee of the Class of ’69 Community.” We chose this theme to recognize and study the Charleston community's united leadership response in the wake of the tragedy at the Emanuel African Methodist Ginger & Andy Anderson Paula & Dennis McConnell Episcopal Church on 17 June 2015. A special “Charleston Strong” panel will be facilitated by Jane & Les Bergen Janet & Greg Olney recently retired Charleston mayor, Joseph Riley ’64, along with other Lowcountry leaders who worked together to help the community heal during this difficult time. The keynote Jeanette & Steve Bloss Linda & Russ Olson speaker is South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, who led statewide efforts to support the Jeannie & Furman Brodie Joe Owens families of the victims and bring about positive change. Marsha & Bud Bryant Earlene & Garry Parks The events of this year’s symposium include presentations on current leadership issues of Lynn & Sam Dusenbury Marjorie & Patrick Raftery local and national importance. A diverse audience of educators and leaders from a variety of organizations will share their experiences navigating crisis situations. I encourage you to Sarah & Greg Dyson Charles Small participate and take advantage of this unique opportunity to learn from symposium Lynette & John Fairlamb Carmela & Joe Trez participants and your peers from other colleges. You will leave with a new understanding of how principled leaders face complex issues with honor, duty, and respect. Beth & Skip Garrett Sharon & Rich Vernon Harriet & Jim Gettys Karen & Bill Wessinger Phyllis & Frank Gibson Harold Wilcox Teresa & Al Jacobs Gail & Ed Woodson
Dorothy & Donnie Johnson Ella & Sam Young John W. Rosa ’73 Jane & Dean Kubler Lieutenant General, USAF (Retired) In Memory of: President Chris Clearwaters, Joe Eubanks, and Rick Repole
...and to all members of the Class of 1969 who made donations and pledges to the Krause Center Principled Leadership Symposium Fund. Thank you to our sponsors: Thursday, March 17 9:00-10:00 Registration and Breakfast (Buyer Auditorium) 10:00-10:45 Opening Remarks (Buyer Auditorium) 11:00-11:45 “Courageous Leadership During Difficult Times” (McAlister Fieldhouse) Governor Nikki R. Haley Greater Issues Address and Class of 1969 Keynote Speaker 12:00-12:45 Delegate and Host Lunch (Mark Clark Hall Lounge) 1:00-3:45 Distinguished Leaders Panels (Choose one) “An Honest Talk About Dishonesty and How It Plays Out In Real Life” (Buyer Auditorium) Dr. Bill Trumbull, Dean of the School of Business (Moderator) Ms. Jamie Foehl Dr. Timothy Hedley Mr. Walter Pavlo
“Leadership During Crisis: October 2015 South Carolina Floods” (Jenkins Hall Auditorium) Dr. Ron Welch, Dean of the School of Engineering (Moderator) Brigadier General Van McCarty ’82 Mr. Ken Braddock ’83 Major Chris Cowan MAJOR Grace “Marguerite” McClam Mr. Travis Hughes Chief Jason Krusen Mr. Andrew “Andy” Leaphart
4:00-4:50 “Recognizing Heroes in Our Community” (McAlister Field House) Hershel Woodrow “Woody” Williams, USMCR (Ret.) Medal of Honor Recipient, Iwo Jima, WWII Presented by the Class of 2005
5:00 Service Learning Showcase (Daniel Library)
6:30 “Scholarship at Its Best: An Evening with The Authors and Editors of The Gold Star Journal” (Bond Hall 165) Friday, March 18
8:00-8:45 Breakfast and Schedule Review (Buyer Auditorium) 9:00-10:30 “Character and Courage: Citadel Women Leaders” (Buyer Auditorium) Ms. Nancy Mace ’99 (Moderator) Ms. Kathleen Cartland ’97 Chief Gregory G. Mullen was appointed Chief of Police of the Charleston Police Ms. Mandy Garcia Patrick ’01 Department on October 2, 2006. Chief Mullen, a retired Air Force veteran with 22 years of combined active and reserve service, began his law enforcement career in Ms. Lesjanusar “Shay” Peterson ’02 1982 as a Special Agent with the Air Force Office of Special Investigations. In 1985, Major Petra Lovetinska Seipel ’00 he joined the Virginia Beach Police Department, rising through the ranks to
Deputy Chief of Police. His previous assignments include patrol, narcotics, criminal 10:30-12:00 “Charleston Strong” Mural Walk intelligence and resort operations. Chief Mullen is an experienced leader with a Ms. Tiffany Silverman, Director of Fine Arts proven record of community involvement, cultivating relationships and using teams to create opportunities and solve problems. Chief Mullen received a 10:00-12:00 Citadel Student Research Presentations Bachelor’s Degree in Criminology with Honors from Saint Leo College and a (Daniel Library) Master’s Degree in Public Administration from Old Dominion University. He is a graduate of the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia, the Senior Executive 12:00-12:45 Delegate and Host Lunch Institute at the University of Virginia, the Professional Executive Leadership School (Mark Clark Hall Lounge) at the University of Richmond, and the Senior Management Institute in Police from Boston University. In 1998 and 2008, he was selected to participate in law 1:00-1:30 Krause Center Award Presentation enforcement exchange programs involving the Israeli National Police and the (McAlister Field House) Victoria Police Service in Victoria, Australia. Senator Ernest Frederick “Fritz” Hollings ’42 Accepted by Judge Patrick Michael Duffy ’65 Reverend Kylon Jerome Middleton is the Pastor of the Mount Zion A.M.E. Church 1:30-3:00 “Lessons in Leadership of Race Relations in the in Charleston, S.C. He was born in Charleston, graduated from Burke High School at South Carolina Lowcountry, the age of 15 and matriculated at the College of Charleston, where he graduated at Summer 2015—and Beyond” (McAlister Field House) the age of 18 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Communications. Joseph P. Riley, Jr., ’64 (Moderator) Education has always been a passion for Pastor Middleton, and as a result, he has Nelson Rivers, Pastor, Charity Missionary Baptist Church received the following graduate degrees: Master of Divinity, Lutheran Theological Greg Mullen, Chief, Charleston Police Department Southern Seminary – Columbia, South Carolina; Master of School Administration, Educational Specialist, and Doctor of Education, University of North Carolina at Kylon Middleton, Pastor, Mt. Zion A.M.E. Church Chapel Hill – Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Master of Theology and Doctor of Naomi Broughton, Major, Charleston Police Department Philosophy, Duke University – Durham, North Carolina. Pastor Middleton is the
immediate past Christian Education Director for the Palmetto South Carolina 3:10 Principled Leadership Symposium Closing Annual Conference, serves on the Conference Board of Examiners, and serves as Remarks by Lieutenant General Rosa chairperson of several committees on the Charleston District of the African 4:10 Washington Light Infantry Parade Methodist Episcopal Church. (Summerall Field) Lessons in Leadership of Race Relations in the Governor Nikki Haley South Carolina Lowcountry Summer 2015—and Beyond Courageous Leadership During Difficult Times Joseph P. Riley, Jr. ’64 (Moderator) has been one of the most important figures in American municipal government over the last half-century. He served in the South Nikki Randhawa Haley was re-elected as the Carolina General Assembly from 1968-1974 and as mayor of Charleston from 116th Governor of South Carolina on Tuesday, 1975-2016. Under his leadership, Charleston set a standard for its commitment to racial November 4, 2014, by the largest margin of victory harmony and progress and experienced a remarkable revitalization of its historic for a South Carolina gubernatorial candidate in 24 downtown business district. He created the first Tourism Management Award, fostered years. the rise of the acclaimed Spoleto Festival, and doubled the number of public parks in During her first term, Governor Haley, the the city, one of which is the beloved Waterfront Park. Riley served as President of the first female and the first minority governor in South U.S. Conference of Mayors, and received the National Medal of Arts from President Carolina history and currently the youngest governor Obama. After spending 40 years as Charleston’s mayor, Riley is now a professor of in the country, delivered results to the people of American Government and Public Policy at The Citadel and the first occupant of the every part of our state. Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Endowed Chair of American Government and Public Policy. Under the governor’s leadership, South Carolina’s jobless rate hit record lows, the state announced more than 70,000 jobs in 45 of 46 Reverend Nelson B. Rivers ΙΙΙ is the Pastor of the Charity Missionary Baptist Church in counties, more than 25,000 South Carolinians moved from welfare to work, the Liberty Hill Community of North Charleston, S.C. For over 38 years, Reverend and the state made its largest infrastructure investment in a generation Rivers has worked at every level of the NAACP including President, North Charleston, without raising taxes. S.C. Branch; Executive Director, South Carolina State Conference; Director, Southeast Governor Haley brought together leaders of both political parties, Region; Chief Operating Officer, twice as Chief of Field Operations, and Vice President educators and the business community to pass landmark education reforms. of Stakeholder Relations from 2008 until May 2014. In July 2014, Rivers became Vice These reforms focus attention where it’s most needed: on making education President of Religious Affairs and External Relations of the National Action Network funding more equitable for schools in our poorest communities, on reading and is co-president of the Charleston Area Justice Ministry of which he was a founding instruction in the early grades, and on improving technology in classrooms. member in 2011. Reverend Rivers is a lifelong servant in the fight for justice and has Transparency and accountability in state government were priorities appeared on NPR, MSNBC, CNN, and 60 Minutes. He has received numerous awards for Governor Haley. In 2011, after a fight that began during her days as a for his civil rights and community work including The Order of the Palmetto, the State legislator, Governor Haley ushered through the General Assembly and signed of South Carolina’s highest award. into law a bill that, for the first time, required legislators to start showing their votes on the record, allowing citizens to see how their legislators are spending Major Naomi Broughton was born in Charleston, S.C. and attended Chicora High their tax dollars. And in 2014, the governor signed a once-in-a-generation School. After high school she attended Baptist College at Charleston and received a government restructuring bill that makes the executive branch truly Bachelor of Science Degree with a Major in Criminal Justice and a Minor in Physical accountable for its operations. Education. Broughton joined the Charleston Police Department in 1985 and was assigned Governor Haley also delivered tax relief for small businesses, pension to Team One, where she was promoted to the ranks of Corporal and Sergeant. In 2000 reform, Medicaid reform and illegal immigration reform. she earned a Master of Arts Degree at Webster University and completed the Police One of the strongest fiscal conservatives in state government, Nikki Executive Course at the Southern Police Institute in Louisville Kentucky. Major Broughton Haley was first elected in 2004 to the state House to represent the 87th currently is the Deputy Bureau Commander of the Investigations, Community Outreach District (Lexington County), when, as a virtual unknown, she beat the longest and Support Services Bureau. Major Broughton is a retired Chief Marine Science serving state legislator in a Republican primary. Technician in the United States Coast Guard Reserve. She is currently fourth in command of Charleston’s force of 458 police women and men.
An Honest Talk About Dishonesty and How It Plays Out In Real Life Ernest Frederick “Fritz” Hollings ’42
William "Bill" Trumbull (Moderator) became Dean of The Citadel’s School of Recipient of the Krause Center Award for Business and the Robert A. Jolley Chair on July 1, 2013. Dean Trumbull came to Distinguished Service, Leadership, and Ethics The Citadel from West Virginia University where he had been a faculty member since 1983. During his tenure at West Virginia University, he served as Senator Hollings graduated from The Citadel in 1942 receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree. After graduating chairperson of the Department of Economics, director of the Division of from the USC School of Law in 1947, Hollings opened a Economics and Finance, and as interim dean of the College of Business and law practice in Charleston, where he served the Economics. He received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Charleston area for many years. Hollings was elected to the University of Miami and his PhD in economics from the University of North the S.C. House of Representatives in 1949, where he Carolina. During the fall of 2012, he served as a Fulbright Scholar at the served until 1954. He was then elected Lieutenant University of Pecs in Hungary. Dr. Trumbull was a strong proponent of Governor of South Carolina in 1954 and Governor in international education at West Virginia University where he led study abroad 1958 at age 36. In 1966, Hollings was elected to the U.S. programs to China, Cuba and Europe and has continued similar programs at Senate where he served until 2005. Senator Hollings was The Citadel. As a professor of economics, he specializes in the economics of an influential leader for South Carolina during his years crime, transition economies, and economic evaluation, including cost-benefit of political service. During his time as governor, Hollings rallied South Carolinians to support peaceful integration and helped orchestrate and cost-effectiveness analysis, with current interest in entrepreneurship in integration at Clemson University in 1963. As a U.S. Senator, he opposed all transition countries. amendments seeking to weaken the 1982 Voting Rights Act, and he authored legislation to strengthen federal authority to prosecute church-burning crimes. Jamie Foehl is an Associate Director at the Center for Advanced Hindsight Early in his career, Senator Hollings focused on the poverty and hunger that (CAH) –Dan Ariely’s Research lab at Duke University. Jamie joined the lab in gripped the rural South and urban areas of the country. In the community, Senator Hollings created the Hollings Scholarship, which provides over 100 2011. Her first day of work was spent at a criminal justice center running undergraduates from around the country a 10-week internship with the National dishonesty experiments with parolees. Her recent work at CAH focuses on the Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and a monetary scholarship for the practical applications of Behavioral Economics with a focus on health and school year. Hollings also helped to establish the Hollings Center for financial services. Jamie works with lab partners to develop and test behavioral International Dialogue. This organization promotes dialogue between the United based interventions. Prior to joining the lab, Jamie worked in advertising. She States and other countries with predominantly Muslim populations in order to graduated from Carleton College in 1999. open channels of communication, deepen cross-cultural understanding, expand people-to-people contacts, and generate new thinking on important international issues. In 1993, the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) formally organized its cancer treatment and research programs as a cancer cen- Tweet what you’ve learned ter bearing the name of Ernest “Fritz” Hollings. Senator Hollings currently works with the Hollings Cancer Center at the MUSC and serves on the Advisory Board. He is also on the Board of Advisors of the Charleston School of Law and is a Dis- @CitadelLeader tinguished Visiting Professor of Law. #CitadelLeader “Doves are not only a sign of peace but also a symbol of hope. We hope that the mural will be a powerful, Timothy Hedley, PhD is a Partner in KPMG LLP's Forensic practice where he serves as global lead for the firm’s Fraud Risk Management service visual reminder that the spirit of Charleston Strong offerings. He provides clients with a wide range of forensic services by assisting with the prevention, detection and response to fraud and will continue no matter what challenges lie ahead.” misconduct. He was most recently a member of the Executive Committee of the New York State Society of CPAs where he served as Vice-President Tiffany Silverman, Director of Fine Arts, The Citadel of Professional Issues. He is also co-author of the book The New Era of Regulatory Enforcement: A Comprehensive Guide for Raising the Bar to Manage Risk (forthcoming) and Managing the Risk of Fraud and Misconduct: Meeting the Challenges of a Global, Regulated and Digital Environment, both published by McGraw-Hill.
Walter Pavlo is the president of Prisonology, which produces educational software supporting law firms and their clients with information about the federal prison system. He is a contributor to Forbes.com where he writes on white-collar crime and is the co-author of Stolen Without A Gun, which he co-wrote with Neil Weinberg (reporter at Bloomberg). Mr. Pavlo is a nationally-recognized speaker who has been part of training programs at the Federal Bureau of Investigation, major corporations, professional societies and top-ranked MBA programs across the country. Mr. Pavlo earned his B.S. in Industrial Engineering from West Virginia University and his MBA in Finance from Mercer University. He is also a Journalist Law School Fellow at Loyola Law School.
Join us on Facebook Krause Center for Leadership and Ethics Leadership During Crisis: October 2015 South Carolina Floods Mandy Garcia Patrick ’01 was the first female Regimental Executive Officer. She was the first woman to wear the snarling Bulldog logo into competition as a member of Ronald W. Welch, PhD, PE, COL, USA (Ret.) (Moderator) became the Dean of The Citadel The Citadel’s Cross Country team and Indoor and Outdoor Track Team. While at School of Engineering on July 1, 2011. Welch is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at The Citadel, she received the Military Excellence Award, the Southern Conference West Point where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Engineering Mechanics. He received his Sportsmanship Award, and the Society of Cincinnati Award. After graduation, Patrick master’s and PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois. Welch came to The Citadel completed USAF pilot training and was assigned to McChord Air Force Base, WA, where from the University of Texas at Tyler, where he was a professor and chairman of the newly she flew the C-17 Globemaster III. She commanded a crew of five, flying worldwide airlift founded Department of Civil Engineering within the College of Engineering and Computer missions supporting Operation Enduring Freedom, Iraqi Freedom and other national Science. Before that he was a professor at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. During priorities including presidential support and medical evacuation missions. Patrick has an two tours at West Point, Welch served in leadership positions as group director of the MBA from Trident University and is currently a C-17 Instructor Pilot, Tennessee Air Mechanics Group and then the Civil Engineering Design Group, director of the Civil National Guard, and flies commercially for FedEx. Engineering Division, and deputy head of the Civil and Mechanical Engineering Department. After nearly 25 years on active duty, he retired in 2007. Since 1999, Dr. Welch has served as a mentor, program developer and coordinator of the nationally renowned Excellence in Civil Engineering Education (ExCEEd) Teaching Workshop sponsored by the American Society of Lesjanusar “Shay” Peterson ’02 is one of the first African American female graduates of Civil Engineers. The Citadel. As a cadet, Ms. Peterson majored in Political Science, was the India Company Brigadier General Van McCarty, Deputy Adjutant General ’82 serves as Assistant Adjutant Human Affairs Sergeant, and the Regimental Public Affairs Officer. She was awarded the General - Army, South Carolina National Guard. He is responsible for monitoring the state South Carolina Cadet Medal of Merit, Gold Stars, Dean’s List Honors, the National readiness (Unit Status Reporting); to include unit strength, equipment, and training. He serves Industrial Association ROTC Award, and is a member of Phi Alpha Theta History Honor as the Deputy Commander during defense support to civilian authorities (DSCA) missions. In Society and the Pi Sigma Alpha Political Science Association. After graduating from The addition, he also serves as Deputy Adjutant General, South Carolina Army National Guard and Citadel, Ms. Peterson served our country as an Intelligence Officer in the Air Force and supervises the administrative activities and daily operations of the organization. General the Illinois Air National Guard. She deployed to the Middle East three times, including McCarty was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant through the Reserve Officer Training Corp once to Iraq. Ms. Peterson earned her MBA from the University of Illinois at Chicago and Program at The Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina. a Juris Doctor from Mercer University School of Law in Macon, GA. Ms. Peterson is Ken Braddock ’83 is Chief of Preparedness for the South Carolina Emergency Management licensed to practice law in Georgia and Illinois and is currently the Assistant Director of Division. He works to develop, coordinate, and assist in leading the State’s emergency Admissions and Enrollment Management at Mercer University School of Law. management program, enabling effective preparation for, and efficient response to, emergencies and disasters in order to save lives, reduce human suffering and reduce property loss. To accomplish this mission, the South Carolina Emergency Management Division Major Petra Lovetinska Seipel ’00 was one of the first female cadets to attend develops plans and procedures, and conduct exercises to ensure the highest levels of The Citadel and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. She received The mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. Mr. Braddock is a decorated Army veteran Citadel's Palmetto Medal that recognizes cadets, faculty, staff and alumni for exceptional who commanded a 250-member team of U.S. military and Department of State Civilian Police leadership and service that reflects great credit on the college or the state of South conducting mentoring and training with the Afghanistan National Police at the Regional, Carolina. Seipel became one of only five people in the history of the United States to Provincial and District levels. receive citizenship by a special Act of Congress and shares that honor with Mother Chief Jason Krusen is the Special Operations Chief for the Columbia Fire Department who Theresa, William Penn, Winston Churchill, and Raoul Wallenberg. As a senior, Seipel oversees the Rescue and Haz-Mat programs. His duties include unit staffing, training joined the U.S. Marine Corps. Her occupational specialty is Aviation Supply and she has curriculum and coordination, recertification, program development, and equipment had many assignments that have taken her all over the world, including a deployment in procurement. Chief Krusen is responsible for the Midlands Region Collapse Search and Rescue support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Seipel is a lifelong learner and earned an MBA with Team and he manages the Midlands Region WMD/Haz-Mat Team. He is the Planning Section Material Logistics Support from the Naval Postgraduate School in December 2013. She Chief for the Midlands Type III Incident Management Team, a Planning Manager for the Type I currently serves as the lead for Performance Based Logistics initiatives at the Marine US&R Team (SC-TF1), LEPC representative, and county EOC contact. He has an Associate Corps Logistics Command, Albany, Georgia. Degree in Fire Service Administration. Character and Courage: Citadel Women Leaders
Major Chris Cowan, Richland County Sheriff’s Department, is a decorated Deputy Sheriff. He Nancy Mace ’99 (Moderator) is a businesswoman and the author of In the has worked in many divisions of the Department including the Bloodhound Team, Uniform Company of Men: A Woman at The Citadel, first published by Simon & Schuster in Division, Marine Patrol Division, Special Operations Division and the Community Services 2001. Mace became the first woman to graduate from The Citadel, receiving a Division. Major Cowan has worked internationally with the London Metropolitan Police degree in Business Administration with magna cum laude honors. She also Department, the Staffordshire Police Department, German Police, Queensland Police graduated from the University of Georgia where she earned a master’s degree in Service, and nationally with the Los Angeles Police Department, New York Police Department, and the North Carolina Justice Academy. He is a graduate of the FBI National journalism and mass communication from the University of Georgia’s School of Academy, South Carolina Executive Institute, a Rotarian and President of the South Carolina Journalism, focusing on public relations. In 2008, Mace started a consulting Law Enforcement Officers Association. business, The Mace Group, which provides public relations, marketing and web services to clients in a variety of industries. She is Vice Chair of The Citadel School of MAJOR Grace “Marguerite” McClam, PE of the S.C. State Guard is Past President of the Business Advisory Board, on the National Board of Directors for the Medal of Honor S.C. Society of Professional Engineers and is a National Society of Professional Engineers Bowl, a board member of The Citadel Regimental Band and Pipes Association; past Fellow. McClam is the President and Owner of the Palmetto Consulting Engineering Group, board member of Childspring International; past president of the Greater Atlanta Inc., and partner and VP in McClam and Associates, Inc., a construction company, where she Citadel Alumni Club; a past district director for The Citadel Alumni Association; past has been involved in numerous multi-million dollar projects such as Carolina Bays, Santee panelist on the 12th Annual Conference of Women in Higher Education; and Reach Water Transmission Main, and Barefoot Mine. She is the recipient of the 1998 SCSPE participant in the Corbin Council conference on Assimilation of Women at Military Young Engineer of the Year Award and was selected as the 2010 SCSPE Engineer of the Colleges. Mace is a former candidate for the U.S. Senate. She is the South Carolina Year. She is a 1992 graduate of Clemson University where she earned a Bachelor of Science Coalitions Director and a Field Director in South Carolina, Texas and Ohio for Donald degree in Civil Engineering, and did Post Graduate work in Environmental Engineering. J. Trump for President. Travis Hughes became the Regulatory Division Chief of the Charleston District, U.S. Army Kathleen Cartland ’97 is the Executive Director for the Charleston Area Sports Corps of Engineers, in November 2015. In his current position, he is responsible for the Commission (CASC), an auxiliary organization of the Charleston Area Convention & administration and enforcement of the Corps’ regulatory program for all of South Carolina. Visitors Bureau. She created the organization in 1999 as the region’s first agency for Over the years, he has hired, trained and produced strong leaders in the regulatory developing and promoting the sports travel industry. Over the last 16 years, the program. He has personally managed and evaluated numerous complex projects, including CASC achieved a great deal of success attracting and creating new sports events for mining, dredging, coastal and inland marinas, beach nourishment, port projects, utilities, the economic value they contribute to the region. She earned a BSBA from water supply, transportation, industry, and large commercial and residential developments. A forestry graduate from Clemson University, Hughes began his career with the Corps in UNC-Greensboro in 1985 and an MBA from The Citadel in May 1997. In 2006, she 1994 as a co-op student in the Wilmington District, where he worked on various aspects of was appointed as the first board member to the Citadel Alumni Association (CAA) managing Corps’ lake projects. to represent the Citadel Graduate College (CGC) and continues to serve in this capacity. As a volunteer on the CAA membership committee, she is specifically Andrew “Andy” Leaphart was selected as the Chief Engineer for Operations for the S.C. interested in getting more graduate students actively engaged at the college and Department of Transportation in September, 2015. In his 24 years with the Department, works closely with staff members in The Citadel Athletics Department on various Leaphart has served in several leadership roles for the agency, most recently as Director of development projects. Cartland serves on several community boards and Support Services overseeing Information Technology Services, Capital Improvements, committees that include the SC Athletic Hall of Fame, SC Sports Alliance, Cooper Occupational Safety & Health, Customer Relations, and Commission Support. Prior to that River Bridge Run, Charleston Marathon, ESPN Charleston Classic, CAA MBB Host position, he served as the Assistant Chief Engineer for Operations for four years, after Committee and The Citadel Alumni Association. beginning his career in the Traffic Engineering Office. He is a 1991 graduate of Clemson University where he earned a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering and is a Registered Professional Engineer in South Carolina. Hershel Woodrow “Woody” Williams Recognizing Heroes in Our Community
Hershel Woodrow “Woody” Williams was born in Fairmont, West Virginia, on October 2, 1923, where he grew up on a dairy farm. Williams enlisted in the United States Marine Corps Reserve in Charleston, West Virginia, on May 26, 1943, and reported to the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, California, for recruit training. Upon completion, he was sent to the Camp Elliott Training Center in San Diego, where he joined the tank training battalion, followed by transfer to the Training Center's infantry battalion for instruction as a demolition man trained in the use of flamethrowers. After training completion, Williams joined the 32nd Replacement Battalion in October 1943 and left for New Caledonia in the southwest Pacific on December 3 aboard the M.S. Weltey Reden. In January 1944, he joined the 3rd Marine Division and fought in the Battle of Guadalcanal followed by an assignment to Charlie and Please join us in Daniel Library to talk with Headquarters Companies, 1st Battalion, 21st Marines. During July and August 1944, students about how their service and Williams fought the Japanese on Guam. Then a Corporal, Williams landed on Iwo Jima engagement with community partners is on February 21, 1945. Two days later American tanks were attempting to open a lane for the infantry when they encountered a network of reinforced Japanese concrete making a difference! pillboxes, buried mines, and black volcanic sands. Corporal Williams went forward with his 70-pound flamethrower in an attempt to reduce the devastating machine gun fire from the fortified enemy positions. Covered by only four riflemen, he continued this arduous task for four hours under heavy enemy small-arms fire. On multiple occasions he returned to his own lines to prepare demolition charges and obtain more flamethrowers. Corporal Williams fought through the remainder of the five-week-long battle and was wounded on March 6, for which he was awarded the Purple Heart. In September, Williams returned to the United States and on October 5, 1945, for distinguished gallantry in fierce battle, Corporal Williams was presented the Medal of Honor by President Harry S. Truman in a ceremony at the White House.
Woody retired as Chief Warrant Officer 4. Woody’s passion and love of his country and fellow man never ceases. In October of 2013, the Hershel “Woody” Williams Medal of Honor Foundation was launched to implement Woody's vision of honoring Gold Star Families around the country. A Gold Star Family is one that has lost a loved one in the service of our country in the Armed Forces. Woody is one of the last two living United States Marine Corps MOH recipients of WWII and the last surviving MOH recipient from the Battle of Iwo Jima.