1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 120th Session, 2013-2014 3 4 H. 4244 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 House Resolution 9 Sponsors: Reps. Clemmons, Hardwick, Barfield, Hardee, H.A. Crawford, Ryhal, George, Goldfinch, 10 Edge, Hayes, Alexander, Allison, Anderson, Anthony, Atwater, Bales, Ballentine, Bannister, Bedingfield, 11 Bernstein, Bingham, Bowen, Bowers, Branham, Brannon, G.A. Brown, R.L. Brown, Burns, Chumley, 12 Clyburn, CobbHunter, Cole, K.R. Crawford, Crosby, Daning, Delleney, Dillard, Douglas, Erickson, 13 Felder, Finlay, Forrester, Funderburk, Gagnon, Gambrell, Gilliard, Govan, Hamilton, Harrell, Hart, 14 Henderson, Herbkersman, Hiott, Hixon, Hodges, Horne, Hosey, Howard, Huggins, Jefferson, Kennedy, 15 King, Knight, Limehouse, Loftis, Long, Lowe, Lucas, Mack, McCoy, McEachern, M.S. McLeod, 16 W.J. McLeod, Merrill, Mitchell, D.C. Moss, V.S. Moss, Munnerlyn, Murphy, Nanney, Neal, Newton, 17 Norman, H.L. Ott, Owens, Parks, Patrick, Pitts, Pope, Powers Norrell, Putnam, Quinn, Ridgeway, Riley, 18 Rivers, RobinsonSimpson, Rutherford, Sabb, Sandifer, Sellers, Simrill, Skelton, G.M. Smith, G.R. Smith, 19 J.E. Smith, J.R. Smith, Sottile, Southard, Spires, Stavrinakis, Stringer, Tallon, Taylor, Thayer, Toole, 20 Vick, Weeks, Wells, Whipper, White, Whitmire, Williams, Willis and Wood 21 Document Path: l:\council\bills\gm\29802dg13.docx 22 Companion/Similar bill(s): 753 23 24 Introduced in the House on May 30, 2013 25 Adopted by the House on May 30, 2013 26 27 Summary: Dan Gray 28 29 30 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 31 32 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 33 5/30/2013 House Introduced and adopted ( House Journalpage 18) 34 35 36 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 37 38 5/30/2013 39 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A HOUSE RESOLUTION 10 11 TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR DAN GRAY FOR HIS YEARS 12 OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS OF HORRY 13 COUNTY AND TO THE PALMETTO STATE. 14 15 Whereas, the South Carolina House of Representatives is pleased 16 to pause in its deliberations to commend Dan Gray for his 17 outstanding contributions to business and industry in the State and 18 for his significant role in the education of young citizens for 19 today’s competitive global market; and 20 21 Whereas, a native of Horry County with Waccamaw family roots 22 dating from the 1730s, Mr. Gray earned a bachelor’s in industrial 23 management from Clemson University and served with distinction 24 in the United States Marine Corps as a rifle company platoon 25 sergeant; and 26 27 Whereas, he heads the Dan Gray Company, a Myrtle Beach 28 management firm, and he is a managing member of River Oaks 29 Golf Plantation and president of Grayco Steel Corporation, one of 30 the most prominent structuralsteel and prisonequipment contactors 31 in the Carolinas for more than half a century; and 32 33 Whereas, the first chairman of the board and president of the North 34 South AllStar Football Game Committee, Inc., he has served in 35 such civic leadership capacities as the past president of the Chicora 36 Rotary Club, past vice president of the Myrtle Beach Area 37 Chamber of Commerce, and past chairman of the board of the 38 Horry County Chapter of the American Cancer Society; and 39 40 Whereas, using his expertise in public affairs, Mr. Gray served as 41 the past chairman of the Horry County Planning Commission, the 42 past chairman of the Horry County Accommodations Tax

[4244] 2 1 Advisory Committee, the past vice chairman of the Myrtle Beach 2 Convention Center Advisory Committee, and a past member of the 3 South Carolina Hall of Fame Board of Directors; and 4 5 Whereas, in 1990, Governor Carroll Campbell appointed him to 6 the South Carolina State Private Industry Council; in 1994, he was 7 named chairman of the Waccamaw Regional Private Industry 8 Council; and in 1996, Governor David Beasley appointed him to 9 the state Job Training Coordinating Council; and 10 11 Whereas, upon recommendation of the 1st Congressional District 12 legislative delegation, he has served since 2001 on the South 13 Carolina State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education 14 and since 2003 as a member of the Horry Georgetown Technical 15 College (HGTC) Foundation Board. He previously served as an 16 instructor at HGTC in 1966 and maintained his association there 17 through Grayco Steel Corporation, even before joining the State 18 Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education; and 19 20 Whereas, Mr. Gray currently serves on the Horry County Solid 21 Waste Authority Board and the Clemson University State 22 Extension Advisory Council; and 23 24 Whereas, honored with the Realtor Image Award of the Coastal 25 Carolina Association of Realtors and as the 1997 Volunteer of the 26 Year Award for the State of South Carolina by the Job Training 27 Coordinating Council, he serves on the boards of Helping Hand 28 and the Waccamaw Regional Education Center and is the founding 29 chairman of the Horry Industrial Alliance; and 30 31 Whereas, the South Carolina House of Representatives is grateful 32 for the noteworthy contributions that Dan Gray has made to the 33 economy, industry, and workforce in our State, and the members 34 express their appreciation to this distinguished son of the Palmetto 35 State. Now, therefore, 36 37 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives: 38 39 That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, 40 by this resolution, recognize and honor Dan Gray for his years of 41 dedicated service to the citizens of Horry County and to the 42 Palmetto State. 43

[4244] 3 1 Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to 2 Dan Gray. 3 XX 4

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