MORRIS COLLEGE 201 -20 CATALOG 2019-2020 CATALOG Red bar does not print GLUE hinge --- TEXT-FIRST PAGE Crossover edge 2BDD<>G=B@@F1FGDF>FD%F>GA:FGD<1:AGABG6:C?1FGDB1DC9>7G6B8D>F>7GC?5G8,@<>:F5 6C@F?5CD>GC?5GABG<?>A<A8AFG?F.GDF 8<DF9F?A>G<?6@85<?1G0FF>G.:F?G6:C?1F>GC?5 C55<A<B?>G,F6B9FG?F6F>>CD4EG%FD4GF00BDAG.<@@G,FG9C5FGABG9<?<9< FGA:FG<?6B?%FG ?<F?6FG>86:G6:C?1F>G9<1:AG6DFCAFG0BDG>A85F?A>E Red bar &8,@<>:F5G,4G2BDD<>G=B@@F1F does not #--G*F>AG=B@@F1FG;ADFFA7G print ;89AFD7G;B8A:G=CDB@<?CG #- "F@F:B?FG-'G'' -- CG-'G'' ...E9BDD<>EF58 2019 - 2020 Board of Trustees Rep. J. David Weeks, Chairman ................................................Sumter, SC Dr. Audrey Potts Neal, Vice-Chairman .................................Columbia, SC Dr. James B. Blassingame, Secretary .........................................Sumter, SC Dr. Ronald D. Barton .............................................................. Mauldin, SC Rev. Aaron T. Brown, Sr. ............................................ Moncks Corner, SC Dr. Jacqueline W. Canty ..........................................................Florence, SC Dr. James L. Carter ............................................................. Baltimore, MD Mrs. Gail China, Faculty/Staff Representative ..........................Sumter, SC Dr. James H. Cokley ................................................................Conway, SC Deacon Jerry M. Earl .................................................................Pelzer, SC Rev. Ricky R. Ezell ...............................................................Columbia, SC Rev. Norman Gamble ..............................................................Florence, SC Rev. Tommy Gibson ............................................................... Eastover, SC Mr. Troy Glover ......................................................................Hilliard, OH Rev. Jamey O. Graham, Sr. ...................................................Columbia, SC Dr. Donald E. Greene, Jr. ..................................................Orangeburg, SC Dr. Isaac J. Holt, Jr. ..............................................................Charleston, SC Dr. Solomon Jackson, Jr. .......................................................Columbia, SC Dr. Waymon Mumford ............................................................Florence, SC Ms. Crystal R. Myers .........................................................Orangeburg, SC Dr. Marion H. Newton ...............................................................Sumter, SC Dr. Emma M. Owens .............................................................. Mauldin, SC Dr. Toney C. Parks ...............................................................Greenville, SC Mrs. Ruth M. Pendergrass, Alumni Representative .................Atlanta, GA Dr. Henry B. Peoples ..............................................................Florence, SC Rev. McKinley Ravenell ......................................................Eutawville, SC Dr. Leo Richardson ............................................................... Columbia, SC Dr. Leroy Staggers ....................................................................Sumter, SC Mrs. Patricia Threatt .............................................................. Pageland, SC Mrs. Mary Jo Walker .......................................................... Greenville, SC Rev. William I. Webb, Student Representative .......................Florence, SC Rev. George P. Windley, Sr. ....................................................Manning, SC *Dr. W. E. 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