Bill 5155

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                    5155
Type of Legislation:            Concurrent Resolution CR
Introducing Body:               House
Introduced Date:                19980514
Primary Sponsor:                Scott 
All Sponsors:                   Scott 
Drafted Document Number:        kgh\15650cm.98
Date Bill Passed both Bodies:   19980520
Subject:                        Mr. Roosevelt Sandy Gilliam,
                                Resolutions

Body    Date      Action Description                       Com     Leg Involved
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House   19980520  Received from Senate
Senate  19980519  Introduced, adopted, returned
                  with concurrence
House   19980514  Introduced, adopted, sent to Senate

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

TO COMMEND MR. ROOSEVELT SANDY GILLIAM FOR HIS MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND SERVICE TO THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

Whereas, Mr. Roosevelt Sandy Gilliam is a graduate of Allen University in Columbia, South Carolina, where he had an illustrious career in college athletics and obtained his Master's in Science degree from Indiana University; and

Whereas, he has served as high school athletic director and coach in both Union and Lancaster Counties in South Carolina; and

Whereas, from 1964 to 1968, Mr. Gilliam was the head football coach at Maryland State College (now the University of Maryland Eastern Shore); and

Whereas, he formerly served as a personnel scout for the Denver Broncos organization of the National Football League; and

Whereas, Mr. Gilliam has had extensive experience in both the public and private sectors which includes service as Executive Assistant to the Commissioner of the South Carolina Department of Social Services, a board member and chairman of various committees of the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education, and a fourteen-year career with Springs Industries; and

Whereas, he also has served as Vice President for Development and Industrial Relations at South Carolina State University and currently is employed as Special Assistant to the President for State and Community Relations; and

Whereas, Mr. Gilliam's honors and awards include induction into the South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame and the Allen University Hall of Fame, receipt of the Order of the Palmetto, South Carolina's highest honor, and receipt of the Silver Beaver from the Boy Scouts of America; and

Whereas, he is married to Mrs. Betty Davis Gilliam and together they are the proud parents of three children, Dr. F. Roosevelt Gilliam, III, Dr. Wayne Gilliam, and Dr. Patrice Gilliam; and

Whereas, the members of the General Assembly, by this resolution, publicly recognize and congratulate Mr. Roosevelt Sandy Gilliam for his many accomplishments and service to the State of South Carolina. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:

That the members of the General Assembly hereby commend Mr. Roosevelt Sandy Gilliam for his illustrious career in the field of athletics, his academic accomplishments, his contributions to the private sector, and his service to the State of South Carolina.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to Mr. Gilliam.