A concurrent RESOLUTION

 

To request the Department of Transportation name the portion of United States Highway 176 from its intersection with South Carolina highway 16 to the Columbia Canal in Richland County "Dr. Jasper Salmond Highway" and place appropriate markers or signs containing these words at this location.

 

Whereas, a pillar of his community for decades, Dr. Jasper Salmond has devoted his life to service as an educator, military veteran, international business consultant, and elected official. For nearly sixty years, he has worked to uplift others, having learned the value of sharing and giving back as a child of the Great Depression; and

 

Whereas, the Camden native prepared for his life's journey by earning a degree in education from Benedict College where he was student body president, a member of Alpha Kappa Mu Honor Society, and graduated magna cum laude. He furthered his education with a master's degree in educational supervision and administration from the Teachers College of Columbia University, with additional studies at the University of South Carolina's Extension Program Services in Atlanta, and at the Xerox Operational Management Training School in Lynchburg, Virginia; and

 

Whereas, Dr. Salmond's roles with Richland County School District One include teacher, junior high school assistant principal, and principal of three elementary schools in the former Columbia Public School System. He served in the United States Armed Forces as a noncommissioned military police officer, and in 1972 he joined Wilbur Smith Associates, an international consulting firm that enabled him to travel throughout the nation and to Kuwait; and

 

Whereas, he served as a leader on the Palmetto Health Alliance Board of Directors, served more than twenty-one years on the board of Richland County School District One, is a past president of the South Carolina School Boards Association, and was a member of the National School Boards Association Planning Committee. Other memberships include the Columbia Kiwanis Club, Greater Columbia Community Residents Council, Carolina First Bank, United Way of the Midlands, and chairman of the First Calvary Baptist Church Board of Deacons; and

 

Whereas, Dr. Salmond's awards and recognitions include an Honorary Doctorate of Human Letters from Benedict College, the Order of the Palmetto in 2002, the Global Vision Award in 2003, Alpha Phi Alpha Man of the Year, and the Charles Drew Award. He was cited as one of "the five men of the decade" by Columbia Metropolitan Magazine in 2000, and is a 2010 Historically Black Colleges and Universities Hall of Fame Inductee; and

 

Whereas, along his journey, Dr. Salmond had the support of his late wife, Thelma Brooks Salmond, his loving wife of more than sixty-five years, and their two children. The family grew to include grandchildren as well as great-grandchildren; and

 

Whereas, Dr. Jasper Salmond has devoted his life to the betterment of his community and to the furtherance of educating South Carolina's youth. It is only fitting and proper that he is honored with a highway in Richland County dedicated in his honor. Now, therefore,

 

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

 

That the members of the South Carolina General Assembly, by this resolution, request the Department of Transportation name the portion of United States Highway 176 from its intersection with South Carolina Highway 16 to the Columbia Canal in Richland County "Dr. Jasper Salmond Highway" and place appropriate markers or signs containing these words at this location.

 

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Department of Transportation.

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