founders day
The Spartanburg County Commission for Higher Education held its 49th annual Founders Day Celebration on Feb. 16, 2017 to honor friends and supporters who have been instrumental in the development of the University of South Carolina Upstate. This event at the Piedmont Club launched the University’s 50th Anniversary.
The commission awards the following awards:
G.B. Hodge, M.D.Lifetime Achievement Award
The highest award given by the Spartanburg County Commission for Higher Education. Consideration for a "lifetime" of service to USC Upstate including extraordinary actions, gifts, and/or "history altering" influence.
Founders Day Award
Giving recognition to those persons in the larger community who have been of exceptional assistance to the University.
Commission for Higher Education Distinguished Service Award
Giving recognition of a faculty member(s) and/or staff member(s) who has demonstrated a long and distinguished career of service to the University, characterized by exceptional dedication to the work at hand and to the institution. It also may honor a senior student (or students) for similar reasons.
Commission for Higher Education Citations
An opportunity for the Spartanburg County Commission for Higher Education to honor individuals for extraordinary service to the University or in their profession/community.
The G.B. Hodge, M.D. Lifetime Achievement Award is the highest award given by the Spartanburg County Commission for Higher Education. Consideration for a "lifetime" of service to USC Upstate including extraordinary actions, gifts, and/or "history altering" influence.
Recipients of the G.B. Hodge, M.D. Lifetime Achievement Award include:
2014
Dolores Anderson '81
2012
James R. Smith '72 D.B.A. (Hon.) '07
2011
Cleveland S. Harley
2010
G.B. Hodge, M.D. (posthumous)
The Founders Day award gives recognition to those people in the larger community who have been of exceptional assistance to the University.
Recipients of the Founders Day Award include:
2017
Mary Anne Fitzpatrick, Ph.D.
Lois Wiggins Hammock Kenkel
Joyce H. Littlefield
2016
The Honorable Glenn Reese
The Honorable Junie White
2015
C. Dan Adams
2014
The Honorable Rita Allison
2013
P. Kathryn Hicks
Dr. Lawrence E. Roël
2012
William R. Cobb '74
Dr. Marsha Dowell
2011
Dr. Harris Pastides
Dr. James "Eb" Barnes (posthumous)
2009
Herbert C. Adams
Elizabeth B. “Lib” Fleming
Robert M. “Bobby” Hitt, III
2008
J. Eugene Adams
H. Spencer King
Toney J. Lister
2007
Rosemary Byerly
John D. Gregory
2006
Lee A. Blair
H. Howell Clyborne, Jr. '80
John T. Gramling, II
James O. Harmon, Jr.
Elizabeth S. Mabry
Max K. Metcalf
2005
Robert A. Connelly, Jr.
2004
Ingo Angermeier
Dan L. Terhune, Ed.D.
2003
Harald W. Behrend
William B. Whitney
2002
John C. Stockwell and the establishment of the Stockwell-Vecchio International Scholarship
2001
The leadership of Horace C. Smith for the Carolina Piedmont Foundation
2000
Marion L. McMillan, Jr., and the naming of both the Terry and Janis Cash and J M Smith Corporation Computer Classrooms
1999
Capital Campaign Kick-off Event
1998
Helen Ryan Biehl
University Founding Members & Employees
1997
James S. Barrett
Raymond H. Brandt
1996
Betty J. Montgomery
William J. Whitener
1995
William C. Mayrose
James E. Talley
1994
Ralph Gillespie
Linda G. Miller
1993
Henry D. Jacobs, Jr.
Susan C. Jacobs '80
1991
Katie Adams Hodge
Sallie S. Peake
Frederic W. Schoen
1990
George E. Mitchell
Albert V. Smith '77
1989
Paula B. Baker
Phillip R. Case '89
Annie Y. Gordon
John S. Poole
1988
John L. Cobb
John M. Rampey, Jr.
John R. Russell
Louis C. Sossamon
1987
William Barnet, III
Carl B. Harper, Jr.
Sam P. Manning
Joseph T. Petty
1986
Dolores F. Anderson '81
Robert L. Chapman, Sr.
Frank H. Cunningham
1985
Paul F. Foerster
Daniel S. Henderson
Daniel S. Wilson
Susan S. Wilson '78
1984
David B. Anderson
Robert W. Anderson
T.W. Edwards, Jr.
C. Irvin Pitts
1983
Cleveland S. Harley
R. Thomas Thomason, Jr.
F. Don Watson
Fredericka R. Wilson '79
1982
George E. McDowell, Sr.
Walter S. Montgomery, Sr.
Mary Kate Black Phillips
Horace C. Smith
1981
Ted Conrad, Jr.
John E. Keith, M.D.
John M. Kohler, Jr.
Donna Lipscomb
1980
Johnny Mack Brown '76
Lachlan L. Hyatt
Ernest R. Kluttz
Joseph G. McCracken
1979
Henry T. Gramling
Fred D. Moffitt
Richard E. Tukey
1978
Charles C. Boone
Vera Davis Parsons
Henry Stewart
The Inman-Riverdale Foundation
1977
H. Willard Davis, Ph.D.
Hubert C. Hendrix
Zerno E. Martin
1976
Louis P. Howell
Paul M. Moore
Dianne Smith
The Spartanburg County Legislative Delegation
1975
Philip A. Buchheit
William J. Burroughs
G.B. Hodge, M.D.
James R. Smith '72
The Spartanburg County Commission for Higher Education's Distinguished Service Award gives recognition to a faculty member(s) and/or staff member(s) who has demonstrated a long and distinguished career of service to the University, characterized by exceptional dedication to the work at hand and to the institution. It also may honor a senior student (or students) for similar reasons.
Recipients of the Distinguished Service Award include:
2017
James P. “Jim” Charles, Ph.D.
Charles A. Love, Ph.D.
Rebecca W. “Becky” Taylor (posthumous)
Tammy E. Whaley
2016
Elaine Guest Crosland
Dr. Diane Daane
Janice T. Dellinger
Dr. Dwight Lambert
Dr. Faruk Tanyel
2015
James "Jimm" R. Cox
Frederick "Rick" D. Puncke, Jr.
2014
Mr. Mike Bruce
Dr. Warren Carson
Dr. Judith Kizer
2013
Ina Minsky
Dr. Judith Prince
Dr. James Reese
2012
Allison Berrian '11
Marcia Easler (posthumous)
Dr. Alice Henderson
Dr. Jack Turner
2011
Dr. Julian “Chip” Green
Glenn C. Landrum
2010
Dr. Jerome V. Bennett, Sr.
Dr. Diana H. Clary
Mr. Elbert “Bill” G. Noblitt
Ms. Beatrice V. Pye (posthumous)
Dr. Ronald H. Romine
Dr. Edwin F. Wilde
2009
Dr. Jimmy A. Ferrell ’81
Michelle Hendrix Morrell (posthumous)
2008
Nancy Bailey
Howard “Buddy” Nance
2007
Nancy E. Babb
Joseph Bowman
Cecilia H. Cogdell
Andrew T. Crosland
Elizabeth S. Davidson
J. Tom Davis, III
John B. Edmunds, Jr.
Eric S. Jolly
Donald R. Knight
Nancy P. Moore
Charles E. Stavely
Norbert A. Stirzaker
2017
William Barnet III