HONOR

Established 1973 by Gov. John C. West.

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Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Bernard M. Baruch	Business	19-Aug-1870	20-Jun-1965	Coined the term Cold War
James F. Byrnes	Politician	2-May-1882	9-Apr-1972	US Secretary of State, 1945-47
John C. Calhoun	Politician	18-Mar-1782	31-Mar-1850	US Vice President, champion of the South
Charles Duke	Astronaut	3-Oct-1935		10th to walk on the Moon
Dizzy Gillespie	Jazz Musician	21-Oct-1917	7-Jan-1993	Be-bop jazz trumpeter
Wade Hampton	Politician	28-Mar-1818	11-Apr-1902	Governor of South Carolina, 1877-79
Andrew Jackson	Head of State	15-Mar-1767	8-Jun-1845	7th US President, 1829-37
Jasper Johns	Painter	15-May-1930		Neo-Dadaist painter of US Flag
Henry Laurens	Politician	24-Feb-1724	8-Dec-1792	Captured negotiating treaty with Holland
Francis Marion	Military	c. 1732	26-Feb-1795	The Swamp Fox
Frank McGuire	Basketball	8-Nov-1914	11-Nov-1994	NCAA Basketball Coach
Charles Pinckney	Politician	26-Oct-1757	29-Oct-1824	Author of much of the US Constitution
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney	Government	25-Feb-1746	16-Aug-1825	Not one cent for tribute
Thomas Sumter	Military	14-Aug-1734	1-Jun-1832	Revolutionary War general
Strom Thurmond	Politician	5-Dec-1902	26-Jun-2003	US Senator from South Carolina, 1954-2003
Charles H. Townes	Physicist	28-Jul-1915		Invention of the maser and laser
William Westmoreland	Military	26-Mar-1914	18-Jul-2005	Commanded US Army in Vietnam War

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