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Leadership Awards

The Leadership Awards recognize individuals who have distinguished careers and a history of service to the Moore School, the University of South Carolina and the community.

The Distinguished Alumni and Distinguished Young Alumni awards are presented to alumni of the Moore School with outstanding achievements in business, academia, government or not-for-profit organizations. The Distinguished Young Alumni award recipients must be 40 years of age or younger in the year the award is presented.

The Distinguished Service award is presented to an individual who has rendered extraordinary service to the Moore School.

The Distinguished Corporate Partner award is presented to a corporate partner that has demonstrated an extraordinary commitment to the success of the school’s students, faculty and programs.

Nominations for these awards are accepted annually on a rolling basis. To nominate someone for a Distinguished Award, please complete this form.


SAVE THE DATE

39th Annual Leadership Awards

Thursday, April 3, 2025
Charlotte, NC


2024 Winners

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Eleanor Beardsley, ’91 MIBS

Eleanor Beardsley is the Paris correspondent for National Public Radio where she covers all aspects of French society, politics, economics, culture and gastronomy. She is also a core part of NPR’s breaking news team in Europe and beyond, recently covering the conflict in Israel, the earthquake in Morocco and the war in Ukraine. She was on the ground in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on February 24, 2022, when the Russian invasion began.

In 2011, Beardsley covered the first Arab Spring revolution in Tunisia, where she witnessed the overthrow of the autocratic President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali. Since then, she has regularly returned to the North African country to follow its progress.

Beardsley has been a part of NPR’s coverage of the events that have shaped the European continent over the last decade. From terrorist attacks to the migrant crisis, where she followed the arrival of Syrian refugees to Hungary, Austria, Germany, Sweden and France.

She has covered four French presidential elections, including the surprising win by outsider Emmanuel Macron in 2017, and the implosion of the country’s two traditional mainstream parties. Less than two years later, Macron's presidency would be severely tested by France's Yellow vest movement, which Beardsley followed closely.

In France, Beardsley especially enjoys featuring historical topics and has covered several anniversaries of the Normandy D-day invasion as well as the centennial of World War I.

In sports, she closely covered the Women's World Cup soccer competition held in France in June 2019 (and won by Team USA!) and regularly follows the Tour de France cycling race.

After two decades, listeners have come to rely on Beardsley’s insightful reporting on France and beyond. She has even been a question on Jeopardy!

Prior to moving to Paris in 2004 to begin her career as a radio journalist, Beardsley worked for the United Nations Mission in Kosovo and as a television news producer for French broadcaster TF1 in Washington, D.C. She also worked in the U.S. Congress, notably as a staff assistant to South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond.

Beardsley says reporting from France is the fulfillment of a lifelong passion for the French language and culture. At age 10 she began learning French by reading the “Asterix the Gaul” comic book series in French with her father. (The answer to the Jeopardy! question)

While she came to the field of radio journalism relatively late in her career, Beardsley says her varied background, studies and travels prepared her well for the job.

“I love reporting on the French because there are so many stereotypes about them in America," she says. "Sometimes it's fun to dispel the false notions and show a different side of the Gallic character. And sometimes the old stereotypes hold up. But whether Americans love or hate France and the French, they're always interested!"

A native of South Carolina, Beardsley has a Bachelor of Arts in European History and French and an Honorary Doctorate in the Humanities from Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina, and a Master's Degree in International Business from the University of South Carolina.

Beardsley is interested in politics, travel and observing people and foreign cultures.

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Sheimaliz Glover, ’14 international business and marketing

Sheimaliz Glover is the Labor, Education, and Social Policy Advisor at the U.S. Mission to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. 

Glover is an economic-coned Foreign Service officer at the U.S. Department of State with a passion for public service. Glover currently serves as the Labor, Education, and Social Policy Advisor at the U.S. Mission to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), a 38-member multilateral organization, where she represents the United States in coordinating economic and social policy on various committees.

She previously served as the political-military officer at the U.S. Embassy Muscat, Oman, where she managed the defense cooperation and security assistance initiatives. She has served overseas assignments in Mexico and the Netherlands. In Washington, D.C., Glover worked in the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs’ Office of Intellectual Property and Enforcement on technology transfer and entrepreneurship. She has been awarded several U.S. Department of State Meritorious Honor awards for her leadership and service and the 2014 Graduate Thomas R. Pickering Fellowship. Prior to joining the State Department, Glover worked as a market research analyst in a biotechnology start up and in economic development at the City of Columbia Mayor’s Office in Columbia, South Carolina, and U.S. Department of Commerce Minority Business Development Agency.

Along with her Moore School degrees, Glover is a graduate of the Chinese University of Hong Kong with a bachelor’s in international business, marketing and Chinese studies. She holds a master’s degree in international economics and international law and organizations from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and was awarded the William C. Foster Award for public service. She speaks Mandarin Chinese, Arabic, Spanish and French.

Raised in a military family, Glover spent most of her childhood overseas and the east coast but calls South Carolina home. She is married to Jeefer Gosh.

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Lloyd Emerson Johnson, ’80 accounting and finance, ’81 MACC

Lloyd Emerson Johnson, MBA, MACC, CPA, is an independent director and experienced corporate executive with more than 40 years of progressive senior leadership experience, mostly in leading-edge Fortune 500 companies. Johnson retired from Accenture Corporation in 2015. At the time of his retirement, he was Managing Director of Global Finance and Audit. His career includes senior finance leadership positions with Delphi Automotive Corporation, Emerson Corporation and Sara Lee Corporation. Johnson has extensive experience in strategy, governance, finance, mergers and acquisitions, information technology, cybersecurity and enterprise risk management. 

Johnson currently serves as national board chair of AARP. He also serves as a public company board member of Apogee Enterprises and Beazer Homes, where he chairs their audit committees, and as a board member of Haemonetics Corp. and VSE Corp.  

Active in local community service, Johnson has served on the United Way of the Carolinas Board of Directors, NACD Carolinas and as a board member of the United Way Legacy Foundation. He also served on the Board of Trustees for the North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center and is the immediate past board chair of AARP Foundation.

As a first-generation college graduate and military veteran, Johnson has a deep understanding of the transformative impact of education on families, communities, the state and nation and is a passionate and avid supporter of Moore School programs, students and faculty. Johnson has sponsored scholarships and mentored students and alums at the Darla Moore Business School and serves on the USC Business Partnership Foundation Board of Advisors, where he chairs the audit committee. He is also a member of the Moore School’s Center for Executive Succession CEO Directors Council.

Johnson was recognized by Boards and Directors Magazine as one of 25 Directors to Watch in December 2020. He was also twice recognized by Savoy Magazine as one of the Most Influential Black Corporate Directors.

In addition to his Moore School degrees, Johnson holds an MBA from the Duke University Fuqua School of Business. He is a CPA, NACD Board Governance Fellow and holds the NACD Directorship Certification.

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Boeing

As a leading global aerospace company, Boeing develops, manufactures and services commercial airplanes, defense products and space systems for customers in more than 150 countries. As a top U.S. exporter, the company leverages the talents of a global supplier base to advance economic opportunity, sustainability and community impact. Boeing’s diverse team is committed to innovating for the future, leading with sustainability and cultivating a culture based on the company’s core values of safety, quality and integrity. 

Boeing has a long tradition of aerospace leadership and innovation. The company continues to expand its product line and services to meet emerging customer needs. Its broad range of capabilities includes creating new, more efficient members of its commercial airplane family; designing, building and integrating military platforms and defense systems; creating advanced technology solutions; and arranging innovative financing and service options for customers. 

With corporate offices near Washington, D.C., Boeing employs more than 170,000 people across the United States and in more than 65 countries. This represents one of the most diverse, talented and innovative workforces anywhere. Our enterprise also leverages the talents of hundreds of thousands more skilled people working for Boeing suppliers worldwide. 

Boeing is organized into three business units: Commercial Airplanes; Defense, Space & Security; and Global Services. 

In addition, functional organizations working across the company focus on engineering and program management; technology and development-program execution; advanced design and manufacturing systems; safety, finance, quality and productivity improvement and information technology. 

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Kendall Roth, ’86 Ph.D.

Kendall Roth is Distinguished Professor Emeritus and currently the Executive Director of the USC Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER). He also serves on the board of directors for the Folks Center for International Business. He received his Ph.D. in international business from the University of South Carolina in 1986 and then joined the faculty of Darla Moore School of Business. He has served the Moore School in a variety of capacities, including: Senior Associate Dean, International Programs and Partnership; Chair, Sonoco International Business Department and Ph.D. Director of the International Business major. 

Dr. Roth’s research has been published in numerous academic journals, including the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Journal of International Business Studies and Strategic Management Journal. He currently serves on the editorial boards of Academy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal and Global Strategy Journal. He has been involved in the Academy of Management, serving in roles such as a member of the Research Committee, chairing the AMJ Best Paper Committee and various other activities such as mid-career and junior faculty consortiums. He is a recipient of the Academy’s International Management Division Amorepacific Outstanding Educator Award. He is a Fellow of the Academy of International Business and has been recognized with the Gold Medal Award for being one of the most published authors in the journal. He has served in the Academy in various roles such as the chair of the Richard Farmer Dissertation Award Committee, the AIB Fellows Educator of the Year committee and as a member of the AIB Best Paper Award Committee.

Past Distinguished Award Recipients 

Titles at time of award, *Deceased

2023 Distinguished Alumni

  • Barbara Whye (’89 USC electrical engineering, ’95 MBA) | Vice President of Inclusion & Diversity, Apple 

2023 Distinguished Young Alumni

  • Ann-Stanton C. Gore  (’07 finance and marketing) | Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, Primis 

2023 Distinguished Young Alumni

  • Drew D. Stevens  (’10 finance and insurance and risk management) | Certified Financial Planner, G3 Wealth Advisors

2023 Distinguished Corporate Partner

  • UPS

2022 Distinguished Alumni

  • Thomas D. Barnes (’90 business economics, management science) |  CEO, 319 Capital Partners

2022 Distinguished Young Alumni

  • Cheslie Kryst* (’13 marketing and management) | Miss USA (2019), Correspondent, Extra

2022 Distinguished Service 

  • J. Scott Blackmon, Jr. (’73 management) | Retired Banking Executive

2022 Distinguished Corporate Partner

  • Sonoco | Hartsville, S.C.

2019 Centennial Distinguished Service Award

  • Darla Moore ('75 B.S.) | Chairman, Darla Moore Foundation

2018 Distinguished Alumni

  • Barry L. Saunders ('81 B.S., '89 MBA) | Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, Sonoco Products Company
  • Terrance Williams ('90 B.S.) | Chief Marketing Officer and President of Emerging Businesses, Nationwide

2018 Distinguished Young Alumni

  • Ryan Succop ('09 B.S.) | Placekicker, Tennessee Titans
  • James Wolf ('05 B.S.) | Vice President & Senior Financial Advisor, Merrill Lynch Wealth Management

2017 Distinguished Alumni

  • John P. Harloe ('74 B.A., '75 MBA) | Managing Director, Small Cap Value Portfolio Manager, Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss, LLC
  • Wiliam O. Buyck ('58 B.S.) | Chairman of the Board of Directors, Bank of Clarendon

2017 Distinguished Young Alumni

  • Mauricus "Moe" Brown ('10 B.S.) | Managing Director, Hill Impact
  • W. Ford Graham ('06 IMBA/J.D.) | Of Counsel, K&L Gates LLP

2017 Distinguished Service 

  • Susie H. VanHuss | Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Darla Moore School of Business

2016 Distinguished Alumni

  • James McCauley "Mac" Bennett ('80 B.S.) | President and CEO, United Way of the Midlands

2016 Distinguished Young Alumni

  • William E. "Trey" Ackerman III ('97 B.S., '98 MTax) | Market Managing Partner, Dixon Hughes Goodman, LLP
  • Kim Buckner Land ('98 B.A., '02 MBA) | Instructor of Marketing, Johnson College of Business and Economics, University of South Upstate

2016 Distinguished Service

  • Joel A. Smith III | Dean Emeritus, Darla Moore School of Business

2015 Distinguished Alumni

  • David J. Comeau ('85 MIBS) | President, Asia Pacific Biscuits, Mondelez International

2015 Distinguished Young Alumni

  • Keshiv A. Desai ('02 MBA) | Executive Director, Morgan Stanley
  • Sidney L. Giddings IV ('06 MBA) | Vice President, Operations, Wyndham Vacation Ownership

2015 Distinguished Service

  • William R. "Randy" Folks, Jr. | Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Darla Moore School of Business

2014 Distinguished Alumni

  • Mark E. Khalil ('78 B.S.) | Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Sony Corporation of America

2014 Distinguished Young Alumni

  • Matthew P. D. Johnson ('98 B.S., '99 MACC) | Principal, KPMG
  • Jerrell M. Moore ('04 MHR, J.D.) | Vice President, Chief Diversity Officer, Burger King Corporation

2013 Distinguished Alumni

  • Brian W. MacLean ('82 M.S.) | President and COO, Travelers

2013 Distinguished Young Alumni

  • Kyle W. Blackmon ('00 B.S.) | Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Brown Harris Stevens
  • Michael J. Boyd ('98 MIBS) | Director of Global Treasury Operations, Apple, Inc.

2013 Distinguished Service

  • Marc A. Chini | Vice President, Human Resources, GE

2012 Distinguished Alumni

  • James D. Samples, Jr. ('87 MIBS) | President of International, Scripps Networks Interactive

2012 Distinguished Young Alumni

  • Thack Brown ('96 MIBS) | Senior Vice President and CFO, SAP Latin America & Caribbean
  • Raphael S. Miolane ('01 MBA) | CFO, France and Spain, YUM! Restaurants International

2012 Distinguished Service

  • Pamela P. Lackey | President, AT&T South Carolina

2011 Distinguished Alumni

  • David A. Loeser ('77 B.S.) | Executive Vice President Human Resources and Communication, Hostess Brands, Inc.

2011 Distinguished Young Alumni

  • John M. Dillard, Jr. ('99 MIBS) | President and Co-Founder, Big Sky Associates, Inc.
  • Craig L. Nix ('93 B.S.) | Executive Vice President and CFO, First Citizens Bank

2011 Distinguished Service

  • John W. Bachmann* | Senior Partner, Edward Jones

2010 Distinguished Alumni

  • Nicole M. Ringenberg ('85 MIBS) | Vice President and Controller, Monsanto Company
  • Emory W. "Wayne" Rushton ('65 B.S.) | Managing Director, Promontory Financial Group, LLC; Retired Chief National Bank Examiner and Senior Deputy Comptroller of the Currency, U.S. Treasury Department
  • L. Kent Satterfield ('77 B.S., '78 MACC) | COO, Dixon Hughes LLP
  • Robert H. "Hal" Turner, Jr. ('72 B.S., '73 MBA) | CEO, Pac-West Telecomm, Inc. 

2010 Distinguished Young Alumni

  • Tito C. Echiburu ('00 MIBS) | Director of Managerial Reporting, Performance Coatings Division; Finance Director, Architectural Coatings, International Division, PPG Industries, Inc.
  • Ioana M. Tudor ('97 IMBA) | Vice President of Business Development, NAFTA Corn and Soybeans, Syngenta Seeds, Inc.

2010 Distinguished Service

  • Michael R. Brenan | President, BB&T of South Carolina

2009 Distinguished Alumni

  • Klaus K. Kuehn ('89 MIBS) | CFO and Board of Management, Bayer AG
  • F. Andrews Lowrey ('90 MBA) | President and CEO, AgFirst Farm Credit Bank
  • José Salibi Neto ('82 B.S., '86 MIBS) | Chief Knowledge Officer, HSM Group
  • Drew Atkinson Putt ('85 B.S.) | Georgia Market President and U.S. Specialty Head, RBC Bank

2009 Distinguished Young Alumni

  • Eden Isbell ('92 MHR) | Senior Director, Human Resources, Genzyme Corporation

2009 Distinguished Service 

  • S. Travis Pritchett | Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Darla Moore School of Business; Commissioner, SC Retirement Systems Investment Commission

2008 Distinguished Alumni

  • William M. Ginn ('69 B.A., '72 MBA) | Executive Officer, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
  • David B. Holl ('84 MBA) | President and CEO, Mary Kay Inc.
  • Gary M. Parsons ('77 MBA) | Chairman, XM Satellite Radio

2008 Distinguished Young Alumni

  • K. Susan Billiot ('93 B.S., '94 MHR) | Vice President, Human Resources, SYSCO Corporation
  • R. Jason Caskey ('90 B.S.) | Shareholder, Elliott Davis, LLC 

2008 Distinguished Service

  • R. Buck Mickel* | Retired Chairman, Daniel International Corporation; Retired Vice Chairman, Fluor Corporation

2007 Distinguished Alumni

  • William R. Horton ('73 B.S.) | President and COO, Government Programs Division, BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina
  • D. Roger Nanney ('80 B.S., '82 MACC) | Vice Chairman and Regional Managing Partner, Mid-Atlantic, Deloitte & Touche USA LLP 

2007 Distinguished Young Alumni

  • Kellie Cooper Johnson ('91 MBA) | Senior Product Manager, GlaxoSmithKline
  • J. Chad Odom ('92 B.S.) | CEO, Innovative Container; CEO, Palmetto Restorations; CEO, Pickwick Pharmacy

2007 Distinguished Service

  • M. Edward Sellers | Chairman and CEO, BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina

2006 Distinguished Alumni

  • Catherine S. Brune ('74 B.S.) | Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Allstate Insurance Company
  • Harry S. Dent, Jr. ('75 B.S.) | President and Founder, H.S. Dent Foundation
  • Charles E. Zeigler, Jr. ('71 B.S.) | President and CEO, Cook and Boardman, Inc.

2006 Distinguished Young Alumni

  • Mark E. Fryer ('89 B.S., '90 MACC) | President and CFO, Davis-Garvin Agency, Inc.
  • Ilian Ljubomirov Mihov ('92 B.S.) | Associate Professor of Economics, INSEAD, France and Singapore 

2006 Distinguished Service

  • Gayle O. Averyt | Chairman Emeritus, Colonial Supplemental Insurance 

2005 Distinguished Alumni

  • Jose Joaquin Mora Hernandez ('83 MIBS) | International Vice President, Latin America and Puerto Rico, Johnson & Johnson
  • Olin S. Pugh ('48 B.S.)* | Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Darla Moore School of Business

2005 Distinguished Young Alumni

  • J. Michelle Childs ('91 MHR, J.D.) | Commissioner, South Carolina Workers' Compensation Commission
  • Luis Frederico Deza ('88 B.S., '90 MIBS) | COO, Nextel de Peru

2005 Distinguished Service

  • William B. Timmerman | Chairman, President and CEO, SCANA Corporation

2004 Distinguished Alumni

  • James H. Hodges ('79 B.S., '82 J.D.) | Former Governor, State of South Carolina; CEO, Hodges Consulting Group; Partner, Kennedy, Covington, Lobdell & Hickman
  • John C. Troutman, Sr. ('63 B.S.) | Chairman, President and CEO, Regions Bank of South Carolina and Central Georgia
  • Sam D. Wyche ('69 MBA) | Coach and Television Sports Analyst, National Football League

2004 Distinguished Young Alumni

  • Robert R. Hill, Jr. ('95 MBA) | President and COO, South Carolina Bank & Trust
  • Jodie Watt McLean ('90 B.S.) | President and Chief Investment Officer, Edens & Avant

2004 Distinguished Service

  • Ralph Gillespie | Retired President, Industrial Division, Milliken & Company

2003 Distinguished Alumni

  • Charles H. DuBose, Jr. ('70 B.S.) | President and CEO, DuBose Strapping, Inc.
  • Jill Griffin ('77 B.S., '79 MBA) | Founder and President, Griffin Group
  • Lawrence W. "Larry" Kellner ('81 B.S.) | President, Continental Airlines, Inc.

2003 Distinguished Young Alumni

  • Whitney Maureen McDonough MacEachern ('95 MIBS) | Vice President, Citigroup Latin America Corporate Affairs, Citigroup
  • Lawrence I. Scott ('86 B.S., '90 MBA) | Senior Vice President, Finance Group, Bank of America Corporation

2003 Distinguished Service

  • Stephen W. Trewhella ('48 B.S.)* | Retired Chairman of the Board, Glassmaster Company

2002 Distinguished Alumni

  • George A. Brizzolara, Jr. ('58 B.S.)* | Retired President, Old Dominion Brush Company
  • Nancy L. Grden ('82 M.S.) | Senior Vice President, Planning and Development, AMERIGROUP Corporation
  • E. L. "Bert" Pooser ('60 B.S.) | President and CEO, IMIC Hotels

2002 Distinguished Young Alumni

  • Dennis L. Wade ('84 B.S.) | President and CEO, The Jackson Companies

2002 Distinguished Service

  • John A. Warren* | Chairman of the Board Emeritus, SCANA Corporation

2001 Distinguished Alumni

  • William B. Cox, Jr. (B.S. ‘69) | Chairman and CEO, Cox Industries, Inc.
  • William B. Dukes (B.S. ‘64) | Founder, Blue Marlin Restaurants
  • Mary M. Kennemur (B.S. ‘75)* | First Vice President & Managing Director, New South District, Merrill Lynch 

2001 Distinguished Young Alumni

  • Jimmy E. Addison (B.S. ’82, MACC ‘83) | Vice President, Information Services and Technology, SCANA Corporation

2001 Distinguished Service

  • Robert E. McNair (USC B.S. ’47, USC J.D. ‘48)* | Former Governor, State of South Carolina; Chairman, McNair Law Firm

2000 Distinguished Alumni

  • James W. Holsinger, Jr. (M.S. ‘81) | Chancellor, Albert B. Chandler Medical Center, University of Kentucky
  • Carol A. Keehan (M.S. ‘80) | President and CEO, Providence Hospital and Carroll Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
  • Gerald K. Kunkle, Jr. (B.S. ‘72) | President and COO, DENTSPLY International
  • Madhu S. Shrivastava (MBA ‘78) | President and CEO, Carolina Convenience Corporation

2000 Distinguished Young Alumni

  • Colleen E. Dowd (B.S. ‘88) | President, AlmaCare 

2000 Distinguished Service

  • James Bradley* | Chairman of the Board, The Springs Company

1999 Distinguished Alumni

  • Anthony A. Callander (B.S. ’71, MACC ‘72) | Managing Partner-South Carolina, Ernst & Young LLP
  • Thomas Grover Faulds (MBA ‘73) | President and COO, BlueCross and BlueShield division, BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina
  • Thomas E. "Tommy" Suggs (B.S. ‘71) | President and CEO, Rooney, McArthur & Suggs, Inc.
  • F. William Vandiver (MBA ‘67) | Corporate Risk Management Executive, Bank of America Corporation

1999 Distinguished Young Alumni

  • Fred L. Green III (B.S. ’79, MBA ‘83) | President and CEO, The National Bank of South Carolina

1999 Distinguished Service

  • Robert V. Royall (USC B.S. ‘56) | Chairman, The National Bank of South Carolina

1998 Distinguished Alumni

  • James P. Barrow (B.S. ‘62) | Principal and Founder, Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss, LLC
  • Harris E. DeLoach, Jr. (B.S. ’66, USC J.D. ‘69) | Executive Vice President, Sonoco
  • William L. Pherigo (B.S. ‘63)  | Former President and CEO, The National Bank of South Carolina
  • Fernando Teixeira Dos Santos (Ph.D. ‘85) | Secretary of State for the Treasury and Finance, Ministry of Finance, Portugal; Professor, University or Porto, Portugal

1998 Distinguished Young Alumni

  • Darrin Todd Thomas (B.S. ‘87) | Vice President, Thomas-McCants Media, Inc./Black Pages USA

1998 Distinguished Service

  • Thomas E. Hannah (USC B.S. ’61, USC M.S. ‘63) | President, CEO and Director, Collins & Aikman Corporation

1997 Distinguished Alumni

  • A. Crawford Clarkson, Jr. (B.S. ’41, USC J.D. ‘55)* | Retired Partner, Clarkson, Harden & Gantt
  • R. Keith Elliott (B.S. ’64, MBA '65) | Chairman and CEO, Hercules Incorporated
  • Sam Z. Moore (B.S. '54) | CEO, Thomas Nelson, Inc.
  • A. Eugene Rountree (B.S. ‘61)* | President, Food Service, Inc. 

1997 Distinguished Young Alumni

  • Karen Schmidt Faber (B.S. ‘83) | Executive Vice President, Staffing Solutions, Inc.

1997 Distinguished Service Award

  • Monroe Miller | Vice President of Human Resources, IBM Networking Division, IBM Corporation 

1996 Distinguished Alumni

  • Gary L. Daniels (B.S. ‘61)* | Chairman and Owner, Package Supply & Equipment Co., Inc.
  • S. Hunter Howard, Jr. (B.S. ‘74) | President and CEO, South Carolina Chamber of Commerce
  • Dan Reeves (B.S. '65) | Head Coach, New York Giants

1996 Distinguished Young Alumni

  • Gerald W. Evans (B.S. ’81, MBA ‘83) | President, Hilton Hosiery, Hilton Hosiery Division of Sara Lee Corporation 

1996 Distinguished Service

  • James F. Kane* | Dean Emeritus and Professor of Marketing, College of Business Administration, University of South Carolina

 1995 Distinguished Alumni

  • Grady L. Patterson, Jr. (USC J.D. ’50, B.S. ‘75)* (Former) Treasurer, State of South Carolina; Financial Advisor, Yon-Drake & Associates, Inc.
  • Eugene E. "Gene" Stone III (B.S. '30)* | Chairman of the Board, Stone Manufacturing Company
  • Charles S. Way, Jr. (B.S. ’59, USC J.D. ‘62) |President, The Beach Co. and Related Subsidiaries 

1995 Distinguished Young Alumni

  • Jean E. Duke (B.S. ‘77) | Vice President of Finance and Treasurer, Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company

1995 Distinguished Service

  • John H. Stern* | Executive Vice President, Sony Electronics Inc

1995 Distinguished Achievement Citation 

  • Everett Dean Felber (B.S. ‘89) | Bass Player, Hootie & the Blowfish

1994 Distinguished Alumni

  • Roger W. Chastain (B.S. ‘64)* | President and COO, Mount Vernon Mills, Inc.
  • Samuel H. Vickers (B.S. ‘58) | Chairman and CEO, Design Containers, Inc.
  • Mack I. Whittle, Jr. (B.S. ’71,  MBA ‘75) | President and CEO, Carolina First Corporation
  • Catherine Hines Wills (B.S. '71, MBA '72) | Executive Vice President, Maybelline, Inc.

1993 Distinguished Alumni

  • C. Wayne Partin (B.S. ‘66) | President and CEO, Stouffer Foods Corporation
  • William F. "Bill" Putnam (B.S. ’55,  M.A. ‘57)* | Retired, Senior Associate Dean and Professor of Economics, College of Business Administration, University of South Carolina; Secretary, USC-Business Partnership Foundation
  • Porter B. Rose (USC B.S. ’63, MBA ‘68) | President, Liberty Investment Group

1992 Distinguished Alumni

  • John Wesley Culp, Sr. (B.S. ‘67) | Minister, South Carolina United Methodist Conference; Minister, Salem United Methodist Church; Founder, Salkehatchie Summer Service
  • Owen G.  "Bob" Shell, Jr. (B.S. ‘60) | President, NationsBank of Tennessee; Chairman, NationsBank of Kentucky
    A. Max Walker (B.S. ‘48)* | Chairman of the Board, Nations Fund 

1991 Distinguished Alumni 

  • P. Henderson Barnette, Sr. (B.S. ‘48)* | Chairman of the Board and CEO, Greenwood Packing Plant
  • J. Patrick Clayton (B.S. ‘62) | Retired, Partner in Charge-Tax Practice, Arthur Andersen & Company
  • L. Glenn Orr, Jr. (MBA ‘63) | Chairman, President and CEO, Southern National Corporation
1990 Distinguished Alumni
  • Robert J. "Bobby" Cremins (B.S. ’70, USC M.E. ‘77) | Head Basketball Coach, Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Leon S. Goodall (B.S. ’49, USC J.D. ‘50)* | President, Carolina Continental Insurance Co.
  • Anne Johnston Gregg (B.S. ’79, MACC ‘81) | Treasurer/Controller, South Carolina Tees
  • William M. Gregg II (B.S. ‘72)* | President, South Carolina Tees
  • Joe B. Pearce (B.S. ‘53)* | Senior Vice President, PYA/Monarch
  • Shigeru Sekine (MIBS ‘77) | President, Nikko Chemicals Co., Ltd.
1989 Distinguished Alumni
  • Joe M. Anderson, Jr. (MBA ‘67) | Vice President, Southern Bell
  • James A. Cathcart III (B.S. ‘60) | Executive Vice President, Holborn Agency Corporation
  • Timothy R. McConnell (B.S. ’73, MACC ‘74)* | Owner and CPA, T. R. McConnell & Company
  • Crawford Rainwater, Jr. (MBA ‘72) | Retired, Chairman and CEO, Hygeia Coca-Cola Bottling Company and Associated Companies

 1988 Distinguished Alumni

  • Ivan V. Anderson, Jr. (MBA ‘70) | President and CEO, Evening Post Publishing Company; Publisher, The News and Courier and The Evening Post
  • Jean Galloway Bissell (B.S. ’56, USC J.D. ‘58)* | Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals
  • Chester A. Duke (B.S. ‘62) | President, Marion National Bank
  • Joe A. Padgett (B.S. ‘59) | Executive Vice President, South Carolina National Bank
  • G. Thaddeus Williams (B.S. ’61, USC J.D. ‘65) | President and CEO, Clinton Mills

1987 Distinguished Alumni

  • J. Harold Chandler (MBA ‘72) | President, The Citizens and Southern National Bank of S.C.
  • Paul S. Goldsmith (B.S. ‘56) | President, Wm. Goldsmith Company
  • Larry W. Lineberger (B.S. ‘66) | Vice President-Corporate Controller, Fluor Corporation
  • Robert L. Selman (B.S. ‘59)* | President, The Keenan Co.

1986 Distinguished Alumni

  • Jack S. Graybill (B.S. ’49) | Vice President, The Robinson Humphrey Company
  • Carl B. Harper, Jr. (B.S. ‘57) | Partner In Charge, Ernst & Whinney
  • Lester A. Hudson, Jr. (MBA ‘65) | President, Dan River, Inc.
  • Ada B. Thomas (B.S. 48, USC M.A. ‘63)* | Assistant Dean and Professor, College of Business Administration, University of South Carolina

1985 Distinguished Alumni

  • William R. Bruce (B.S. ‘37)* | Chairman, Seibels Bruce Group, Inc.
  • William W. Johnson (B.S. '53)* | Chairman and CEO, Bankers Trust of South Carolina
  • John M. Rampey, Jr. (MBA ‘74)* | Vice President of Management Development, Milliken & Company
  • G. Cameron Todd (B.S. ‘50)* | Senior Vice President, Merrill Lynch
  • G. Larry Wilson (B.S. '69, MBA '70) | Chairman and President, Policy Management Systems Corporation

IB50 Global Business Summit

The 2024 Leadership Awards also included an event to celebrate 50 years of international business at the Moore School. Speakers included:

  • Randy Folks, namesake of the Folks Center for International Business, first department chair of international business at the Moore School, esteemed IB faculty and alumnus
  • Preston Keat, Managing Director and Head of Political and Country Risk, UBS London
  • Harry Lightsey, South Carolina Secretary of Commerce
  • Wendy Thomas, CEO, Secureworks and MIBS '98
  • Bill Browder, Founder and CEO of Hermitage Capital Management, Head of the Global Magnitsky Justice campaign, author of Red Notice and Freezing Order
  • Eleanor Beardsley, Lead NPR European Correspondent, MIBS '92 and 2024 Distinguished Alumni Award Winner


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