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A resident
of Greenwood, Baker has served on the board since 1977
representing the medical profession from the 3rd Congressional
District. He has served as vice chair and chair. A retired general and
thoracic surgeon, he graduated from The Citadel and received his
medical degree from MUSC in 1952. Baker was awarded the Order of the
Silver Crescent by the State of South Carolina, and named a
Distinguished Alumnus of MUSC in 1990. He is a clinical professor at
MUSC-AHEC at the Greenwood residency program. He is a U.S. Navy World
War II veteran and has four children and eight grandchildren.
A native of
Charleston, Berlinsky is a lay representative from
Congressional District 1 and has been on the board of trustees since
1971. He was vice chair from 1990 to 1994 and has served as chair of
the Education, Faculty, and Student Affairs Committee. He serves as the
representative of the board of trustees to the Hollings Cancer Center
and attended The Citadel. He and his wife, Joan, have three sons.
Bingham is
a licensed professional engineer and is president and owner
of Hercules Contractors and Engineers Inc. of Cayce. A lay
representative from Congressional District 2, he began his term in
2002. Bingham is a graduate of the University of South Carolina
(USC). He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1950 to 1954 and was on the
State Private Industry Council of S.C. and was named Contractor of the
Year Award in 2000. Bingham and his wife, Mary Lynn, have three
children.
A
Walterboro native, Fishburne has served as a member since 1988. He is
a 1959 Wofford College graduate and attended the Medical College of
Virginia, where he graduated with a degree in dentistry in 1963. After
serving in the U.S. Army Dental Corps, Fishburne opened a dentistry
practice in Rock Hill in 1965, treating patients until 2002. He and his
wife, Shirley, have two daughters. 
A
Charleston native, Hewitt began his term on the board June 2003 as
the governor’s at-large appointee. Hewitt is chair of the board of
Polymer Group Inc. He was president and chief executive officer of the
Union Corporation, now Outsourcing Solutions Inc. Hewitt received
engineering degrees from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School and the
U.S. Coast Guard Academy and a master’s degree in electrical
engineering from the University of Connecticut.
Johnson,
who is a Summerville native, is the medical profession’s
representative from Congressional District 1. He was elected to the
board in 1994 and served as board chairman from 2002 to 2006. Johnson
attended the College of Charleston and graduated from MUSC in 1984. He
is the medical director of the Southeastern Spine Institute which he
founded in 1990 and serves on the clinical faculty as an associate
clinical professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. He and his
wife, Kim, have three children.
A
Florence native, O’Bryan has served on the
board of trustees since 1976 as the medical profession’s representative
from Congressional District 6. He served as chair of the board from
1994 to 1998 and was re-elected as chair in 2000. After completing his
undergraduate studies at USC, O’Bryan received his medical degree from
MUSC in 1960. He was a medical officer in the U.S. Marine Corps
before returning to MUSC for residency. O’Bryan has a private practice
in cardiology in Florence, and holds a full clinical professorship at
MUSC. In 1994, O’Bryan was awarded the Order of the Palmetto. He was
previously recognized as a distinguished alumnus of MUSC and S.C.
Physician of the Year. He and his wife, Jennie, have one child.
Orr began her
term with the board in July 2003 as the
governor’s designee. She is a physician and owner of the Charleston
Women’s Wellness Center in Charleston. Orr serves on the board of the
Carolina Youth Development Center, and is a fellow of the American
College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. She is a member of Delta Sigma
Theta Sorority, Inc. as well as Jack and Jill of America, Inc. A
graduate of Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, N.C., Orr
received her medical degree from Wayne State University School of
Medicine in Detroit. She completed her residency training and served as
chief resident in the Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology at Cook
County Hospital in Chicago. She and her husband, Jon, have four
children. 
A former
vice-chair and chair, Rowland has been
a board member since 1982, representing the medical profession from
Congressional District 2. A USC alumnus, Rowland earned his
medical degree from MUSC in 1959. Rowland spent nine years in the U.S.
Navy, before completing his residency training in obstetrics and
gynecology. Rowland entered private practice in Columbia in 1968. He
was awarded the Order of the Palmetto in 1987 twice, and was named
Distinguished Alumnus of MUSC in 1994. A former president of the South
Carolina Medical Association, Rowland holds professorships at the USC
School of Medicine and MUSC. He also served as president of the
Southern Medical Association, Southern GYN Society, and South Atlantic
Association of OB/GYN. For three years, he served as treasurer of the
American College of Ob-Gyn. He and his wife, Isabelle, have two
children and six grandchildren.
Originally
from Greenwood, Schulze began his
first term as a trustee in 2002 as a lay representative from the 3rd
Congressional District. He received his degrees in accounting from
Georgia Military Academy and USC. Schulze served four years in the U.S.
Air Force and is a decorated Vietnam War veteran. Schulze is a
shareholder in the regional accounting and consulting firm of Elliott
Davis, LLC. He is the former president of the S.C. Association of
Certified Public Accountants (CPA) and former member and chairman of
the S.C. Board of Accountancy. Active throughout his career with many
non-profit boards, Schulze received the S.C. Association of CPAs and
American Institute of CPAs public service awards. He and his wife,
Sarah, have two children.
Stephenson
has served on the board since 1998
and was elected chairman in 2010. The lay representative from
Congressional District 4, Stephenson received both his undergraduate
and law degrees from USC. Stephenson has practiced law since 1979. He
has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America and as one of the
Top 25 Attorneys in South Carolina as published in South Carolina Super
Lawyers. He and his wife, Dianne, live in Greenville and have two
children.
Elected as
the medical profession’s representative from
Congressional District 4 in 1996, Thomas was chairman from 2006 to
2010. A 1973 USC alumnus, Thomas went on to obtain his bachelor of
science in pharmacy degree from MUSC in 1978 and medical degree from
MUSC in 1984. Thomas, who is an orthopaedic surgeon, has a practice in
Greenville. Thomas is a commissioner on the S.C. Commission on Higher
Education.
Elected as
the lay representative from
Congressional District 5 in 2002, Wiseman is a retired dentist and
member of the S.C. Dental Association. He is a USC alumnus and obtained
his doctor of dental medicine degree from the University of Louisville
in 1959. Wiseman is past president of the Central District Dental
Society and past president of the S.C. Academy of Practice
Administration. He is the recipient of many awards, including the
Governor’s Rural Summit Award, Woodrow Wilson Award, Order of the
Palmetto, S.C. Dental Association Citizenship Award, and the S.C.
Downtown Development Award. Wiseman was named a USC Distinguished
Alumnus in 2006.
Tallon, a
former U.S. congressman, began his first term as
a trustee in 2006 as lay representative from the 6th Congressional
District. A Florence native, Tallon attended USC and graduated from
American University in Washington, D.C. Congressman Tallon served
in the S.C. House of Representatives prior to being elected in 1981 to
serve the 6th Congressional District in the U.S. Congress. He served in
Congress for five terms. In 1992, Tallon founded the lobbying and
investment firm of Robin Tallon & Associates, and now serves as
president. Tallon was named the 1983 S.C. Small Businessman of the
Year. More recently, Tallon has worked on regulatory issues with
various federal agencies, including the Food and Drug Administration,
the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Energy, the
Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Transportation.|
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