The South Carolina Governor's School for Science and Math annually presents the Townes Award, named in honor of Charles Townes, a Greenville native and Nobel Laureate. This is a prestigious honor that has been presented to people ranging from General Charles Bolden to Senator Fritz Hollings. Harris DeLoach, chairman and president of Sonoco, one of Hartsville's most effective leaders was presented this honor in Columbia on Wednesday, March 12 at what was the most well-attended Townes Award event in the 17-year history of the Award. There were well over 320 people from across the state in attendance. In addition, Dr. Townes flew in from California for this dinner. The evening was a festive occasion as it also celebrated the 20-year existence of the Governor's School in South Carolina.
There was talk during this event about how many people did not believe a statewide school based in a small city like Hartsville would make it. History has proven the naysayers wrong and the GSSM campus continues to expand in Hartsville. Here is a small piece of video of Charles Coker, another Townes recipient, and one of the co-developers of the GSSM concept introducing Harris to the packed house.
the event is put on by the Governor's School Foundation and anyone who was there will tell you it was a great event for both GSSM and for Hartsville.
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What a great video.
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