The Ex Libris Society recognizes donors who provide invaluable annual donations to support the University Libraries system –Thomas Cooper Library, South Caroliniana Library, Rare Books and Special Collections, South Carolina Political Collections, Music Library, Moving Image Research Collections, and Elliott White Springs Business Library.
Donors who contribute $1,000.00 or more annually in support of the University Libraries are enrolled in the Ex Libris Society for the calendar year. Donors may designate their tax-deductible contribution to any of the various funds that benefit the University Libraries. A list of established funds is available at: http://www.sc.edu/library/develop/ce.html. Donors may also wish to consider creating a new fund or endowment for a specific purpose.
Endowments can be established with a minimum contribution of $25,000.00, payable over five years. A fully endowed account will provide a continuous stream of income to support the stated purpose of the fund.The critical support of the Ex Libris Society ensures continuing vitality for the University Libraries.
![]() Guests at the Ex Libris Society dinner meeting on November 15, 2010 included Mary and Edmond Taylor, Georgia Hart, Catherine Muller, and Edwin C. Bridges. Dr. Bridges was the Keynote speaker. |
Benefits of Recognition in the Ex Libris Society:
- The donor's name will be inscribed on an Ex Libris Society recognition plaque displayed on the Mezzanine level of the Thomas Cooper Library.
- Donors are invited to an annual Ex Libris Society Dinner and Reception.
- Members receive invitations to all University Libraries events as well as subscriptions to newsletters, publications, and annual reports. To read past annual reports, please visit http://www.sc.edu/library/publications/pub.html.
- Ex Libris Society members receive a one-year complimentary membership to the Thomas Cooper Society and the University South Caroliniana Society.
![]() Mr. Wilmot B. Irvin, Past President of the Ex Libris Society; Dr. Edwin C. Bridges, Director of Alabama Department of Archives and History; Mr. Tom McNally, Dean of the University Libraries; Mr. Scott Derrick, President of the Ex Libris Society. Dr. Bridges was the keynote speaker. |

Executive Committee 2009 - 2010
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Front Row: Mrs. Georgia Hart, Mrs. Donna Sorensen, Mrs. Carol Gordon, Mrs. Yvonne Russell, Mrs. Dorothy Smith, Mrs. Barbara Graham Back Row: Mrs. Carol Benfield, Director of Library Development, Mr, Tom McNally, Dean of Libraries, Dr. Robert Oakman III, Mr. D. Reece Williams III, Dr. William Weston III, Mr. Gary Pope, Mr. Steve Griffith, Mr. Claude Walker, Jr., Mr. Wilmot Irvin, President of the Ex Libris Society, Dr. Robert Ackerman, Mr. Flynn Harrell Not Pictured: Mr. Gerald Bauknight, Mr. Scott Derrick, Dr. Donald Fowler, Mr. A. Elliott Holman III, Mr. John H. Lumpkin, Jr., Mrs. Patricia Moore-Pastides, Mrs. Susan Robinson, Ms. Meredith Ross, Mrs. Susan Shaw, Dr. Harry Shealy, Jr., Mrs. Felicia Yeh |
Dr. R. K. Ackerman (ex officio, University South Caroliniana Society President)
Mr. Gerald C. Bauknight
Mr. Scott Derrick, Vice President
Dr. Donald L. Fowler
Mrs. Carol Gordon
Mrs. Barbara L. Graham
Mr. Steve Griffith
Mr. Flynn T. Harrell
Mrs. Georgia C. Hart
Mr. A. Elliott Holman III
Mr. Wilmot B. Irvin, President
Mr. John H. Lumpkin, Jr.
Mr. Thomas F. McNally (ex officio)
Mrs. Patricia J. Moore-Pastides (ex officio)
Dr. Robert L. Oakman III (ex officio, Thomas Cooper Society President
Mr. Gary T. Pope
Mrs. Susan G. Robinson
Ms. Meredith Ross
Mrs. Yvonne C. Russell
Mrs. Susan E. Shaw
Dr. Harry E. Shealy, Jr.
Mrs. Dorothy D. Smith
Mrs. Donna I. Sorensen
Mr. Claude M. Walker, Jr.
Dr. William Weston III
Mr. D. Reece Williams III
Mrs. Felicia Yeh (ex officio)
![]() Guests view exhibits displayed in the Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections of the Hollings Library. |

2009-2010 Members
Mark and Mandy Ackerman Dr. Robert K. and May Ackerman Dr. and Mrs. Stephen H. Ackerman Mr. Crosby L. Adams Professor John K. Adams Dr. Judith W. Alexander Dr. Mary C. Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Appleby III Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Ariail AT&T of South Carolina Mr. and Mrs. Herbert C. Aycock B. H. Breslauer Foundation, Incorporated Mr. and Mrs. James P. Barrow Gerald and Catherine Bauknight Mr. J. Steven Beckham, Jr. and Dr. Gretchen Van der Veer Major General Charles F. Bolden, Jr. Mr. Warren M. Bolden Ms. Charline M. Brandt The Honorable Walter J. Bristow, Jr. and Mrs. Bristow Mr. and Mrs. Deward B. Brittain Mrs. Arlyn F. Bruccoli Mr. Herbert C. Burkholz Major General H. Jerry Carpenter Dr. Anthony Chibbaro Ms. Stephanie Coffin Dr. Joseph Cohen Mr. and Mrs. Edwin H. Cooper, Jr. Ms. Kate Simms Counts Dr. and Mrs. David Cowart Mr. Thomas M. Craig, Jr. Ms. Mary Beth Crawford Dr. and Mrs. Charles F. Crews Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Dana Ms. Ora Lee Dantzler Ms. Jane Crayton Davis Dr. Celso L. De Oliveira Mary and Scott Derrick Donald C. Easterling - Edward S. Hallman Foundation EBSCO Publishing Ms. Martha C. Edens Elsevier Incorporated Professor and Mrs. Robert L. Felix William W. Freehling Family Foundation Ms. Felicia De Saussure Furman Mrs. Alester G. Furman III Mr. and Mrs. Gaston H. Gage, Sr. Dr. Leonard R. Gardner Ms. Randi Pickens Garner Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Girardeau Dr. Betty Glad Dr. and Mrs. Edwin E. Gordon Dr. and Mrs. Donald J. Greiner Mr. and Mrs. Steve C. Griffith Dr. Gilbert S. Guinn and Dr. Susan H. Guinn Mrs. Janet K. Harkins Mr. and Mrs. Flynn T. Harrell Mrs. George Childs Hart Mrs. Alix D. Hay Ms. Diane C. Hazelrigg Mr. David Rhude Helps, Sr. John and Lucrecia Herr Dr. and Mrs. Bill Hogue Ms. Rebecca R. Hollingsworth Mrs. Daniel W. Hollis Mr. A. Elliott Holman III The Hunt Library Trust Mr. and Mrs. Haywood B. Hyman, Jr. IEEE Interstate Transportation Equipment, Inc. Mrs. C. Warren Irvin, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Wilmot B. Irvin Dr. John F. Jakubs Dr. Allen H. Johnson The Honorable William Weston Jones, Jr. Mrs. Rosa Kasper Ms. Ellen Speiser Katz Dr. Natalie H. Kaufman and Dr. David Whiteman Mr. Jerry A. Kay Dr. Ann J. Kelly Mr. and Mrs. K. D. Kennedy Dr. Caroline Koblenzer and Dr. Peter J. Koblenzer Dr. Jessica Kross Dr. Louis LaMotte Dr. Mark R. Langdon Dr. James E. Laughlin Dr. and Mrs. Richard L. Layman Mr. Warren H. Lieb Lipscomb Family Foundation Ms. Harriet S. Little |
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Lumpkin, Jr. Mr. J. Henry Mallard, Jr. Mr. Quentin D. Mallard Mrs. T. Eston Marchant, Jr. Dr. Patricia Mason and Mr. Don Rosick Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. McNally Mr. Nicholas Meriwether Michelin North America, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. L. Fred Miller Mr. and Mrs. M. Hayes Mizell Dr. and Mrs. William T. Moore The Honorable Michael J. Mungo Mrs. Susan Craig Murphy Dr. and Mrs. James T. Myers Dr. Joel A. Myerson and Dr. Greta D. Little Ms. Mary Elizabeth Newton Mrs. Alice I. Nolte Dr. and Mrs. E. Conyers O'Bryan Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Simms Oliphant, Jr. Dr. Harris Pastides and Ms. Patricia Moore-Pastides Mrs. Mary Alice Patterson Miss Louise Pettus The Pope-Brown Foundation Dr. Ellen F. Potter Dr. D. Langston Powell Dr. William L. Ramseur Miss Helen Ann Rawlinson Dr. and Mrs. William S. Rawson Ms. Anne Davis Reid Mr. and Mrs. Rich Reinert Mr. Robert K. Revelle Dr. Rita Rhodes The William L. Richter Family Foundation Ms. Lynn Robertson Mr. and Mrs. James A. Robinson Mrs. Susan Gibbes Robinson Dr. Philip B. Rollinson Dr. and Mrs. G. Ross Roy Dr. Ann R. Russell Mr. and Mrs. Donald S. Russell, Jr. Mr. Hemrick N. Salley, Jr. Mr. William C. Schmidt, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Patrick Scott Mr. and Mrs. Frank R. Shaw Dr. and Mrs. Harry E. Shealy, Jr. Dr. David S. Shields Ms. Rebecca Shockley Mr. and Mrs. Gregory D. Shorey Dr. D. T. Siebert, Jr. Mr. John G. Simms, Jr. Mrs. Dorothy D. Smith Dr. and Mrs. Michael S. Smith South Financial Group Mr. Benjamin Spence Mr. Caldwell Drake Spence Ms. Deborah Williams Spence Mr. Floyd D. Spence, Jr. Mr. Zachariah W. Spence Ms. Jodi L. Spillane Mrs. Ruth C. Sproat Mrs. Mary Douglas Stauffer Dr. Allen H. Stokes, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William E. Sudduth III Dr. Marcia G. Synnott and Dr. W. Edwin Sharp Rodger L. and Carol A. Tarr Mr. and Mrs. Harvey S. Teal Dr. H. Jane Teas University South Caroliniana Society Mr. C. G. Valanos Mr. and Mrs. Claude M. Walker, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Walters III Ms. Joan Simms Wanner Watson-Brown Foundation Mr. Marvin R. Watson Dr. Jane M. Weilert The West Foundation, Inc. Mrs. William C. Westmoreland Dr. and Mrs. William Weston III Mr. Guy H. White III Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Whiteman, Jr. The Honorable Mack I. Whittle, Jr. and Mrs. Whittle Dr. and Mrs. Robert J. Wickenheiser Mr. and Mrs. D. Reece Williams Ms. Rose-Marie E. Williams Carol and John Winberry Mr. Chester A. Wingate Ms. Jeanie Woods Mrs. Harriette D. Wunder and Mr. Phil C. Wunder Mrs. Moong Y. Yeh Mr. Bob Zager |
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