Call for Nominations -                 DuRant Distinguished Public Service Award

The Bar Foundation currently is accepting nominations for the 2010 DuRant Distinguished Public Service Award. Recipients are nominated and selected by their professional peers, establishing this recognition as one of the most prestigious statewide award members of the Bar can bestow on a fellow attorney. Selection criteria include meritorious service to the law and the community. Eligibility is limited to living members of the South Carolina Bar. Sitting judges and current public office holders are not eligible however, past service in such positions will be considered. The award recipient will be honored at the Bar Convention’s plenary luncheon in January 2011.

Nominations should be made by completing the form and should be submitted no later than November 1. You may submit the form via e-mail (foundation@scbar.org), via mail to SC Bar Foundation, PO Box 608, Columbia, SC 29202 or via fax to (803) 779-6126.

If you have further questions about the DuRant Award, please contact Shannon Scruggs at (803) 765-0517.

The DuRant Legacy
David W. Robinson, 1980
Walton J. McLeod Jr., 1981
Robert M. Figg Jr., 1982
Thomas H. Pope, 1983
J.D. Todd Jr., 1984
Hugh L. Willcox, 1985
C. Bruce Littlejohn, 1986
Heyward E. McDonald, 1987
Charles W. Knowlton, 1988
E.P. “Ted” Riley, 1989
Augustine T. Smythe, 1990
Harry M. Lightsey, 1991
Terrell L. Glenn, 1992
A. Frank Lever, 1993
Morris D. Rosen, 1994
Ellen Hines Smith, 1995
Claude M. Scarborough Jr., 1996
Julius W. McKay, 1997
A. Lee Chandler, 1998
I.S. Leevy Johnson, 1999
William L. Pope, 2000
H. Simmons Tate Jr., 2001
Joseph H. McGee, 2002
Alex M. Sanders Jr., 2003
Eugene N. “Nick” Zeigler Jr., 2004
Ernest A. Finney Jr., 2005
Leo H. Hill, 2005
Julian J. Nexsen, 2006
B. Henderson Johnson Jr., 2007

David L. Freeman, 2008

G. Dewey Oxner Jr., 2009

DuRant Nomination form found here!