Loadholt, Foster elected to lead Board of Trustees

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The University of South Carolina Board of Trustees elected two longtime members to serve as chairman and vice chairman Friday (Aug. 8).

Barnwell attorney Miles Loadholt, a board member since 1996, was elected chairman, and Lake Wylie businessman Samuel Foster II, who has served on the board since 1984, was elected vice chairman.

Both will serve two-year terms.

Loadholt practices with the law firm of Motley Rice, LLC. He is a 1965 graduate of the university with a degree in marketing and a 1968 graduate of the School of Law. He has served as chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee on Advancement and, as vice chairman, has been a member of the Executive Committee and an ex officio member of all board committees.

Foster earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the university in 1980 and has served on the Academic Affairs and Faculty Liaison Committee, the Buildings and Grounds Committee and the Intercollegiate Athletics Committee. A former track star, he is a member of the university’s Letterman’s Association.

He was the first African American and the youngest person elected to the board. He is a real-estate developer and insurance broker.

The 22-member Board of Trustees is charged with the operation and management of the University of South Carolina’s eight campuses.