The Citadel

Presidential Search Committee

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Presidential Search Committee

MSC 108

The Citadel

The Military College of South Carolina

171 Moultrie Street

Charleston, SC 29409-0108

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Confidentiality Notice - To achieve the goal of finding the best person to be the next Citadel President, it is essential for the Presidential Search Committee (PSC) to maintain complete confidentiality regarding applicants and the applicant interviewing process.

The Citadel Board of Visitors appointed the following committee members:

  • William B. Sansom, Class of 1964, Chairman

Chairman and CEO of The H.T. Hackney Company; former member of the University of Tennessee Board of Trustees

  • Senator Ernest F. Hollings, Class of 1942

Former South Carolina governor; former U.S. senator, 1966-2004

  • John Baker, Class of 1950

President of The Citadel Alumni Association; member of The Citadel Board of Visitors; retired president and CEO of L&W Supply Corporation, a subsidiary of USG Corporation

  • Dr. John Palms, Class of 1958

Former president of the University of South Carolina and of Georgia State University

  • General William W. Hartzog, USA (Ret.), Class of 1963

Former commanding general, Army Training & Doctrine Command; president/CEO of Burdeshaw Associates, Ltd.

  • L. William Krause, Class of 1963

Chairman of The Citadel Foundation Board of Directors; president of LWK Ventures, a private investment firm; retired chairman and CEO of 3Com

  • Dudley Saleeby, Jr., Class of 1966

Member of The Citadel Board of Visitors; chairman of the Board’s Strategic Planning Committee; former solicitor of the 12th Judicial Circuit; currently an adviser to the Office of the Solicitor for the 3rd Judicial Circuit

  • Charles B. Coe, Class of 1973

Vice chair of The Citadel Foundation Board of Directors; retired president of Network Services, BellSouth

  • Douglas A. Snyder, Class of 1982

Vice chairman of The Citadel Board of Visitors; chairman of the Board’s Finance Committee; partner with Barb, Snyder & Company

  • John R. “Jack” Douglas, Class of 1992

Member of The Citadel Board of Visitors; mortgage banker with First Citizens Bank

  • Allison Dean Love, CGPS Class of 1993

Member of The Citadel Board of Visitors; chair of the Board’s Education Committee; executive director of the South Carolina Insurance News Service

  • Dr. Mark Bebensee

Associate dean of The Citadel School of Business; member of The Citadel faculty for 28 years

  • William E. “Billy” Jenkinson III, Class of 1968

Chairman of The Citadel Board of Visitors; and ex-officio member of the Presidential Search Committee