The Elizabeth O’Neill Verner Awards
2008
Dr. Roy Fluhrer - Arts in Education
Arts Council of Greenwood County - Arts Organization
Solicitor Jay Hodge - Government
Kwame Dawes - Individual
Jill Eathorne Bahr - Individual Artist
First Citizens Bank - Business
John Jakes - Lifetime Achievement
2007
Annette Francis - Arts in Education
The Arts Partnership of Greater Spartanburg - Arts Organization
The Clemson University for the Lillian and Robert Utsey Chamber Music Series - Government
Kimberly Spears - Individual
Marlena Smalls - Individual Artist
The Palmetto Bank - Business
2006
Christine Sides Fisher - Arts in Education
Arts Center of Coastal Carolina - Arts Organization
The SC Department of Mental Health: The Art of Recovery - Government
Marvin-Joe Merck - Individual
Bob Doster - Individual Artist
Charles Wadsworth - Special Award
David C. Sennema - Lifetime Achievement
2005
Florence Little Theatre - Organization
Richland County Public Library - Government
Deborah S. Hoffman - Arts in Education
Scott Shanklin-Peterson - Individual
Jarvis Brothers Quintet - Individual Artist
Time Warner Cable SC Division - Business/Foundation
Carl R. Blair - Lifetime Achievement
2004
The Emrys Foundation – Organization
Sumter County Cultural Commission – Government
S.C. Alliance for Arts Education – Arts in Education
Bingham Lafayette Vick, Jr. – Individual
Christian Thee – Individual Artist
Jeanet Steckler Dreskin – Lifetime Achievement
2003
The Peace Center for the Performing Arts - ARTS ORGANIZATION
City of Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs - GOVERNMENT
BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina - BUSINESS
Liz Smith-Cox - INDIVIDUAL IN ARTS EDUCATION
Thales Thomas "Skipp" Pearson - INDIVIDUAL ARTIST
Dottie Ashley - INDIVIDUAL
Corrie McCallum - LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT in the Art
2002
Hub City Writers Project - ARTS ORGANIZATION
Boyd Saunders - INDIVIDUAL IN ARTS EDUCATION
Wyche, Burgess, Freeman & Parham, P.A. - BUSINESS
William Light Kinney, Jr. - INDIVIDUAL IN BUSINESS
Isabel Hill - INDIVIDUAL IN GOVERNMENT
Lillian ("Mickey") Harder - INDIVIDUAL
William Starrett - INDIVIDUAL ARTIST
Homer L. ("Pappy") Sherrill (posthumous) - LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
IN THE ARTS
2001
Marlboro Civic Center Foundation - ARTS ORGANIZATION
Chernoff/Silver & Associates - BUSINESS
McKissick Museum - GOVERNMENT
Shari Hutchinson - INDIVIDUAL
Gordon (Dick) Goodwin - INDIVIDUAL ARTIST
Barry Goldsmith - INDIVIDUAL IN ARTS EDUCATION
SC Governor's School for the Arts - ARTS EDUCATION ORGANIZATION
Philip Simmons - LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
2000
Trident Regional Arts Collaborative Endeavor (TRACE) - ARTS EDUCATION ORGANIZATION
Trustus Theatre - ARTS ORGANIZATION
Beaufort Art Supply - BUSINESS
North Charleston Cultural Arts Program - GOVERNMENT
John Whitehead - INDIVIDUAL
Beryl Dakers - INDIVIDUAL IN ARTS EDUCATION
1999
Richland County School District One - ARTS IN EDUCATION
Arts Council of Beaufort County - ARTS ORGANIZATION
Newberry Federal Savings Bank - BUSINESS
South Carolina State Museum - GOVERNMENT
Toni Marcus Elkins - INDIVIDUAL
William Melton Halsey - LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
1997-98
School District Five of Richland and Lexington Counties - ARTS IN EDUCATION
Burroughs & Chapin Company, Inc. - ARTS ORGANIZATION
Fine Arts Center of Kershaw County - ARTS ORGANIZATION
John Acorn - INDIVIDUAL
1996-97
McClellanville Arts Council - ARTS ORGANIZATION
Nations Bank, N.A. - BUSINESS
Piggly Wiggly Carolina Company, Inc. - BUSINESS
Stephen R. McCrae, Sr. - INDIVIDUAL
Ray Doughty - INDIVIDUAL IN ARTS EDUCATION
Representative Jean Laney Harris - SPECIAL AWARD
1995-96
Redcliffe Elementary School - ARTS EDUCATION
South Carolina Arts Alliance - ARTS ORGANIZATION
David Stahl - INDIVIDUAL
Ava Hughes - INDIVIDUAL IN ARTS EDUCATION
Ben C. Boozer - INDIVIDUAL IN BUSINESS
1994-95
Richland School District Two - ARTS EDUCATION
Horry Cultural Arts Council - ARTS ORGANIZATION
Charleston Post and Courier - BUSINESS
Calhoun County Museum & Cultural Center - GOVERNMENT
Elaine Taylor Freeman - INDIVIDUAL
1993-94
Fine Arts Center of the School District of Greenville County - ARTS IN EDUCATION
Spoleto Festival USA - ARTS ORGANIZATION
Carolina First Bank - BUSINESS
Sun, Incorporated - BUSINESS
The Arts Education Reform Initiatives
of the South Carolina State Department of Education
- GOVERNMENT
Samuel L. Tenenbaum - INDIVIDUAL
1992-93
School District of Oconee County - ARTS IN EDUCATION
The Guild of the Greenville Symphony - ARTS ORGANIZATION
South Carolina National Bank - BUSINESS
Spectrum South, Inc., Koonce Group - BUSINESS
The Outreach Program of the South Carolina Governor's School
for the Arts and Humanities - GOVERNMENT
Sylvia U. Wood - INDIVIDUAL
Ansley Crawford - INDIVIDUAL IN ARTS IN EDUCATION
1991-92
University of South Carolina String Project - ARTS IN EDUCATION
Rock Hill Arts Council - ARTS ORGANIZATION
SCANA Corporation - BUSINESS
Lancaster County Council and Lancaster City Council - GOVERNMENT
Clark Ellefson - INDIVIDUAL
1990-91
Tri-District Arts Consortium - ARTS IN EDUCATION
AT&T - BUSINESS
Elliott, Davis & Company - BUSINESS
Winthrop College - GOVERNMENT
Chopstick Theater - ARTS ORGANIZATION
1989-90
Cultural Council of Richland & Lexington Counties
with Special Recognition to Dot Ryall - ARTS ORGANIZATION
Fluor Daniel, Inc. - BUSINESS
LS3P Architects, Ltd. - BUSINESS
Charles S. Way, Jr. - INDIVIDUAL
Mac Arthur Goodwin - INDIVIDUAL IN ARTS IN EDUCATION
Henry J. Cauthen - INDIVIDUAL IN GOVERNMENT
Catharine Rembert - LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN THE ARTS
1988-89
McCormick Arts Council at the Keturah - ARTS ORGANIZATION
NCNB of South Carolina - BUSINESS
Byrne Miller - INDIVIDUAL
Betty Bramlett - INDIVIDUAL IN ARTS IN EDUCATION
Joint Legislative Committee on Cultural Affairs - GOVERNMENT
1987-88
Ashley River Creative Arts Elementary School - ARTS IN EDUCATION
Columbia City Ballet
with Special Recognition to Ann Brodie - ARTS ORGANIZATION
Southern Bell - BUSINESS
City of Rock Hill - GOVERNMENT
Wilfred Delphin and Edwin Romain - INDIVIDUAL
Peter Rickett - SPECIAL AWARD FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
1986-87
Spring Valley High School
with Special Commendation to Marianne Holland - ARTS
IN EDUCATION
Robert Ivey Ballet - ARTS ORGANIZATION
Sumter County Council - GOVERNMENT
O. Stanley Smith, Jr. - INDIVIDUAL
Thomas N. McLean - INDIVIDUAL IN BUSINESS
South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities - SPECIAL AWARD
1985-86
Island School Council for the Arts - ARTS IN EDUCATION
Marlboro Area Arts Council - ARTS ORGANIZATION
Carol Saunders - INDIVIDUAL
Robert E. Marvin - INDIVIDUAL IN BUSINESS
William D. Hay - INDIVIDUAL IN GOVERNMENT
Charleston Symphony Orchestra - RICHARD W. RILEY AWARD
Governor Richard W. Riley - SPECIAL AWARD
1984
Anderson County Arts Council - ARTS ORGANIZATION
South Carolina National Bank - BUSINESS
South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation & Tourism - GOVERNMENT
Columbia College - ARTS IN EDUCATION
Spartanburg High School - SPECIAL AWARD
Arpad Darazs – INDIVIDUAL
Mayor Kirkman Finlay - SPECIAL AWARD
1983
Lancaster County Council of the Arts - ARTS ORGANIZATION
National Bank of South Carolina, Sumter - BUSINESS
South Carolina Wildlife & Marine Resources Department
With Special Commendation to SC Wildlife Magazine -
GOVERNMENT
Theodore Stern - INDIVIDUAL
Dean Harlan Ewart McClure - INDIVIDUAL IN ARTS IN EDUCATION
1982
Harbison Development Corporation - BUSINESS
Guy F. Lipscomb, Jr. - INDIVIDUAL
Guthrie Darr - INDIVIDUAL IN ARTS IN EDUCATION
The Honorable Joseph P. Riley, Jr. - INDIVIDUAL IN GOVERNMENT
The Island Packet - MEDIA
Bamberg County Chamber of Commerce - SPECIAL AWARD
South Carolina Chamber Orchestra - ARTS ORGANIZATION
University of South Carolina Community Concert Series - GOVERNMENT BODY
1981
Greenville Metropolitan Arts Council - ARTS ORGANIZATION
Seibels, Bruce & Company - BUSINESS
South Carolina Educational Television Network - GOVERNMENT BODY
Sidney J. Palmer - INDIVIDUAL
Virginia Uldrick - INDIVIDUAL IN ARTS IN EDUCATION
Brookgreen Gardens - SPECIAL AWARD
Senator Harris Page Smith – INDIVIDUAL
The Columbia Record - MEDIA
1980
Beaufort County Schools - ARTS IN EDUCATION
Bankers Trust - BUSINESS
City of Bennettsville - CITY
Marlboro County - GOVERNMENT BODY
Leo F. Twiggs - INDIVIDUAL
Representative Harriet H. Keyserling - INDIVIDUAL IN GOVERNMENT
Sandlapper Magazine - MEDIA
The Fine Arts Center of Kershaw County - ORGANIZATION
Spoleto Festival USA - SPECIAL AWARD
1979
School District of Greenville County - ARTS IN EDUCATION
Springs Mills, Inc. - BUSINESS
City of Easley - CITY
WIS-TV Channel 10 - MEDIA
Arthur Magill – INDIVIDUAL
Raymond O. Thigpen - SPECIAL AWARD
Kitani Foundation - ORGANIZATION
1976
South Carolina National Bank - BUSINESS
City of Spartanburg - CITY
Sam Bass - INDIVIDUAL IN ARTS IN EDUCATION
Rock Hill Evening Herald - MEDIA
Spartanburg Arts Council - ORGANIZATION
Terrell Glenn – INDIVIDUAL
1974
Elliott White Springs Foundation - ARTS IN EDUCATION
City of Charleston - CITY
Greenville County Museum of Art - ORGANIZATION
John Richard Craft - INDIVIDUAL
1972
Converse College - ARTS IN EDUCATION
City of Greenville - CITY
E. Nick Ziegler - INDIVIDUAL
Columbia Museum of Art - ORGANIZATION