{"id":2366,"date":"2007-04-09T16:10:00","date_gmt":"2007-04-09T21:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kevinbryant.com\/2007\/04\/09\/sc-senate-loss-sen-bill-mescher-2\/"},"modified":"2007-04-09T16:10:00","modified_gmt":"2007-04-09T21:10:00","slug":"sc-senate-loss-sen-bill-mescher-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/sc-senate-loss-sen-bill-mescher-2\/","title":{"rendered":"SC Senate Loss: Sen. Bill Mescher"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_8IreV7QyEO8\/Rhqr6ANt_tI\/AAAAAAAAAHE\/bLIhPX7O19c\/s1600-h\/mescher.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_8IreV7QyEO8\/Rhqr6ANt_tI\/AAAAAAAAAHE\/bLIhPX7O19c\/s200\/mescher.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5051538945027735250\" \/><\/a><br \/>We lost a member Sen. Bill Mescher, Saturday who will certainly be missed.  I enjoyed working with Bill and appreciate is straightforwardness and dry wit.<\/p>\n<p>Family visitation will be tomorrow afternoon from 5-7 and the memorial service will be on Wednesday at 11 am.<\/p>\n<p>Biography:MESCHER, William Clarence &#8220;Bill&#8221; [R]&#8211;(Dist. No. 44, Berkeley Co.)&#8211;Pres., William Mescher and Associates Mgmt. Consultants; residing at One Tranquility Lane, Box 1, Pinopolis; b. Sept. 5, 1927 in Belknap, Ill.; s. Clarence H. and Jane (Richards) Mescher; g. Univ. of Ill., BSEE; Northwestern Univ., M.B.A.; Aug. 1948 m. the late Shirley Sisson, 1 child, Barbara Micheau; Feb. 15, 1986 m. Sallie Kitty Stanley, 3 children, Kathy Johnson, Reed Tanner, and Karen Tanner; State Legis. Chm., Amer. Legis. Exchange Council (ALEC); past Pres. &#038; Chief Exec. Off., Santee Cooper (S.C. Public Serv. Authority); past Pres., Amer. Public Power Assn.; Adjunct Professor, Univ. of S.C.; Registered Professional Engineer, State of Ill. &#038; S.C.; Tau Beta Pi, Natl. Engineering Honor Soc.; U.S. Dept. of Interior Bird Bander; mem.: Bd. of Dirs., Tri-County Chamber of Commerce; past Chm., Berkeley Co. Museum; Amer. Legion; Moncks Corner United Methodist Church; past Bd. of Dirs. mem.: Adv. Bd., Natl. Soc. of Mechanical Engineers; Boy Scouts of America, Silver Beaver Award; life mem.: Greater Univ. of S.C. Alumni Assn.; VFW; S.C. Council on Econ. Educ.; Charleston-Trident Dev. Bd.; Charleston-Trident Chamber of Commerce; Charleston Symphony Orchestra; Coastal Carolina Council, Boy Scouts of America; S.C. Natl. Bank, Moncks Corner; past mem.: Natl. Soc. of Professional Engineers; Illuminating Engineering Soc.; Utility Technology Mgmt. Delegation to China; Gov.&#8217;s Southeast\/Korea Intl. Trade Comm. &#038; U.S.\/Japan Intl. Comm.; World Energy Conf.; Legis. Leadership Delegation of the Southeast USA to Taiwan; Paul&#8217;s Foundation Senator of the Year, 2001; S.C. Family Court Reform Serv. Award, 2002; The Hon. Order of Kentucky Colonels, May, 2003; Peidmont Municipal Power Ag. Legislator of the Year, 2005; Rotary Intl.; Elks Club; Masonic Lodge; Eastern Star; Shriner; mil. serv.: USA, Staff Sgt., Korea; prev. serv. in Sen. 1993-06.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We lost a member Sen. Bill Mescher, Saturday who will certainly be missed. I enjoyed working with Bill and appreciate is straightforwardness and dry wit. Family visitation will be tomorrow afternoon from 5-7 and the memorial service will be on Wednesday at 11 am. Biography:MESCHER, William Clarence &#8220;Bill&#8221; [R]&#8211;(Dist. 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