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C. Thomas Wyche, Member

Professional Background

1947-Present Wyche Burgess Freeman & Parham, P.A.

Educational Background

1949, L.L.B. University of Virginia School of Law, Virginia Law Review, Board of Editors, 1948–49; Phi Delta Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa; Raven Society
1946, B.E. Yale University

Professional Activities and Memberships

  • Greenville County Bar Association
  • South Carolina Bar Association
  • American Bar Association
  • American Judicature Society
  • Former Member, Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline, South Carolina Bar Association

Bar and Court Admissions

  • South Carolina Bar, 1948

Representative Community Activities

Former Board of Directors:

  • Citizens & Southern Corporation, C&S National Bank of South Carolina
  • Greater Greenville Chamber of Commerce
  • Greenville Symphony Association

Former President and Board of Directors:

  • YMCA

Former General Chairman:

  • YMCA New Building Capital Fund Drive

Former President:

  • Greenville Little Theater
  • Greenville Arts Festival Association

Former Board of Governors:

  • Greenville Country Club

Former Board of Trustees:

  • United Way of Greenville County
  • Greenville County Foundation
  • Former Member of Four-Member Steering Committee For Total Development of Greenville County

Publications

Coffee Table Photography Books:

Awards and Honors

  • South Carolina Wildlife Federation Environmentalist of the Year, 1979
  • Gulf Oil National Conservation Award (one of ten nationwide), 1983
  • The Nature Conservancy Oak Leaf Award (one of four nationwide) 1995
  • The Alexander Calder Conservation Award (one recipient selected nationwide on an annual basis) 1996, presented by the Conservation Foundation partnership with Union Camp Corporation
  • The Order of the Palmetto awarded by Governor David Beasley of South Carolina in 1996
  • Selected to carry the Olympic Torch in Greenville for the 1996 Summer Olympic Games held in Atlanta, Georgia
  • Recipient of an Honorary Doctorate of Law Degree from Clemson University, 1997
  • Recipient of an Honorary Doctorate of Humanities Degree from Furman University,1997
  • Recipient of an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters Degree from Wofford College,1998
  • Recipient of the Frances K. Hutchinson Medal from The Garden Club of America,1999
  • Recipient of the Palmetto Conservation Foundation BMW Conservationist of the Year Award, 2003
  • Recipient of the South Carolina (2004) and National (2005) Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Conservation Award
  • Listed in Best Lawyers In America