A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO EXPRESS THE SORROW OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES UPON THE PASSING OF DR. SELDEN KENNEDY SMITH OF COLUMBIA, TO HONOR DR. SMITH FOR HIS PROFOUND IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY AND BEYOND AS THE FATHER OF HOLOCAUST EDUCATION IN SOUTH CAROLINA, AND TO EXTEND THE DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO HIS FAMILY AND MANY FRIENDS. Whereas, the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives were deeply saddened by the passing of Selden Kennedy Smith of Columbia on February 12, 2018, at the venerable age of eightyeight; and Whereas, Selden Smith was born on January 17, 1930, in York, the son of the Reverend Nat Erskine and Jean Kennedy Smith. He graduated from Erskine College in 1951, and after Officer Candidate School, served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War. He remained in the reserves until 1979, retiring as a captain; and Whereas, after active duty, he earned his doctoral degree in history at the University of South Carolina. He was a professor at Columbia College for thirtyseven years, during which he chaired the Department of History and Political Science for several years. In 2014, he was honored with the foundation of a scholarship at Columbia College, the Selden K. Smith Endowed Scholarship for Student Global Experience, which offers students the chance to learn through travel and study abroad; and Whereas, Dr. Smith is credited as the of Holocaust “father” education in South Carolina, and was the light that led Columbia Holocaust survivors in the 1970s, giving them a platform to tell their
A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO EXPRESS THE SORROW OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES UPON THE PASSING OF DR. SELDEN KENNEDY SMITH OF COLUMBIA, TO HONOR DR. SMITH FOR HIS PROFOUND IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY AND BEYOND AS THE FATHER OF HOLOCAUST EDUCATION IN SOUTH CAROLINA, AND TO EXTEND THE DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO HIS FAMILY AND MANY FRIENDS. Whereas, the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives were deeply saddened by the passing of Selden Kennedy Smith of Columbia on February 12, 2018, at the venerable age of eightyeight; and Whereas, Selden Smith was born on January 17, 1930, in York, the son of the Reverend Nat Erskine and Jean Kennedy Smith. He graduated from Erskine College in 1951, and after Officer Candidate School, served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War. He remained in the reserves until 1979, retiring as a captain; and Whereas, after active duty, he earned his doctoral degree in history at the University of South Carolina. He was a professor at Columbia College for thirtyseven years, during which he chaired the Department of History and Political Science for several years. In 2014, he was honored with the foundation of a scholarship at Columbia College, the Selden K. Smith Endowed Scholarship for Student Global Experience, which offers students the chance to learn through travel and study abroad; and Whereas, Dr. Smith is credited as the “father” of Holocaust education in South Carolina, and was the light that led Columbia Holocaust survivors in the 1970s, giving them a platform to tell their
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