South Carolina S 1175: "Dr. Jasper Salmond Highway"

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2025-2026 Bill 1175 Text of Previous Version (May. 13, 2026) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 1175

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Committee Report

May 13, 2026

S. 1175

Introduced 
by Senator Devine 

S. Printed 5/13/26--H.

Read the first time May 13, 2026

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The committee on House Invitations 
and Memorial Resolutions

To whom was referred a Concurrent Resolution (S. 
1175) to request the Department of Transportation name the portion of United 
States Highway 176 from its intersection with South Carolina Highway 16 to the Columbia 
Canal, etc., respectfully

Report:

That they have duly and carefully considered 
the same, and recommend that the same do pass:

DENNIS MOSS for Committee.

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A concurrent RESOLUTION

To request the Department of Transportation name the 
portion of United States Highway 176 from its intersection with South Carolina 
highway 16 to the Columbia Canal in Richland County "Dr. Jasper Salmond 
Highway" and place appropriate markers or signs containing these words at this 
location.

Whereas, a pillar of 
his community for decades, Dr. Jasper Salmond has devoted his life to service 
as an educator, military veteran, international business consultant, and 
elected official. For nearly sixty years, he has worked to uplift others, 
having learned the value of sharing and giving back as a child of the Great 
Depression; and

Whereas, the Camden 
native prepared for his life's journey by earning a degree in education from 
Benedict College where he was student body president, a member of Alpha Kappa Mu 
Honor Society, and graduated magna cum laude. He furthered his education with a 
master's degree in educational supervision and administration from the Teachers 
College of Columbia University, with additional studies at the University of 
South Carolina's Extension Program Services in Atlanta, and at the Xerox 
Operational Management Training School in Lynchburg, Virginia; and

Whereas, Dr. Salmond's 
roles with Richland County School District One include teacher, junior high 
school assistant principal, and principal of three elementary schools in the 
former Columbia Public School System. He served in the United States Armed 
Forces as a noncommissioned military police officer, and in 1972 he joined Wilbur 
Smith Associates, an international consulting firm that enabled him to travel 
throughout the nation and to Kuwait; and

Whereas, he served as a 
leader on the Palmetto Health Alliance Board of Directors, served more than 
twenty-one years on the board of Richland County School District One, is a past 
president of the South Carolina School Boards Association, and was a member of 
the National School Boards Association Planning Committee. Other memberships 
include the Columbia Kiwanis Club, Greater Columbia Community Residents 
Council, Carolina First Bank, United Way of the Midlands, and chairman of the 
First Calvary Baptist Church Board of Deacons; and

Whereas, Dr. Salmond's 
awards and recognitions include an Honorary Doctorate of Human Letters from 
Benedict College, the Order of the Palmetto in 2002, the Global Vision Award in 
2003, Alpha Phi Alpha Man of the Year, and the Charles Drew Award. He was cited 
as one of "the five men of the decade" by Columbia Metropolitan Magazine in 
2000, and is a 2010 Historically Black Colleges and Universities Hall of Fame 
Inductee; and 

Whereas, along his 
journey, Dr. Salmond had the support of his late wife, Thelma Brooks Salmond, 
his loving wife of more than sixty-five years, and their two children. The 
family grew to include grandchildren as well as great-grandchildren; and

Whereas, Dr. Jasper 
Salmond has devoted his life to the betterment of his community and to the 
furtherance of educating South Carolina's youth. It is only fitting and proper 
that he is honored with a highway in Richland County dedicated in his honor. Now, 
therefore,

Be it resolved by the 
Senate, the House of Representatives concurring:

That the members of the 
South Carolina General Assembly, by this resolution, request the Department of 
Transportation name the portion of United States Highway 176 from its 
intersection with South Carolina Highway 16 to the Columbia Canal in Richland 
County "Dr. Jasper Salmond Highway" and place appropriate markers or signs 
containing these words at this location.

Be it further resolved that 
a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Department of Transportation.

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