South Carolina H 3788: South Florence High School Football

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2025-2026 Bill 3788 Text of Previous Version (Jan. 28, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 3788

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A concurrent RESOLUTION

TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR DR. DOUGLAS E. "DOUG" 
HOLFORD, UPON THE OCCASION OF HIS RETIREMENT AFTER FORTY-TWO YEARS OF EXEMPLARY 
SERVICE, AND TO WISH HIM CONTINUED SUCCESS AND HAPPINESS IN ALL HIS FUTURE ENDEAVORS.

Whereas, the members of 
the South Carolina General Assembly have learned that Douglas Holford will 
begin a well-deserved retirement after more than four decades as a 
distinguished and highly regarded board certified orthopedic surgeon in Aiken; 
and

Whereas, Dr. Holford 
earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry with honors from Andrews University in 
Berrien Springs, Michigan. He graduated in the upper third of his class from 
Loma Linda University Medical School in California; and

Whereas, he completed a 
rotating internship with the University of Southern California-Los Angeles 
Campus Medical Center and a general surgery internship at United States Public 
Health Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. He then completed an Orthopedic Surgery 
residency at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, and a spine surgery 
fellowship with Henry LaRocca, M.D., in New Orleans; and

Whereas, Dr. Holford 
completed a fellowship in sports medicine and arthroscopy at Hughston 
Orthopedic Clinic in Columbus, Georgia, with James R. Andrews, M.D. In New 
Orleans, he met his future medical practice partner, Dr. Clark Moore, who told 
him that Aiken was a special town needing orthopedists; and

Whereas, he and his 
wife decided to move to Aiken in 1982, after being impressed with Aiken's 
strong community spirit and with the new Silver Bluff High School that had 
opened one year prior; and

Whereas, Dr. Holford 
began a general orthopedic practice, Carolina Orthopedic Associates, but 
focused on sports medicine in Aiken, as such an emphasis was not present there. 
At that time, the high schools did not have physicians at the football games, 
and he began the program with the coaches and student trainers. With community 
support and the strength of this small program, the students worked hard, and 
the community rose to whatever need the program had; and

Whereas, their practice 
grew, and Carolina Orthopedics Associates became Carolina Musculoskeletal 
Institute and then merged to Augusta-Aiken Orthopedic Associates. The number of 
orthopedists increased and covered the home football games; and

Whereas, Dr. Holford 
volunteered to stay with Silver Bluff and did for forty-two years. He gladly 
wears his two state championship rings that were given to him when the Silver 
Bluff football team won. He did his best to follow the team to their play-off games 
and state championship games. In the fall of 2024, he retired from his practice 
specializing in sports medicine, arthroscopy, hip and knee reconstruction, and 
spine surgery, but he continues to support Silver Bluff High School's program; 
and

Whereas, dedicated to 
his profession, he is a member of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, 
South Carolina Orthopedic Society, Hughston Society, Neufeld Society of Loma 
Linda University School of Medicine Alumni, American Medical 
Association, South Carolina Medical Association, and South Carolina Medical 
Society; and

Whereas, together with 
his beloved wife, Flo, he reared two fine children, Erin and Zachary; and

Whereas, grateful for 
his many years of distinguished service to the City of Aiken, the South 
Carolina General Assembly takes great pleasure in extending best wishes to Doug 
Holford as he transitions to a richly deserved retirement and the leisurely 
pace of the days ahead, and the members wish him many years of enjoyment in his 
well-earned retirement. Now, therefore,

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

That the members of the South Carolina General 
Assembly, by this resolution, recognize and honor Dr. Douglas E. "Doug" Holford 
upon the occasion of his retirement after forty-two years of exemplary service, 
and wish him continued success and happiness in all his future endeavors.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this 
resolution be presented to Dr. Douglas E. "Doug" Holford.

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