South Carolina H 5449: Dick Hawkins

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2025-2026 Bill 5449 Text of Previous Version (Mar. 26, 2026) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 5449

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A house RESOLUTION

TO RECOGNIZE AND 
HONOR RICHARD W. "DICK" HAWKINS, LIEUTENANT COLONEL IN THE UNITED STATES AIR 
FORCE, RETIRED, AND TO CONGRATULATE HIM ON BEING NAMED CHAIRMAN OF CHRISTIAN 
EDUCATION INITIATIVE.

Whereas, the South 
Carolina House of Representatives is pleased to learn that Richard W. "Dick" 
Hawkins has been named chairman of Christian Education Initiative with a wealth 
of experience from the military and education; and

Whereas, born and reared 
in the Santa Monica area of California, Mr. Hawkins had a conservative upbringing 
without a Christian background. He attended the public schools of Los Angeles 
City and earned a bachelor's degree from California State University in 
Northridge and a master's degree from Chapman University, the latter while 
serving in the military; and

Whereas, after twenty 
years of distinguished active duty service between the United States Air Force 
and Air National Guard, he retired with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Like 
the Apostle Paul, he experienced a dramatic "Damascus Road" conversion to 
Christianity at the age of fifty; and

Whereas, Mr. Hawkins 
served as a substitute teacher after military service with Lake Havasu Unified 
School District in Arizona and was very active with public education reform 
until he realized the system to be in violation of God's design for social 
order, no matter how reformed it could become; and

Whereas, one positive 
reform he was instrumental in achieving was helping to install a K-12 magnet 
school program using Hillsdale College's Barney Charter School Initiative, an 
American classical education curriculum; and

Whereas, for fifteen 
years Mr. Hawkins led The Truth Project prepared by Focus on the Family, which 
teaches comparative worldviews, and he recently co-edited a worldview book entitled 
Marxifying America: Cultural Marxism's Fundamental Transformation of the Institutions 
with William S. Lind; and

Whereas, since 2024, he 
has served as the chairman of Christian Education Initiative, an alliance of 
ministries promoting discipleship for a biblical worldview. This ministry is 
creating an outreach to parents, pastors, and Christian school administrators 
with networks and resources to help build the Church, the Body of Christ, 
through Christian education and Christian homeschooling; and

Whereas, Mr. Hawkins 
has been married to the former Pamela Lange for over twenty-four years, having 
met her through eHarmony, and they are one of the first ten couples that 
married through that ministry's service. Between them, they have five grown 
children and have been blessed with the affection of five grandchildren; and

Whereas, to be nearer 
to family, they moved to Lexington where they now reside, and Mr. Hawkins 
continues to teach profound studies on biblical worldview with its resulting 
impact on government, education, and culture; and

Whereas, the South 
Carolina House of Representatives appreciates the importance of the biblical 
culture studies that Dick Hawkins teaches and the impact he is making nationally 
and in South Carolina. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:

That the members of the 
South Carolina House of Representatives, 
by this resolution, recognize and honor Richard W. "Dick" Hawkins, Lieutenant 
Colonel in the United States Air Force, retired, and congratulate him on being 
named chairman of Christian Education Initiative.

Be it further resolved 
that a copy of this resolution be presented to Richard W. "Dick" Hawkins.

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