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S. Hunter Howard Jr. Biography
Born in Greenville County on
August 13, 1953, he is the son of S. Hunter and Jean Garrison Howard of
Fountain Inn. He is married to the former Martha Susan Baldwin of
Simpsonville and they have four children: Samuel Hunter, III, Hamilton
Craig, Francis Garrison and Martha Campbell.
Hunter Howard is a graduate of Hillcrest High School in Simpsonville.
After earning a B.S. degree in Accounting from the University of South
Carolina in Columbia, he managed his own CPA firm, Hunter Howard &
Company, CPAs in Simpsonville from 1975 until 1982. In June 1986, Mr.
Howard completed Harvard University’s Program for Senior Executives in
State and Local Government in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
In 1974, Mr. Howard was elected to the South Carolina House of
Representatives as the state’s youngest legislator and served for eight
years (1974-1982). During that time, he served as 2nd vice chairman of
the House Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee, member of the House
Ethics Committee, Tax Study Commission, and Chairman of the House
Banking and Consumer Affairs Subcommittee.
In 1982, Governor Richard W. Riley appointed him to the South Carolina
Tax Commission, and in 1986, he was appointed as Chairman of the Tax
Commission. In January 1991, Governor Carroll A. Campbell, Jr. appointed
him for another six year term. During his service, he was very active
working with practitioners, legislators and the taxpaying public to
simplify the tax laws of South Carolina. In 1985, he prepared a report
that led to the adoption of the Internal Revenue Code for South Carolina
income tax purposes. He was awarded the 1986 Distinguished Public
Service Award by the South Carolina Association of Certified Public
Accountants. He has been listed in Personalities of the South, Who’s Who
in American Politics, and Outstanding Young Men in America.
Mr. Howard served as a Special Assistant to the Deputy Commissioner of
the IRS, Michael J. Murphy, on a summer detail to implement programs for
expanding relationships between the IRS and the state revenue
departments (1991).
In January 1992, Mr. Howard was selected as the President & Chief
Executive Officer of the
South Carolina Chamber of Commerce,
the largest broad-based business trade organization in the state. He
received the Order of the Palmetto from Governor Carroll A. Campbell,
Jr. in 1992 and was awarded the Distinguished Alumni Award by the USC
College of Business Administration in 1996. He received the 1998
Outstanding CPA in Business & Industry Award from the South Carolina
Association of Certified Public Accountants and the Barbara H. James
Award for Outstanding Business/Industry Person from the S.C. Department
of Education in July 1998. He served as a member of the South Carolina
Board of Economic Advisors from 1992 to 1999 and on the Charleston
Southern University Board of Trustees from 1996-1998. He currently
serves on the SC Retirement System Investment Panel and Board of
Directors of Leadership South Carolina, Junior Achievement of Greater
Columbia, the United Way of South Carolina, and the SC Commission on
Higher Education Business Advisory Council. He also chairs the Board of
Governors of the Capital City Club, and the SC Council on Economic
Education. He also is chairman of the national Council of State
Chambers, comprised of the state chambers of commerce across the United
States.
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