People in the News

Former University of South Carolina president Harris Pastides will begin his term as the public member on the American Medical Association board of trustees in 2020. … Read More

Col. Jack Van Loan will be honored at a ceremony on Saturday at Five Points Centennial Plaza, where a bronze statue honoring the longtime Five Points leader stands. Van Loan died Oct. 14 at age 87. … Read More

Ex-USC QB Connor Shaw, now an agent with the Columbia-based supplemental insurance company, joined Gamecocks men’s basketball coach Frank Martin to celebrate the 16th year of the company’s partnership with USC athletics. … Read More

Real estate developer Frank Brumley, concrete company CEO Rick Pennell and telecommunications executive Marva Smalls will be inducted into the hall of fame during a ceremony March 12 in Columbia. … Read More

Nearly 400 Columbia-area business leaders attended the sold-out Women of Influence luncheon at the Doubletree by Hilton Columbia on Aug. 21. … Read More