Trustees Emeriti
Ralph S. Hendricks
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Ralph S. Hendricks
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Ralph S. Hendricks, trustee emeritus, was born in Bowman, Georgia, and grew up in Gray Court, South Carolina. After service in the U.S. Air Force during World War II, he returned to Simpsonville, South Carolina, where he built a flourishing building supply and hardware business and became a leading citizen, serving as the town’s mayor from 1975 to 1987. He is currently president of Hendricks Properties.
He has been active in the First Baptist Church, including terms as deacon and treasurer. A leader in both business and the community, he has been president of the Carolina Lumber Dealers Association, the Greenville Home Builders Association, the Simpsonville Chamber of Commerce and the Simpsonville Rotary. He has been actively involved with Meals on Wheels, Miracle Hill, the Salvation Army and the Boys Home of the South. He was honored as Builder of the Year in 1986 and Citizen of the Year by the Chamber of Commerce in 1988. A longtime member of the YMCA, he chaired its capital campaign. In 2000, Furman awarded him an honorary doctor of humanities degree.
Married in 1987 to Marion Hubbard, he has two stepsons.
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