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RICHLAND ONE'S HALL OF FAME
2004 INDUCTEES

 
Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Charles F. Bolden Jr.

Bolden, a 1964 graduate of C.A. Johnson High School, holds a bachelor of science degree from the U.S. Naval Academy and a master of science degree from the University of Southern California. He also is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School. His numerous awards and decorations include the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Defense Superior Service Medal, the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal and the University of Southern California Alumni Award of Merit.

He was selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in 1980, qualified as a space shuttle pilot in 1981 and subsequently flew four missions in space, including serving as commander of the STS-60, the 1994 flight of a six-member crew on the Space Shuttle Discovery, which was the first joint U.S./Russian space shuttle mission involving the participation of a Russian cosmonaut as a mission specialist. Bolden retired from the U.S. Marine Corps in 2003. Today, he serves as senior vice president of Tech TransInternational Inc., a language services company with offices in Houston and Moscow.
 
Henry J. Cauthen

 Cauthen, a 1949 graduate of Dreher High School, continued his education in the fine arts at the University of South Carolina, University of Georgia and the University of Houston. He was employed at WIS-TV in Columbia for three years. In 1957 he began work on an experimental educational television project at Dreher High School. The success of this project led the South Carolina General Assembly to approve the development of a statewide educational television network. He became president and general manager of South Carolina Educational Television (SCETV) in 1965 and served in that capacity until his retirement in 1998. He also played a pivotal role in the creation of the S.C. Governor's School for the Arts.

Cauthen's many honors and awards include the Elizabeth O'Neill Verner Award for his contributions to the arts in South Carolina, the South Carolina Broadcasters Hall of Fame, The Jefferson Award and the Order of the Palmetto.
 
Kimberly Aiken Cockerham

 Cockerham, a 1992 graduate of Columbia High School, earned a bachelor of science degree in accounting from New York University. She was the first African-American woman to win the Miss South Carolina Pageant. She went on to win the title of Miss America 1994 at the age of 18, becoming one of the youngest women ever to wear the crown. During her reign, she focused national attention on the plight of the homeless.

After graduating from NYU, she pursued a career in public accounting with Ernst and Young, LLP, one of the Big Five accounting firms in the United States. Her experiences as Miss America led her to establish her own image-consulting and motivational speaking firm, Kimberly Aiken Inc. She has been a professional speaker for nearly 10 years.
 
The Rev. Joseph A. Darby

 Darby, a 1969 graduate of Booker T. Washington High School, holds a bachelor's degree in sociology from the University of South Carolina. He also is a graduate of the Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary, and he attended South Carolina State University. A fourth-generation minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, Darby is currently pastor of Morris Brown AME Church in Charleston, the largest congregation in the Seventh Episcopal District of the AME Church. Darby also serves as first vice president of the South Carolina Conference of Branches of the NAACP.

His many honors and awards include having been named one of South Carolina's 25 Most Influential African-Americans by South Carolina Business Vision Magazine; the NAACP Southeast Region Medgar W. Evers Leadership Award; and the Excellence in Religion Award from the South Carolina Mechanism of the National Council of Negro Women. He was inducted into the South Carolina Black Hall of Fame in 2002.
 
Harris E. DeLoach Jr.

 DeLoach, a 1962 graduate of Eau Claire High School, holds a bachelor's degree in business administration and a law degree from the University of South Carolina. He joined Sonoco Products Company (a worldwide packaging company operating in 32 countries) in 1986 as vice president for administration and general counsel. Prior to joining the company, he was in private law practice and was an outside counsel to Sonoco for several years. He was named president and chief executive officer of Sonoco in July 2000.

He serves on several boards including the Goodrich Board of Directors, the USC Business Partnership Foundation and the Presbyterian College Board of Trustees. He is president of the Board of Directors of the S.C. Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Foundation.
 
The late Cornell Alvin Johnson

 Johnson, a graduate of the Old Howard School, received his bachelor's degree from Biddle University (now Johnson C. Smith) in Charlotte and his master's degree from Columbia University in New York. He taught at the Mary Potter School in Oxford, North Carolina, and at the Old Howard School in Columbia. He was principal of Booker T. Washington High School from 1916-1930. He served as Supervisor of Negro Schools in Columbia from 1930-1950. He spearheaded the establishment of the Richland Teachers' Council Federal Credit Union, which was a resource for black teachers to borrow money for summer school tuition. Many of the teachers were aided in obtaining advanced degrees from northern universities.

After his retirement, Johnson was appointed field consultant to the South Carolina Educational and Finance Commission, working with another former principal planning for consolidation of districts, school buildings and equipment throughout the state. In 1960, Johnson was the first African-American elected chairman of the Johnson C. Smith University Board of Trustees. Richland One's C.A. Johnson High School, now C.A. Johnson Preparatory Academy, was named in his honor.
 
Dr. Kary B. Mullis

 Mullis, a 1962 graduate of Dreher High School, earned a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of California at Berkeley. He was a postdoctoral fellow in pediatric cardiology at the University of Kansas Medical School and also did postdoctoral work in pharmaceutical chemistry at the University of California at San Francisco.

He received a Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1993 for his invention of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The process, which Mullis conceptualized in 1983, is hailed as one of the monumental scientific techniques of the 20th Century. PCR, which was the theoretical basis for the novel and motion picture "Jurassic Park" because of its ability to extract DNA from fossils, is the basis of a new scientific discipline called paleobiology. Mullis has authored several major patents. His patented inventions include the PCR technology and UV-sensitive plastic that changes color in response to light. His most recent patent application covers a revolutionary approach to instantly mobilize the immune system to neutralize invading pathogens and toxins, leading to the formation of his latest venture, Altermune, LLC. He is a Distinguished Researcher at the Children's Hospital of Oakland Research Institute in Oakland, Calif.
 
Dr. John R. Stevenson

 Stevenson, a graduate of Tomlinson High School in Kingstree, earned his bachelor's degree in elementary education from Allen University and his master's degree in education, with a concentration in curriculum, from Boston University. He went on to receive his doctorate, with a major in public school administration, from Teachers College at Columbia University. His extensive professional experiences include serving as superintendent of Richland School District One from 1986-1994. He was the first African-American superintendent of Richland One. He also was a teacher, counselor, principal, assistant superintendent, associate superintendent and deputy superintendent in the district.

His numerous honors and awards include Distinguished Alumnus of the Year, by the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education; Outstanding Superintendent, by the South Carolina Vocational Education Association; and Superintendent of the Year, by the South Carolina School Boards Association. Upon his retirement from Richland One, Stevenson was named the district's Superintendent Emeritus. The Richland Street administrative office building was named in his honor.