Mission
To recognize and honor distinguished deceased members of the South Carolina Bar memorializing their lives by inclusion of their contributions to the profession and society in the Roll of Honor Book at the USC Joseph F. Rice School of Law.
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Committee Co-Chair
Robert L. "Bobby" Kilgo, Jr.
Committee Co-Chair
Michelle D. Powers
Powers Law
About Memory Hold the Door
The South Carolina Bar Foundation makes an annual contribution to the law school’s MHTD Endowment Fund. The purpose of the funds is to promote, through the University of South Carolina Joseph F. Rice School of Law, the welfare of the legal profession by using the income for scholarships, lectures, and research.
The South Carolina Bar’s “Memory Hold the Door” Committee has charge of identifying and selecting individuals worthy of inclusion. The lawyers remembered, therefore, represent a true Honor Roll of the legal profession, selected by their fellow lawyers as best exemplifying the qualities of integrity, professionalism and skill required of the Bench and Bar.
An annual ceremony and reception are held in Columbia to recognize the new inductees. Honoree’s family and friends, and Bar members are invited to attend the program.
Make a Nomination
If you are interested in recommending a deceased SC Bar member to be inducted into Memory Hold the Door, please forward a letter of recommendation and any supporting documentation to Tara G. Caine at P.O. Box 608, Columbia, SC 29202 or email: tcaine@scbar.org. The candidate must have been in good standing with the SC Bar and the candidate’s date of death must not be more recent than the previous calendar year in order to qualify. Please note that in previous years, there have been exceptions.
Past Honorees
Click here to visit the USC Joseph F. Rice School of Law's Memory Hold the Door Roll of Inductees, which includes biographical and obituary information for each inductee.