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‘A remarkable legacy of leadership’: SEF President Pierce applauds Dick Riley
In a Forbes opinion piece, Southern Education Foundation President Raymond Pierce reflects on Dick Riley's record of public education in the state and the nation.
Continue ReadingGreenville Journal talks with Dick Riley about being 90
The Greenville Journal ran a feature about Richard W. Riley '54, former two-time governor of South Carolina, secretary of Education under President Bill Clinton and chief inspiration officer of The Riley Institute at Furman. The...
Continue ReadingFormer SC governor turns 90, looks back on life, reaching highest level of public service
Upon his 90th birthday, Furman alumnus, former South Carolina Governor and U.S. Secretary of State Richard W. Riley reflects on his life before, during and after his 38-year career in public office.
Continue ReadingSecretary Riley receives lifetime achievement award
The American Bar Foundation (ABF) has presented the inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award in Law and Education to former Secretary of Education and South Carolina Governor Richard “Dick” W. Riley ’54, for whom The Riley Institute...
Continue ReadingEnding systemic racism
On the fifth anniversary of the Mother Emanuel murders by a white supremacist, recent deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery remind us that we still need to have difficult conversations about ending...
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