Voorhees College

Dr. Donald L. Fowler, board chairman, will deliver the commencement address, which will be held Saturday, May 8 at 11 a.m. in the Leonard E. Dawson Health and Human Resources Center.  

Fowler is also the chairman of Fowler Communications, Inc., a public relations and governmental affairs firm in Columbia. He began teaching at the University of South Carolina in 1964, where he now serves as an adjunct instructor of American politics in the political science department.  

Retiring in 1987, Fowler served for 30 years in the United States Army as an active duty officer and reservist. He also is a former chair of the Democratic National Committee and the South Carolina Democratic Party.    

He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology at Wofford College and a Master of Arts and doctoral degree from the University of Kentucky in political science. He is a native of Spartanburg.

Fowler is currently a board of visitors member for the University of South Carolina and the University of Kentucky. He is also a life member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. In addition, Fowler received the Order of Palmetto under former South Carolina governors John C. West, Richard Riley and Jim Hodges.