Distinctions

Dr. M. Michael Swindle, a professor and chairman of the Department of Comparative Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina, has received the Comparative Medicine Scientist Award from the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine.

Floralife Inc. of Walterboro received the Silver Crescent Award in the small manufacturer category from the South Carolina Manufacturing Extension Partnership and the Silver Crescent Foundation.

The Manufactured Housing Institute of South Carolina has presented awards to the following Charleston-area businesses and individuals: Paul Laurent, Dixie-George Jones Homes of Moncks Corner, Retail Sales Person of the Year; Brandon Reeves, Oakwood Homes, Outstanding Manufactured Home Retail Sales Person; Trailwood Manufactured Housing Community, Manufactured Housing Community of the Year; 1st Choice Housing Center, Outstanding Manufactured Home Retail Sales Center; and Strawberry Station, Outstanding Manufactured Home Community.

LS3P Associates Ltd. 's Image Studio won a DesignWorks Award from the Carolinas chapter of the International Interior Design Association in the health care category for the design of Cenegenics Medical Institute in Charleston.

Katie Whitman of Dunhill Staffing Systems of Charleston has been named Member of the Year by the South Carolina Association of Personnel and Staffing.

Party and Play Promotions of Mount Pleasant has received a National Party Retailing Award from Greetings Etc. magazine.

The College of Charleston's staff and faculty newsletter, The Portico, received an American Inhouse Design Award from Graphic Design USA magazine.

Dr. Louis Costa II, a plastic surgeon and clinical professor at the Medical University of South Carolina, has been elected president of the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners.

Robert H. Nuttall Jr. of Anchor Commercial/Corfac International has been named a regional director for the Southeast by the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors.

Robert D. "Robby" Robbins of Robert D. Robbins Attorney at Law LLC of Summerville has been named to the board of visitors of Charleston Southern University.

Krista D. Robertson of Trio Solutions Inc. has been elected president-elect of the Charleston chapter of the American Marketing Association.

Trident Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster has elected the following officers for 2008: Caroline Byrd, Trident United Way 2-1-1 Hotline, president; Desiree B. Proudfit, Heritage Trust Federal Credit Union, vice president; and John Panagiotou, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, secretary-treasurer.

The Charleston chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates has elected the following officers: Thomas J. Willis, president; Susan C. Rosen, president-elect; M. Dawes Cooke Jr. , vice president; and George J. Kefalos, secretary-treasurer.