Ernest F. "Fritz" Hollings remembered in photos
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Former South Carolina Governor and United States Senator Ernest "Fritz" Hollings through the years.
Former Sen. and South Carolina Gov. Fritz Hollings — joined by Charleston Mayor John Tecklenburg, Gov. Henry McMaster, former Mayor Joe Riley, U.S. Rep Jim Clyburn and Sen. Lindsey Graham — at the ceremony to unveil the statue of Hollings in the garden of the J. Waties Waring Judicial Center on Monday April 17, 2017. File/Grace Beahm/Staff
- By Grace Beahm gbeahm@postandcourier.com
Former Sen. and South Carolina Gov. Fritz Hollings is greeted by friends after the unveiling of his statue in the garden of the J. Waties Waring Judicial Center on Monday April 17, 2017, in Charleston. File/Grace Beahm/Staff
- By Grace Beahm gbeahm@postandcourier.com
After the ceremony commemorating the renaming of the federal courthouse in downtown Charleston from the Hollings Judicial Center to the J. Waties Waring Judicial Center, former Sen. Ernest F. Hollings and U.S. District Judge Richard M. Gergel pose among other dignitaries in the aisle of St. Michael's Church on Friday, October 2, 2015. File/Wade Spees/Staff
Peatsy Hollings smiles at her husband, retired U.S. Sen. Ernest "Fritz" Hollings, after unveiling his portrait during a special ceremony in 2005 in the Senate Chamber at the Statehouse in Columbia. Peatsy Hollings died Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012. File/Mary Ann Chastain/AP
U.S. Rep. James Clyburn gave a copy of the renaming legislation to former Sen. Fritz Hollings. A ceremony was held in St. Michael's Church on Friday, October 2, 2015, to honor the late U.S. District Judge J. Waites Waring — whose name would be carved in stone over the entrance to Charleston’s federal judicial annex — but it also honored former Sen. Ernest Hollings, whose name has been there since the annex opened. File/Wade Spees/Staff
Former Sen. Hollings (from lower left), U.S. Rep. James Clyburn and U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham join others in singing the national anthem. A ceremony was held in St. Michael's Church on Friday, October 2, 2015, to honor the late U.S. District Judge J. Waites Waring — whose name would be carved in stone over the entrance to Charleston’s federal judicial annex — but it also honored former Sen. Ernest Hollings, whose name has been there since the annex opened. File/Wade Spees/Staff
After speaking about the importance of the rule of law, Chief Justice Jean Toal of the state's Supreme Court, greeted former Sen. Fritz Hollings. A ceremony was held in St. Michael's Church on Friday, October 2, 2015, to honor the late U.S. District Judge J. Waites Waring — whose name would be carved in stone over the entrance to Charleston’s federal judicial annex — but it also honored former Sen. Ernest Hollings, whose name has been there since the annex opened. File/Wade Spees/Staff
S.C. Sen. Edgar Brown (from left), D-Barnwell, U.S. Sen. Ernest F. Hollings, D-S.C., and U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond, R-S.C., leave the Darlington Presbyterian Church on Sept. 20, 1972, after paying their final respects to the late state Sen. James P. Mozingo. File/Lou Krasky/AP
- LOU KRASKY
Sen. Ernest F. Hollings, D-S.C., holds a newspaper as he meets with media on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 7, 1969. He discussed the nomination of Clement F. Haynesworth to be a member of the Supreme Court. File/Henry Griffin/AP
- Henry Griffin
Gov. Ernest F. Hollings of South Carolina testifies on April 14, 1959, before the Senate Judiciary Constitutional Rights subcommittee on pending civil rights legislation. He termed the proposed laws “vicious and potentially dangerous.” File/William Smith/AP
- William Smith
Ernest F. Hollings of South Carolina was one of three southern governors and one senator to take the speaker’s stand during session of the Democratic National Convention to register their opposition to the civil rights plank in the party’s platform on July 12, 1960, in Los Angeles. The platform was adopted with the plank still in it. File/AP Photo
Mrs. A. J. Hollings gives a bit of advice to her son, Sen. Ernest Hollings, D-S.C., at a Capitol Hill reception following the opening of the 90th Congress in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 10, 1967. Hollings was one of seven new senators to take their oath as the session opened. File/AP
South Carolina Gov. Ernest F. Hollings and South Carolina Sen. Olin Johnston, with Gladys Johnston, share a bit of humor at National Airport in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1959, as the governor arrived to testify before a Senate committee. The committee is holding hearings on proposed civil rights legislation. File/Bob Schutz/AP
- Bob Schutz
Sen. Ernest F. Hollings of South Carolina, chairman of Senate National Ocean Policy Study, is deep in thought before appearing at a Massachusetts Commission on Marine Boundaries and Resources hearing in Boston on Friday, Feb. 28, 1975. Hollings charged the Department of Interior was undermining free enterprise in offshore oil bidding procedures. File/AP
Sen. Ernest F. Hollings, D-S.C., the ranking minority member of the committee, interviews Treasury Secretary Donald T. Regan on Wednesday, August 4, 1982, in Washington, D.C., before the Senate Budget Committee on Capitol Hill. File/Jeff Taylor/AP
- Jeff Taylor
Opponents of the MX missile system on the stops of the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, June 15, 198,3 in Washington, D.C., launching a lobbying campaign against the weapon. From left are: Sen. Ernest F. Hollings, D-S.C., Sen. Alan Cranston, D-Calif., Rep. Ronald Dellums, D-Calif., and Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass. File/Scott Stewart/AP
- Scott Stewart
Former Vice President Walter Mondale (left) reaches to shake hands with Sen. John Glenn (right) as fellow Democratic Presidential hopeful Sen. Ernest Hollings watches prior to the start of a debate among seven Democratic candidates for the presidential nomination at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government on Thursday, Jan. 31, 1984, in Cambridge, Mass. File/Elise Amendola/AP
- Elise Amendola
Democratic presidential hopefuls stand together before the start of a debate at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 1984, in Cambridge, Mass. From left are: Sen. Alan Cranston, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, George McGovern, Sen. Gary Hart, Sen. John Glenn, Walter Mondale and Sen. Ernest Hollings. File/David Tenenbaum/AP
- David Tenenbaum
John F. Kennedy waves to the crowds who arrived to greet him at the Columbia Airport on Oct. 10, 1960, on a campaign stop prior to the election. He was elected president just four weeks after this photo was taken. With him are Sen. Olin D. Johnston (center), D-S.C., and Gov. Ernest F. Hollings (right). File/Richard Burbage/Staff
- Richard Burbage
Patrick Michael Duffy takes the oath from U.S. Sen. Ernest F. Hollings (right) while Katherine H. Duffy holds the Bible. Duffy was sworn in as United States District Judge in a courtroom at the Hollings Judicial Center on February 2, 1996. 2/9/96. File/Bill Jordan/Staff
Secretary of the Navy John Dalton (left) and U.S. Sen. Ernest F. "Fritz" Hollings share a laugh while holding NISE-East caps, presented to them at the naming of the NISE East Engineering Center. The center was named for Hollings during a ceremony on August 21, 1995. File/Roger Cureton/Staff
- Roger Cureton
U.S. Customs Supervisor Blondell Hayes explains the ""VACIS"" Vehicle and Cargo Inspection System to Commissioner of Customs Robert Bonner (from left), Sen. Fritz Hollings, Sen. John Breaux and Adm. James Loy Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard at the State Ports Authority Wando Terminal on February 19, 2002. The men were in Charleston for a Senate Commerce Committee National Port Security hearing. File/Brad Nettles/Staff
- Brad Nettles
While unveiling the plaque at the dedication of the new Padgett-Thomas Barracks on Friday, September 24, 2004, 2nd Battalion Cmdr. Courtney Carnegie Jr. and U.S. Sen. Ernest F. Hollings, Citadel class of 1942, had to catch it as it pulled away from its anchors at the entrance. The $28 million building replaced the original campus landmark that was built in 1922. File/Wade Spees/Staff
- By Wade Spees wspees@postandcourier.com
U.S. Sen. Fritz Hollings surveys damage on Friday, August 14, 1999, caused by a fire the day before that left his and three other homes destroyed in the Wild Dunes community of the Isle of Palms. No one was injured in the blaze. File/Mic Smith/Staff
- Mic Smith/Staff
Sen. Ernest F. Hollings, D-S.C., ranking Democrat on the Senate Budget Committee, appearing on NBC-TV’s “Today” show on Friday, Feb. 12, 1982, in Washington, D.C., said, “There’s no chance whatever of his (Ronald Reagan’s) budget passing, everybody knows that, not that mine will pass either.” Hollings unveiled a plan of his own earlier that week. File/Bob Daugherty/AP
- Bob Daugherty
Retired U.S. Sen. Ernest "Fitz" Hollings makes his remarks after unavailing his portrait during a special ceremony Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2005, in the Senate chambers at the Statehouse in Columbia. The portrait will be on permanent display in the chambers. File/Mary Ann Chastain/AP
- MARY ANN CHASTAIN
Vice President Joe Biden (right) joins former U.S. Sen. Ernest F. "Fritz" Hollings during the dedication ceremony of the new Ernest F. Hollings Special Collections Library on Friday, July 23, 2010, in Columbia. File/Mary Ann Chastain/AP
- Mary Ann Chastain
Vice President Joe Biden (left) stands with former U.S. Sen. Ernest F. "Fritz" Hollings during the dedication ceremony of the new Ernest F. Hollings Special Collections Library on Friday, July 23, 2010, in Columbia. Looking on is University of South Carolina President Harris Pastides. File/Mary Ann Chastain/AP
- Mary Ann Chastain
Former U.S. Sen. Ernest F. "Fritz" Hollings reacts to Vice President Joe Biden's speech during the dedication ceremony of the new Ernest F. Hollings Special Collections Library on Friday, July 23, 2010, in Columbia. File/Mary Ann Chastain/AP
- Mary Ann Chastain
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Former Sen. and South Carolina Gov. Fritz Hollings — joined by Charleston Mayor John Tecklenburg, Gov. Henry McMaster, former Mayor Joe Riley, U.S. Rep Jim Clyburn and Sen. Lindsey Graham — at the ceremony to unveil the statue of Hollings in the garden of the J. Waties Waring Judicial Center on Monday April 17, 2017. File/Grace Beahm/Staff
- By Grace Beahm gbeahm@postandcourier.com
Former Sen. and South Carolina Gov. Fritz Hollings is greeted by friends after the unveiling of his statue in the garden of the J. Waties Waring Judicial Center on Monday April 17, 2017, in Charleston. File/Grace Beahm/Staff
- By Grace Beahm gbeahm@postandcourier.com
After the ceremony commemorating the renaming of the federal courthouse in downtown Charleston from the Hollings Judicial Center to the J. Waties Waring Judicial Center, former Sen. Ernest F. Hollings and U.S. District Judge Richard M. Gergel pose among other dignitaries in the aisle of St. Michael's Church on Friday, October 2, 2015. File/Wade Spees/Staff
Former U.S. Sen. Fritz Hollings talks about the former Charleston Naval Base and the progress the shipyard has made since the base closing. File/Grace Beahm Alford/Staff
Former Sen. Fritz Hollings talks about the former Charleston Naval Base on Monday, February 11, 2013, and the progress the shipyard has made since the base closing. File/Grace Beahm Alford/Staff
- Grace Beahm
Peatsy Hollings smiles at her husband, retired U.S. Sen. Ernest "Fritz" Hollings, after unveiling his portrait during a special ceremony in 2005 in the Senate Chamber at the Statehouse in Columbia. Peatsy Hollings died Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012. File/Mary Ann Chastain/AP
Ernest "Fritz" Hollings married his wife, Peatsy, in 1971. File/Provided
Sen. Fritz Hollings, D-S.C., speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in January 2002. The then-82-year-old left the Senate after 38 years. File/Dennis Cook/AP
- DENNIS COOK
Fritz Hollings speaking at Cape Romain Wildlife Refuge in June of 2011. File
Vice President Joe Biden (right) laughs with Fritz Hollings during a ceremony dedicating the Hollings Special Collections Library at the University of South Carolina in 2010. File
Sens. Fritz Hollings, D-S.C., and Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., hold a news conference in 1975 to talk about oil profits. File
U.S. Rep. James Clyburn gave a copy of the renaming legislation to former Sen. Fritz Hollings. A ceremony was held in St. Michael's Church on Friday, October 2, 2015, to honor the late U.S. District Judge J. Waites Waring — whose name would be carved in stone over the entrance to Charleston’s federal judicial annex — but it also honored former Sen. Ernest Hollings, whose name has been there since the annex opened. File/Wade Spees/Staff
Former Sen. Hollings (from lower left), U.S. Rep. James Clyburn and U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham join others in singing the national anthem. A ceremony was held in St. Michael's Church on Friday, October 2, 2015, to honor the late U.S. District Judge J. Waites Waring — whose name would be carved in stone over the entrance to Charleston’s federal judicial annex — but it also honored former Sen. Ernest Hollings, whose name has been there since the annex opened. File/Wade Spees/Staff
After speaking about the importance of the rule of law, Chief Justice Jean Toal of the state's Supreme Court, greeted former Sen. Fritz Hollings. A ceremony was held in St. Michael's Church on Friday, October 2, 2015, to honor the late U.S. District Judge J. Waites Waring — whose name would be carved in stone over the entrance to Charleston’s federal judicial annex — but it also honored former Sen. Ernest Hollings, whose name has been there since the annex opened. File/Wade Spees/Staff
A photo by Cecil Williams of Sen. John F. Kennedy campaigning for president in 1960. To his right is Fritz Hollings, then-governor of South Carolina. File/Provided
Ernest F. "Fritz" Hollings graduated from The Citadel in 1942. He lived in the Padgett-Thomas barracks his first year. File/Provided
Former U.S. Sen. Fritz Hollings and current U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham share a moment at the Hollings Cancer Center in Charleston in 2008. Hollings briefly sought the presidency in 1984. File
Sen. Fritz Hollings gives a speech at the Visitors Center in April 1997 with Mayor Joseph P. Riley Jr. in the background. File
Fritz Hollings was South Carolina's governor from 1959 to 1963. File/Provided
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U.S. Sen. Fritz Hollings at a budget committee hearing early in his career. File/Provided
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Fritz Hollings is sworn in as a U.S. senator in 1966 by Vice President Hubert Humphrey. File/Provided
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S.C. Sen. Edgar Brown (from left), D-Barnwell, U.S. Sen. Ernest F. Hollings, D-S.C., and U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond, R-S.C., leave the Darlington Presbyterian Church on Sept. 20, 1972, after paying their final respects to the late state Sen. James P. Mozingo. File/Lou Krasky/AP
- LOU KRASKY
Sen. Ernest Hollings, D-S.C., visits refugee children at a dining hall at An Loi, South Vietnam, 30 miles east of Saigon, during an inspection of the refugee camp on Friday, Jan. 19, 1973. File/ Neal Ulevich/AP
- Neal Ulevich
Sen. Ernest F. Hollings, D-S.C., holds a newspaper as he meets with media on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 7, 1969. He discussed the nomination of Clement F. Haynesworth to be a member of the Supreme Court. File/Henry Griffin/AP
- Henry Griffin
Sen. Elect Ernest Hollings, D-S.C., poses in Washington after signing senate payroll on Nov. 10, 1966. File/Henry Griffin/AP
- Henry Griffin
Gov. Ernest F. Hollings of South Carolina testifies on April 14, 1959, before the Senate Judiciary Constitutional Rights subcommittee on pending civil rights legislation. He termed the proposed laws “vicious and potentially dangerous.” File/William Smith/AP
- William Smith
Ernest F. Hollings of South Carolina was one of three southern governors and one senator to take the speaker’s stand during session of the Democratic National Convention to register their opposition to the civil rights plank in the party’s platform on July 12, 1960, in Los Angeles. The platform was adopted with the plank still in it. File/AP Photo
Mrs. A. J. Hollings gives a bit of advice to her son, Sen. Ernest Hollings, D-S.C., at a Capitol Hill reception following the opening of the 90th Congress in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 10, 1967. Hollings was one of seven new senators to take their oath as the session opened. File/AP
South Carolina Gov. Ernest F. Hollings and South Carolina Sen. Olin Johnston, with Gladys Johnston, share a bit of humor at National Airport in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1959, as the governor arrived to testify before a Senate committee. The committee is holding hearings on proposed civil rights legislation. File/Bob Schutz/AP
- Bob Schutz
Sen. Ernest F. Hollings of South Carolina, chairman of Senate National Ocean Policy Study, is deep in thought before appearing at a Massachusetts Commission on Marine Boundaries and Resources hearing in Boston on Friday, Feb. 28, 1975. Hollings charged the Department of Interior was undermining free enterprise in offshore oil bidding procedures. File/AP
Sen. Ernest F. Hollings, D-S.C., the ranking minority member of the committee, interviews Treasury Secretary Donald T. Regan on Wednesday, August 4, 1982, in Washington, D.C., before the Senate Budget Committee on Capitol Hill. File/Jeff Taylor/AP
- Jeff Taylor
Opponents of the MX missile system on the stops of the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, June 15, 198,3 in Washington, D.C., launching a lobbying campaign against the weapon. From left are: Sen. Ernest F. Hollings, D-S.C., Sen. Alan Cranston, D-Calif., Rep. Ronald Dellums, D-Calif., and Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass. File/Scott Stewart/AP
- Scott Stewart
Former Vice President Walter Mondale (left) reaches to shake hands with Sen. John Glenn (right) as fellow Democratic Presidential hopeful Sen. Ernest Hollings watches prior to the start of a debate among seven Democratic candidates for the presidential nomination at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government on Thursday, Jan. 31, 1984, in Cambridge, Mass. File/Elise Amendola/AP
- Elise Amendola
Democratic presidential hopefuls stand together before the start of a debate at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 1984, in Cambridge, Mass. From left are: Sen. Alan Cranston, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, George McGovern, Sen. Gary Hart, Sen. John Glenn, Walter Mondale and Sen. Ernest Hollings. File/David Tenenbaum/AP
- David Tenenbaum
Sen. Ernest "Fritz'' Hollings, D-S.C., addresses the Senate on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2004, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. APTN/AP
Ernest "Fritz" Hollings as a young man. File/Provided
Ernest "Fritz" Hollings. File/Provided
Ernest "Fritz" Hollings as an infant. File/Provided
Ernest "Fritz" Hollings in June 1958. File/Provided
Ernest "Fritz" Hollings in June 1958. File/Provided
Ernest "Fritz" Hollings in June 1958. File/Provided
Governor Ernest "Fritz" Hollings at the Citadel in 1959. File/Provided
Gov. Ernest "Fritz" Hollings at a hearing in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1959. File/Provided
John F. Kennedy waves to the crowds who arrived to greet him at the Columbia Airport on Oct. 10, 1960, on a campaign stop prior to the election. He was elected president just four weeks after this photo was taken. With him are Sen. Olin D. Johnston (center), D-S.C., and Gov. Ernest F. Hollings (right). File/Richard Burbage/Staff
- Richard Burbage
Patrick Michael Duffy takes the oath from U.S. Sen. Ernest F. Hollings (right) while Katherine H. Duffy holds the Bible. Duffy was sworn in as United States District Judge in a courtroom at the Hollings Judicial Center on February 2, 1996. 2/9/96. File/Bill Jordan/Staff
Fritz Hollings defeated Republican challenger Bob Inglis to retain his U.S. Senate seat in 1998. File/Matthew Fortner/Staff
Sen. Ernest Hollings shakes hands with AME Church Bishop John Hurst Adams on Feb. 15, 1999. File/Matthew Fortner/Staff
- Matthew Fortner
Fritz Hollings and Jim Clyburn, when he was on his hunger tour in the late 1960s. File
Secretary of the Navy John Dalton (left) and U.S. Sen. Ernest F. "Fritz" Hollings share a laugh while holding NISE-East caps, presented to them at the naming of the NISE East Engineering Center. The center was named for Hollings during a ceremony on August 21, 1995. File/Roger Cureton/Staff
- Roger Cureton
U.S. Customs Supervisor Blondell Hayes explains the ""VACIS"" Vehicle and Cargo Inspection System to Commissioner of Customs Robert Bonner (from left), Sen. Fritz Hollings, Sen. John Breaux and Adm. James Loy Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard at the State Ports Authority Wando Terminal on February 19, 2002. The men were in Charleston for a Senate Commerce Committee National Port Security hearing. File/Brad Nettles/Staff
- Brad Nettles
While unveiling the plaque at the dedication of the new Padgett-Thomas Barracks on Friday, September 24, 2004, 2nd Battalion Cmdr. Courtney Carnegie Jr. and U.S. Sen. Ernest F. Hollings, Citadel class of 1942, had to catch it as it pulled away from its anchors at the entrance. The $28 million building replaced the original campus landmark that was built in 1922. File/Wade Spees/Staff
- By Wade Spees wspees@postandcourier.com
U.S. Sen. Fritz Hollings surveys damage on Friday, August 14, 1999, caused by a fire the day before that left his and three other homes destroyed in the Wild Dunes community of the Isle of Palms. No one was injured in the blaze. File/Mic Smith/Staff
- Mic Smith/Staff
South Carolina Congressman Jim Clyburn (left) and South Carolina Sen. Fritz Hollings (right) talk with President George W. Bush after landing at the Charleston Air Force Base on December, 11, 2001. File/Brad Nettles/Staff
- Brad Nettles
Senator Ernest F. Hollings, D-S.C., on April 20, 1971, in Washington, D.C. File/ Henry Griffin/AP
- Henry Griffin
Sen. Ernest "Fritz" Hollings, D-S.C., announces that he that will not seek re-election during a news conference on Monday, August 4, 2003, in Columbia. Hollings was first elected to the Senate in 1966. File/Mary Ann Chastain/AP
- MARY ANN CHASTAIN
President John F. Kennedy talks with Gov. Ernest Hollings of South Carolina in his White House office on Feb. 15, 1961, in Washington, D.C. File/AP
President John F. Kennedy talks with Gov. Ernest Hollings of South Carolina in his White House office on Feb. 15, 1961, in Washington, D.C. File/AP
Sen. Ernest F. Hollings, D-S.C., ranking Democrat on the Senate Budget Committee, appearing on NBC-TV’s “Today” show on Friday, Feb. 12, 1982, in Washington, D.C., said, “There’s no chance whatever of his (Ronald Reagan’s) budget passing, everybody knows that, not that mine will pass either.” Hollings unveiled a plan of his own earlier that week. File/Bob Daugherty/AP
- Bob Daugherty
Senator Ernest F. Hollings, D-S.C., speaking on July 20, 1983, in Washington D.C. File/Harvey Georges/AP
Presidential candidate Ernest Hollings reacts to a remark by Georgia House Speaker Thomas Murphy, D-Bremen, during an appearance before the Georgia House in Atlanta on Monday, Feb. 6, 1984. File/Ric Feld/AP
- Ric Feld
Retired U.S. Sen. Ernest "Fitz" Hollings makes his remarks after unavailing his portrait during a special ceremony Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2005, in the Senate chambers at the Statehouse in Columbia. The portrait will be on permanent display in the chambers. File/Mary Ann Chastain/AP
- MARY ANN CHASTAIN
Vice President Joe Biden (right) joins former U.S. Sen. Ernest F. "Fritz" Hollings during the dedication ceremony of the new Ernest F. Hollings Special Collections Library on Friday, July 23, 2010, in Columbia. File/Mary Ann Chastain/AP
- Mary Ann Chastain
Vice President Joe Biden (left) stands with former U.S. Sen. Ernest F. "Fritz" Hollings during the dedication ceremony of the new Ernest F. Hollings Special Collections Library on Friday, July 23, 2010, in Columbia. Looking on is University of South Carolina President Harris Pastides. File/Mary Ann Chastain/AP
- Mary Ann Chastain
Former U.S. Sen. Ernest F. "Fritz" Hollings reacts to Vice President Joe Biden's speech during the dedication ceremony of the new Ernest F. Hollings Special Collections Library on Friday, July 23, 2010, in Columbia. File/Mary Ann Chastain/AP
- Mary Ann Chastain
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