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Photos 16Issue January 2015
Full CirclePhotograph by Caroline TanFace Time: “I try to be hands on,” says McConnell, who has spent much of his first months meeting with students, faculty, and alums. His initial focus is to “fine tune the machinery that’s already in place,” he notes.With Warren Lasch, former chairman of Friends of the Hunley, and Dr. Robert Neyland, then Hunley Project director, peering into the interior of the historic submarine in 2001Full CircleFull Circlea gold pocket watch, the Bingham Oratorical Medal, and the CofC Founders’ Medal (the highest honor given by the institution), which was awarded to him in 1992. Photograph by Caroline Tanhis college senior portrait;conducting Student Government Association businesspreparing for his role in The Hunley in 1998. Photograph by Caroline Tanin his new office, this gavel rests atop his dog-eared copy of Jefferson’s Manual, which he has used for more than 30 years. Photograph by Caroline Tanwith fellow students at the College of Charleston (CofC) in 1967with Representative Gilda Cobb-Hunter at the meeting of the African-American History Monument Commission in Columbia. Photograph by Caroline TanPresiding as Lieutenant Governor over the State Senate in 2012. Photograph by Caroline TanLieutenant Governor McConnell addresses the CofC graduating class of 2013Leadership 101: McConnell honed his public speaking and political finesse as president of the student government association during his senior year. “The college taught me how to be a leader,” he says.

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