William Fripp "Buddy" Prioleau Jr., a member emeritus of The Citadel Board of Visitors and a former legal counsel to three South Carolina governors, died Sunday in a Columbia hospital. He was 74.
For more than a half century, Prioleau was associated with The Citadel and was one of only three people who received emeritus membership status on the Board of Visitors. He was elected to the board in 1969 and left in 1994. He served as chairman and vice chairman, and as chairman of the Finance Committee.
In 1981, The Association of Citadel Men named him Man of The Year. In 1986, he received an honorary doctorate from The Citadel. His portrait hangs in the Daniel Library on the campus.
Jimmy Jones, chairman of the Citadel board, said Monday that Prioleau "is a legend and he will be missed by the entire board. He was one of the truly great board members."
T. Eston Marchant, former South Carolina adjutant general and Prioleau's boyhood friend and neighbor in Columbia, said he was a good-natured, hard-working man.
The board's vice chairman emeritus, Thomas C. "Nap" Vandiver of Greenville, said, "Buddy was one of the best friends I ever had. ... He was a real credit to The Citadel and the state."
Prioleau enrolled in the military college in 1939. His education was interrupted in 1942 by World War II when he enlisted in the Army and served in the Pacific Theater. After the war, he returned to the college and graduated in 1946. He received a law degree in 1949 from the University of South Carolina.
Prioleau, senior partner in the law firm of Prioleau & Walker in Columbia, was legal counsel to Govs. Strom Thurmond, James F. Byrnes and George Bell Timmerman. In 1953, Prioleau declined an appointment as U.S. attorney to remain on Byrnes' staff.
For 12 years, Prioleau served as secretary-treasurer of the S.C. Bar, and for five years as state representative to the House of Delegates, the governing board of the American Bar Association.
He was a member of the board of commissioners of the South Carolina Confederate Home, chairman of the S.C. Muscular Dystrophy Association, president of the S.C. Carillon, president of the Columbia USO and a member of the state Commission on Higher Education. He also served as an acting judge in the Richland County Family Court.
He served as general counsel to the Patriot's Point Development Authority.
He was the owner of the Cassena Inn on Pawleys Island, and was an active member of All Saints Episcopal Church on the island. He was a member of the Carolina Yacht Club.
In 1970, he retired from the S.C. National Guard. He commanded the unit in the 51st Division that won in 1976 the cup for the best Reserve unit in the 3rd Army.
The funeral will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday in Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Columbia. Burial, directed by Dunbar's Gervais Street Chapel, will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in All Saints Episcopal Church Cemetery on Pawleys Island.
Prioleau was born in Columbia, a son of William F. Prioleau and Mary Wells Prioleau. He was the widower of Roberta Maybank Prioleau of Charleston.
Surviving are a son, William Fripp Prioleau III of Columbia; three daughters, Elizabeth deRosset Prioleau of Charleston, Mary W. Wesley of Columbia and Roberta P. Moran of Columbia; and five grandchildren.
The Charleston Post & Courier - Tuesday, January 28, 1997
For more than a half century, Prioleau was associated with The Citadel and was one of only three people who received emeritus membership status on the Board of Visitors. He was elected to the board in 1969 and left in 1994. He served as chairman and vice chairman, and as chairman of the Finance Committee.
In 1981, The Association of Citadel Men named him Man of The Year. In 1986, he received an honorary doctorate from The Citadel. His portrait hangs in the Daniel Library on the campus.
Jimmy Jones, chairman of the Citadel board, said Monday that Prioleau "is a legend and he will be missed by the entire board. He was one of the truly great board members."
T. Eston Marchant, former South Carolina adjutant general and Prioleau's boyhood friend and neighbor in Columbia, said he was a good-natured, hard-working man.
The board's vice chairman emeritus, Thomas C. "Nap" Vandiver of Greenville, said, "Buddy was one of the best friends I ever had. ... He was a real credit to The Citadel and the state."
Prioleau enrolled in the military college in 1939. His education was interrupted in 1942 by World War II when he enlisted in the Army and served in the Pacific Theater. After the war, he returned to the college and graduated in 1946. He received a law degree in 1949 from the University of South Carolina.
Prioleau, senior partner in the law firm of Prioleau & Walker in Columbia, was legal counsel to Govs. Strom Thurmond, James F. Byrnes and George Bell Timmerman. In 1953, Prioleau declined an appointment as U.S. attorney to remain on Byrnes' staff.
For 12 years, Prioleau served as secretary-treasurer of the S.C. Bar, and for five years as state representative to the House of Delegates, the governing board of the American Bar Association.
He was a member of the board of commissioners of the South Carolina Confederate Home, chairman of the S.C. Muscular Dystrophy Association, president of the S.C. Carillon, president of the Columbia USO and a member of the state Commission on Higher Education. He also served as an acting judge in the Richland County Family Court.
He served as general counsel to the Patriot's Point Development Authority.
He was the owner of the Cassena Inn on Pawleys Island, and was an active member of All Saints Episcopal Church on the island. He was a member of the Carolina Yacht Club.
In 1970, he retired from the S.C. National Guard. He commanded the unit in the 51st Division that won in 1976 the cup for the best Reserve unit in the 3rd Army.
The funeral will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday in Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Columbia. Burial, directed by Dunbar's Gervais Street Chapel, will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in All Saints Episcopal Church Cemetery on Pawleys Island.
Prioleau was born in Columbia, a son of William F. Prioleau and Mary Wells Prioleau. He was the widower of Roberta Maybank Prioleau of Charleston.
Surviving are a son, William Fripp Prioleau III of Columbia; three daughters, Elizabeth deRosset Prioleau of Charleston, Mary W. Wesley of Columbia and Roberta P. Moran of Columbia; and five grandchildren.
The Charleston Post & Courier - Tuesday, January 28, 1997
William Fripp "Buddy" Prioleau Jr., a member emeritus of The Citadel Board of Visitors and a former legal counsel to three South Carolina governors, died Sunday in a Columbia hospital. He was 74.
For more than a half century, Prioleau was associated with The Citadel and was one of only three people who received emeritus membership status on the Board of Visitors. He was elected to the board in 1969 and left in 1994. He served as chairman and vice chairman, and as chairman of the Finance Committee.
In 1981, The Association of Citadel Men named him Man of The Year. In 1986, he received an honorary doctorate from The Citadel. His portrait hangs in the Daniel Library on the campus.
Jimmy Jones, chairman of the Citadel board, said Monday that Prioleau "is a legend and he will be missed by the entire board. He was one of the truly great board members."
T. Eston Marchant, former South Carolina adjutant general and Prioleau's boyhood friend and neighbor in Columbia, said he was a good-natured, hard-working man.
The board's vice chairman emeritus, Thomas C. "Nap" Vandiver of Greenville, said, "Buddy was one of the best friends I ever had. ... He was a real credit to The Citadel and the state."
Prioleau enrolled in the military college in 1939. His education was interrupted in 1942 by World War II when he enlisted in the Army and served in the Pacific Theater. After the war, he returned to the college and graduated in 1946. He received a law degree in 1949 from the University of South Carolina.
Prioleau, senior partner in the law firm of Prioleau & Walker in Columbia, was legal counsel to Govs. Strom Thurmond, James F. Byrnes and George Bell Timmerman. In 1953, Prioleau declined an appointment as U.S. attorney to remain on Byrnes' staff.
For 12 years, Prioleau served as secretary-treasurer of the S.C. Bar, and for five years as state representative to the House of Delegates, the governing board of the American Bar Association.
He was a member of the board of commissioners of the South Carolina Confederate Home, chairman of the S.C. Muscular Dystrophy Association, president of the S.C. Carillon, president of the Columbia USO and a member of the state Commission on Higher Education. He also served as an acting judge in the Richland County Family Court.
He served as general counsel to the Patriot's Point Development Authority.
He was the owner of the Cassena Inn on Pawleys Island, and was an active member of All Saints Episcopal Church on the island. He was a member of the Carolina Yacht Club.
In 1970, he retired from the S.C. National Guard. He commanded the unit in the 51st Division that won in 1976 the cup for the best Reserve unit in the 3rd Army.
The funeral will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday in Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Columbia. Burial, directed by Dunbar's Gervais Street Chapel, will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in All Saints Episcopal Church Cemetery on Pawleys Island.
Prioleau was born in Columbia, a son of William F. Prioleau and Mary Wells Prioleau. He was the widower of Roberta Maybank Prioleau of Charleston.
Surviving are a son, William Fripp Prioleau III of Columbia; three daughters, Elizabeth deRosset Prioleau of Charleston, Mary W. Wesley of Columbia and Roberta P. Moran of Columbia; and five grandchildren.
The Charleston Post & Courier - Tuesday, January 28, 1997
For more than a half century, Prioleau was associated with The Citadel and was one of only three people who received emeritus membership status on the Board of Visitors. He was elected to the board in 1969 and left in 1994. He served as chairman and vice chairman, and as chairman of the Finance Committee.
In 1981, The Association of Citadel Men named him Man of The Year. In 1986, he received an honorary doctorate from The Citadel. His portrait hangs in the Daniel Library on the campus.
Jimmy Jones, chairman of the Citadel board, said Monday that Prioleau "is a legend and he will be missed by the entire board. He was one of the truly great board members."
T. Eston Marchant, former South Carolina adjutant general and Prioleau's boyhood friend and neighbor in Columbia, said he was a good-natured, hard-working man.
The board's vice chairman emeritus, Thomas C. "Nap" Vandiver of Greenville, said, "Buddy was one of the best friends I ever had. ... He was a real credit to The Citadel and the state."
Prioleau enrolled in the military college in 1939. His education was interrupted in 1942 by World War II when he enlisted in the Army and served in the Pacific Theater. After the war, he returned to the college and graduated in 1946. He received a law degree in 1949 from the University of South Carolina.
Prioleau, senior partner in the law firm of Prioleau & Walker in Columbia, was legal counsel to Govs. Strom Thurmond, James F. Byrnes and George Bell Timmerman. In 1953, Prioleau declined an appointment as U.S. attorney to remain on Byrnes' staff.
For 12 years, Prioleau served as secretary-treasurer of the S.C. Bar, and for five years as state representative to the House of Delegates, the governing board of the American Bar Association.
He was a member of the board of commissioners of the South Carolina Confederate Home, chairman of the S.C. Muscular Dystrophy Association, president of the S.C. Carillon, president of the Columbia USO and a member of the state Commission on Higher Education. He also served as an acting judge in the Richland County Family Court.
He served as general counsel to the Patriot's Point Development Authority.
He was the owner of the Cassena Inn on Pawleys Island, and was an active member of All Saints Episcopal Church on the island. He was a member of the Carolina Yacht Club.
In 1970, he retired from the S.C. National Guard. He commanded the unit in the 51st Division that won in 1976 the cup for the best Reserve unit in the 3rd Army.
The funeral will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday in Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Columbia. Burial, directed by Dunbar's Gervais Street Chapel, will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in All Saints Episcopal Church Cemetery on Pawleys Island.
Prioleau was born in Columbia, a son of William F. Prioleau and Mary Wells Prioleau. He was the widower of Roberta Maybank Prioleau of Charleston.
Surviving are a son, William Fripp Prioleau III of Columbia; three daughters, Elizabeth deRosset Prioleau of Charleston, Mary W. Wesley of Columbia and Roberta P. Moran of Columbia; and five grandchildren.
The Charleston Post & Courier - Tuesday, January 28, 1997
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