college football head coach
Robert G. Owens Jr., U.S. Marine Corps major general and flying ace
Richard Riley, 6th United States Secretary of Education and former Governor of South Carolina
Bear Rinehart, musician
Mark Sanford, politician, former Governor of South Carolina and former U.S. Representative for South Carolina's 1st district
John E. Sloan, US Army major general, attended as a member of the class of 1907
Alexander Stubb, 13th President of Finland, 2024–, 43rd prime minister of Finland, 2014–15, Minister of Finance, 2015–16
Allie Beth Stuckey, podcast host, blogger, and conservative commentator
Charles H Townes, physicist, 1964 Nobel Prize winner in physics
Letitia H. Verdin, Associate Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court
John B. Watson, psychologist, founder of Behaviorism
Xavier Woods, professional wrestler and YouTube personality
Sam Wyche, professional football coach
Walker Zimmerman, professional soccer player
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Alan Axelrod, historian and author of business and management …