Background
Chambers, Henry Carroll was born on July 23, 1928 in Beaufort, South Carolina, United States.
Chambers, Henry Carroll was born on July 23, 1928 in Beaufort, South Carolina, United States.
Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, Clemson University, 1949.
From partner to vice president, Burton Block Company, 1952-1965; president, general manager, Burton Block & Concrete Company, Inc., 1965-1981; president, Deerfield Sand & Mining Company, Inc., 1958-1974; president, Deerfield Sand & Mining Company, Inc., Branchville, South Carolina., 1963-1973; president, Chambers-Cleckley, Inc., 1967-1974; president, Hilton Head Concrete, Inc., 1970-1974; president, South Atlantic Leasing Corporation, 1961-1974; vice president, Mediterranean Shipping Company, Inc., 1981-1984; broker, Beaufort Realty Company, since 1982; secretary-treasurer, Brays Island Plantation Company, 1987-1991.
Mayor City of Beaufort, 1969-1991. Chairman Beaufort County Development Board, 1958-1963. President, campaign chairman Beaufort County United Fund, 1960-1963, board directors, 1963.
Ruling elder First Presbyterian Church Beaufort. National alumni council representative, board visitors, president statewide advisory committee Clemson University. Member History Beaufort Foundation, 1969-1982, Governor's Beautification and Community Improvement Board, 1971-1974.
Chairman Beaufort district Boy Scouts American, 1959-1960, president Coastal Carolina council, 1968-1969. President, chairman board Beaufort Academy, 1951-1953. Member American Institute of Architects (honorary national and South Carolina chapter), Sons of Confederate Veterans, Sons of the American Revolution, American Society Landscape Architects (honor award 1987), Concrete Masonry Association, Society of America Military Engineers, American Concrete Institute, South Carolina Asphalt Pavement Association (past board directors), South Carolina Concrete Masonry Association (past president and board directors), South Carolina History Society (board curators, 1st vice president), Jamestowne Society, Beaufort County Chamber of C. (past board directors), National Sorjourners, Beaufort Council Navy League, First Families South Carolina, Jamestowne Society First Families, Hugenots Society, Sertoma Club (board directors Beaufort 1956-1958, charter president), Masons, Scottish Rite, York Rite.
Married Elizabeth Lee Brewer (deceased 2003).