Olin Eric Gambrell, III

Background

III, Olin Eric Gambrell, was born on March 22, 1946 in Anderson, South Carolina, United States. Son of Olin E. Gambrell, Junior and Doris V. Moore.

Education

Associate of Arts, Forrest College, Anderson, 1967. Associate of Arts, Anderson College, 1970. Bachelor, University South Carolina, 1972.

Postgraduate in business administration, Winthrop College, Rock Hill, South Carolina, 1978. Postgraduate, Central Wesleyan College, 1980—1981.

Career

Shift supervisor Miliken Textiles, Spartanburg, South Carolina, 1972-1974. Staff manager Liberty Life Insurance Company, Greenville, 1974-1978. Regional director New South Life Insurance, Charleston, 1978-1980.

Town administrator Town of Central, 1980-1988. City manager City of Woodruff, 1988-1993. Town manager Town of Batesburg-Leesville, South Carolina, 1993—2001.

Town administrator Towns of Johnston and Edgefield, since 2001. Consultant Gambrell Municipal Associates, since 2001.

Achievements

• Olin Eric Gambrell, III has been listed as a noteworthy municipal official by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Town Council, Central, South Carolina, 1980-1983. Football official South Carolina, 1982-1987. Active Downtown Woodruff Revitalization Board, 1988, Economic Development Board, 1988.

Officer Lower Piedmont Rescue Squad, 1989. Active Piedmont United Way, 1989-1992. Deacon board First Baptist Church, 1989-1992.

Active Piedmont Area Girl Scouts American, 1991-1994. Active Spartanburg County division American Heart Association, 1991-1993, Leadership Spartanburg, 1991, Leadership Lexington, 1995. With steering committee Spartanburg Education 2000, mentor program, 1991-1993, Woodruff High School Business Education Steering Committee, 1991-1993.

Southern Baptist Committee on Committees, 1998-1999, 2001^. Deacon board Batesburg Baptist Church, since 1996, treasurer, since 1996. Sergeant United States Army, 1967-1969, Vietnam.

Member Veterans of Foreign Wars, Submillimetre Common-User Bolometer Array, SCBLOA, Blue Ridge Underwriters Association (president 1981-1982), Batesville-Leesburg Chamber of Commerce, Rotary, Lions, Masons.

Interests

• Family, church, community.

Connections

Married Deiadra Teague Gambrell, October 7, 1972. Children: Heather Elizabeth, Erica Rose, Olin Eric IV.

Father:

Olin E. Gambrell

Mother:

Doris V. Moore

Spouse:

Deiadra Teague Gambrell

child:

Heather Elizabeth III

child:

Olin Eric IV III

child:

Erica Rose III