Background
Horner, Sally McKay Melvin was born on November 17, 1935 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of John Stephen and Lila Williams (Chesnutt) Melvin.
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Sally McKay Melvin Horner
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Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, U. North Carolina, 1957; Doctor of Philosophy in Inorganic Chemistry, U. North Carolina, 1961.
Career
Research associate, instructor, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1961-1967;
professor of chemistry, Meredith College, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1967-1978;
department chairman chemistry and physics, Meredith College, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1972-1978;
assistant to president, director institutional research, Meredith College, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1975-1978;
dean arts and science, U. Charleston, West Virginia, 1978-1981;
provost, U. Charleston, West Virginia, 1978-1981;
vice president administration and finance, U. Charleston, West Virginia, 1981-1983;
acting president, U. Charleston, West Virginia, 1984;
vice chancellor planning, administration, and finance, University of Southern California-Coastal Carolina College, Myrtle Beach, 1984-1993;
executive vice president, Coastal Carolina U., Myrtle Beach, South Carolina., since 1993. Physics consultant Research Triangle Park (North Carolina) Institute, 1967. Consultant general administration U. North Carolina, 1977-1978, board regents, Charleston, 1983-1987.
Speaker in field; national forum American Council on Education Women Adminstrs., Phoenix, 1980. Chairman statewide commission on planning South Carolina. Commision on Higher Education, 1993-1996.
Member accreditation teams Southern Association Colleges Schools, Atlanta, since 1983. Chairman Finance Study Committee, 1993-1995. Commissioner Commission Colls.
Southern Association Colls.and Schools, since 1994.
Achievements
Membership
Executive committee, board directors Young Women’s Christian Association, Charleston, 1983-1984. Trustee Kanawha Players Theatre, Charleston, 1983-1984, Tara Hall Home for Boys, South Carolina., 1993-1995, Conway (South Carolina.) Hospital, since 1997. Board director, Waccamaw Mental Health Region, South Carolina., 1993-1995.
Treasurer Wheelwright Council for Arts, Conway, South Carolina., 1986. Member American Chemical Society (section officer 1975-1978), South Carolina. Association Women in Higher Education (board directors 1987-1992), Myrtle Beach Chamber of C. (finance committee 1988-1991), Society Sigma Xi, Order of Valkyries, Phi Beta Kappa.
Interests
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Married William Wesley Horner, June 9, 1953 (divorced 1983). Children: Stephanie McKay Horner Toney, John Wesley Horner.
