Background
Hipp, William Hayne was born on March 11, 1940 in Greenville, South Carolina, United States. Son of Francis Moffett and Mary Matilda (Looper) Hipp.
Insurance and broadcasting executive
Hipp, William Hayne was born on March 11, 1940 in Greenville, South Carolina, United States. Son of Francis Moffett and Mary Matilda (Looper) Hipp.
Bachelor, Washington and Lee University, 1962; Master of Business Administration, University of Pennsylvania, 1965.
With, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, 1965-1969; vice president, Liberty Life Insurance Company, Greenville, South Carolina., 1969-1974; executive vice president, Liberty Life Insurance Company, Greenville, South Carolina., 1977-1979; Chairman, Board Of Directors, Liberty Life Insurance Company, Greenville, South Carolina., since 1979; chief Executive officer, Liberty Corporation, Greenville, since 1979; also board directors, Liberty Corporation, Greenville. Board directors Wachovia Corporation, SCANA Corporation, South Carolina. Research Authority.
Trustee, vice-chairman National Urban League, 1979-1989. Trustee Committee Economic Development, New York, since 1988, Episcopal High School, Alexandria, Virginia, 1982-1988. Chairman Greenville Urban League, 1978, Greenville Young Men’s Christian Association, 1979.
Trustee Greenville County School Systems, 1975-1976, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, 1985-1995, Greenville Chamber of Commerce, 1985. Trustee, chairman Alliance for Quality Education, since 1986, Greenville Hospital Systems, 1989-1995. Board directors American Council Life Insurance, since 1995, South Carolina State Development Board, 1980-1985, and others.
Member Greenville Chamber of Commerce (chairman 1985).
Married Anna Kate Reid, June 14, 1963. Children: Mary Henigan, Francis Reid, Anna Hayne.