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Greenville Office Welcomes Incoming Furman President Rod Smolla
May 6, 2010
GREENVILLE, S.C.—Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC., hosted a welcome reception for incoming Furman University President Rod Smolla on Tuesday, May 4th. More than 100 leaders from the local business community came to the firm’s downtown Greenville office to meet Smolla, who will become Furman’s 11th President on July 1st.
“In addition to being a first-rate educational institution, Furman also is a vital component of the Upstate’s economy,” said Womble Carlyle attorney Larry Estridge, a member of the Furman University Board of Trustees. “Local business leaders and university officials are working toward many common goals.”
Smolla comes to Furman from Washington and Lee School of Law, where he is a Dean and Roy L. Steinheimer Professor of Law. He is widely regarded as one of the nation’s leading experts on academic freedom, freedom of speech and freedom of the press. He is the author of such books as Free Speech in an Open Society, Deliberate Intent, and Jerry Falwell vs. Larry Flynt: The First Amendment on Trial. He is a regular contributor to the New York Times Book Review, Slate.com and The Huffington Post.
He succeeds David Shi, who is retiring after 16 years as Furman President.
“We are honored to welcome Rod to Greenville, and pleased to facilitate what we are sure will be a valuable working relationship between Rod and the local business community,” said Allen Grumbine, Managing Member of Womble Carlyle’s Greenville Office.
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