The Strom Thurmond Institute of Government and Public Affairs at Clemson University established the Harris Page Smith Memorial Lectures on South Carolina local government in 1989 to provide a forum for reviewing and discussing the principal concerns of the state's counties and municipalities. The lectures will be presented annually by the presidents of the South Carolina association of Counties and the Municipal association of south carolina and published by the Institute. In establishing this lecture series, the Institute is attempting to perpetuate the work of Senator Harris Page Smith through whose encouragement the Strom Thurmond Institute's efforts in state and local government were initiated and to introduce the Clemson University community to continuing issues in South Carolina local government. No South Carolinian of Senator Smith's generation has done more than he to focus attention upon the importance of local government.

Harris Page Smith was elected to represent Pickens County in the South Carolina House of Representatives in 1963. He left the House after election to the South Carolina Senate in 1971 where he served until his death in 1981. During his service in the legislature, he played an active role in calling attention to the needs and concerns of local governments. Upon formation of the Advisory Council on Intergovernmental Relations by Governor Richard W. Riley, Senator Smith was named chairman of the group. Prior to that appointment he chaired the special study committee on alternative sources of revenue for municipal and county governments which called upon Clemson University faculty to provide staff support to the legislature in the form of policy studies.

A native of Easley, Harris Page Smith received his B.S. degree from Davidson College in 1949 and a law degree from the University of South Carolina in 1952. After two years of service in the U.S. Army, he returned home to Pickens County to practice law in 1954. He was active in numerous church, civic, and professional organizations. In 1952 he married Nell Whitley; and they had four children, Sam, Susan, Hugh, and Phyllis.

	The NEXT Harris Page Smith Lecture:
	Date:	TO BE ANNOUNCED

	Recent Harris Page Smith Lectures:
	Date:	Wednesday, January 24, 2001 - 3:30 p.m.
	Speaker:	Brad Wyche, Director, Upstate Forever Commission Chairman, Dept. of Health and Environmental Control
	Topic:	Land Use in South Carolina: The Great Challenge of the New Millennium
	Co-Sponsors:	Municipal Association of South Carolina South Carolina Association of Counties
	Date:	Thursday, November 18, 1998 - 3:30 p.m.
	Speaker:	Cheryll N. Woods-Flowers, Mayor of Mount Pleasant, President of the Municipal Association of South Carolina
	Topic:	Managing Rapid Growth from a Municipal Perspective
	Co-Sponsors:	Municipal Association of South Carolina South Carolina Association of Counties
	Date:	Thursday, November 19, 1998 - 3:30 p.m.
	Speaker:	James H. Rozier, Jr., Supervisor and Chairman, Berkeley County Council
	Topic:	Managing Growth in a Rapidly Growing County

Harris Page Smith Lectures Available:

• Wilkins, David H. "The Role of Local Government in the Republican Revolution," November 1995. 20pp.
  
  
• Price, Lessie B. "Municipal Government in South Carolina Today," and Eubanks, Jr., Raymond C. "County Government in South Carolina Today," November 1994. 16 pp.
  
  
• McBride, William L. "County Government in South Carolina Today," and Workman, III, William D. "Municipal Government in South Carolina Today," November 1993. 16pp.
  
  
• Creech, Stephen M. "Municipal Government in South Carolina Today," and Kennette, Belle J. "County Government in South Carolina Today," November 1992. 16 pp.
  
  
• McGee, James R. "County Government in SC Today;" and Clark, Mary Y. "Municipal Government in SC Today," November 1991. 16 pp.
  
  
• Drayton, Thomas A. "Municipal Government in South Carolina Today;" and Huckaby, Kenneth R. "County Government in South Carolina Today," November 1990. 15 pp.
  
  
• Spires, Lowell C., Jr. "County Government in South Carolina Today;" and Middleton, Marion W. "Municipal Government in South Carolina Today," November 1989. 28pp.