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'''William Douglas Workman, III''' (July 3, 1940 &ndash; May 12, 2019),<ref name=ourcampaigns/> was an [[United States|American]] [[business]]man and [[politician]] who served from 1983 to 1995 as the [[mayor]] of Greenville, [[South Carolina]].<ref name=archives>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517152315/http://www.greenvillesc.gov/CityClerk/Archives/Mayors.aspxhttp://www.greenvillesc.gov/CityClerk/Archives/Mayors.aspx|title=Historical Archives: Mayors and Intendants, with photos|publisher=City of Greenville, South Carolina|accessdate=October 23, 2020}}</ref>  

'''William Douglas Workman, III''' (July 3, 1940 &ndash; May 12, 2019),<ref name=ourcampaigns/> was an [[United States|American]] [[business]]man and [[politician]] who served from 1983 to 1995 as the [[mayor]] of Greenville, [[South Carolina]].<ref name=archives>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517152315/http://www.greenvillesc.gov/CityClerk/Archives/Mayors.aspxhttp://www.greenvillesc.gov/CityClerk/Archives/Mayors.aspx|title=Historical Archives: Mayors and Intendants, with photos|publisher=City of Greenville, South Carolina|accessdate=October 23, 2020}}</ref>  

His father, W. D. Workman Jr.,  was a journalist with ''The Charleston News and Courier''' and then editor of ''The Columbia State'', who ran for the [[United States Senate]] in 1962 and for [[governor]] of South Carolina in 1982, both times as a [[Republican Party|Republican]].

His father, W. D. Workman Jr.,  was a journalist with ''The Charleston News and Courier'' and then editor of ''The Columbia State'', who ran for the [[United States Senate]] in 1962 and for [[governor]] of South Carolina in 1982, both times as a [[Republican Party|Republican]].

==Background==

==Background==

Workman was born in [[Charleston]], South Carolina<ref name=scorg>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517115227/http://southerncarolina.org/news.asp?id=456http://southerncarolina.org/news.asp?id=456|title=Local Leaders Named S.C. Economic Ambassadors|date=May 17, 2014|publisher=web.archive.org|accessdate=October 23, 2020}}</ref> as an intelligence officer during [[World War II]]. His mother, the former Heber Rhea Thomas (1918–1988), a native of Walterboro, was the supervisor of recreation for the Walterboro [[Works Progress Administration]] servicemen's club. Called "Tommie" by her husband, whom she married in May 1939, and "Dimples" by her friends,  Rhea Workman graduated from [[Winthrop College]] at age eighteen and went on to obtain her Doctorate from the [[University of South Carolina]].  She was a full Professor of [[English]] from 1957 to 1977 at Columbia College in the capital city of [[Columbia, South Carolina|Columbia]].<ref name=papers/> Her mother, Ruth Dorrill Thomas, Workman's grandmother, taught at Walterboro High School, where in 1935 launched the Future Teachers of America chapter at the school.<ref name=book>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jrMhp1Ie5XEC&pg=PA62&lpg=PA62&dq=Rhea+Workman+of+Walterboro,+SC&source=bl&ots=uBTS2yx1GZ&sig=gymGlVlZ8JPuLzRL5gzaTTnPpRY&hl=en&sa=X&ei=QZtzU7itI4ycqAbasoHYBg&ved=0CCYQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Rhea%20Workman%20of%20Walterboro%2C%20SC&f=false|title=Sherry J. Cawley, Around Walterboro, South Carolina, p. 62|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|year= 1998| ISBN=978-0-7385-6868-3|accessdate=May 14, 2014}}</ref> Workman has a sister, Dorrill "Dee" Workman Benedict of Greenville.<ref name=papers>{{cite web|url=http://library.sc.edu/socar/uscs/1995/workma95.html|title=William D. Workman Papers|publisher=library.sc.edu|accessdate=May 14, 2014}}</ref>

Workman was born in [[Charleston]], South Carolina<ref name=scorg>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517115227/http://southerncarolina.org/news.asp?id=456http://southerncarolina.org/news.asp?id=456|title=Local Leaders Named S.C. Economic Ambassadors|date=May 17, 2014|publisher=web.archive.org|accessdate=October 23, 2020}}</ref> as an intelligence officer during [[World War II]]. His mother, the former Heber Rhea Thomas (1918–1988), a native of Walterboro, was the supervisor of recreation for the Walterboro [[Works Progress Administration]] servicemen's club. Called "Tommie" by her husband, whom she married in May 1939, and "Dimples" by her friends,  Rhea Workman graduated from [[Winthrop College]] at age eighteen and went on to obtain her Doctorate from the [[University of South Carolina]].  She was a full Professor of [[English]] from 1957 to 1977 at Columbia College in the capital city of [[Columbia, South Carolina|Columbia]].<ref name=papers/> Her mother, Ruth Dorrill Thomas, Workman's grandmother, taught at Walterboro High School, where in 1935 launched the Future Teachers of America chapter at the school.<ref name=book>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jrMhp1Ie5XEC&pg=PA62&lpg=PA62&dq=Rhea+Workman+of+Walterboro,+SC&source=bl&ots=uBTS2yx1GZ&sig=gymGlVlZ8JPuLzRL5gzaTTnPpRY&hl=en&sa=X&ei=QZtzU7itI4ycqAbasoHYBg&ved=0CCYQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Rhea%20Workman%20of%20Walterboro%2C%20SC&f=false|title=Sherry J. Cawley, Around Walterboro, South Carolina, p. 62|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|year= 1998| ISBN=978-0-7385-6868-3|accessdate=May 14, 2014}}</ref> Workman has a sister, Dorrill "Dee" Workman Benedict of Greenville.<ref name=papers>{{cite web|url=http://library.sc.edu/socar/uscs/1995/workma95.html|title=William D. Workman Papers|publisher=library.sc.edu|accessdate=May 14, 2014}}</ref>

Reared in Charleston and Columbia, Workman graduated in 1961 from [[The Citadel]] in Charleston, the [[alma mater]] of his grandfather, father and both of his sons.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://library.sc.edu/scpc/Workman.pdf|title=William D. Workman, Jr.|publisher=library.sc.edu|accessdate=May 14, 2014}}</ref> Workman served two years active duty in the [[United States Army]], with subsequent Army Reserve Corps service, in which capacity he attained and retired with the rank of [[lieutenant colonel]].<ref name=scorg/> Like his father, he was a newspaper reporter for the ''Charleston News and Courier.'' He also worked for ''The Greenville News.'' He was, for a time, an educator and dean of Allied Health Sciences at Greenville Technical College. For six years, he was a member of the Greenville County School Board. He was among the founders of the South Carolina Literacy Association.<ref name=votesmart>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/public-statement/29431/|title=Lindsey Graham, "Bill Workman"|date= February 2, 2004|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 23, 2020}}</ref>

Reared in Charleston and Columbia, Workman graduated in 1961 from [[The Citadel]] in Charleston, the [[alma mater]] of his grandfather, father and both of his sons.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://library.sc.edu/scpc/Workman.pdf|title=William D. Workman, Jr.|publisher=library.sc.edu|accessdate=May 14, 2014}}</ref> Workman served two years active duty in the [[United States Army]], with subsequent Army Reserve Corps service, in which capacity he attained and retired with the rank of [[lieutenant colonel]].<ref name=scorg/> Like his father, he was a newspaper reporter for the ''Charleston News and Courier.'' He also worked for ''The Greenville News.'' He was, for a time, an educator and dean of Allied Health Sciences at Greenville Technical College. For six years, he was a member of the Greenville County School Board. He was among the founders of the South Carolina Literacy Association.<ref name=votesmart>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/public-statement/29431/|title=Lindsey Graham, "Bill Workman"|date= February 2, 2004|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 23, 2020}}</ref>