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==Political career==

==Political career==

From 1975 to 1978, Workman was the executive assistant to Governor James B. Edwards (1927-2014) of Charleston, the first Republican chief executive in South Carolina since [[Reconstruction]]. As Edwards's assistant based in the capital city of Columbia, Workman was an alternate to the Appalachian Regional Commission. He became involved with planning and economic development issues. From 1972 to 1975, he was vice chairman and then chairman of the South Carolina Appalachian Health Council for which he worked to attract to South Carolina the growing number of federal categorical grant].<ref name=workmaniii/>

From 1975 to 1978, Workman was the executive assistant to Governor James B. Edwards (1927-2014) of Charleston, the first Republican chief executive in South Carolina since [[Reconstruction]]. As Edwards's assistant based in the capital city of Columbia, Workman was an alternate to the Appalachian Regional Commission. He became involved with planning and economic development issues. From 1972 to 1975, he was vice chairman and then chairman of the South Carolina Appalachian Health Council for which he worked to attract to South Carolina the growing number of federal categorical grant.<ref name=workmaniii/>

Workman was an at-large member of the Greenville City Council for two years preceding his tenure as mayor. The 33rd mayor, he served for twelve and one-half years, in which capacity he refined his emphasis on economic and downtown development, the thrust of which dated back to 1971 to 1979 during the administration of the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] Mayor [[Max Heller]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://library.furman.edu/specialcollections/southcarolina/heller_biography.htm|title=Max Heller Biography|publisher=Furman University|accessdate=May 20, 2014}}</ref> In 2004, [[U.S. Senator]] [[Lindsey Graham]] acknowledged Workman's accomplishments in attracting new industries to his city and region: "There is no doubt Greenville is now one of the Southeast region's premier cities for business."<ref name=votesmart/> Workman faced the rapid decline of the [[textile]] mills in western South Carolina, a loss which made economic development more difficult. Workman described economic development as a process which requires both diversification and specialization. Quoting the urban planner Jane Jacobs: "Poverty happens; prosperity, you have to work at it."<ref>"Prosperity Requires Both Diversification and Specialization," ''Greenville Business Magazine,'' December 1, 2013.</ref> In 1994, Mayor Workman was elected by his colleagues as president of the Municipal Association of South Carolina.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.masc.sc/about/Pages/PastPresidents.aspx|title=Past Presidents|publisher=Municipal Association of South Carolina|accessdate=May 14, 2014 material no longer accessible on-line}}</ref>

Workman was an at-large member of the Greenville City Council for two years preceding his tenure as mayor. The 33rd mayor, he served for twelve and one-half years, in which capacity he refined his emphasis on economic and downtown development, the thrust of which dated back to 1971 to 1979 during the administration of the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] Mayor [[Max Heller]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://library.furman.edu/specialcollections/southcarolina/heller_biography.htm|title=Max Heller Biography|publisher=Furman University|accessdate=May 20, 2014}}</ref> In 2004, [[U.S. Senator]] [[Lindsey Graham]] acknowledged Workman's accomplishments in attracting new industries to his city and region: "There is no doubt Greenville is now one of the Southeast region's premier cities for business."<ref name=votesmart/> Workman faced the rapid decline of the [[textile]] mills in western South Carolina, a loss which made economic development more difficult. Workman described economic development as a process which requires both diversification and specialization. Quoting the urban planner Jane Jacobs: "Poverty happens; prosperity, you have to work at it."<ref>"Prosperity Requires Both Diversification and Specialization," ''Greenville Business Magazine,'' December 1, 2013.</ref> In 1994, Mayor Workman was elected by his colleagues as president of the Municipal Association of South Carolina.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.masc.sc/about/Pages/PastPresidents.aspx|title=Past Presidents|publisher=Municipal Association of South Carolina|accessdate=May 14, 2014 material no longer accessible on-line}}</ref>

Involved in Republican politics, Mayor Workman in 1984 attended a [[Ronald Reagan|Reagan]]-[[George H. W. Bush|Bush]] rally at Greenville Technical College.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=39247|title=Remarks at a Reagan-Bush Rally in Greenville, South Carolina|date=October 15, 1984|publisher=presidency.ucsb.edu|accessdate=May 14, 2014}}</ref> In 1986, Workman ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the [[United States House of Representatives]] from South Carolina's 4th congressional district. The position was vacated by Carroll Ashmore Campbell, Jr. (1940-2005), a Republican who was elected governor in 1986, only the second Republican in the office in the 20th century. Workman defeated airline pilot Ted Adams in a runoff election for the Republican nomination, 8,453 votes (55.3 percent) to 6,829 (44.7 percent); in the [[primary]], however, Workman had polled 49.2 percent, nearly enough to win outright. Workman lost in the [[general election]] to sate Senator Liz Johnston Patterson,  67,012 votes (52.7 percent) to 61,648 (47.3 percent). Two minor candidates polled the remaining 1,747 votes (1.3 percent).<ref name=ourcampaigns>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=46247|title=SC - District 04|publisher=ourcampaigns.com|accessdate=October 23, 2020}}</ref> Patterson is the daughter of Olin DeWitt Johnston (1896-1965), the Democrat whom Workman's father had unsuccessfully challenged twenty-four years earlier in the 1962 race for the U. S. Senate.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1986-06-24/news/8602070150_1_graddick-bill-baxley-runoff|title=Bitter Alabama Race Nears End|date=June 24, 1986; Article on Alabama campaigns with mention of Workman's congressional bid|publisher=''Fort Lauderdale ([[Florida]]) Sun-Sentinel''accessdate=May 14, 2014}}</ref> In February 2004, Workman spoke in Orangeburg, South Carolina, to support downtown revitalization efforts there. He said that development depends on a mixture of "love, humility, and cooperation among all residents. ... Downtown is everybody's neighborhood."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140629075641/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-118756760.html|date=June 29, 2014|title=Former Greenville, S.C., Mayor Praises Downtown-Revitalization Group|publisher=highbeam.com|accessdate=October 23, 2020}}</ref>

Involved in Republican politics, Mayor Workman in 1984 attended a [[Ronald Reagan|Reagan]]-[[George H. W. Bush|Bush]] rally at Greenville Technical College.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=39247|title=Remarks at a Reagan-Bush Rally in Greenville, South Carolina|date=October 15, 1984|publisher=presidency.ucsb.edu|accessdate=May 14, 2014}}</ref> In 1986, Workman ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the [[United States House of Representatives]] from South Carolina's 4th congressional district. The position was vacated by Carroll Ashmore Campbell, Jr. (1940-2005), a Republican who was elected governor in 1986, only the second Republican in the office in the 20th century. Workman defeated airline pilot Ted Adams in a runoff election for the Republican nomination, 8,453 votes (55.3 percent) to 6,829 (44.7 percent); in the [[primary]], however, Workman had polled 49.2 percent, nearly enough to win outright. Workman lost in the [[general election]] to sate Senator Liz Johnston Patterson,  67,012 votes (52.7 percent) to 61,648 (47.3 percent). Two minor candidates polled the remaining 1,747 votes (1.3 percent).<ref name=ourcampaigns>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=46247|title=SC - District 04|publisher=ourcampaigns.com|accessdate=October 23, 2020}}</ref> Patterson is the daughter of Olin DeWitt Johnston (1896-1965), the Democrat whom Workman's father had unsuccessfully challenged twenty-four years earlier in the 1962 race for the U. S. Senate.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1986-06-24/news/8602070150_1_graddick-bill-baxley-runoff|title=Bitter Alabama Race Nears End|date=June 24, 1986; Article on Alabama campaigns with mention of Workman's congressional bid|publisher=''Fort Lauderdale ([[Florida]]) Sun-Sentinel''accessdate=May 14, 2014}}</ref> In February 2004, Workman spoke in Orangeburg, South Carolina, to support downtown revitalization efforts there. He said that development depends on a mixture of "love, humility, and cooperation among all residents. ... Downtown is everybody's neighborhood."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140629075641/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-118756760.html|date=June 29, 2014|title=Former Greenville, S.C., Mayor Praises Downtown-Revitalization Group|publisher=highbeam.com|accessdate=October 23, 2020}}</ref>

In March 2004, Workman received the annual John D. Whisman Vision Award from  the Development District Association of Appalachia at the annual conference of the organization held in Arlington, [[Virginia]]. The conference represented more than three hundred officials from seventy-two economic planning and development districts.<ref name=workmaniii>{{cite web|url=http://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc5300/sc5339/000113/001000/001688/unrestricted/20060280e.htm|title=William D. Workman, III, Receives John D. Whisman Vision Award, March 15, 2004|publisher=msa.maryland.gov|accessdate=May 14, 2014}}</ref>

In March 2004, Workman received the annual John D. Whisman Vision Award from  the Development District Association of Appalachia at the annual conference of the organization held in Arlington, [[Virginia]]. The conference represented more than three hundred officials from seventy-two economic planning and development districts.<ref name=workmaniii>{{cite web|url=http://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc5300/sc5339/000113/001000/001688/unrestricted/20060280e.htm|title=William D. Workman, III, Receives John D. Whisman Vision Award|date=March 15, 2004|publisher=msa.maryland.gov|accessdate=October 24, 2020}}</ref> He also acquired the annual "William D. Workman, III, Buffalo Hunter Award," which honors either an individual or an organization that has demonstrated a major impact on the local economy. "Buffalo Hunter" refers to locating new businesses to Greenville.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gsabusiness.com/news/27810-gadc-reports-1-556-jobs-created-in-2008|title=GADC reports 1,556 jobs created in 2008|date=May 22, 2009|publisher=gsabusiness.com|accessdate=May 14, 2014}}</ref> He is a past president of the Greenville County Research and Technological Development Corporation.<ref name=votesmart/>

 

Beginning in 2004, the Greenville Area Development Commission, of which Workman was the first chairman, launched the presentation of its annual "William D. Workman, III, Buffalo Hunter Award", which honors either an individual or an organization that has demonstrated a major impact on the local economy. "Buffalo Hunter" refers to locating new businesses to Greenville.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gsabusiness.com/news/27810-gadc-reports-1-556-jobs-created-in-2008|title=GADC reports 1,556 jobs created in 2008|date=May 22, 2009|publisher=gsabusiness.com|accessdate=May 14, 2014}}</ref> He is a past president of the Greenville County Research and Technological Development Corporation.<ref name=votesmart/>

==Later years==

==Later years==