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==Background==

==Background==

Workman was born in [[Charleston]], South Carolina<ref name=scorg>"Local Leaders Named S.C. Economic Ambassadors," May 17, 2014 material no longer on-line.</ref> as an intelligence officer during [[World War II]]. His mother, the former Heber Rhea Thomas (1918–1988), a native of Walterboro in Colleton County, 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 in Walterboro, 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|author=Sherry J. Cawley|title=Around Walterboro, South Carolina|page 62|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|year=1998|ISBN=978-0-7385-6868-3|accessdate=October 24, 2020}}</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; material no longer accessible on-line}}</ref>

Workman was born in [[Charleston]], South Carolina<ref name=scorg>"Local Leaders Named S.C. Economic Ambassadors," May 17, 2014; material no longer on-line.</ref> as an intelligence officer during [[World War II]]. His mother, the former Heber Rhea Thomas (1918–1988), a native of Walterboro in Colleton County, 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 in Walterboro, 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|author=Sherry J. Cawley|title=Around Walterboro, South Carolina|page 62|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|year=1998|ISBN=978-0-7385-6868-3|accessdate=October 24, 2020}}</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; material no longer accessible on-line}}</ref>

Reared in Charleston and Columbia, Workman graduated in 1961 from [[The Citadel|The Citadel: The Military College of South Carolina]] 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; material no longer be on-line}}</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/|author=[[Lindsey Graham]]|title=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|The Citadel: The Military College of South Carolina]] 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; material no longer be on-line}}</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/|author=[[Lindsey Graham]]|title=Bill Workman|date= February 2, 2004|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 23, 2020}}</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; material no longer accessible on-line}}</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; material no longer accessible on-line}}</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=October 24, 2020}}</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_gOctober 24, 2020ck-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=October 24, 2020}}</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=October 24, 2020}}</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 [[Elizabeth J. 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 D. Johnston|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_gOctober 24, 2020ck-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=October 24, 2020}}</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|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; material no longer accessible on-line}}</ref> He is a past president of the Greenville County Research and Technological Development Corporation.<ref name=votesmart/>

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; material no longer accessible on-line}}</ref> He is a past president of the Greenville County Research and Technological Development Corporation.<ref name=votesmart/>