Darlington County Library to host local author for Book Talk
On Feb. 22, at 4 p.m., the Darlington Library will be hosting author Olin Sansbury, chancellor emeritus of the University of South Carolina at Spartanburg and a Darlington native, to discuss his memoir “Joint Ventures,” which draws upon his life and reflects his view that “human existence is a web of joint ventures.”
Sansbury describes his victories and setbacks with humor and grace, giving an honest and fair account of his life and of the state of our nation’s future.
Sansbury holds an undergraduate degree in history from Wofford College and a Ph.D. in international studies from USC Columbia, and has served as dean of students at Francis Marion University and as the first chancellor at USCS.
He has been heavily involved in the expansion of South Carolina’s public higher education system throughout his career.
“Olin Sansbury’s ‘Joint Ventures’ is a thoughtful portrait of the institutional and political changes occurring across seven decades of South Carolina history,” said FMU President Fred Carter. “This work is more than simply another memoir; it’s a reflective tale of an educated man living an exhaustive life in the most beguiling state in the country. … It belongs on the bookshelves of every student of South Carolina culture and heritage.”