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Former Democratic Senator Ernest F. “Fritz” Hollings shares his views on the stranglehold of money on Washington.

A digitized collection of Senator Hollings' writings, speeches, photographs, and audio files from his days as Lt. Governor, Governor, and US Senator.

We are all mourning the passing of Ernest F. “Fritz” Hollings.

He worked to improve the state's educational system at all levels, develop industry, and balance the budget.

Born and raised in Charleston, Hollings graduated from The Citadel in as a U.S. Army officer with a degree in business administration.

We are all mourning the passing of Ernest F. “Fritz” Hollings.!

Hollings’ legacy lives on at UofSC

From postwar growth to special collections, Hollings was an ardent university supporter

Posted on: April 11, 2019; Updated on: April 11, 2019
By Chris Horn, chorn@sc.edu, 803-777-3687

As political leaders pay final respects this week to former U.S.

Sen. Ernest “Fritz” Hollings, who died April 6 at age 97, the University of South Carolina community has much to reflect on in its myriad connections with one of the state’s most beloved public servants.

Hollings, a 1947 graduate of the university’s School of Law, enrolled in the school in 1945, exactly one day after mustering out of the U.S.

Army. The Charleston native and Citadel graduate had served as an artillery officer during World War II and, like many veterans, was eager to get on with his education.

“Everybody was coming back from the war, and they all thought they wanted to be lawyers,” Hollings quipped in an interview decades later.

“We started with about 122, and 22 graduated.”