- Dennis C. Waldrop
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Dennis C. Waldrop is the Mayor of Simpsonville,[1] South Carolina. Reelected November 6, 2007 to a fifth term, his present term of office will last until December 31, 2011. In the election of November 8, 2011, Waldrop garnered 363 votes, not enough to place him in the runoff election between Tammy Bagwell and Perry Eichor for the new mayor of Simpsonville. Waldrop was elected to the Simpsonville City Council in 1992 and was subsequently elected Mayor Pro-Tempore in 1994, before being elected Mayor in 1995, a position he will have held for 16 years upon the completion of his fifth and final term.
Waldrop was born in Slater in Northern Greenville County April 7, 1947 and grew up in the Sans Souci area. He has been a resident of Simpsonville since 1977. He received his education at Parker High School, Greenville Technical College, and Furman University. He serves as the president of the Waldrop Company, a construction and real estate business.
Waldrop has held a variety of positions, and currently serves as the vice chairman of the Greenville/Pickens Area Transportation Study Committee (GPATS) and chairman of the Greenville County Mayors Association. He formerly served as president of the Greenville Home Builders Association, a director of the National Home Builders Association, and a director of the South Carolina Home Builders Association. He has previously been recognized as builder of the year by the Greenville Home Builders Association. He is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Freedom Weekend Aloft.
Waldrop maintains many local memberships, including the Simpsonville Rotary Club, the Simpsonville Area Chamber of Commerce, the Greenville Technical College Brashier Campus Advisory Board, the Palmetto Forum Mayors & Administrators Group, Urban Land Institute and the Upstate Air Quality Study Group Steering Committee.
Waldrop has previously served as deacon at the Buncombe Road Baptist Church and enjoys fishing, hunting, reading, computers, and golf. He is married to the former Betty Ann Buchanan of Easley, SC, with whom he has two daughters—Amanda ("Mandi"), who died in October 2010, and Kathryn ("Katie"). He has two granddaughters, both Mandi's, Kylie and Samantha.
References
- ^ Alongi, Paul (2 April 2003). "Koury, Smith will meet in Simpsonville GOP runoff". Greenville News: p. B2. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/greenvilleonline/access/1831508301.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+02%2C+2003&author=Paul+Alongi&pub=The+Greenville+News&desc=Koury%2C+Smith+will+meet+in+Simpsonville+GOP+runoff&pqatl=google. Retrieved 6 May 2011. "The primary eliminated mechanical engineer Hunter Howard III and Simpsonville Mayor Dennis C. Waldrop."
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