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Caroline Whitson

Dr. Laura Dougherty has opened Allergy & Asthma Care, LLC. The office is located at 7045A, St. Andrews Road. Dr. Dougherty is welcoming new patients and treating all types of allergies. 407-0385.

John T. Lay, Jr. , a shareholder of Ellis Lawhorne & Sims, P.A. Attorneys At Law, has been elected to the American Board of Trial Advocates.

A. Johnston Cox , a shareholder at Ellis Lawhorne & Sims, has been elected to the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel.

The S.C. Medical Endoscopy Center has announced the appointment of W. Brian Sweeney, M.D. , a board certified colorectal surgeon, as Medical Director.

The S.C. Women in Higher Education announced that Dr. Caroline B. Whitson , President of Columbia College, is the recipient of the 2007 Martha Kime Piper Award.

Kirkland, Thomas, Watson & Dyches, LLC is pleased to announce that J ohn R. Morrison, CPA has joined the accounting and consulting firm as a part- time tax specialist in Columbia.