During the annual meeting on June 6, The Citadel Board of Visitors reelected Col. F. G. “Greg” Delleney Jr., ’74, to serve as chair for a second term.
Delleney, who joined the BOV in 2019, has been a partner of Hamilton, Delleney, Grier & Cotten, LLC in Chester, South Carolina since 1988. After serving in the Navy from 1974-1977, he retired from the US Naval Reserves as a Commander in 1995. He was an elected member of the South Carolina House of Representatives, District 43, from 1991 – 2018, including having served as Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. Delleney graduated from Erskine Theological Seminary in 2022. In 2023,, he was ordained as a minister for the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church in Chester, South Carolina.
“I have been afforded no greater honor in my career than serving as the Chairman of The Citadel Board of Visitors,” said Delleney. “I greatly appreciate the confidence my fellow board members have placed in me.”
The Chair of the Board of Visitors is a two-year term, and the chair can serve no more than four years total.
The Citadel BOV has 14 voting members. Ex-officio members include the governor, the adjutant general and the state superintendent of education; the other 11 members are graduates of The Citadel. Members serve six-year terms. There is no limit to the number of terms that a board member may serve and no age limit. Board members have the honorary rank of colonel in the Unorganized Militia of South Carolina. If members have earned a higher rank in U.S. military service, they may retain that rank.
The 2025-26 Board of Visitors
Voting members
- Col. F. G. “Greg” Delleney, Jr., ’74, Chair
- Col. Triz V. Smith, M.D., ’98, Vice Chair
- Col. Allison Dean Love, CGC ’93
- Col. Dylan W. Goff, ’02
- Col. Peter M. McCoy, Sr., ’74
- Col. L. E. “Gene” Pinson, ’72
- Col. John C. Dominick, USAF (Retired), ’71
- Col. James E. Nicholson, Jr., ’85
- Col. Robert E. Lyon, Jr., ’71
- Col. William M. (Bill) Connor, V, USA (Retired), ’90
Ex officio voting members
- The Honorable Henry McMaster, Governor of South Carolina
- The Honorable Ellen Weaver, State Superintendent of Education
- Mrs. Deborah W. Hargrove, Designated Representative of The Honorable Ellen Weaver
- Maj. Gen. R. Van McCarty, SCNG, ’82, Adjutant General of South Carolina
Emeritus members
- Col. Leonard C. Fulghum, Jr., ’51, Chairman Emeritus
- Col. William E. Jenkinson III, ’68, Member Emeritus
- Col. Douglas A. Snyder, ’82, Member Emeritus
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