The 1970 Johnsonian Staff Endowed Scholarship will provide one annual renewable scholarship
for a Johnsonian staff member who is a South Carolina resident. McMillan, of Conway, South Carolina, worked as a photographer for The Johnsonian
for two years.
ROCK HILL, SOUTH CAROLINA — Days filled with photo assignments, late-night newspaper
layout sessions — Susan Hoffer McMillan '71 has fond memories of her time as a photographer for The Johnsonian, Winthrop's student newspaper. To support budding student-journalists, she has established and endowed a scholarship for Johnsonian staff members.
Endowed with a $100,000 gift, the 1970 Johnsonian Staff Endowed Scholarship will provide one annual renewable scholarship to a Winthrop student who is a South
Carolina resident and a Johnsonian staff member, with first preference given to English
majors. The fund will begin awarding in fall 2018.
McMillan said that she considers her two years on The Johnsonian staff-and the resulting lifelong
friendships she formed-to be the best part of her Winthrop experience.
"Winthrop certainly made a difference in my life, and I think it's important to support
the university and make a difference in the life of future students," said McMillan,
who earned her B.A. in English at Winthrop.
An avid historian, author and archaeologist, McMillan has authored five books-"Myrtle Beach and Conway in Vintage Postcards," "Georgetown
and the Waccamaw Neck in Vintage Postcards," "Images of America, Myrtle Beach and
the Grand Strand," "Then & Now, Myrtle Beach and the Grand Strand" and "Images of
America, Conway"-and co-authored "Images of America, McClellanville and the St. James,
Santee Parish." The Camden, South Carolina, native divides her time between Conway
and McClellanville, South Carolina, speaking on area history and leading archaeological
digs as director of the Waccamaw Archaeology Partnership.
McMillan, a former Winthrop Board of Trustees member, also played a pivotal role in
securing Winthrop founder David Bancroft Johnson's induction into the South Carolina Hall of Fame in May 2017. She and her husband, Marshall, reside in Conway.
For more information, please contact Meredith Carter, communications coordinator,
at 803/323-2236 or carterm@winthrop.edu.
