Committee Assignments:

  Banking and Insurance
  Corrections and Penology
  General
  Judiciary
  Rules, Chm.

Occupation: Textiles, Alice Mfg. Co.

Biography:MARTIN, Larry A. [R]--(Dist. No. 2, Pickens Co.)--Textiles, Alice Mfg. Co.; residing in Pickens; g. Pickens High School; attended Tri-Co. Tech. Coll.; m. Susan Lynn Evatt, 3 children; Pickens First Baptist Church; Moderator and Sun. School Teacher; past Chm. of Bd., S.C. 4-H Foundation; Pres., Pickens Co. United Way, 1983; Adv. Bd., Pickens First Natl. Bank, 1987-90; Econ. Dev. Comm., Southern Legis. Conf.; Adv. Bd., Rocky Bottom Camp of the Blind; Bd. for Partnership & Career Educ.; Chm., Gov.'s School-to-Work Council, 1997-99; Tax Study Comm., 1998; listed in Outstanding Young Men of America, 1979; Who's Who in Amer. Politics, 1981-82, 1983-84; Personalities of the South, 1982-83; Natl. Fed. of Independent Businesses "Guardian of Small Business" Award, 1999; S.C. Chamber of Commerce Public Servant of the Year, 2002; S.C. Assn. of Cos. "Guardian of Home Rule" Award, 2003; Anderson-Oconee-Pickens Area Mental Health "Patrick B. Harris Humanitarian Award for Public Serv.," 2003; Hon. mem., Pickens Rotary Club; 2004 Legislator of the Year Award by the Natl. Fed. of the Blind of S.C.; Legislator of the Year for the Sen. by the S.C. Human Serv. Providers Assn., 2005; Natl. Alliance on Mental Illness "Mental Illness Champion 2006"; Greenville Hosp. System Children's Hosp. Dev. Council "Legis. Advocacy Award for 2006"; S.C. Comm. for the Blind Legislator of the Year, 2006; Conservation Voters of S.C., 2006 "Conservation Champion"; S.C. Manufacturers Alliance "Defender of Manufacturing 2007" Award; Fraternal Order of Police, "2007 Senator of the Year"; S.C. Apartment Assn., "2007 Legislator of the Year"; Chair, Jt. Study Com. on Criminal Domestic Violence; prev. serv. in House 1979-92; Sen. 1993-07.

Biography current as of April 08, 2008