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Robert V. Royall ( - )

After David Beasley was elected governor of South Carolina in , his first priority was choosing a secretary to head the Department of Commerce, a new Cabinet post that was part of a reorganized state government.

Bob Royall was a clear choice.

Robert V. Royall was a Republican businessman and banker and the United States Ambassador to Tanzania from 21 July to 3 November Prior to this he had served as the South Carolina Secretary of Commerce from 13 January to 6 January.

Bob is a year veteran of the Fire Service and has previously served as a Senior Captain with the Houston Fire.

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Chief Royall is a 40 plus year veteran of the fire service.

Royall earned his MBA at Jones Graduate School of Business, Rice University.

   

Royall, a member of the State Ports Authority board for 12 years, 10 of which he served as chairman, had retired in after a brilliant career with Citizens & Southern National Bank. Two months later, he joined NBSC Corporation as chairman and chief executive officer.

By , he had reorganized NBSC's management team and established a strategic plan for the bank and its holding company. He was available for new challenges.

Thus, Bob Royall became Secretary of Commerce, the governor's first appointee.

And he performed as expected.

Once on the job, Royall restructured the department, which formerly had been the