C. Tolbert Goolsby, Jr., Scholarship

The C. Tolbert Goolsby, Jr., Scholarship was established in 2006, by C. Tolbert Goolsby, Jr., Judge of the South Carolina Court of Appeals. A native of Alabama, Judge Goolsby graduated from The Citadel with honors in 1959 and went on to earn a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law, graduating cum laude and a member of Phi Beta Kappa. In 1992, he earned a Master of Laws degree from the University of Virginia. The purpose of the C. Tolbert Goolsby, Jr., Scholarship is to provide financial resources to support students, including evening undergraduate and veteran students, majoring in political science who are interested in entering the field of law. Qualified recipients shall be from the southeastern United States and maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or greater. The first award was made in 2007.