William C. Moran

Murrells Inlet, SC. Dr. William C. "Bill" Moran, 73, died at Waccamaw Hospital on Tuesday, March 10th. The son of the late George F. Moran and Carolyn Bischoff Moran, Dr. Moran attended St. Joseph's Catholic School in Huntington (W.VA) and received his A.A. from St. Charles College in Baltimore (MD), his B.A. and M.A. from Marshall University, and a Ph.D. from the University of Tennessee – Knoxville. During his career, he taught Latin and English in the Baltimore (MD) County School System and served on the faculties and/or as administrator at Marshall University, Southeast Missouri State University, Berry College and Francis Marion University. In 2000, Dr. Moran retired in South Carolina from Lander University where he had served as President from 1992. He then served as founding Director of the Commission for Academic Accreditation for the United Arab Emirates. Dr. Moran was involved in a number of educational, civic and church activities throughout his career, including president of the Greenwood Rotary Club, president of the Florence United Way, chair of the Board of Trustees of the South Carolina Governor's School for Science and Mathematics, president of the S.C. Association of Colleges and Universities, and commissioner with the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Dr. Moran is survived by his wife, Margaret, and their son, Kevin, of Kingston Nursing Center in Conway, South Carolina; by their son, Thomas, and their daughter-in-law, Elizabeth, and grandchildren, Wesley, Michael and Sarah, all of Murrells Inlet, by his sister, Abigail, and her family of Columbus, Ohio; and by numerous in-laws, nephews and nieces. Dr. Moran was preceded in death by his brother, Dan, of Huntsville, Alabama. A liturgy in celebration of the memory of Dr. Moran will be held at St. Michael's Church in Garden City, 1:00 PM, on Friday, March 13. The family will receive friends at the home of Tom and Liz Moran in Murrells Inlet after the service. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the William C. and Margaret F. Moran Scholarship in care of the Lander University Foundation or to the William C. Moran Scholarship in care of the Francis Marion University Foundation. Goldfinch Funeral Home, Beach Chapel is in charge of the arrangements. Sign a guest book at www.goldfinchfuneralhome.com