Hugh McColl | S.C. Hall of Fame

At the age of fourteen, Hugh Leon McColl Jr. learned double entry book-keeping while working at his father's cotton company. This skill would prepare him for a career in banking and would lead McColl to found the first coast to coast super-bank, Bank Of America.

Hugh Leon McColl Jr. was the driving force behind the creation of the first coast to coast super-bank, Bank Of America.

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Hugh Leon McColl Jr. was the driving force behind the creation of the first coast to coast super-bank, Bank Of America.

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8-7 The student will demonstrate an understanding of the impact on South Carolina of significant events of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.
- Changes that took place in the United States during the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries revitalized the economy and challenged traditional society and politics in South Carolina. To understand the response of South Carolina to these ch...
  - 8-7.4 Summarize key economic issues in present-day South Carolina, including the decline of the textile industry, the state’s continuing right-to-work status, the changes in agricultural emphasis, the growing globalization and foreign investment,...

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