Strom Thurmond

Legacy

The Strom Thurmond Foundation, Inc. provides financial aid support to deserving South Carolina residents who demonstrate financial need. The Foundation was established in 1974 by Thurmond with honoraria received from speeches, donations from friends and family, and from other acts of generosity. It serves as a permanent testimony to his memory, and to his concern for the education of able students who have demonstrated financial need.
A reservoir on the Georgia–South Carolina border is named after him: Lake Strom Thurmond.
The University of South Carolina is home to the Strom Thurmond Fitness Center, one of the largest fitness complexes on a college campus. The new complex has largely replaced the Blatt Fitness center, named for Solomon Blatt, a political rival of Thurmond.

Charleston Southern University has a Strom Thurmond Building, which houses the school's business offices, bookstore, and post office.
Thurmond Building at Winthrop University is named for him. He served on Winthrop's Board of Trustees from 1936 to 1938 and again from 1947 to 1951 when he was governor of South Carolina.
A statue of Strom Thurmond is located on the grounds of the South Carolina State Capitol as a memorial to his service to the state.
Strom Thurmond High School is located in his hometown of Edgefield, South Carolina.
Al Sharpton was reported on February 24, 2007, to be a descendant of slaves owned by the Thurmond family. Sharpton has not asked for a DNA test.
The U.S. Air Force has a C-17 Globemaster named The Spirit of Strom Thurmond.
In 1989 he was presented with the Presidential Citizens Medal by President Ronald Reagan.
In 1993 he was presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George H. W. Bush.
The Strom Thurmond Institute is located on the campus of Clemson University. George H. W. Bush was on hand at the ground breaking ceremony while he was the Vice President.
Appears in the 2008 award-winning documentary on Lee Atwater, Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story.