Richard Dwight Porcher Jr.

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Dr. Richard Dwight Porcher, Junior, was born in 1939 in Berkeley County SC. His father was R. Dwight Porcher and his mother, Miriam Rose Ellison Porcher. A descendant of Isaac Porcher, he is a part of one of the many French Huguenot families of the Lowcountry of SC. Dr. Porcher graduated from Berkeley High School in 1957. He then attended the College of Charleston, and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Biology. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of South Carolina, where, under the tutelage of Dr. Wade T. Batson, he concentrated in Field Botany, with emphasis on the native plants of SC. In 2004, Dr. Porcher retired after 30 years as a professor at The Citadel, The Military College of SC, where he remains a Professor Emeritus. An authority on the flora of the state of South Carolina, Dr. Porcher is the author of Wildflowers of The Carolina Lowcountry and Lower Peedee, A Guide to the Wildflowers of South Carolina, and co-author of Lowcountry: The Natural Landscape. His most recent book is The Story of Sea Island Cotton. His conservation work includes the restoration of a Carolina Bay in Clarendon County. He serves on the SC Heritage Trust Advisory Board and the Scientific Advisory Board of The Nature Conservancy. He is active in the SC Native Plant Society and is a sought after speaker and field guide. His current projects include a book on the rice culture in SC, a topic in which he is known as an expert, and he is pursuing a Master's Degree in history at the College of Charleston. He is a member of both The Huguenot Society of SC and the St. John's Hunt Club. Dr. Porcher was the recipient of the 2007 SC Environmental Awareness Award. His interests include hunting with the Middleton Hunt Club, photography, working on his farm, and flying; he is a licensed pilot. Dr. Porcher has two children and one grandchild.