R. Eddie Adams Elected SCDOT Commission Chairman, J. Craig Forrest Elected Commission Vice Chairman
January 20, 2012
COLUMBIA, SC – January 19, 2012 – The South Carolina Department ofTransportation (SCDOT) Commission on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012, elected R.Eddie Adams to serve as Commission Chairman and J. Craig Forrest toserve as Vice Chairman.
Adams, who represents the 3rd Congressional District, has served onthe Commission since June 2009. He had served two years as ViceChairman. He lives in Seneca where he is President of Lowry Oil Company.Adams graduated from The Citadel in 1989. He is married to ChristinaTheos Adams and has two sons. Adams succeeds Danny Isaac, who had servedtwo years as Chairman and represents the 1st Congressional District.
Forrest, who lives in Bluffton with his wife, Peggy, represents the 2ndCongressional District. A graduate of Towson University, Forrest is aformer Chairman of the Baltimore Regional Transportation Board. He wasmanager of transportation planning for Baltimore County, Md., from 1988until 2005.
SCDOT Commission by-laws require an election for these two positions each January.
Pictured: R. Eddie Adams and J. Craig Forrest
