Lorry Dawkins

{{Short description|United States school principal}}

{{Orphan|date=November 2023}}

Lorry H. Dawkins (died 1969){{Cite news |date=1969-05-05 |title=Demark Area School Principal Dies At Age 62 |pages=10 |work=The State |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-state-demark-area-school-principal-d/134837676/ |access-date=2023-11-08}} was a school principal in the United States. He was a star football player at South Carolina State University and helped it win a state championship.{{Cite book |last= |first= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ftvj1vun-_EC&dq=lorry+dawkins&pg=PA37979 |title=Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the ... Congress |date=1971 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |language=en}} He was the first president of what became Denmark Technical College.{{Cite news |date=1971-10-10 |title=Denmark Tech Building To Be Dedicated Oct. 17 |pages=4 |work=The Times and Democrat |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-and-democrat-denmark-tech-buil/134837152/ |access-date=2023-11-08}}

He was the first principal for the school that became Denmark Technical College, serving from 1948 until his death. It was then a trade school.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ftvj1vun-_EC&dq=lorry+dawkins&pg=PA37979|title=Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the ... Congress|first=United States|last=Congress|date=July 20, 1971|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|via=Google Books}} In 1950 it was reported to have 563 students.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6Q5KAQAAMAAJ&q=%22lorry+h.+dawkins%22|title=Annual Report of the State Superintendent of Education of the State of South Carolina|first=South Carolina State Department of|last=Education|date=July 20, 1950|publisher=The Superintendent|via=Google Books}}

Speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives Solomon Blatt paid tribute to him on Dawkins Day in 1971. Denmark city government proclaimed the day.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ftvj1vun-_EC&dq=%22lorry+homer+dawkins%22&pg=PA37980|title=Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the ... Congress|first=United States|last=Congress|date=July 20, 1971|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|via=Google Books}} University of South Carolina's Lorry H. Dawkins Track and Field Complex is named after him{{Cite news |date=1984-02-23 |title=Naming of S.C. State buildings approved |pages=28 |work=The Times and Democrat |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-and-democrat-naming-of-sc-st/134837338/ |access-date=2023-11-08}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.scsuathletics.com/sports/2009/10/1/GEN_1001092302.aspx?id=129|title=Lorry H. Dawkins Track and Field Facility|website=South Carolina State University Athletics}} as is a residence hall is at Denmark Technical College.{{Cite web|url=https://public.special.clemson.edu/repositories/2/archival_objects/70556|title=Washington, DC. Senator Strom Thurmond welcomes Premier Golda Meir of Israel to the Capitol during her official trip to the United States, December 2, 1971 | Special Collections and Archives|website=public.special.clemson.edu}}

He is a member of the South Carolina State Athletics University Hall of Fame.{{Cite web|url=https://www.scsuathletics.com/honors/south-carolina-state-athletics-university-hall-of-fame/lorry-h-dawkins-/29|title=Lorry H. Dawkins # (1983) - South Carolina State Athletics University Hall of Fame|website=South Carolina State University Athletics}}