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Mail: P.O. Box 3368 Pawleys Island, SC 29585-3368

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For Immediate Release

March 3, 2008

Brookgreen Gardens’ President Named to National Sculpture Society Board of Directors!

Murrells Inlet, SC- Robert E. “Bob” Jewell, Brookgreen Gardens’ President and CEO, was appointed to a three year term on the Board of Directors of the National Sculpture Society (NSS) at the February board meeting in New York City.  

“ We are delighted to have Bob join the Board of Directors for the NSS, in part because of his outstanding business and leadership skills but also because his participation on the Society's Board of Directors continues a long friendship between two organizations which support the goal of excellence in sculpture.” said Gwen Pier, Executive Director of the NSS.  

“ I am honored to have been elected to the Board of such a distinguished national organization, “ said Bob Jewell, “ Brookgreen Gardens and the National Sculpture Society have had a relationship for as long as both organizations have existed. Archer and Anna Hyatt Huntington, who founded Brookgreen Gardens, were active members of the Society and its mission in many ways is similar to the mission of the Gardens.”

Founded in 1893, National Sculpture Society is headquartered in the Park Avenue Atrium building in New York City and is the oldest and most prestigious association of professional sculptors in the United States.

Brookgreen Gardens, a National Historic Landmark and non-profit organization, is located on U.S. 17 between Myrtle Beach and Pawleys Island, South Carolina, and is open to the public daily. For more information, consult our web site at www.brookgreen.org or call 800-849-1931.