Frank Palma Ardailo, sympathy

2025-2026 Bill 5692: Frank Palma Ardailo, sympathy - South Carolina Legislature Online

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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H. 5692
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House Resolution
Sponsors: Reps. Garvin, Alexander, Anderson, Atkinson, Bailey, Ballentine, Bamberg, Bannister, Bauer, Beach, Bernstein, Bowers, Bradley, Brewer, Brittain, Burns, Bustos, Calhoon, Caskey, Chapman, Chumley, Clyburn, Cobb-Hunter, Collins, Cox, Crawford, Cromer, Davis, Dillard, Duncan, Edgerton, Erickson, Ford, Forrest, Frank, Gagnon, Gatch, Gibson, Gilliam, Gilliard, Gilreath, Govan, Grant, Guest, Guffey, Haddon, Hager, Hardee, Harris, Hart, Hartnett, Hartz, Hayes, Henderson-Myers, Herbkersman, Hewitt, Hiott, Hixon, Holman, Hosey, Howard, Huff, J.E. Johnson, J.L. Johnson, Jones, Jordan, Kilmartin, King, Kirby, Landing, Lastinger, Lawson, Ligon, Long, Lowe, Luck, Magnuson, Martin, McCabe, McCravy, McDaniel, McGinnis, C. Mitchell, D. Mitchell, Montgomery, J. Moore, T. Moore, Morgan, Moss, Neese, B. Newton, W. Newton, Oremus, Pace, Pedalino, Pope, Rankin, Reese, Rivers, Robbins, Rose, Rutherford, Sanders, Schuessler, Scott, Sessions, G.M. Smith, M.M. Smith, Spann-Wilder, Stavrinakis, Taylor, Teeple, Terribile, Vaughan, Waters, Weeks, Wetmore, White, Whitmire, Wickensimer, Williams, Willis, Wooten and Yow
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Introduced in the House on May 12, 2026
Adopted by the House on May 12, 2026
Summary: Frank Palma Ardailo, sympathy
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

Date

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5/12/2026

House

Introduced and adopted (
House Journal-page 7
)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
05/12/2026

A
house
RESOLUTION

TO EXPRESS THE
PROFOUND SORROW OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
UPON THE PASSING OF FRANK PALMA ARDAIOLO OF SEABROOK ISLAND AND TO EXTEND THE
DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO HIS FAMILY AND MANY FRIENDS.

W
hereas, the members of
the South Carolina House of Representatives were deeply saddened to learn of
the passing of Frank Palma Ardaiolo of Seabrook Island at the venerable age of
seventy-seven on May 5, 2026; and

W
hereas, Frank Ardaiolo
was born October 21, 1948, in Brooklyn, New York, the son of the late Salvatore
Ardaiolo and the late Helen DeChicchio Ardaiolo, as well as the identical twin
of James Anthony Ardaiolo; and

W
hereas, he was raised
in Santa Maria, Azores, Portugal, and on Long Island, New York. As an
adolescent and teenager, he spent significant time in Roberts Field, Liberia,
where his father was posted for Pan Am World Airways. He earned a bachelor's
degree from Assumption University, followed by a Master of Science degree in
college student affairs and a doctorate in higher education from Indiana
University; and

W
hereas, in June 1989,
Frank was hired as vice president of student life at Rock Hill's Winthrop
University, having previously worked at the University of South Carolina and
the University of Connecticut. Known fondly as "Dr. A.," Frank Ardaiolo retired
in 2018, having spent twenty-nine years at Winthrop, a driving force behind the
school's promotion of diversity, citizenship, and international relations.
Active in the development of his profession, he also served as the president of
the Foundation Board of Directors of the National Association of Student
Personnel Administrators, commonly known as NASPA; and

W
hereas, Frank was an
active member of the Rock Hill community, as well. He was an original member of
the city's No Room for Racism Committee, the chair of the Committee on Human
Relations, and a member of the Hispanic Education Task Force and the International
Center of York County. He was also on the board of directors for Keystone
Substance Abuse Services. In 2018, he was awarded the inaugural Civic
Engagement Leader Award by the South Carolina Campus Compact and the Dream
Keeper Award by the City of Rock Hill; and

W
hereas, throughout his
life, Frank maintained a connection with his childhood home of Liberia. He
served as chair of the board of trustees for Friends of Liberia, a nonprofit,
nongovernmental organization, and was a vocal advocate for U.S. intervention
during the Liberian civil war of the 1990s and 2000s. He served as a United
Nations-sanctioned peace monitor during the 2005 Liberian elections; and

W
hereas, Frank Ardaiolo
leaves to cherish his memory his beloved wife, Joleen Phifer Ardaiolo; his
daughter, Shannon; two sons, Michael (Karisa) and Matthew; his grandson,
Skyler; his brothers, Tom (Yvonne) and James, the latter being Dr. Ardaiolo's
identical twin; and a host of other family members and friends. He will be
greatly missed. Now, therefore,

B
e it resolved by the
House of Representatives
:

T
hat the members of the
South Carolina
House of Representatives
,
by this resolution, express their profound sorrow upon the passing of Frank
Palma Ardaiolo of Seabrook Island and extend the deepest sympathy to his family
and many friends.

B
e it further resolved
that a copy of this resolution be presented to the family.

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