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Solomon Jackson Jr. is well known for his unselfish philanthropic support to the state of South Carolina and to higher education. While the Columbia, S.C. native retired from the South Carolina Department of Revenue in 2000, Jackson has nearly 40 years in ministry. He is pastor and founder of Solomon’s Temple in Columbia. Jackson earned an associate degree from Midlands Technical College in Columbia. He has been awarded several honorary degrees including the Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Benedict College; Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Claflin University and Doctor of Divinity degree from Morris College School of Religion, where he attended and was elected to the college’s Board of Trustees in 2010; and a Doctor in Pastoral Ministry degree from Central Christian University of South Carolina, where he serves as acting chairman of the university’s Board of Trustees. Constantly supporting the education of young people, along with numerous charities throughout the state, Dr. Jackson is the founder of the Solomon Jackson, Jr. Foundation which awards qualified students with secondary school scholarships. Currently, he is a member of the board of trustees at Morris College, Benedict College, the Midlands Technical College Foundation; the South Carolina State Museum Foundation and the 100 Black Men of Greater Columbia. Having pastored several congregations throughout the Midlands, he is the founding pastor of Solomon’s Temple in Columbia, South Carolina. In appreciation of his exceptional and significant generosity toward many of the college’s major goals and objectives and his willingness to help make a difference in the lives of others, Morris College conferred upon him the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity (2010). He was inducted into the Morris College National Alumni Association’s Hall of Fame (2010) and was named Midlands Technical College Distinguished Alumnus (2017).