Guy Skipper Cameron - Coastal Carolina University
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Guy Skipper Cameron

Guy Skipper Cameron (1900-1966) was a Myrtle Beach civic leader and the first woman to serve on the Horry County Higher Education Commission, the organization that oversees CCU's tax millage. Cameron was a member of the commission from 1961 to 1966, serving on the building, nominating, and building and site committees. She was instrumental in determining the present location of the campus. She also chaired the education committee of the Greater Myrtle Beach Chamber of Commerce and was named the Myrtle Beach Citizen of the Year by the chamber for 1965.

Cameron was named an honorary founder of Coastal Carolina University in 2012.