R. Linwood Altman, president, Pawleys Island Civic Association, is a Georgetown County native, U.S. Navy veteran and University of South Carolina graduate. He was a member of the Georgetown City School Board of Trustees, Georgetown County School Board of Education and the Georgetown County Planning Commission. He was elected to the S.C. State House of Representatives and served for 14 years. He was a member of the S.C. Highway Commission, the S.C. Wildlife and Marine Resources Commission and served for many years on the S.C. Coastal Council.

Altman received the state’s highest civilian honor, the Order of the Palmetto, from Governor Carroll Campbell in 1992. Founder and co-owner of Pawleys Island Realty Company and The Georgetown Agency, Altman has also been chairman of the board of trustees of the Pawleys Island Chapel since 1970. He is the president of the Pawleys Island Civic Association and past president of the Waccamaw Neck Council of Property Owners Association. He is married to the former Nancy Stacey, and they have three children and seven grandchildren.