High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Solomon Blatt, Jr. (born August 20, 1921) is a federal district judge in South Carolina and former trustee of the University of South Carolina. Blatt was born in Barnwell, South Carolina to Solomon Blatt, Sr., speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives, and Ethel Green. He attended the University of South Carolina and received his bachelors degree in 1941. While at the University, Blatt was a member on the boxing team and competed in the lightweight class. He was elected as the student president for his senior term, but was engulfed in controversy when he and his roommate, Walter B. Brown, attempted to bring two females to their dorm room.