Van Hipp, Jr.

Van Hipp Jr.
Hipp in 2016.
Chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party
In office May 1987 – May 1989
Preceded by	Dr. George G. Graham
Succeeded by	Barry S. Wynn
Personal details
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	Wofford College

Van D. Hipp Jr. is a former Chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party, serving from 1987-1989. He is Chairman of American Defense International, Inc. (ADI), a Washington, DC-based consulting firm specializing in government affairs, business development and public relations. Van Hipp is the author of the book, "The New Terrorism: How to Fight It and Defeat It," published February 2015. One hundred percent of all proceeds go to scholarships for the children of fallen Guardsmen and is being administered by the National Guard Educational Foundation (NGEF).

From 1987 to 1989, Van Hipp served as the Chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party. In 1988, Hipp served as a member of the Presidential Electoral College, and as a speaker at the Republican National Convention, he introduced former Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich.

In 1990, Van Hipp was sworn in as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Reserve Forces and Mobilization). In this capacity, he served as the Army Secretariat's "point man" for the successful mobilization, and then demobilization, of the Army's reserve forces for Operation Desert Shield/Storm.

Following the Tailhook scandal, Hipp was named by U.S. Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney to be the Principal Deputy General Counsel of the Navy. As the Navy's number two lawyer, Hipp's responsibilities involved all aspects of legal interest to the Navy, including government contracts, ethics, environmental and counter-narcotics law. Hipp served in this capacity until January 1993.

Van Hipp ran unsuccessfully for South Carolina's 1st congressional district in 1994, losing the Republican primary to Mark Sanford.

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