VIRES A Pu b l i ca t i o n of t h e F l o r i d a S ta te U n i ve rs i ty A l u m n i Asso c i a t i o n
Fa l l / Wi n te r 201 2 Vo l u m e I V, I ss u e 2
How Two Alumni Found Success — and Each Other
Plus: THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT
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CATCHING UP WITH RICK KNABB Director of the National Hurricane Center
The Moment Saturday, September 15, 2012 2:26 p.m. With the Seminoles holding a commanding lead over Wake Forest on the football field below, Florida State First Lady Molly Barron takes a different kind of lead, directing the Marching Chiefs inside the President’s Box. Much to the delight of the Barrons’ guests, select members of the beloved band are invited to the box immediately following their halftime performance — never skipping a beat. Photo by Mark Wallheiser
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Contents
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Catching Up With ... Then & Now Ten Questions Association News Around Campus Class Notes In Memoriam Parting Shot
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West Campus The Land That Time Forgot
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Immersed in Nature
Filmmaker Elam Stoltzfus Captures Florida’s Soul
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Fruits of Their Labor With Napa Know-How, the Gargiulos Bring Their Dreams to Fruition
VIRES is the first torch in the university seal and represents strength of all kinds: physical, mental and moral.
Cover: Though the vineyards are the focus of the family business, Valerie Boyd and Jeff Gargiulo's success has grown out of their perfect pairing, which started during their days at FSU. Read their story on page 27. Photo by T.J. Salsman Photography
Spread: Amid a flash of garnet color, a state historical marker commemorating West Campus is unveiled on Oct. 20, 2012, with the help of (left to right) Herb Chandler (B.S. ’50), Bridget Chandler (B.A. ’48), Betty Lou Joanas (B.S. ’57, Ph.D. ’85) and Tallahassee Mayor John Marks (B.S. ’69, J.D. ’72). Fifth graders from nearby Sabal Palm Elementary School were on hand for a history lesson about the hallowed ground, which is featured on page 8. Photo by Scott Holstein
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The FSU Alumni Association is pleased to introduce the newest members of its National Board of Directors:
ROBERT COX | B.A. ’99, J.D. ’02 | Tampa, Fla. Cox challenges himself to live by the university’s motto, “Leading for the Greater Good.” As an FSU student, he participated in the Student Alumni Association and Sigma Nu fraternity. He has continued supporting Florida State through the Tampa Bay Seminole Club as president. Cox currently heads the financial consulting practice for a large development management and consulting firm.
TRACIE DOMINO | B.S. ’02 | Tampa, Fla. Domino graduated from FSU with honors — a distinction fitting for a professional who regularly receives recognition for her work. Notably, she was named to the Tampa Bay Business Journal’s “30 Under 30” list in 2004, only two years after earning her degree. She presently works as the Major Gifts and Community Relations Officer for The Spine Foundation.
MAX OLIGARIO | B.S. ’99 | Tampa, Fla. In 2009, the Tampa Bay Business Journal named Oligario an “Up and Comer,” but judging by his accomplishments, he has arrived. Oligario, a vice president with JP Morgan Chase, is a member of the FSU Foundation’s President’s Club and a longstanding Tampa Bay Seminole Club board member, for which he is currently vice president. He also founded “The Collaborative” networking group and the Black MBA Association, Tampa Bay Chapter, serving as president for the latter.
JIM THIELEN | B.S. ’85 | Tallahassee, Fla. By any calculation, Florida State’s return on investment in Thielen has been high. Thielen, a certified public accountant who owns his own firm, has offered his expertise to the university in multiple leadership roles, including the Seminole Booster’s Board of Directors and the FSU School of Accounting Professional Advisory Board. He is also past chairman of the Florida Board of Accountancy. 4 Vires
THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES Allan Bense, Chair Susie Busch-Transou, Vice Chair Edward E. “Ed” Burr Joseph L. Camps Emily Fleming Duda Joseph Gruters Wm. Andrew Haggard Mark Hillis James E. Kinsey, Jr. Sandra Lewis Margaret A. “Peggy” Rolando Brent W. Sembler Rueben Stokes
THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION NATIONAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS Executive Committee Allen D. Durham, Chair Gordon J. Sprague, Chair-Elect S. Dale Greene, Vice Chair Laurel R. Moredock, Immediate Past Chair Susan Sarna, Secretary Steve Pattison, Treasurer Tom Jennings, Vice President of University Advancement Scott F. Atwell, Association President L. Carl Adams Ruth Ruggles Akers Samuel S. Ambrose James J. Bloomfield Flecia S. Braswell David Brobst Blythe Carpenter Robert Cox Tracie Domino Kyle Doney John E. Doughney IV Sandra Dunbar Richard Erickson Don Glisson Mallory Hager Marion Taormina Hargett Thomas V. Hynes Connie Jenkins-Pye Betty Lou Joanos Craig T. Lynch Joda Lynn Max Oligario Tamara Wells Pigott Michael J. Raymond Raymond R. Schroeder Cindy Davis Sullivan James F. Thielen Karema Tyms-Harris
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FROM THE PUBLISHER ONE (MORE) FOR THE RHODES Fritz Bucholtz died in 1965 at the age of 80, leaving behind an interesting — if not fuzzy — piece of academic history. But the folks at the Rhodes Trust have recently helped to re-focus the facts. Bucholtz, the state of Florida’s first Rhodes Scholar, received the honor based on his scholarship and athletic success at Florida State College in Tallahassee, not the University of Florida, where various articles over the years have erroneously acknowledged him as a 1905 graduate. Because of Bucholtz’s legendary life in Gainesville (the “father of football,” he coached the city’s first high school gridiron team, later formed the state’s high school athletics association and served as a state representative) it has been universally assumed that his Rhodes was earned in Gainesville. However, century-old copies of Tallahassee’s The Weekly True Democrat corroborate the Rhodes Trust findings. Bucholtz graduated from Florida State in 1905 with a Bachelor of Arts, and then enrolled at Oxford’s Pembroke College where he read Philosophy and Ancient History, graduating in 1908.
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This, of course, is an important distinction for Florida State University. Bucholtz can now be rightfully counted as the first of five Rhodes Scholars in our history, joining Caroline Alexander (1976), Garrett Johnson (2006), Joe O’Shea (2008) and Myron Rolle (2009) as recipients of the most hallowed prize in academia. Frederick “Fritz” Bucholtz played football at Florida State College, and the 1903 Argo yearbook credits him with scoring our firstever touchdown in 1902 versus Bainbridge. Two years later, he led FSC to the 1904 state championship, which included a victory over UF.
Fritz Bucholtz, back row center, and the 1904 state champions.
Bucholtz’s father, Ludwig, was on the faculty at FSC until the 1905 Buckman Act transformed our institution into the Florida State College for Women. At first, locals were incredulous about the change, but FSCW grew into perhaps the finest women’s college in America, earning the state’s first chapter of Phi Beta Kappa in 1933. So mark it down as fact. Florida State produced Florida’s first Rhodes and Florida’s first chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. The rest, as they say, is history.
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RICK KNABB (M.S. ’93, PH.D. ’99) NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER DIRECTOR By Scott Atwell
He’s the third Florida State graduate to sit in the most hallowed chair in meteorology and like any good forecaster, Rick Knabb has been tracking the job “for a long, long time — pretty much for as long as I can remember — and for me it’s an honor and a privilege to be working here.” Knabb was 43 years of age when named to the director’s post of the National Hurricane Center in May — the second youngest person to ever hold the job — and follows in the footsteps of Neil Frank (M.S. ’59, Ph.D. ’70) and Max Mayfield (M.S. ’87), fellow FSU alumni who have served. He was greeted to his new post with a pair of tropical storms that formed even before the 2012 hurricane season officially began June 1, but his first year will be defined by superstorm Sandy, which battered and then paralyzed the northeast. Knabb was a visible part of the nation’s preparation and response to the late-October storm, and was in direct communication with President Obama behind the scenes. The job marks Knabb’s return to the National Hurricane Center, where he was a senior forecaster from 2005 to 2008. In between, he watched over Pacific hurricanes from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration office in Hawaii, and then spent almost two years as a tropical weather expert at the Weather Channel. “It’s more than just showing up on television when a hurricane is threatening,” Knabb says of this new role. “It’s managing … administrative … making sure the talented staff here has the resources they need to get their job done.” As a kid growing up in Coral Springs, Fla., Knabb rode out Hurricane David with his family in 1979 and was an FSU student when infamous Hurricane Andrew hit South Florida 20 years ago. Both events have motivated him in his role as a forecaster. “I have a very healthy respect for what they [hurricanes] can do, and I try to channel that fear into preparedness and action.” In this June 5, 2012, photo, Rick Knabb discusses his role as the new director of the National Hurricane Center in Miami.
Photo by J. Pat Carter
Sounds just like a guy who’s been preparing for the job for most of his life.
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WEST
CAMPUS The Land That Time Forgot By Gerald Ensley (B.A. `80) senior writer, Tallahassee Democrat
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Left: A rusted pipe sprouts from the long-demolished foundation of the Dale Mabry Field Officer’s Club, which served as a student union for West Campus. Far Left: A bird’s-eye view of West Campus as seen in the university’s first Tally Ho yearbook, published in 1948. r
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THIS IS WEST CAMPUS.
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1946 to 1956 as the former women’s college made the transition to a co-educational university.
“I think there is a feeling of pioneer spirit on the part of that generation that went into a women’s college and transformed it into a university,” said Earle Bowden (B.S. '51), publisher emeritus of the Pensacola News Journal. “The college had been kind of stoic and stilted. But all that changed with the influx of men in World War II clothes. It was transforming.”
West Campus occupied about 250 acres of southwest Tallahassee. The site today is between the railroad tracks on the north and FSU’s new intramural complex on the south; its axis is Roberts Avenue and Mabry Street. It was used by FSU from 1946 to 1956 as the former women’s college made the transition to a co-educational university. West Campus was crafted from the abandoned World War II Army Air Corps base, Dale Mabry Field. The base was named for a Tallahassee native and World War I pilot (as was a road and school in Tampa, Fla.). The U.S. government commandeered the aviation facilities of Tallahassee’s existing airport a few blocks away, also named for Dale Mabry, then expanded south onto land purchased by the city and the U.S. Army. The base was activated in January 1941 and for four years trained combat pilots, including contingents of Chinese and French pilots, as well as the famed all-black Tuskegee Airmen. The base was decommissioned in July 1945, with the land and buildings given to the city of Tallahassee. After World War II, many military bases were turned over to local governments and converted to a variety of purposes, including higher education. After World War II, the majority of women’s colleges made the transition to co-education; a category that once numbered more than 200 now counts only 60. But FSU appears to be alone in converting from a women’s-only college to a co-educational university — and employing a former military base to make that transition. “Looking back, not many (universities) started like us,” said graduate Richard Kurras (B.S. '52). Since 1905, the University of Florida had been a men’s-only institution, and FSU had been a women’s-only school. But by 1945, Florida officials were actively debating co-education in
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state universities. The discussion was sparked by UF, where World War II had severely decreased its enrollment of male students. UF officials lobbied the 1945 state legislature to allow it to admit women students — but abandoned the effort when Florida State College for Women president Doak Campbell insisted FSCW be allowed to admit male students. By September 1946, with the war’s end, UF’s problem had reversed: It was swamped with applications for admission from returning servicemen, newly granted money for a college education by the G.I. Bill. Some 8,400 men applied for 6,200 spaces available at the Gainesville school.
athletics. A chemistry lab, a branch library and a cafeteria were created. Campbell rounded up 13 old school buses and had them run regularly between TBUF and the main campus. (Two dorms were created for female students, as FSCW enrollment had climbed to more than 2,200 during the war, stretching facilities on the main campus. Construction of Cawthon Hall was authorized in March 1946, but that woman’s dorm was not completed until 1948.)
Opposite: A weathered street map from 1947 illustrates how the air base was converted to a men’s campus. The group of hospital buildings was the forerunner to Tallahassee Memorial Hospital. Below: A regular schedule of bus service ferried students, male and female alike, the five-mile distance between the two campuses.
UF President John Tigert turned for relief to Gov. Millard Caldwell and FSCW President Campbell. In a two-day emergency meeting on Sept. 2-3, 1946, it was agreed FSCW would admit up to 1,000 of the surplus male applicants — though to comply with the law against co-education in Florida universities, the arrangement was deemed the “Tallahassee Branch of the University of Florida.” On Oct. 1, 1946, 954 men enrolled at what would be called TBUF. Only 10 percent of those men were 1946 high school graduates such as Bowden; the rest were returning military veterans. Their arrival followed a month of furious scrambling. Though the Board of Control, which governed state universities, agreed to fund additional instructors for FSCW, there was a national shortage of college instructors because many were still in the military. The city agreed to donate the former military base, but it had been abandoned for more than a year. Yet between Sept. 3 and the Oct. 1 registration of male students — in “an achievement that scarcely seemed possible,” Campbell wrote in his memoir, A University in Transition — FSCW succeeded in creating TBUF. In just 27 days, Campbell rounded up “a full contingent of faculty members.” Barracks were converted into dormitories and classrooms; smaller buildings were remodeled as housing for faculty members and married students. The former military officers club was converted into a student center. The military gym was refitted for men’s
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old school buses and had them run regularly between TBUF and the main campus.
The facilities at TBUF were spartan. Tiny dorm rooms were carved out of open barracks using cheap “beaver board” partitions. Communal latrines and showers were located only on the first floor of the two story buildings. The uninsulated buildings were heated by coal furnaces that had to be stoked each morning by university workers. Married couples were housed three couples to a unit, sharing a single bathroom.
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Below: The men of Barracks 849 could be considered the university’s first fraternity. The old gymnasium not only staged FSU’s first-ever Flying High Circus but was also home to men’s basketball teams from TBUF and FSU.
“We all accepted it. We were all in the same boat,” Kurras said. “Everyone was friendly, and we had such an esprit de corps.” The arrangement in 1946 was presumed to be temporary until UF could build enough dorms and classes to accommodate male students, but the men never left. In May 1947, the legislature passed a bill making UF and FSCW co-educational and creating Florida State University. One factor was the popularity of co-education among male and female students at FSCW, who testified to the legislature in spring 1947. As Campbell wrote in his book, there was also quick public acceptance of co-education. “I think TBUF was started as a tongue-in-cheek way to take care of the veterans and assuage the critics [of co-education],” the late Florida legislator and TBUF student Mallory Horne said in a 1998 interview. “But once everything went smoothly, economically, it was the thing that had to be done.”
As TBUF became FSU, its facilities became known as West Campus. The departments of business, English, chemistry, library science and men’s physical education held classes at West Campus. The school’s first ROTC unit was established there. Fraternities started there, with the men’s groups claiming abandoned military buildings as their chapter houses. The football team started there in fall 1947, using the former military parade ground to practice on while playing its games at Tallahassee’s municipal baseball stadium, Centennial Field. The men’s basketball team was begun, practicing and playing its games in the former military gymnasium where concrete posts along the sideline forced players to be wary and spectators to crane their necks to watch the action. According to the late Jim DeCosmo (B.S. '49, M.S. '50), former assistant director for FSU’s Flying High circus, the circus also started there, in an open field on Mabry Street. Perhaps the most memorable facility on West Campus was “The Club.” It was the military base’s former Officers Club that had been converted into a student union. The club allowed no drinking. And the club’s no-nonsense supervisor, FSU administrator Hilda Tinney, forbade men and women from going outside together. But students thronged the building to use its leftover bowling alleys, play ping pong, eat in the cafeteria and dance on the club’s hardwood dance floor to music from a juke box. “Most of us didn’t have a car,” said former Florida Gov. Reubin Askew (B.S. '51), who arrived at FSU in 1948 and lived two years at West Campus. “But you could take the bus to east campus, pick up your date and bring her back to the officers club on the bus. The buses were free. Soft drinks were a dime. The juke box was only a nickel. You could have a great date for 50 cents.” The arrival of men at West Campus revolutionized the school. FSCW had been a genteel women’s school. Women students were not allowed to smoke, own cars, leave campus unescorted or wear pants or shorts. Freshmen attended weekly teas to learn how to act, talk and behave like ladies. Freshmen spent their first year eating together before being deemed prepared to dine with upperclassmen.
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The arrival of men students — most of them older, war-hardened military veterans — changed the rules overnight. Smoking areas were established. Students were allowed to own cars. Restrictions on dating and leaving campus were virtually abandoned. Men infiltrated school organizations, taking over lead positions on the school newspaper and yearbook, as well as student government. Traditions drifted away: The once sacrosanct Odds-Evens Thanksgiving athletic competition (pitting students from odd- and even-numbered year classes) was cancelled. Two female honor societies were disbanded in favor of two new honor societies, one for men and one for women. The main campus dining hall tradition of communal sit-down meals was traded for cafeterias, so men could get larger portions than the women were traditionally served. “The women were eating carrot sticks and cottage cheese,” said Jim Tippin (B.S. '50), a former executive director of the Florida Bar Examiners, who wrote a memoir about his TBUF experience. “We thought we were going to starve to death.” Some lamented the loss of the women’s college traditions.
“Listen, it was entertaining to see men. I’d get on that bus lots of times to ride out to West Campus and see the men,” said Sara Cooper (B.S. '51, M.S. '73, Ed.D. '75), a former school principal in Panama City, Fla. “But I can look back and see by doing away with women’s colleges, it destroyed some things we need. We need manners.”
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building to use its leftover bowling alleys, play ping pong, eat in the cafeteria and dance on the club’s hardwood dance floor to music from a juke box.
But by and large, the men were welcomed because they were serious and polite. Their military training had instilled discipline and a respect for superiors, such as professors. And the G.I. Bill gave men, many of whom never expected to attend college, an opportunity for a better future. “We weren’t there to screw around and join clubs and waste time. We had already had our lives interrupted by war,” said Tallahassee attorney and former juvenile court judge Rufus Jefferson (B.S. '49), who was a TBUFer. “We wanted to get on with our lives and that meant college.”
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See a map of the location of the West Campus Historical Marker
Many of those first men went on to acclaim. Askew was Florida’s first governor to serve consecutive terms. Horne served 18 years in the Florida Legislature, becoming the only legislator to serve as speaker of the house and president of the senate. D.L. Middlebrooks (B.S. '50), a member of the first football team, became a federal judge; Dempsey Barron (B.S. '56) became a legendary member of the state legislature; E.C. Allen (B.S. '48) became a millionaire businessman; Shad Hilaman (B.S. '50, M.S. '58), a member of the first basketball team, was a Tallahassee city commissioner; Paul Hartsfield (B.S. '56, M.S. '61) was the longtime Leon County Clerk of Courts. Bowden became a newspaper publisher, cartoonist and author. “That whole group went on to do well,” Bowden said. “It transformed the university.” And most women students during the transition applauded the new FSU. “[The arrival of men] didn’t bother me a bit; in fact, classes were a bit more casual,” said Lillian Mandyck (B.A. '51), a retired teacher. “I guess I thought it was a bit of an adventure and a change of pace.”
Below: A handful of subtle reminders are remnants of a by-gone era.
The new FSU steadily assimilated West Campus into the main campus. In 1948, FSU moved 11 single-story buildings from West Campus to the west side of the main campus (near today’s McCollum and Rogers halls) to create Mabry Heights, a married student complex. In 1948, the first men lodged on campus were placed in Magnolia Hall. In 1950, a new men’s dorm, DeGraff Hall, was completed, as was a football stadium, which was named for President Doak Campbell (though the team continued to practice at West Campus until 1953). In 1956, Tully Gym was completed, allowing basketball and men’s physical education to move to the main campus. In 1957, FSU gave West Campus back to the city. The lots were auctioned off for today’s Mabry Manor subdivision, whose streets are named for World War II generals. In 1962, Sabal Palm Elementary opened on the site of the former Prince Murat Elementary, created in 1948 to serve the children of West Campus. In 1966, the Florida Highway Patrol Academy was built on a former quadrangle of barracks/dormitories across from the officers club, where the FSU Alumni Association recently erected a historical marker to
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West Campus (see next page). By the 1970s, all the former barracks/dormitories had been torn down. In 2005, the FHP Academy moved to neighboring Gadsden County. The last building used by West Campus, a onestory faculty housing unit used for storage by the FHP Academy, was removed in 2007 (though two of the Mabry Heights buildings on the main campus survive as offices). The history and people of West Campus are little known by today’s Tallahassee residents. “I’ve always wondered what the steps were about,” said Antoinette Farmer, who has lived 10 years in a house on Roberts Avenue near two sets of concrete steps that once led to West Campus barracks/dorms. “My mother told me something about a former military base out here, but I didn’t know anything about FSU being here.” It would be hard to cite the influence of West Campus on today’s FSU. It had no particular traditions, left no particular traces. An everdwindling number of its students are still alive, though its surviving graduates are honored with membership in FSU’s Emeritus Alumni Society and recall warmly their days on West Campus. “It was the greatest time of my life, I’ll tell you that,” Kurras said. Former residents are reluctant to assign West Campus any meaning for today’s FSU. “It is a quirk in history,” Jefferson said. “The only thing special about it was the friendships we formed. It was a certain place at a certain time. A romantic interlude in your life.” Yet without West Campus, there would have been no TBUF, which was the experiment that proved co-education could work in Florida’s universities. West Campus provided the physical facilities for the change that created today’s modern university. In that stepping stone is its relevance to today. “Lord, when men came, it changed everything,” said Cooper. “Some may say it was bad because it stole the women’s college. But it opened up opportunity for men. I would say that it enriched the campus.”
FSU’S WEST CAMPUS WILL NOW BE PERMANENTLY REMEMBERED: A FLORIDA HISTORICAL MARKER HAS BEEN PLACED ON THE SITE.
for all those (West Campus) alumni who come back and for those following us who say, ‘I didn’t know that.’ “
The marker was a project of the FSU Emeritus Alumni Society, which is composed of alumni who attended or graduated from FSU 50 or more years ago.
The blue marker, with white lettering, gives a capsule history of West Campus, starting with the 1946 creation of the Tallahassee Branch of the University of Florida. That TBUF designation allowed men to enroll at Florida State College for Women for the first time. In 1947, the legislature passed a bill creating the co-educational Florida State University. FSU housed the first men at West Campus, which was the former Dale Mabry Field, an abandoned World War II base. West Campus included classes, administrative offices and athletic facilities during FSU’s use of the site from 1946 to 1956.
“I like history, but people forget it,” said Herbie Wiles (B.S. '53), a member of the Emeritus Alumni Society committee that spearheaded the marker. “Now this marker will be out there
Though many forget, West Campus also housed 300 women in 1946-1947, because of a shortage of women’s dormitory space on the main campus.
The historical marker was unveiled in a ceremony at the FSU Alumni Center on Sept. 14 and was erected in October on Eisenhower Drive, across a one-time dormitory quadrangle from the former military officers club that became the West Campus student center.
“I think one reason I enjoyed myself so much is it reminded me of summer camp,” said retired teacher Marilyn Meyer Freeman (B.S. '50), an Emeritus Alumni Society member who lived in a West Campus barracks as a freshman in 1947. “I think it’s important they put up this marker because [West Campus] provided the transition of FSCW to FSU.”
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Then& From an initial capacity of 15,000 to a crowd of 83,231 at the Sept. 22, 2012, game against Clemson University, Doak Campbell Stadium has risen along with the Florida State football program to the top of the college football ladder. Top: After playing their first three seasons at city-owned Centennial Field, the Seminoles opened Campbell Stadium on Oct. 7, 1950, with a 40-7 victory over RandolphMacon College. As the stadium has grown, so has the spectacle savored by generations of Seminole fans. Bottom: Fireworks herald the start of Florida State’s showdown against conference rival Clemson. Capitalizing on the same home field advantage enjoyed by the first FSU team to play on this site, the Seminoles beat the Tigers 49-37 in front of a national television audience. Photo courtesy of Replay Photo. Visit www.replayphotos.com to purchase.
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Filmmaker Elam Stoltzfus Captures Florida’s Soul By Sandra Friend
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Photo by Elam Stoltzfus
Stepping carefully over logs and roots in the crystalline water, a virtual conga line of newlyminted swamp walkers take their first strides into a wet wilderness. Feathery pond cypress knit a bright canopy overhead, creating a cool microclimate filled with a thousand shades of green. Giant leather ferns rise from the gentle sway of the water; bromeliads in all shapes and sizes drape from tree limbs and swarm down cypress trunks. As the group splashes into a small clearing, they see a giant stepladder planted between the cypress knees. At the top of this perch, Florida State graduate Elam Stoltzfus (B.S. ’88) takes it all in, collecting footage from an unorthodox perspective for a documentary on one of his favorite places, the Big Cypress Swamp. The recipient of numerous broadcasting awards, including nine national Telly Awards for excellence in cinematography and nature content and five Louis Wolfson Awards for best in artistic expression, Stoltzfus has spent more than two decades presenting stories about natural Florida through his artistic lens. Public broadcasting stations from Fairbanks, Alaska, to Miami share his nature documentaries with their viewers, leading an ever-growing audience to a deeper appreciation of Florida’s natural treasures.
Spread: Stoltzfus’s love for the lens began with photography. In this shot he captures the unique intensity of Lake Campbell, one of many dune lakes along the coastline of Florida’s Walton County.
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Rural Roots Growing up on a farm in the heart of Amish country in Elverson, Pa., Stoltzfus didn’t have the influence of television to take up his free time. “We weren’t quite Amish or Mennonite,” said Stoltzfus, “but somewhere in-between. My upbringing was very traditional … I always had my fingers dirty, growing something.” His passion for art was sparked while attending public school during his elementary school years. “I had this great art teacher, Jere Brady, and he would have us draw sketches,” said Stoltzfus. “I knew then that I wanted to be an artist. Growing up on the farm, being outside all the time, being part of nature, my subjects were landscapes and animals, horses and cows.” Set in sharp relief against their austere farming background, the family had an adventuresome spirit which infected Stoltzfus at an early age. “My granddad loved to travel,” said Stoltzfus. “He had friends all over the place, and people would come to visit him.” From early on, Stoltzfus saw the world through a different lens. “When I was 15, I got my first camera and started to take pictures. From the time I was a teenager I was a serious photographer. I’d look at these professional magazines and say, ‘I can do that!’” Caught on Film After touring nationally as a young adult with a music group, Stoltzfus looked for somewhere to settle down. He took a job in south Alabama as an audio engineer at a studio that produced music and video. “This was my introduction,” said Stoltzfus, to the industry. “I became involved in producing educational videos.” In 1986, he moved with his new bride, Esther, to her hometown of Blountstown, Fla., and found work as an audio engineer in Tallahassee. “I had to finish school, so I came to FSU,” Stoltzfus said. He balanced work with classes, commuting 50 miles east to Tallahassee each day. 20 Vires
“I was older when I went to school there, so I didn’t go to party. I went to get my degree.” During his classes at FSU, Stoltzfus learned about storytelling through cinematography. “I watched a lot of film during the time I was at FSU,” said Stoltzfus. “I took a film critic class, and they had a theater there. It was a chance for me to see some of the classics — you couldn’t get them on video yet — so I was able to see the films we were studying, like Battleship Potemkin, The General, Birth of a Nation, How to Kill a Mockingbird, works by Orson Welles … I learned a lot. I took a class called Acting for the Camera. I learned techniques that have stuck with me. What happens in front of the lens is a lot like theater and the stage. It’s a box. The camera sees everything; it doesn’t lie. So if you have any actors, it’s important to have them get their lines straight, to get a good performance out of them.” FSU “was a good way to put a foundation together” for a career. “One of the things that stuck with me from FSU,” said Stoltzfus, “is if you don’t know something, they teach you how to research, how to get the information, how to get it done.” Stoltzfus graduated in August 1988 at the age of 31 with a bachelor’s degree in media production. “I got my degree, and I was thrilled about that, because I was the first one in my family to get a college education,” said Stoltzfus. A favor opened doors that changed his life. “The studio that I worked at was doing some political work for the governor’s office,” said Stoltzfus, “and the press secretary at the time had a radio show. Late one evening she called and said she needed someone to help her put a piece together. It was after hours, everyone had gone home, and I said, ‘C’mon over, I’ll help you do this.’” Beverly R. Lewis, who went to oversee production of Visions of Florida: The Photographic Art of Clyde Butcher for WFSU-TV, remembered Stoltzfus’s kindness when she was looking for a filmmaker. He’s documented Florida’s natural side ever since, working from his Live Oak Production Group Studios near Blountstown.
Left: Butcher (left) and Stoltzfus (right) wade through the waters of the wild and scenic Loxahatchee River. The budding of their close relationship began in 1989.
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Splashing Right In Crowded by cabbage palms and overhung with bald cypress, the North Fork of the Loxahatchee River in southeast Florida feels primordial. The waterway twists and turns tightly between its dark banks, the damp air above echoing with birdsong. Dipping a paddle into the tannic water, Stoltzfus kept pace with the subject of his first documentary, Clyde Butcher, who was in a canoe with his wife and assistant, Niki. Butcher’s oversized black and white photographic compositions of natural landscapes have earned him a place in the Florida Artists Hall of Fame. “We came around the first bend, and Clyde saw a swamp lily. He got all excited and jumped out of the canoe. The water came up to his beard!” said Stoltzfus. “Niki is about to hand equipment to Clyde and I’m just sitting there and thought, ‘Dang, what have I gotten myself into?’” Stoltzfus continued. “I’m supposed to film this guy, I’m supposed to follow him around, and he’s jumping off of boats, getting into water all the way up to his beard? I watched
and watched him and tried to figure out how to do this project. Then he turns around. I’m looking at him, and he’s got mud on his cheek, his clothes are all dirty, and he has this big smile on his face, and I think, ‘Wow, that’s cool.’ So we go on a bit farther, and he stops to get some more of the pictures he wants, and it’s time for me to go to work. This time I jumped out [of the boat] and went around the bend, got some reverse shots, got all muddy and dirty, and I remember when I got back into the boat, I was smiling. It seems like I’ve been muddy and smiling ever since.” Niki Butcher remembered the moment fondly. “When we did that first video, Elam had not ever walked in a swamp. It was a baptism for Elam!” Vires 21
Below: Stoltzfus (right) films Butcher (left) for Visions of Florida, the project that serendipitously brought them together. Opposite: Stoltzfus finds the perfect angle to capture the sun rising over a picturesque landscape for Kissimmee Basin: the Northern Everglades, a story about the heartland of the Kissimmee Valley.
Since that first encounter in 1989, the Butchers and Elam have remained fast friends and frequent collaborators. “It has been a joy to work with Elam, to see him grow into maturity, to see a person who has a dream reach out and grab it, work hard, and achieve it,” said Clyde. “He was hired to do the videography for Visions of Florida, but it was his artistic vision that changed the philosophy of it. I think this was his turning point for his perception of what he wanted to do.”
Photo courtesy of Elam Stoltzfus
“One of Clyde’s goals is to educate people about Florida, and that was Elam’s as well,” said Niki. “So the fact that they met where they could educate the people of Florida with a movie and with stills worked well. What we ended up doing was combining all of these projects into museum exhibits, so people would come and they’d see Clyde’s work and Elam’s film. It turned out to be an award-winning approach for Elam on a repeated basis.”
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With different takes on the same subject matter, Stoltzfus and Butcher make a good team in the field. “We both work together on compositions,” said Clyde. “I can’t photograph in wind because of the long exposures. He doesn’t like to photograph when there’s no wind, because he needs movement. So we don’t feel encroached upon, because I can shoot when he can’t, and he can shoot when I can’t.” A Technical Artist One of the challenges of filming nature is its unpredictability. As Alfred Hitchcock said, “In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director.” Balancing a camera while paddling through tangles of mangroves, or wading out up to his chest in water in south Florida’s Gator Hook for the perfect shot, Stoltzfus brings viewers deep into his subject matter.
“If you had a regular production company out there,” said Butcher, “they’d do it in three weeks. He waits for the right light, if it takes two or three days, or two or three months. He is very patient with nature. Filming the Everglades is not like filming a movie out West. Elam likes the camera to move.” Using stepladders, aluminum boats, canoes, jibs and a custom-made tracking system out of components he can break down and carry into the wilderness, Stoltzfus re-creates a feeling of motion that carries the view beyond the confines of the screen. “The wind is blowing, the water is moving, and yet we don’t sit still: we move inside the movement. I want you to feel the motion, to get into the film, just like Clyde’s large landscapes draw you in.”
“The filming part was very different than anything I’d done before,” said Stoltzfus. “We were always moving, getting up early for sunrise shots, covering eight to 20 miles hiking or paddling, and I’d film something along the way. We had a schedule. We kept it all 100 days.” While camping out, paddling in salt water and fresh water, and hiking across a variety of landscapes, Stoltzfus captured more than 100 hours of film and 80 interviews, providing ongoing video reports of the expedition’s progress from the field. His dedication to his work impressed expedition leader Carlton Ward, Jr. “Elam is a fantastic visual storyteller. I think this project was unlike anything he’s done in his past because he was both the filmmaker and a main member of the cast. Despite numerous challenges, Elam was able to capture the essence of the story from both public and personal perspectives.”
Photo by Niki Butcher
During the spring of 2012, Stoltzfus experienced his greatest cinematographic challenge yet as part of a four-person crew on the go for 100 days as a human-powered expedition to document the Florida Wildlife Corridor, a conservation effort to
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Right: Stoltzfus (right) documents Butcher (middle left) and Joe Browder (far left), a global environmental expert and activist, for Big Cypress Swamp: The Western Everglades. Below: The Florida Wildlife Corridor expedition required a great deal of talent and devotion to the cause. Here, Stoltzfus paddles through eerie waters and wildlife to get his shot.
Photo Courtesy of Elam Stoltzfus
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Making Connections In Stoltzfus’s films, a long list of participants — from videographers to actors to interviewees to family members — help make these productions happen. “I don’t do much alone anymore,” said Stoltzfus. “I have people that help me; they have to be graduates of FSU. Just kidding, but most of them are! It’s a very collaborative effort.” His friendly demeanor enables Stoltzfus’s interview subjects to feel relaxed in front of the camera. “Elam’s enthusiasm is contagious and instills comfort in the people he encounters,” said Ward. “This translates to openness and honesty in the people he interviews and befriends.” The narrator of his most recent productions, The Kissimmee Basin: The Northern Everglades, and the short video reports for the Florida Wildlife Expedition, is Jim Fowler, longtime host of Animal Planet’s Wild Kingdom. Stoltzfus met Fowler at the International Wildlife Film Festival in Montana.
“It’s powerful when you connect ideas to people,” said Stoltzfus. “Or when people in the film meet at a film debut and become friends. My friends tell me I’m a connector.” What makes Stoltzfus such a connector between the people he works with? “Elam has a reputation of being honest, hardworking and straightforward,” said Niki Butcher, “and he certainly is.” Those connections extend to his family and FSU, where both of his children (Laura, 20, and Stephen Nicholas, 22) have followed in his footsteps, pursuing degrees from the School of Communication.
A Voice for Florida “Florida is one big studio,” said Stoltzfus. “I think I know it, but there’s so much more to be discovered. You have this incredible wild, beautiful natural, exotic place that is Florida, with all sorts of crazy stuff going on.” He takes to heart Carl Hiaasen’s view of Florida: “There’s always another chapter of absurdity waiting to be written.” “After all,” said Stoltzfus, “Who would have thought a presidential election would be determined by hanging chads? When it comes to environmental and political issues, Florida is always changing.” Documenting Florida’s natural landscapes means being in the thick of those changes, meeting the players on all sides and providing a platform for issues. Restoration of the Everglades has been a theme played out through several of his films, including Big Cypress: The Western Everglades, The Kissimmee Basin: The Northern Everglades and his new project on the Florida Wildlife Corridor. “I’ve been doing this for over 20 years now, long enough to see shifts, changes, some good, some not so good,” said Stoltzfus. “Do you want to embrace and support, and provide hope, or show the destruction of some of these great places? I don’t have all these answers. So as a storyteller, I make scenes, I find stories, I educate other people and encourage them to care. That’s my mission.”
Above: The 1000-mile Florida Wildlife Corridor expedition spanned from the Everglades National Park to the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in southern Georgia. Stoltzfus and the team, led by photographer Carlton Ward, traveled along this path over 100 days. For more information, visit FloridaWildlifeCorridor.org.
“My family understands that I tell stories about Florida,” Stoltzfus said. His work involves a great deal of travel, between shooting in the field and speaking engagements to promote each film afterwards. The Florida Wildlife Corridor expedition was a 15-week commitment at “an interesting time in my life.”
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Graphic courtesy of the Florida Wildlife Corridor
“We stay in touch all the time, kind of like me and Clyde,” said Stoltzfus. “One day, I’ll get the two of them together.”
“Nic and Laura were at FSU. Nic was graduating in April, and Laura went into the master’s program [in the School of Communication] last year. Esther took a new job in Marianna [Fla.] as emergency room director at Jackson Hospital. As the corridor adventure was winding down, Laura was in London. Laura arrived home Thursday, I got home Friday, and Nic’s graduation was Saturday. It was a great family reunion.”
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A hand sifts through the soil of a freshly tilled field, the dark earth falling between outstretched fingers. Dirt may seem common, but the type of crop grown and how it will taste depends on the earth in which it is planted. The same can be said for businesses. The foundation guides the result.
Jeff Gargiulo (B.S. ’74) and Valerie Boyd (B.S. ’74) have planted their wine business, Gargiulo Vineyards, in the fertile soil of family, history and lessons learned at Florida State University.
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MORE THAN A VINTNER • Jeff served on the Florida Council of 100, the state's prestigious business advisory. • The Gargiulos own GreenLeaf, a whole foods company that supplies 600 restaurants and hotels in northern California. • Jeff is an accomplished guitar player and was one of the original investors who financed country music star Billy Dean's move to Nashville.
• Musical notes or tasting notes — one Gargiulo wine is called G Major 7.
While Jeff and Valerie attended FSU at the same time, the two only knew each other in passing. Following the school tradition started by her grandmother, mother and siblings, Valerie earned her bachelor’s in food, nutrition and dietetics. Jeff initially intended to go to law school but changed his mind in favor of business administration.
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After graduating, Jeff found himself working for his father’s tomato farm in Naples, Fla. It happened that the farm had another location in Bradenton, Fla., where Valerie was working in real estate.
In a strange case of foreshadowing, Jeff ’s case study for marketing was launching a new premium beer brand.
Valerie says the two reconnected when Jeff began looking for more farmland. Someone told him to try the company where Valerie was working.
“I totally chose the wrong positioning, but I was really strong in my conviction to market it,” he says. “I was always into premium.”
“We were both very into our budding careers at the time,” Valerie says. “However, we fell head over heels for each other.”
Jeff agrees: “We knew right then it would be the two of us, and it has been ever since.” As their love grew, so did their careers. Jeff Gargiulo continued to expand his father’s business. This included 12-month tomato production by farming in California, Mexico and Puerto Rico. In 1997, he sold the business to agriculture giant Monsanto. He stayed on as a president of Monsanto’s business unit for a few years, which led to an extraordinary opportunity to become CEO of Sunkist Growers, the most diversified citrus processing and marketing operation in the world. “The degree you get in business from FSU gives you a broad base of exposure that helps prepare you for anything,” says Gargiulo. “Even as a marketing major you’re taking accounting, statistics, finance and management.” Valerie Boyd also pursued her interests, becoming president and CEO of Inovis, a company handling business-to-business transaction processes. But becoming a successful businesswoman wasn’t her only dream. “I grew up in a political family as my father and grandfather both served in the Florida legislature.” Following in her family’s footsteps, Valerie took the opportunity to become involved in politics. She served on the South Florida Water Management board, became the first woman to chair the Collier County Economic Development Council, and was appointed to the Florida Transportation Commission by former Gov. Jeb Bush. While Valerie and Jeff were dedicated to their separate careers, they also discovered a shared interest: wine. Family vacations were often spent in Napa Valley with Valerie’s cousins, Barney and
Belle Rhodes. The Rhodes had been growing grapes there since the 1960s and had a vast understanding of what it took to run a successful vineyard. They offered Valerie and Jeff advice and guidance. “Ultimately, the farmer and the wine had to come together,” says Jeff. Jeff and Valerie bought their first Napa Valley vineyard, Money Road Ranch, in the early 90s. The original idea was only to grow grapes. During the process, Valerie discovered her major from FSU could be put to use in wine making and wine pairing. Combining Jeff ’s talent for farming and Valerie’s understanding of food science, it was decided that they would also produce their own wine. This led to the purchase of another vineyard and the establishment of Gargiulo Vineyards. The couple’s wine business was developing around the same time Jeff was running the billion-dollar Sunkist cooperative, which is based in Los Angeles. Weekdays were spent in busy LA, but weekends always brought Jeff back to Valerie and the peace of Napa Valley. In 2006, Jeff decided it was time to leave Sunkist and pursue his vineyard dreams fulltime. Unlike Sunkist, Gargiulo Vineyards isn’t focused on mass production. Jeff says that large Napa Valley wineries make around 50,000 cases of wine annually, and commercial winery cases number in the billions. But Jeff and Valerie value the integrity of their wine. Of the four kinds of wine the couple makes, three each produce around 900 cases annually and one produces less than 200. Gargiulo Vineyards is specialized, mostly in cabernet. Of course, Jeff credits the land with playing a significant part in the wine’s quality. “You really can’t make great wine without great vineyards.” Vires 29
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The two vineyards Jeff and Valerie own are in the Oakville region of Napa Valley, on the same two-lane road as famed vineyards Opus One and Silver Oak. “I think Oakville is the sweet spot,” Jeff says when asked about his choice in land. The area’s perfect combination of sun exposure, weather and the content of the soil all combine to ripen the grapes for Cabernet Sauvignon. Napa Valley cools from south to north. Because of the location of Gargiulo Vineyards, the area gets warm enough to ripen the grapes but cools faster to produce unique tannins, color and quality. Jeff says the content soil also creates dark chocolate, caramel and coffee notes in the wine. Gargiulo wines are handmade and hand crafted. This means that the grapes are harvested and sorted by hand to ensure only the best grapes go in the final product. According to the vineyard’s website, each vintage is fermented in small French oak barrels. Jeff knows that the steps Gargiulo Vineyards goes to preserve the quality of each bottle of the wine may make it more select, but he believes that it’s these differences that separate him from larger wineries. “In some ways you’re constrained,” says Jeff, “but also what you have is what makes you a great wine estate.” While Jeff and Valerie do plan to grow their vineyard the same way they have grown each operation they worked on in the past, it won’t be on a large scale. Theirs is a true estate vineyard, where the family home is perched atop a hill and rows of cabernet grapes cascade down a sunny slope. “The vineyard is so unique, and the place is so unique. There’s only so much you can do with that.” The FSU couple has now come full circle in their journey from family businesses to large corporations and now back to a family business. It’s clear the rich soil in which Jeff Gargiulo and Valerie Boyd planted their dreams and ambitions has yielded a sweet fruit. _____________________________________ All photographs by T.J. Salsman Photography
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His long-form title is Head of U.S. Wealth Management and the Private Banking and Investment Group for Merrill Lynch Global Wealth Management. But here’s the shorthand: John Thiel leads more than 15,000 investment professionals who manage $2.2 trillion in client assets — yes, trillion with a “T.” Not bad for a guy who serendipitously found his way to Florida State where he met his future wife (a second generation Seminole) then built an FSU family and one of the most distinguished careers in the financial world. You started in the trenches as an advisor. How has that helped you in your current role? It’s much easier having sat in their seat and done what they’ve done, faced the challenges they have faced, to understand how clients react during different market cycles. To have that empathy is invaluable. From an insider’s perspective, how bad was the recent economic downturn? It was bad. There was a meaningful liquidity crisis, which was really at the heart of it. What takes down financial organizations is confidence and liquidity. I think what Ben Bernanke and Hank Paulson did was fantastic for our country. It took a lot of courage, but in my mind, they really saved the financial system. How did you end up at FSU? I was playing football at a school called Grand Valley State in Western Michigan, literally in the middle of a corn field. In 1980 a friend and I went on spring break in Florida. The day we got back it was eight degrees, and the snow was blowing sideways. We looked at each other and said, “We could be broke anywhere; let’s be broke AND warm.” We literally applied sight unseen, and I will never forget the day we went to the mailbox and got the acceptance letter. You would have thought we won the lottery. What are the most important lessons you took away from Tallahassee? Looking back, what I did was enormously courageous — it just didn’t feel like it at the time. I was 19 and on my own financially, pretty much, so I learned I could make my way. As an accounting major I had to move away from the cram strategy into a very proactive and a sort of disciplined routine to keep up, which is a fundamental philosophy I have in business. And then, I built incredible relationships. I realized the power of how you could rely on people and how people could rely on you. Every job I have gotten I was introduced to that job or to the person by somebody who went to Florida State, which is really remarkable. What advice do you have for students today? Work hard. I don’t think enough of us invest in ourselves and our own development. Learning doesn’t end when you leave school; it actually just begins. Everyday can teach you a lesson. So I’d say live to your values, do the right thing every day and you’ll have a good chance of being successful. 34 Vires
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Are you surprised that each of your three children followed in your FSU footsteps? There might have been a fair amount of brainwashing, but it was subtle. Growing up they were surrounded by memorabilia and football games. My daughter really surprised me, because I thought she would do something different than her brothers. I’m great with it, because I can see my children and come watch games. What role did the Dale Carnegie sales class play in your success? One, I learned a process of selling, which is also buying, right? Dale Carnegie showed me what an incredible thing you can do for people if you really go about it with the right intent and the right process, to help people solve problems that they wouldn’t solve on their own. The second thing it did was help me understand the other person’s point of view. I had high standards for everybody, and it helped me deal with inconsistency, to empathize and not hold people as accountable because life gets in the way. You have been quoted as saying you ‘live by the golden rule.’ Where did that come from? The values I have were instilled by my parents. I never went to the principal’s office, ever. I’m a permission guy, not a forgiveness guy. I have one speeding ticket, for which I was mortified. So I had the values, but then Dale Carnegie showed me how to apply it in many different situations and scenarios. What’s the best non-business advice you ever got? I worked very hard, and I had small children, and I had this constant tug knowing what I had to do to be successful. The franchise owner for Dale Carnegie, a wife and mother, told me if I just spent an hour of quality time a day when they were young it was far more impactful than hours. When they’re 10, 12, 15, you can create time, because they’re going to need you a lot more than they do when they’re four. That relieved the guilt that I had for working so hard and being away from them. So why do you give back to FSU? I’m a state school guy, and I’m proud of that. I didn’t go to the Ivy League; I didn’t go to Stanford or UCLA. I’m a CPA who went to a state school and I run the largest wealth management firm in the world. I love that. I think that’s cool. So I want to give back, I want Florida State to get its due, and so if I can help that, that’s why I give back. _________________________________________________________ Above: Thiel putting in “sweat equity,” speaking to FSU College of Business students.
From his New York office, John Thiel leads 100-year-old Merrill Lynch, the largest wealth management firm in the world.
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ASSOCIATION NEWS
Thousands of alumni returned to Tallahassee in late October for Florida State’s annual Homecoming festivities. Guided by the studentselected theme of “It’s a Seminole thing!,” revelers celebrated traditions unique to the FSU community. With over 160 years of rich history on which to reflect and the constant promise of a progressive student body to push the university forward, there are plenty of Seminole things to extol. The Alumni Association engaged in a myriad of activities to embrace Florida State’s past, present and future this fall. The following pages of Association News showcase just the tip of the spear. Each year, a frenzy of fans line College Avenue for the annual Homecoming parade, which features a spirited lineup of floats, student performers and community groups. New to this year’s procession was Cimarron (above right). Photos by Zachary Goldstein/FSView & Florida Flambeau
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Though Homecoming activities occur over the course of only a few days, members of the Student Alumni Association work tirelessly throughout the year to prepare for the weeklong celebration. In between hosting leadership and community service activities, the organization’s active members find time to present the annual Homecoming Parade. As administrators of the Homecoming Chief and Princess program as well, SAA is an integral part of Florida State’s Homecoming experience, which dates back to 1948. SAA’s unmatched ability to connect alumni to today’s student experience while acquainting current FSU attendees with the university’s robust past make it an invaluable asset to Florida State, which relies on both groups to stay strong.
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1. Chief and Princess candidates pose outside of the Pearl Tyner House at the FSU Alumni Center prior to the Homecoming Parade. 2. Since the inaugural Homecoming pep rally held over 60 years ago, Pow Wow has evolved into a full night of events, featuring performances by the cheerleaders, the Golden Girls and Company (shown here), the Flying High Circus and various other student organizations. 3.The Chief and Princess are announced by Gene Deckerhoff, the Voice of the Seminoles. 4. Carl Sharpe and Megan Raesemann react to being crowned. 5. Feature twirler Taylor McCarthy lights up the stage. 6. The AcaBelles, FSU’s female a cappella group, steal the spotlight. Pow Wow photos by Zachary Goldstein/FSView & Florida Flambeau
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ASSOCIATION NEWS No celebration of Florida State University would be complete without the enthusiastic involvement of the Seminole Tribe of Florida, with whom FSU has proudly identified for over six decades. 1. During halftime of the Homecoming football game, the newly crowned Chief and Princess are presented with authentic Seminole headdresses from members of the tribe. This year’s parade also prominently featured tribe leaders; James Edward "Jim" Billie, chief of the Seminole Tribe of Florida, and Tony Sanchez, president of the Seminole Tribe of Florida, led the procession down College Avenue as grand marshals of the parade.
An intrinsic fixture at many Florida State events, members of the Seminole Tribe of Florida are regularly welcomed on campus. This winter they are returning the hospitality to FSU alumni, fans and friends, extending an invitation to the Big Cypress Reservation for a special day feting the tribe’s close relationship with the university. See page 47 for more information.
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2. Honored members of the Seminole Tribe of Florida lunched with the 2011 Chief and Princess and the reigning Homecoming Court before the parade. 3. Little Miss Seminole Jordan Osceola (left) and Miss Florida Seminole Alexis Aguilar show off their royal waves at the Homecoming Awards Breakfast.
FSU President Eric Barron (B.S. ’73) and his wife, Molly, welcomed graduates back to campus at the All-College Alumni Tailgate, a spirited affair held in the president’s beautiful backyard prior to the Florida State vs. Duke football game. 4. The fourth annual event, which was presented in conjunction with the university’s 16 academic colleges, gave returning Seminoles the opportunity to catch up with old classmates over the sights and sounds of performances by current student groups.
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While many of Florida State’s cherished tradi tions unite FSU students, alumni and fans, each person’s experience at the university is shaped by their individual interests and heritage. The FSU Alumni Association celebrates these distinctions through the adm inistration of numerous constituent groups, which consist of alumni from common backgrounds that all share a passion for Florida State. One such group, the Black Alumni Associatio n, held a series of social and networking events during Homecoming week end, culminating with a march to the Integration statue at the hear t of campus.
Pictured: FSU’s first African-American Hom ecoming Princess, Doby Flowers (B.S. '71, M.S. '73), and her brother Fred (B.S. '69, M.S. '73), the university’s first black athlete, pose with mem bers of the Black Alumni Association in front of the monument bearing their likenesses. Read the story of the pioneering alumni depicted in the Integration statue from the spring/summer 2012 issue of VIRES
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ASSOCIATION NEWS Among the growing global network of Seminoles, which now numbers over 300,000, are alumni blazing new trails to achieve success. The Alumni Association takes great pride in these individuals, whose combined accomplishments make a powerful impact on the world while reinforcing the strength of Florida State University. Throughout the year, the organization recognizes the achievements of our alumni with awards designed to pay tribute to the best of FSU’s graduates — a difficult task given the clout of the university’s impressive alumni base.
BERNARD F. SLIGER AWARD This award, presented annually at the Homecoming Awards Breakfast, is the highest honor given by the FSU Alumni Association. Named for the university’s 10th president, the award recognizes a member of the university community who has made a major contribution toward the fulfillment of the mission of Florida State.
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1. Jim Pitts, longtime director of Florida State’s International Programs, accepts the Bernard F. Sliger Award at this year’s Homecoming Awards Breakfast.
GRADS MADE GOOD Over 100 alumni have been designated Grads Made Good since 1974, when the FSU Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa originated the program to acknowledge those who have attained outstanding success in their chosen fields. This fall, the honor society welcomed the Alumni Association as partners, co-presenting the award for the first time at the Homecoming Awards Breakfast.
2. Attorney and former state Sen. Bob Johnson (B.S. ’58) addresses the crowd after being introduced as a Grad Made Good. 3. John Osterlund (M.S. ’90) is flanked by Megan Thompson (B.A. ’12), Grads Made Good student chair, and Gordon Sprague (B.S. ’65), FSU Alumni Association National Board of Directors chair-elect, following the presentation of his Grad Made Good award. Osterlund is the general manager and chief development officer of the Rotary Foundation, one of the nation’s largest charitable organizations.
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CIRCLE OF GOLD The FSU Alumni Association’s signature award — presented to no more than 12 individuals each year — recognizes those who personify the university’s tradition of excellence through service and achievements.
4. Left to right: Don Stone (B.S. ’56), Ray Solomon (B.S. ’51, M.S. ’58), Gordon Sprague (B.S. ’65) and Garrett Johnson (B.S. ’05) entered the elite circle of more than 200 distinguished alumni and friends of FSU during an evening ceremony at the Alumni Center in September. 5. Johnson celebrates his induction into the Circle of Gold with (left to right) David Rasmussen, dean of the College of Social Sciences and Public Policy; Ashley Cleveland (B.S. ’06); and parents Carmen and Nate Johnson. This was the second time the Rhodes Scholar had been honored by the Alumni Association in 2012. Earlier this year, he was one of six young alumni to receive the Reubin O’D. Askew Young Alumni Award.
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The FSU Alumni Association’s Kickoff Luncheon was one of over 30 events held around the nation to usher in the 2012 Seminole football season. Alumni groups in 14 states and the District of Columbia hosted kickoff events leading up to the opening game. The Alumni Association administers a network of more than 80 of these Seminole Clubs and Chapters across the world.
Though Homecoming is the capstone event that brings alumni back to Tallahassee each fall, the Alumni Association hosts fan-favorite events throughout the season. For 61 years, one such event has served as Florida State football’s official momentum-starter. 1. The FSU Alumni Association’s Kickoff Luncheon was again a sellout, packing the Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center with Seminoles eager for a sneak peak at the 2012 team. 2. A highlight of the annual event is the head coach’s State of the Seminoles address. 3. Jimbo Fisher’s enthusiasm for the upcoming season was shared throughout the room. 4. & 5. At the conclusion of the program, some attendees had the opportunity to greet the players and cheerleaders typically only seen from the stands or on the television screen. 6. Other event-goers, such as Yvonne Hutto (B.S. ’60) who is seen here laughing with FSU First Lady Molly Barron (right), took a few minutes to interact with university leaders.
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7. With the season officially underway, the Alumni Association opened its doors to members and guests the Friday before each home game. 8. The family-friendly Open House events are a treat for Seminoles of all ages. As fall progressed, the Alumni Association went on the road with the football team. Seminole Clubs in hosting cities offered a warm welcome to visiting fellow fans at tailgates held before each away game. 9. The Tampa, Fla., crowd started their game weekend at a Coffee Chat with university president Eric Barron (B.S. ’73) and Heisman Trophy winner Chris Weinke (B.S. ‘00), shown on stage with association president Scott Atwell, prior to the matchup against the University of South Florida.
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More than 30 Seminole Clubs and Chapters awarded over 80 scholarships totaling $91,750 to FSU students in 2012.
ASSOCIATION NEWS From the sight of a flaming spear planted on the football field to the echoes of the War Chant, there are countless Seminole “things” that bring together Florida State University’s proud alumni. The greatest bond, though, is a deep-seated passion for the prestigious institution. With that in mind, the Alumni Association could think of no greater gift to impart on the university than a strong future for Florida State. Thus, the Legacy Scholarship was created in 2010, offering the children, grandchildren and siblings of alumni an opportunity to attend FSU with the support of previous graduates. This year, four Legacy Scholarships were awarded to deserving freshmen, ensuring generationole success for years to come.
IN-STATE AWARDS Christian Dulcie
Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. Key Accomplishments and Community Service: • National Honor Society • Future Business Leaders of America • Haiti & Uganda Outreach — Kids Against Hunger • Earned Bronze, Silver & Gold Congressional Award Medals
• H.O.B.Y.’s Leadership for Service Award • 2011 President’s Volunteer Service Award from President Obama • 663 total hours of community service
Gunnar Westergom Sebring, Fla. Key Accomplishments and Community Service: • Math Honors Society • National Honors Society • Christian Youth Group Leader and Mission Volunteer
• Assisting Christ Through Service • Boys & Girls Club • Key Note Speaker — Youth for Christ • Over 700 hours of community service
OUT-OF-STATE AWARDS Amanda Boger Anchorage, Alaska Key Accomplishments and Community Service: • Drama, Debate and Forensics Team • Alaska Teens Against Cancer • Three time recipient of the Gold Star Award for a 4.0 GPA • Japanese Speech Contest
• National Association of Teachers of Singing Competitions • Averages five hours of community service per week
Katelyn Cash Valdosta, Ga. Key Accomplishments and Community Service: • Spanish Honor Society • Fellowship of Christian Athletes • Drama Club • His Hand’s Ministry 46 Vires
• Elementary Student Mentorship • Georgia Certificate of Merit • Spanish III Student of the Year • 165 total hours of community service
MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THESE UPCOMING ALUMNI ASSOCIATION EVENTS FSU Day with the Seminole Tribe at Big Cypress Reservation (located in South Florida just north of Alligator Alley) Jan. 26, 2013
Delight in the thrills of an Everglades tour on board an airboat or “swamp buggy,� then immerse yourself in the history and customs of the Seminole Tribe of Florida at the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum. University and tribe leaders will join fans, friends, students and alumni during this family-friendly special event celebrating the groups’ partnership of more than 60 years. Find out more at fsuday.com Join us aboard the largest cruise ship in the world as we celebrate the 20th anniversary of Florida State’s 1993 National Football Championship, plus hear lectures from FSU faculty. Embarkation: Ft Lauderdale, Fla., sailing to the Bahamas, St. Thomas and St. Maarten aboard Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas.
SUMMER 2013 July 27-Aug. 3, 2013
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HUCKABA NAMED DEAN OF FSU COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
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Sam Huckaba, who has been acting as interim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences since July 2011, has been named to the job full-time. Huckaba began his career at Florida State as an assistant professor of mathematics in 1987. After becoming a full professor, he served as associate chair for graduate studies in the mathematics department, helping the graduate program double in size from 2000 until 2004, success that earned him the role of associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. In 2007 he was named senior associate dean in the college.
STUDENT FILMMAKERS CAPTURE THE SPIRIT OF FLORIDA STATE
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The unconquered spirit of Florida State is never more visible than when a student portraying Seminole leader Osceola charges down Bobby Bowden Field on an Appaloosa horse named Renegade, planting a flaming spear midfield to begin each home football game. This tradition is the cornerstone of the university’s new institutional message, which debuted in front of a national television audience in late September. Under the direction of university leaders, the 30-second commercial was produced by Florida State students, from the narration to filming and, of course, the talent itself. It was only natural to invoke student storytellers to portray the legendary Osceola and Renegade, a program that originated with an undergraduate’s idea.
FISHER FAMILY SHARES STORY WITH FSU MED STUDENTS Head football coach Jimbo Fisher and Candi Fisher, chairwoman of their nonprofit Kidz1stFund, were the special guests at a Nov. 9 seminar on Changing the Practice of Medicine: The FA Story, which was hosted by the FSU College of Medicine. The initials “FA” stand for Fanconi anemia, a rare, genetic blood disease that affects thousands of children each year — including the Fishers’ son Ethan. They formed Kidz1stFund to raise awareness and research dollars to fight FA. The seminar’s main speaker was Margaret MacMillan, M.D., co-director of the University of Minnesota Fanconi Anemia Comprehensive Care Clinic, which follows the largest number of FA patients in the world. For more information on Kidz1stFund, visit www.kidz1stfund.com. Photo by Riley Shaaber
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Bill Durham (B.S. ’65) first envisioned the pageantry of Osceola and Renegade as a sophomore serving on the 1962 Homecoming Committee. With Bobby Bowden’s support, he obtained approval from the Seminole Tribe of Florida and began the tradition at the 1978 season opener. Today, son Allen Durham (B.S. ’93), chair of the FSU Alumni Association National Board of Directors, oversees the program, ensuring the “Spirit of Florida State” lives on. Watch FSU’s 2012 institutional message
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1950s Jan K. Platt (B.A. ’58) of Tampa, Fla., was inducted into the 2012 Hillsborough County Women’s Hall of Fame.
1960s Betty L. Siegel (Ph.D. ’61), president emeritus at Kennesaw State University, was presented with the inaugural Ladies of Honor Award by the National Foundation of Patriotism at their second annual Honor Award Luncheon. Siegel was the first female president in the University System of Georgia, serving in that position for 25 years and making her the longest serving female president of a state university in the United States.
David L. Woodward (B.A. ’65, J.D. ’69) of Pensacola, Fla., was elected to the Escambia County Planning Board by the Escambia County Board of County Commissioners. A. Byron Smith (B.M. ’66, M.M.E. ’70, Ed.D. ’85) was inducted into the Florida Vocal Association Hall of Fame at its summer convention in Orlando, Fla. Smith retired in 1996 after 30 years as a choral director at Rickards and Lincoln High Schools in Tallahassee.
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BENSE ELECTED CHAIR OF THE FSU BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Thomas G. Schultz (B.S. ’62), a senior partner at Miami-based Tew Cardenas LLP, was selected by the Federal Bar Association to serve as a guest speaker at a recent panel discussion regarding the history and function of Florida’s Federal Judicial Nomination Commission, which is charged with identifying highly qualified individuals to recommend finalists for nomination as U.S. District Judges in each of Florida’s three federal judicial districts. Howard L. Nations (B.A. ’63), of Houston, Texas, was inducted into the Trial Lawyer Hall of Fame. The American Association of Community Colleges honored retiring University of Texas educator John E. Roueche (Ph.D. ’64) by naming its ongoing leadership development programs the John E. Roueche Future Leaders Institute.
Barbara J. “Bobbie” Smith (B.M.E. ’66) was added to the Florida Vocal Association Wall of Distinction at its summer convention in Orlando, Fla. She retired as choral director at Lincoln High School in Tallahassee in 2000. James A. Cramer (B.S. ’67), of Lynnfield, Mass., was appointed president of The School for Field Studies Board of Trustees. SFS is the nation’s largest environmental study abroad provider for college undergraduates.
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J. Michael Huey (B.S. ’67, J.D. ’70), an attorney at the Tallahassee firm of GrayRobinson, P.A., made the 2013 Best Lawyers in America list in the field of government relations practice. William E. Williams (B.S. ’67), an attorney with GrayRobinson, P.A. in Tallahassee, has been named to the 2012 Florida Super Lawyers list in administrative law and the 2013 Best Lawyers in America rankings in administrative/regulatory law.
▲ John E. Roueche Terry E. Lewis (B.A. ’65, M.A. ’66, J.D. ’78), a shareholder at the law firm of Lewis, Longman & Walker, P.A. in West Palm Beach, Fla., has been recognized in the 2012 edition of Florida Super Lawyers in the area of environmental law.
Douglas G. Campbell (B.A. ’69), of Portland, Ore., received the George Fox University Faculty Achievement Award for Undergraduate Research and Scholarship on April 20, 2012. His novel, Parktails, was released by Resource Publications this year. Wyman “Rick” Wade (B.A. ’69), a member of the adjunct faculty at the University of Arkansas in Fort Smith, is the recipient of the Outstanding Lawyer Citizen Award presented by the Arkansas Bar Association and the Arkansas Bar Foundation.
Allan Bense (B.A. ’72, M.B.A. ’74) — a prominent Florida businessman and former speaker of the Florida House of Representatives — has been elected by the FSU Board of Trustees to succeed Wm. Andrew Haggard (B.A. ’64) as chair. “I am humbled and very honored to have been elected as your chairman and look forward to serving Florida State University in this new board role,” Bense told the trustees following his selection. “I also want to recognize Andy Haggard for his leadership and his impressive record of serving and supporting Florida State.” Bense, a Panama City, Fla., resident, is the president and CEO of Bense Enterprises Inc., which is involved with road building, mechanical contracting, insurance and golf courses. He represented Florida’s 6th District from 1998 to 2006 in the Florida House of Representatives, where he was speaker from 2004 to 2006. Bense serves on numerous boards and councils, and is chairman of the board of the James Madison Institute. He is the immediate past chairman of the board of the Florida Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise Florida, HCA Gulf Coast Medical Center, Florida Taxation and Budget Reform Commission and the Florida Council on Military Base & Mission Support. He serves on the board of directors of Gulf Power Company, the Florida Council of 100 and The Foundation for Florida’s Future. He also serves on the boards of charitable organizations and is chairman of the board of the Bense Family Foundation, which makes contributions to a variety of state and local not-for-profit causes. Vires 49
1970s Douglas R. Sullenberger (B.S. ’70), a partner with Atlanta-based Fisher & Phillips LLP, has been selected by his peers for induction in the Best Lawyers in America 2013 and was featured in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business 2012. ▲ Douglas R. Sullenberger
C. Howard Hunter (B.S. ’75, J.D. ’78), an attorney at the firm of Hill Ward Henderson, PA. in Tampa, Fla., was appointed by Gov. Rick Scott to the Thirteenth Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission and was elected president of the Florida Chapters American Board of Trial Advocates, one of four regional chapters chartered by the American Board of Trial Advocates. He was also named in the 2012 publications of Florida Super Lawyers and Super Lawyers Business Edition.
The National High School Athletic Coaches Association has named Richard I. Rothman (B.S. ’77) the National Girls Cross Country Coach of the Year. Rothman has been the head girls cross country coach at Spanish High School in Boca Raton, Fla., since 1984.
Frances C. Lawrence (M.S. ’75, Ph.D. ’77) was named associate dean of Louisiana State University’s E.J. Ourso College of Business, where she holds both the Gerald Cire and Lena Grand Williams Alumni Professorship and the Ourso Professorship of Communication Studies. Byrd F. Marshall (B.S. ’75, M.B.A. ’78, J.D. ’78), an attorney with GrayRobinson, P.A. in Orlando, Fla., has been recognized in the 2012 edition of Florida Super Lawyers in the area of banking.
The International Tennis Hall of Fame presented Katherine Burton Jones (B.A. ’71, M.A. ’74) of Newton, Mass., with the 2012 Chairman’s Award in recognition of her outstanding service toward supporting its mission of preserving the history of tennis. Jones is an accomplished museum industry consultant who serves on the Hall of Fame’s executive committee and holds the position of chair of the Museum Committee.
John L. Holcomb (B.S. ’77), a shareholder in the Hill Ward Henderson Litigation Group in Tampa, Fla., was named in the 2012 issues of both Florida Super Lawyers and Super Lawyers Business Edition. He was also given the prestigious Michael A. Fogarty “In the Trenches” Award by the Hillsborough County Bar Association Trial & Litigation Section. The honor is awarded to a civil trial lawyer who demonstrates excellence and integrity in civil trial advocacy as well as ongoing efforts and accomplishments in the representation of clients in the civil court system. ▲ John L. Holcomb
Jerry F. Banks (B.S. ’79), of Maitland, Fla., was invited to join the CEO Council of the Florida Institute for the Commercialization of Public Research.
Terrence Leas (B.S. ’72, Ph.D. ’89) has been hired as president of Big Bend Community College in Moses Lake, Wash.
Stanley G. Burge (B.S. ’79), an attorney in the Birmingham, Ala., firm of Burr & Forman LLP, has been recognized in the 2012 edition of Alabama Super Lawyers in the practice area of person injury defense: general.
W. Michael Clifford (B.A. ’73), an attorney at the Orlando, Fla., firm of GrayRobinson, P.A., made the 2013 Best Lawyers in America list in the field of trusts and estates.
Emerson R. Thompson (J.D. ’73), senior judge of Florida’s Fifth District Court of Appeal, took office as second vice president of The Florida Bar Foundation, a statewide charitable organization that provides funding for Legal Aid and promotes improvements in addressing the civil legal needs of the underprivileged.
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Richard Anderson (B.S. ’78) was recently promoted to executive director in Ernst & Young LLP’s San Francisco office, where he leads the Performance Improvement — Finance Management Advisory practice in the West Region. Karen K. Specie (J.D. ’78) was appointed United States bankruptcy judge for the Northern District of Florida, which includes Gainesville, Tallahassee, Panama City and Pensacola.
John B. Cechman (J.D. ’72) of the law office of Goldstein, Buckley, Cechman, Rice & Purtz, P.A. in Fort Myers, Fla., has been certified as a civil pretrial advocate.
Lonnie N. Groot (B.S. ’73, J.D. ’76), of Lake Mary, Fla., law firm Stenstrom, McIntosh, Colbert, Whigham & Partlow, P.A., was selected by the Board of County Commissioners of Seminole County to serve as special magistrate for code enforcement matters.
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Barbara J. Pittman (B.S. ’77, J.D. ’85) was appointed by the Supreme Court of Florida to a fiveyear term on the Florida Board of Bar Examiners. ▲ Barbara J. Pittman
Anne Longman (J.D. ’79), a shareholder in the law firm of Lewis, Longman & Walker, P.A., has been named on the 2012 Florida Super Lawyers list in environmental law.
1980s James Balletta (B.S. ’80, J.D. ’84), an attorney at the Orlando firm GrayRobinson, P.A., made the 2013 Best Lawyers in America for real estate law. Steven R. Jaffe (B.S. ’80), an attorney with the firm Farmer, Jaffe, Weissing, Edwards, Fistos & Lehrman, P.L. in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., was selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2013 in the field of mass torts litigation/ class actions – plaintiffs.
Michael P. Brundage (B.S. ’81), an attorney with the firm of Hill Ward Henderson, P.A. in Tampa, Fla., was named in the 2012 publications of Florida Super Lawyers and Super Lawyers Business Edition. ▲ Michael P. Brundage
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Debbie Bray Gilley (B.S. ’81, M.P.A. ’89) joined the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, Austria, in August 2012. She is responsible for the development and implementation of an international medical reporting system. Prior to joining the IAEA, she was employed by the Florida Department of Health’s Bureau of Radiation Control as the director of training and quality assurance.
COLLEGE OF SOCIAL WORK CONCLUDES SUCCESSFUL YOUTH ARTS AND ATHLETICS PROGRAM WITH THE SUPPORT OF ALUMNI The Florida State University College of Social Work concluded its first summer camp for middle-school children earlier this year. The two-week session served as the pilot project for CSW Arts & Athletics, a new program spearheaded by alumnus Nick Mazza (Ph.D. ’81).
CSW Arts & Athletics is an initiative designed to reach out to youth in Florida’s Big Bend, including those with limited social and economic resources. Using the combined strengths of arts and athletics exercises and activities, the program focuses on cultivating leadership development, academic achievement and social and life skills in the young people it serves. CSW Arts & Athletics also is part of the college’s larger mission to create collaboration between Florida State and the greater Tallahassee community. FSU students were involved in the camp as a servicelearning experience, serving as camp counselors and working closely with the young people enrolled in the camp. The first-ever camp was a success thanks to the financial support of legislative lobbyist Guy Spearman (M.S.W. ’75) and wife Delores Spearman (B.A. ’98, M.A. ’08), as well as the collaboration of several FSU entities. Mazza hopes CSW Arts & Athletics will become one of the College of Social Work’s premier community projects to help preteens and teenagers in the Tallahassee area. The college is considering expanding the program to include afterschool programs with artists and athletes serving as role models. 52 Vires
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“Based upon a significant amount of research, I have no doubt that arts and athletics change lives and help prepare young people for a wide range of educational and career opportunities, but most of all to lead fulfilling lives,” said Mazza, dean of the College of Social Work.
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Deborah A. Sawyer (B.A. ’81) has joined the Dallas team of Pearson Partners International, an executive search firm that helps companies in all industries recruit and retain top talent.
Kim Kiel Thompson (B.S. ’81, M.A. ’84), an attorney with Fisher & Phillips LLP in Atlanta, is listed in Georgia Super Lawyers 2012 and was featured in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business 2012. She was also selected by her peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2012.
Ainsley McNeely (B.A. ’82), of Mobile, Ala., created the artwork for the cover of the summer 2012 issue of Alabama Wildlife magazine.
1990s Glenn E. Thomas (B.S. ’90), a shareholder at Lewis, Longman & Walker, P.A. in Tallahassee, achieved board certification in city, county and local governmental law from The Florida Bar. Jose F. Marichal (B.S. ’91), a California Lutheran University professor, is the author of a new book that examines the impact of Facebook on democracy. London-based Ashgate Press released Facebook Democracy: The Architecture of Disclosure and the Threat to Public Life on Aug. 17, 2012.
Crystal L. Timmons (B.S. ’93), a clinical assistant professor in the School of Teaching and Learning at the University of Florida, has been recognized as an Emerging Leader by PDK International, a global association of education professionals. Robert D. Long (M.S. ’94) has been named the new economic development director for Gwinnett County, Ga. Ann D. Thornton (M.S. ’94) was named The Andrew W. Mellon Director of the New York Public Libraries.
J. Marshall Shepherd (B.S. ’91, M.S. ’93, Ph.D. ’99), a professor at the University of Georgia and national board member for the Florida State University Black Alumni Association, was designated president-elect of the American Meteorological Society, the nation’s largest professional organization for atmospheric scientists, meteorologists and climatologists. Susan M. Ryan (B.S. ’82) has been promoted to dean of the duPont-Ball Library and Digital Learning Resources at Stetson University in DeLand, Fla. Pamela D. White (B.S. ’82) was named director of compliance and conflict resolution at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va. Peter D. Doragh (J.D. ’84) was named district governor nominee for Rotary District 6960, which encompasses Charlotte, Collier, Desoto, Lee, Glades, Hendry, Sarasota and Manatee Counties in Florida. This nomination places him in line to become district governor for the 2014-2015 Rotary year; as governor, Doragh will coordinate community and international service projects for the 52 clubs within the district. J. Steve McDonald (J.D. ’84), a partner at the law firm of ShuffieldLowman in Orlando, Fla., was named to Florida Trend magazine’s 2012 Legal Elite list, an honor bestowed upon only 2 percent of the 67,000 attorneys who practice in the state. David M. Caldevilla (J.D. ’86), an attorney with de la Parte & Gilbert, P.A. in Tampa, Fla., has been appointed to serve as chair of the Original Proceedings Subcommittee of The Florida Bar’s Appellate Court Rules Committee.
Benjamin L. Crump (B.S. ‘92, J.D. ’95), a principal in the Tallahassee law firm of Parks & Crump, LLC, has been appointed by The Florida Bar to serve a three-year term on the board of The Florida Bar Foundation. Gregory W. Meier (B.S. ’92), a partner in the law firm of ShuffiedLowman, was recently named to the 2012 Super Lawyers list by Thompson-Reuters magazine and was designated a Legal Elite by Florida Trend magazine. Troy A. Kishbaugh (B.S. ’93), a shareholder in both the Fort Lauderdale and Orlando offices of GrayRobinson, P.A., has been appointed to The Florida’s Bar Health Law Certification Committee and was included in the Florida Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists for 2012 in the field of health care. Brett Player (B.S. ’93) was recently hired as creative director in Jackson Spalding’s Atlanta office, where he will lead a 20-member creative team that generates graphic design, advertising, multimedia, digital and photography services for clients.
▼ Lara L. Tibbals Lara L. Tibbals (B.S. ’94), an attorney with the firm of Hill Ward Henderson, P.A. in Tampa, Fla., was named to the 2012 edition of Florida Super Lawyers. Richard L. Barry (B.A. ’95, J.D. ’00), an attorney in the Orlando office of GrayRobinson, P.A., has been selected to participate in the Leadership Orlando program. Charles W. Callahan (B.S. ’95, J.D. ’98), a shareholder at Hill Ward Henderson, PA., in Tampa, Fla., serves in the firm’s Trusts and Estates Group and has been named to the 2012 Florida Rising Stars list. Justin C. Maierhofer (B.A. ’95) has been promoted to vice president and chief of staff in the office of the CEO at the Tennessee Valley Authority in Knoxville, Tenn.
Gary M. Farmer (B.A. ’86) was presented with the Florida Justice Association’s EAGLE Legend Award and was selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America in the field of mass torts litigation/class actions — plaintiffs.
Erica A. Leatham (B.A. ’96), an attorney in the Baltimore office of Ballard Spahr LLP, has been named to Maryland’s Top 100 Women by The Daily Record, which recognizes the accomplishments of women who have achieved professional success and are making a difference through leadership, community service and mentoring.
Stephen Senn (B.S. ’86, J.D. ’89) has been appointed to a three-year term on the board of The Florida Bar Foundation, a nonprofit corporation chartered to foster law-related public interest programs on behalf of Florida’s legal profession.
Louis C. Taormina (B.S. ’96) became a shareholder in Frederic W. Cook & Co. Inc.’s New York office.
Charles DiGiacomo (B.S. ’89) recently joined PNC’s Corporate and Institutional Banking leadership team for Greater Georgia as vice president of the Public Finance Group.
Renee Crichton (B.S. ’97) was selected to be the city manager of Hallandale Beach, Fla. She was previously deputy city manager of Miami Gardens, Fla. ▲ Brett Player
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ALUMNUS JAMIE LINDEN STRIKES GOLD ON THE SILVER SCREEN Screenwriter Jamie Linden (B.S. ’01) made his directorial debut in September with the comedy 10 Years. The PG-13 film, featuring well-known actors Channing Tatum and Rosario Dawson, follows a group of friends coming together after a decade for their high school reunion. Though 10 Years marks Linden’s premiere as a director, he isn’t new to the Hollywood scene. After graduating from FSU with a degree in media production and marketing, Linden and a friend drove to L.A. on a whim to attend a taping of The Price is Right. He walked out with $5,000. With a taste of success and a hunger for more, Linden decided to stay on the West Coast. “I got a temp job reading screenplays and was fascinated by them,” Linden said. “I was hired and fired from a few assistant jobs and so I figured I’d try writing a script myself.” Linden’s talent was quickly noticed. “The first screenplay I wrote with my friend Cory Helms, a University of Florida grad, unfortunately, was called Things to Do Before I Die,” he said. “We got really lucky and Warner Bros. bought it and gave us a blind deal for another script.” Linden seized this opportunity to retell the heartwrenching story of the 1970 plane crash that took the lives of Marshall University’s football team and coaching staff. We Are Marshall was released in late 2006.
Linden went on to write and produce Dear John. During production, he bonded with actor Channing Tatum, who asked him to write and direct his next film. Thus, 10 Years, inspired by Linden’s own high school reunion, was made. (The school in the film, Lake Howell High, is named after the Orlando-native’s alma mater.) The Linden saga is set to continue with no signs of slowing down. Next, he will write and direct an even bigger ensemble movie, The Flight Before Christmas, for Paramount Pictures, and pen Dogs of Babel, which will star Steve Carell, as well as a remake of the 1966 Steve McQueen movie Nevada Smith.
Dimitri N. Diatchenko (M.M. ’96) starred in the Warner Brother’s film Chernobyl Diaries, which was released on May 25, 2012, and will appear in the upcoming World War II action film Company of Heroes. He has also appeared on several TV shows this past year, including Sons of Anarchy, How I Met Your Mother and TNT’s Perception.
The Wettest County in the World, a novel by alumnus Matt Bondurant (Ph.D. ‘03), has been adapted into a feature film, Lawless, starring actor Shia LaBeouf. Dimitri N. Diatchenko Vires 55
Courtney E. Goddard (B.S. ’97), associate vice president and general counsel for Park University in Parkville, Mo., has been honored by Ingram’s, a Kansas City business magazine, as a member of its 2012 class of “40 Under Forty,” which honors Kansas City’s most accomplished young business and community leaders. Maggie D. Mooney-Portale (B.S. ’97), an attorney with Lewis, Longman & Walker, P.A., was named a 2012 Rising Star in the area of Government/Cities/ Municipalities Law and was recognized as an AV® Preeminent attorney by the Lexus Nexus peer review rating service Martindale-Hubbell. The AV rating is achievable only after admission to the bar for at least 10 years and indicates the highest level of ethical standards and professional ability.
ALUMNA FOLLOWS HER CURIOSITY TO THE RED PLANET Jennifer Stern (Ph.D. ’05) has a job that is out of this world. Literally. Stern is a scientist on the Earth-based team that monitors and directs Curiosity, the space rover now rumbling over Mars more than 34 million miles away. Before she signed up to explore the Red Planet, though, the 36-year-old researcher earned her doctorate in geochemistry at Florida State University and worked daily for nearly four years in the geochemistry program of the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory at FSU. She left to do her postdoctoral research at the Astrobiology Division of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland. Robotic spacecrafts are commonly used to explore alternate worlds, controlled by scientists and researchers on Earth. Curiosity is said to be one of the many rovers paving the way for humans to eventually set foot on outside planets.
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Curiosity is the fourth robotic rover launched into space since 1997. With the help of a 51-foot-long parachute, it made an extraordinary landing on the Red Planet on Aug. 5.
State attorney Norm Wolfinger presented Delores Spearman (B.A. ’98, M.A. ’08) of Rockledge, Fla., with the Howard Futch Leadership Award, which is given annually to a leader in Brevard County who strives to make a difference in the lives of others.
“Every time we go to Mars, there’s basically a 40 percent chance of success, so it’s amazing that everything went so well,” Stern said. “For a lot of people, that was a big relief and very exciting.”
However, for Stern and her team, the mission has already been completed and is opening doors to new possibilities. She sees proof of this success when she visits schools and talks to kids about space exploration. “When I put a picture of Curiosity up on the screen, the kids already know a lot about Mars and the rover,” she said. Perhaps those kids will be the ones with their footprints on Mars. Photo courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech/Malin Space Science Systems
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Soon, they will begin to hunt for life on the planet. Scientists don’t expect to meet any little green Martians — that will have to remain a part of sci-fi lore — but they do hope to find evidence of former life.
Sharon Haggard (B.S. ’98) was promoted to director of real estate at Chico’s FAS, Inc. The company brands include Chico’s, White House Black Market, Soma Intimates and Boston Proper. Jennifer C. Iacino (B.S. ’98, Ed.D. ’11) was appointed to dean, student development and campus life, online at Berkeley College in Berkeley, N.J. In this role, Iacino will be responsible for all aspects of student life through Berkeley College Online and will work closely with students, faculty and staff in the creative design and implementation of student development programs.
Jared M. Ross (B.A. ’99, J.D. ’06) was promoted to vice president of governmental affairs for the League of Southeastern Credit Unions, the trade association representing credit unions in Florida and Alabama.
2000s Rocco Cafaro (JD. ’01), a shareholder with the law firm of Hill Ward Henderson, P.A. in Tampa, Fla., has been named to the 2012 Florida Rising Stars list. Alissa M. Ellison (B.S. ’01), an attorney in the office of GrayRobinson, P.A., graduated from the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce’s 2012 leadership development program and was promoted to shareholder in the firm’s Tampa office.
▼ F. Joseph Ullo F. Joseph Ullo (M.S. ’98, J.D. ’06), an attorney with Lewis, Longman & Walker, P.A. in Tallahassee, was named a 2012 Rising Star by Florida Super Lawyers in the area of environmental law. Michael J. Drahoos (B.S. ’99), an attorney with Fowler White Burnett, P.A. in Miami, was recognized as a Rising Star in personal injury defense in the 2012 issue of Florida Super Lawyers magazine.
Melanie S. Griffin (B.S. ’03, J.D. ’06, M.B.A. ’06), of the law firm Dean, Mead, Egerton, Bloodworth, Capouano & Bozarth, P.A. in Orlando, Fla., has been elected as the president-elect designate of The Florida Bar Young Lawyers Division. Michael Raanan (B.S. ’03), of Santa Ana, Calif., opened the Landmark Tax Group, a professional tax firm specializing in resolving IRS and state tax disputes. Ethen R. Shapiro (J.D. ’03), a shareholder in the litigation group of the law firm Hill Ward Henderson, PA., has been designated a 2012 Florida Rising Star. ▲ Ethen R. Shapiro
Brad J. Edwards (J.D. ’01) was selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America in the field of personal injury litigation — plaintiffs. Dawn H. Pearcy-Hamissou (Ph.D. ’02) was promoted to full professor at Eastern Michigan University. Carly Feliciani Probst (B.S. ’03) was promoted to recruiting and marketing coordinator at the Tampa, Fla., law firm of Hill Ward Henderson, P.A.
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Jesse S. Darnay (B.S. ’04) published his debut novel The History of Now, a coming-of-age story about a young woman trying to reconcile her tumultuous past so she can learn to live and love in the present. Timothy Giuliani (B.S ’04) was named president and CEO of the Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce.
Andrew Stephens (B.S. ’11) is seizing opportunities to broaden his horizons on a global scale. The Sarasota, Fla., native was awarded a 2012 Thomas R. Pickering Graduate Foreign Affairs Fellowship, which will fund his graduate education in international diplomacy at the University of Denver’s Josef Korbel School of International Studies. Each year, the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation awards 40 of the scholarships to exceptional students aspiring to enter the nation’s diplomatic corps. The fellows participate in one domestic and one overseas internship, and commit to three years with the U.S. Department of State’s Foreign Service, a selective corps of working professionals who can be sent anywhere in the world at any time in service to the diplomatic needs of the United States. Stephens, who plans to use the experience to pursue a career in media relations with foreign embassies, is already schooled in employing the world as his classroom. While in the process of applying for the Pickering Fellowship, he received a fully funded scholarship from the New York University Institute of French Studies and another from the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, bringing him to Paris to complete a master’s degree in global journalism and French studies from NYU. Stephens was a standout student while at Florida State, receiving recognition on the FSU President’s List for six semesters, serving as vice president of the Phi Mu Alpha music fraternity and earning a Global Pathways Certificate as well as a certificate in teaching English as a foreign language from the FSU Center for Intensive English Studies. He also served as a radio news anchor at WVFS, the university’s student-run radio station. “I consider myself a lifelong learner with an insatiable curiosity about the world around me,” Stephens said. “I will be forever grateful to FSU for having helped me achieve my dreams, and I hope I will always remain humble.” 58 Vires
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Jacob R. Ruytenbeek (B.S. ’04) presented his paper Reverse Auctions: A Failure of Leadership at the National Contract Management Association World Congress in Boston, Mass., where he was also recognized as the Distinguished Graduate for the NCMA Contract Management Leadership Development Class of 2011-2012. Alisia M. Adamson (B.S. ’05), a partner at Hylton, Adamson, Watson & Moore in Orlando, Fla., was named the Nation’s Best Advocate of the Year by the National Bar Association and IMPACT. ▲ Alisia M. Adamson
Joseph E. Rakowski (B.S. ’07) has published his debut novel, The Delivery Cut. Ana M. Medina (B.F.A. ’08) received her Master of Fine Arts from the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, N.M. Danielle M. Murray (B.A. ’08, J.D. ’10) was recently hired as an attorney at The Health Law Firm in Altamonte Springs, Fla.
2010s John L. Blackstone (B.S. ’10) graduated from Navy Officer Candidate School and has received a commission as an ensign in the United States Navy while assigned at Officer Training Command in Newport, R.I. Michael R. Moore (B.S. ’10) completed U.S. Navy basic training in Great Lakes, Ill. Chris Nelson (M.S. ’10) was named the police chief of Auburndale, Fla. He had served as deputy chief since 2007. Jamison E. Ware (B.S. ’10) completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes, Ill. Sharon M. Wynn (B.S. ’10) started a non-profit organization, The Spirit of a Child Foundation, which strives to identify and combat barriers destructive to parent-child relationships. Edward B. Gainer (B.S. ’11) completed basic training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot in Parris Island, S.C. John P. Kilbane (B.A. ’11) earned the title of United States Marine after graduating from recruit training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot in Parris Island, S.C. Jesse M. Rog (B.S. ’11) completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes, Ill. Thomas P. Twomey (B.S. ’11), who is currently assigned at Officer Training Command in Newport, R.I., has graduated from Navy Officer Candidate School and been commissioned as a United States Navy ensign.
Alison Curdt (B.S. ’05, B.A. ’05) was voted 2012 Ladies Professional Golf Association Teaching and Club Professional Western Teacher of the Year. Sheena C. Fowler (B.A. ’05), film commissioner for the Metro Orlando Film Commission in Florida, received her designation of certified film commissioner from the Association of Film Commissioners International. James R. Johnson (B.S. ’05) was promoted to manager in the financial reporting and assurance practice at Bennett Thrasher PC, one of the largest Atlanta-based, full-service certified public accounting and consulting firms. Ross C. Krusell (B.S. ’06) was named leader for technology services in Florida for McGladrey, a provider of assurance, tax, and consulting services.
Noah B. Oliver (B.A. ’12) has been promoted to Navy seaman upon graduation from recruit training at Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes, Ill.
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I N M EM O RIAM 1930s Jane Robison Harrell (B.A. ’34) LaVerne Horton Jeffries (B.A. ’34) Sarah Williams Nisbet (B.A. ’34) F. Evelyn Rudd Johnson (B.A. ’34, M.S. ’66) Sylvia Horner McLean (B.A. ’35) Mercia Scott Wilkins (B.S. ’36) Mary E. Berryhill (B.A. ’37) Ercel Anderson Camp (L.I. ’37) Mary Moore Delaino (B.A. ’37) Marian Weeks Fisher (B.S. ’37) Jeannette Simmons Kimsey (B.S. ’37) Dorothy McLean Smiley (B. ’37) Ruth Rosen Wittenstein (B. ’37) Eleanor Hickson Betts (L.I. ’38) Emily Blackwell Curtis (B.A. ’38) Peggie Underwood McCubbin (B.S. ’38)
Mary Crespo Rhodes (B.S. ’38) Mary Manning Bliss (B.A. ’39) Gwendolyn Herndon Burr (B.A. ’39) Nancy Rigby Mann (B.A. ’39) Nelwyn Brooks McCrory (B.A. ’39) Edythe Taylor McDaniel (L.I. ’39) Arystine Kennedy Peerson (B.S. ’39)
1940s Katherine Graham Avant (B.S. ’40) Cleo Kemp Brussow (B.A. ’40) Carolyn O’Neal Robison (B.A. ’40) Betty Pearlman Fosberg (B.S. ’41) Floread Brown Lee (B.S. ’41) Mattie McKinnon Marchese (B. ’41) Carolyn Brinson May (B.A. ’41) Patricia Holbert Menk (B.A. ’41) Frances Lytle Maddox (B.S. ’42) Virginia Lee Mallette (B.S. ’42) Grace Rushing Maxwell (B.A. ’42, Ph.D. ’64)
Beulah White Scott (B.S. ’42) Nina Williams Wilson (B.A. ’42) Lamar Ellis Hood (B.S. ’43) Frances Brooks Hudson (B.S. ’43) Elizabeth Rogers McCord (B.S. ’43) Ruth Thomas Odenwald (B.S. ’43) Florence Gatlin Owens (B.S. ’43) Helen Willis Ray (B.S. ’43) Kathryn Bixby Likowski (B.A. ’44) Rhea Bond Miller (B.A. ’44, M.A. ’71, Ph.D. ’76) Mary Peavy Allen (’44) Mary Reams Anderson (B.A. ’45) Virginia Kinner Anderson (B.S. ’45) Elizabeth Morgan Archer (B.A. ’45) Martha Fain Brooks (B.A. ’45) Dorothy Tobias Clemmons (B.A. ’45, Ph.D. ’92) Mary Reichert Gaskins (B.S. ’45) Juanita M. Gibson (B.S. ’45, M.S. ’48) Lorine Brown Gibson (B.S. ’45) Annabell Bradfield Tyor (B.S. ’45)
Mable Wells (B.S. ’45) Della Rhodes Blackmon (B.A. ’46) Sara Corry Maguire (B.A. ’47) Emily Daniel Owens (B.A. ’47) Louise Illingsworth Pierce (B.A. '47) Frances Proctor Roesch (B.A. ’47) Betty Mowat Andrews (B.S. ’48) Grace Myers Boring (B.A. ’48) Ruth McCallister Brady (B.A. ’48) Katheryn Davis Goodbread (B.A. ’48) John H. Parker Jr. (B.S. ’48) Sylvia Leibovitz Weiss (B.A. ’48) Elizabeth Burch Welch (B.S. ’48) Marquita Lance McCord (’48) Charles A. Henderson (B.A. ’49, M.A. ’50) Billie Waddle Huddle (B.A. ’49) Blanche Woolfolk Hughes (B.S. ’49) Cheryl D. Muster (B.A. ’49) Rachel Green Perkins (B.A. ’49) Betty Calhoun Powell (B.S. ’49)
JOE AVE ZZ A N O (B.S. ’65) Popular football figure Avezzano died suddenly on April 5, 2012, in Milan, Italy, where he had recently relocated to serve as head coach of the Italian Football League’s Milano Seamen. He was 68. Avezzano is most remembered for his tenure as special teams coach with the Dallas Cowboys from 1990 to 2002. The cherished “Coach Joe,” as he was affectionately known in North Texas, brought home three Super Bowl rings and was named the NFL’s special teams coach of the year three times while with the franchise. “He was also a wonderful father, husband and friend,” Cowboys owner Jerry Jones expressed. “No one enjoyed life more than Joe, and no one that I know had a greater appreciation for the people that he loved and the lives that he touched.” Avezzano was born on Nov. 17, 1943, in Yonkers, N.Y. While at Florida State, he anchored the football team’s offensive line and was a member of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity. Upon graduating, he was drafted and played for the Boston Patriots during the 1966 American Football League season. He later returned to FSU as an assistant football coach in 1968. In addition to his coaching career, which also included stints with the Oakland Raiders and Oregon State, Avezzano worked as a radio and TV analyst and owned Coach Joe’s Hat Tricks, a bar and restaurant in Lewisville, Texas. He is survived by his wife, Diann, and son Tony. 60 Vires
1950s Elizabeth Anderson Baker (B.A. ’50) Mildred Christian Chapman (B.S. ’50) Thelma Haymond Fallows (B.S. ’50) Thovald Johnson (B.S. ’50) Walton B. Jones (B.S. ’50) Shirley Schroeder Kirton (B.S. ’50) Christine Parker Kohnke (B.A. ’50) Richard B. Locher (B.S. ’50, M.S. ’57) Natalie Parramore McMasters (B.A. ’50) Roy T. Napier (B.S. ’50, M.S. ’54) Peggy Thompson Post (B.S. ’50) William B. Quigley (B.S. ’50) Rose Coleman Rumble (B.M. ’50) Wade H. Wehunt Jr. (’50) William T. Eddins Jr. (M.S. ’51) Oscar O. Godwin Jr. (B.S. ’51, M.S. ’58) Wallace W. Haire (B.S. ’51) George A. Quesada Sr. (M.A. ’51) Rae Summers Shuler (B.S. ’51, M.S. ’58) Mary Garrett Sprouse (B.S. ’51) Helen McCorkle Voth (B.S. ’51) Gene C. Wesley (B.S. ’51) Ernest K. Dickey (B.S. ’52) Connor W. Hollingsworth (B.S. ’52, M.S. ’54) Jeanette Nichols Johnson (B.S. ’52) Helen Bell Latzer (B.M. ’52) Barbara Middlebrooks Morrison (B.S. ’52) Patricia Harrison Patrick (B.S. ’52) Norman F. Graham (’52) Richard L. Hinson Jr. (’52) Bettye Connell (’52) Gordon A. Darby (B.S. ’53) Robert L. Ducker (B.S. ’53) Emily Bethel George (B.S. ’53) Helen J. Hopewell (M.A. ’53) Henrietta Whidden Melton (B.S. ’53) Susan Willis Newsome (B.S. ’53) Russell B. Shampine (B.M. ’53, M.S. ’56) George N. Cornelius Sr. (B.S. ’54) Helen Tolleson Diamond (B.S. ’54, M.S. ’58) William E. Norris (B.S. ’54) Anna Hendren-Watson Runyan (B.S. ’54) Philip J. Stewart (B.S. ’54) Jack M. Watkins Sr. (B.S. ’54) Vonceil Blair Zankel (M.A. ’54) Mary G. Almore (B.S. ’55, M.S. ’56, M.S. ’58) Patsy Dowling Denmark (B.S. ’55) Marcus T. Fountain Jr. (B.S. ’55) Frances Mills Jackson (B.A. ’55) Joseph R. Moorer Jr. (B.S. ’55) Victor S. Spoto (B.A. ’55) Warren L. Vergason (B.S. ’55, M.S. ’56) Ralph D. Wyly Jr. (B.A. ’55, M.A. ’57, Ph.D. ’65) Betty Bowman Bolds (B.S. ’56) Crayton C. Coleman Jr. (M.S. ’56) Helen Carothers Edwards (B.S. ’56) William P. Farrell (B.S. ’56) Arthur W. Knight (B.S. ’56) Robert M. Knight Jr. (B.S. ’56, M.S. ’73) Max S. Long Jr. (B.S. ’56) George N. Metcalf (B.S. ’56) Pickens Talley Morgan (B.S. ’56) Carolyn R. Read (B.S. ’56)
Mary Roddenberry Spinelli (B.S. ’56) Billie Folsom Tadich (B.S. ’56) James H. Wilcox (Ph.D. ’56) John H. Davis (’56) William B. Boyd (M.S. ’57) Edith B. Card (M.M. ’57, Ph.D. ’75) Lonnie W. Cook Jr. (B.S. ’57) Francis A. Faggioni Jr. (B.S. ’57) Raymond G. Hemann (B.S. ’57, M.S. ’70, M.A. ’72) Richard T. Henderson (B.S. ’57) Richard C. Kahlich (B.S. ’57) John S. Lang Jr. (B.S. ’57) Martha Grant Legge (B.S. ’57) Don R. Spivey (B.A. ’57, Ed.D. ’72) Larry E. Tuten (B.S. ’57) James R. Bishop (B.S. ’58) Shirley Landrum Britton (B.S. ’58) Richard J. Chambers Sr. (B.S. ’58, M.Ed. ’71) Lewis C. Cochran (B.S. ’58) John M. Glisson (B.S. ’58) George S. Harford (M.M. ’58) Louis L. Henry (M.A. ’58, Ph.D. ’65) Rodney E. Knight (B.S. ’58) Betty Bishop Lewis (B.S. ’58, M.S. ’62) William L. Maloy Sr. (Ed.D. ’58) Harry F. McCann (B.S. ’58) Juanita Stilwell McElwain (B.M. ’58, M.M.E. ’74, Ph.D. ’78) James E. McFatter Sr. (B.S. ’58) Lewis C. McMillan (B.S. ’58) Robert L. Nesbit (B.S. ’58, M.S. ’63) Roderick W. Scudder (B.S. ’58) Eugene A. Welenteichick Sr. (B.S. ’58) H. Ronald Wetherington (B.S. ’58) Mary P. Wise (M.S. ’58) James D. Bracken (B.S. ’59) Lawton E. Caruthers (B.S. ’59) Jerry M. Fleming (B.A. ’59) Willard D. Hunsberger (M.A. ’59) Linda Stephens Keery (B.S. ’59, M.S. ’73) Linda Howell O’Connor (B.S. ’59) Ronald R. Sommer (B.S. ’59, M.S. ’65) Robert J. Wolfenbarger (B.S. ’59, M.B.A. ’67)
1960s Eldred R. Bratsen (B.A. ’60, M.S. ’62) Barry P. Childers (Ph.D. ’60) Eugene H. Ginn Jr. (B.S. ’60) Mansfield N. Harrington (B.S. ’60, M.S. ’69, Ph.D. ’83) Fred H. Hodges Jr. (B.S. ’60) James C. Newton (B.S. ’60) Ralph N. Reynolds (B.S. ’60) Paul W. Skoglund Jr. (B.S. ’60, M.S.P. ’82) Joseph C. Sloan (B.S. ’60) Patricia A. Teague (B.S. ’60) Strato E. Telvely (M.A. ’60) Monnie Roberson Daughtrey (B.S. ’61) Anthony F. DeSimone Sr. (B.S. ’61) Robert F. Morrow (B.S. ’61) Donna Falconnier Parker (B.S. ’61, M.S. ’84) Gustav F. Roess III (M.S. ’61) Jim K. Tillman (B.S. ’61) Gary A. Watterson (B.S. ’61)
Judith Rokoske Aiello (B.S. ’62) Leila B. Browning (B.S. ’62) Barbara Tohms Fiorella (M.S.W. ’62) Helen Ryan Holmes (M.S. ’62) Derek S. Lawler (B.A. ’62) Robert H. Moriner (B.A. ’62) Edward S. Newman (B.S. ’62) Cynthia M. Ponder (B.S. ’62) Berkeley Strobel (B.A. ’62) Sarah J. Ball (B.S. ’63) Jeanne Dupuy Brock (B.A. ’63, M.A. ’68) James E. Campbell (B.S. ’63) Henry Harmeling Jr. (M.S. ’63) John Carroll Jr. (B.S. ’63) Felicia Lewis Manly (B.S. ’63) Doris P. Pearce (Ph.D. ’63) Raymond T. Yeatman (B.S. ’63) Ardeth E. Arnold (B.S. ’64) William T. Cottingham Jr. (Ph.D. ’64) Edmund R. DuMond (B.S. ’64) Eric M. Filson (B.A. ’64, B.S. ’79) George E. Gatlin (B.M. ’64, M.Ed. ’76, Ed.D. ’80) Judith Register Heede (B.A. ’64) John W. Howell Jr. (B.S. ’64) Frank P. Lee (B.A. ’64) Betty Moates McNiel (B.S. ’64) Juan F. Miranda (B.A. ’64) Walter D. Taylor (B.S. ’64) David J. Winokur (Ph.D. ’64) Maryann Sweet Alban (B.S. ’65) John W. Bowen (B.A. ’65) Louis G. DeLaVergne Jr. (B.A. ’65) Peter C. Eberhard (B.S. ’65) Robert S. Ek (B.S. ’65) Charles S. Ellington (B.S. ’65) Lester Meltzer (M.S. ’65) Birdie J. Minor (B.A. ’65) Kathleen Roberts Rich (B.S. ’65) A. Gerald Stroud (M.S. ’65) William F. Bearse (B.S. ’66) Enid Forsley Edwards (B.A. ’66) Milton A. Galbraith Jr. (B.A. ’66, J.D. ’71) Raymond E. Haufler (B.S. ’66) Francine Cannella Hudson (B.S. ’66) Samuel L. McAlexander Jr. (B.S. ’66) Dorothy M. McGowan (B.S. ’66) Richard A. Moe Sr. (B.S. ’66) Charles H. Spencer (B.S. ’66) William K. Thomasson (B.S. ’66) Byron M. Winn III (M.S. ’66) Ashraf Begum Amanuddin (M.S. ’67) Alan P. Barney (B.S. ’67) Wayne C. Clemmer (B.S. ’67) Joseph F. Cooper (B.S. ’67) Duane Doty (M.S. ’67) Ronald R. Hess (B.A. ’67) Roy D. Parker (B.S. ’67) James T. Russell (B.S. ’67) Scott T. Simonson (B.S. ’67) Lynn Lepaige Stuart (B.S. ’67, M.S. ’74) Wesley W. Collins (J.D. ’68, M.S.W. ’87) James T. Garrett (B.S. ’68) Margaret McArthur King (B.A. ’68)
Charlotte Parker Simpson (B.S. ’68) Jack A. Whitley II (B.A. ’68, J.D. ’76) Audrey Robertson Wilson (B.A. ’68, M.A. ’69, Ph.D. ’72) Gloria Collins Bass (M.S. ’69) Robert M. Hedges (B.S. ’69) Joseph P. McGonagle (M.S. ’69) Norman L. Paxton Jr. (B.A. ’69, J.D. ’72) William R. Jones (Ph.D. ’69)
1970s Anilouise Stripling Boyd (B.A. ’70) Thomasina Weber Byerly (B.A. ’70) Lynda Kjellstrom Daniels (B.S. ’70) Llewellyn L. Henson III (M.S. ’70, Ed.S. ’78, Ph.D. ’80) Dorman H. Lott (M.B.A. ’70) Mary Prater Patzke (B.S. ’70) Robert Yost (M.B.A. ’70) Russell D. Clark III (Ph.D. ’70) Skip Berry (B.S. ’71) John R. Collins (M.S.W. ’71) Nancy Matheny Evans (B.F.A. ’71) Lorraine Hayman Floyd (B.A. ’71) Bruce L. Hoopes (B.A. ’71) Michael D. Hubbard (M.S. ’71, Ph.D. ’84) Carol Nickerson Miller (B.S.W. ’71) Arthur G. Schoeck (B.A. ’71) Kenney L. Scruggs (B.A. ’71) Ronald E. Stam (B.S.W. ’71) Kathleen Stillwell-Myers (B.S. ’71) Hilton Stowell (Ph.D. ’71) Jan Holbrook Thompson (B.S. ’71) Mae-Louise Baker (’71) James H. Beer (B.S. ’72) Gerald D. Brooks (B.S. ’72) Larry K. Clark (B.S.W. ’72) Ronald M. Hannon (B.S. ’72, B.S. ’75) Shirley Younkins Kirwin (B.M.E. ’72) Robert W. Long Sr. (Ph.D. ’72) Beverly Phelps Maki (B.A. ’72) James H. Meyer (M.S.W. ’72) Joyce Nelson (M.S. ’72) Donn A. Szaro Sr. (B.S. ’72) Peter C. Barile (B.A. ’73) Leonard H. Childers Jr. (M.B.A. ’73) Chadsey M. Crim (B.A. ’73) William E. Holmes (M.S. ’73, Ed.S. ’76) Pamela Perrigo Lott (Ph.D. ’73) Jackie J. Magee (M.P.A. ’73) Harold C. Miller Jr. (B.S. ’73) Donald R. Millman (B.S.W. ’73) Anna Bryant Motter (B.A. ’73, J.D. ’76) Anthony M. Regitano (M.A. ’73) Thomas M. Rowell (B.S. ’73) Sara Tanner Stewart (B.S. ’73) Jacquelyn Davis Trapp (M.S. ’73) Lawrence H. Cohen (M.S. ’74, Ph.D. ’77) Jimmie L. Davis (M.S. ’74) Cora J. Hastings (M.A. ’74) William S. Hickey Jr. (B.S. ’74) Thomas W. Hutchison (B.S. ’74, M.S. ’91, Ph.D. ’95) Michael L. Jett (B.S. ’74)
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V I RGINIA SP ENCER CA RR (B.S. ’51, PH.D. ’69) R ICH AR D S IM Carr, an award-winning biographer and college professor, spent many years telling other’s stories — the most famous being that of American writer Carson McCullers, which she immortalized in the biography The Lonely Hunter. After 82 years of life, Carr’s own story as a respected literary scholar is now being celebrated. A victim of liver disease, Carr died on April 10, 2012, in her home in Lynn, Mass. The West Palm Beach, Fla., native was born to Louis Perry and Wilma Bell Spencer. Her father owned a tire company and her mother, also a writer, was the society editor for The Palm Beach Daily News. Carr explored more than the written word during her days at FSU, becoming a trapeze aerialist with the university’s Flying High Circus. She furthered her studies in English at the University of North Carolina, where she earned a master’s degree. She then returned to FSU for her doctorate, writing her dissertation on McCullers in 1969. Among her other biographical subjects were two other 20th-century American writers, John Dos Passos and Paul Bowles, but McCullers was her first and most meaningful to her career. In 1978, the FSU Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa honored her as a Grad Made Good. Carr began her teaching career as a professor at Columbus State University. In 1985, she became chair of the Department of English at Georgia State University. She was named the John B. and Elena Diaz Verson Amos Distinguished Professor in English Letters in 1993 and retired in 2003. Carr is survived by her partner, Mary E. Robbins; daughters Catherine Carr Lee, Karen Carr Gale and Kimberly Carr Morris; and seven grandchildren. 62 Vires
Karen Kram Laudenslager (B.S. ’74, M.S. ’77) Roy E. Lett Jr. (B.F.A. ’74, M.F.A. ’80) Ronald H. Oglesby (M.S. ’74) Frederick W. Robertson (B.A. ’74, M.F.A. ’87) Ronald J. Sarjeant (M.M.E. ’74) Leopold K. Seale Sr. (B.S. ’74) Thomas L. Smith (B.S. ’74) Thomas F. Vigueras (M.S. ’74) Frederick P. Adams (Ph.D. ’75) Constance A. Benton (M.S. ’75) William C. Bowden (M.S. ’75) John S. Decker (B.A. ’75) Ray T. McCullough (J.D. ’75) Regina Whipple Shields (A.A. ’75, B.S. ’85) Joseph T. Smith (Ph.D. ’75) Debra Wiener Strekal (M.A. ’75) Russell Y. Wood (B.S. ’75) John C. Hinds Jr. (B.A. ’75) Robert J. Best (B.S. ’76) Benjamin F. Finison Jr. (B.S. ’76) Jorge J. Fuentes (B.S. ’76) Calvin L. Glover (B.S. ’76) Laura Nelson Gouaux (B.S. ’76) Ann Jones Graf (B.S. ’76, M.S. ’77) James B. Hanna (B.S. ’76, M.B.A. ’80) Kenneth J. Jargowsky (B.A. ’76) W. Arthur Roberts (Ed.S. ’76) Sheldon A. Williams (B.A. ’76) Louise D. Baker (Ph.D. ’77) Carol Kelly Kelly (B.A. ’77) Heiko D. Pein (M.A. ’77) Leslie T. Smith (B.S. ’77) Shirley Pelton Ballard-Steele (B.S. ’78) Colleen A. Donahue (B.S. ’78, J.D. ’82) Joseph R. Hicks (B.S. ’78) Douglas W. Jennings (B.S. ’78) Virginia E. Newton (A.A. ’78, B.A. ’80) Anne E. Rudloe (Ph.D. ’78) Frances J. Stafford (Ph.D. ’78) Leon B. Trumbull (Ed.S. ’78) Emilie M. Young (M.S. ’78) Maria Zachariou (B.A. ’78) Robert R. Begland (Ph.D. ’79) Martin A. Book (B.S. ’79) Robert W. Brooke (B.S. ’79) Gary K. Shaw (B.S. ’79) Judy Mulkey Waite (M.S. ’79) Patrice Wallace (B.S. ’79)
1980s Charles F. Crowley III (B.S. ’80) Terry Broderick Graham (M.S.P. ’80) Carolyn MacMillan Buby (Ph.D. ’81) Wilbern E. Conard (Ph.D. ’81) Daniel J. Dorris (B.S. ’81) Linda Poff James (B.S. ’81) Virginia S. Meidel (B.A. ’81) Jamesine G. Sears (B.S. ’81) Michael R. Spencer (B.S. ’81) Victor E. Croft (B.A. ’82) Dorothy Coln Cunningham (M.S. ’82) Louis G. De Sonier III (Ph.D. ’82) Deborah Wright Hartley (B.S. ’82)
Scott J. Matchett (B.S. ’82) Margaret Sylvestre Simpson (Ed.D. ’82) Roger C. Bergstrom (M.B.A. ’83) Lee E. Bustle III (B.S. ’83) Scott L. Metz (B.S. ’83) Karla Wolber Schmidt (B.S.N. ’83) Linda G. Wotring (B.S. ’83) Helga C. Coughlin (B.S. ’84) Gerald A. Cramer Jr. (A.A. ’84) Patricia Farris (M.S. ’84) Mark E. Bliss (B.S. ’85) Susan Binger Martin (M.S. ’85) Joann Johnson McCombs (Ed.S. ’85) David G. Carr (B.A. ’86, M.A. ’88) Patricia Gordon (B.S. ’86) Prentiss Y. Price (A.A. ’86) Susannah Herde Dennis (B.S. ’87) Karen L. Hoffman (B.A. ’87, M.P.A. ’89) Steve A. Cantrell (A.A. ’88, B.S. ’90) Joe B. Hendry (B.S. ’88) Patricia Thomas Johnson (A.A. ’88) Aaron Wallace (M.S. ’88) Robert J. Walski (M.F.A. ’88) Lucy Creel Bingham (B.S. ’89) Neal A. Burns (B.S. ’89) James A. Morris (M.S. ’89) Susan Casper Neary (A.A. ’89, B.A. ’91)
Mark W. Brax (B.M. ’11) Nicole M. Garrish (B.S. ’11)
Eleanor P. Hale Jordan E. Hathaway William C. Klein Adam T. Morrison Joshua M. Morse III Kenneth R. Odom II Ambrose C. Ofuani Robert G. Ortwine Betty Wilks Parker-Mason Marjorie Knowlton Peterson Joseph Reynolds Barbara J. Robinson Louis A. Sutton Ian T. Taylor
Class Year Unknown
Faculty & Staff
Joan Kimball Parsons (B.A. ’03) Christopher D. Shubert (B.S. ’03) Samantha B. Hempel (B.A. ’04) Edgar Ter-Oganessian (B.A. ’04, M.S. ’08) Rita S. Lastein (M.S.W. ’05) Jesse W. Bradley (B.A. ’07) Gary C. Hampton (B.S. ’07) Alexandra Christie Johnson (B.S. ’07) Frederick R. Gleissner (B.S. ’08) Monica O. Rosand (B.S. ’08)
2010s
Steven A. Badinga Craig R. Biancalana Jr. Ida Broward Boyd Margaret Doolittle Briscoe Adrian J. DeMeza Shirley Beard Dozier Berry Earle Sidney C. Gates Lynn M. Gomez
Cynthia A. Bowman Davonn J. Brewton Sr. Annie Lawrence Brim Leola Lovett Brookins Darryl R. Bruce Elizabeth A. Carlton Gladys L. Caspar James E. Croft Michele Cooper Fijman
Johnny D. Goodwin Johnny L. Grice Bruce T. Grindal Deborah Cantrell Hagaman Charles D. Hall Mamie L. Hall Mattie L. Harris Werner Herz Richard B. Hornick Herman Gunter Jr. Jack Hayes Jr. Joseph Madsen Jr. Russell P. Kropp Margaret M. Locke E. Edward Marsh Malcolm S. Monnier Zelma M. Nolton J. H. Poore Marietta Powell Teri J. Reese Cyril A. Stitt Roy E. Swanson John L. Wesley III Betty Underwood Wright William Z. Yahr
1990s Amy Roche Metzler (B.A. ’90, M.S. ’93) Kimberly Paradise Ross (B.S. ’90) Scott A. Willett (B.S. ’90) Nathaniel D. Hines II (J.D. ’91) Anita Vachon Ford (M.S.W. ’92) Leslie M. Gaskins Ware (B.S. ’92) Duncan E. Jackson (M.M.E. ’92, Ph.D. ’09) Irma Hood Stanton (B.S. ’92, M.S. ’94) David W. Wussler (B.S. ’92, M.B.A. ’95, B.S. ’96) Jeanette Lugo-Cook (B.A. ’93) Brian E. Mattone (B.S. ’93) Suzana Irvine (B.S. ’94) Mary Harris Miller (M.S. ’94) Alice G. Schreiber (M.S. ’94) Lisa A. Barboun (Ph.D. ’95) Louis V. Campanelli (B.S. ’95) Michael K. Horton (B.S. ’95) David W. Ogden (B.S. ’95) John M. Teuton (B.S. ’95) Amy Hennen Tyle (B.S. ’95) Jean Barthelus (B.A. ’97, B.S. ’00) Lenora M. Paschal (A.A. ’97, B.S. ’99) Robert A. Ray (J.D. ’97) Robert B. Riley Jr. (M.S. ’97) Panagiotis Thanos (M.S. ’97) Shailesh R. Bhandari (Ph.D. ’98) Carola Naumer (Ph.D. ’98) Daryl A. Bryan (B.S. ’99) Philip N. Cusmano (B.S. ’99)
2000s Don R. Brusha (M.S. ’01) Wesley M. Gordon (B.S. ’01) Gina De-Marr McReynolds (B.S.N. ’01) Tranum H. McLemore (B.S. ’02)
T E X BROWN ME ACHA M (B.S. ’38) Meacham was a mid-century maverick who paved the way for women to serve in the military as a member of the Women Airforce Service Pilots. She joined the group of female aviators in 1942 to fill the void for domestic military pilots at a time when the majority of male pilots were serving overseas. Though the group was disbanded by Congress two years later without being officially commissioned into military service, the pioneering women would eventually be recognized for their contributions to the country. In March 2010, Meacham and her partners in flight were awarded Congressional Gold Medals. In 2012, the FSU Alumni Association also honored her for her achievements, presenting her with the Emeritus Alumni Society’s Commitment to Excellence Award. Meacham passed away on July 5, 2012, in Pompano Beach, Fla., at the age of 94. Vires 63
CO L L EG I ATE C R ESCENDO Former professor Tommie Wright’s career at FSU hit a high note on Aug. 11 as the Alumni Association ambassador received an honorary doctorate of music during summer commencement. Wright, who taught a record 50,000 students at Florida State, composed the music to the FSU Fight Song in 1950 to accompany a student’s poem that he read in the Florida Flambeau. Almost 62 years later, he led a new generation of Seminoles in the familiar tune, stating, “Graduates, you’ll be happy to know that I’m not going to give you a long speech this morning,” before delivering the only keynote address in university history to actually involve both keys and notes. 64 Vires
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