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Florida University System Chancellor & IFAS Founder 1997 Cecil Farris Bryant: Florida's 34th Governor 1961-1965 1994 George A. Smathers: US Senator 1951-1969 1994 Stephen C. O'Connell: Florida Supreme Court Justice 1966-1967 & UF President 1967-1973 1993 B. K. Roberts: Three-Time Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court 1990 Chester Howell ...
In 2007, the legislature resurrected, revised, and formalized the program. It has been codified in the Florida Statutes: [3]. 267.0731 Great Floridians Program.--The division (Florida Department of State) shall establish and administer a program, to be entitled the Great Floridians Program, which shall be designed to recognize and record the achievements of Floridians, living and deceased, who ...
The Great Floridians 2000 program was designed to recognize individuals who distinguished themselves through their philanthropy, public service or personal or professional service, and who have enhanced the lives of Florida's citizens. His Great Floridian 2000 plaque is located in the Park Manager's Office at Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State ...
Channel 36, Beach TV Properties, Founded March 1985 Key West: Key West: 42 2 WKWT-LD: Silent Key West: Key West: 49 29 WKIZ-LD: Miami/Fort Lauderdale: Homestead: 16 16 WHMR-LD: Silent Miami/Fort Lauderdale: Miami: 8 8 WGEN-LD: Estrella: Shop LC on 8.3 Miami/Fort Lauderdale: Miami: 11 18 WTXI-LD: Estrella: Telemasters on 8.3, Video Mix TV on 8.4 ...
The 2026 United States Senate special election in Florida is expected be held on November 3, 2026, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Florida, to fill in the last two years of Republican senator Marco Rubio’s term, who will resign if confirmed as the United States secretary of state under President-elect Donald Trump’s second administration.
Chloe Merrick Reed. Chloe Merrick (1832–1897) was an American educator who worked to educate and improve the welfare of freedmen and their children. She established a school on Amelia Island, Florida during and after the American Civil War.
These settlers were some of the few Spaniards who remained in Florida when the territory was ceded to Great Britain in 1763. Their descendants founded the Los Floridanos Society in St. Augustine, [ 9 ] whose main function is to teach the history and legacy of the first settlers (1565-1763) to interested people.
He was named a Great Floridian in 2000, and Pellicer Creek is named in his honor. Francisco Pellicer was born in the parish of Leon in Menorca around 1747 to Antonio Pellicer and Juana Sintes. At approximately age 21, he came to New Smyrna, Florida as a member of Andrew Turnbull's colony. He married Margarita Femanias and they had two children ...