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Florida's 41st Governor 1991-1998 & US Senator 1971-1989 2001 Reubin O'D. Askew: Florida's 37th Governor 1971-1979 1998 William Patrick Foster: Bandleader, Florida A&M "Marching 100" 1998 Chesterfield Smith: Justice Advocate & Florida's First American Bar Association President 1997 E. T. York: Florida University System Chancellor & IFAS Founder ...
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 have made major ...
Florida State Representative (1999–2007) Lived in Naples Abraham Katz (1926–2013) Diplomat, United States Ambassador to the OECD: Bill Nelson (1942–) Former U.S. senator from Florida (2001–2019), former U.S. congressman from Florida (1979–1991), NASA administrator (2021–) Born in Miami Janet Reno (1938–2016)
Florida (/ ˈ f l ɒr ɪ d ə / ⓘ, FLORR-ih-də; Spanish: [floˈɾiða]) is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.It borders the Gulf of Mexico to the west, Alabama to the northwest, Georgia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Straits of Florida and Cuba to the south.
Honored in 2000 as one of its "Great Floridians" by the Florida Department of State, his Great Floridian commemorative plaque is located at E.R. Bradley's Saloon at 104 Clematis Street in West Palm Beach. Edward R. Bradley died at Idle Hour Stock Farm on August 15, 1946, at age 86. He was buried next to his wife in Lexington's Calvary Cemetery.
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 ...
The University of West Florida, University of South Florida and Florida Atlantic University were created by Culpepper before he took a position at Texas Woman’s University to be closer to family. He was designated a Great Floridian by the Florida Department of State in the Great Floridians 2000 Program.
In 2001, Greene was recognized by Governor LeRoy Collins as a “Great Floridian” as a part of the Governor’s Great Floridians 2000 program administered by the Florida Department of State. [6] [9] In 2021, Daytona State College formally re-dedicated the J. Griffen Greene Center on the Daytona Beach Campus.