T.K.Wetherell FSU: Essential to local economy

By Jeffery Seay and staff members into the commu- education that is enjoying an Editor in Chief nity, and that’s important just from increase in its contracts and grants a cultural and intellectual stand- program, while other institutions ith an annual budget point. But were it not for Florida have been hurt by cutbacks in feder- that tops $1.3 billion, State, Tallahassee wouldn’t be what al and state spending. FSU packs an econom- it is from an economic standpoint.” As Tallahassee’s main con- ic wallop twice that of For instance, Wetherell point- sumer of natural gas, water and Wthe City of Tallahassee and five ed out, the amount of federal- and electricity, the university times that of Leon County. Aside state-funded grants currently gen- will pay $25 million in from adding to the intellectual cap- erated by the FSU faculty annually utility bills this year ital of Florida’s capital city, the has topped $180 million. alone. That amount is a booming economy of FSU — a city “Those grants not only bring full 10 percent of within a city — helps ensure that dollars into Tallahassee, they bring Tallahassee’s utility rev- local commerce also thrives. people here who are coming to con- enue. “We want people to appreciate duct research projects who will stay “I think most peo- how important Florida State in hotels and eat in restaurants,” ple realize Tallahassee University is to Tallahassee eco- Wetherell said. “This grant popula- has one of the highest nomically,” said FSU President T.K. tion is up about 13 percent.” utility rates in the state,” Wetherell Wetherell. “We know we bring Wetherell added that FSU is said. “If Florida State wasn’t here 39,000 students and 6,000 faculty one of the few institutions of higher (Continued on page 2)

October 2005 x a L l l i B / b a L o t o h P U S F Coolidge shares new passion with ‘And So Is Love’ By Cindy Anne Mooy singer. And she vows never to leave chanteuse “all her life” may not be it. “Since I’ve wanted to do this for- literally true, but it’s darn close. inger Rita Coolidge made ever, now that I’ve finally got my How about since age 3? That’s her first solo album in 1977, foot in the door, you think I’m when little Rita living in “really 40-plus albums ago, but the gonna let it close?” Coolidge said. country rural” Tennessee, first Florida State alumna’s latest “Nooo! I’m right where I want to heard “Why Don’t You Do Right?” SCD feels like it’s her first. The two- be.” on a 78-rpm record an aunt brought time Grammy winner, who’s been Her 12-song CD debut on from Nashville. Coolidge has had singing since she was two in her Concord Records, “And So Is Peggy Lee fever ever since: “I daddy’s church and pledges to Love,” is purely Coolidge’s would sit at home while my broth- keep singing until three days after famously sultry, smoky voice ers and sisters were in school and she’s buried, has turned onto the accompanied by a small, stellar jazz listen to Peggy Lee sing.” musical path she’s been jazzed to combo (her old A&M Records boss, Pretty good taste for a 3-year- take all her life. Herb Albert, plays trumpet on one old. While contemporaries, notably, The Delta Lady has been cut). The reviews are music to her Carly Simon and Rod Stewart, have found, waiting, in her niche: jazz ears: “One of the classiest female gone on record delving into the pop vocalists of the 1970s,” wrote a American Songbook, Coolidge P 1 T F 6 a l u o 0 l b l

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0 material).” singers. That my peers, people I’ve 4 Coolidge agrees her voice is grown up with, are making really richer today, but moreover, “I great music, appeals to me. I’m sure believe the greatest difference is there are millions my age, 50s and coming from a richer place,” i.e., the 60s. It’s a huge audience, and final- life experience she pours into each ly record companies are paying note of classics such as “Cry Me a attention.” y

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K could not. ing for concerts at Lincoln Center O e 0 n 3 h i o Rita Coolidge That she’s wanted to be a jazz (Continued on page 2) 2 / October 2005 FSU contributes to city and county in numerous ways

(Continued from page 1) And then there is the obvious: and supporting the community football weekends. “Our football through our utility costs at more fans who show up every Labor Day than $2 million a month, the utilities weekend have a $15-million eco- rate would be even higher for those nomic impact on Tallahassee. And people who remain.” every other football weekend will The sum of FSU’s annual pay- produce between $6 million and $8 roll and the money it spends on con- million. That’s a lot of money, and struction — a combined sum of $1 it’s something to be proud of.” billion — are two examples of ways Wetherell pointed to other the university strengthens and adds events that bring people and their to the wealth of the community. spending power to bear on The university’s student popu- Tallahassee. These include the annu- lation also helps. “Out of our 39,000 al Seven Days of Opening Nights students, we only house about 4,600 festival of the fine and performing on campus,” Wetherell continued. arts, Parents Weekend and academ- “That leaves well over 30,000 stu- ic conferences that bring groups of dents living somewhere around this scientists to Tallahassee. community. Besides the money they “Even during June, July and pay in rent, our students subscribe August, when Tallahassee is basical- x a to the newspaper, they have home ly deserted, we have our three-day L l l i

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F obviously, those resources would go said. “We have an impact that goes President Wetherell on Westcott Plaza. away.” beyond just football weekends.” From pop to blues, talented Coolidge easily switches genres (Continued from page 1) wouldn’t recognize the place. But I In June 2004, she married com- and in London, and she joined the still have dreams about the way it puter science Professor Tatsuya cast of a Billie Holiday tribute that used to be.” Suda, whom she met, like will play Carnegie Hall and the Coolidge drew on her art Kristofferson, on an airplane — Kennedy Center. degree and inherent gifts (her apropos for the singer of top-10 hits “I’d like to be remembered as father, daughter and two nieces are “Higher and Higher” and “All Time the woman who sang everything artists, “so it’s definitely a thread High.” she wanted to sing,” Coolidge said. that runs through our family”) two And, no, he doesn’t fix com- “Peggy Lee did it. She sang blues, years ago when hit with song- puters; he’s a physicist who other- jazz, pop, Latin, big band and writer’s block. “I was at a place wise avoids technology. recorded all of that music. So, since musically where I was just stuck “When people find out that my she’s my girl, I’m following her. and I wasn’t inspired to write any husband is a computer scientist, “And I’ve done a lot. I’ve done music. One day I just woke up and they say ‘ohmigosh, my computer is country and pop, native American realized that there were other ways acting up.’ I say, ‘he can’t fix his music, rhythm and blues, and jazz. of expression. I got up and went to own.’ It’s so hysterical.” And folk! At Florida State.” a little town north of here and just Coolidge said she’s “incredibly The times they did a’change. bought some canvases and paints.” blessed” with close family ties, even Coolidge’s family moved to Nowadays, she paints what she with Kristofferson’s. Her mother Jacksonville for her high school sees: landscapes, flowers, grand- and still-pastor father, 86 and 87, live years, then she picked Florida State children. in northern California, and her for its “great art department” and The country-bred Coolidge set- daughter with Kristofferson, Casey, tuition “in reach for a preacher’s tled on a 27-acre landscape near San who wrote and illustrated three chil- daughter.” A student in 1963-67, Diego between mountains and the dren’s books (Rita narrates the y

Coolidge graduated with a degree U.S. Marines’ Camp Pendleton. Her DVDs), has two daughters, a 9-year- h p a r

in art and minor in art history. But 800-tree avocado grove was deci- old and a 10-month-old. g o t

it’s her extracurricular activities, the mated by wildfires that reached her “You know, things are really o h P

bands she performed with, front porch in 2002, but with regen- good. I’m healthy, I’m happy, I live N O

Coolidge is quick to recall about eration and replanting, the grove of in a beautiful place. V K Tallahassee, like a folk group that about 1,000 trees is making gua- “I just don’t know what I Rita Coolidge played gigs in a downtown hotel camole again. Her home has a would change. I’m thanking God lounge and a Sigma Chi band that recording studio-slash-art studio. “I for that, not me. Proud of her Cherokee heritage from both parents — she played rock ‘n’ roll at parties, billed always felt like music and art, the “I don’t expect to have a formed a trio, Walela, with her sister and niece in the 1990s and as — wait for it — R.C. and the arts, are so closely related; that col- Grammy for this (CD), but at the recorded three albums of Native American music — Rita Moonpies. ors are comparable to notes in the same time, I expect eventually that I Coolidge said she sides with Native groups on many issues, including objecting to cartoonish depictions of Native peoples “When I was in Tallahassee, it scale.” will be recognized as a jazz singer. and military weaponry named after Native tribes. was such a small town. It was so lit- “I’d be farther away if I didn’t I’m a happy girl.” But, regarding the summer’s NCAA controversy, she said tle, you drive 10 minutes in any have to be near an airport,” Come rain or come shine, she’s that situation differs.“I feel like if the Seminole Nation is alright direction, you were in the country,” Coolidge said. “When my husband right where she wants to be. with it, and they seem to be from what I’ve read in the news, she said. She and then-husband and I got married last year, we went Cindy Mooy, a 1976 graduate and that it’s not derogatory.” As long as FSU is respectful of and Kris Kristofferson played FSU’s as far as we could possibly go and former employee of FSU, is director of honors the Seminole people, “I’m staying with Florida State,” Homecoming in 1977, but she’s not still find a hotel in the South Pacific, media relations at James Madison Coolidge said. “I went to Florida State. I’m honored to be a made it back since. “I’m sure I because we’re both like that.” University in Virginia. Seminole.”

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By Dave Fiore nomic engine and how it improves every dollar spent in Tallahassee FSU as an industry. Tallahassee’s 2005 operating budget the quality of life for local resi- last year had something to do with “Think of it like a factory that is $579 million; by comparison, What would Tallahassee be dents. Florida State,” Bonn said. “That is makes widgets. The workers live in Florida State’s projected budget for like if Florida State did not exist? Whether it is to watch a foot- tremendously important.” homes, (the factory) produces 2006 is $1.7 billion. That was the question posed by ball game, attend a play or partici- Where was all that money tremendous economic activity, and “To put that in perspective, the FSU Center for Economic pate in a conference at the National spent? According to the surveys, it has a large demand for goods and there are 25 countries that have Forecasting and Analysis in High Magnetic Field Laboratory, the main beneficiaries were shop- services. FSU is a gorilla in terms of Gross Domestic Products equal to researching the economic demand and generates lots FSU’s budget,” said Harrington. “It effects of FSU on its home- of economic activity without also is approximately equal to the town. the pollution or adverse side budget of the country of Honduras, “Sometimes, it is easi- effects. FSU is a green indus- which has 7 million people.” er to understand the try.” The marriage of FSU and impact of something by According to statistics Tallahassee is unique, according to looking at what it would gathered by CEFA, FSU is Lynch. “Florida State brings be like without it,” said indeed a major consumer of together a rich cultural and academ- Tim Lynch, director of city-provided resources. FSU ic heritage with a high-quality and CEFA. “So that’s what we purchases represented 7.02 relatively small community with did.” percent of the total revenues wonderful environmental Mark Bonn The economy is like a of the city’s electric system in resources,” he said. “It is a marriage x x Tim Lynch group of building blocks, a a 2004. Over the past five of fact and fancy, reality and wistful- L L l l l l i according to Lynch. i years, FSU consumed an ness. It is one of the best-kept secrets B B / /

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state government, the pri- o city’s gas and 2.7 percent of ing to find out.” o t t o o h vate sector, higher educa- h its water. In all, Florida State Local residents have year- P P U U S tion and other govern- S has paid the City of round access to campus sporting F F ment entities,” he said. Tallahassee more than $75 events, concerts, art galleries, semi- “We took out one of the million for utilities since nars, professional development and blocks (in our analysis), and the FSU attracts visi- ping-related ven- 1999. lifelong learning opportunities — pile got smaller. Statistically, if you tors by the thou- ues ($84.39 mil- As an employer, FSU repre- many of which are free. sucked up FSU and put it some- sands every year. lion), restaurants sents 6.7 percent of the employed Tallahassee also ranks as one of where else, Tallahassee would But how much ($65.06 million), population of the city, with 5,865 the most tech-savvy cities in Florida implode. It would shrink by one- those visitors affect evening entertain- employees in 2004. But when one and boasts a population that is better third.” the local economy ment locations factors in the number of working educated — almost double the num- A team of researchers led by was not fully understood — until ($24.71 million), grocery stores students — whom Lynch calls the ber of college graduates — than the Lynch, CEFA Assistant Director now. ($20.43 million) and lodging ($19.89 silent population because they are state average. Julie Harrington and hospitality “In 2004, Leon County had million). non-resident economic contributors And while Tallahassee does not Professor Mark Bonn, who is the about 2.8 million visitors,” said Those dollars generated more — and the number of jobs support- have a reputation for providing high Dedman Professor in Services Bonn, whose office has a contract than $196 million in wages and sup- ed by FSU-related visitors, the num- salaries, its median family income is Management at the FSU Dedman with the Leon County Tourist ported 13,251 jobs for local residents ber swells. 6 percent higher than the national School of Hospitality, began gath- Development Council to conduct and students. “About one-third of the work- median. More than 47 percent of ering information and crunching ongoing visitor tracking research. Bonn says the bottom line is ing population in Leon, Wakulla and FSU faculty members earn between numbers to determine exactly “Of that number, 873,000 of them not hard to interpret. Gadsden counties have jobs because $65,000 and $100,000 a year. what FSU means to Tallahassee were here on an FSU-related visit. “When people are coming to of FSU,” Harrington said. Why do so many FSU gradu- and surrounding areas in terms of Thirty-one percent of all visitors to the university to use or see some- And even though FSU does not ates never leave Tallahassee or come economic impact. Leon County came because of thing here, you cannot discount the pay taxes on the land it occupies, its back at their first opportunity? The researchers concluded Florida State.” importance of the economic value faculty, staff and students paid $24 Lynch calls it the rubber band effect. that to understand the full impact While in town, those visitors they provide,” he said. “Florida million in personal property taxes in “There is a very high quality of of FSU on the local economy, one spent more than $252 million on State is feeding the visitor industry 2004 — 25 percent of what the city life here. People want to be here — must look at three separate, but everything from groceries to jewel- in Leon County to the tune of 30 collected last year. and once they leave they want to related, issues — FSU’s ability to ry. cents for every dollar.” As an economic engine, FSU is come back,” he said. “FSU makes attract visitors, its power as an eco- “That means that 30 cents of Lynch said one should think of a powerful entity. The City of that a reality.”

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Available online at www.fsu.edu/~fstime/FS-Times/index.html 4 / October 2005 Research and tech-transfer fuel FSU’s economic engine

them over to large companies for “We have the research centers process by which Taxol®, the first Kirby Kemper manufacturing,” Kemper said. “We to bring people to town,” Kemper taxane anti-cancer agent, is com- produce new things — everything said. “Some teach, but the majority mercially manufactured. Holton’s from models in education to how to do research projects. The Center for research has resulted in more than take better care of babies to the Advanced Power Systems brought 70 patents protecting the methods highly technical products.” 35 jobs to Leon County — the kind of preparation, composition and A perfect example of the kinds of people we are trying to attract. use of taxanes. Holton is the of research conducted at FSU can be Five are faculty, and the rest are full- Matthew Suffness Professor of found in a rural community just time researchers.” Chemistry and Biochemistry at outside Tallahassee, according to The Center for Advanced FSU. Kemper. Power Systems, an offshoot of the Another example is the “In Gadsden County, there is a magnet lab, focuses on advanced Pacifier Activated Lullaby (P.A.L.), high infant-mortality rate. We power technologies, with particular which uses patented audio-feed- s looked at how mothers can take emphasis on transportation sys- back technology developed by d n u better care of themselves and their tems, as well as traditional utility Professor Jayne Standley. It has m d

E infants,” he said. “It has a huge eco- systems. been shown to improve the instinct e l e

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F fits tremendously.” implies, this office was created to Ohmeda Medical Inc., a division of Kemper said take the results of good research to G.E. Medical. Standley is the Ella By Dave Fiore source of new the ideas for the marketplace – an area in which Scoble Opperman Professor of business ventures. research projects are FSU has an impressive track record. Music at FSU. When people think about They provide mil- generated in-house. Successful transitions include According to John Fraser, research at FSU, their first thought lions of dollars in “Someone gets a major cancer-fighting drug, a director of Intellectual Property often is the National High Magnetic salaries for local interested in a problem. They ask a robot, microscopic images of popu- Development and Commercializa- Field Laboratory. And with good residents, who, if not for FSU, question such as, ‘Can I make an lar cocktails, books designed to tion, faculty members have created reason. With the world’s most pow- would be living elsewhere. impact in Gadsden County by sit- assist expectant and new mothers, at least 12 local start-up companies. erful magnets and more than 300 “The people who come here ting down with moms and devel- and multimedia material to demon- He said the cumulative effect of cre- faculty, staff, graduate and postdoc- earn above-average wages, they are oping a nutritional program?’” strate to students the effects of ating and nurturing small compa- toral students working at the lab in educated, and they buy homes,” Kemper said. “As soon as we devel- smoking on their bodies. nies can have a tremendous effect Tallahassee’s Innovation Park, it is said FSU Vice President for op the program, we step aside and The most famous product on a local economy. the only facility of its kind in the Research Kirby Kemper. “They are someone else takes over. In this originating from research done at “One example is nanoStrata, a Western Hemisphere — and one of exactly the kind of people we are case, it was the social workers FSU is, of course, the cancer-fight- new company that just got $15,000 only nine in the world. trying to recruit to Tallahassee.” working with the moms.” ing drug Taxol®. The resulting from Innovation Park to help make While making a significant The FSU Office of Research To make the research activities company, Taxolog Inc., is headquar- its small robotic devices that sell for impact in many areas of science by provides support services for more accessible to those they are tered in Fairfield, N.J., with an addi- $17,000 each,” Fraser said. “That’s generating the highest magnetic research and creative activities designed to serve, the Office of tional state of the art facility in not much, but if you put more and fields to conduct research, the mag- within the university community Research rents property throughout Tallahassee. The company employs more companies like this together, it net lab also is a part of what makes and beyond. But, according to Tallahassee to house its 20 research 40 executive and scientific profes- begins to add up.” the research component of FSU Kemper, some of the office’s most centers. Examples include a creative sionals. Fraser said the university such an important contributor to important projects do not require writing center and the Center for Taxolog has obtained exclusive receives about $180 million from the local economy. the use of test tubes, supercomput- Early Childhood Intervention. rights to the entire taxane intellectu- external sources each year for Research-related activities at ers or lab rats. The Office of Research also is al-property portfolio of FSU research – with 80 percent of that FSU attract large federal and pri- “Our job is to work on basic doing its part to stimulate econom- Professor Robert A. Holton, whose coming from the federal govern- vate grants and are a constant research ideas and then to turn ic development. research yielded the semi-synthetic ment.

Marcus named dean of under her leadership.” Affairs and Academic G. Abele dismissed the students Graduate Studies Marcus, the Mary Affairs. with a charge that outlined his high FSU Provost and Executive Sears Professor of Students recited the expectations not only for their aca- Vice President Lawrence G. Abele Oceanography, is chair of the New student tradition Seminole Creed and the Academic demic performance, but also for has named internationally recog- department of oceanography and During this year’s Seminole Honor Policy Pledge. Provost and their extracurricular life and leader- nized oceanographer Nancy director of the FSU Living-Learning Sensation Week — the week lead- Executive Vice President Lawrence ship potential in the community. Marcus dean of Graduate Studies. Community for Women in ing up to the fall semester — Marcus, who has served on the Mathematics, Science and incoming first-year stu- FSU faculty since 1987, was the per- Engineering. She served as director dents, who will be FSU’s fect choice to lead the division, of the FSU Marine Laboratory from Class of 2009, participated in Abele said. She succeeds Dianne 1989 to 2001. the inauguration of a stu- Harrison, who was appointed vice As dean of Graduate Studies, dent tradition. president for Academic Quality Marcus will have oversight of the New Student Con- and External Programs at FSU in university’s policies and proce- vocation, which was resur- s

April. dures relating to more than 200 rected from the university’s d n u

“Nancy Marcus is a renowned graduate programs, including 73 past, was intended to sharp- m d E

scientist, a talented teacher and a doctoral programs. She will coordi- en freshmen’s focus upon e l e h

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and reaching out to those who have to teach at the graduate level and The ceremony, held a o h been underrepresented in acade- grant them directive status over week prior to the start of fall P U S mia, especially the sciences. master’s and doctoral students’ the- classes, was coordinated by F Graduate Studies will flourish ses and dissertations. the divisions of Student New Student Convocation at the Donald L. Tucker Civic Center. October 2005 / 5 FSU athletics brings dollars and vibrancy to Tallahassee

By Dave Fiore improvements to the school’s ath- tributes to the local economy, the letics facilities, many of which were program is dependent on many of Six Saturdays each fall, more long overdue, now place them in those same fans and alumni for its than 80,000 people descend on line with what one would expect own survival. Hart said that Florida’s capital city to watch a foot- from a university of FSU’s stature. because there is no state funding for ball game. They bring enthusiasm. “First, we completed the soc- athletics for public institutions, it is Dave Hart They bring plenty of garnet and cer/softball complex, which made mandated by law to maintain a bal- gold. But most importantly for the an important statement about the anced budget. local business community, they importance of women’s athletics at “We have to generate what we bring their wallets. FSU,” Hart said. “Since then, we spend, and that comes from a vari- In fact, led by the fall pilgrim- have the new golf facility, the new ety of sources, including ticket sales ages of the Seminole faithful to basketball training center, updates and our allocation of television rev- Doak Campbell Stadium, visitors to at Tully Gym for volleyball, a $23- enues from the Atlantic Coast FSU in 2004 left their mark on the million renovation to the Tucker Conference,” he said. “Since the Tallahassee economy by spending (Tallahassee-Leon County Civic) conference expansion process start- more than $252 million. Center, and of course, major ed (which recently included the They stayed overnight, they improvements to Dick Howser addition of Miami, Virginia Tech shopped, they ate out and they Stadium and the Moore Athletic and Boston College), annual televi- went to other local attractions Center.” sion revenues have doubled – from before heading home. Football fans He said a new aquatic center $20 million to $40 million.” love to make a weekend out of it, and track building are next on the Hart said other revenue x a and Tallahassee businesses are the L horizon. That is continued sources include rights fees for radio l l i beneficiaries. B good news for the local econ- and television paid by Host / b

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“Sometimes, value can’t be F to spend their hard-earned sports at FSU, and a portion of the quantified, especially in terms of region and our state.” alumni dollars. “Our facility expan- student activities fee. exposure and repeat business,” he According to ongoing research do more sion continues to function as a Did the football team’s said. “People often eat at the same by Mark Bonn, the Dedman than collective source of pride for unprecedented success in the ’90s restaurants and stay at the same Professor in Services Management pump students, faculty, staff and spoil fans who are now cheering at hotels every time they come into at the FSU Dedman School of dollars into the Tallahassee econo- alumni,” Hart said. “It is a tangible games in which the outcome is not town. The city and the entire region Hospitality, more than 873,000 peo- my, according to Hart. They sup- statement of our success.” determined by the third quarter? come to life on football weekends.” ple came to Tallahassee on a Florida port fund-raising efforts that make Florida State athletics also “No way,” Hart said. While the parade of motor State-related visit last year. Many of a successful collegiate sports pro- affects local retailers through the “Because we had become so homes and flapping car flags draws those were coming for a sporting gram possible. merchandising of licensed FSU accustomed to that success, when the most attention, the fact is that event. “We have 60,000 season-ticket products, which traditionally rank we now finish a season 9-3 and play FSU attracts out-of-town sports And that’s just the beginning. holders, and as long as those people as one of the top schools in the in a New Year’s Day bowl, we are fans all year. The economic impact of these visi- keep buying tickets, we have sup- nation. With a wide range of prod- facing the shock of re-entry into “The numbers for basketball tors supports more than 13,000 local port for our annual fund,” he said. ucts available at dozens of local reality. It is never easy. When Bobby and baseball — as well as the other jobs and generates more than $196 “We just completed our first-ever retailers and even a few stores ded- Bowden came to FSU, he was not sports — are impressive,” Hart million in wages. Bonn said the major capital campaign, and that icated to selling nothing but worried about winning rivalry said. “Take them all and combine numbers indicate that a staggering was very successful. Now, we are Seminole gear, merchandising games. His motto was simple: ‘Beat them in any one year, and there are one in three visitors to Tallahassee focusing on our next campaign, opportunities are putting dollars anybody.’ But during the ’90s, that some impressive numbers for eco- come to town specifically because which will be for endowing our right in the hands of local business had become ‘Beat everybody.’” nomic impact. Athletics provides a of FSU. athletics scholarships.” owners. Even without top-five finishes, rallying point for our city, our The school’s sports fans and Hart said the additions and As much as FSU athletics con- the faithful have been just that. SeminoleSeminole by-linesby-lines New Books by FSU graduates and faculty By Sarah Broz, Editorial Assistant Military Leadership in the British The Tallahassee Democrat has Civil Wars, 1642-1651 The Genius of celebrated its 100th anniversary. 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Susan Mitchell 6 / October 2005 Coley elected to fill her late husband’s House seat By Bayard Stern “Speaker Allan Bense called me,” Coley English classes at Chipola College for the past Managing Editor said. “I was so grateful for the confidence that 16 years. he placed in me. I asked if he thought I could “I think of myself as a teacher, not a politi- FSU alumna Marti Coley will never for- do this, and he said, ‘Yes, definitely.’” cian,” she said. “Being a teacher, you have to get the 2005 Florida legislative session. David Coley, a Republican, announced her can- learn to work with many kinds of people. Coley, her husband, had just won his first seat didacy on April 25. On June 14, she defeated Basically, there is a similarity there with poli- as a representative in the Florida House in Carl Joaquin Duncan, a Democrat, who also tics. You have to learn to listen and figure out November. In December, the freshman law- had run against her husband. what’s best for everyone and decide what maker was diagnosed with liver cancer. At age “David loved the political process that works. But being a representative impacts 43, he lost his brief battle, and passed away in occurs in the Capitol and all the other aspects many more lives, and I think education will be March. of it,” Coley said. “He was an aide over the a big focus for me. It’s so important and we’ve “I was in such a fog, I couldn’t really years to the Florida Legislature and he devel- made a lot of progress, but I do think there is believe what was happening,” Marti Coley oped such a strong reputation for helping any- always room for improvement.” remembered. “I’d been with David 25 years, body. I want this office to stand for things that Coley is determined to focus on more and we’d been married 23. I was thinking, he believed in because I’m doing this for him, than education. She says she will be a steward ‘What now? Where does my life go from but now it’s my office. So when people call of the environment, a strong supporter of the here?’” here for help, we need to do everything we military, and work for tax cuts. From grief, Coley found strength — and can to help them, and we do that. This has giv- “David was passionate about economic the answer to her question about what to do. en me something to focus on, and it’s been development,” she said. “He worked very She would run to fill her husband’s District 7 good for my family.” hard as an aide to bring business to Jackson seat. (District 7 covers Calhoun and Liberty Coley already has been assigned to the County.” counties and includes parts of seven others.) committees her husband had worked on: Coley graduated from FSU as an English “The Legislature held a memorial service Civil Justice, Transportation and Economic education major in 1984. for David, which was very touching,” Coley Marti Coley Development Appropriations, and Utilities “FSU was a great experience for me and I said. “When we got home that night, the three kind of looked at her. She said, ‘Mom, I think and Telecommunications. In addition, she enjoyed my classes,” she said. I took American of us (Coley, her oldest son and daughter) you need to.’ appealed to Bense to put her on an education literature with Dr. (David) Kirby, and he was were sitting in my room, and we felt so “We had all worked as a family very hard committee because of her decades of teaching instrumental in helping me polish my writing. drained emotionally and physically. All of a on the campaign trail with David,” she said. experience. He agreed and assigned her to the That education allowed me to become a sudden, Vance looked at me, and I could see “It was fun as well, and we spent a lot of time important House PreK-12 Education Com- teacher. the panic on his face. He said, ‘Mom, who is together. David had really involved us all in so mittee. “I hope it’s reassuring to everyone to going to finish Dad’s term?’ Then, my daugh- much of the process.” Coley has been teaching since 1985. After know that I didn’t run for David’s office just to ter, Kristin, looked at me very matter-of-factly Coley, a native of Blountstown, Fla., also a brief stint in Thomasville, Ga., she moved to sit in his seat. I’m here to work. My personali- and said, ‘Well, in my opinion, there is only found support for the idea from her late hus- Marianna, Fla., and began teaching at Malone ty is that I’m here to do everything that I can to one person who needs to finish his term.’ I just band’s political colleagues and friends. High School. She has taught college-prep make this a better district for everyone.” Three Grads Made Good to be honored at Homecoming University. Gene Taylor FSU’s Homecoming events bring alumni, parents and students together to celebrate with In her six years at the University of As vice chairman of Bank of America, familiar Seminoles traditions that include the always-popular Homecoming Parade, the Pow Wow Denver, Murphy transformed that universi- Gene Taylor (B.S. ‘69), is the president of its and, of course, the football game itself. ty’s athletics program from global corporate and invest- Perhaps the most distinguished Homecoming tradition is to recognize those “Grads Made Division II status into one of ment banking divisions. If this Good”who have left their mark on society in a meaningful and lasting way. This year, the FSU the top Division I programs in title sounds like it covers a lot of chapter of Omicron Delta Kappa has selected alumni from the areas of world trade, athletics and the country, winning four territory, it does. Taylor is banking: James Bacchus (J.D. ’78, Law), Dianne Murphy (Ph.D. ’80, Physical Education) and Gene NCAA Division I titles, includ- responsible for Bank of Taylor (B.S. ’69, Finance). ing the 2004 NCAA Division I America’s Global Treasury James Bacchus Switzerland — hears final appeals in interna- Men’s Ice Hockey Services; Middle Market James Bacchus (J.D. ‘78) is chairman of tional trade disputes involving the 95 percent Championship. Banking; Business Banking; the Global Trade Practice Group of Greenberg of world commerce conducted by the 146 Murphy is credited with Commercial Real Estate Traurig, P.A. He leads the international law countries and other customs territories that helping to advance various Banking; Community firm’s worldwide practice on trade policies, are members of the WTO. University of Development Banking; Auto, remedies, negotiations, disputes and other Denver teams Gene Taylor Recreational Vehicle and international trade issues. In particular, he M. Dianne Murphy to NCAA regional tourna- Marine Lending; Leasing; Asset-Based offers legal, political and strategic advice to M. Dianne Murphy ments, including men’s and Lending; Retail Finance; and Commercial worldwide clients of the firm based on a (Ph.D. ’80, Physical Education) women’s golf, women’s bas- Aviation. He also leads Bank of America Asia unique combination of experience and expert- is Columbia University’s direc- ketball, women’s gymnastics Ltd., oversees Bank of America interests in ise on the many issues related to the global tor of intercollegiate athletics and women’s tennis. Latin America – which operate under the rules for trade and commerce of the World and physical education. Prior Prior to joining the BankBoston brand in the region – and the Trade Organization. Bacchus is a former to that, she was the director of University of Denver, company’s Market President network of exec- judge on the highest international tribunal of athletics and recreation at the Murphy served as associate utives in the United States. He also serves on world trade, a former member of Congress University of Denver. athletics director and senior both the company’s Risk and Capital and and a former special assistant Earlier this M. Dianne Murphy woman administrator at Management Operating committees. to the U.S. trade representative year, Murphy was named the Cornell University. Taylor joined the Charlotte, N.C., compa- in the Executive Office of the Women’s Basketball Coaches An 18-year veteran athletics administra- ny (then called North Carolina National Bank) President. Association Administrator of tor, Murphy also held the position of assistant in 1969 as a credit analyst. He served in branch Bacchus recently the Year and the National athletics director at the University of Iowa, offices, marketing and management positions returned to Greenberg Traurig Association of Collegiate and was responsible for external operations. across North Carolina and Florida. In 1990, he after a leave of absence while Directors of Athletics General She coached for 13 years as the head was named president of the Florida bank and, he served as the chairman of Sports Turf West Region women’s basketball coach at Eastern in 1993, became president of NationsBank in the Appellate Body of the Athletic Director of the Year for Kentucky, FSU and Shorter College. She held Maryland, Virginia and the District of World Trade Organization. 2003-04. several teaching positions, including associate Columbia. When Barnett Bank was acquired The seven-member panel — She holds a bachelor’s and professor and chair of the Division of Health, by NationsBank in 1997, Taylor returned to the court of final appeal in a master’s degree from Physical Education and Recreation at Florida to lead the integration of Barnett as international trade in Geneva, James Bacchus Tennessee Technological Kentucky State University. president of the merged bank.

For Homecoming events, visit www.fsu.edu/~FSUalum October 2005 / 7 Parker makes winning decision trading baseball for business By Scott Atwell retirement to find what he really “On the front end of a new development, wanted to do. Before long, Cortex numerous third parties can be involved dur- Dick Howser thought Companies was up and running. ing a due-diligence period,“ Parker said. Derek Parker had a future in Working from Cortex head- “Oftentimes, depending on the financing baseball. After suiting up in 1979, quarters in Tampa, Parker is in structure, it could lead to the formation of a however, as a scholarship first charge of all financial and account- half-dozen companies to carry out the objec- baseman in Howser’s only sea- ing matters relating to the company, tives, which brings in a myriad of legal and son as FSU’s head baseball which has waterfront developments financing considerations.” coach, Parker traded in his bat from Key West to Boca Grande. The Fortunately, Parker’s CPA practice had for more books. complexities are as long as the geo- exposed him to a number of diverse clients “I realized there were ath- graphy. who had development interests. That experi- letes who were a lot better than ence was tethered to the firm foundation of his me who weren’t succeeding in Derek Parker, today, and as a studies at FSU. pro baseball,” Parker said. “I‘ve Seminole player. “Every day, I rely on everything from always been good at analyzing, rudimentary accounting tasks to and what I figured out was that complex calculations of present my time would be better spent in value and internal rate of return the classroom.” that I learned in college,” he said. In the baseball vernacular, it The single-minded decision to was a home-run decision. Today, focus on one goal now allows Parker is chief executive officer Parker to balance many. Along of Cortex Companies, consid- with wife Kim, he stays busy keep- ered the premier developer of ing up with sons Clayton and luxury lifestyle communities in Tyler. The latter, at age 13, has the Florida Keys, with more than become something of a baseball $600 million in pending sales. talent, consistently making all-star “It’s hard to describe the sat- rosters. isfaction of creating a tangible “At this stage in his career, product that you oversee from he’s better than I was in almost start to finish, and can be proud of for years to “I noticed the prices of property in Key every respect,” Parker said. “My come,” Parker said. West and the Keys were far below those in goal for him is to be a student-ath- And it all began with a sacrifice fly. other desirable markets,“ he said. “I knew if I lete at one of the major universities, Giving up baseball. As a full-time student, could maintain my goal, it would lay a foun- preferably FSU.” Parker honed in on his accounting major and dation to give me financial freedom later on — Clayton, meanwhile, shows added a second in finance. Soon after gradu- the freedom to do what I really wanted to do.” an aptitude for mechanical ating in 1982, he passed the state exam to By 1996, Parker had bettered his goal. endeavors such as architecture, become a certified public accountant, return- Tired of the 80- to 100-hour work weeks of tax and his dad already is eyeing him ing to his hometown of Key West with a job season, he decided that freedom was in reach. for a spot on the company roster. and a goal: to acquire at least one piece of real He sold his half of a successful CPA practice, The apple, as they say, doesn’t estate each year. moved to Tampa and launched into semi- fall far from the tree. Alumni Association rolls out multifunctional Web community Who says there is no free launch? When we have maintained a sometimes informa- reading the class notes. alumni reception or want it occurs, shouldn’t it be widely known so tional Web presence in the past, we knew that As we get word of success to meet the dean of the everyone can join in the opportunity? many of our alumni yearned for more. Now, stories (even marriages College of Arts and So here’s the word on it so you can have the Alumni Association pages can open doors, and births) we will post it, Sciences. Keep in mind the early dibs at the table. reunite classmates, register participants and but for the first time, all that the Alumni The Florida State University Alumni even give you a permanent e-mail forwarding alumni can post their Association wants to help address. All of this comes to you in the quiet updates directly to the all alumni programs suc- confines of your home or in the moments Association’s pages! ceed, so we’ve invited when the fury at work has subsided and you While there are some academic units with a his- Barry need a quick refresher on your alma mater restrictions that will limit tory of bringing alumni Adams and what other graduates are doing with their autobiographies, would- together to use the new lives. n’t you like to know Web community to facili- President Alumni Association Among the features we are incorporating about the climb on Mt. St. Helen’s or the sail tate gatherings for their alumni events, into the new look is an Online Directory. It will boat trip on the sloop John B? whether on campus or in Amarillo, Texas. allow you to search for other alumni using Alumni can scan the pages of their local It’s a seven-course meal at this launch, specific criteria. It should prove a great way to Seminole clubs to see if the Bobby Bowden and soon you will be hearing more about the Association is pleased to announce the bring together, through the security of elec- Golf Tournament will visit their areas, inquire capabilities to be able to assist the Career “launch” of its Web-based alumni community, tronic contact points, professionals in the same about a club’s community service project or Center or to look for opportunities of your and we want you as participants, not just part region, state, heck even those in your same register for one of their gatherings to hear own. And wouldn’t it be great if all alumni of the audience or as casual observers like Web building, who are Seminoles President T.K. Wetherell give a had a permanent e-mail forwarding address services of old. through and through. Think of it as “State of the University” update. as part of their alumni record? That’s a likely Working with Harris Connect’s Internet a dinner party with some good Reservations? How ‘bout regis- ingredient that will be in the mix very soon! Services — the market leader in providing conversation. trations? The new Web site will give All you have to do to learn more about comprehensive Internet solutions to hundreds Wondering what your old many of our events a smooth and the site is go online and register. We aren’t of alumni associations, institutions and corpo- roommate is doing out there in convenient registration process, looking for a payment plan or a charge rations worldwide — the FSU Alumni Seattle, Wash? You regardless of account. We just want to have you for the Association has a new look and feel these may be able to catch whether you are launch. days. If you can’t wait any longer, just see for up before interested in Once you’ve tasted the selections you yourself and go to www.alumni.fsu.edu. you contact the College of will appreciate the opportunities. Visit Our Internet solution is to reload. While him or her by Business www.alumni.fsu.edu. 8 / October 2005 Chief Judges of the District Courts of Appeal Stories by Dave Fiore

university administration and in criminal law because my job as a Gerald B. Cope Jr. started a doctoral program in edu- research associate allowed me to cational technology — all before take it for free,” Fulmer said. erald B. Cope Jr. knew taking her first class in the law. She got an “A” in the course, Gwhen he was a student at Today, she is the chief judge discovered her love for the law, the FSU College of Law that on Florida’s Second District Court and the rest is a matter of public someday he wanted to be a judge. of Appeal. record. Armed with an undergraduate “I was getting my master’s in After graduating from the degree from Yale University, he was higher education — or university FSU College of Law with honors, well prepared and motivated to administration — at FSU at the the Jacksonville native served as make it happen. same time my best friend was assistant county attorney for the “It was always a goal of mine attending the FSU law school,” Polk County Commission until she to be a judge,” he said. “It was defi- Fulmer said. “His moot court part- was appointed to the County nitely one of the possibilities in the ner was the man I married.” Court of Polk County by then-Gov. back of my mind before I left law After working a year at Spring Bob Graham in 1981. school.” Hill College in Alabama, she Fulmer said that although she In 1988, that goal was realized returned to Tallahassee to get mar- enjoys it, becoming a judge was when he was appointed to Florida’s ried and entered the doctoral pro- never a specific career goal. Third District Court of Appeal. This gram at FSU. “I knew I wanted to have a year, he is serving as the court’s “I soon realized that the jobs I family, so I did not seek work in chief judge. was training for were mainly in private firms because I wanted to “Being a judge seems to fit my foreign countries, so I decided to go have fairly regular office hours,” personality,” Cope said. “In law to law school to attend one course she said. “I wanted to be a wife, a practice, you are serving as an advocate, but as a judge, you are a public servant, and being a public servant has always appealed to me. When you are a judge, you are asked to make sure justice is done. It is one of the highest and most rewarding forms of public service.” Cope said their shared profession HailHail toto thethe ChiefsChiefs After Yale, Cope moved to provides for interesting conversa- Tallahassee and took a job with the tions when the family gets together. Division of Youth Services at the Since being appointed to the Florida Department of Health and bench, Cope has maintained a busy Rehabilitative Services (now the schedule of professional develop- build a reputation for integrity and Florida Department of Children & ment and service. He has served on honesty, just as you would with any Families). After five years serving in the Appellate Court Rules job.” administrative positions, he Committee since 1988, and has par- Most people would be sur- applied to law school. ticipated in other Bar-related activi- prised at the mechanics of how an “At the time, it made sense for ties and the American Inns of appellate court works, according to me to study in Tallahassee. It was a Court. He also received an LL.M. Cope. young law school, so I was in degree from the University of “A lot of people are accus- around the ninth graduating class,” Virginia School of Law in 1992 and tomed to seeing trial courts on tele- Cope said. “It fit in well with my has published extensively. vision. In the appellate court, we are plans.” Cope considers being named hearing appeals after the trial phase In hindsight, Cope said he is chief judge a great honor. is over,” he said. “Our analysis is pleased with the decision to stay in “I am very appreciative for the strictly a legal analysis based on the Tallahassee. “My time at the law opportunity to lead this court,” he record of the trial, the attorneys’ school was excellent,” he said. said. briefs and where they believe an “There was a great faculty who pro- And while he has been mak- error was made. There is no jury vided a strong legal education. It ing rulings on tough cases from the box and no testimony. We sit in was a very talented faculty and a bench for 18 years, he still is trou- rotating panels of three judges, talented group of students as well.” bled by the realities of family law. which is a different setting to hear At FSU, Cope served as editor “Those are the toughest kinds from the lawyers. It also makes the in chief of the Florida State of cases to rule on,” he said. proceedings faster.” University Law Review, where he “Dealing with child custody or cas- Cope has been on the FSU worked with Matthew Stevenson, es where there’s a need for support Law School Alumni Board since who now is the chief judge of the or a divorced spouse is hard. Those 1989 and returns to campus for Fourth District Court of Appeal. cases can be quite difficult and trou- meetings whenever he can. Cope was born in bling.” Orangeburg, S.C., in 1946. In 1951, His advice to lawyers with an his family moved to Melbourne, eye for the bench is to maintain a CarolynCarolyn FulmerFulmer Fla., where he grew up. He is mar- high standard of professionalism. ried to Carol Soret Cope, an attor- “If you want to be a judge, par- arolyn Fulmer received her ney and author, and they have a ticipate in litigation — be in court as Cbachelor’s degree to be an daughter, who also is an attorney. much as you can,” he said. “And English teacher, got a master’s in October 2005 / 9 strict Courts of Appeal

mother and a lawyer.” proud and happy about it, but I did Court of Appeal. me to think about law school and “I think it is significant As it turned out, being a coun- not plan to blaze a trail.” He says it was love at first pursue a career in criminal law,” because of the history of the state ty attorney prepared Fulmer for Over her years on the bench, sight. Stevenson said. “He truly inspired and the court,” he said. “It is a sign the bench as well as anything she Fulmer has found one area to be “After visiting, I fell in love me.” that progress is being made. I hope could have planned. increasingly frustrating. with Tallahassee and with the cam- After earning his degree from it is an inspiration for people of col- “When you are a lawyer for “Criminal sentencing has pus and its warmth and charm,” the FSU College of Law, Stevenson or that they can do this or some- local government, you deal with become so complex that it takes an Stevenson said. “I was in the worked as an assistant public thing even greater. I always try to contract law, unemployment, med- inordinate amount of time to get marching band in high school and defender and then as a law clerk for work hard, but there is also luck ical malpractice — a very broad through all the case law. It has then played in the Marching Chiefs the Honorable Joseph W. Hatchett involved. I am blessed and lucky to variety of legal issues,” she said. become overly complex in a need- at FSU.” while he served on both the Florida be chosen to sit as a judge.” “When I was a county and circuit less manner,” she said. “It’s not that Stevenson also joined the Tau Supreme Court and the U.S. Court To be named chief judge is judge and cases would come up, ruling on the actual cases before us Kappa Epsilon fraternity, but not of Appeal for the Fifth (now the awe-inspiring, according to many times I would have already is more difficult, it just requires just for the social benefits. Eleventh) Circuit. Stevenson, because of the nature of seen something similar. I was very more time than it should. There is “There were a lot of friend- “That kind of clerkship usual- the court and what it represents. grateful for that experience.” never enough time, but you do the ships that I gained there, but I real- ly propels one to a large private “This is the court of last resort The mother of two said she is best you can.” ly liked the work projects we did, firm, but I wanted to give military in the fourth largest state in the pleased that she has been able to Off the bench, Fulmer found too,” he said. “We helped tutor ele- life a try,” he said. So instead of a most powerful country in the histo- stay in Polk County throughout time to serve as a faculty member mentary school students in suit, Stevenson donned a Navy ry of the modern world. Our judi- her career. of the Florida Judicial College and Marianna, Fla., helping the kids uniform as a member of the Judge cial system is looked at as a model,” “Lakeland is a wonderful the College of Advanced Judicial learn to read. I really appreciated Advocate General’s (JAG) Corps. he said. “This is largely an adminis- place to raise children,” she said. Studies, and is a member of the living on such a vibrant campus in “It was risky at the time, but I fol- trative position — I have no more “The city has a well-run govern- Florida Court Education Council. influence on votes — but it is a ment, and the lawyers in Polk Her Bar activities included serving large responsibility to ensure that our resources are being used effec- tively.” As chief judge, Stevenson is used to making important judg- ments, but not all of them are from the bench. For the past 12 years, he has hee ChiefsChiefs used his discernment and wisdom to make split-second decisions as a referee for high school football games, and just recently got back in the ring to referee and judge ama- County practice law the way it on The Florida Bar Foundation. teur boxing matches. should be practiced — they are civ- In recent years, her civic activ- “I got into boxing in the il and their word means some- ities have included the Polk Navy,” he said. “I was assigned to a thing.” Museum of Art, the Polk Theatre ship, and the captain wanted to In 1983, Graham appointed and the Leadership Lakeland establish a boxing program. He Fulmer to the Circuit Court of the Program. Fulmer said she still has was looking for volunteers, and I Tenth Judicial Circuit, where she great fondness for FSU, and she knew I didn’t want to actually box, served in every division. She was returns to campus whenever possi- so the safest course for me was to appointed to the Second District ble. referee.” Court of Appeal by former Gov. “I was unusual because I Stevenson works with the U.S. Lawton Chiles for a term begin- loved every minute of every year, Amateur Association and the ning Jan. 4, 1994. She was the first but law school cured me of that. I Golden Gloves, the primary feeder woman to be selected to sit on that was saturated by the time I fin- system for the sport’s Olympic pro- bench. ished,” she said with a laugh. gram. “Being the first woman judge “I thoroughly enjoyed the While he said he is grateful for in this district was not that big of a friendships and professional rela- all who have played a role in his deal to me. tionships I made — many of which success, none has been more “I was a county judge in 1981, I still have.” important than his wife of 23 years, and in 1983, I was the first women Dannette. judge in my circuit court,” she said. “She has been my encourager, “By then, women attorneys were MatthewMatthew StevensonStevenson my reality-tester and my sounding not an oddity anymore. It wasn’t board,” he said. “I could not have until I got to the district court that I hen a high school trombone the 1970s. It was a privilege, I lowed my instincts and never done it without her.” had any sense of being the first Wplayer named Matthew thought.” regretted it. I have to admit that it is The Stevensons are the par- woman, based on some people’s Stevenson came to the FSU campus Stevenson focused his studies not as exciting as the TV series, but ents of three children. reactions. But that was 12 years to participate in a state band con- on his criminology degree. He was I got good experience in the court- Matthew Stevenson’s love ago; today no one even thinks test, he knew that someday he aiming toward a career as a correc- room right away.” affair with FSU has not waned over about it. would go to school there. tions officer when one of his profes- In 1993, Stevenson became the the years. “I did not take the position What he didn’t know is that sors suggested that he adjust his first black judge on the Fourth “I return to FSU every chance thinking I’m going to be the first he would continue on to law school sights. District Court of Appeal, and this I get,” he said. “I try to attend one woman — it was just a judicial job and one day become the chief “Professor Vernon Fox (now year became the first to serve as or two football games a year, and I I thought I would really enjoy. I am judge of Florida’s Fourth District retired), is the one who encouraged chief judge. follow the team always.” 10 / October 2005 One might ask ‘What’s in a name?’ Everything A fellow named Adam Joshua Smargon Likewise, colorful Saturday afternoon tel- Alaska-Southeast Humpback Whales, the If you were to guess, you’d probably say has a lot of free time and one peculiar passion, evision images of the Purdue Boilermakers, Arkansas Tech Wonderboys, the Keel Haulers that the Mary Baldwin College Squirrels which prove enjoyable to students of college the Richmond Spiders, the Arizona State Sun of the California Maritime Academy, and the would be unique, but not so. Not 90 miles athletics. Smargon has compiled and regular- Devils, the Carolina Tar Heels, Nebraska Evergreen State College Geoducks. away in Richmond, the Union Theological ly updates a list of thousands of American col- Cornhuskers, Penn State Nittany Lions, the Perhaps there’s a more relaxed, even Seminary embraces the same rodent. Even our lege athletic teams’ symbols, mascots and Maryland Terrapins and the Thundering whimsical approach to college athletics own storied Florida A&M Rattlers has a nick- nicknames. Herd of Marshall are found nowhere else in all among the Whittler College Poets (yes, they name counterpart in St Mary’s University in of college athletics. play football), the Heidelberg College Student San Antonio. Princeton’s Tigers are not unique — there Princes, the Rowan College Professors and the Six college teams call themselves the are 44 college teams bearing the name Tigers Lord Jeffs of Amherst. And surely, an after- Gators, although one came to that name — but the Harvard Crimson is one of a kind, noon of athletic contests between the Sweet through frustration. San Francisco State Charlie as are the celebrated Elis of Yale. The Furman Briar College Vixens and the Arkansas- University thought it would be clever to call Barnes Paladins stand alone, as do the Keydets of Monticello Cotton Blossoms would serve the themselves the Golden Gaters, but the Golden VMI, the Hawaii Rainbow, the Akron Zips, Gate reference flew over the heads of most Executive Director highest order of sportsmanship. Seminole Boosters the Wichita State Shockers, Minnesota Golden Florida State played the Salukis of fans, opponents and the media who consis- Gophers and the Toledo Rockets. The Indiana Southern Illinois in football not too many tently referred to them as Golden Gators. Hoosiers, the Texas Christian Horned Frogs years ago. It’s an Egyptian dog and no, I have Eventually, San Francisco dropped the golden To make the Smargon list, which runs and the Virginia Tech Hokies all have been no idea how it came to settle in Illinois. There and embraced the gator. more than 50 single-spaced pages but is not opponents of the Seminoles. are two Antelopes (Grand Canyon University Some of the names are close but not quite comprehensive (“nor even close to it,” he We Division I schools are very, very seri- and Nebraska-Kearney). Lyrics to “Home on the same. There’s the Crimson Tide of says), the subject college or university must be ous about our symbols, but many colleges and the Range” aside, antelopes are native to Asia Alabama, the Crimson Wave of Calumet located in the United States, and must be a universities sport charmingly unique team and Africa and are not found here in North College of St Joseph and the Crimson Storm of member of an athletic division within the names, mascots that are endearing to the fans. America. Presumably, the only chance you’d Southern Nazarene University (who used to NCAA or the NAIA, which governs small col- Who would not want to cheer for the Cal- have to see an actual antelope in this hemi- be the Redskins until 1998). leges. Santa Cruz Banana Slugs, or the Cal-Irvine sphere is to catch a performance by Siegfried Eagles is easily the most popular choice Some of the most enduring and best- Anteaters? And what name could Converse & Roy. with 53 teams proudly flying that moniker. If known college sports icons are unique. College possibly adopt other than, of course, Some names we’d normally assume to be you count Golden Eagles as well, the total is There’s only one Fighting Irish, only one the All-Stars. Likewise, Brooklyn College unique are not. There are two Gamecocks. The 68. Add the Soaring Eagles and Screaming Sooners and only one Orangemen, although teams must be the Bridges. one not coached by Steve Spurrier is Eagles and the total rises above 70. Syracuse bent to the pressures of political cor- Team names with a unique local appeal Jacksonville State in Alabama. Likewise, the And finally, the Zias of Eastern New rectness and changed their symbol to simply would include the Black Flies of the College of Rebels of Ole Miss are seen again at the Mexico — women’s teams only — honors the “Orange.” The Texas Longhorns are unique, the Atlantic, the Blue Hose of Presbyterian University of Maine-Augusta, though one sun symbol of the Zia Indians of New Mexico. as are the Kansas Jayhawks, the Wake Forest College, the Columbia College (California) assumes the battle flags are different. There are This ends Part I of a two-part series on sym- Demon Deacons, Georgia Tech’s Ramblin’ Claim Jumpers, the North Dakota Mines & three Red Raiders, three Hurricanes, several bols, mascots and nicknames. Part II will appear in Wreck and the Arkansas Razorbacks. Technology Hardrockers, the University of Wolfpacks, and even two 49ers. the November 2005 issue. October 2005 / 11 12 / October 2005

Corporate Counsel at its annual meeting, San Diego, July. Collins is a partner in the law firm Butler, Pappas, Weihmuller, Katz, Craig, LLP in the Tampa office. John C. Elbin (B.S.) was appointed chief financial officer for Marsh Supermarkets, Indianapolis, Ind.

Harris K. Solomon (B.S., J.D. ‘78) is a part- TM ner with the Fort Lauderdale law firm of Brinkley, McNerney, Morgan, Solomon and Tatum, LLP. He has been elected president of the Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs of Broward County, Fla. 1980 Katie Pipkorn Kenney (B.S.) has joined the staff as a senior account executive of Ralph Simpson and Associates, a Winston-Salem, N.C., public relations and marketing firm. Kenney is the former brand marketing z

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o THE PRIDE OF SEMINOLE COUNTRY C court. Thomas is a partner in the litigation department at Tydings and Rosenberg LLP, Baltimore, Md. 1986 David Reynolds (M.M.) was named head of Got News? the music department at South Dakota To submit items for Alumni News State University. Reynolds is a trumpeter Notes, e-mail [email protected]. and was a member of the U.S. Army Band. Please write “Alumni News Notes” in 1992 the subject heading of the e-mail. Benjamin L. Crump (B.S.) received the Affiliate Chapter of the Year Award at the 1972 80th annual National Bar Association con- Team Expression offers the Victoria A. Emmons (B.A.) was named vice vention on behalf of the Virgil Hawkins president of public affairs and marketing at Florida Chapter. The National Bar ultimate way to show your Regional Medical Center, San Jose, Calif. Association is the largest African American Miranda Franks Fitzgerald (B.A., J.D.’78) voluntary bar association. Seminole Spirit. Choose moderated a panel of land use experts on 1996 from a variety of woods the new growth management law that took Daniel B. Davis (B.A.) has joined the law effect in Florida on July 1. She is an attorney firm of Jones Walker as an associate in the lit- and finishes to give your with Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor, igation practice, Baton Rouge, La. and Reed, P.A. 2001 living space the perfect 1974 Seaman Reed Zatlow (B.S.) completed U.S. finishing touch. Visit us at Dr. Thomas J. Zaydon Jr. (B.S.) was elected Navy basic training, with honors, at Recruit president of the Miami Society of Plastic Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill. www.teamexpression.com Surgeons. 2003 1975 Sgt. Eric R. Hughes (B.S.) has departed on a to find out more! Candice E. Clemenz (B.S.) has been named scheduled deployment in support of dean for undergraduate programs at Operation Iraqi Freedom. Hughes is a mem- Virginia Tech’s Pamplin College of Business. ber of the Marines 8th Communication Lewis F. Collins Jr. (B.S.) was elected presi- Battalion, II Marine Expeditionary Force, dent of the Federation of Defense and home based at Camp Lejeune, N.C. William Ross Heck William Ross Heck, 79, a retired FSU accounting professor, died July 17. Heck was a professor of accounting at FSU from 1959 to 1988. He specialized in tax law and received Florida’s Outstanding Educator Award in 1986, which was given by the Board of Governors of the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He was named Distinguished Accounting Alumnus in 1986 by Auburn University. He served on the editorial board for the Florida Certified Public Accountants. Heck received a Doctor of Philosophy degree from Louisiana State University and earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Auburn University. He served with the U.S. Navy in World War II and was honorably discharged as chief yeoman. He was recalled to active duty during the Korean conflict and received Team Expression is a William Ross Heck numerous military awards. division of E.F. San Juan, Inc. October 2005 / 13 Charitable bequests: A reflection of your values If you’re like most people, your first con- a specific purpose that is meaningful to you. us as beneficiary of a portion (or all) of your We are also pleased to report that all char- cern when planning your estate is to provide You may even wish to make your gift in mem- qualified plan or IRA. itable bequest gifts are counted toward our for your family members. But if your children ory of someone, either yourself or a person Unlike your family members who may FSU CONNECT Campaign goal. you cherish. We welcome the opportunity to be named as beneficiaries of your 401(k) or The FSU CONNECT Campaign ends on recognize you and your loved ones. The staff 403(b) plans, the FSU Foundation Inc. does not Dec. 31, 2005. Camille in the Office of Planned Giving is more than pay income taxes on the proceeds. Therefore, To learn more about how you can help Anderson happy to provide you with specific language the entire amount comes to the university. FSU reach its goal of $600 million by making a Licklider that is specifically tailored to your estate plans. Life insurance: You may designate the gift through your estate plans, call us today at Ways to Give FSU Foundation Inc. as the primary or contin- (850) 645-0384, or send an e-mail to planned- Senior Director A charitable bequest to FSU may be gent beneficiary of an existing or new life We look for- Planned Giving [email protected]. expressed simply in terms of a specific dollar FSU Foundation insurance policy. ward to hearing from you! amount — a very desirable means for many donors. There are several other ways to give IN MEMORIAM are already financially secure, or if you don’t that could be more appropriate in your cir- have any children, you might consider mak- cumstances: 1930-1939 Madelyn McDuffie Baldy (B.S.’31), Margaret Gaillard Borland (B.A.’32), Mildred ing a gift to FSU. Percentage of your estate: Your gift might Yearty Hodges (L.I.’33), Jessie Wilder Thacker (B.A.’35), Marjorie Dickens Tully Charitable giving through a bequest in a be stated as a share or percentage of your (B.S.’35), Annie L. Rollins (B.A.’36), Ruth Murray Torbert (B.S.’36), Madalaine will or trust is the traditional way that estate — or the remainder of any trust you’ve Weeks Dorman (B.M.’37), Eleanor Ruff Roberts (B.S.’38) Americans choose to support a worthy cause created. beyond their annual contributions. In return Specific asset: You could leave to us a for your charitable bequest gift, your estate valuable object or a parcel of real estate that 1940-1949 receives an estate tax deduction that is dollar you know could be especially useful to us. Louise Watson Clifford (A.B.’41), Elizabeth Giersch Watt (B.A.’42), Myrtle Harlow for dollar. Residuary Bequest: You could include a Mercer (B.A.’43), Pearle “Polly” Stanfill Brelsford (B.S.’44), Charlotte Rose Fialkow Of course, you may not want to leave gift that is equal to all of the assets that are left (B.S.’44), Marnita Hatchett Taylor (B.S.’47, M.S. ‘52), Annie Belle Dias Bozeman everything to charitable organizations. over after all other costs and bequests have (B.A.’48), Jennie Mary Krol (B.S.’48), Erna “Betty” Dickson (B.A.’49), James Instead, you can bequeath a sum of cash or a been honored. Or, you might choose to leave Samuel “Coach” Pavy (B.S.’49, M.S.’50) particular asset. If you want to make certain a a percentage of your residuary estate to FSU. spouse or other survivor is provided for, your By making a residuary bequest, you retain 1950-1959 bequest can be contingent — which means control of your assets up until you (and your Robert A. Breckenridge (B.S.’50), Jack R. Wilson (B.S.’50), Charles Howard Calhoun that it is payable only if that person doesn’t estate) no longer need them. (B.S.’51), John Cazanas (B.S.’51), Sarah J. Gould (B.S.’51), Brig. Gen. (R) Robert L. survive you. For certain assets you bequeath, it is Howell III (‘51), James Threlkeld (B.S.’53), Jeanne Elizabeth Parsons (B.S.’54, There are many ways to carry out your imperative that you change the beneficiary M.S.’61), Lucille Buckels Leslie (M.S.’55), Erich R. Weber (B.S.’55), Rev. Herbert benevolent desires. Any gift that is made designation form. Here are some examples: M. Wright (B.A.’55), Edward Augustus Hutchison Sr. (B.S.’57), Edward C. through your estate plan can be designated for Retirement plan assets: You could name O’Connell (B.S.’57), Ellen M. Rowe (B.A.’57), Joseph L. Schmidt Jr. (B.S.’59)

1960-1969 Norfleet Hardy (Ph.D.’61), Stuart Waters (B.S.’61), James R. Busby (B.S.’62), John M. Millard (B.S.’63), Edward S. “Ike” Syrjala (B.A.’63), Samuel B. “Pete” Davis III (B.S., M.S. ‘64), Thomas J. McIntyre (B.S.’64), H. Julian Roberts (B.S.’64), Alfred B. Nichols Jr. (B.S.’65), Ronan K. Pope (B.S.’65), Kenneth Neil Waters (B.S.’65), Leonard Newton “Bubba” Widener Sr. (M.S.’66), David A. Johnston (B.A.’68), Lawrence Lee Carnes (J.D.’69, M.S.’71), Robert M. Ecklund (M.S.W.’69), Robert Michael Lanza (M.A.’69, Ph.D.’79)

1970-1979 Jeanne A. Anderson (M.S.’70), Nancy L. Hovater (B.A.’70), Karen Moucha Knowlton (B.S.’71), William McKinley “Mack” Morgan Jr. (B.S. ‘73), Dr. David Unwin (B.S.’79)

1980-1989 John Donald Willis (B.S.’80), Karen LaNeve DeFrancesco Sanderson (M.S.W.’81), Marlin D. McDaniel (‘83), Teresa Hill Clayton (B.S.’85), Lilah Beryl Cassidy (B.S.’87), Howard Gilbert Hartsfield (B.S.’87), Edward A. Cobham Jr. (J.D.’89), Hal Gregory McCray (B.S.’89)

1990-1999 Gary Austin Graves (B.A.’91), John P. Brennan (‘92), Gregory P. Grant (‘93), Larry J. Langston Jr. (B.S.’95)

2000-2005 Steven J.S. Nolan (M.B.A.’02), Jayson Lee Huffman (B.A.’04), Zara A. Abrams (‘05), Stephen P. Best (B.A.’05), Lindsay J. Layer (‘05), Robert Alan Pack (‘05), Daniel E. Roman (‘05)

FACULTY AND STAFF Benjamin H. Carroll, Bruno Jensen, Robert L. Thornton, Helen L. Woodard

CORRECTION Harry E. Ramsey (M.S. ’61), was mistakenly reported as deceased in the August 2005 edition of In Memoriam. 14 / October 2005 Professors to build odor-scrubbing ‘bio-filters’ at landfill By Libby Fairhurst which will use one waste product to treat funded through a 2005-06 grant from the this year. FSU Media Relations Office another,” said Chanton, FSU’s John Widner Florida Department of Environmental “Leon County’s goal is to be a better Winchester Professor of Oceanography and Protection, one of several awarded annually to neighbor. The DEP grant and partnership with Thanks to old tires, broken glass and yard Florida Wildlife Federation’s 2005 help cities and counties increase recycling, FSU and FAMU will help us do this,” said debris, Leon County’s Solid Waste Facility Conservation Communicator of the Year. reduce solid waste and conserve natural Norm Thomas, director of Leon County Public (landfill) soon will emit less odor, and waste “We’ll spread alternating layers of the sol- resources. Works’ Solid Waste Management Division. disposal will be more environmentally friendly. id waste materials over the surface of the land- In fact, the DEP gave the Chanton- “We are acting locally to have a positive effect FSU oceanography Professor Jeff Chanton fill to act as a habitat Abichou design top globally.” and Florida A & M University-FSU College of for bacteria that will scores for innovative “Our passive bio-filter technology can be Engineering Assistant Professor Tarek Abichou break down noxious use of technology, implemented at any active or closed landfill plan to recycle the waste materials into landfill compounds,” he said. cost-effectiveness, and at a very small cost,” said Abichou, an covers called bio-filters, which sequester and “The area will smell transferability and assistant professor in the civil and environmen- scrub sulfur gas odors and methane — a potent better and heat-trap- community support tal engineering department at the College of greenhouse gas — from landfill emissions. ping methane in the — earning Leon Engineering. “Even small communities in the The green collaboration with Leon atmosphere will be County one of only United States and poor countries can utilize our County Public Works began in late September reduced.” seven such awards design to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and will conclude by December 2006. Bio-filter con- approved by the caused by decomposition of their municipal “We are very excited about this project, struction will be Tarek Abichou Jeff Chanton Florida Legislature solid waste.” Hochwarter finds many employees feel guilty about working too much By Barry Ray Business, gathered data from 700 • Higher levels of job-related distress employees work more hours each year than FSU Media Relations Office employees across several indus- • More general anxiety their counterparts in all other industrialized tries to determine the role that • More negative attitudes nations, including Japan and Germany. The Feeling pangs of conscience guilt has on work and health out- • Higher perceived expectations from others fact is that parents are working more than at about the hours you spend at comes. Findings from this • Unrealistic, and often distress-inducing, any other time in history, causing many work instead of home with the research show that almost 50 per- expectations of oneself dependents to be at home without supervi- family? You’re far from the only cent of all respondents either • More physical pain at work sion for several hours per day. It has been doc- one. Research by an FSU man- agreed or strongly agreed with • Higher rates of burnout umented that crime, unwanted pregnancies agement professor shows many the statement “I feel guilty about • Fewer close relationships and substance abuse increase dramatically U.S. workers feel guilty that their the time I am unable to spend Not surprisingly, women and those when children are left unattended. jobs don’t allow them to spend Wayne Hochwarter with my family due to work.” responsible for the care of dependents report- “The current economic picture does not as much time at home as they would like. Further, such guilt was associated with: ed more guilt. support the possibility of either parent spend- Wayne A. Hochwarter, an associate pro- • Decreased job satisfaction In most two-couple U.S. households, ing less time at work and more time at home,” fessor of management in the FSU College of • More interpersonal conflict at work both parents are employed. Further, American Hochwarter said. October 2005 / 15

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FSU represented my first big challenge. It was a test. Passing this test prepared me for a future that I would never have expected. It also represented a door to the wonderful possibilities that have grown in my life. It is my pleasure to pass this key to future Seminoles from all over the world. “ Jane Marks, B.S. in Arts and Sciences “ 16 / October 2005 FSU student’s account of life as a soldier in Iraq is best seller By Jill Elish hours a day, 365 days a year,” he said, explain- had a contract, a big advance and no idea how FSU Media Relations Office ing the frustration that led the soldiers to get he would ever produce a novel. Instead, he into some of the situations detailed in the wrote a series of non-fiction pieces that are FSU student John Crawford thought he book. “No one could do that.” placed roughly in chronological order. He fin- was beginning a new chapter in his life when Crawford, now 27, joined the National ished writing the book about three months he got married in 2002, but his story took a Guard after serving a stint with the Army’s after returning to Tallahassee in February dramatic turn when he learned on his honey- 101st Airborne Division. He thought it was a 2004. He completed his commitment to the moon that his Florida National Guard unit good way to pay for college, and he enrolled National Guard in October of that year. would be deployed to Iraq. at FSU. He was just a few credits shy of earn- So far, reviews have been great, with What followed was 12 months patrolling ing a degree in anthropology when his unit words like “powerful,” “raw” and “com- the streets of Baghdad and a critically was called to serve. pelling” used to describe his work. He has acclaimed book documenting the experience. Crawford’s deployment began in Kuwait already done interviews with Terry Gross “The Last True Story I’ll from National Public Radio’s Ever Tell: An Accidental At their best, the soldiers were loyal, brave and heroic. At “Fresh Air” and Jon Stewart Soldier’s Account of the their worst, they were bored, angry and fearful. from “The Daily Show.” War in Iraq,” was pub- But the soldiers persevered… “One day I was watch- lished this month by ing ‘The Daily Show’ and the Riverhead Books, a division of the Penguin in February 2003, and he and his unit crossed next day I was on it,” Crawford said about Group. into Iraq on the first day of the invasion. how much his life has already begun to The book, which debuted at No. 21 on the Baghdad fell more quickly than anyone imag- change since the book was published. New York Times Best Sellers list, is a collection ined, but Crawford’s unit stayed on to patrol He is busy promoting the book, but he of short stories that chronicle the transforma- the streets after most of the other soldiers hopes to complete his bachelor’s degree at tion of a group of mostly naïve college stu- involved in the invasion were sent home. FSU and maybe one day even pursue a doc- dents to men hardened by the realities of war. “We knew we were going to take part in torate. “The book is an honest, truthful account the invasion, and after that, we thought we’d The Palatka, Fla., native said he always of soldiers in Iraq,” Crawford said. “They’re go home,” he said. “But they kept extending loved writing, but he thought of it as a hobby regular people put in an extraordinary situa- the date and it went on and on. We could nev- rather than a way to earn a living. Now, not tion. It’s a cliché to say these are people at their er get comfortable because we kept thinking surprisingly, the first-time author is pondering x a best and their worst, but that’s what it was.” we were going home and then it wouldn’t L future writing opportunities. l l i

B At their best, the soldiers were loyal, happen.” Although the book title suggests other- / b brave and heroic. At their worst, they were Bored one afternoon, Crawford bor- a wise, his Iraq experience may not, in fact, be L o t bored, angry and fearful. But the soldiers per- rowed a friend’s laptop and began writing a the last true story he ever tells. This spring o h

P severed despite being ill-equipped in a hot, short story. A journalist who was embedded Crawford plans to go to Afghanistan as a civil- U S

F dangerous and dirty place. with the unit read the story and sent it to a ian to write about the continuing war efforts John Crawford “You can’t just put someone to work 24 friend who was an agent. Before he knew it, he there.

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