Bowden runs with gridiron record By Rob Wilson Director of Sports Information

Bobby Bowden did not have to look far to find the game that would 342 eventually become his profession. In fact, it was practically in his own backyard. As a youngster growing up in Birmingham, Ala., Bowden could eas- Bily pull himself to the top of the fence that separated his home from the practice fields of Woodlawn High. He would spend time hanging on the top of the fence watching the older kids play football. Bowden has now been directing football practices for 51 years and this season he overtook the great names in major college football history to become the all-time winningest coach. The first game of the 2002 sea- son allowed Bowden to slip past his mentor Bear Bryant into second

yals Lee place and, later in the season, his close friend Joe Paterno. He now has amassed 342 wins over his 38 seasons as a head coach. He has won 269 games in 28 years at FSU, 42 games in six years at West Virginia and 31 during his four years as head coach at Samford. All were important, but Photo Lab / R it was a 48-24 win over Wake Forest this past season that inspired FSU FSU players to carry their coach to midfield and sent fans scurrying through the stadium in search of torn ticket stubs and commemorative cups. The victory was his 339th, which moved him into sole possession of first place (Continued on page 2)

February/March 2004

First year brings out best in Wetherell By Jeffery Seay But the new hadn’t even worn “Florida and Florida State — Editor in Chief off being president when being the flagship institutions — Wetherell was diagnosed with have an obligation to get out there T.K. Wetherell’s first year as prostate cancer. and lead. We (FSU and UF) have president of FSU was full of chal- “It obviously caught me by the majority of alumni in the lenges and opportunities that surprise,” he said. “It’ll knock you Legislature, the high visibility pro- d allowed him to finally take owner- back when somebody says the ‘C’ grams, the football games, the leg- ship of the job for which he seems word to you. They just say ‘you’ve islative weekends — the kinds of

Tmade. His leadership was appar- Ray Stanyar got cancer’ — it scares the pure things that draw attention. Now, ent in appealing to the Legislature livin’ heck out of you.” the other state universities have for adequate funding of higher After getting into his treatment adopted the Q&A Campaign.” education, along with his steward- regimen at the Mayo Clinic in To launch the campaign, ship, as he and his wife Ginger Jacksonville, Wetherell discovered Wetherell and the presidents of the donated a $7.5 million gift to the that prostate cancer is more preva- other state universities flew to university. lent than most people realize. In Florida’s major cities to hold news fact, Wetherell quipped, he’s conferences and meet with the edi- T 1600 Red Barber Plaza Suite 104

allahassee, FL learned more about prostate can- torial boards of its major daily cer than he ever wanted to know. newspapers to draw attention to But after nearly a year since the this critical need. The ongoing diagnosis, a two-day battery of campaign urges Floridians to tell tests in early January revealed the their legislators to properly fund

32310-6068 cancer to be in complete remission. higher education. “I got a really good report out Wetherell’s advocacy of FSU of Mayo. I’m just really thankful had only begun with the close of for everybody’s thoughts and the legislative session. He took to prayers, and good doctors at the public airwaves in his first year Mayo.” as the host of “Issues in During Wetherell’s first Education,” a half-hour television months in office, mounting legisla- program produced by WFSU. tive budget cuts from the past few “We take people — Donna years were taking their toll in ways Shalala (University of Miami pres- that threatened to impede the uni- ident), Bill Nelson (U.S. senator), versity’s ability to perform some of Fred Gainous (Florida A&M its most basic obligations. University president) — that have Quickly assessing the situa- an impact on higher education,

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ofit model and the resulting “Quality to state ours. It’s a way to bring the and Access” campaign. (Continued on page 15) T.K. Wetherell, FSU’s 13th president

2 / February-March 2004 February-March 2004 / 3 Bowden has forged ‘legacy of influence’ over football Capital city mayor: universities are untapped economic engine Two very disparate writers, the greatest 100 military leaders of from us that both George army there would have been no comparison on the three miser- appear to be new is a predominantly a white institu- 1960s, said Marks, was no picnic, military historian Michael L. all time. Washington and Bobby Bowden United States. able seasons of 1973 through 1975. leader who is connected tion, and TCC’s good news is but neither was it a place where Lanning and Orlando Sentinel But Lanning makes a splendid are great men, but the greatest of What impact the leadership, In the quarter century before in a personal way to that it hasn’t been either,” he fear and intimidation ruled the sportswriter Mike Bianchi, used case for his rankings. And who, all time in their chosen fields of character and success of Bowden 1973’s winless collapse, Florida each of these entities said. day. similar reasoning to reach identi- among all the vast legions of bril- endeavor? Here is where both the will prove to have on Florida State State football fought valiantly and and positioned to bring “I’m not asking anybody to “FSU obviously means a lot to cal conclusions about two differ- liant military leaders scattered historian and the sportswriter we cannot say for certain, but it is often successfully, much like them all together. forget history, but to get past it me. I mean there is no question ent men, two leaders born hun- throughout 5,000 years of record- make their points with brilliant impossible to overstate the pow- Washington’s rag-tag Continental “The good news,” for the benefit of the community about it. It provided me with a dreds of years apart. While almost ed human history is The One? Is it clarity. erful influence of his profile Army, against foes armed with Marks said, “is we do so they can work together to gen- tremendously valuable educa- certainly correct, their conclusions Napoleon? Caesar? Tamerlane? Both Washington and Bow- among our alumni. We are a uni- overwhelming numbers and have something avail- erate more economy,” Marks tion: — both academically and will likely not find universal Wellington? Ghengis Khan? den are accounted to be the best versity that has grown and pros- resources. able to us that we said. “I’m not asking them to otherwise — in a nonacademic acceptance. ever, because each left the greatest None of these. Lanning names pered quickly, much like the state What might have been is a d haven’t used for the give up their autonomy, I’m not sense,” he said. them all and they all legacy of influence on their con- of Florida itself. Consider the stag- game for the ages. Who knows benefit of this commu- asking them to give up their aca- For his part, President T. K. have their place in time stituents. gering fact that in the 152-year his- what meandering course our gar- nity and, for its future, demic missions, …. I just want Wetherell, who was attending and in the proper order. Lanning allows that, of course, tory of our institution, nearly 80 net and gold fortunes would have in a way that would them to come together for the FSU at the same time as Marks, Keeping Score But the greatest of all, he other great commanders of histo- percent of all the people who have taken had fate not contributed a benefit us as a primary benefit of the Tallahassee com- said its great to have an alumnus ry like Napoleon and Alexander By Charlie Barnes says, is George Washing- ever graduated from FSU have chip shot here and there. economic engine. And munity.” wielding the mayor’s gavel. ton, the commander of a accomplished far more on the bat- done so since Bobby Bowden Bowden’s FSU legacy is more that is our three institu- As a two-time alumnus, “John’s been great to work Photo Lab / Bill Langfor Executive Director ragtag army who was tlefield, but none left behind a arrived in 1976! than wins on the field. Those tions of higher learn- Marks is clearly connected to with,” Wetherell said. “Anytime

Seminole Boosters FSU later elected first presi- legacy of such lasting significance In two more seasons, he will wins were the catalyst for as much ing.” FSU, but his commitment runs you have your alums in key posi- dent of a small country as Washington. “[Washington] have served 30 years as head as $200 million in new construc- John Marks Marks understands much deeper than two degrees. tions — mayor, speaker, gover- of little influence. simultaneously maintained an coach, a complete career by just tion and renovations to the entire By Mark A. Riordan longer depend on state govern- that his proposal is easier said He’s served on various universi- nor, whatever — that can’t do Still, you and I might find it Sports columnist Mike Bian- army in the field against a far about any measure. I believe that park of athletics facilities. That ment as the main engine of the than done, but as someone who ty boards. anything but help you.” hard to disagree with either chi, never accused of being a shill superior force, kept a divisive Bowden will make it to the end of much or more will probably be Ever since 1851, when economy,” Marks said flatly. brought in Minnesota Gov. Jesse As a student, he was Gold As for the mayor’s grand writer. for the Seminoles, marked Bobby Congress and population satis- that mark, and possibly go counted over time. Tallahassee mayor Francis “Since the inception of this city, Ventura’s campaign team dur- Key, a member of the student plans to unite the three colleges Historian Lanning’s 1996 Bowden’s record-setting 339th fied, and solicited military sup- beyond. His contract remains in Bianchi said it most eloquent- Eppes convinced the Florida we’ve depended on the growth ing his campaign for some early senate and a founding member into an economic force, Wetherell book “The Military 100” is a trea- career victory with the declaration port from other countries.” effect until he reaches 80. ly in drawing the difference Legislature to locate the of state government.” advice, he can think outside of of Omega Phi Psi, FSU’s first is confident in Marks’ ability to tise exploring the “ranking of the that “He is the greatest college And, he says, without Now, he is the all-time win- between Bowden and Paterno Seminary West of the Suwannee That has to change, said the box. black fraternity. understand how FSU would fit most influential military leaders football coach who ever has lived. Washington’s inspired leadership ningest coach in NCAA Division and their impact on their universi- in Tallahassee, the destinies of Marks, who believes that FSU, “What I am suggesting and His wife and chief political into that picture. of all time.” It would be an ambi- Period.” there would have been no 1. Bianchi says the victory total ties. Florida State and the capital city Florida A&M University and what I am trying to do is to see if adviser, Jane, is an FSU alumna “He’s done everything from tious undertaking alone to name Well, there’s no argument Continental Army; without the alone is not why Bowden is the “Bowden was the architect have been inextricably inter- Tallahassee Community College we can get these three institu- as well, whom Marks met during image building to raising dollars. greatest ever. Like Lanning, and builder of FSU’s program; twined. are underutilized economic tions of higher learning to work his second semester at FSU. So, he knows our needs,” Bianchi most values the power of Paterno remodeled and redecorat- As his first year in office engines for the metropolitan together,” he said. “Together for Already connected to FAMU Wetherell said. “He knows what the man’s imprint on the institu- ed at Penn State. Bowden poured comes to a close this month area. the benefit of this community.” through his parents who both it’s going to take for us to take the tion. the foundation; Paterno put up (February 2004), Tallahassee’s The idea that Tallahassee has To make that happen, Marks graduated from there, Marks’ next step as far as the university “The ultimate mark of a new curtains. Bowden framed the current mayor and FSU alum- needed to expand its economic said, will require getting past connection was further solidified goes, and he knows how the city coach’s greatness is what the pro- walls; Paterno hung pictures on nus John Marks (B.S., ’69, J.D. base is nothing new and to use some history. because Jane’s parents both grad- can help us do that. gram was like before he arrived — them. Paterno painted the master ’72) says that common destiny is the city’s institutions of higher “And we all know what that uated from FAMU and worked And he knows how we can and what it will be like after he bedroom. Bowden painted the at a critical point. learning to drive this new econo- history is: FAMU is a predomi- there. help the city. So that works out leaves,” he writes. “When Joe masterpiece.” “We (in Tallahassee) can no my isn’t new either. What does nantly black institution, FSU is Being black at FSU in the mid- well for both of us.” Paterno arrived, Penn State foot- Barring an unexpected turn, ball was already good. And when Bobby Bowden has now sur- he leaves, Penn State football will passed Joe Paterno for good. And Fletcher has become legal expert on desalination probably get better. given the changing nature of col- Vol. 9 No. 5 By Bayard Stern As one of more than 100 When Bowden arrived, lege coaching, his record for the www.fsu.com/ Florida State Times is published six times annu- Managing Editor worldwide experts who spoke at Florida State football was the most wins is probably safe to the ally by the Florida State University Communi- the biennial International worst, and after he leaves there cations Group, the FSU Alumni Association horizon. and the FSU Foundation to keep alumni, Floridians, like the rest of the Desalination Association World yals Lee will almost certainly be a drop- Congratulations, Coach, and friends, faculty and staff informed about FSU’s planet, depend on their drinking Congress in October 2003, Fletcher off.” thanks. growth, change, needs and accomplishments. Views expressed in the Florida State Times are water. But most people don’t give delivered his research paper, Much is said — perhaps too Thank you for who you are, not necessarily the views of university officials much thought about where safe “Obstacles to Desalination in the much — about the sorry state of and for how you have helped or the newspaper staff. Inclusion of underwrit- water comes from. In Florida, the Southeastern United States.” Photo Lab / R ing does not constitute an endorsement of the Seminole football before Bowden. shape the character, the confi- products or services. source is different depending on “There are a lot of advantages FSU But his achievements can stand dence and enduring strength of Editor in Chief the region. Much of it comes from to desal plants,” Fletcher said. Bobby and Ann Bowden being interviewed after his 339th win. alone without having to focus for the university we love. Jeffery Seay the Floridan aquifer, but some “Regulators in Florida have a lot of

Design and Production comes from reservoirs, lakes and concerns about taking too much n Ed Augustyniak rivers. An increasing percentage is groundwater from the aquifer. Managing Editor d Ster Bayard Stern now coming from desalination Droughts can affect rivers, lakes

Bowden keeps phenomenal record in perspective Bayar Staff Writer plants. It also may be a combina- and reservoirs. Desal plants are (Continued from page 1) After all, we’ve still got to beat whispers of abandoning the foot- down several unnamed NFL fran- appreciate just how staggering his Vida Volkert tion of any of these. pretty much drought proof, espe- Charles Fletcher on the all-time wins list in NCAA Miami twice in the next eight ball program altogether were chises over a career that seems career has been, just consider the Editorial Assistant FSU College of Law alumnus cially if they are taking the water the Florida House of Representa- in that area. Professor Frank Karl Brozyna Division 1. months,” he said after win 339. growing. Bowden won five games likely to end up being regarded as task that a coach would face who Charles Fletcher (magna cum from the sea. You also get a very tives. In those capacities he draft- Garcia taught international law “I really have a hard time get- Florida State fans take special that next season and then turned the most successful in the history might be starting out next season Director of laude, ‘96) has become a legal high quality of water from a desal ed reforms of Florida law that gov- and we had a lot in common. Media Relations and Publications ting too excited about something pride in the achievement and whispers to cheers with a 10-2 of major college football. “When I with the goal of eclipsing Bowden’s Browning Brooks expert on water sources and regu- plant. And typically the water is a ern water resource allocation, “The law school also had a like that,” said Bowden with cus- rightfully so, with the majority of record in 1977. The rest, as they passed Bear Bryant last year, there record. All the aspiring young President of lations, particularly desalination. much higher quality from what planning and permitting. Prior to pretty good visiting professor pro- tomary modesty. “When I was on his record wins coming while say, is history. was nothing he could do about it,” coach would have to do is win 10 University Communications Fletcher, an attorney with de la you get from a river or a lake, espe- that, he was an environmental gram that brought a lot of diverse Franklin D. Murphy the sideline at the end of the Wake coaching the Seminoles. Some However, it also is important Bowden said. “Joe can sure do games for the next 35 straight years Parte & Gilbert, P.A., in Tampa, is cially here in Florida.” engineer with the U.S. Environ- views,” he said. Forest game and they brought would suggest that it’s even more to note the role that Bowden’s loy- something about it. I plan on con- and then catch up over seven or To suggest news stories, write to the Florida well-versed in the processes Fletcher’s background as an State Times, 1600 Red Barber Plaza, Suite 104, mental Protection Agency, Office Fletcher met his wife, Leigh Ann down there, I thought about remarkable given the circum- alty has played in the equation for tinuing to win and I know he does, eight more years to whatever the Tallahassee, Fla. 32310-6068 or e-mail the editor: involved with the permitting of environmental engineer and attor- of Water in Washington, D.C. Kellett Fletcher (J.D., cum laude, it then. But I’m still coaching and stances surrounding the program the Seminoles. The University of too, and that’s why I’m not posing final number ends up being. [email protected]. To submit address desalination plants and all the ney gives him the ability to bal- “When I was working in changes, news for NewsNotes or In and master’s in public administra- Joe’s (Paterno) still coaching, so it’s when he accepted the job prior to Alabama knocked on the Bowden for any statues. We’ve still got a lot “I guess I’ll look back on it one Memoriam, call Alumni Affairs at 850-644-2761. complexities that go along with it. ance the legal and regulatory Washington for the EPA, I decided tion ’96), in law school. really not a finished thing to me. the 1976 season. FSU had won just door in the late 1980s with interest more winning to do here.” day, but I don’t have the time or the Underwriting is handled by the Florida State “Desalination is a water sup- requirements with the scientific to go to law school,” Fletcher said. Fletcher has represented and University Communications Group. For rates, The players won the games and four games over the previous in having him accept his dream job FSU fans have reveled in the inclination to do it now,” Bowden call Frank Flynn at (850) 487-3170 ext. 317. ply option of growing importance and technical constraints neces- “I wanted to come back to Florida worked with many diverse clients, I’ve had great assistant coaches. I three seasons, finishing 0-11 in with the Crimson Tide. Ultimately, unprecedented success of the pro- said. Florida State Times is available in alternative in Florida,” Fletcher said. “In sary when permitting desalination and I chose FSU. I’ve always been including the Southeast Florida format upon request. It was published at a cost got the feeling it was a lot more 1973, 1-10 in 1974 and 3-8 in 1975. he chose to remain at FSU. He also gram under Bobby Bowden, and For FSU fans, those words of $27,000 or 60 cents per copy. Florida alone, there were over 100 plants. interested in environmental issues Utility Council that handles the important to the players that I The frustration of Florida State turned down Louisiana State the entire sports world has mar- should sound as sweet as the fight It is printed on recycled paper. permit applications for desalina- Fletcher was previously a poli- and Donna Christie and Mark federal Comprehensive Ever- reach the mark than it was to me. fans had mounted to the point that University. He even has turned veled at his accomplishments. To song on a Saturday in the fall. tion plants in the last two years.” cy analyst and staff attorney for Seidenfeld were great professors glades Restoration Project.

4 / February-March 2004 February-March 2004 / 5 Emmy-winning producer Newall returns for honor Resourceful Parrish built alumni association from scratch By Bayard Stern going downtown one day when I 1958, 1959 and 1960. After gradu- By Jeffery Seay new men and women of FSU. Managing Editor heard some group was going to ating in 1960 with a bachelor of Editor in Chief “She became one of my stop a sit-in somewhere. music degree. Newall moved to closest friends and remains The Schoolhouse Rock car- Downtown was completely New York City and became a Back when Kuersteiner that today,” he said. “She was toons still strike a chord in the deserted except for groups of copywriter, starting an advertis- was a dean, not a building, as wonderful to work for.” memories of many who watched guys on corners with baseball ing career that would span almost Mildred Parrish once said, she Askew, who described Saturday morning cartoons bats. FSU was a nice insulated 40 years. was the first director of the Parrish as quiet and unassum- between 1973 and 1985. community but it was very tense “One of the reasons I think FSU Alumni Association. ing, a respected person in the “Conjunction Junction,” “I’m Just everywhere. The band I played Schoolhouse Rock was so good is More specifically, Parrish community and a key player a Bill” and “Three Is a Magic with wasn’t allowed to play in we were not in the television busi- forged the alumni association in the development of the uni- Number” are a few that have many places because we played ness. We were an advertising where none existed, wearing versity’s alumni relations, made their way into American with guys from FAMU.” agency,” he said. “This was some- many hats to keep the institu- called on his former boss to pop culture and are bona fide But Newall put much of his thing we did on the side. We did- tion’s early graduates in touch help in his first campaign for educational tools, even today energy into music while times n’t do this for a living. We never with their alma governor. FSU alumnus George Newall were tough for many. had to worry about being picked mater, and pro- “Mildred was active in my Photo Lab / Michele Edmunds was co-creator and executive pro- “I had John Boda (former FSU up. We won four Emmys and mote its new sta- campaign,” he said. “By that ducer of the Schoolhouse Rock professor) for composition who were nominated for a whole tus as a co-educa- FSU time, she was working at series. The animated cartoon was a wonderful man and an bunch of others ... tional research Parrish at her home in Blountstown North Florida Junior College shorts, 41 segments in all, used incredible composer,” Newall “My favorite is ‘Three Is a university. To get the ing them, and traveling to high but alumni was my main con- (as director of College Relations), appealing characters, catchy tunes said. “He should have been taken Magic Number.’ It was the first As she association up schools to introduce the young cern.” and she really represented me in and repetition to teach children much more seriously by the musi- one and it really showed what reached out to and running university to potential students. When Parrish started Sept. 20, Madison.” about multiplication tables, the Photo Lab / Michele Edmunds cal establishment, but that’s the you could do when you put rote the alumnae of from its offices in “We developed a slide presen- 1948, the association had a small A native of Blountstown, Fla., Florida State the Longmire tation about the university, and I’d staff and little money. But as its parts of speech, American history FSU way it goes much of the time.” learning into a context.” Parrish graduated from Tallahas- and science. College for Building, go to visit a high school and show budget grew, so did the number of see’s Leon High School in 1933. George Newall While at FSU, Newall won the “Like every idea, it was a con- Florida Composers Women and Parrish wrote them. It was recruiting, plain old staff positions. Among them was a She attended FSCW and the fluence of events that seemed to tive effort. Everyone helped and stantial academic content in popu- League future FSU stu- and published recruiting,” she said. field secretary, a job that proved to University of Florida between be unrelated,” Newall said. “I’ve made suggestions and we lar culture forms that matter to awards in dents still in high its quarterly Traveling throughout South be of tremendous help to Parrish. 1942 and 1947, but earned her always been a big proponent of worked with incredible people.” kids — like popular music and school in the newsletter, Florida and effectively “covering “My field secretaries did this bachelor’s degree in journalism on the importance of collaboration.” Over the course of its 12-year cartoons. It would be like what beginning of her wrote its bylaws the water front,” Parrish claims visiting of clubs that I had to do scholarship from the University of Mildred Parrish Newall visited FSU in run, Schoolhouse Rock won four would happen if MTV videos 15-year tenure, and developed she would go anywhere she was before,” she said. Missouri School of Journalism in November to receive the Ella Emmys for outstanding children’s were trying to cover academic Parrish was often a one-woman an alumni mailing list from invited to make her pitch. Several students held the posi- 1948. Later that year, another Scoble Opperman Citation given programming. content areas too.” show, making it up as she went scratch and kept it up-to-date. “It was a good time, but it was tion over the years, but the job Blountstown native, Mode Stone, by the School of Music. It recog- The staying power of Newall enrolled at FSU in along. In retrospect, she seems to “We took care of (FSU gradu- a building time,” Parrish said. was first filled by FSU alumnus who was the dean of FSU’s nizes distinguished achievement Schoolhouse Rock may be due to 1955 after spending two years in have gotten it right. ates throughout) the nation, not “We were growing. We didn’t Reubin O’D. Askew, who began a College of Education, convinced in creative music education and the combination of music, visuals the Army’s 11th Airborne “The Alumni Association and only Florida,” she said. have all the alumni in the six-month stint working for Parrish to come to work at FSU. the production of award-winning and topics covered. Division Band at Fort Campbell, the publications office were one Moreover, Parrish scheduled Legislature that we do now. It Parrish in January 1956 after he Amid her comings and goings, education programs. “I think Schoolhouse Rock Ky. and the same,” Parrish said. “It the Symphony Orchestra and took a lot of work to get things. had earned his law degree from Parrish found time to earn her “I don’t feel worthy of honor, will last because it isn’t simple “When I came to FSU, it was was the promotional part of the even took frantic phone calls from And we had to work with the the University of Florida. master’s degree from FSU, finish- but it’s great psychic income,” infotainment,” said Leigh kind of at the height of the civil university at that time. We didn’t mothers who insisted she try to governors, which is part of what I “Mildred worked directly for ing in 1950. Newall said. “It’s impossible to Edwards, FSU assistant professor rights movement,” Newall said. ON have a University Relations or help their daughters get into a cer- did, too.” Dr. Doak Campbell, and I worked “I believe in continuing educa- think of Schoolhouse Rock as any- of English. “It’s made a lasting “There were sit-ins at the bus sta- Public Relations. We didn’t even tain sorority. As such, Parrish acted as a tire- with Dr. Campbell, as well, as part tion,” Parrish said. “I remember thing but a completely collabora- mark because it packages sub- tion and things. I remember know back in those days whether Her duties away from less goodwill ambassador at vari- of my responsibilities, because we the Women’s Club had me write we were going to be funded. But, Longmire took her all over Florida ous political functions, including were really doing public rela- an article on continuing education we worked our heels off. Our and beyond. If Bobby Bowden is the inaugurations of Florida’s tions,” Askew said. “She really did for its state publication. Professor of Library and FSU law graduates No. 1 in main goal was to promote the uni- known as FSU’s King of the Road, governors. a tremendous job of blending “I still believe in education. Information Studies, who is a pro- passing Florida Bar versity in any possible way we Parrish certainly was its queen, “I was really the public rela- together the alumnae of Florida That’s the most important thing in Graduates of the FSU College fessor of American Studies. could.” organizing alumni clubs and visit- tions director, rather than alumni, State College for Women with the the world.” of Law again have passed the bar The quarterly has moved exam at a rate higher than peers before. It was founded in 1931 on from other Florida law schools. the University of Chicago cam- The graduates taking the The University of Miami and how rewarding it can be. These pus. In 1991, it moved its editorial Anthropologists and Indians in French Cinema: From its exam for the first time passed the the University of Florida tied for are the people who ought to be offices to Indiana University. After the New South Beginnings to the Present 2003 Florida Bar Exam at a rate of second place, with 83.3 percent of lawyers.” five years, it again moved to the edited by by Rémi Four- 85.4 percent, according to statistics their graduates passing the gener- Kellogg is a partner in the University of California-Los Rachel A. nier Lanzoni

al bar exam. d Bonney and J. (Ph.D. ’95) The NewW booksant by Florida SometState graduates andhing faculty To Read? released by the Florida Board of Miami law firm of Tew, Cardenas, Angeles. Anthony Continuum Bar Examiners. Rebak, Kellogg, Lehman, De- “The quality of any university African Ameri- law declaring a white man’s right struggle between different ethnic, Paredes (pro- International Of the last four bar exams, this Maria & Tague. Jason Kellogg, a can wife, finds Scholarship helps law stu- is measured in large part by the fessor emeritus Publishing to take a black woman as his para- religious and class factions com- is the third time FSU graduates dents raising children 2002 graduate of the College of quality of scholarly publishing of anthropolo- Group Inc. herself pregnant mour, whether she was married or peting for power in 18th-century outranked other Florida law Lawrence Kellogg, a 1981 Law, practices with Akerman, activity undertaken by her facul- gy) The To a large a second time by not. Ireland. school graduates. FSU graduates College of Law graduate, has Senterfitt & Eidson in Miami. ty,” said Jane B. Robbins, dean of her white physi- University of extent, the story Riotous Performances: The The Science of Fly-Fishing

established a $100,000 scholarship “I am grateful to the FSU law Photo Lab / Bill Langfor also were first in the state on the Information Studies. “To have Alabama Press of French filmmaking is the story cian lover. Torn Struggle for Hegemony in the by Stan L. Ulanski (B.S. ’68, February 2002 and July 2002 to help FSU law students who school for providing me and my Library Quarterly edited here This book is a collection of between her hus- M.S. ’71) University of Virginia FSU of movie-making. Irish Theater administrations of the Florida Bar worked to support themselves as son with an excellent education,” contributes resoundingly to both essays that looks at the changing From the earliest flickering band, who Press) Wayne Weigand, left, and John by Helen M. Burke (associate Exam. undergraduates or who are sup- Kellogg said. “I hope that the the school’s and the university’s relationships between anthropolo- threatens to shoot her if she has The founda- Bertot images of the late 19th century to professor of English) University FSU College of Law Dean porting children. scholarship will attract outstand- prestige.” gists and Indians at the turn of the the silent era, surrealist influence, another white baby, and her lover, of Notre Dame Press tions of fly-fish- Donald Weidner attributed the “I wanted to create a scholar- ing students to the school, and scholarly journal of research in the “Although the practice of millennium. Valuable to students, the Nazi occupation, the glories of who threatens to shoot her if she The book ing history, liter- school’s continued success to an ship that I could have used when that future recipients will con- field now is being edited at FSU. librarianship has traditions that professionals and libraries, the the new wave and the present, aborts his child, she chooses to explores the sig- ature and excellent faculty that works close- I was in law school,” said Kellogg, tribute to society, to the legal pro- The October 2003 issue of date back thousands of years, book ranges in subject from the Lanzoni examines a considerable murder her lover. nificance of the- mechanics are ly with a gifted student body. He who raised his son, Jason, while fession and to the community.” Library Quarterly was the first to research in the field began only in Maya of Florida and presumed number of the world’s most McCollum’s trial took place in ater “riots” and firmly anchored also pointed with pride to the attending law school at FSU. be edited at FSU. Serving as co- the last century-and-a-half,” biology to pow-wow dancing and beloved French films. a time where there were no con- other disruptive in the disciplines school’s 97 percent job placement “This is to help people who are editors are Information Studies Wiegand said. “During that time, the “lost Indian ancestors” myth. It trols over the judge who denied practices that of science. Library Quarterly comes to The Trial of Ruby McCollum working hard, are motivated to provides a clear assessment of the occurred in Dub- Ulanski rate. School of Information Studies Associate Professor John Carlo no publication has played a by C. Arthur Ellis Jr. (M.A. ’80, her First Amendment rights, yet growing mutual respect and lin playhouses presents the basic elements of the The exam was administered better themselves and who are A publication that has Bertot, the associate director of the greater role in forging and reflect- Ph.D. ’82) and Leslie E. Ellis her testimony — appearing in strengthening bond between physical and biological sciences to in July in Tampa to 2,091 first-time raising children. I knew a lot of achieved a pre-eminent position Institute for Information Policy ing the research discourse of (Ph.D. ’82) print for the first time — sounded between 1712 and 1784. Burke’s make clear their practical applica- takers, including 178 from FSU people in that situation, and I in the library and information and Management, and Wayne A. library and information studies modern American Indians and the 1st Books Library the death knell of “paramour study reveals that during this peri- and 884 from non-Florida schools. know how hard that can be, and studies community as the premier Wiegand, the F. William Summers than Library Quarterly.” researchers who explore their past. Ruby McCollum, a wealthy rights,” the unwritten antebellum od, Irish theaters were sites of tions to fishing.

6 / February-March 2004 February-March 2004 / 7 Researchers use mass spectrometry to evaluate best uses for oil SunTrust VP Miller advises the Fed on nation’s economic health By Dave Fiore ExxonMobil came to Tallahassee within By Bayard Stern Most people in my position travel around Miller went on to graduate with a bach- weeks with more samples. Managing Editor market areas and serve as kind of a blood elor of science degree in 1978 and a master’s While world leaders work to secure the “It surpassed anything we could have pressure reading for the grass roots of the of science in 1980 in economics. availability of millions of barrels of crude anticipated,” Rodgers said. “It was mind- Gregory Miller never planned on economy. “I remember Tallahassee as being a lot petroleum, the most significant related blowing what we could see. What before becoming an economist before attending “One thing I like about my job is it’s smaller,” Miller said. “It wasn’t very diffi- research in years requires only a few drops yielded a few hundred different species was FSU. Today, however, Miller is the vice pres- extremely apolitical,” Miller said. “It’s pure- cult for a student with limited funds to of the precious oil at a time. And it is hap- now revealing 5,000 to 6,000 unique species. ident and chief economist for SunTrust ly economics and market activity. It allows enjoy the campus. I probably should have pening at FSU. The crude was more complicated than we Bank. me the luxury of being very forthright with- tried to have more fun but felt like I was The research is under way at the Fourier had ever thought.” “I have the best economist job in the out worrying about political backlash either always trying to catch up. I did meet my Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance (FT- What makes the ICR mass spectrometry South,” he said from his Atlanta office. within the company or from the outside.” wife, Victoria Conklin, at Dubey’s book- ICR) mass spectrometry facility located at so much more effective than anything that Miller’s responsibilities at SunTrust While attending high school in Miami store. We have two kids. My son is applying the National High Magnetic Field has been attempted in the past is the use of include forecasting the national economy, Shores, Miller planned to go straight to for FSU now.” Laboratory. the world’s most powerful magnets found particularly as it affects interest rates. He FSU. But he took a detour and joined the While still at FSU, Miller started work- Led by Alan Marshall, director of the at the magnet lab. The 9.4 tesla magnet cur- advises corporate and bank boards of direc- Navy. ing as an intern for the state economist’s ICR program, and Ryan Rodgers, director of rently being used (approximately 200,000 tors. He evaluates markets and represents “After I served in Vietnam, the best office under Gov. Reubin Askew. He stayed the program’s environmental and petro- yals Lee times stronger than the earth’s magnetic banking operations in regulatory matters thing was that I left the service with every- on after he graduated as a full-time employ- chemical applications, the team at the facili- field) is shielded with 10 tons of iron to allow concerning potential mergers and acquisi- thing I went in with and came home with ee, which lasted into Gov. Bob Graham’s ty is using high-powered magnets to help other instruments and computers to operate tions. the G.I. Bill,” Miller said. term. He moved to the Public Service identify chemicals within crude oil that have near it. Miller also is chairman of the Economic Photo Lab / R Gregory Miller Even though Miller was eager to begin Commission’s research department. huge environmental and economic ramifi- The process, while incredibly complex, Advisory Committee of the American his academic career at FSU, he wasn’t sure “In the governor’s office, I was respon- FSU cations for both producers and consumers is actually very simple in methodology. Bankers Association. In this capacity, Miller One thing that we never talk about in these in what direction he wanted to go. sible primarily for analyzing tax revenues Alan Marshall and Ryan Rodgers around the world. First, the element must be ionized – or regularly meets with Alan Greenspan, the committee discussions is interest rates. “I kind of fell into economics,” Miller and knowledge of how the macro economy The technology is based on use of the them apart.” “It is useful economically upstream as charged to make negative and positive mol- chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. His Those elements are off the record. said. “I didn’t have a lot of strong inclina- works,” Miller said. “I moved over to the highest mass resolving power technique in Facility director and co-inventor of the oil companies drill a hole, they can get a ecules. Then, it is sent to a tube inside the committee briefs the Federal Reserve Board “The Federal Reserve Board has all the tions for a specific major. I took some eco- Public Service Commission and was more mass spectrometry to differentiate between technology Alan Marshall said they have sample and tell whether to keep drilling,” magnet as a gas and forced through a num- before their meetings to discuss the econo- information we have. But we help analyze nomics classes and got decent grades. I micro economics oriented. We dealt with components of a complex mixture such as had the device since 1973, but it has only Marshall said. “It will give them more detail ber of holes into the magnet itself. The my and monetary policy. what indicators mean to specific regions. ended up taking more economics classes issues related to public utilities. Then, I crude oil. In layman’s terms, “It works like a recently worked well enough to do this job. than ever before – where it came from and charged molecules are then pulled into a cir- “I’m certain that they take what we say The Federal Reserve Board has more diffi- and liked it. Two I remember are Charlie went to the University of South Florida and really fancy scale,” Rodgers said. “The instrument separates molecules by how old it is. These are billion-dollar deci- cular path. The frequency at which the ele- very seriously,” Miller said. “Our com- culty assimilating how the economy is Haworth’s industrial organization class and taught. After, that I joined SunTrust and “If you could weigh everyone on the how much they weigh, much like a rock in sions.” ment goes around is inversely proportional ments are not intended to drive policy itself. responding on a region-to-region basis. Charlie Rockwood’s business class.” have been here ever since.” planet accurately enough, you could identi- a sling,” Marshall said. “Frequency is the For instance, Middle East oil is not only to its mass. The less weight it has, the faster fy every person just by their weight,” he easiest way to measure something. abundant, but it — known as “sweet crude” it goes around. said. “If you carry it out far enough, no one “After we knew what we could do, we — is high quality, which means it is cleaner “We simply observe the frequency to weighs the same. That is the kind of accura- asked what kind of problems could we look and easier to refine. Other countries have oil identify the weight and tell what they are,” Kathrens’ passion for animals inspires her documentary filmmaking cy we are talking about. Now, imagine that at. The answer was complicated mixtures, — including the United States and Canada, Rodgers said. “We can get a much higher By Vida Volkert ing as there are more on an atomic level. Take a complex mixture, and one of the most complicated is crude home to one of the largest reserves in the resolution than before. What would show Staff Writer channels and more com- measure the molecules and then identify oil.” world. The problem is that it is a lower up as two peaks on our monitors, are now petition,” she said. every member of that mixture.” Marshall said that a single oil sample has grade oil — meaning it is more complicated, dozens. The higher the field of magnetic Ginger Kathrens is living any docu- “There is more need for To identify the many different elements revealed as many as 30,000 different mole- so someone has to figure out how to convert pull, the faster the spin, the greater the reso- mentary filmmaker’s dream. When she is product, but the audi- solely by their weight, Rodgers looked no cules. it efficiently. lution of the spectrum and the more things not filming wild horses in Montana’s iso- ences are so small. That’s further than what is taught in chemistry 101. “This is really the whole idea of chem- The oil can still be used, but it may are separated.” lated Arrowhead Mountains, she may be why commitment is “We use the rules of science,” he said. istry,” he said. “If you know what is in a require adjustments made in the process Rodgers said the future is looking bright discussing story ideas with producers at more important than “Our rules follow the periodic chart of the sample, you can better predict what it will based on its specific make-up — a piece of for the technology as the business world PBS or National Geographic television, expectations.” elements. A long time ago, scientists identi- do.” the puzzle that was previously unavailable. begins to understand its potential applica- promoting a new film or horseback riding So far, Kathrens’ fied atomic weight. Everything is made up Accurately predicting what a particular It all started about two and half years tions. at her ranch in Colorado. commitment has provid- of atoms, and the combination of those oil sample will do can save companies mil- ago when Nobel Prize-winning chemist “We are now getting together with oil “I did pay my dues before I was able to ed her with a life filled atoms is what identifies them.” lions of dollars. John Fenn invented a new ionization companies, and they are showing more and live this dream,” said Kathrens, a viva- with adventures in exotic For example, he says, methane is CH4 “With oil, one of the issues is how well method and showed how species in diesel more interest,” he said. cious, outspoken and witty woman in her locations in Peru, Russia, and is made up of one molecule of carbon As effective as this technology is for oil, it mid 50’s. Kathrens is an FSU alumna Africa and Mongolia, “This is really the whole idea of chemistry,” he said. “If you know what is and four hydrogens, which weigh 16. also has worked in a laboratory setting for whose love for nature and commitment to and her work has been d Oxygen also has an atomic weight of 16, but in a sample, you can better predict what it will do.” coal, pollution, arson accelerants such as tur- documentary filmmaking has won her the awarded with several with a mass spectrometer, scientists can eas- will it flow through a pipe – will it stick?” fuel and gasoline can be observed. pentine or lighter fluid, and even explosives respect and admiration of major wildlife prizes, including an ily tell the difference between them — oxy- Marshall said. “Another is during the refin- “But he couldn’t see much because he — anything that needs to be broken down television producers, and has kept her suc- Emmy. gen weighs in at 15.9949, while methane is a ing process, how much pollution will it had a low-resolution mass spectrometer,” and its individual chemical components cessfully afloat in a competitive business Her latest produc- relative heavyweight at 16.0312. cause. We can now determine the atoms in Rodgers said. “When I saw what he could identified. where production budgets are scarce. tion, a two-part film “It is like putting three guys who weigh each molecule.” see with his equipment, I knew this is what “When the technology was developed, it “We have budgets, but they are shrink- about the life of a wild 225 pounds on a cheap scale one at a time,” With this information, oil companies can we needed to do.” was a great example of basic research used charismatic colt striving Photo Lab / Bill Langfor

Rodgers said. “You could not distinguish plan for handling oil that requires special Rodgers said they asked ExxonMobil for something unforeseen at the time,” for survival in the moun- FSU between them solely based on their weight. processing before it has gunked up existing Research Corporation to send them a sam- Marshall said. “Ryan made the connection to tains of Montana, took Ginger Kathrens But put those same three guys on a more machinery. Such information also can help ple to see what they could do with it. After it petroleum, and none of this would have been her on a seven-year jour- accurate digital scale, and now you can tell decide whether or not to use the oil at all. was analyzed, representatives from possible without a big magnet.” ney in the Rockies, and it is one of her most came in pretty handy. In those days, public service announcements, educational celebrated pieces at PBS. Kathrens said, a women had to earn an programs and commercials for political “There is no other project in the world advanced degree to compete for jobs campaigns. But she is best known for her New book by Greaves shows depression influenced Bunyan’s writings where somebody is able to document the against men with a bachelor’s degree. Back groundbreaking documentaries about By Bayard Stern a mood disorder as a young man and 17th century English dissenting move- real life of a wild animal,” she said. then, women did not shoot film for the wildlife, which she has used to lobby for Managing Editor then used the experience to help mold ment, Greaves offers a monumental Kathrens discovered her love for ani- most part. more humane treatment of animals, the his literary works. study of the movement’s premier popu- mals very early in life, when she was grow- “Actually, they were writers and edi- source of her inspiration. An FSU history professor who is an lar prose writer.”—CHOICE ing up in Bowling Green, Ohio. She lived tors, but they did not run a camera,” “I think that because I’m so inspired by Light and darkness, joy and sadness, d expert in early modern British history and despair and hope became Bunyan’s “... the prolific Greaves now stands on a farm where her parents raised cattle Kathrens said. them, they lift me up. They lift my abilities has written a major reinterpretation of key literary motifs. alone as the eminent living authority on and horses. Later, at Wakulla Springs, Fla., Her first job was with Charles Prout up and I feel that I can’t let them down. I John Bunyan. “Glimpses of Glory,” focuses on the Bunyan, and ‘Glimpses of Glory: John she got her first exposure to wildlife — she Productions in Orlando. As soon as her have got to tell the best story possible and In his book “Glimpses of Glory: John interplay of history, religion, psychology Bunyan and English Dissent’ is not only saw alligators and wild birds for the first father loaned her enough money to buy so they have inspired me to be a better film- n Bunyan and English Dissent,” Richard and literature in Bunyan’s life. the zenith of his notable 40-year career, time. her first professional camera, however, she maker,” she said. “If you want to film doc- L. Greaves, FSU Robert O. Lawton The book, which has received favor- but also an inventory of the growth of “It was a real eye opener coming here,” started her own film production company, umentaries, be prepared to not make very d Ster Distinguished Professor, draws on able reviews, was published by Stanford Bunyan studies over that same time.”— Photo Lab / Bill Langfor she said. Taurus Productions Inc. much money and be OK with that because FSU Bayar recent literature on depression to University Press: Galen K. Johnson, John Brown When Kathrens obtained her master of In 25 years, Kathrens has produced you love to tell stories and you love to Richard Greaves demonstrate that Bunyan suffered from “A distinguished expert on the late- University Ginger Kathrens arts degree from FSU in 1970, she said it numerous television commercials, national make a difference.”

8 / February-March 2004 February-March 2004 / 9 Valencia is rich in Hispanic culture Walking in the steps of giants tive curriculum that includes a the Spain Study Center. given the opportunity to submerge our- combination of business, liberal “This is the most desirable city to move selves into the Spanish language and cul- ed by medieval monuments, fountains, In fact, Christaldi joined the program arts, humanities and intensive to for people who live in Spain,” he said. ture,” said Bonaparte, 21. marble sculptures and churches, including a upon the recommendation of an adviser at Spanish language courses. “It’s an energetic and outgoing city, not The program includes trips to national soaring Gothic cathedral built between New College, where he was an undergrad- The program is one of the introspective. The program here reflects its soccer games, bull runs, museums in medieval times and the Renaissance. uate student. After completing the program, most popular at FSU, according dynamics.” Madrid, an overnight trip to Cuenca and Learning art history firsthand by visiting Christaldi said he “left Florence with a to Pitts, who says that in the Valencia flourished more than 2,000 field trips to historical cities such as monumental works of architecture and art favorable impression of FSU.” past two years, about 21 percent years ago when the Roman empire took Andalucia, according to Messana. that a student in the United States would And the positive experience made him of the overseas student popula- over the region. It was named Valencia — In addition, the program adapts its cur- otherwise only be able to appreciate through want to attend FSU in Tallahassee for his tion has chosen the Spanish from the Latin Valentis, meaning valiant — riculum to blend with popular traditions. photographs in text books is very invigorat- master’s and law degree, both earned in center over FSU’s other 36 inter- to honor the Roman soldiers sent to fight Every March, for instance, when the citizens ing, according to FSU alumnus Ronald 1996. national programs. Arab tribes, according to Ignacio Messana, of Valencia hold a five-day fire feast for the Christaldi, who attended the program in Now a business lawyer based in Tampa, Students have learned that the center’s administrative director. The patron saint of carpenters, the curriculum 1992. Christaldi said the Florence experience becoming fluent in Spanish influences of Arab, Roman and, later, takes an anthropological turn. “When you are there, you are so changed him in many ways. Torres de Serranos “may represent an enormous Spanish cultures are evident in the numer- During this time, Messana said, about a immersed in the culture that you feel con- “I came back to the United States a much opportunity that may increase their busi- ous significant architectural sites, such as the million people parade in the streets, dancing nected,” he said. clearer thinker,” he said, adding that he is By Vida Volkert ness and personal relationships,” Pitts said, Metropolitan Cathedral, begun in 1262. and carrying gigantic wood and cardboard This bond was very important to now more appreciative of his own culture Staff Writer adding that the Spanish and Latin American Messana, a native Valencian, said there is a statues of figures depicting satirical scenes, Christaldi as he was working on his thesis in and open-minded when it comes to under- markets are growing around the world, and popular belief that the Holy Grail, the cup current events and popular Spanish celebri- In eastern Spain, on the shores of the an increasing level of commerce is being from which Christ drank at the Last Supper, ties and politicians, which they later burn in t art history. It helped him understand the dif- standing and accepting other cultures, a key Mediterranean Sea, the ancient city of ferent artists and their work, and helped to his success in dealing with a variety of developed with Spanish-speaking coun- is kept in this cathedral. a bonfire. olker Valencia is home to one of FSU’s most him gain inspiration and personal confi- clients. tries. Nowadays, Valencia is the third largest The festival transcends specific majors, prominent study abroad programs for stu- dence. For more information, contact FSU Rooted in Latin, Spanish is indeed dents with an appetite for Latin culture. one of the most spoken languages in Daniela V During the time he was a student in International Programs at (850) 644-3272 / 1- “All of the programs have their Florence, planning a career and his future, 800-374-8581, / www.international. fsu.edu. the world. The CIA World Fact Book strengths,” said Jim Pitts, director of The Biancone by Ammannati he was inspired to think that if the ranks it as fourth after Chinese- International Programs. “Valencia is an By Vida Volkert the four satellites of Jupiter and drew con- great Italian creative minds were Mandarin, Hindi and English. excellent program for students reaching to Staff Writer clusions about the revolution of the planets - successful at what they did, he It is estimated that 300 million retrace Hispanic roots, study the Spanish forever changing mankind’s understanding could be successful too. people around the world speak language and culture, and business and Studying in Florence can be very inspir- of astronomy. “I thought if they could do it, I Spanish and, naturally, the language commerce in Spain and the rest of the ing — and a treat to students majoring in Walking these historic streets is just as could do it, too,” Christaldi said. is in demand, Pitts said. world.” humanities, according to Victor Carrabino, a exciting as touring the local museums and The FSU Florence program In addition, the city of Valencia Open year round, the Spain Study professor of Italian art history and modern churches. offers year-round academic classes offers the perfect setting to make the Center takes advantage of the city’s histori- languages and linguistics. From Michaelangelo’s famous David to in art history, classics, English, film, learning process a lot easier and cal importance, cultural heritage and friend- For in this glorious Italian city of wind- Botticelli’s acclaimed Birth of Venus, history, humanities, Italian lan- rewarding, according to David ly atmosphere to offer a diverse and attrac- ing narrow streets, students walk in the Florence is home to most of the greatest art guage and literature, philosophy, Nordlund, academic administrator of steps of Machiavelli, Galileo and Dante, works in the world, according to Jim Pitts, social sciences and studio art. some of the most influential creative minds director of FSU’s International Programs. It’s open to students of all uni- of Western culture. “The majority of all the art treasures in versities and colleges, and the cred- “The same streets Dante walked? That’s the world are in Italy, with the largest con- its are transferable to most academ- exciting,” said Carrabino, referring to the centration in Florence,” Pitts said ic institutions, Carrabino said. And Plaza de Toros medieval poet and writer. This includes works by Giotto, while there are more than 30 city in Spain, and life for its native minors and classes, Nordlund said, “as this Dante was born in Florence, where he Leonardo, Rubens, Caravaggio and American universities with pro- inhabitants is built around family celebration goes to the heart of the Valencian was inspired to write his masterpiece, the Rembrandt. grams in Florence, the FSU pro- values and time-honored traditions identity and therefore to the heart of the “Divine Comedy,” thought to be the best lit- History, architecture, art, beauty and gram is one of the most prestigious, derived from the simple act of dining identity of FSU Spain. eral expression of medieval culture, accord- accessibility are some of the reasons this cos- according to both Carrabino and with other people, Messana said. “We plan a series of programs that are ing to Carrabino. Florence is where, observ- mopolitan city was chosen more than three Pitts.

t Indeed, time seems to stop at lunch, meant to instill a fun, yet academically, cul- ing the Florentine princes’ rule, the political decades ago to house one of FSU’s study “We have students who attend when most of the businesses close turally and socially constructive celebra- genius, Niccolo Machiavelli wrote his olker centers, explained Carrabino, who was Florence from other universities down for about three hours as peo- tion,” Nordlund said, adding that the cours- famous pamphlet “The Prince.” From this appointed resident director to the Florence and they report to us that their ple retire to enjoy a Mediterranean- es offered — anthropology, social psycholo- city, Galileo Galilei explored the universe Study Center in 1987. home university recommended our Daniela V style meal along with coworkers, gy, culture and civilization, language, litera- with his unique and powerful telescope, Located in a 15th century palace in program over other programs,” friends or family. At first, he said, ture, business and film — are especially rel- observed the moon and Venus, discovered downtown Florence, the center is surround- Pitts said. The Florence Cathedral The City of Arts and Sciences these customs may surprise some students evant to this season. who are used to the high-speed pace of In the future, the Valencia program American life, but “once past the cultural could serve the FSU School of Motion Victor Carrabino As director, Carrabino instilled a love of Florentine culture and lifestyle shock, they always seem to enjoy and even Picture, Televsion and Recording Arts as a By Vida Volkert lent academic integrity and reputation,” Florence was more than I was expecting leave Italy with a bag of knowledge and embrace our traditions.” portal to European filmmakers, according to Staff Writer Pitts said. “He is an extremely valuable from FSU when I joined it in 1969,” information that changes their lives ‘so Sabrina Bonaparte, an FSU student Nordlund. As Spain’s motion picture indus- mentor to our students and is very instru- Carrabino said. “My family and I simply they always claim’ and become better indi- majoring in music who took part in the pro- try grows, Valencia and the surrounding When Victor Carrabino retires in June mental in helping them expand their hori- fell in love with Florence.” viduals, tolerant, understanding of others’ gram in 2003, said she learned a lot about communities are becoming a cinemato- 2004, he will leave as his legacy a program zons.” As a teacher, Carrabino has always point of view, open-minded and cosmopol- herself while she was struggling to under- graphic point of interest, he said. Valencia is widely thought to be one of the most pres- To honor Carrabino’s dedication to the tried to pass on that love for Florence that itan. stand the cultural differences and language. the host of La Mostra, a noteworthy annual tigious American academic programs in program, Paula and Francis DeLuca have he believes is a key to learn to appreciate “Students discover here a new dimen- In the end, she realized how rewarding her film festival dedicated to films of the entire Florence, Italy. established two Victor Carrabino scholar- the culture and lifestyle. sion of their personal freedom that allows experince in Valencia was when she finally Mediterranean community. Throughout his 16 years as the FSU ships of approximately $3,000 each for non- He said it was his love for the arts, liter- them to discover their true identity and be felt as though she fit in. This past October, Nordlund met with Florence Study Center’s resident director FSU undergraduate students studying in ature, architecture, beauty, poetry, and in touch with their own self. The center is located in the Universidad Frank Patterson, dean of the film school, to and professor of modern languages and Florence during the fall semester only. human warmth — all of which he found in “Our Florence program has been able Politecnica of Valencia, and FSU students discuss the possibility of implementing linguistics, Carrabino has helped lay the Carrabino was born in Sicily and edu- Florence — that made him accept the posi- to offer all of this to the students in a high- have access to its facilities that include tennis more film courses into the Valencia curricu- foundations of what is now recognized cated in the United States. He spent 18 tion, and keep it for such a long time. ly structured and academic environment. courts, soccer fields and a recently con- lum. among other American universities as one years teaching French at FSU before he “I also found it challenging to show “This is one of the legacies I leave to structed gymnasium that offers individual “It could be a natural fit for us,” of the citiy’s best study-abroad programs, took the offer as resident director of the Italy to American students from the eyes of FSU, and I am very proud to state that our or group activities. Nordlund said.

t according to Jim Pitts, the director of Florence program. a native. program, under my direction, has gained a “The best part about the program here is For more information, contact FSU International Programs at FSU. International Programs at 850.644.3272 / olker “I left Italy at the age of 17. The idea of “The results are impeccably evident at sound reputation both in Italy and in the that there are so many cultural activities “He certainly has a program of excel- returning to direct an overseas program in the end of each semester when students United States.” planned by the staff, and the students are 1.800.374.8581 / www.international.fsu.edu ida V V

10 / February-March 2004 February-March 2004 / 11 Financial adviser’s success is ‘not about money’ Fortunas set standard for the FSU Foundation the family.” money. He graduated despite my credentials, the prospective By Nancy Blum In 1980, the FSU Foundation Board of Trustees unanimously adopted a from FSU with a bache- client wanted more gray hair …. FSU Foundation permanent resolution to honor Fortunas’ commitment and outstanding lor’s in finance in 1989. “Partnering with another practitioner Paula Fortunas, the vice president of major gifts at the FSU Foundation, fund-raising record. The FSU Alumni Association gave her the Circle of Gold In 1995, he and a couple largely for the potential benefits of sharing will step down from her position after 30 years of full-time service to become Award for 1996-97. Fortunas also received the Quarter Century Award, of friends started one of expenses is possibly the worst idea going. the president of the Tallahassee Memorial Hospital Foundation. given by the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education, dur- the first team practices While some expense reduction is possible, Fortunas began her career at the foundation as a student employee in ing her tenure at FSU. The prestigious lifetime achievement award recog- at American Express. you essentially end up with not much more 1964. Upon graduating, she joined the staff full time as a business manager. nizes exceptional accomplishments among development professionals. When the partnership than competing practices under the same In her years at the foundation, Fortunas demonstrated an unwavering Despite her departure, Fortunas’ legacy will not soon be forgotten at the dissolved in 1999, he roof, with the same letterhead ... .” commitment to her profession. university. began to search for new “I’ve also encountered some practition- “Paula has spent her entire career here, and her presence has made a “Paula has done an outstanding job at FSU,” said President T.K. partners. ers who seem to want to merge because huge difference to the university and to our donors,” said foundation Wetherell. “She will be missed. It can be easily said that FSU is better off for He went from start- they are lonely. I suggest you first try to buy President Jeff Robison. “She is an outstanding performer and sets a high her being at the university. We wish her continued success and look forward ing a three-partner firm a dog, take up a hobby and join other like- standard for the rest of us to follow. For many donors, she is a member of to working with her at TMH in her new capacity.” that was reduced to minded hobbyists, or spend more time Paula Fortunas two, to trying to merge helping at your place of worship. All of with experienced prac- these, and a variety of alternatives, can titioners who did not address this problem with far fewer com- FSU’s champion for the student athlete seem comfortable with plications.” him because he looked Now married to Kelly Moisand, with By Peter B. Gallagher up so much, you just won’t see the really dent athlete.” 2001. His specialty has been commercial lit- too young. whom he has two children, Megan, 7, and bad stuff anymore. The ‘chicken wire’ The FSU athletic program has come a igation, in state and federal courts, at the After many years Joshua, 5, Moisand feels comfortable with He survived FSU’s darkest athletic hour episode could never happen today. Most of long way, also, notes Griffin, who was the trial and appellate levels. persistently searching how things are working for him and his to become one of its brightest shining stars. the charges originate anonymously. Alot are student representative on the University “Shareholder disputes in closely guard- for the right partners, he family, and thanks FSU for much of his pro- His personal experience with student self reported. Every school has a compliance ed corporations. Interpretation of found them in Spraker, fessional success. athlete abuse stays with him and his team- officer now and everything today is vigor- casualty insurance policies. There is Fitzgerald and Tamayo. “When I got out of FSU and went to the mates to this day, 30 years after the FSU ously investigated no matter how small and always somebody fighting some- “chicken wire” football scandal rocked the insignificant. Self-investigation and self-dis- d Smith A prolific writer, workforce I was significantly far ahead body,” Griffin joked. Moisand chronicled from most people in the profession,” he national college sports scene. cipline is the name of the game now. Griffin’s home court is the power- Richar these struggles in “The said. Now, Tampa attorney Chris Griffin, a “No, it was not quite like that when I ful 2nd District Court of Appeals, Urge to Merge,” a paper And as he had it planned all along, cornerback on the infamous Seminole was playing,” though he has argued a case on agri- Dan Moisand, with his children, Megan and Joshua that has become an helping people reach their financial goals is teams of the early ’70s, sits on the powerful Griffin describes himself as “the small- cultural exemption on property tax inspirational source of what he enjoys, and does best. NCAA Division 1 Infractions Appeal est guy on the team,” in 1973 when FSU issues before the Florida Supreme Committee — where the buck stops for col- head coach Larry Jones and assistant coach By Vida Volkert cess is the enjoyment of healthy relation- advice to people in the profession, accord- Moisand’s paper “The Urge to Merge” Court. As regional chair for the Gore- Staff Writer ships with his family, coworkers and ing to Financial Planning magazine. is available online at: www.fpanet.org/ legiate sports abusers, rule breakers and Bill Parcels (current Dallas Cowboys NFL Lieberman 2000 campaign, Griffin clients. He writes: “I had not been able to forge journal/articles/2002_Issues/jfp0802- ethics benders. Griffin peruses a rules book coach) began an unusual training program assisted Al Gore in his appeal of the Dan Moisand knows the key to success. “My definition of success is focused on relationships with some people because, art10.cfm. larger than the Manhattan phone directory designed to increase team toughness. Florida election results. One of America’s top financial advisers, he the health, safety, security and happiness of and joins in decisions that can bring ruin — Players were required to combat each other Griffin has been active in the ABA, said the key is in having well-defined my wife and children,” he said. “The busi- or restoration — to the careers, reputations in a room “covered with chicken wire chairing or co-chairing several com- goals. ness decisions I make reflect my desire to and fortunes of college athletes, their coach- framed by doweling, suspended from the mittees, including the Standing “Without the definition, you can’t be home at a decent hour and be a good es, administrators and schools. ceiling to a height that forced you to assume Committee on Substance Abuse and determine what to do and you won’t know husband and father.” By Karl Brozyna “Most of what comes before us has football position – knees bent, back straight the Task Force On Children. For the when you have accomplished your goals,” His best job starts with honesty, he said. nothing to do with the actual infraction. – at all times,” remembers Griffin. Florida Bar, he co-chaired the Special said the unpretentious, 35-year-old FSU He is selective when it comes to clients, and There has already been a conviction. We “It was difficult to breathe. It was brutal. Committee for Gender Equality. The alumnus. takes those with whom he shares common don’t dispute that,” said Griffin, a trial Grueling exercises and physical combat. Hillsborough County Bar awarded For as simple as it might seem, values. lawyer with the well-known Tampa firm Losers had to get up at 6:30 a.m. to run the him their Most Productive Young Moisand’s philosophy has taken him quite “I think the key to success is in asking Foley & Lardner. “We are there to hear the stadium steps. I was so small, that my only Chris Griffin Lawyer Award in 1987. He was far in his professional life. yourself what kind of person you want to appeal and to deal with the penalty chance was to get maniacal when I went in Athletic Committee that hired Bobby instrumental in luring the Hall of Fame In 13 years of advising people on how be. And that’s what I ask my clients, too,” imposed.” there. I was lucky I never lost.” Bowden in 1976. Bowl Game to Tampa and served seven to best manage their money and invest- he said. “Success is not about money. Griffin points to a recent University of The experience was so brutal that 28 “From where we were — with 28 play- years as Outback Bowl Association chair- ments, Moisand has been profiled by Money is only the means to an end.” Michigan basketball case to explain his players walked off the team, leading to an 0- ers resigning from the team and one victory man. Financial Planning magazine as one of the However, to get to the point in his life point: “The university, itself, self-imposed a 11 season, an investigation by the St. in two years — to where we are now is Griffin served two terms as regional vice five most influential people in the profes- where he can afford to select his clientele one-year ban on post-season play before the Petersburg Times and the eventual firing of unbelievable. That speaks directly to the president for the FSU Alumni Association sion. and be at home on time for dinner, he has NCAA even took up the case. The NCAA Coach Jones. “You know, I can’t even say tremendous concern and hard work of the and one as president of the FSU Seminole In 2002, the New York-based magazine endured many struggles. proposed a second-year ban, as well. that the chicken wire was illegal according university itself.” Club of Hillsborough County. Griffin’s Worth included Moisand in a list of the 250 Defining his goals has been a long Michigan appealed and we reversed the to the NCAA rules of the time,” says Griffin An optimist, Griffin says his ordeal as a daughter, Jennifer, is a current FSU nursing

ozyna decision.” who stayed on the team. “It certainly would student athlete made law school seem best financial advisers in the United States. process. It began when he selected FSU ozyna student. He also was named one of America’s top over the University of Florida in the late A longtime advocate for student athlete be today. We were abused by the system in “tough, but not as brutal as some students Several times a year, Griffin flies to Karl Br practitioners by New Rules for Estate and 1980s because the atmosphere in Karl Br rights, Griffin caught the attention of such a way that it took us away from our think.” In fact, Griffin has maintained “a Chicago to participate in the NCAA com- Tax Planning, and has been quoted in sev- Tallahassee seemed “much more academi- Charles Montroy LaTour Asim Aslam Khan American Bar Association executive direc- primary role of being college students. deep connection” all these years with the mittee sessions. eral publications, such as Forbes, cally oriented.” tor Bob Stein, who recommended the 1978 “It took the fun out of life. It was a bur- FSU law school and professors Chuck When he sits down to make a decision, Bloomberg Personal Finance and Smart And the fact that played a major role in Student: Asim Aslam Khan, 21, of Karachi, Pakistan, Junior, majoring in hos- FSU law school graduate to the NCAA den you always carried. When you woke Ehrhardt and John Yetter. does the chicken wire go through his mind? Money. his decision to choose finance over busi- pitality administration Management Council in the fall of 2002. up in the morning, the chicken wire was on “My time at FSU was an amazing posi- He answers the question like the seasoned “Honestly, I’m not sure how it hap- ness was his desire to help people. He said Griffin is currently the public “at-large” rep- your mind. You knew it was coming and tive experience that I would match with lawyer he is. Charles Montroy LaTour, assistant in hospitality, director of intern- pened,” a humble Moisand admitted when since he was a little boy growing up in Professor: resentative on the nation’s most powerful you were going to be brutalized and anyone in the country. The FSU law school “My entire experience as a student ath- ships asked about being recognized with such Melbourne, he knew he wanted a career athletic committee. exhausted,” says Griffin, who recently is a jewel, an absolutely superb law school. I lete helps me understand, on a very person- distinction. “I never in my wildest dreams that would allow him to help people. Subject: Managing Service Organizations “I do a lot of appellate work, so the attended a 30-year reunion of the “chicken realize that, more and more, out here in the al level, what protection of the student ath- thought I would get the recognition I’m When the stock market crashed after the whole process is a lot like my job,” Griffin wire” squad. “It was so demoralizing, it legal world, my FSU education was first lete really means. It helps me understand He is clear, organized and always listens to his stu- getting. I was just hoping to do a good job.” fall of communism in the late 1980s, What makes him great: said. “We are fully briefed in writing and sit took on a life of its own and affected you in rate.” the level of the kinds of cases that come dents. Moisand’s own definition of success Moisand made up his mind. through three hours of oral arguments with every aspect of your life.” As articles editor of the FSU Law before the committee. does not lay in recognition, awards or “It was the event that kind of caught “Professor LaTour defines his material well. His lessons are clear and concise. I great lawyers on both sides. Most of the In addition, Griffin recalls, “we spent an Review, Griffin graduated No. 1 in both his “However, I can’t let those emotions dic- financial wealth. And, although his prac- my attention in the world of finance,” came to the U.S. primarily for good value in education. cases seem to involve academic fraud and inordinate amount of time in evenings and undergraduate and law school graduating tate anything. Those perspectives are help- tice, Spraker, Fitzgerald, Tamayo and Moisand said. “My aspirations to enrich my academic experience have been more than ade- improper payments to athletes.” Sunday watching film. You can’t do that classes. As a young lawyer, Griffin practiced ful, but they do not enter into our final deci- Moisand, is well established in Melbourne, With so much commotion and confu- quately fulfilled. The course is well laid out and I believe it’s the instructor who Even though the NCAA infractions now. The NCAA has instituted strict time at two law firms — Carlton, Fields, Ward, sions. Fla., with a select number of clients — sion going on, he realized that people need- deserves due credit. caseload seems never-ending, Griffin says limitations on the amount of time a student Emmanuel, Smith & Cutler, and Annis, “We decide cases by the book, by the among them scientists and doctors — what ed financial planners to advise them on “He acknowledges the comments put out by everyone in class and is never too he sees the light at the end of the tunnel. practices. The NCAA has come a long, long Mitchell, Cockey, Edwards & Roehn — rules.” — Peter B. Gallagher is a freelance writer he praises the most and considers to be suc- how to best manage their investments and busy to listen to the students’ points of view.” “The NCAA rules have been tightened way in putting the student back in the stu- before hooking up with Foley & Lardner in based in St. Petersburg.

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fessor emeritus, department of nutrition Education Volunteer of the Year Award. 1995 and dietetics, School of Allied Health 1984 Daniel C. Augustyniak (B.S.) has been Wiley L. Housewright Professions, at Loma Linda University, Alton E. Drew (B.S., M.P.A. ’93, J.D. ’99) and named as a special agent with the Florida Calif. Allison Hift wrote the article “Determining Department of Law Enforcement, By Dorothy Clifford plexities of administra- Willie N. Meggs (B.W., J.D. ’76) state attor- Appropriate Municipal Telecommunica- Gainesville, Fla. tive duties without giv- ney for the Second Judicial Circuit, was tions Policy” for the NATOA Journal of Todd R. Vernon (B.S., B.S. ’01), as the secu- Wiley L. House- ing up his great love named president of the Florida Municipal Telecommunications Policy (fall rity webmaster for Lockheed Martin wright, 90, dean emeri- for music,” Fichter Prosecuting Attorneys Association (FPAA), 2003, Vol. 11, Issue 3). (Maritime Systems & Sensors division) has tus of the School of said. “He had such a Tallahassee. received top secret clearance, Moores- Music, died at his home far-reaching vision and In Memoriam 1985 town, N.J. 1974 Sharon A. Liggett (M.P.A.) has joined the Dec. 14 of respiratory he remained deeply Tim Moore (B.W.) was named a partner with staff of U.S. Sen. Bob Graham as senior 1997 complications. A involved and produc- 1920-1929 the lobbying firm Southern Strategy executive assistant, Washington D.C. Barbara L. Thompson (B.S.) earned a doc- memorial celebration tive right up to the Lucille H. McGee Field (L.I. ‘25), Blanche Alderman Vandiviere Otto (A.B, ‘28), Sue Group Inc., Tallahassee. torate in psychology with a concentration concert in Opperman end.” McDonald Tucker (B.A. ‘28), Ada “Evelyn” Kent Mays (L.I. ‘29, B.S. ‘31) 1986 in behavioral neuroscience. 1975 Lynn G. Bartholome (M.A., Ph.D. ’89), an Music Hall on Feb. 7 Housewright was Ensign Clay S. Waddill (B.A.) was designated 1930-1939 Elisa F. Topper (M.S.) has been appointed associate professor of English and philoso- will honor the arts working on a chil- a naval flight officer while serving with Nancy Elizabeth Lutz (B.S. ‘31), Elizabeth “Ibba” Ramsey Lucas (B.A. ‘32), Virla Pattillo the new Dundee Township district direc- phy at Monroe Community College, visionary and philan- dren’s musical book Training Squadron 86, Naval Air Station, Smith (L.I. ‘32), Dorothy Hefner Walker (B.A. ‘32, M.S. ‘60), Eugenie Mathewson McCarty tor for the Dundee Township Library, East Rochester, N.Y., began her two-year term Pensacola, Fla. thropist. when he died. Less (B.S. ‘33), Jane Louise Hopkins Dixon (A.B. ‘34), Amy Brenner Lau (B.A. ‘34), Dorothy Dundee, Ill. as president of the Popular Culture “Wiley House- than a month earlier, he Kenniston Paxton (L.I. ‘34), Edna Elizabeth Browning Turner (A.B. ‘34), Courtney Eslick 1976 Association. 1998 wright epitomized the was honored by FSU Susan B. Foster (B.S.) was appointed as the Natalie Elwood Davis (B.S.) was named vice Monica Richter Guy (B.S.) has joined the Gufford (A.B. ‘36), Major Edith M. Hobson (B.S. ‘36), Claudia Crisler Edwards (B.S. ‘38), law firm of Bell, Davis & Pitt, P.A., focusing man who could do it with a concert honor- Eleanor Redlinger Loyless (A.B. ‘39, B.A. ‘75), Mary Sullivan Roddy (B.A. ‘39) director of Saint Leo University’s sports president of interior design and elected a all,” said Jon Piersol, Wiley L. Housewright ing his 90th birthday. management program, Saint Leo, Fla. shareholder of Wedding, Stephenson & on family law, Winston-Salem, N.C. FSU’s current dean of Wiley and Lucilla 1940-1949 John H. Hickey (B.A.) was named a life fellow Ibarguen, Architects Inc., St. Petersburg, Carla Brown Lucas (B.A.) has been named the School of Music. “He was a superb Housewright moved to Tallahassee from Louise Lourcey Gilliam (B.A. ‘40), Miriam Bushell Hirsch (B.S. ‘41), Jane Price Watson (A.B. member of The Florida Bar Foundation. Fla. the South Florida regional director for the Tallahassee-based public relations firm teacher, an exemplary administrator, an Austin, Texas, in 1947 so he could head the ‘41), Margaret “Peg” Curry Maag (B.S. ‘42), Rexetta Loris Leonard Haynes (B.S. ‘43), Hickey, a trial lawyer is the president of the Valerie E. Johnson (B.S., M.S. ’88) is an assis- Lillian Ergle Boland (B.A. ‘46), Martha Hanley Gibbons (B.S. ‘46), Sara Polhill Hilton (B.A. Dade County Bar Association. tant professor in the department of com- Ron Sachs Communications. accomplished scholar and a national and new FSU graduate program in music. He ‘46), Evans Craig “E.C.” Allen (B.S. ‘48), Charlotte Bouland Coleman (B.S. ‘48), Roland E. Claude Mattox (B.S.) was elected to a sec- munication sciences at the University of Kristine McGrath (B.A.) was promoted to international leader in the music education taught for 19 years and became the third ond term on the Phoenix City Council. He Connecticut, Storrs, Conn. associate director of Media Relations for profession. But beyond that, he was also a dean of the School of Music in 1966, a post Jennings Baggett (B.S. ‘49), Louise Case Brown (M.S. ‘49), Dorothy Lee Pate Dahlberg (B.S. Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Fla. ‘49), Alda Hagler Johnson-Harrold (B.S. ‘49), Lucy O’Dell Thornton (B.A. ‘49) originally took office in 2000. 1987 true and gracious gentleman who com- he occupied until his retirement in 1980. 1977 Lt. Col. Clay Benton (B.S.) of Callaway was 1999 bined a refined erudition with genuine Born in Wylie, Texas, he earned the bac- 1950-1951 Jane Thomas Crawford (B.S.) a guidance promoted to his current rank and is Young-Heon Jo (M.S.) received a doctorate charm as well as great generosity to Florida calaureate degree in music education from Carol Drusilla Bullis Christensen (B.S. ‘50), Calvin R. Collins (B.S. ‘50), Merton Blaine May counselor at Palatka High School, has assigned in Hawaii to the operations divi- in oceanography from the University of State University and to the Tallahassee North Texas State University, which hon- (B.S. ‘50, M.S. ‘51), Isabel Davis Morrison (B.S. ‘50, M.S.W. ‘70), James S. Talley (B.S. ‘50), Delaware. 1948 received her master’s degree in counselor sion of the headquarters of the com- community.” ored him with its Distinguished Alumni Spurgeon Camp (B.S. ‘51), Elouise Truett Kora (B.M. ‘51), Clifford C. “Tippy” Shuman (B.S. Ruby Pate Bodkin (B.A.) was elected education from the University of North mander in chief of the Pacific Fleet. 2000 In 1985, Housewright and his wife, the Award in 1968. He held a master’s degree ‘51), Alberta Glover Williamson (B.S. ‘51), Ray Glenn Jones (B.S. ‘53, M.S. ‘58), Lewis Lively teacher of the year in 1981 by the admin- Elizabeth E. Auer (M.F.A.) has been named Florida. 1988 late Lucilla Gumm Housewright, estab- from Columbia University and a doctorate Wesson (B.S. ‘53), Bruce E. Cleare (M.S. ‘54, Ph.D. ‘66), Elsie Ulmo Garcia (B.S. ‘54), istrative staff and fellow teachers of Paul D. Harvill (B.A.) of Tallahassee has Carole C. Barnett (B.A, M.A. ’91, Ph.D. ’98) assistant director of the Performing Arts lished an eminent scholar chair that has from New York University. Brycerville Elementary School, Brycerville, served as a member of the Common Center, University of Florida. Yvonne L. Scalera (B.A. ‘56), Judge Robert Earl Collins (B.S. ‘57), John Livingston Branch has been awarded tenure at Jacksonville brought more than 30 distinguished musi- For more than a half century, Wiley had (B.S. ‘58), John E. McManus (B.S. ‘58), Barbara Jean Dozier Stine (B.S. ‘58), Malcolm F. Fla. Cause in Florida Governing Board since University and promoted to associate pro- David W. MacArthur (M.A.) has been cians to Tallahassee, including the late been a national and international leader in MacDonnell (Ph.D. ‘59) 1955 1985. fessor of humanities; was the recipient of named an associate of the law firm of Robert Shaw, conductor emeritus of the music education. His twin, Riley D. Parsons Behle & Latimer, Salt Lake City, Raul P. de Guzman (M.A., Ph.D. ’57) retired 1978 two National Endowments for the Atlanta Symphony; jazz composer Gunter Housewright, who died Jan. 11, 2003, was 1960-1969 Utah. from the University of the Philippines after Elaine C. Bartelt (B.S., M.S. ‘80) has retired Humanities grants on Islamic studies at Schuller; opera singer Sherrill Milmes; and acquiring accolades in science at the same George Joseph Goulette (M.S. ‘61), John Michael Brennand (B.S. ‘62), Joseph Lee Dagnon 50 years as a faculty member in public Navy Ensign Janel M. Norris (B.S.) has been after 16 years from Big Bend Hospice, the University of Chicago. violinist Joshua Bell. time. A microbiologist, he led the U.S. (B.S. ‘62), James E. Harris (M.S. ‘62), Evelyn Sheppard Palmer (B.S. ‘62), Charles “C.V.” administration, professor emeritus and deployed on a six month tour on the air- Tallahassee, Fla. Tim J. Center (B.S., B.S., J.D. ’91) became The Housewrights also made the major Biological Warfare Program during the Stephenson (B.S. ‘62), James Clyde White (Ph.D. ‘62), William R. Godley (B.S. ‘63), June regent. chairman of the board of directors of the craft carrier USS Enterprise, based in 1979 Norfolk, Va. contribution to a future $39-million per- Cuban missile crisis. Laverne Parker McLeod (B.S. ‘63), Joseph F. Oliveri (B.S. ‘63), Earl C. Benton (M.S. ‘64), Molly Parker Feldman (B.S., J.D. ’82) is vice North Central Division of the Children’s 1958 Gregory A. Shahood (B.S.) has been named forming arts center on campus. Wiley had been a Fulbright Scholar in Col. Barry L. Davison (M.S. ‘64), Barbara Rea Renfroe Johnson (B.S. ‘64), Mildred Blackmer Doris Huston Mohr (B.S.) retired as profes- president of business development for Home Society, a not-for-profit organiza- a juvenile probation officer with the Friends and colleagues lament the fact Kobe, Japan, and a Lawton Distinguished O’Kelley (M.A. ‘64), Gerry E. Wichman Sr. (B.S. ‘64, M.A. ‘66), Jack G. Edwards (B.S. ‘65), sor emeritus in the department of busi- Verizon Wireless, Bedminster, N.J. tion dedicated to providing high quality, Florida Department of Juvenile Justice. ness at North Georgia College and State community-based solutions to meet the that superlatives best describing the witty Professor at FSU. He advised the Ford Esther Bergman Mabrey (B.S. ‘65, M.S. ‘72), Charles “Chuck” A. Bruning (B.S. ‘67), Joyce 1980 needs of individuals, families and commu- Jennifer L. Sweeting (B.A., J.D. ’03) has and sophisticated Housewright have Foundation and the Carnegie Foundation. M. Cronk (Ph.D. ‘67), Ruth Barker Green (M.S. ‘67), William Griffin (‘67), Joseph Leo Harris University, where she taught for 25 years. Cynthia G. Imperato (M.S., J.D. ’88), a cir- nities. joined the firm of Banks & Morris P.A., become clichés. They, nonetheless, are apt He went to South America for the U.S. (Ph.D. ‘67), Judith Christine Clevinger Monson (B.A. ‘67), Vickie Sylvester Arlene DeValerio cuit judge, participated in The Florida Bar’s 1960 Tallahassee. and must be applied. Department of State, and he was named to Richard P. Claude (M.S.) retired as professor judicial nominating procedures commit- 1989 (B.S. ‘69), Ethan A. Grant Jr. (B.A. ‘69) “He was a gentleman and a gentle the Music Educators’ National Conference emeritus of government and politics at tee training session, Orlando, Fla. Suzanne E. Gaddis (B.A., M.S. ’90, Ph.D. 2001 Amy I. Cass (B.S.) earned a master of arts 1970-1979 the University of Maryland, College Park, R. Bruce McKibbean Jr. (B.A., J.D. ’84), who ’95) is owner of The Communications man,” said Charlotte Krehbiel, who first Hall of Fame, an honor held by fewer than degree in sociology from the University of Anthony Walter Drescher (B.S. ‘70), Ronald Q. Harris (B.S. ‘70), Helio A. Gimenez (M.A. Md. practices law in Tallahassee, received the Doctor, a communications training and met Wiley Housewright in New York City half a dozen living recipients at the time. Delaware. ‘71, Ph.D. ‘72), Everett C. Webb Jr. (B.S. ‘71), Joseph F. Gonzalez (Ph.D. ‘72), Joy Sweet Ann Bowden Child Advocate of the Year executive coaching firm based in Chapel in the early 1940s when both were singing He was a member of the Committee of 1965 Deidre L. James (B.S.) has been named the McClenahan (‘72), Albert Francis Bachleda (M.A. ‘73), Paul E. Brotman (M.S. ‘73), Ramon Award, presented by the Florida Coalition Hill, N.C. with the Collegiate Chorale directed by the American Council of Learned Societies Barbara Hanna Wasik (B.S., Ph.D. ’67) has guest/patient relations coordinator at S. Moro (B.S. ‘73), Keith S. Turner (Ph.D. ‘73), James R. Barnes Jr. (M.S. ‘74), James Carol for Children. Robert Shaw. Later, they were reunited in and the U.S. National Commission for been awarded a William R. Kenan Jr. 1990 Broward General Medical Center, Fort Kirkland (B.S. ‘74), Robert B. Reichert (Ph.D. ‘74), Herbert M. Earp Sr. (B.S. ‘75), Margaret Wendy J. Johnson (B.S.) was re-elected to a Tallahassee when Housewright hired her UNESCO. Distinguished Professorship at the 1981 Lauderdale, Fla. four year term as Susquehanna Township C. Garvue (B.A. ‘75, M.S.W. ‘76), Teresa Jean Lane (M.S. ‘75), Rebecca Burris Meeka University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Kevin R. Deyo (B.S.) is president of Monica Crew Leimer (B.S.) has been husband, Clayton Krehbiel, as FSU’s choral He was elected chair of the Graduate Commissioner, making her the first (B.M.E. ‘75), Vincent G. Williams (‘76), Frederick J. Glazer (B.A. ‘77), Deborah Elaine 1969 KRDEYOinc., a video field production named the band director at Riversprings director. Commission of the National Association of woman to be re-elected in the township, Melvin (B.S. ‘77), Earl Clinton Smawley III (B.S. ‘79) Evan B. Hume (B.S.) retired from Ernst & company established in 1986. Deyo’s Middle School, Crawford, Fla. “Wiley was a true gentleman and a Schools of Music, a member of the execu- Young after 32 years in public accounting. recent projects include the Fantasy Camp Dauphin County, Pa. scholar,” said Nancy Smith Fichter, retired tive board of the College Music Society, and 1980-1989 series for the Fine Living Network. 2002 1970 1992 Joan De Walden (B.S.) has graduated from head of FSU’s department of dance, who president of the Music Educators National Wilma N. Graziano (M.S.W. ‘80), Donald Jim Munroe III (B.S. ‘80), Peter J. Albe (B.S. ‘81), Robert N. Heath Jr. (J.D.) was named a part- Monica Jordan Richards (B.S.) is corporate Peter V. Antonacci (B.A., M.S.P. ’75, J.D. the U.S. Coast guard Recruit Training considered Housewright her mentor. Conference, the largest organization of Dr. Richard Scott Levin (A.A. ‘81), Philip Marion Smith (M.S. ‘81, Ph.D. ‘87), Brenda Craig ner in the law firm of McDonald, Fleming, counsel to Entergy-Koch Trading, ’79) was reappointed by Gov. Jeb Bush to Center, Cape May, N.J.; was promoted to Dance, now in the College of Visual Arts, music teachers in the world. Gray (M.S.W. ‘82), Robert Franklin Boyd Jr. (B.F.A. ‘84), Steven A. Linn Sr. (B.S. ‘84), Moorehead, LLP, Pensacola, Fla. Houston, Texas. the Florida Commission on Ethics. Coast Guard fireman. earlier was part of the music department. Music and education were his life’s Randy Neil Sundquist (M.S.P. ’84), George “Pete” Cummings Jr. (M.S. ‘85), Michael S. Linda Frye Hill (B.S.) was named president Carolyn D. Scott (B.S.) earned her M.B.A. Barry R. Burkhart (B.A., M.S. ’73, Ph.D. ’74) Christine E. Stanley (M.S.) has been named “He had administrative savvy and work. He freely acknowledged a prefer- and chief executive officer of The GYM, from Columbia Business School, May Vitale (B.S. ‘85), David Wayne Curry (B.S. ’86, B.S. ’87), Ruth Blair Taylor (‘87), Jonathan is a professor and the chairman, of the director of foundation and government such intellectual strength and intellectual ence for classical music, but he never dis- Corporate and Personal Fitness Facilities, 2003, and is now director of category Welkie (M.P.A. ‘89) Auburn University department of psychol- relations for the Atlanta Symphony elegance,” she said. counted the popular music of the day. Inc. Kennesaw, Ga. strategy for the mobile and wireless sector ogy. Orchestra. His energy and stamina were unbe- In 1969, as president of the MENC, 1990-1999 for Time Warner Inc., Manhattan. Victoria Marie Duxbury (B.S. ‘90, J.D. ‘93), Martin Timothy Abington (‘93) 1971 1982 lievable, Fichter said, recalling a night in Housewright made national headlines Larry H. Webb (M.A.) has been appointed Maj. Richard D. Underwood (B.S.), 2003 Howard M. Beckert Jr. (B.S., M.Acc. ’72) is John T. Cardillo (J.D.) has been hired by the the 1970s when they were rehearsing for a when he suggested in a talk before the visiting assistant professor in communica- U.S.A.F., has been selected as an assistant 2000-2003 president of the Greater Winter Haven law firm of Cardillo, Keith, and Bonaquist George Myers Boone (B.S. ‘00), M. Jerrod Luber (B.S. ‘00), Robert Allen Frazier (‘03) tion at Reinhardt College, Waleska, Ga., professor of aerospace studies at the production that featured a number she had National Press Club that a rock-music festi- Chamber of Commerce, Winter Haven, P.A., Naples, Fla. 2003-04. Georgia Institute of Technology. choreographed. She was exhausted after val be held on the White House lawn. Fla. Gareth Moise (B.S.) has completed U.S. FACULTY / STAFF teaching all day but remembers Wiley sit- After retiring, he wrote two definitive Herman H. Gill, John T. Greene, Frank H. Maier, Ronald Reid Phillips, Manuel Prosser, 1983 1993 Navy basic training at Recruit Training 1972 Eric G. Tenbus (M.A., M.A. ’97, Ph.D. ’01) is ting beside her, smiling and refreshed books on the history of music and dance in G. Timothy Laney (B.S.) has joined the Command, Great Lakes, Ill. Rozell Shuler, Linda C. Utley, Betty M. Watts, Carolyn Gallmon Webb, Willie Williams Philip L. Doughty (Ph.D.) won the currently an assistant professor of history despite his own long hours, and saying Florida. The first was nominated for a board of directors of The John and Mable Nicolas Q. Porter (J.D.) has been named an Outstanding Teacher Award by Syracuse with specialties in British, Irish, and Middle “Aren’t we lucky to be doing something Pulitzer Prize, and the second included Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Fla. associate of the Tampa-based law firm de Correction: In the October ‘03 issue of the Florida State Times, we incorrectly listed as University. Eastern history at Central Missouri State we love?” musical scores and lively stories about the Mary C. Magdziak (B.S.) of Tallahassee la Parte & Gilbert P.A. deceased James S. Vincent (B.S. ‘65). He is alive and well in North Carolina. 1973 received the Florida Fish and Wildlife University, Warrensburg, Mo. “He could deal with the many com- “songs of the people,” as he called them. Kenneth I. Burke (Ph.D.) was named pro- Hsiao-Hsien Wu (M.F.A.) has been named a Conservation Commission’s Hunter planning associate for the Novel Hall per- forming arts facility, Taipei, Taiwan.

14 / February-March 2004 February-March 2004 / 15 Wendy Bishop Charles E. Miner Jr. Wetherell pleased with athletics, Board of Trustees and Bowden Maybe in some way, this will help Wendy Bishop, 50, W. Kellogg Hunt anger, and he was not above using earthy (Continued from page 1) that you can do your job.” By Dorothy Clifford university into living rooms. some students down the road.” Professor of English at FSU, died in language. “Many colorful quotes fell from Another bright spot for “When you advocate for an institution, Perhaps every president’s November. FSU Distinguished Alumnus Charles E. Judge Miner’s lips,” according to Jan Wetherell — and the entire cam- it’s a little bit like a political campaign. You worst nightmare is a quagmire of Bishop specialized in composition and Miner Jr., retired judge of the First District Slezsak Pudlow, associate editor of The pus and alumni community — do yard signs and radio ads, and TV and troubles in an athletics program. In rhetoric, and in creative writing (poetry and Court of Appeal, Florida Bar News was Bobby Bowden’s record-set- bumper stickers. Any one of those probably his first few months, Wetherell had nonfiction). She won a University Teaching died Dec. 1 after a and a 1976 FSU ting 339th victory. The milestone, doesn’t get you elected. Same thing in the to deal with former quarterback Award in 1993, a University Developing nine-month recov- grad with a degree achieved over the Wake Forest world of academics. You take advantage of Adrian McPherson, who had Scholar Award in 1994 and a Teaching ery from a stroke. in English. While a Demon Deacons, made Bowden all the tools at your disposal to promote the allegedly stolen checks from a Incentive Program Award in 1996. She Highly regarded as court reporter for the winningest coach in NCAA institution.” local business and gambled on served on the Modern Language a legal scholar and The Tallahassee Division 1-A. With decreasing Legislative funding, sporting events. Association’s delegate assembly. She was a social activist, he Democrat in the “Bowden is an outstanding FSU has increasingly turned toward its “It was front-page news to us, former vice president and board member of was 72 and had early 1980s, she coach. You don’t win 342 games alumni to help take up the slack. Its current but I noticed on the ESPN top 100 Associated Writing Programs and former spent 26 years as a quoted the judge without being so. But as a person, “Connect” capital campaign is on track to sports stories for 2003 that chair and executive committee member of circuit and appellate telling a spouse he really just kind of outdoes him- raise $600 million for academics. As an FSU McPherson was something like the Conference on College Composition and judge. abuser: “You are self.”

alumnus, he didn’t shy away from the call No. 98. Can somebody make a yals Lee Communication. Miner was a lower than whale Wetherell said that over the 40 for dollars from his alma mater. mistake and mess up? Could we Bishop, highly respected by her students musician, writer, (excrement) on the years he has known Bowden, he In October, he and wife Ginger get into another one of those situa- and colleagues, was a widely published raconteur, former ocean floor!” has been impressed with the way announced they would leave to FSU their tions? I’m sure anything can hap- poet and the author of 17 books about writ- Capitol policeman Born in Bowden gives of himself to help 1,000 Oak Hill Plantation in Jefferson pen. But we’ve done a lot of work Photo Lab / R ing and teaching. She also wrote and edited and congressional Clewiston, Miner people, particularly youth, in such County. The $7.5 million gift, which will with our athletes and have told FSU Wendy Bishop numerous articles and short stories. aide in Washington, learned public- a private way. help countless students pursue a college them that if they make a mistake D.C., as well as a service values, as Bobby Bowden, left, and T.K. Wetherell In his first year, Wetherell degree, is believed to be the largest personal it’s going to be on the front page of fishing and cooking well as generosity, would arrive on campus as early William Tait donation to a public university in the coun- the paper, in all probability. And I think pleased with what they did internally … . I enthusiast and dedi- from his father. as 5:30 on weekday mornings, and seldom William “Bill” Tait, retired FSU profes- try by a sitting president. they’re being more cautious and are more just think we’re heading in the right direc- cated Seminole Charles E. Miner Sr. return home before 10:30 at night. He sor and founder of its leisure services pro- “It was really important that the proper- aware.” tion.” baseball fan. was a city and admits the demands on his time were gram, died at 88. ty come to FSU and be retained in its natural Further, there were rumblings that the Wetherell said his first year was made “Charles was a Charles E. Miner Jr. county commis- tremendous, a reality that won’t change. Hired in 1951, Tait started the universi- state, and that the university would have the McPherson case might have been less of a easier by a good working relationship with wonderful man, kind and interesting,” said sioner, School Board member and state rep- However, despite what might be considered ty’s program in Recreation and Leisure right to inherit it and sell it as a block of public spectacle had the Department of FSU’s Board of Trustees. Daniel Maier-Katkin, professor of resentative. a grueling schedule, he said his favorite part Services. FSU was one of the first universi- property. We wanted the proceeds from the Athletics acted differently in its initial inves- “They are very involved in policy and Criminology and Criminal Justice. “He The younger Miner was an active of the job is simply being on campus, taking ties in the nation to offer such a program. sale to go, for the most part, into scholarship tigation of the allegations. understanding where they want the institu- couldn’t resist a good deed. He told me his member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity part in its life. With Tait’s guidance, FSU changed the funds. We divided those into graduate and “I think it was more of a perception. The tion to go. But when it comes to managing daddy taught him to do the things he did, and graduated in 1955 with a bachelor’s Wetherell’s full circle journey from stu- direction of leisure services programs from undergraduate. changes in the Athletic Department that the institution and the day to day opera- by example and by instruction. ‘Your goal,’ degree in political science. He taught dent to administrator has given him an physical education to recreation adminis- “We’ve been really blessed. People have needed to be done were embraced by the tions, they basically leave that to the judg- his father told him, ‘should be to open a English and civics at his old high school for obvious appreciation for the special nature tration. He established several innovations helped Ginger and me through college with people there. So, I’m pleased with the ment of the administration in place. That, for door every day for someone other than a year before moving to Washington, D.C., of life at FSU and the tremendous resources in the field and made FSU one of the first not only scholarships, but mentoring. Athletic department’s reaction to it. I’m somebody in my position, is a huge relief, it brings to bear. recreation programs to require students to your own fat self to walk through.’” as an aide to Rep. Paul G. Rogers, D- serve internships before receiving a degree. Former Gov. Reubin O’D. Askew, Florida. He also worked evenings as a He also wrote a popular textbook, another FSU Distinguished Alumnus, said Capitol police officer and sang show tunes Researchers study posttraumatic stress his appointment of Miner to the bench has in bars for tips. “Education for Leisure.” The program, By Jill Elish ly between the ages of 19 and 21, partici- now known as the recreation and leisure always been a source of pride to him. After earning his J.D. degree from the Assistant Director, Media Relations pated in the study. They were asked about services administration, is under the When Miner retired, Askew applauded the University of Florida College of Law in 41 adverse life experiences ranging from department of sports management, recre- judge’s service to the state. “Those who 1963, he practiced law in South Florida, Why some young adults who suffer a whether their parents had divorced to know anything about you know that you became general counsel to the state Board traumatic incident develop posttraumatic ation management and physical education. William Tait whether they had been raped. will continue your efforts in juvenile delin- of Education in 1970 and was appointed stress syndrome and others do not may The researchers found that the accu- quency prevention, and intervention.” circuit judge in 1976 and appellate judge in come down to the amount of life stress mulation of nonviolent experiences along Fred L. Petrovich In addition to his judicial duties, Miner 1989. they have previously endured, according with witnessing violence were significant Fred L. Petrovich, 62, an FSU physics was extolled for helping reduce school vio- Miner loved theater and literature. He to a new FSU study. factors in determining who might develop professor whose globally recognized work lence and helping bring juvenile justice cur- spent many evenings and weekends work- Sociology professors Donald Lloyd PTSD later on if they were to experience a pioneered theoretical nuclear physics, died ricula to state universities. ing on plays and lyrics. and Jay Turner say cumulative stress, even traumatic event. The most significant in September. He initiated the Juvenile Justice Role His drama, “Too Much Chain to Swim relatively ordinary adversities that occur events to pose an immediate risk of PTSD A native of Johnson City, N.Y., Model Development Project, which recruit- With,” about a black Vietnam war veteran years before the traumatic incident, is a were those designated as life traumas — Petrovich received his doctorate in physics ed mentors for local youth. He was a fan who can’t adjust to life back home, was factor in one’s risk of posttraumatic stress rape, physical and emotional abuse or from Michigan State University. Following and supporter of the Boys’ Choir of performed in FSU’s Fallon Theater in 1986. syndrome (PTSD). being injured with a weapon — and the post-doctoral work at the University of Tallahassee and a father figure to its direc- He later collaborated with orthodontist “This finding is unprecedented, and it death of close friends or relatives. California-Berkeley, he accepted a profes- tor, Earle Lee Jr. The choir performed at the Dr. Irving J. Fleet to write two historical has important implications for the preven- The finding that such diverse events sorship at FSU, where he also studied judge’s funeral and dedicated their holiday musicales: “Politico” a musical play based tion of PTSD and for intervention in cases predict PTSD is contrary to the prevailing nuclear structure and reaction theory. In concert to him a week later. on the life of Florida Gov. Fuller Warren, of traumatic stress exposure,” Lloyd said. belief that only certain kinds of stress play 1990, he was elected as a fellow of the Miner combined one innovative pro- and “An American Affair,” about the scan- “For example, it could help triage children a role in the disorder. American Physical Society. Since 1983, he gram for both teens and older people. In a dalous Peggy O’Neal Eaton. Both were for intervention in the wake of a school “Prior adversities matter whether or had served as an associate editor of the project called FETCH (Friends of the performed at Tallahassee Community shooting or bus crash.” not they are recent and whether they “International Reviews of Nuclear Elderly Training Companions for Homes), College in the 1990s. The study by the FSU researchers is appear to be traumatic or relatively mun- he rescued dogs from shelters and had Before his stroke, Miner had been Fred L. Petrovich Physics.” the first that looks at the role nontraumat- dane in nature,” the researchers wrote. teens in the custody of the Department of working on the libretto for an opera based ic life adversities, such as parental divorce “They point toward a need to identify Juvenile Justice train them to be compan- on the life of Jimmy Callender, America’s or failing a grade in school, plays in those with significant histories of cumula- John Robert Kerr ions to senior citizens. first muckraking journalist. whether a person who later experiences a tive adversity as preventive intervention In another project, he literally bright- Miner is survived by his wife, traumatic event develops PTSD. The find- targets.” John Robert Kerr, 71, FSU professor emeritus of marketing and entrepreneurship, ened the days of many elderly people in Tallahassee artist Judith Stead Miner; a ings may explain why most people will Lloyd and Turner theorize that either died in November. nursing homes and hospitals by persuad- daughter, Molly Miner Wade of suffer a traumatic experience, such as the impact of a severe event is amplified Kerr received his doctorate in marketing in 1966 from Indiana University. That ing supermarket managers to donate their Tallahassee; two grandchildren, Olivia and combat, rape or a natural disaster, by the by high levels of previous stress exposure same year, he started at FSU and stayed until he retired in 1998. While at FSU, Kerr unsold flowers for these patients. Samantha Wade; a stepdaughter, Jeanette end of their 30s but only about one-fourth or that previous adversities erode one’s was the director of the Small Business Institute, executive director of the Small Business Tall and imposing, Miner looked like a Petersen Babish, Tallahassee; a sister, of those will suffer PTSD. The study was ability to cope with subsequent traumatic Development Center and chairman of the marketing department from 1973 to 1976. judge. He was handsome with patrician Rachel Hollis of Harrisonburg, Va.; and published in the American Journal of events. Either way, they conclude that the Kerr was named professor in entrepreneurship management in 1995 and elected strong, chiseled features, piercing blue two brothers, Jay Carroll Miner of Orthopsychiatry. role of stress in the development of PTSD professor emeritus in 1998. The Eminent Chair of Marketing was named the John Kerr eyes, engaging smile and forthright man- Fayetteville, Ark., and Neil Miner of Floral About 1,800 young adults, all former extends well beyond that of a single Chair in 1998. ner. He was not afraid to show force or City. Miami-Dade public school students most- intensely violent or distressing event.

16 / February-March 2004 Web site monitors human rights and civil liberties in Cuba ment of human rights and civil liberties in assistance of the U.S. Interests Section, Cuba.” according to Terry Coonan, director of the “For many of these dissidents, their Center for the Advancement of Human crime was nothing more than reporting on Rights. the politics and political future of their Coonan, who has been working with country,” said Florida Supreme Court international organizations in their efforts Justice Raoul Cantero III, who participated to provide justice to victims of abuse since in the press conference to introduce the the early 1980s, said this is the first time Web site. these types of legal documents are pub- Cantero is an FSU graduate (B.A. ’82), lished online. the son of Cuban immigrants and the ”This is the most comprehensive collec- grandson of former Cuban President tion of legal documentation ever released Fulgencio Batista — overthrown in 1959 by on the Internet,” Coonan said. Castro’s revolution. He hopes the Web site, created by FSU The Web site provides information on students this past summer, will call domes- the prisoners, their cases, rights, sentences tic and international attention to the plight and the laws used to convict them, includ- of these prisoners. ing the Cuban penal code. It also gives “Let the documents speak for them-

orldwide Photos information on the legal proceedings that selves,” Coonan said. led to their imprisonment. Different organizations around the AP W At the time of Roque’s arrest, she was world, including Amnesty International, Raoul Cantero III standing in front of a projection of the Web site. conducting a hunger strike to protest the are already aware of the Cuban prisoners, By Vida Volkert ly launched along with the FSU School of arrest of other activists. She was convicted he said. Staff Writer Information Studies. for allegedly receiving money from and They are providing support by sending According to the Web site, www.rule working with U.S. diplomats to harm food and clothes to the prisoners and their Locked up in an unsanitary Cuban jail, oflawandcuba.fsu.edu, the political dissi- Cuba’s economic and political systems. She families. 58-year-old economist and non-violent dents — the majority of whom are journal- was sentenced to 20 years. Because of the U.S. embargo to Cuba, political activist Marta Beatriz Roque has ists — were arrested last year and sen- “There is a lot of rhetoric about what’s FSU is not allowed to contribute to them in suffered from bouts of diarrhea and nau- tenced to terms that range from six to 28 going on in Cuba, and the Web site allows that way, said Coonan. But the Web site sea, and severe body numbness. years. people to determine on an objective basis, also has links to those organizations. Roque is one of 77 political prisoners The Web site claims the imprisonment based on the documents themselves, One of those organizations, Human whom the FSU Center for the of Roque and the other dissidents “marks whether the system is just,” Cantero said. Rights Watch, maintains “the only crime Advancement of Human Rights is trying to one of the most severe crackdowns on the The documents on the Web site are committed by these prisoners is the pro- help by drawing attention to their plight Cuban democracy movement in several based on official documentation from the motion of ideas that are forbidden in with an informative Web site it has recent- decades, and represents a profound curtail- Cuban government, obtained with the Cuba.”

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