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HERITAGE of Eadership Levin College of Law • September 11, 2015 Past Inductees HERITAGE OF eadership Levin College of Law • September 11, 2015 past inductees CLASS OF 2003 Clara Backus Floyd Gehan (1933) D. Burke Kibler, III (1946) First practicing female UF Law graduate; Second Lieutenant during World War II, Alto Adams (1921) President, Eighth Judicial Bar Association awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart; Florida Supreme Court Justice 1940-51, 1942-43; Chairman, Legal Aid Committee served as chairman on the Board of Regents; 1967-68; Chief Justice 1949-51 of Gainesville Bar 1961-63 Chairman of Holland & Knight (1983 to 1995). James Adkins Jr. (1938) William O.E. Henry (1952) Florida Supreme Court Justice 1969-87; CLASS OF 2012 President, The Florida Bar 1983-84; Chief Justice 1974-76 President, The Florida Bar Foundation Lucius Durham Battle (1946) Sidney Aronovitz (1943) 1988-89 World War II Naval Officer; Assistant to U.S. District Court Judge with distinction, John T. Wigginton (1952) Secretaries of State Dean Acheson and Dean Southern District of Florida 1976-97 President, The Florida Bar 1951-52; Rusk; Ambassador to Egypt 1964-67; Founding Dixie Beggs Jr. (1931) Chief Judge, First District Court of Appeals chairman, Foreign Policy Institute at the Johns President, The Florida Bar 1947-48; Hopkins School 1980. known as “Father” of the Florida Statutes CLASS OF 2007 Rebecca Bowles Hawkins (1935) Lawton Chiles Jr. (1955) C. Clyde Atkins (1936) First woman to serve as Assistant Attorney United States Senator 1971-89; President, The Florida Bar 1960-61; General in Florida 1948; Head of Opinions Governor of Florida 1991-98 President, Dade County Bar 1954-55; U.S. Division 1969-76; President, Florida Association of Women Lawyers 1954-55. Harold Crosby (1948) District Court, Southern District 1966-1999; Founder and President, University of Chief Judge of U.S. District Court, Gerald A. Williams (1975) West Florida 1964-74; President, Southern District 1977-82 Chief Labor Counsel to Florida school boards, Florida International University 1976-79 John Moore McCarty (1941) including Palm Beach and Miami-Dade Co-founder, Haygood & Williams, P.A; President, Baya Harrison (1935) President, The Florida Bar 1971-72; Florida UF Black Law Student Association. First Chairman, Florida Board of Regents Senate 1962 and reelected in 1966; Chief of T Staff to his brother, Gov. Dan McCarty 1953; 1960-64; President, The Florida Bar 1957-58 CLASS OF 2013 ABA House of Delegates and The Florida Bar Spessard Holland (1916) Board of Governors Mark Hulsey Jr. (1948) Governor of Florida 1941-45; Served with U.S.Navy during Korean War (1951). United States Senator 1946-71 CLASS OF 2009 President, Jacksonville Bar Association (1962). Frank Maloney (1942) Henry A. Fenn President, The Florida Bar (1969-1970); President, Dean, University of Florida Dean, University of Florida College of Law UF Foundation (1992-1994). College of Law 1958-70 1948-58; Florida Blue Key Distinguished Justice Benjamin F. Overton (1952) Stephen O’Connell (1940) Faculty 1971; UF Distinguished Service Justice, Florida Supreme Court 1974-1999; Florida Supreme Court Justice 1955-67; Professor 1975; Professor Emeritus 1978 Chief Justice 1976-1978; Adjunct Professor at UF, Chief Justice 1967; President, George A. Smathers (1938) Stetson, and Florida State law schools. University of Florida 1967-73 Assistant U.S. Attorney, Miami 1940-42; CLASS OF SPRING 2014 Harold Sebring (1928) Representative, U.S. House of Representatives, Florida Supreme Court Justice 1943-55; Chief Justice Fourth Congressional District 1947-51; W. Reece Smith Jr. (1949) 1951-53; Dean, Stetson University College of Law United States Senator 1951-69 The first American to serve as president of his 1955-68; Head Coach, UF Football Team 1928 Richard B. Stephens local and state bar, the American Bar Association B. Campbell Thornal (1930) Professor, UF College of Law 1947-77; 1980-81 and the International Bar Association; Florida Supreme Court Justice 1955-70; Florida Blue Key Distinguished Faculty; UF Valedictorian and Rhodes scholar. Chief Justice 1965-67 Martin Luther King- School of Law 1977. CLASS OF FALL 2014 CLASS OF 2005 CLASS OF 2010 Sam M. Gibbons (1947) Charles E. Bennett (1934) James J. Freeland (1954) Fought as a paratrooper in World War II United States Representative 1948-1993 University of Florida Professor of Law 1957-95. (1944-1945) and served in Florida Legislature and Congress (1962-1996); spearheaded the Raymond Ehrlich (1942) The Florida Bar Tax Section’s- inaugural establishment of the University of South Florida, Florida Supreme Court Justice 1981-91; Outstanding Tax Attorney 1982. championed early childhood education and peace Chief Justice 1988-90 Raymer F. Maguire Jr. (1948) through global trade. Richard W. Ervin Jr. (1928) Partner, Maguire Voorhis & Wells. Florida Supreme Court Justice 1964-75; President, Florida Blue Key 1947-48; Bill McBride (1975) Chief Justice 1969-70 President, UF Alumni Association 1959-60. Served as Marine in Vietnam; managing partner of Holland & Knight (1992) and directed Chesterfield Smith (1948) CLASS OF 2011 President, American Bar Association 1973-74; founding of its pro bono practice; Democratic President, The Florida Bar 1964-65 Warren Cason (1950) nominee for Florida governor (2002) and partner Director UF Athletic Association, in Barnett, Bolt, Kirkwood, Long & McBride CLASS OF 2006 President UF Foundation, Tampa City Attorney, (2003). Hillsborough County Attorney, Senior Partner Chester H. Ferguson (1930) Holland & Knight. Chairman, Florida Board of Regents 1965-69; Chairman and CEO, Lykes Bros. and First Florida Banks, Inc. The Heritage of Leadership Recognition Society honors individuals who are preeminent graduates who have assumed leadership positions on national and international levels and distinguished themselves Tin legal, governmental, academic and corporate sectors. They labored to improve the administration of justice and received the highest commendations for contributions to the profession and service to education, civic, charitable and cultural causes. selection committee To be selected for inclusion in the Heritage of Leadership an individual must: Heritage of Leadership 1. Have been a graduate of the University of Florida College of Law or must have had direct involvement in Committee the college of law in a very significant way. 2. Have demonstrated his or her dedication to the principles of duty and service to the public, to improve the W. Crit Smith, Chair (Emeritus) administration of justice and to advance the science of jurisprudence. Richard B. Comiter, Vice-Chair 3. Have been actively engaged in the profession as a practicing lawyer, judicial officer, teacher in the legal Barry R. Davidson (Emeritus) field, or serving in the capacity directly involving legal jurisprudence, or otherwise have made a major contribution of service to the public welfare. Scott G. Hawkins 4. Have been of high ethical character. Michael D. Minton As a general principle, it is the preference of the College of Law Board of Trustees Heritage of Leadership Brian M. O’Connell (Emeritus) Committee to recommend for induction into the Heritage of Leadership nominees who are deceased. The Committee recognizes, however, that in exceptional circumstances, induction of retired living nominees may Eugene K. Pettis (Emeritus) be warranted, assuming the above-referenced criteria are satisfied. Gary L. Printy A slate of inductees is selected by the Heritage of Leadership Committee, which presents the slate for Michael W. Smith discussion and approval to the full membership of the Law Center Association, Inc. Board of Trustees. 2015 inductees REUBIN O’DONOVAN ASKEW ROBERTA FULTON FOX 1928-2014, Class of 1956 1943-2009, Class of 1967 As prosecuting attorney, state legislator, governor of and served two successive four year terms, gaining recognition Florida for eight years, chairman of two federal commissions, as a practical and progressive reformer, a man of integrity with and ambassador and member of the president’s Cabinet, firm convictions who believed fervently in the need to make Reubin O’Donovan Askew served at every level of American government work. government. The Askew years have been widely characterized as years Born in Muskogee, Oklahoma, on Sept. of achievement, reform, and successful 11, 1928, Reubin Askew was the youngest transition for Florida. A study prepared of six children. As he often expressed it, he by George Weeks at Harvard University “came from a family of very modest means named Askew as one of the 10 greatest – which is a nice way of saying poor.” American governors of the 20th century. In 1937, his family moved to Pensacola, Among his accomplishments were pushing Florida, where he entered public schools of through nominating commissions for state Escambia County. judges, initiating a corporate income tax Askew bookended his career with the and racially integrating state institutions. University of Florida. He graduated from He proposed the “Sunshine Amendment,” UF Law in 1956. He retired from politics which, when adopted, resulted in a more in 1994 and established UF’s Reubin O’D. open government. Askew Institute on Politics and Society. Askew served as keynote speaker at The institute brought Floridians together to the Democratic National Convention in discuss critical issues and served as a forum Public servant 1972. In 1979, President Jimmy Carter for statewide issues and promoted civic for the ages appointed Askew the United States Trade engagement. Representative. As a member of the Upon graduation from high school in 1946, Askew entered president’s Cabinet and as an ambassador, Askew functioned the Army and served in the U.S. Army paratroopers. Discharged as the president’s principal advisor and the nation’s principal at the rank of sergeant, he entered Florida State University on spokesman on international trade. the G.I. Bill and served as president of the student body. After As United States Trade Representative, Askew earned earning a degree in public administration, he entered the Air recognition worldwide for his forceful and articulate advocacy Force as a second lieutenant. He served in Europe and returned of a more open, fairer and expanded world trading system.
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