VIRESFor Members of The Florida

State University Alumni Association

THE CENTENNIAL COMMEMORATIVE

The MomentSaturday, November 21, 20091:31 p.m.The Marching Chiefs salute the FSU Alumni Association Centennial

Photo by Michelle Edmunds

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VIRES is the first torch in the university seal and represents strength of all kinds: physical, mental, and moral.

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C o n t e n t s

Features

6 100 Distinguished GraduatesReubin Askew leads the parade of

Florida State’s all-star graduates

16 Perfecta!How the class of 1909 spawned a 100 year legacy

26 A Home for the Second CenturyFlorida State alumni have a classic and modern place

to call home thanks to the vision of Jim Melton

35 Buried TreasureClass members from the 1950s share their college

experience with the Florida State family of 2109

41 The Year in Review100 events in our 100th year—a visual

diary of the centennial

71 Fiction from Tabloid DreamsPulitzer Prize-winning author Robert Olen Butler

bags a winner from the supermarket checkout line

Departments

Pioneers 23

Connecting Generations 56

Q&A 62

Student Alumni 66

The Final Word 79

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On the cover: Today, this view down College Avenue is anchored by the Westcott Building, but at the turn of the 20th century the dirt road ended at College Hall (postcard at left). When our Alumnae Association was founded in 1909, College Hall had been razed and the Westcott Building was under construction.

Scott AtwellPresident and CEOFSU Alumni Association

100 Words on 100 Distinguished Graduates

t h e F l o r i d a s tat e U n i v e r s i t y B o a r d o F t r U s t e e s

Jim Smith, Chair Harold Knowles, Vice Chair Derrick BrooksSusie Busch-TransouEmily Fleming DudaDavid B. FordManny GarciaWm. Andrew HaggardRobert J. JakubikJames E. Kinsey, Jr.Richard McFarlainLeslie Pantín, Jr.Eric C. Walker

VIRESF o r m e m B e r s o F t h e F l o r i d a s tat e U n i v e r s i t y a l U m n i a s s o C i at i o n

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Editor:Scott AtwellPresident and CEO

Assistant Editors: Allison HelmsTara Stalnaker

Designer:Jessica Rosenthal

Contributors:Robert Olen ButlerJill ElishJeffrey SeayRobin SellersBayard Stern

The Alumni Association would like to extend a special thank you to the FSU Photo Lab, Ray Stanyard and others for allowing us to use your photographs in the magazine.

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The occasion of our centennial celebration provided the opportunity for all things 100, including the list of distinguished graduates that unfolds on the following pages. I am certain you will lose a button or two marveling at the impact these alumni have made on our state, nation, and world. We are privileged to call them Seminoles. Still, the graduates not included in this list are every bit as extraordinary. With more than 280,000 alumni worldwide, such a poll can only scratch the surface. I am hopeful this list will be received as it was intended—in a spirit of pride.

To join an online discussion on this topic, visit alumni.fsu.edu

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DISTINGUISHED GRADUATES There’s apairof astronauts, threeFloridaSupremeCourt justices, a coupleof governors,five

university presidents, four Rhodes Scholars, three Pulitzer Prize winners, and 16 athletes, including a

pair of Heisman Trophy winners. And that’s only a third of the list. One hundred names in all, woven

together with two threads of commonality: they are graduates of The Florida State University who

have distinguished themselves in their lives and careers.

The names on the following pages are presented alphabetically, but they made their way to the

list by allocation of points from a diverse group of judges, each of whom expressed a measure of

difficultyintheirtask.

“It’s the hardest thing I’ve done,” says American University Professor Emeritus Laird Anderson,

whoknowsathingortwoaboutmakingtoughchoices.“IeditedabookonthebestPulitzerPrize-

winning editorials in history, and that was a lot easier than choosing this list.”

Likehisfellowjudges,Andersoncouldhaveeasilymadethe listhimself.AformerODKGrad

MadeGood,hetraveledtheworldasajournalistandisconsideredoneof theforemostauthoritieson

the American newspaper industry.

Asdifficultasitwastosettleonalistof 100,therewaslittleargumentovernumberone,where

formerFloridaGovernorReubinAskewrosetothetopof thepolls,again.

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Still the OneF o r m e r g o v e r n o r r e U B i n a s k e w w i n s a n o t h e r p o l l , a s t h e t o p v o t e - g e t t e r a m o n g d i s t i n g U i s h e d F l o r i d a s tat e g r a d U at e s

As an Alumni Association field officer, Askew’s most important connection came on a trip to Miami, where he met fellow grad Donna Lou Harper ‘55. They’ve been married 53 years.

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Asstudentgovernmentpresident,ReubinAskewfamouslylobbiedDeanof WomenKatherineWarrentoallowcoedstostayoutuntilmidnightonweekends.Nobodymessedwiththetough-as-nailsWarren,andAskew’ssuccessinthematterwasboth legendary and telling. Afterlawschool,AskewlandedajobasfieldofficerattheFlorida State Alumni Association, with a travel schedule that allowed him to lay the foundation for a future statewide political run.AskewservedadozenyearsintheFloridaLegislature,andin1970,wonthefirstof twotermsasFloridagovernor,where he championed sweeping disclosure laws and restored the people’s faith in government. He won historic battles over reapportionment, school busing, and corporate taxation; deliveredthekeynoteaddressatthe1972DemocraticNationalConvention in Miami Beach; and was lauded by Harvard University as one of America’s most effective governors of the 20th century. AskewservedinJimmyCarter’scabinetas U.S. Trade Ambassador and eventually made his own run at the presidency. After political life, he settled into his true love, teaching public administration at Florida’s ten major public universities. Academic programs at both Florida State and the University of Florida bare his name. In 1988, more than a decade before the millennium,theNationalAssociationof StateUniversitiesandLandGrantCollegesselectedAskewasFloridaState’sMostOutstanding Alumnus of the century. It’s fittingthetitlecontinuestoholdupintothe 21st century.

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Larry Abele (B.S., biology 1968; M.S. 1970): provost and executive vice president for Academic Affairs at The Florida State University; expert in the biology of crustaceans; former dean of the Florida State College of Arts and Sciences and chairman of the biological sciences department

Caroline Alexander(B.A.,classics1976):winnerof FloridaState’sfirstRhodesScholarshipin1976andadistinguishedAmericanauthorwhosebooksinclude“TheBounty:TheTrueStory of the Mutiny on the Bounty”

James Ammons (M.S.,publicadministration1975;Ph.D.,government1977):presidentof FloridaA&MUniversityandformerchancellorof NorthCarolinaStateUniversity

Reubin Askew (B.S., social sciences 1951): former governor of Florida, member of the Florida Senate, U.S. Trade Representative, and former candidate for president of the United States

Jim Bacchus(J.D.1978):formermemberof theU.S. House of Representatives and a former chairman of the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization

Kenneth B. Bell (J.D.1982):formerassociatejusticeof theFlorida Supreme Court

Michael Berenbaum (Ph.D.,religion1975):scholar,professor,rabbi,writer,andfilm-makerwho specializes in the study of the memorialization of the Holocaust; founding director of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum

Sara Blakely (B.S., communication 1993): philanthropist, entrepreneur, and inventor of “Spanx” undergarments

Philip G. Boggs (B.S., mathematics 1971): diver who won the gold medal in the springboard event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada

Jesse Earle Bowden (B.S., journalism 1951): editor emeritus of the Pensacola News Journal; author, historian, and preservationist

Allen Boyd (B.S., accounting 1969): U.S. Rep. from Florida and member of the House Armed Services Committee

Derrick Brooks (B.S., communication 1994; M.S. 1999): member of the Florida State Board of Trustees;formerNFLManof theYear,DefensivePlayerof theYear,and11-timeprobowlerasalinebackerfortheTampaBayBuccaneers

Norma E. Brown (B.S., physical education 1949): AirForceMaj.Gen.andAirWingcommander of the 6940th Security Wing

Mack Brown (B.S., education 1974): college football coach who led the University of Texas tothe2005NationalChampionship

Raoul G.Cantero III (B.A., English 1982): Florida lawyer and former justice of the Florida Supreme Court; grandson of Cuban president and military ruler Fulgencio Batista, who was overthrown in 1959 by Fidel Castro

Archie F. Carr III (B.S., biology 1967): American biologist instrumental in establishing the CockscombBasinWildlifeSanctuaryinBelize;sonof ArchieCarr,famousnaturalist

Rita Coolidge (B.A. 1967): vocalist and winner of multiple GrammyAwards, scoring hits on Billboard's Pop, Country, Adult Contemporary, and Jazz charts

Lee Corso (B.S., physical education 1957; M.S., administration 1958): former head football coach at Indiana University; sports broadcaster and footballanalystforESPN

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Maxwell Courtney (B.A.,mathematics1965):firstAfricanAmericangraduateof TheFlorida State University

Dave Cowens (B.A., criminology 1971): retired professional basketball player and NBA headcoach;1973NBAMostValuablePlayerandMVPof thatyear’sNBAAll-Stargame;member of the BasketballHallof Fame

Charlie Crist (B.S., political science 1978): current governor of Florida and a former Florida attorney general, Florida secretary of education, and member of the Florida Senate

Meg Crofton (B.S.,marketing1974;M.B.A.,finance1975):presidentof theWaltDisneyWorld Resort in Florida

Thomas M. Culligan (B.A., political science 1973; M.P.A., 1977): executive vice president of BusinessDevelopmentforRaytheonCompanyandCEOof RaytheonInternational,which specializes in defense and homeland security

Ruby Diamond (B.S., chemistry 1905): one of the university’s most revered alumni and benefactors;namesakeof auditoriumintheWestcottAdministrationBuilding

Daniel Dillon (B.S., business 1965; M.B.A., 1967): retired CEO of Welch’s who engineered growthincompanyrevenuefrom$200millionto$600millionoverhis23-yearcareer;member of Florida State College of Business Hall of Fame

Walter Dix (B.S.,socialsciences2008):NCAAtrackchampionwhohelpedleadFloridaStatetothreeNCAAtitles;winnerof twobronzemedalsintrackandfieldatthe2008Beijing Olympics

Warrick Dunn(B.S.,informationstudies1997):three-timeprobowlrunningbackfortheTampaBayBuccaneersandAtlantaFalcons;establishedtheWarrickDunnFoundationandreceivedtheWalterPaytonManof theYearAwardin2004

Hugh Durham (B.S.,marketing1959;M.S.,commerce1961):formerFloridaStatebasketballplayerandcoachwholedtheSeminolestotheNCAAfinalsin1972;all-timewinningestcoachatthreedifferentDivisionIschools,anNCAArecord

Martin Dyckman (B.A., American studies 1957): columnist and editorial writer at the St. Petersburg Times for nearly a half century; 1984 winner of the Florida Bar Foundation Medal of Honor in recognition of his investigative reporting

Sylvia Earle (B.S., marine science 1955): NationalGeographicExplorer-in-Residence;formerchief scientistfortheU.S.NationalOceanicandAtmosphericAdministration;famousdeep-divingpioneer,author,andconservationist

Mostafa El-Sayed (Ph.D.,chemistry1959):currentJuliusBrownChairandRegentsProfessor of chemistry and biochemistry at GeorgiaInstituteof Technology; member of the NationalAcademyof Sciencesandrecipientof theNationalMedalof Sciencein2007

Daisy Parker Flory (B.A., history 1937): trailblazing former dean of faculties at Florida State

Neil Frank (M.S.,meteorology1959;Ph.D.1970):formerdirectorof theNationalHurricane Center

Davis Gaines (B.A., theatre and art history 1976): Broadwayperformerbestknownforhislead role in The Phantom of the Opera

Jay Garner (B.S., history 1962): retired U.S. Army Lt.Gen. selected to lead the post-warreconstruction efforts in Iraq following the 2003 invasion

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Robert S. (Bud) Grace (B.S.,mathematics1965;Ph.D.,physics1971):syndicatedcartoonistfortheaward-winningstripErnie, later renamed The Piranha Club

Kay Hagan (B.S.,Americanstudies1975):lawyerandU.S.SenatorfromNorthCarolina

Franklin L. Hagenbeck (M.S., education 1978): ArmyLt.Gen.andsuperintendent(president) of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point

Winfield Scott Harpe (B.S., economics 1959): former Maj.Gen. in the U.S. Air Force and former deputy chief of staff at the U.S. Air Force Headquarters

Raymond G. Hemann (B.S., geology 1957): defense/aerospace executive and government defense/intelligence consultant

Kitty Hoffman (B.S.,chemistry1936;honorarydoctorate,2007):establishedthefirstFlorida State College for Women alumni chapter outside of Florida; former dean of women, FacultySenatepresident,andlongtimechemistryprofessoratFloridaState;namesakeof theKatherineB.HoffmanTeachingLaboratory

Gordon S. Holder (B.S., music education 1968): retired viceadmiralintheU.S.Navy;seniorvice president for Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., a leading strategy and technology consulting firm

Robert A. Holton (M.S.,chemistry1970;Ph.D.1971):chemistryprofessoratFloridaStateandinventorof thesemi-synthesisprocessformakingTaxol,animportantanti-cancerdrug; founderof theMDSResearchFoundation,whichis devoted to advancing basic research and medical applications of molecular design and synthesis

Dick Howser (B.S., physical education 1958): former American Major League Baseball shortstop; former baseball coach for the KansasCityRoyals, NewYorkYankees, and Florida State; managerof the1985WorldSerieschampionKansasCityRoyals

Marvalene Hughes (Ph.D.,education1969): presidentof DillardUniversity;formerpresidentof theUniversityof California-Stanislaus

Jim Joanos (B.S.,socialsciences1956):retiredappellatejudgefromtheFloridafirstdistrict;past president of the FSU Alumni Association

Betty Lou Joanos (B.S.,humansciences1957;Ph.D.,education1985):retirededucatorandformerassociatedirectorof theFSUAlumniAssociation;President-elect,EmeritusAlumniSociety

Garrett Johnson (B.S., political science and literature 2005): Rhodes Scholar and NCAAshot put national champion in 2006

Manuel H. Johnson (M.S.,economics1975;Ph.D.1977):formervicechairmanof theBoardof GovernorsfortheFederal Reserve System

William A. Kerr (M.A.,Americanstudies1973;Ph.D.,history1975): clergyman in the CatholicChurchwhowasgrantedthetitleof Monsignor;aleadinghumanrightsfigureandexecutive director of the Claude Pepper Center; former president of La Roche College

Nancy Kulp (B.A., journalism 1943): american actressbestknownas“MissJaneHathaway” on the popular television series The Beverly Hillbillies

John Marks (B.S.,businessadministration1969;J.D.,1972):mayorof Tallahasseeandformer chairman of the Florida Public Service Commission

Doug Marlette (B.S.,philosophy1971):PulitzerPrize-winning,syndicatedcartoonistandnovelist who wrote The Bridge and Magic Time

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Mike D. Martin (B.S., education 1966): head baseball coach at Florida State; one of only fourbaseballcoachesinNCAAhistorytowin1,500gamesattheDivisionIlevel;memberof the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame and the Florida Sports Hall of Fame

Mel Martinez (B.A.,internationalaffairs1969;J.D., 1973): former U.S. Senator from Florida, chairmanof theRepublicanParty,andU.S.Secretaryof HousingandUrbanDevelopment

James L. Massey (B.S.,finance1965): president and CEO of Salomon Brothers

Marjorie S. Matthews (M.A.,religion1971;Ph.D.,humanities1976):firstwomanbishopof United Methodist Church

Max Mayfield (M.S.,meteorology1987):formerdirectorof theNationalHurricaneCenter; chairman of the World Meteorological Organization’sRegionalAssociation-IV,whichsupports26membersfromAtlanticandEasternPacificcountries

Andy Miller (B.S.,marketing1973):visionarychairmanof SeminoleBoosters,Inc.whospearheaded development of the University Center

Paul D. Miller (B.S.,finance1963):retiredadmiral in the U.S.Navy; former commander in chief of theU.S.AtlanticCommand;formerNATOSupremeAlliedCommanderAtlantic;retired chair of Alliant Techsystems Inc., an aerospace and defense company

Kenneth A. Minihan (B.A.,artsandsciences1966):U.S.AirForceLt.Gen.andformerdirector of the NationalSecurityAgencyandtheDefenseIntelligenceAgency

Katie Montgomery (B.A., education 1918): physical education faculty chair at the Florida StateCollegeforWomenandnamesakeof theinstitution’sfirstgymnasium

Beth Moor (B.S., home economics and mathematics 1918; honorary doctorate, 1983): former president of the Florida State College for Women Alumnae Association who played avitalroleinprocuringtheschool’sfirstalumnaebuilding

DeVoe Moore (honorary doctorate of humane letters, 2005): philanthropist who endowed anacademicCenterintheFSUCollegeof SocialSciencesdedicatedtoincreasingknowledgeandpublicunderstandingabouttheroleof governmentinamarketeconomy

Herbert Morgan (B.A., arts and sciences 1962, honorary doctorate of humane letters, 2003):influentialleaderintheFloridaLegislaturefrom1974-1986andrecipientof FSU’srare Westcott Medal

Jane Srygley Mouton (M.S., psychology 1951): famous scholar and management theorist whoco-developedtheManagerialGrid,amodelthatmeasuresleadershipbehavior;co-founderof GridInternational,Inc.(formerlyScientificMethods,Inc.)andGridOrganizationDevelopment,LLC

Mary Lou Norwood (B.A., English 1947, honorary doctorate, 2007): goodwill ambassador who led efforts to preserve FSU history through publications and funding of Heritage Protocol; catalyst for construction of Heritage Tower Fountain near University Center

Joe O’Shea (B.S., philosophy and social sciences 2008): 2007 Rhodes Scholar and Truman Scholar; former Florida State student body president who helped launch the TRUE Seminole campaign

Kathleen Connor Parker (B.A., Spanish 1973; M.A., Spanish 1976): Washington Post Groupsyndicatednewspapercolumnistandstaff writerfortheOrlando Sentinel; 2008GradMadeGood

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Thomas Franklin Petway III (B.S., business 1962): chairman and CEO of Zurich Insurance Services,Inc.,anationalinsurancemarketingandadministrativeservicescompany;servedontheFloridaBoardof Regents;partnerintheJacksonvilleJaguars;formerchairmanof the Florida State Foundation board of directors

Orrin Pilkey (Ph.D.,geology1962):famousgeologistandprofessoremeritusatDukeUniversity

William L. Proctor (B.S.,education1956;M.S.,1964;Ph.D.,1968):FloridaHouseRepresentative; former president of Flagler College

Thomas S. Ray (B.S., biology 1976): ecologist who created and developed the Tierra project,acomputersimulationof artificiallife;professorof zoologyandadjunctprofessorof computer science at the Universityof Oklahoma

Burt Reynolds (honorarydoctorateof humaneletters,1981):filmandtelevisionactorwhoreignedasAmerica’stopboxofficeattractioninthe1970s;winnerof GoldenGlobeandEmmyAwardsforhisworkontheTVseriesEvening Shade; has appeared in over 90 feature filmsincludingBoogie Nights, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award; endowed FSU’sfirsteminentscholarchair

Marcus Roberts (B.A., music 2004): jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and recording artist committed to celebrating classic standards and jazz traditions; assistant professor of jazz studies in the music program at Florida State

Diane Roberts (B.A., English 1979; M.A., creative writing 1980): professor of creative non-fictionandSouthernliteratureatFloridaState;author,journalist,andcommentatorforNationalPublicRadio

C. Paul Robinson (Ph.D.,physics1967):formerdirectorof SandiaNationalLaboratorieswhich developscience-basedtechnologiestosupportnationalsecurity

Gary L. Rogers (B.A.,marketing1966):formervicechairmanandCEOof GeneralElectric Company

Myron Rolle (B.S., exercise science 2008): 2008 Rhodes Scholar and former safety for the Florida State football team

Ion Sancho (J.D.,1987):supervisorof electionsforLeonCountyinFlorida

Winston E. Scott (B.A, music education 1972): retired U.S.NavycaptainandformerNASAastronautwhoflewontwospaceshuttlemissions;formervicepresidentandassociatedeanof Student Affairs at Florida State

Jeff Shaara (B.S., criminology 1974): novelist and son of Michael Shaara, a former Florida State English professor and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

Jim Smith (B.A., political science 1973): former FloridaAttorneyGeneral and Secretary of State; Chairman of The Florida State University Board of Trustees

Jayne Standley (B.M.,musictherapy1966;M.M.,1969;Ph.D.,mentaldisabilities,1976):Robert O. Lawton Professor of Music at FSU and chair of the music therapy program; cutting-edgeresearcherwhosespecialtyliesinmusictherapyforprematureinfants;formerpresident of the Faculty Senate at Florida State

Alan C. Sundberg (B.S., political science 1955): former chief justice for the Florida Supreme Court

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R. Eugene Taylor (B.S.,finance1969): former president and vicechairmanof Bankof America

Norm Thagard (B.S, engineering 1965; M.S., engineering 1966): engineer, medical doctor and U.S. Marine pilot who became a NASA astronautandmadefivetripsintospace;firstAmericanlaunchedinaRussianvehicleandcosmonauton115-daymissiontoMIRSpaceStation; associate dean of the FAMU/FSU College of Engineering

Mark Thiemens, Ph.D. (Ph.D.,oceanography1977):distinguishedastrophysicistanddeanof physicalsciencesattheUniversityof California-SanDiego;internationallyacclaimedforhis research, teaching achievements, and active programs in cosmochemistry, atmospheric science,oceanography,andgeology;memberof theNationalAcademyof Sciences

J.T. Thomas (B.S.,business1973):firstblackstudentathletetoletterinfootballandgraduate from FSU; won four Super Bowls as part of Pittsburgh Steelers famed “steel curtain” defense

Hansel E. Tookes II (B.S., physics 1969): former president and CEO of Raytheon International, a leading defense and aerospace systems supplier

James Towey (B.S.,accounting1978;J.D.,1981):formerdirectorof theWhiteHouseOfficeof Faith-BasedandCommunityInitiatives;currentpresidentof SaintVincentCollege

Robert Urich (B.A., radio & television communications 1968): actor noted for his starring role in the television series Spenser: For Hire (1985–1988) and Vega$ (1978–1981)

Charlie Ward (B.S.,education1993):HeismanTrophy-winningquarterbackwhohelpedleadFloridaStatetoitsfirst-evernationalchampionshipinfootballin1993;formerpointguardfortheNewYorkKnicks(1994-2004),SanAntonioSpurs(2004),andHoustonRockets(2004-2005);formerassistantcoachfortheHoustonRockets

David Ward-Steinman (B.M., music composition 1957): composer and music professor

Chris Weinke (B.S.,education2000):winnerof the2000HeismanTrophyasaquarterbackat Florida State; helped lead Florida State to its second national championship in football in 1999;formerquarterbackfortheCarolinaPanthers(2001-2006)andSanFrancisco49ers(2007)

T.K. Wetherell, Ph.D. (B.S.,education1967;M.S.,1968;Ph.D.,1974):presidentof TheFloridaStateUniversity;formerspeakerof theFloridaHouseof Representatives;formerpresident of Tallahassee Community College

Bailey White (B.A., English 2002): author and regular radio commentator for the NationalPublic Radio program All Things Considered

Mark S. Wrighton (B.S., chemistry, 1969): current chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri; former provost of Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Jawole Willa Jo Zollar (M.F.A., dance 1979): founder and choreographer for Urban Bush Women,anon-profitdancecompanydedicatedtoexploringtheculturalinfluencesof theAfricanDiaspora

Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (B.M.,music1960;M.M.,1962):firstfemalecomposertowinthePulitzer Prize for Music;formercomposer-in-residenceatCarnegieHall

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Theselectioncommitteewascomposedof alumniof TheFloridaStateUniversitywhoworkedindependentlyof eachothertoformulateindividuallistsof 100DistinguishedGraduates.Thelistswerethenaggregatedtoformafinalcompilation.Here,thejudgesaregiventheopportunityforone“makegood.”

Laird AndersonProfessor Emeritus of Journalism, American UniversityI wish the list included: Florence Ashby (B.A., music education/mathematics 1957): ProfessorEmeritaMontgomeryCollegeandformersystemsanalystwithIBM,workingontheTirosWeatherSatellitelaunchprogramatGoddardSpaceFlightCenter

Gerald EnsleySenior Writer, Tallahassee DemocratIwishthelistincluded:“Radical”JackLieberman,anineligiblealumnuswhodidnot complete his FSU degree. But, says Ensley, “From leading endless political demonstrationstoteachinghisinfamouscourse,‘HowToMakeRevolutionInTheUSA,’Jackembodiedthefreedom,energyandintellectualexplorationof thecollegeexperience.”

Laymon HicksFormer Student Government PresidentIwishthelistincluded:ScottSpeicher(B.S.,business1980):U.S.NavypilotthatwasthefirstAmericancasualtyof the1991warwithIraq

Lee HinkleVice President for University Relations and AdvancementIwishthelistincluded:JimSeneff (B.S.,business1973):chairmanandchief executiveofficerof CNLFinancialGroup,aglobalinvestmentcompanywithmorethan$23billionin assets

Jim MeltonFormer Alumni Association PresidentMeltondidnotmakeanadditiontothelist,sayingitwas“perfect.”

Mike PateFormer Publisher, Tallahassee DemocratIwishthelistincluded:Cliff Madsen(Ph.D.,music1961):RobertO.LawtonDistinguishedProfessoratTheFloridaStateUniversityandoneof themostrenownedmusic educators in the country

Jeffrey SeayEditor, FSTimesIwishthelistincluded:WilliamG.Smith(B.S.,business1976):chair,president,andchief executiveofficerof CapitalCityBankGroup,Inc.andchairmanof theboardof CapitalCityBank;chairmanof FSUFoundationBoardandformerchairof SeminoleBoosters,Inc.

Jayne StandleyPast Faculty Senate PresidentIwishthelistincluded:Cliff Madsen(Ph.D.,music1961):RobertO.LawtonDistinguishedProfessoratTheFloridaStateUniversityandoneof themostrenownedmusic educators in the country

Frank StephensonEditor, Research in ReviewIwishthelistincluded:RonNumbers(M.A.,history1965):philosopherof scienceandmedicine,Universityof Wisconsin-Madison;prolificauthor;consideredtheforemostworld expert on the creationist movement in the U.S.

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Perfecta! How The Class of 1909 Spawned a

100 Year Legacy

By Robin Sellers, Ph.D.

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OnNovember10,1952,EffieDoanePettit penned a letter to the secretary of The Florida State University Alumni Association. The secretary was accustomed to receiving letters from graduates of the university, but this missivewasdifferent.EffiePettithadattendedFlorida State College for Women (FSCW), the forerunner of the university, and had been a memberof FSCW’sfirstgraduatingclassin1909. In her letter to her alma mater, Pettit noted that her diploma read “Florida Female College,” but “Florida State College for Women” had issued the invitation to her commencement exercises. That same year (1909) the College issued diplomas to 60 women who had graduated from state schools prior to 1906. But the comment that most interested the secretary was, “our graduation date is the same as the Alumnae Association’s birthday date – 1909.”Duringthe1909-1910schoolyear,membersof the Class of 1909 and earlier graduates actively supported a permanent FSCW Alumnae Association. Any graduate of the College could join the Association; annual dues were $1, and life memberships were $10. Former students of the College who did not receive a degree but who completed at least one year in the

“academic department” were permitted to join as associate members after the class with which theyenteredhadgraduated.Studentsseekinga masters degree could be honorary members, and all faculty were considered honorary members entitled to social and open meetings of the Association. The Association encouraged graduating seniors to attend its annual meeting held at the College during Commencement

Week. Three women who graduated prior to 1909 and had been “grandfathered in” as alumnae served as presidents during the formative years of the Association. Bessie Damon,Classof 1905,wasthe1908-1909president,butnorecordof the activities during her tenure exists. Alice Cordes, nee Corbett, Class of 1906, was president from 1909-1911.Duringhertimeinoffice,the membership voted to give a scholarship to a Florida student. It tooksometimetobuildthefund,

however,andthefirstscholarshipwasnotawarded until the fall of 1912. Once awarded, a scholarship could be held until graduation. Ruth Reynolds, Class of 1908 and 1912, presidedovertheAssociationfrom1911-1913.Duringhertenure,theAssociationfinallyfounditsfootingandbegantofulfillitsstatedobjective “to promote fellowship among the Alumnae,tofurtherthewell-beingof the

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This page: Effie Doane Pettit returns to FSU for her 50th class reunion in 1959. Opposite page: Oldest existing minutes from the FSCW Alumnae Association.

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College,andtocooperateinitswork.”Reynoldsfaced several challenges: the Association’s original constitution had been misplaced, and the minutes of the 1911, 1912, and 1914 meetings were never turned over to incoming secretaries. She appointed a committee to draft a new constitution, but the fate of both the old and new constitution and the proceedings of thethreemeetingsareunknown.Theidentityof the early scholarship holders remains a mystery as well.

Raisingfundsforscholarshipsquicklybecame a cornerstone of the Association’s raisond’etre.Duringthespringof 1913,College president Edward Conradi and CollegebusinessmanagerJ.G.Kellummadepersonal contributions to the scholarship fund. Members of the Florida Legislature presented theproceedsof theirannualHouse-Senatebaseball game to the fund that same year. The Association also sponsored “entertainments” and teas for both College residents and local Tallahasseeans for a number of years in order to supplement the funds. In April of 1915, a Shakespeareanpageantnetted$56.50.AteaandmusicaleattheLeonHotelanda“moving-picture”benefitattheDaffinTheaterinthe spring of 1917 added almost $70 to the account.In1919,theAssociationfinallygainedenough funds to increase the original scholarship amount to $150 per year, $85 of which was to be a loan and an additional $50 loan (soon increased to $100) was also introduced. One decade later, the scholarship fundhadincreasedto$4,200.Duringthe1920s,various graduating classes and several alumnae establishedscholarshipfundsinspecificcategories. Eventually, College administrators tookoverthemanagementof scholarshipsandloans. Between its inception in 1909 and the laying of thecornerstonefortheStudent-AlumnaeUnion in 1939, the Alumnae Association held meetings in any available space on campus. That space was often located in Bryan Hall ortheWestcottBuilding,thenknownastheAdministration Building, but never a room, much less an entire building was dedicated specificallytostudentandalumnaeactivities.Facultyandstudentsalikerecognizedtheneedfor a permanent gathering place early on, but the campus was small and money hard to come by. That did not, however, deter early attempts tomakesuchaspaceareality.Throughoutthe 1920s, various graduating classes donated funds for the eventual construction of a student activitybuilding.In1930,the“SilverJubilee”

Print from the 1915 Flastacowo, the FSCW yearbook.

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Class presented the Alumnae Association with a comfortably furnished room on the second floorof theAdministrationBuilding.Atlast,the Association had a “permanent” home where returning alumnae could be welcomed. Fundsforastudent-alumnaebuildingaccumulatedslowlybutsteadily.Duringthe1930s, the Association put aside several hundred dollars each year “toward the possibility of securing the student activities building.” Late in 1937, Beth Walton Moor, the newly elected alumnae president and a Tallahassee resident, proposed a serious investigation into the cost of such a building (estimated at a minimum of $250,000) and the possibility of the Alumnae Associationemployingaprofessionalfund-raising company to assist them. The idea failed to gain acceptance with members. The Association continued to explore other means of acquiring the sum needed to purchase the building. With the country suffering through theDepression,FSCWbusinessmanagerJ.G.KellumappliedforNewDealfundingforcampus construction and renovation, including a student activities building. In the spring of 1938,theWorksProgressAdministration(WPA) authorized a substantial portion of the necessary funds – $96,904. The College also provided $65,675 and materials, such as tile and pipes that were already on hand. Eventually, the Association secured another $8,000 for furnishing the building – furniture, rugs, draperies, landscaping, etc. With some money in place, Board of Control architect Rudolph Weaver went to workontheplans.Formalground-breakingceremoniesforthebuildingtookplaceonMay4,1938.Thelong-awaitedbuildingwascollegiateGothicinstyle,fourstorieshigh,and constructed of reinforced concrete and brickwithatileroof.Itsmainentrancefacedwest,towardsJennieMurphreeHall.Thegroundfloorcontainedaloungeandlockerroomfordaystudents,asupervisor’soffice,storagerooms,officesfortheFloridaFlambeau(campus newspaper), and a utility room. The basement eventually housed the “Soda Shop,” a

College business manager J.G. Kellum (above). Contribution letter from Flastacowo, the FSCW yearbook (left).

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popular campus meeting place where students couldgetcolddrinksandicecream.OthersfloorsprovidedofficespacefortheAlumnaeAssociation,CollegeGovernmentAssociation,YWCA,andCollegepublicationssuchastheFlastacowo(Collegeannual)andDistaff (campus magazine). Eight bedrooms on the thirdflooraccommodatedvisitinggraduatesanddistinguishedguests.Thetopfloorconsisted of conference and club rooms. Workonthebuildingprogressedrapidly.Ata time of economic distress in the country, this campus project furnished employment for more than200workmenoveranine-monthperiod.The cornerstone was laid on May 5, 1939, a year

andadayaftergroundwasbroken.Itcontaineda 1938 FSCW catalogue, a report of the 1935 PhiBetaKappainstallationatFSCW,copiesof the local newspaper, the campus newspaper, the campus magazine, and a photograph of Rowena Longmire.

Longmire was being dedicated even before it opened in 1940.

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Agraduateof GeorgePeabodyCollegeforTeachersinNashville,LongmirecametoTallahassee in 1906 to live with her sister Rosa andbrother-in-lawArthurWilliams.Arthur“Pi”Williams taught history at Florida State College for Women; Miss Longmire joined the College

faculty as an English instructor. DuringhertenureatFSCW,theCollege gave her an honorary M.A., and she attended the University of Chicago, from which she received bachelor’s and master’s degrees. She was also one of the most popular teachers on campus. Longmire showed an enthusiasm for and commitment to the Alumnae Association from its inception. Between 1909 and her death in 1938, she served as the Association’s president (1916-1918),chairmanof theSocialandEntertainment Committees, chairman of the Faculty Committee on Cooperation with the Alumnae, chairman of the Executive Board, a member of theBoardof Directors,andinany other capacity in which she couldbenefittheorganization.In 1920, the Association granted her a life membership as an expression of appreciation “for her untiring efforts on behalf of the Association.” In 1929, the alumnae voted to name the Association’s original scholarship after her. Sadly, not long after construction had begun on the

student activity building, Longmire died at her home on College Avenue. The campus truly mourned her passing. NoFSCWbuildinghadeverbeennamedfor a faculty member, but when the time came tonamethenewstudent-alumnaeactivity

building, the building committee agreed that the new structure

would be called “The Rowena LongmireStudent-AlumnaeUnion.” Thus, the Longmire Buildingbecamethefirststructure on campus named for a faculty member. A commemorative plaque bearing Rowena Longmire’s

name was mounted on the building in the main entryway. The building formally opened

on May 4, 1940 – two years and $208,279.68 after its inception.

The 1940 Flastacowo dedicated the edificetoLongmireandcelebratedits

completionas“thefinalunityof studentswho were, are, and will be . . . a symbol of ageless devotion to (their) alma mater.”

President Edward Conradi (below) dedicates the building in memory of Rowena Longmire (center). One of the Association’s earliest bulletins bears the signature of Rowena Longmire (below left).

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BBethMoorneverheldapayingjobwiththeAlumniAssociation,butfewpeoplehaveworkedharderonitsbehalf. She ascended to the volunteer role of alumnae president in 1937 and, despite economic hardships strewninthewakeof theGreatDepression,becametheguidingforcebehindthenation’sfirstpubliclyfinancedalumnibuilding.In1983,theuniversityawardedheranhonorarydoctorateof humaneletters.

Beth Walton of Pensacola alwaysseemedtobeworkingahead of the curve. She startedfirstgradeatagefour and along the way to graduation from high school was able to exempt two years’ worth of classes. In 1918, a year ahead of schedule, she graduated from the Florida State College for Women with a double degree in home economics and mathematics. AftersheandFrankMoormarried,theymovedto Tallahassee in 1924. Bythemid-thirties,Moorhadbecomeconvinced that a student alumnae building was desperately necessary, so she set out on a volunteertasktomakeithappen.Shewroteto24 universities which already had such buildings, collecting information in an effort to learn from their experiences. She also met with campus organizations to see how they might utilize

the building and assisted in the developmentof floorplanswiththe state Board of Control. Determinationwasahallmarkof Moor’s Alumnae Association presidency, a role she reprised forthe1939-1940term.WhenGovernorFredConevetoedabillthat would have provided funds for the purchase of furniture for the new alumnae building, Moor startedafund-raisingcampaign. In commemoration of Moor’s

efforts,thefirstfloorloungeof theLongmireBuilding was named in her honor. Those who knewMoorconsideredtheAlumnaeUniontobe her home and accorded her ultimate respect: for years, a piece of furniture would not be movedinLongmirewithoutfirstconsultingthebuilding’s matriarch, the woman who had the visionandperseverancetomakethebuildingareality.

of The Florida State University Alumni Association

Beth Moor

Former President Bernie Sliger (above) escorts Beth Moor on the occasion of her 1983 honorary doctorate ceremony in Opperman Music Hall.

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Mildr ed Par r i sh

BackwhenKuersteinerwasadeanandnotabuilding,MildredParrishsaidshewasthefirstdirectorof TheFloridaStateUniversityAlumniAssociation.ReportingdirectlytoPresidentDoakS.Campbell,Parrishforgedanalumniassociationwherepracticallynoneexisted,wearingmanyhatstokeeptheinstitutions’earlygraduates in touch with their alma mater, and promote its new status as a coeducational research university.

As she reached out to the alumnae of Florida State College for Women and future FSU students still in high school, Parrish was oftenaone-womanshow,makingitupasshe went along. In retrospect, she seems to have gotten it right. “The Alumni Association andthepublicationsofficewereone and the same,” said Parrish during a 2004 interview. “It was the promotional part of the university at that time. We didn’t have a university relations or public relationsoffice.Wedidn’tevenknowbackinthosedayswhetherwe were going to be funded. But, weworkedourheelsoff.Ourmaingoal was to promote the university in any possible way we could.”Herfirstdayonthejob

was Sept. 20, 1948. To get the association up and running from its officesintheLongmireBuilding,Parrishwroteand published its quarterly newsletter, wrote its bylaws, and developed an alumni mailing list fromscratchandkeptitup-to-date.“Wetookcare of (FSU graduates throughout) the nation, not only in Florida,” she said. Moreover, Parrish scheduled the Symphony Orchestra and even tookfranticphonecallsfrommotherswhoinsisted she try to help their daughters get into

one sorority or another.Parrish’sdutiesawayfromLongmiretook

her all over Florida and beyond. She organized alumni clubs and visited them, and traveled to high schools to introduce the young university to potential students. “I developed a slide

presentation about the university, and I’d go to visit a high school and show them. It was recruiting, plain old recruiting,” she said. Parrish also acted as a goodwill ambassador, attending various political functions, including the inaugurations of Florida’s governors.

A native of Blountstown, Fla., Parrish earned her bachelor’s degree in journalism on scholarship from the University of Missouri School of Journalismin1948.Laterthatyear, another Blountstown native, Mode Stone, who was the dean of

the university’s College of Education, convinced ParrishtocometoworkatFSU.

Amid her comings and goings, Parrish found time to earn her master’s degree from FSU in 1950. She died on April 28, 2006, but will be forever be remembered for her extraordinary efforts in pioneering relationships between the institution and its alumni.

Men were welcomed into a new “Alumni” Association under Mildred Parrish.

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In 1960, Tommy Waits had been using his Florida State University accounting degree for nearly four years as a state auditor when a job opening at the Florida State Alumni Association caught his attention. The interview process included a meeting with university President Robert Manning Strozier, who declared that Waitssounded“liketoomuchof anextroverttobeanaccountant.”ThatmeetingstartedWaitsdownapathof associationworkthateventuallylandedhimintheFloridaTourismHallof Fame.

There is no question Strozier had pegged Waits to a tee. Having served in the military prior to enrolling at Florida State, Waits was older than the average student but still had the youthful energy of an undergraduate. He found a home as a rigger and performer in the young FSU circus and then landed a role as a Florida State cheerleader, eventually becoming the Head Cheerleader. Waits, it seems, never waited for anything. “Thesecondyearinmyfraternity(KA)I became the treasurer and that paid for my meals,”saysWaits.“SoIhadthreejobs:KA,workingintheathleticticketoffice(onWestCampus) and rigging at circus, which paid $15 a show on the road. So between circus, the AthleticDepartment,andmyofficerpositionwiththefraternityandmyGIBill,Imadeitthrough college.” After almost three years as assistant director of the Alumni Association, Waits was elevated to executive director in 1962, a position he held for 11 years. It was an era that enhanced the growth of Seminole Boosters and gave birth to The Florida State University Foundation, organizationsthatgrewfromthegroundworkof the Alumni Association.

ThefirstFoundationemployeewasfundedby the Alumni Association payroll, and for many years during the 1960s, Waits served a dual role as executive director of the Alumni Association and the athletic Boosters. After shepherding the Alumni Association into the modern era of scholarship fund raising, club activity, and database management, Waitsembarkedona26-yearcareeraschief executiveofficerof theFloridaHotel&MotelAssociation, which is credited with the creation of VISITFLORIDA,apartnershiprecognizedworldwide as the model for successful private/public-sectortourismmarketing.In2002,Waitswas inducted into the Florida Tourism Hall of Fame, and at the beginning of 2005, he retired from the state lodging association and was named its president emeritus. “I am truly proud to participate in our Alumni Association’s 100th celebration,” says Waits. “For one hundred years, this organization has been the ‘glue’ that binds together the alumni branch of The Florida State University family to produce an enviable record of love, dedication, service, and support to our great alma mater. We are challenged and energized to makethenextonehundredevengreater!”

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Tommy Waits poses on the familiar steps of Longmire.

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Photo by Ray Stanyard

A Home for the Second CenturyF l o r i d a s tat e a l U m n i h av e a C l a s s i C a n d m o d e r n p l a C e t o C a l l h o m e , t h a n k s t o t h e v i s i o n o F F o r m e r a s s o C i at i o n p r e s i d e n t J i m m e lt o n

By Bayard Stern

When The Florida StateUniversity’sfirstpresident’s house, now the Pearl Tyner Alumni Welcome Center, began showing signs of its age by the early 1990s, university administratorsknewadecisionhadtobemade about the future use of the historically important property.

The wooden structure, originally built in 1888 in downtown Tallahassee, was moved by Florida State in 1948 to the sloping hill on the corner of Tennessee Street and Woodward Avenue,soonbecomingknownasthe"houseonthehill."Itspurposewastoserveasahomefortheuniversity’sfirstofficialpresident,Doak

Campbell, who served from 1941 to 1957.

In the following years, seven more university presidents

and their families lived in the home. It became an integral part of Florida State culture, peakingwhenFloridaStatePresidentBernard“Bernie” Sliger, who served from 1976 to 1991, started the tradition of inviting the entire student body to an ice cream social held at the house.

The last university president to live there wasTalbot“Sandy”D’Alemberte,presidentof Florida State from 1994 to 2003. He and his wife Patsy Palmer decided to move into a private residence because of structural problems

Bernie Sliger (top) strikes a familiar pose on the porch of the President’s House. Today (center) the Old President’s House in its new role as the Pearl Tyner Welcome Center.

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in the home. The future use of the house and its 14 acres of land soon came into question.

“The original idea when Patsy and I moved out was that the university property was too valuable and scarce for it to be supporting just twopeople,”saidD’Alemberte,whoiscurrentlya professor of law and President Emeritus atFloridaState.“JohnCarnaghi(seniorvicepresident of Finance and Administration) and the facilities planning people reviewed thevariousneedsandaskedforideas.BeverlySpencer said she thought it would be a perfect placefortheAlumniAssociation.Weasked(the Association) about this idea, and when they agreed to raise private money for the project, we found their proposal to be quite attractive.”

Beverly Spencer, retired vice president of University Relations and Florida State alumna from the Class of 1962, remembers those early meetings and the excitement she felt over the prospect of moving the Association to its current location. “Iimmediatelyknewthatthiswasan

incredible opportunity for the Alumni Association,”Spencersaid.“IwentbacktomyofficeandcalledJimMeltonrightaway.Wereally felt that we needed a place for Florida State alumni to call home. It was hard to get

into the University Center, the Association’s previous location, and it didn’t really offer asenseof placeforalumni.JimMeltonimmediately jumped right on board when I told him about the possibility of moving (to the president’s house). It ultimately became quite an ordeal, but it was well worth it when you see what we have today.” JamesHoward“Jim”Melton,thelongest

serving executive director of The Florida State University Alumni Association, is credited with spearheading the fundraising and overseeing the construction of the Alumni Association Center and the Pearl Tyner Alumni Welcome Center.

“Beverly Spencer called and said Sandy D’AlembertewantedtogivetheAlumniAssociation the president’s house as the Alumni Center, and can we move over theretomorrow?”JimMeltonsaid.“Isaid,‘Beverly, it’s an old house. I just can’t move the Association and run it over there right away, but givemeaday.’Iknewitwouldbeagreatplaceand a beautiful piece of land for the Alumni Association."

“We had to raise $6 million,” Melton said. “We did a feasibility study and then started the fundraising. We borrowed $4.5 million on behalf of the Association, and we started

Beverly Spencer and Jim Melton (above left) were the visionaries and Pearl Tyner (above right) the first benefactor.

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PHOTO CAPTION: Anne Leftharis admires the bench dedicated in the honor of her grandfather, Jim Melton.

President Sandy D’Alemberte and wife Patsy Palmer joined Melton in breaking ground for the alumni center. Today, alumni come home to the facility year-round.

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construction.Wewereabletobuild,overatwo-year period of time, what would become the new home of the Association.”

Melton oversaw every aspect of the project, yet he never moved into the new complex when it was completed.

“It was just timing,” he said. “I was 62 at the time, and we were three months away from moving into the center when I retired. I had some health issues at the time, and I just felt someoneelseshouldtakeover.IhaddoneeverythingIcoulddotomakesuretheprojectwas completed, and I am extremely happy with the way it turned out and very proud to have beenapartof buildingit.Ithinkit’sbeautiful

andit’saterrificplaceforalumnitocomeseeand visit, and I hope all Florida State alumni have a chance to do so.”

Melton started his career at Florida State as a management consultant to help with administrativecomputingrecordsafterafiredestroyed much of the Westcott building. In 1972, he became Florida State’s director of administrativecomputing,whereheworkedfor eight years. He then moved to the Florida State Foundation as director of annual funds. In 1982, Florida State President Bernard Sliger named him executive director of the Alumni Association, where he served until his retirement in 2004.

Anne Leftharis enjoys the likeness of her grandfather, FSU’s longest serving alumni president, whose place in history was cemented by the contributions of friends. The FSU Board of Trustees also proclaimed the alumni center’s front drive Jim Melton Way.

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Inappreciationof JimMelton’sdecadesof dedication to Florida State, he has received many university honors including being named the2005HomecomingGrandMarshalandbeing recognized with a MORES Torch Award in 2006. In 2008, an inscribed bench located in the courtyard of the Alumni Association was dedicated to him.

Alumni Complex is designed to serve many functions

The Alumni Complex was designed to serve the needs of all Florida State alumni, the university, and the Tallahassee community in a variety of ways. The Center is well equipped to meet many types of requests, from intimate gatherings to the grandest of affairs, featuring more than 20,000 square feet of space. “The beauty of the Alumni Center is the manner in

which the past is connected to the present,” said Scott Atwell, the current president of the Alumni Association. “The original president’s house resonates with all alumni, and on every visit,theymustwalkpastthathomeorthroughitonthewaytoourballroomandoffices.Itwasastrokeof geniustocreatethisenvironment,for it is a physical manifestation of the alumni spirit.”

The Alumni Complex includes the Pearl TynerAlumniWelcomeCenter,theGrandBallroom, courtyard space, and multiple conference rooms. In addition, the Complex houses the Alumni Association’s staff, alumni memorabilia, and different types of spaces that can be rented by the public for a variety of functions. Life Members of the Alumni Association always receive a discount on the rental of these spaces.

The Grand Ballroom can seat more than 200.

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Photos by Ray Stanyard

The old president’s house (above) has been renovated to its original beauty.

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ALUMNI HALLC o m p l e t e d i n 2005 Lewis+Whitlock,PAArchitect LLT Building CorporationContractor

Contributors to the Alumni Center F r a n C i s e p p e s s o C i e t y Pearl Tyner Bruce A. Rendina

d o a k C a m p B e l l h o n o r r o l l Mr. Raymond R. Schroeder and Mrs. Charyl M. Schroeder RaymondCottrell,M.D.andMrs.StellaS.Cottrell Mr.ThomasO.GoldsworthyandMs.SandyGoldsworthy Mrs. Evelyn M. Baber Ms. Sharon A. Licamara

r o B e r t s t r o z i e r h o n o r r o l l Mr. Thomas M. Woodruff and Ms. Cheryl A. Woodruff Mr.GeneWaldenandMs.VirginiaM.Walden Mr. Charles A. Bruning TomC.Haney,M.D.andMs.DianneG.Haney Mr.RonaldG.SmithandMrs.PatriciaP.Smith Mr.TerryR.SmithandMrs.ValerieP.Smith Mr. Charles F. Tunnicliff and Ms. Cynthia S. Tunnicliff

p r e s i d e n t ’ s s o C i e t y h o n o r r o l l Mr.MarkHillisandMrs.NanC.Hillis Mr.DavidD.Mobley,Jr.andMs.CatherineC.Mobley DonaldO.Alford,M.D.andMrs.JuneM.Alford Atlanta Seminole Club, Inc. Mr. Charles S. Isler, III Ms.CassandraD.Jenkins Mrs.ConnieE.Jenkins-PyeandMr.BenjaminPye Mr.JamesH.MeltonandMrs.PatriciaS.Melton

For a complete list of donors visit alumni.fsu.edu

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A Moment in TimeC l a s s m e m B e r s F r o m t h e d e C a d e o F t h e 1 9 5 0 s s h a r e t h e i r

C o l l e g e e x p e r i e n C e w i t h t h e F l o r i d a s tat e F a m i ly o F 2 10 9, g i F t i n g a t i m e C a p s U l e t o B e o p e n e d o n t h e

a l U m n i a s s o C i at i o n ’ s 20 0 t h a n n i v e r s a r y

F r a n C i s e p p e s s o C i e t y Pearl Tyner Bruce A. Rendina

d o a k C a m p B e l l h o n o r r o l l Mr. Raymond R. Schroeder and Mrs. Charyl M. Schroeder RaymondCottrell,M.D.andMrs.StellaS.Cottrell Mr.ThomasO.GoldsworthyandMs.SandyGoldsworthy Mrs. Evelyn M. Baber Ms. Sharon A. Licamara

r o B e r t s t r o z i e r h o n o r r o l l Mr. Thomas M. Woodruff and Ms. Cheryl A. Woodruff Mr.GeneWaldenandMs.VirginiaM.Walden Mr. Charles A. Bruning TomC.Haney,M.D.andMs.DianneG.Haney Mr.RonaldG.SmithandMrs.PatriciaP.Smith Mr.TerryR.SmithandMrs.ValerieP.Smith Mr. Charles F. Tunnicliff and Ms. Cynthia S. Tunnicliff

p r e s i d e n t ’ s s o C i e t y h o n o r r o l l Mr.MarkHillisandMrs.NanC.Hillis Mr.DavidD.Mobley,Jr.andMs.CatherineC.Mobley DonaldO.Alford,M.D.andMrs.JuneM.Alford Atlanta Seminole Club, Inc. Mr. Charles S. Isler, III Ms.CassandraD.Jenkins Mrs.ConnieE.Jenkins-PyeandMr.BenjaminPye Mr.JamesH.MeltonandMrs.PatriciaS.Melton

For a complete list of donors visit alumni.fsu.edu

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Time Capsule is Buried Treasure from the 1950sBy Scott Atwell

It lies there now beneath the shape of a diamond,outlinedinpolished,blackgraniteand counting down to the Bicentennial of The Florida State University Alumni Association. A bronze center plate provides explicit instructions: to be opened on September 26, 2109. It’ll be a Thursday. Inayear-longcelebrationof AlumniAssociation history, few events have proven more memorable than this gem in the centennialline-up.Thetimecapsuleliterallypreserves memories: letters, pictures, artifacts, andlove,vacuum-sealedandburiedthreefeetunder the center courtyard, equidistant from thebackdoorof theoriginalFloridaState

president’s home and the new Alumni Center—hallowed ground for the next century. The time capsule is a project that grew out of opportunity. Classes from 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956, and 1959 had raised money for 50th ReunionGiftsandwerelookingforasuitableproject to fund. The occasion of the Alumni Association’s Centennial in 2009—hosted in the Association’s new home—spawned the idea of a gift that would preserve the history of the very constituents who funded it. Alumni from the 1950s were invited to contribute artifacts to the capsule, and the items arrivedinsmallwaves.JakeJacoby,a1959grad,was a student manager on the Florida State men’sbasketballteamthatopenedTullyGymin1955.Hekeptaticketandgameprogramfromthefirstgameplayedthereandmailedinthoseitems along with a team photo. Classmate Hugh Durham,whoplayedinthatfirstgameandlatercoachedbasketballatFloridaState,promisedapieceof woodfromtheoriginalfloorandlaterpennedahand-writtenletterof hisTullyGymmemories. Multimedia was also provided, including a45rpmrecordbyElvisPresley,black-and-whitefilmfromthe1957footballseason(BurtReynolds’finalyear)transferredtoDVDsby’58grad Mel Pope, and other discs featuring Florida State history. Should technology outpace the era,abrandnewportableDVDplayerwasalsosealed, just in case. The time capsule includes old and new: a freshman rat cap juxtaposed with the Alumni Association’snewcentennialNIKEcap.Materials of the day help to cement time and place of the modern Florida State, including auniversityphonebookandaletterfromPresidentT.K.Wetherell.

This page: A brass plate provides explicit instructions for opening 100 years from now. Opposite page: Grace Albritton ‘52, Bob Ryals ‘53, Colin English ’54, Jim Joanos ’56, and Ben Brown’59 represent their classmates in the dedication ceremony.

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In another nod to campus history, the university’s Master Craftsman program was commissioned to handle the design and creation of thecapsule,itsmarkings,andacompanion,commemorative bench that was placed on the grounds of the Alumni Center courtyard. On the sunny early evening before Florida State’s home football game with South Florida, representatives from each of the classes in the1950sprovidedbrief remarksabouttheirplace in the timeline of Florida State history and gathered together to ceremoniously lower the time capsule—adorned with the university seal—into its resting place for the next 100 years. September 26, 2109. What will The Florida StateUniversityfamilybethinkingonthatday?We are certain they will be amused by archaic technology that passed for modern in the 20th and 21st centuries and humbled by the period in which so many traditions were born. We hope they will discover something timeless and familiar: a love and appreciation for The Florida State University spirit that is just as fresh as the day the time capsule was sealed.

T i m e C a p s u l e m a n i f e s T

Letter from President T.K. WetherellThe Florida State University: A History of Traditions Book

Freshman Beanie – Rat Cap2009 Florida State Alumni NIKE Hat

International Programs GuideDVD of 1957 football highlightsDVD history of Marching Chiefs

8mm film from 1959 1950s 45 rpm records

Fight song autographed by Tommie WrightVarious photos and news clips

Letters from graduatesTicket and program to first FSU basketball game at Tully gym

Wood from original Tully Gym floorLetter from former basketball player and coach Hugh Durham (on next spread)

Ribbon from dedication ceremonyPhotos from dedication ceremony

Speeches from dedication ceremonyTallahassee Democrat from Sept. 26, 2009

Letter from Alumni Association President Scott AtwellCell phone

Campus Phone bookBottle of Seminole water

FSU annual report, 2008-2009FSTimes, October 2009

Florida State Fact Book 2009Florida State Audit reportUnconquered Magazine

Yearbooks from 1953, 1954, 1956, and 1959DVD video history of The Florida State University

Portable DVD player

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TodayisLaborDay,September7,2009.InmymindIseeTullyGym,surroundedbyopenspaceforparking,tennis courts, and woods. This building, which meant so much to so many Seminoles for so many years is now dwarfed by the buildings around it. As a former student, athlete, coach, and forever proud alumnus, most of my memoriesof Tullyareof basketball,butmoreof thatlater . . . It was in September of 1956 that Tully was ready for occupancy.Itdefinedmulti-purpose,providingofficespace for faculty, staff, and athletic administration. There wereclassrooms,lockerrooms,trainingandequipmentstorage areas, and a 40,000 square foot maple wood floorsurroundedbypull-outbleachers.Therewasfierce

competitionforuseof thatfloor.Physicaleducation classes had to be scheduled, intramural competitions were held, beauty contests, cheerleader tryouts, and concerts bookedthespace.Nevertheless,wemanagedto hold varsity practice and events, i.e.,

basketball,volleyball,andgymnastics.There were even occasional football practicesinTullyGymduring

hurricane season. Registration was held several times a year, and there was always the possibility that graduation would be moved from outside to inside Tully because of inclement weather.YoudoknowaboutJuneinTallahassee

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waiting for us on the ground “to pay you the tribute you so richly deserve.” We were overwhelmed. Florida State became a member of the Metro Conferencein1976,joiningCincinnati,GeorgiaTech,Louisville, Memphis, St. Louis, and Tulane. In our record yearintheleague,1977-78,wewonourfirstchampionshipwitharecordof 11-1.Again,weplayedintheNCAAtournament, losing to the eventual national champion, the Universityof Kentucky. From1966to1978,weachievednationalrankings,wonholidaytournaments,conferencetitles,andNCAAregionalchampionships. Tully hosted 131 wins and only 15 losses; Tully,ourtiny,stiflinghotbasketballhomewhereonsomenights it was so loud, there was nosound.Amazing! Therecordsbelongintherecordbooks.Formeandmyfamily, the memories remain of relationships with players, coaches,staff,andfriendsof Seminolebasketball...of students standing in near freezing temperature at 7am, to get into Tully at 5pm, to sit in the bleachers for a 7:30 game, so they could be our 6thman...of Chief Full-a-Bulldecapitatingadeadfishatmid-courtbeforeaJacksonvilleUniversityDolphinsgameandwringingarubberchickenneckbeforeplayingtheSouthCarolinaGamecocks...of our cheerleaders . . . the pep band . . . Now,morethananotherquartercenturyhaspassedandSeminolebasketballisplayedintheTallahasseeLeon County Civic Center. It is not as hot as Tully or as uncomfortable, and may not be as loud. It will never be the same.Butit’sstillSeminolebasketballbuiltontheproudtraditionof oneof themostuniquevenuesinDivisionIbasketballhistory.Itwishyoucouldhavebeenthere.

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Class of 1953 DonorsMrs.Jo-AnnG.Anderson

‘Mrs. Carol H. Beasley‘Mr.DonaldG.BookmyerMr.VanNessR.Butler,Jr.

Mrs. Patricia S. CarterDr.GeorgeR.Corradino‘Mrs.JoNellDuda

‘Mrs.Betty-JaneTFreeWalterA.GrageD.D.S.‘Mr.RalphJ.George‘Mrs.MaryT.HancockRev.KennethW.Harrison

Mrs. Betty L. HerndonDr.MaryAliceHuntMrs.BarbaraR.JonesMrs.JaneS.Krogh

Mrs.KatherineS.LordMr.DwightL.Marsee

Mrs.EthelG.McCormickMrs. Patricia S. MooreMrs.RosemaryJ.MooreMrs.Mary-LeslieOlsonMrs.BettyG.Owens‘Mrs.NancyL.PackardMrs. Carmen C. Perez

Mrs. Martha Anne ProctorMr.WilliamT.Proctor,Jr.Mrs. Emily Rector RehbergMr.WilliamJ.ReitterMrs.KayU.SimmonsMrs. Alynn C. SnyderMrs.FrankieB.StevensMr. Haywood O. TaylorMrs.SallyK.TurnerMrs.MadgeA.ViningMrs.DorothyE.Whittle

Mr. Herbert L. WilesMr. Robert B. Willis

Mr.GeorgeF.Wilsey,Jr.

Class of 1954 DonorsMrs.NancyC.Alvers

Bailey Family FoundationMrs.MikiK.BeanMrs.JaneP.Bowles

Mrs.JuanitaH.BrandonMs. Fe C. BrittainMrs.JoL.Burge

Dr.RogerM.Busfield,Jr.Mrs.JoanC.CharltonMrs.NancyeJ.ClarkMr.KennethJ.CrugerMrs. Ann C. CullisonMrs.EvelynF.Deyo

MissVirginiaB.DicristafaroMr.J.ColinEnglish,Jr.Mrs. Marjorie P. Evans

Mrs. Patricia C. FaulconerMiss Martha A. HartMrs.EllenL.JamesMrs.OlaH.Joyce

Mr.ArthurG.Kennerly,Jr.Mrs.PatriciaP.KickliterMr.DavidLang,Jr.

Mrs.PatriciaG.Maxwell

Class of 1952 DonorsMrs.JeanC.AlbrightMrs.GraceR.AlbrittonMrs.DorisF.AlvarezMr.RobertJ.AndertonMr.JamesA.Ball,IIIMrs.VirginiaBalfour

Mrs. M. Betty BromanMr. Thomas M. CumbieDr.HarrellR.CushingCol.(R)AliceJDelgadoDr.SteveEdwards,Jr.Mr.JohnD.Fellers

NancyS.Fichter,Ph.D.Mrs.BettyJ.Fischer

Mrs.MarthaN.FlewellenMr.TaftH.Green,Jr.

Ms. Margaret Redding HallamMrs. Barbara P. HansenMrs.DorothyLHiresMr.RichardJ.IacuzziMrs.GraceW.KaneMrs.PatriciaA.KerlinMr.JimE.Kirk,Jr.

Mrs.LouiseS.KloeppelMs.NancyS.KnuckeyMr.NeyC.LandrumMrs. Mary L. LittletonMr.KendallG.LorchMrs.BettyJaneLuttrell

Mr.BradfordL.MacGowanMrs. Lou H. Marling

Lt.Col.(r)KennethMartin,Mrs.JulieH.MatthewsMrs.ShirleyG.McBrideMrs.DorothyB.McCrainMrs.MargaretM.McGillMs.CatherineN.McClellanMissCynthiaA.MinkMrs.EdwinaJ.MorseMrs.VirginiaH.Muth

Mrs.CatherineP.NorfleetMr. William W. PearsonMrs.EdnaJ.PeeplesMrs.VirginiaL.PorterMrs.JoanW.SchlueterMrs.EleanorG.SextonMrs.MaryG.SheppardMrs.JuneCarolineSmithMrs. Patricia Caro SmithMrs.KathrynEvelynSmith

Dr.RoseF.SpicolaMrs. Lois B. Staggs

Mrs. Margaret E. SteeleMr. Richard SundbergMrs.JeanC.AlbrightMrs. Helen H. UsherMrs.JoanD.WalkerMrs.VivianZ.WellsMissWestendick

Mrs. WyerThe Eufaula Tribune Publishing Co., Inc.

Mr.JamesA.McCauleyMrs.RobertaH.Williamson-Musco

Mr. Ted E. OlsonMrs. Betty P. PierceDr.BertPowell,Jr.Mrs.DorisB.RenickMr.JamesP.Ristig,Jr.Mrs.DeloresK.RowleyMr.FrankS.Shaw,Jr.Mr.RonaldG.SmithMrs. Alice M. StanleyMrs.JeanH.Stephens

Mrs. Ann B. TurcoMrs.AnibelK.TyrrellMrs.BettyF.Veal

Ms.LenoraW.Holman-WarrinerMr.LeeA.White,Jr.

Mrs. Alma M. WhiteheadMr. Thomas A. WilliamsMrs.F.IreneYerger

Class of 1956 DonorsMrs.MildredC.Adicks

Ms.VirginiaS.SparksBarnardMrs. Barbara B. ChazalMr.WilliamL.DayeMr.GordonD.GasterMrs.JeanM.GillilandMr.JackieL.HamiltonCdr.GrantW.HibbardMrs.JudithR.HofmanMrs. Alicia P. PanettaMrs.PatriciaJ.Rabb

Mrs. Carol T. RichardsonMrs. Melinda B. Roane

Mr.KentLesterSchroederMr. Albert Selvaggi

Mr.MichaelK.SheridanMs. Martha W. SinclairMs.FrankieH.StricklandDr.JamesG.Staples,Jr.

Mr. Hans W. TewsDr.JaneWentworth

LTC(R). Stanton R. Withrow

Class of 1959 DonorsMrs.MargaretJ.Allen

Mrs. Anna C. AntemannMs.JoyceJ.Ayers

Mr.RobertE.Baker,Jr.Mrs. Barbara W. BornMs.GermaineM.BrandMrs.BarbaraS.BrockMr.RonBrock,Jr.Mrs.JoanP.Brown

Mrs. Cynthia A. BrunnerMrs.GraceL.ChesterMrs. Helen H. CorrellMrs.GailB.CowanMrs.NancyW.Cude

Mr. Robert L. CampbellMr.DonaldL.ChamberlinMs.JaneA.Coleman

Mr. and Mrs. William C. ColemanMr.GuidoControniMr.RonaldR.DallaireMs.GloriaM.DrogoszMrs. Frances P. FinlayMr.JerryM.FlemingMrs.SandraF.GenetinMr. Alton M. HaegerMrs.RitaN.Haynes

Mrs.DonieAnnD.HendersonMrs.NancyHHensleyMrs. R. Ann Hinson

Mr. R. Marvin IngramMrs.JackieP.JacobyMrs.BettyS.JacksonDr.CarlB.JohnsonMrs.MerleS.Jones

MissRobertaM.KienzleMr.JohnE.LauerMrs.JoyceLenz

Mrs.BettyJ.LeonardMrs.AnnD.Livingston

Mrs. Bonnie L. M. MilsomMrs.GaileJ.OrtgiesDr.HaroldD.Orville

Mrs. Sandra R. OsbornMrs. Barbara R. OverholtMr.DouglasJ.RogersMrs.JaneSkogstad

Mrs. Laura B. SmallwoodMrs. Sara E. Smith

Mrs. Hilda C. StromMrs.PatriciaJ.SwartleyMr. Chester H. TaylorMr.JohnR.Taylor

Mr. Leigh A. ThompsonMrs.SandraD.Tickel

Mrs.MaryAnneJackson-TrumbullMrs. Charlotte B. WarrenMaeM.Waters,Ph.D.Mr.HowardJ.WellerMr.JamesE.Wetmore

Mrs. Barbara M. Williams

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Centennial Kickoff Event “1 of 100” - Night of Gershwin Seminole Club Leadership Conference Orlando - Admissions Seminar Orlando - Night at the Movies Jefferson County Emeritus Reception Tampa - Admissions Seminar Tampa - Night at the Movies Panama City Campus Golf Tournament Emeritus Alumni Society Board Meeting Ira Flatow and “Science Friday” Science and Arts Fair E.O. Wilson Lecture Atlanta - Admissions Seminar Atlanta - Night at the Movies PFF Workshop Grand Opening Ceremony of Mode L. Stone Building “The Origin and Evolution of Jazz: A Tribute to the Evolution of America’s Own Musical Art Form” Women’s Soccer Reunion Miami - Admissions Seminar Miami - Night at the Movies Class of 1959 Reunion Weekend College of Medicine & PIMS Reunion Spring Football Game Tailgate FSU vs. UF Baseball Tailgate with SAA Tampa - Career Jump Start Tampa- Rhodes on the Road Luncheon Tampa Black Alumni Reception Orlando - Career Jump Start Orlando - Rhodes on the Road Luncheon Emeritus Alumni Society Recognition Weekend Spring Alumni Picnic - Panama City Campus Higher Education Hooding Ceremony Spring Graduation at Westcott FSU in NYC - “Sight, Sound & Motion” Gainesville Emeritus Luncheon Tampa Area Emeritus Luncheon Atlanta - Career Jump Start Atlanta - Rhodes on the Road Dinner Miami - Career Jump Start Miami - Rhodes on the Road Luncheon West Palm Beach Seminole Club - New Student Reception Joint Board Celebration - Tailgate at the Ballpark May Board of Directors Meeting Leadership Breakfast Series - ATL Seminole Club Emeritus Society Workshop and Board Meeting SAA Day-Glo Event Marianna Emeritus Luncheon Summer Seminoles - Waynesville Emeritus Luncheon Film School’s Open House and Golden Gala Summer Graduation at Westcott Jacksonville Seminole Club - New Student Reception Crestview/Destin/Pensacola Emeritus Luncheon 59th Annual Kickoff Luncheon International Students Reception Mini-Leadership Conference FSU vs. Miami Tailgate Emeritus Wine & Cheese Reception at the Joanos’ Emeritus Alumni Society Board Meeting Open House BYU Welcome Reception BYU Tailgate Panama City Emeritus Luncheon Open House September Board Meeting Class of 1959 Time Capsule Dedication Boston College Welcome Reception FSU vs. Boston College Tailgate Ringling Arts Festival FSU Alumni Cup Golf Tournament Open House FSU vs. GA Tech Tailgate SAA Flag Football Event UNC Welcome Reception UNC Tailgate Seminoles at Sea Cruise Homecoming Court Reception with Clay County Seminole Club Dedication of Maxwell Courtney Room Homecoming Parade VIP Luncheon Homecoming Parade Clock and Seal Pow Wow Nole Fest - Panama City Campus Open House Meeting of the Circle of Gold & Reception Black Alumni Association Reunion Weekend Homecoming Awards Breakfast All-College Alumni Tailgate Clemson Welcome Reception Clemson Tailgate Wake Forest Welcome Reception Wake Forest Tailgate SAA 30th Birthday Party Honoring FSU Presidents Alumni Association Half-Time Performance Clay County Seminole Club Tommie Wright Performance FSU vs. UF Welcome Reception FSU Night at the Theatre - Memphis Emeritus Alumni Society Board Meeting Big Band Dance Fall Graduation at Westcott Event

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Seminole Club leaders from all over the country gathered at this annual conference for the chance to meet fellow ‘Noles and discuss their membership, programs, and events. The weekend included guest speakers, workshops, networking opportunities, and the basketball game against Maryland.

1. Don Yaeger provided the keynote 2. Kevin Carmody from the Orlando Seminole Club 3. Ricky Kohly from the New York Seminole Club 4. Members from the Southwest Florida Seminole Club visit the vendor table 5. Brian Neil from the Charlotte Seminole Club 6. Licensing Director, Sherri Dye, speaks with Seminole Club leaders 7. Brian Battle, Associate Director of Athletics, speaks about NCAA compliance 8. Jim Bloomfield from the Triangle Seminole Club 9. Coach Jimbo Fisher and Max Zahn 10. Board members Michele Adair and Marty Hall

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THE CLASS OF 1959 REUNION WEEKEND Event No. 21 | April 3-4, 2009

The Class of 1959 returned for its Golden Reunion and induction into the Alumni Emeritus Society.

1. Student Bobby Seifter speaks to the crowd about the Protect our Professors fundraising initiative 2. Members of the Class of 1959 on the front steps of the President’s House

EMERITUS ALUMNI SOCIETY RECOGNITION WEEKENDEvent No. 17 | April 17-18, 2009

The Emeritus Alumni Society (50+ years since graduation) arrived to a glorious Tallahassee spring for their annual reunion weekend that included an awards ceremony and a trip to the Flying High Circus.

3. Family members of Dr. and Mrs. Herman Gunter 4. Carolyn Clark Barrow and Hilda Strom 5. Miriam Arnold and Reubin Askew 6. Ginger Wetherell speaks with Bess Lux at a President’s House reception 7. Tommy Waits accepts the gavel from former President of the Emeritus Alumni Society, Jane Bowles

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FSU SPRING OUTREACHEvent No. 3, 4, 6, 7, 13, 14, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 37, 38, 39, 40 | March 10-May 13, 2009

The Alumni Association charged through the southeast for a spring swing in Tampa, Miami, Orlando, and Atlanta. Our Florida State marquee included a screening of the film school’s best student features from the past 20 years, an admissions seminar, a career jump start session, and “Rhodes on the Road,” featuring our three most recent Rhodes Scholars.

1. Joe O’Shea reaches out to an alumnus and signs autographs in Tampa 2. Myron Rolle in Miami 3. Roy Neil, Ashley Cleveland, and Garrett Johnson in Atlanta 4. Florida State’s three most recent Rhodes Scholars (Myron Rolle, Joe O’Shea, and Garrett Johnson) with President T.K. Wetherell 5. Myron Rolle in Tampa

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The conclusion to the spring meeting of the Alumni National Board of Directors was a tailgate outside Dick Howser Stadium during the Grambling State series.

1. Coach Mike Martin stops by in between a double header 2. Recognizing the outstanding contributions made by Maury Kolchakian during his time as chair of the Alumni Board, president Scott Atwell (right) and board member Allen Durham (left) presented him with a feather from Chief Osceola’s spear during the 2008 season

SEMINOLE KICKOFF LUNCHEONEvent No. 53 | August 21, 2009

Over 1,500 FSU alumni, friends, and fans packed into the Civic Center for the 59th year of this highly-anticipated event. The highlight of the program was Coach Bobby Bowden’s State of the Seminoles address and for the first time ever, lucky attendees had the chance to dine with the players and coaches.

3. FSU quarterback Christian Ponder 4. The cheerleaders welcoming guests to the 2009 Kickoff Luncheon 5. Assistant VP for Governmental Relations, Kathleen Daly and Lieutenant Governor, Jeff Kottcamp 6. Defensive Line Coach Odell Haggins and wife, Robin 7. Coach Bobby Bowden and president of the Emeritus Alumni Society, Tommy Waits with his two grandsons, Thomas and Tory

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FRIDAY NIGHT OPEN HOUSESEvent No. 59, 63, 70, 83, 92September 11-November 20, 2009

A second-year tradition of Alumni Association Open Houses were held the Friday evening before each home game, welcoming alumni and friends with family-friendly festivities, food, and the southern hospitality of Florida State. Live entertainment was provided by FSU groups such as the Golden Girls and All Night Yahtzee, student a cappella group.

1. Bridget Chandler and Jane Bowles chat with SAA adviser, Joe Mahshie 2. Board member Tom Hynes and his wife, Leonore 3. Some of the best-dressed men who attended in their tropical Seminole attire 4. The Golden Girls perform their routine in the Alumni Center courtyard 5. Judge Joanos gets his face painted by a Lady Spirithunter 6. Even little ones were racing up the front steps of the Pearl Tyner Welcome Center 7. Alumni from the classes of ’52, ’53, ’54, ’56, and ’59 attend the Time Capsule dedication 8. Diane Andrews, Lucy Baer, and Sandy Johnson 9. Reagan Block gets a helping hand from her father, Tom Block

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The first-ever FSU alumni cruise set sail on October 24 with 350+ Seminoles on board, including host Chris Weinke. The Disney Wonder headed to Nassau and Castaway Cay for a 3-day Bahamas cruise. In addition to all of the activities provided by Disney, special FSU programming included an FSU vs. UNC football game-watching party on the pool deck, a private cocktail reception, the President’s Ice Cream Social, and a re-broadcast of the 1999 National Championship game.

1. A private cocktail reception for FSU alumni in the Waves Night Club on board 2. Chris Weinke shakes hands with Alumni Association president, Scott Atwell, before the FSU vs. UNC football game 3. Allen and Patty Durham with their two sons, Grantham and Greyson 4. Sandy D’Alemberte toasts ice cream with Magen Naret at the President’s Ice Cream Social 5. The two winners of our Seminoles at Sea Cruise giveaway contest, Allyson Dare and Mary Edmonds

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HOMECOMING 2009: IGNITED BY TRADITIONEvent No. 77, 78, 79, 81, 83, 84, 86, 87October 30-31, 2009

Homecoming was an opportunity for alumni to return to campus and connect with fellow Seminoles. Events included the Homecoming Parade, Crowning of the Chief and Princess at Pow Wow, the Homecoming Awards Breakfast, and the new tradition of the All-College Alumni Tailgate.

1. Members of Burning Spear beat the Spirit Drum in the Parade 2. General Counsel Betty Steffens with T.K. Wetherell at the presentation of her Circle of Gold Award 3. Black Alumni Association president Benjamin Crump with Val Demmings at the BAA Reunion 4. Homecoming Chief Tyson Brock and Princess Shannon Brockman being crowned at Pow Wow 5. Faculty Grand Marshall Bill Moeller with wife, Helen, and Parade Grand Marshall Mickey Andrews with wife, Diane 6. Lee Hinkle visits with Reubin Askew before the Homecoming Awards Breakfast 7. Board chair Don Eddings with Bernard F. Sliger Award recipient, Bill Durham 8. 2009 Homecoming Court on the field at halftime 9. A cheerleader talks to a future Seminole at the All-College Alumni Tailgate

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The 6th Annual FSU Alumni Golf Tournament played to a sell-out field. Students from the Professional Golf Management (PGM) program participated by taking different shots on each hole, making this one of the area’s most unique golfing events.

1. Participants in the FSU Alumni Cup play with a PGM student 2. First Place Team: Byron Wells, Terry Godbold, Keith Paniucki, and James Graganella

AWAY GAME PROGRAMMINGEvent No. 61, 67, 74, 89, 91, 96September 18-November 28, 2009

Partnering with our network of Seminole Clubs around the country, the FSU Alumni Association provided pre-game programming and events at all football away games in 2009.

3. A Seminole family at the BYU reception 4. Don Eddings and Chad Carson at Clemson 5. The Utah Seminole Club distributes football posters to fans 6. The setting in Park City, UT

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One of the most distinguished events of the year was a reception that honored FSU’s four living presidents. The night concluded with the unveiling of a new song written especially for the Alumni Association and its Centennial Celebration.

1. Tommie Wright opened his songbook and along with voice professor Larry Gerber made a magical evening 2. Our four living presidents: Stanley Marshall, Dale Lick, Sandy D’ Alemberte, and T.K. Wetherell 3. T.K. Wetherell, Al Dunlap, Sandy D’ Alemberte, and Judith Dunlap 4. Shirley Moore, Donna Lou Askew, and Ginger Wetherell 5. Fred Flowers, Kitty Hoffman, and Doby Flowers

FSU NIGHT AT THE THEATREEvent No. 97 | December 2, 2009

FSU Night at the Theatre in New York featured alumni starring in the Broadway production of MEMPHIS. Our FSU alumni enjoyed a pre event reception, discounted ticket price and a Q&A session following the performance.

6. Montego Glover ‘96 and Kevin Covert ‘92 at the post-show meet and greet, exclusively for FSU alumni

BIG BAND DANCEEvent No. 100 | December 11, 2009

The dance of the century featured the music of Thursday Night Music Club and closed out the year with a bang.

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"I am extremely gratified and honored to return to my alma mater and serve as its next president. This is an outstanding university that is poised to become one of the finest in the world, and I look forward to helping it reach that goal."

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TheGreatDepressiontaughtmillionsof Americanshow to get creative with dwindling resources. At Florida State College for Women (FSCW), administrators learned howtothinkoutsidetheboxastheystruggledtoguidethe school through the lean thirties. When many students andtheirfamiliesfacedfinancialcrisesthatthreatenedtheirenrollment,schoolleadersworkedhardtodevelopinnovativefinancingoptions. Theseeffortsexplainhow,in1934,KittyBloodHoffman found herself paying for her education with oranges. Hoffman was a sophomore at FSCW when her fundingdriedup.Duetoaslumpinsalesatherfather’sorange grove, her family could no longer afford the costs of tuition, room, and board. Reluctant to leave school, Hoffmanspokewiththebusinessmanagerandthedietician to explore her alternatives. Together, they decided that her father’s produce would stand in for traditional payment.

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Hoffman hopped on a bus home,helpedherfatherpickandpackupthefruit,androdebackwithhimonhistruck.She had her tuition money, and FSCW had oranges on the menu more often than not. This particular arrangement paid dividends for many years. While pursuing her master’s degree at Columbia University, Hoffman helped start an FSCW alumnae chapterinNewYork.Afterearningherdegree,shecamebacktoteachchemistryattheCollege.Shetaughtforoverforty years, earning a solid reputation as one of FSCW’s (later, Florida State University’s) most beloved professors. Today, Florida State students are taught chemistry and biochemistrydailyintheKatherineB.HoffmanTeachingLaboratory named in her honor.

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Manypeoplehavecometothinkof JoeO’Shea’08as the face of today’s Florida State. What they may not realize, however, is that he also represents the school’s heart. Certainly, the two have a lot in common. O’Shea was drawn to Florida State because its strong values mirroredhisown.“ThefirsttimethatIvisited,Iknewit was the place for me,” he said. “It is a humble school that prides itself on being inclusive and inviting. It also opens its doors to students who otherwise wouldn’t have opportunities in higher education. Those values are the reason I fell in love with FSU. It has a rich tradition as a warm community.” DuringhistimeatFloridaState,O’Sheawasfamiliarto people throughout Tallahassee. As president of the student body and an active volunteer in the community, he becamebothwell-knownandwellliked.Butitwasn’tuntilhe won two prestigious scholarships— the Rhodes and the Truman— that he entered the national spotlight. In 2007, O’Shea was one of just 32 U.S. students selected as a Rhodes Scholar, an elite program that funds Americans who want to study at Oxford University. Around that same time, he was also named a Truman scholar, which provides generous graduate funding in exchange for public service. Earning both scholarships is a rare accomplishment, tosaytheleast.Aquicklookathiscredentialsrevealsthesecret behind his feat: in his four years at Florida State, O’Shea established himself as a leader, an innovator, and

anall-aroundSamaritan.Beforetheageof 21,hehadfounded a health clinic, led a coalition for health care reform, and helped establish an international exchange program for students. Healsohappenedtohavea4.0GPA.WhileFloridaStatehelpedhimfindopportunitiestolearnintheworld,O’Shea also absorbed a lot in the classroom. He studied philosophy, a discipline that is often stereotyped as impractical or lofty. O’Shea is a unique pragmatist in that he sees philosophy as absolutely essential to everyday life. “I thought that if I studied philosophy, it would be useful no matter where I was in my life or what I was doing,”hesaid.“Iknewitwouldgivemeafoundation—adeepknowledgeof whoIamandwhatmyplaceinsocietyis— that I could always return to.” “Philosophyisalifelongjourney,aquesttofindtruthandknowledge.ThephilosophydepartmentatFSUreallyhelpedmefindthat.” Perhaps that existential bent is what led him to become a driving force behind the TRUE Seminole campaign, an initiative he helped launch during his senior year. The campaign, which was designed to bring together students, alumni, and the larger Florida State community, focuses on what it means to be a Seminole— those shared values that drewO’SheatoFloridaStateasayoungman.Now,ashebegins a life dedicated to public service, he plans to share the campaign message on a much larger scale. For O’Shea, the world would be a better place if everyonecouldfindtheirinnerSeminole.

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FloridaState-Floridarivalryfordecades,butfewerpeopleknowaboutFloridaState’sotherhistoricrivalry…withitself. It isn’t easy to envision an era when athletes didn’t feelcompelledtolookbeyondthecampustofindworthyopponents, but many decades before there was “The House that Bobby Built,” there were the Odds & Evens of FloridaStateCollegeforWomen(FSCW).Makenomistake,itwasacontestsointenselyfeltthattherewasanentireculturebuiltaroundit,notunlikethetraditionssurrounding Florida State athletics today.

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TheThanksgivinggameitself wasalwayswellattended.Faculty members were loyal fans; some consistently rooted for one team or the other, yet others rooted for whichever team happened to have the senior class as members. Peopleinthecommunityweresotakenwiththerivalrythat they not only attended games but also paid admission for the privilege. When FSCW became a coed institution and the

athletics program needed to expand, the Odds and Evens were an unavoidable

casualty. Still, the spirit of the Odds and Evens rivalry continues to thrive at Florida

State today.

Basketball was among several sports highlighting Odds and Evens competition at FSCW, a precursor to modern intercollegiate athletics.

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TEN QUESTIONSw i t h p r o F e s s o r t o m m i e w r i g h t , C o m p o s e r o F t h e FsU F i g h t s o n g

1. If you hadn’t gotten into music, what profession would you have followed?I was always interested in airplanes andflying.MyearlydayswiththeAirForcewerespentflying,andI loved it, so I probably would have continued that had I not loved music more.

2. What don’t we know about Tommie Wright that would surprise us?WhenIfirstcametoFloridaState, I thought I would comedownfromNewYorkandstayforayearinFlorida and have a good time. I thought for excitement I’d go downtoMiamieveryweekendandhavefun.Ididn’tknowMiamiwas 500 miles from here and that you didn’t do that. But I stayed here for awhile and thought “someday this is going to be a great Schoolof Musicandagreatuniversity;IthinkIamgoingtostayhereandstakemywholefuturewiththisuniversity.”

3. Why did you decide to hitch your musical star to George Gershwin?I loved his music when I was a teenager. Later on in life, I decided that I would do some research and got a script togetherabouthismusic.IbecameGeorgeGershwin—impersonating him on the stage. I would tell how I wrote the Rhapsody in Blue and then play it; and then I’d do “An American in Paris” and songs from Porgy and Bess. I did that show across the country.

4. You’ve had a knack for composing songs for occasions, even one for Wendell Willkie’s presidential campaign. What’s the key to that kind of work?Youfindoutwhatshouldbeexpressedinthesongandthenputittogetherinapoem.SometimesIwritethewordsfirst,andsometimesIwritethemusicfirst. 5. You’ve composed several FSU songs in addition to the Fight Song. After the obvious, which is your favorite?IthinkprobablythevictorymarchthatIcomposedthefirsttimeweeverbeatFlorida.Itwasexciting:tobeginthefootballgame,alltheGatorsontheothersidewavedwhite

handkerchiefswhichsignifiedtheythoughtwe were still a girl’s school. It infuriated

the Seminoles, and the celebration in Tallahassee was probably the greatest

celebration since the end of World War II. They closed off

Tennessee Street, and everyone came out in the street; there wasn’taGatorleftintownby8o’clockintheevening.

6. You don’t like to mention your age but what’s the key to your longevity?GeneticsIguess.Myfolks

lived to be quite old and so has everyone in my family. I was

blessed with good genes.

7. Your career in the classroom lasted twice as long as the average

professor (58 years). What made you want to keep teaching?I love teaching and I love students, so I loved what I was doing.Ijustwantedtokeepongoing,andIdid.

8. You taught 59,000 students, and if one of them runs into you, they’ll wonder if you remember them. How do you handle that?Oh, I see students all the time, not only here, but throughout the country, wherever I happen to be. I was playing a concert out in Los Angeles and went to dinner at arestaurantlookingoverthePacificOcean.Igotoutof my car and someone said “Tommie Wright, I had you for myclass.”Iseeformerstudentseverywhere,andIaskthemwhat they are doing and if they made a good grade.

9. What was more exciting: hearing the fight song played for the first time by the Marching Chiefs in 1950 or directing the Marching Chiefs in 2009?Icomposedthefightsongonthepiano,soIsupposehearingthebandplayitforthefirsttimewasthemostexciting;toactuallyseethesongdoneonthefootballfieldwas a thrill.

10. Most people will remember you for the Fight Song. What do you want to be remembered for?My family.

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November 21, 2009: Tommie Wright directs the Marching Chiefs in his most famous composition, the FSU Fight Song, 59 years after it premiered on the very same field. Opposite page: Wright with wife Rosalinda and daughters Jessica (with baby Tommie) and Nicole.

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Donald L. Eddings, ’68-Chair

National Board of Directors

Michele M. Adair, ’72-Treasurer

Candace Rodatz Barnes, ’98, ’01

Scott Atwell, President

David Brobst, ’86 Benjamin L. Crump, ’92, ’95

Kyle Doney, ’07 Sandra B. Dunbar, ’72

Allen D. Durham, ’93-Secretary

Diane S. Ervin, ’72

Karema Tyms-Harris, ’92, ’05

Jeffrey L. Hill, ’69-Chair Elect

Lee F. Hinkle, ’71 Thomas V. Hynes, ’80 Maury Kolchakian, ’75, ’78

Joda Lynn, ’01, ’05

Laurel R. Moredock, ’78-Vice Chair

Frank Moreno, ’00

James A. Riscigno, ’66 Susan S. Sarna, ’89 Barry J. Scarr, ’78 Raymond R. Schroeder, ’65

Patricia Sibley, ’74 Delores O. Spearman, ’98

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National Board of Directors

Ruth Ruggles Akers, ’04

Ken Alexander, ’93, ’94, ’98

Jane Tronnier Fader, ’96

S. Dale Greene, ’78

Steve Oelrich, ’70 Katie Patronis, ’08 Michael J. Raymond, Ph.D. ’81

Gordon J. Sprague, ’65 Cindy Davis Sullivan, ’85

Thomas A. Waits, ’56

p a s t B o a r d C h a i r s

1909-1911 Bessie Damon ’061911-1912 Alice Corbett Cordes ’07, ’081912-1913 Ruth Reynolds ’08, ’09 1914-1915 Jessie Palmer Partridge McCall ’13, ’141915-1916 Myrtie Warren Felkel ’101917-1918 Rowena Longmire ’121919-1920 Inga Olla Helseth ’14, ’201921-1922 Katherine W. Montgomery ’18 1922-1923 Lillian Walker Page Hough ’221924-1925 Allie Lou Felton Gilbreath ’211925-1926 Lillian Elizabeth Conradi Boone ’211927-1928 Caroline LaFontisse Palmer ’011929-1930 Clara Craig Johnson Wallis ’241931-1932 Frances Tippetts Johnston ’171932-1934 Dorothy Johnson Nilson ’191934-1937 Cecil Jenkins Beeson ’181937-1938 Beth Walton Moor ’18, ’191938-1939 Willie Igou Gamble ’191939-1940 Beth Walton Moor ’18, ’191940-1942 Gracie Flournoy Ashmore ’26, ’501942-1943 Ella Taylor Slemons Bisbee ’191943-1945 Florence Reno Tryon ’261945-1947 Margaret Josephine Boyle ’221947-1949 Eleanor Brewer Morgan ’211949-1951 Alma Warren ’39, ’511951-1953 Ellen Knight Whiteside McDonnell ’311953-1955 William Warren Meigs ’481955-1957 Ruth Teal Dichtenmueller ’25, ’491957-1959 L. B. (Buck) Vocelle ’491959-1961 Fred O. Drake, Jr. ’491961-1962 Philip J. Fleming ’501962-1964 Edward M. Eissey ’50, ’671964-1965 Charles F. Mixon, Jr. ’561966 Harry W. Massey ’551967 Mallory E. Horne ’50

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1968 Gordon D. Gaster ’561969 Melvin L. Pope, Jr. ’571970 James E. Joanos, Jr. ’561971 Donald E. Stone ’561972 Arthur E. Hempel ’571973 Hans W. Tews ’561974 B. Kenneth Gatlin ’551975-1976 Carmelo (Carmen) L. Battaglia ’58, ’60, ’681976-1977 James C. Smith ’621977-1978 Walter Leon Revell ’571978-1979 Mary Celia Diamond Findley ’47, ’66, ’801979-1980 William O. Cullom ’581980-1981 Wayne L. Rubinas ’70, ’721981-1982 June Fouts Strauss ’521982-1983 Melvin L. Pope, Jr. ’571983-1984 John L. Smith ’631985-1986 Bruce B. Blackwell ’68, ’741986-1987 Betty Lou Whittle Joanos ’57, ’851987-1988 H. Ken vanAssenderp ’631989-1990 William G. Smith, Jr. ’761990-1991 William M. Parker ’511992-1993 Donald A. Gifford ’701993-1994 Donald A. Gifford ’701994-1995 J. Lester Kaney ’69, ’731995-1996 J. Lester Kaney ’69, ’731996-1997 C. David Smith, MD ’761997-1998 Cynthia Skelton Tunnicliff ’67, ’711998-1999 Hugo H. de Beaubien ’701999-2000 Raymond Cottrell, MD ’692000-2001 Tom C. Haney, MD ’642001-2002 Thomas O. Goldsworthy ’672002-2003 Cheryl Stephenson Beckert ’722003-2004 Gene Walden ’682004-2005 Gene Walden ’682005-2006 David D. Mobley, Jr. ’832006-2007 Ronald R. Richmond ’622007-2008 Thomas M. Woodruff ’652008-2009 Maury R. Kolchakian ’75, ’78

Scott Atwell, President and CEO

Megan Barnes, Programs Assistant

Tom Block, Seminole Club Relations

Mandi Capeletti, Sr. Director of Programs and Outreach

Valerie Colvin, Asst. Director of Membership

Jennifer Santoro Dascomb, Asst. Director of Marketing

Sarah Hayes, Operations Assistant

Kathleen Harvey Helm, Office Manager

Joe Mahshie, Asst. Director of Programs

Salvatore Nuzzo, Chief of Staff

Jessica Rosenthal, Chief Designer

Tara Stalnaker, Director of Marketing and Membership

Jay Wirth, Seminole Club Relations

Tommie Wright, Ambassador

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Seminoles Forever FsU s t U d e n t a l U m n i a s s o C i at i o n C e l e B r at e s 3 0 y e a r s o F s p i r i t , t r a d i t i o n , a n d p r i d e

By Jill Elish, FSU News and Public Affairs

The motto of the Florida State University Student Alumni Association says it all: Students Today. Alumni Tomorrow. Seminoles Forever. An organization that fosters spirit, tradition, and pride, the Student Alumni Association (SAA) has been helping its members to develop as leaders, scholars, and future alumni since it was founded three decades ago. “It’s rewarding for us to celebrate the SAA’s 30th anniversary in the same year we celebrate the Alumni Association’s centennial,” said Scott Atwell, president of the Alumni Association. “The success of this program over the years has made Florida State a better place, and we are grateful to all of the students who have been partof thisremarkableprogram.” The Student Alumni Association traces its roots to a student fundraising organization called the Student Foundation, which was establishedin1979byRonHillof theDeanof StudentsOfficeandMeredithSmithof theFSU Foundation. Then in 1983, Phil Barco ’76, who had been serving as FSU’s director of student activities and organizations, became the associate director of alumni affairs. “Many of the student leaders I had gotten toknowthroughmyroleasdirectorof studentactivitieswoulddropbythealumniofficetovisit,” Barco recalled. “My brainchild was to start a Student Alumni Council through which we could involve these students with the Alumni Association, thus cultivating them to be loyal alumni.” Barco’s vision was ahead of a trend that was just beginning to gain momentum at major universities across the country. He felt strongly that there should be a student group housed within the association but did not want to start something that would compete with the Student Foundation. Instead, he and Smith servedasco-advisersof thegroup,whichwasrenamed the Student Alumni Foundation. The next year, Barco became the sole adviser of the organization, and he served in that capacity until 1991. In 1992, the organization formally changed its name to the Student Alumni Association.

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Barco wanted the association to be an honor for the students choosing to participate, and he established an application and interview process to ensure that the membership comprised the “best of the best” of the student body. To hear former members recall their SAA experiences, it’s no wonder membership became acovetedmarkof distinction for students. AllenDurham’93 joined the organization in 1990 at the recommendation of a friend. In the association, he found not only many opportunities to becomeinvolvedintheuniversityandnetworkwith alumni, but he also found a home away from home. “SAA was a fantastic way to interact with FSU’s incredible alumni, and the staff of the Alumni Association really became a second family to many of us,” Durhamsaid,citingas an example a close friendship with former Alumni Association AssociateDirectorBettyLouJoanos(affectionatelyknowntostudentsas“Dr.J”)andherhusband,JudgeJamesJoanos,thathas continued to this day. Infact,Durhamenjoyed his experience so much that he served as SAA adviser following his term as president of the group. He currently serves as secretary on the Alumni Association Boardof Directors. The SAA remained a very competitive leadership organization of about 120 members

until about four years ago when it opened its membership to all undergraduate and graduate

students in an effort to cultivate relationships with potential future

members of the Alumni Association.

“They are going to be alumni a lot longer than they are going to be students here,” saidJoeMahshie,assistant director of alumni programs and current SAA adviser. “Soitmakessense

for students to begin establishingalong-term

relationship with Florida State before they graduate.”

Atwell agreed.“The student organization allows

ustoteachthesefuturealumniwhatittakesto be a great alumnus,” Atwell said. “It teaches leadership, the importance of staying involved, and introduces the concept of stewardship. It’simperativeforalumnitogivebacktotheuniversity whether it’s time, talent, or treasure.”

The SAA now counts more than 1,000 students as members, and that number is expected to double in 2010, according to Mahshie. SAA membersreceiveaT-shirt,newsletter, and “brag bag” and are invited to exclusive events, programs, and networkingopportunities.They also receive discounts from many local businesses. Leadership is still at

the heart of SAA, however, and establishing the SAA Leadership Council has retained that component. Student leaders who have grade point averages of at least 3.0 now vie for fewer than 40 seats on the Leadership Council.

Opposite page: 2009 President, Katie Fletchall celebrates the Student Alumni Association's 30th anniversary at the carnival-themed birthday party. This page: Allen Durham ’93 (far left) and other members of SAA.

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Members of the Leadership Council act as liaisons between the university and its alumni by coordinating, organizing, and hosting events. For example, members coordinate the Homecoming parade, organize Homecoming Court activities, and serve as student hosts in the President’s Box during all home games. Other activities include performing community service; assisting Seminole Clubs across the country and hosting the annual Seminole Club LeadershipConference;hostingNewStudentOrientation Events; serving ice cream to students at the President’s Ice Cream Social; and greeting alumni at the annual 50th class reunion duringEmeritusWeekend.

“By serving as a host for university events, you get to hear wonderful stories about Florida State’s past as well as share your experiences of thepresent,”said2009SAAPresidentKatieFletchall,whograduatedinDecemberwithadegree in business. “To serve as a representative of the student body is truly an honor.” This year, the SAA collaborated with the StudentGovernmentAssociationandtheAlumni Association to produce one of its most ambitious projects to date, the publication of “The Florida State University: A History of Traditions.” About 2,000 copies of the pocketsizebookweredistributedattheNewStudent Convocation. StudentBodyPresidentRobertJakubik,who has been an SAA member since 2007 and served on the Leadership Council in 2008, proposedthe“Traditions”bookinaneffortto educate students about the university’s rich history. “AsItalkedtoincomingfreshmenatOrientation, I realized there was no publication and really no resource for them to learn about ourmanygreattraditions,”Jakubiksaid.“Ithinkthisbookwasneededandistrulyimportantforincoming students to become familiar with our traditions and strengthen their connection to the university.” Spearheadingtheproductionof thebookisonewayhehasgivenbacktotheuniversity—and the organization— that has given him so much. “My SAA experience has been nothing shortof amazing,”saidJakubik,whocreditshis current success as a student leader to his SAA experience. “I got a chance to see a whole other aspect to being a college student: life after college. Between interacting with alumni and hosting events, I grew as an individual and so did my love for FSU.” To celebrate the association’s 30th anniversary, the SAA hosted three events over the past year— one to celebrate each decade of itsexistence.InJuly,theSAAhostedaDay-Glothemed party in recognition of the neon clothes and pop music that predominated the 1980s and

Over 300 students came out to participate in the flag football tournament hosted by SAA. Student groups participated to earn points for the annual Homecoming competition.

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itheldaflagfootballtournament in October to honor the university’s two national football championships in the 1990s. The celebrations culminated with abig,carnival-themed 30th birthday party in November. “It has been really special to

be a part of an organization that is one of the oldest on campus,” Fletchall said. “Over my four years of being involved, I can see why SAA has been around for so long. It is a great organization that has enriched my time here at Florida State and allowed me so many great opportunities.”

Lookingtothefuture,2010SAAPresidentJanieHoffman, a sophomore communication major, has big plans for the association. In addition to efforts to double the association’s general membership, she hopes to host more events that connect the general student body with alumniandworkmorecloselywith the Seminole Student Boosters. “I am proud to be a part of such a large anddiverseorganizationandwouldliketoharness that individuality to unite us as one body,” Hoffman said. “I want all of us to strengthen our relationships not only with one another but with our alumni, who can teach us the importance of preserving our past so that wehaveafirmerfoundationtobuildanevenstronger future.”

A celebration of 30 years was held in the Alumni Courtyard on November 20th. Current students and alumni enjoyed carnival themed games and food.

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“Woman Loses Cookie Bake-Off, Sets Self on Fire”

Thedaymyhusbanddied,Ibakedabatchof cookies.Hold-Me-TightChocolateSquares.Barcookiesthattookforevertoeat,nevergoingawaynomatterhowlongyouchewed,stickingbetweenyourteethandupintoyourgumsandmakingyourhandsquakeandyourtonguefeellikeitwasabouttodissolve.Iputintwocupsof sugar.Thatwasadifferenttimeinmylife.Theendof atime,andtheonlywayIknewtoenjoyitwasinthetermsI’dlivedit.SoIputintwocupsof sugarandthreecupsof milkchocolatechipsandatethewholepan-fullthatnight.Iwasstillshakingfromitthreedayslateratthefuneralandeverybodythoughtitwasgrief. Even Eva. Of course, she wouldn’t suspect it was anything else. Bless her heart. My friend Eva. She came up to mebytheopencoffinandshewassmellingof lavender.Shetriedtomakesomelavendercookiesonce,itsbeingherfavoritesmelloutsideof thekitchen.Lavenderisinthemintfamily,afterall,andIadmirehernow,thinkingback,fortryingthat.Shecouldn’tpossiblyhavehadarealhopethatlavendercookieswouldpleaseherfamily.Ormaybe she could. Still, her husband Wolf threw them across the room. She blamed herself. Soatthecoffinshesaid,“MypoorGertie.I’msosorry.”Andshetookmyhands,whichwerehavingthissugarfiteventhen,andwhenshefeltthem,sherolledhereyes.“Iknowhowyoufeel.” Wolf had died almost a decade before. Barely turned sixty. Arteries stuffed full of her Butterball Supremes, Isuspect.Notthatshewanteditthatway.Atthetime,Iweptwithher,thinkingshewassodreadfullyunlucky,thinking,OhGod,howcouldIbearthismyself.Butwhenthemomentcameforme,whenKarlwentallwhiteinthefacewithmyDelfttureeninhishandatthedinnertableandheputitgentlydownbeforepitchingforwardintotheWeinerschnitzel,Ibeganinstantlytobearit,andmymindturned,asitsooftenhasinmylife,tocookies. Of courseEvathoughtsheknewhowIfelt.Ican’tblameher.We’dspentthebetterpartof fortyyearsthinkingweknewwhateachotherfelt.Mostof mydaughtersweresittinginthefuneralparloratthatverymomentwithstrickenfaces,andIfiguredIknewwhattheywerefeeling,thoughwaitingnowbeforeoneof ahundredelectricovensintheLouisvilleFairandExpositionCenter,waitingforourjudgmentattheGreatAmericanCookieBake-off,I’mnotsosure.MaybeIdon’tknowanythingaboutanybody.

From Tabloid Dreams

fictionIn celebration of FSU’s nationally-ranked creative writing program, VIRES presents the following short story from the collection of Pulitzer Prize-winning faculty member, Robert Olen Butler.

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But Eva held my hand and she couldn’t even recognize what was really going on in me. We’d quakedlikethattogetheroverourkitchentablesmorethanonce,laughingatwhatwe’djustdone,bakedabatchof cookiesandeatenthemall.Wecoulddothat together, our little unconscious thumb to the nose.Butwe’dgorightbackandmakeanotherbatchbeforeWolf andKarlandourchildrencamehome.These sweet little things were for them, after all. First and foremost for them. SowhenEvaheldmyhandbythecoffin,Ilookedinto her face and I felt scared. Both for my having this dreadful feeling of relief— that’s the only word I couldfindforwhatIwasfeelingaboutthedeathof the man I’d lived with for more than forty years— and for having this dear friend, my other self, so blind to what was really going on in me. I wanted to run awayrightthen.Downtheaisleof thefuneralhomeandoutintothestreetandhometomykitchenandIwouldbakemorecookies—PeanutButterBouquets,thosewerethecookiesinmyheadbesidethecoffin—Iwouldmakeabatchof PeanutButterBouquetsand I would eat them all and I wouldn’t even hear the clocktickingoverthesinkortheafternoonbreezehummingintheguttersorthedaytimeTVcomingfrom the open windows next door and I wouldn’t have to watch the laundry lifting on the line and snappingandfallingandliftingagainorthesunfillingthe empty lawn and then yielding to the shadow of ourroof,suckedinbytheshadowof ourhouselikeso much bright lint on the rug disappearing into the vacuum. Another sound. The vacuum. Roaring. Andsmellinglikeburntrubber.Myhandssmellingof LemonJoy.OrLysol.Clean.Everythingclean.Smelling clean. But all that was transformed by the turnmylifehadtaken.IcouldbakecookiesandsitandKarlwouldnotbecominghomethatnightandthegirlswereallintheirownkitchensinvariousdistant places and I would eat and eat and there would benomorebatchestomakeunlessIwantedtoeatsome more. EvaexpectedmetobebakingmyPeanutButterBouquetsintheBake-Off today.SixmonthsbeforeKarlfailedtofinishhiseveningmeal,sheandIsatatherkitchentableandtherewasbrightsunintheyardandsheetsontheline—weneitherof uslikedthesmell of the laundry when it came out of our electric

dryers—andIcouldhearthesheetsflapping.EvaandIsatatherkitchentableandtherewasaGood Housekeeping openbetweenusandthefull-pageadsaidthatcookieswerewhatmadeahouseahomeandnow somebody was going to earn a hundred thousand dollarsforbakingherbestcookies. “Wouldn’t it be something to win that?” Eva said. “Yes,”Isaid. “NotthatIneedit.Wolf wassosmart.” That was apparently true. Eva’s life did not change intheslightestafterhewasgone.LikeintheBiblethebrotherwouldmarrythesister-in-lawaftershewaswidowed,EvawasmarriednowtoWolf ’sinterest-bearing accounts. Even though there was just his money,shekeptherhousethesamewayshealwayshad, and she slept alone on those sheets that always smelled of the sun and the fresh air. And I always admired her for this. With a great swelling of the chestandacatchinthethroat,Iwouldspeakof Eva’slife to my other friends and my words would be full of admiration. “YoucoulddoyourPeanutButterBouquets,”shesaid. “Youshouldenteralone,Eva,”Isaid.“Youwinthis year and I’ll win next.” “Itwouldn’tbelikewe’recompeting,”shesaid,putting her hand on mine in the center of her tabletop. “We’ll root for each other. I want to do this with you.” So we sent in our recipes and on the same Tuesday afternoon, Eva and I got our letters. I was sitting at mykitchentableandIalwaysworkedmywaydownthe pile of mail one thing at a time. So after seeing whatLillianVernonandHarrietCarterhadtooffer,considering for about the hundredth time buying 20,000-hourlightbulbs,Ifoundthenoticefromthecontest sponsors. I read how they congratulated me warmly,Mrs.GertrudeSchmidt,andwerelookingforwardtomyjoiningninety-nineothercookiebakersinLouisvilleinthefallandtheysaidthatmywonderfulPeanutButterBouquetrecipequalifiedme, but if I wanted to invent something brand new, IcoulddoanycookieIwantedatthefinalbake-off.Oncetheyhadtheirspecialonehundred,theylikedsurprises.Youcoulduseanythingyouwantedinyourrecipe as long as you greased your pan with their brandof no-stickaerosolcookingspray.Sincerely

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yours. Then the phone rang and it was Eva and she was weeping with excitement. “I will do something new,” she said. “ButIlikeyourButterballSupremes,”Isaid.“They were Wolf ’s favorites.” She was silent for a long moment, and I was afraid I’djustmadehersad,bringingupWolf likethat.Ipunched my forehead with the heel of my hand and waited out her silence. Then she said, thoughtfully, withoutanythrobof pain,“Doyouthinkitshouldbelikeatribute?” “No,no.Iwaswrong.Dosomethingnew.That’dbe fun.” “Youthinkso? “Sure,” I said. “Yes,”shesaid.“I’llpretendhe’saliveandbakethecookieof hisdreams.” Atthetime,thisnotiontouchedme.Nowitmakesmesicktomystomach.Evawasassignedthe oven next to mine this morning and she’s been bakingforhim,everymoment.Whenwebegan,weall stood before our ovens, the auditorium so quiet I expectedtohearsheetsflappingsomewhere,andourpreparation tables were behind us and I glanced at Eva and her face was lowered and there was another face beyond hers and another and another stretching faraway,allof uswaitingtodoourlife’swork,andIlookedagainatEvaandshewasthinkingaboutWolf,Iknew,andshewastryingtoignoreme,ithadcometo that, and I should have been ignoring her too, but there we were, and on the day we learned that we’d madethebake-off finals,myownhusbandwasstillverymuchalive.“Yes,”IsaidtoEva.“I’msureWolf ’sspiritisstillsomewherethereinyourkitchen.Makethecookieof hisghostlydreams.” Idon’tknowwhatcameovermetosaythat.IthinkIwantedtoreassureherthathewasstillpresentin her life or something. But I said it badly, and she tookthisideawithalongmomentof silenceandthenshesaid,“Yes.”Shesaiditwithathrobof resolveinher voice and we hung up. Isatforawhile,thinkingaboutbreakingthenewstoKarl. And it wasn’t just the sounds of this place or all the minute things I saw every day of my life or the smell of my hands or my sheets or my upholstery that were mixing in my head and heating up and getting

readytopopoutof theovenwheneventuallyKarlpitched forward into his food. It was him too. It was him.Itwasmesittingthereandnotknowinghowtosay to him that there was actually a reason for me to gotoLouisville,Kentucky,andtrytodosomething.DamnmymisguidedEva,Ithought.Itwasasweet“damn”thatIspokeinmyhead,sweetandwithanarm around her, but damn her for the whole idea, I thought. I shouldn’t have to be facing this fact about my husband. I shouldn’t have to be sitting at my kitchentabletryingtofigureout—withaquakeinmy hands that wasn’t from too much sugar— how totalktomyhusbandaboutcookiesthatweren’tforhim. And I wasn’t coming up with any answers. As it turned out, I never did tell him. I put it off thatnight.Hecamehomeandhepeckedakissintothe empty air between us and he went to his recliner and he sat down and he opened his paper. Then there was dinner— pot roast and new potatoes and red cabbage and cream corn and a tossed salad and BlackForestHoneyDrops—aspicylittlecookiethatmy grandmother taught me— and coffee, and there wasnotalktheneither,notevenawordaboutthecookies,thoughithadbeensomeyearssinceI’dmadethem and he ate them with obvious pleasure, dobbing thecrumbsupwithawettedfingertip,andthiswasmy test for the night. If he said nothing about these cookies,IwouldsaynothingaboutLouisville.Afterthe last crumb was gone and the last drop of coffee drunk,heleanedbackandbreatheddeepandgruntedtheairoutandsaid,“Good.” That didn’t count. That was what he’d said every nightforforty-oddyearsandhethoughtitcounted,butitdidn’tcount.Notthatnight.Notanynight.ThoughIcanfeelthisheatinmenow—mycookiesoff to the judges and the hundred ovens growing coolandmestandingherewiththevast,steel-webbedceilingof theauditoriumsoaringabovemelikeinacathedral—thoughIcanfeelheatnowaboutKarl’smonosyllabic approval, at the time I just let it go. I didn’tgetangry.Iwasoff thehookforthenight,after all. I wouldn’t have to tell him about Louisville. And the next night he was dead before the main course was through. And maybe he died from those cookies.Sincetheywerefrommygrandmother,since they were from those days of my childhood inGermany—howfarawaytheyseem,buthow

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clear— when my grandmother and my mother and I workedataroughoaktablewithacoalovenheatingnearbyandthekitchenfullof thesmellsof allspiceand nutmeg and cinnamon and cloves and we made moundsandmoundsof thesecookies,maybeallthe goodness that could come from the hands of three generations of women built up such a force of gustatory gratitude in the eater that if he did not vent it off with a lighting of the face and a warmth of the eyes and a tender loving touch and whole sentences of praise, the repression of that force would put a terrible strain on his heart and he would die within twenty-fourhours.Maybethat’swhathappened. I’dliketothinkso.Hedied,andwhentheambulance had gone, I laid out the ingredients for theHold-Me-TightsandevenbeforeIcouldgreasemypanIknewwhatIwasgoingtofeelaboutmydead husband. I can’t say I expected it, exactly, but it didn’tsurprisemeeither.IknewIcouldn’ttalkaboutit.Anybodywouldtakemeforahard,cruelpersonif theyknew.Evacertainlywould.Itwouldshockherterribly. What did surprise me was what I began to feel about her. She came to my house the next morning and rang the bell and I was still in the bed. I hadn’t slept a wink.I’dlaincatty-cornerinthedoublebed,cuttingacross both spaces, and I’d thrashed around from the sugar rush, but it was more than that. The bed was empty.IlayonmybackandscissoredmylegsandwavedmyarmslikemakingangelsinthesnowandI couldn’t get old show tunes out of my head and IhummedtheminthedarkandImovedmyarmsandlegsintime.“Ol’ManRiver”and“YouCain’tWinaManwithaGun”andtheoneabouttheoldestestablishedcrapgameinNewYork.Itwasanightfilledwithmusicandakindof dance.

Thenthesunlightcame,andthedoorbell.Ipeekedout my window at Eva. She had a plate of cookies.IfiguredIknewwhattheywere.ThefatalButterballs.Sprinkledwithpowdered sugar. I had the same impulse myself the night before, but from Eva thesweetnessof thecookiesmademe

strangely restless and pouty and I let the curtainfallshutandIcrawledbackintobed

and curled up and I didn’t answer. IdidtalktoheronthephonelaterinthedayandIlied. “Honey,” Eva said, “I rang your bell over and over.” “Iwasasleep,”Isaid.“Itooksomepills.” “I understand.” She didn’t, of course. That’s what I realized. I barely understood myself, at that moment. “Ibroughtyousomecookies,”shesaid. “I’m sorry I missed them,” I said. “I put them in a Baggie and left them in your mailbox,” she said. “I’ll get them,” I said. “I’mohsosorryaboutKarl.”Shebegantocry. “Don’tcry,”Isaid,alittleharshly,Ithink.Butshedidn’t seem to notice. “We’re both bereft now,” she said. “Ibettergetthecookiesbeforethemailmanthinksthey’re for him,” I said and I hung up. They weren’t the Butterballs. I lifted them from the mailbox and they were red and round and fusing wetly together. She was experimenting. I opened the bag, and the smell— sweet and liquory— made my headspin.TheywereforWolf.AndKarl,notevenburied yet, would have loved them too. I could see himlickingtheoozeoff hisfingers.Izippedthelockonthebagandcarriedthecookiesthroughthehouseandpunchedthepedalof mystand-upgalvanizedtrash can with my toe and the top popped open and thecookiesweregoneandthelidclankedshut. Isteppedintothemiddleof thekitchenfloorandI found that I was breathing heavily. What was the rest of my life to be? That was the question of the moment. But I had no answers and I fought off the other question: what had all of my life been? I just stoodpantinginthemiddleof mykitchenandallIcouldhearwasmybreath.Icouldn’theartheclock.

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The wind was moving the trees outside and no doubt was humming in the gutters but I couldn’t hear that either. I could hear only my own breathing. In spite of theHold-Me-Tightsstillcoursinginmyveins,Ihadtomakesomecookies. Something basic. A simple chocolate chip. Chewy.Ilikethemchewy.AndImovedquicklytothecabinetsandIlaiditallout:uncookedoats,flour,bakingpowder,bakingsoda,salt,unsaltedbutter,eggs,vanilla,cinnamon,milkchocolatechips,granulated sugar, brown sugar. And the Crisco. I’d use a lot of Crisco. When I was a little girl I always wantedmycookieschewyandIneveroutgrewthat. And my own daughters were the same way. We’d makecookiesinthisverykitchen,alwayschewy,andIwaslucky,Iguess,thatKarllikedthemchewy,too,andonthefirstmorningof mywidowhood,Icouldseethosegirlsaroundmeinthisplaceandthecookieswereshapedintoballsandtheywereonthecookiesheet and I said “Come, my sweet ones, come and makeyourthumbprintshereonthecookies,”andthey did, they came and pressed their thumbs into the cookiesandtheselittleimagesof mydaughterswentinto the oven. I was breathing hard again. So I made the chocolatechips,justthewayIknewtodoit.Twoandahalf cupsof theoats.Oneandthree-quarterscupsof theflour.Onecupof thegranulatedsugar.Onecupof thebrownsugar.Andsoforth.Goingstraightto the oven with the mixture— no chilling in the fridge— so that they would be chewy. And when they came out, I put them on the table and I could smell the sugar in them and my hands suddenly wouldn’t holdstillandthethoughtof themilkchocolatemademy teeth hurt. So I let them sit. I did not eat even one of them. ButthosewerethecookiesIturnedtotoday.TheGrandChef andhisentouragecamedowntherowof ovens and we were all standing there in our oversized paperapronswiththeGreatAmericanCookieBake-off emblazonedonthemandtheTVcameraswerefollowingalongandhehadhisclipboardandheaskedeachcontestantwhattheyweregoingtobakethisfineday and the lady on one side of me said “Macadamia MudDrops”andhewroteitdownandthentheyallcame to me and I could feel Eva’s eyes on me from the other side and she was expecting to go up against

my Peanut Butter Bouquets, but I said, “Chocolate ChipCookies.” TheGrandChef ’spenpausedovertheclipboard.He was expecting a more exotic name, I’m sure. “With capital letters,” I said. “Yes,”hesaid,withanunderstandingnod,though he didn’t understand at all. I saw him print the name there all in capitals: CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES. He moved on. I didn’t care. I felt I could win. Somewhere in the auditorium there was a panel of tasters and the world for them was what the world hadalwaysbeenforthoseof usabouttobakecookiesinthisplace:moundsandrowsandtin-fullsof sweetlittle lies. AfterthefuneralIsatinEva’skitchen. Shewasmixingcookiedoughwitharubberspatula and she was weeping. “I’m all right,” I said to her. Shestoppedandturnedherfacetome.“You’vebeen very brave.” “Idon’tthinkso.” “Yesyouhave.” “It’s not courage,” I said. This was true as far as it went,butIdidn’tknowhowtosayanymore.Evenfor myself. “Yesitiscourage.” “It’s crust,” I said. “Worse. It’s . . . I’ve been in the oven too long. All the sugar’s crystallized, turned black,burntup.Therewastoomuchof ittostart.” “I don’t understand what you’re saying.” “Idon’teither,”Isaid.“I’veneverburntacookiethisbadinmylife.Maybethebottomblackened.Early on. When I was learning. But not this. What if youkepttheovenonalldayandnightandthenthenextdayandnightandthecookieskeptbakingandburning and turning to a cinder. What happens to all thesweetthingswhentheystayinthefireforyears?” “You’rescaringme,”Evasaid,butwhenshesaidit, she didn’t put down her bowl and come to me, she didn’t come and give me a hug and tell me to go homeandgotobedandtakeacookiewithme.Sheturned and began to stir her batter. And I didn’t have a clue about what was going on inme.Notaclue. I didn’t call her the next day, though it was my turn.Orthenext.Wedidn’ttalkagain.Howdidwe

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knownottotalkagainafterallthoseyearsof talk? TheGrandChef passedonandalocalTVreporter,ayoungwomanwhoIbetneverateacookieinherlifeexceptfromagrocerystorepackage,stuckher microphone in my face and the bright light came on and she said, “Why are you here?” It was a good question, I guess. But there was only theoneanswer.“I’vealwaysmadecookies,”Isaid.“When you come down to it, people can’t change what they’ve always done.” She and the microphone and the lights passed on,andIdidn’tlooktowardEva,whowasnext.But I heard her voice, clear and loud, announce her cookies:CherubCheekCherryCharms.TheGrandChef cried out in pleasure at the very idea of such acookieandIbentovermyhandslyingonthetopof mypreparationtable.MyGreatAmericanpaperaproncrinkled.Somethingscan’tchange,butsomethingscan.I’dbroughtthemilkchocolatechips,butsomethinghadpromptedmetobringsemi-sweet,aswell.Karlfoundthembitter,thesemi-sweetchips.ButKarlwasalsodead.Hehadanotherkindof bittertodealwith.Inevermuchlikedthesemi-sweetchocolateeither,buttasteschange.Semi-sweetseemed right to me today. And then we were all facing our stoves and the auditoriumrangwiththevoiceof theGrandChef andhesaid,“Bakers,startyourovens,”andwedid.And all the ingredients were before me and I laid themout,justasIhadonthemorningafterKarldied.IsprayedmypanwiththeiraerosolcookingoilandImixedtheoatsandtheflourandthecinnamonandthebakingpowderandthebakingsodaandthesalt,andthenIpeekedatEva.Herhandswerescarlet.Whatevergavehercherubs’cheekstheirblushwasall over her hands. I stopped and watched her and I thinkthereweretearsinhereyes,andIguesstheywere for Wolf. Iturnedtomycookiesanditwastimetomakethesugar mixture. My hand went out to the granulated sugar,butIpaused.Myrecipeaskedforonecupof granulated sugar. But I’d had enough of that. I put in onecupof brownsugar.Justonecupof brown.Thejudgeswillthankme,Ithought.AftertheMacadamiaMudandtheCherubCheeks,theywillturnawayfromallthedesperatecloyingandmycookieswilltouchthemlikesomethingreal,somethingtrue,like

a mother’s embrace. And they will chew and chew and the results will just have to wait because they won’t want to stop chewing, and I will go home to myhousetonightandIwillmakeanotherbatchof cookiesjustlikethisandIwillchewallthroughthenight and then on until the sun rises. I lay in bed when I was a little girl and it was in the mountains, in Baden, and my mother and my grandmotherbothtuckedmeinandI’dsecretlywrappedacookieinthesleeveof mynightgownandsurelytheyknew,thewaytheysmiledatmeandateach other, and it was Christmas or almost Christmas, that’s how I remember it always, and it was no matter thatmyfatherwasbythefiresmokingandrockingandtalkingonlytotheothermen,theydidnotevenexist, there was no one in the world but these two womenandmeandtherewasthecookiewrappedinmysleevethatwethreehadjustbaked,andmymother and my grandmother pulled the covers over meandIwantedtogrowupandbejustlikethem,Iwould be large and warm and smart in the ways that women are smart, and under the covers, with the kissesof mymotherandmygrandmotherstillwetonmyface,Iatemycookieanditwaschewyanditlasted and lasted and it seemed that I would never even have to swallow, it would stay sweet in my mouth forever. But of course I was wrong. Another life came uponme,andIknownowthatthecookieIhadinmysleevewasgoodforthechildbutbakedforthemanbythefire,andif Igohometonightandmaketheseverysamecookies,thebedIwilltakethemtoisfullof the smell of another man, even if he is dead. They are for him. They were always for him. This is what the two women I loved taught me. I have no doubt tried to teach my own daughters this same thing. I am nearly seventy years old. And the winner has just been announced and Eva isweepingagain,injoy.HerCherubCheekshaveprevailed and I am happy for her. May she never wash her red hands clean. And now I have a match in my hand and I light it and my apron is made of paper andthecookingspraywillgreasemywayhome.

Robert Olen Butler is the Francis Eppes Professor of English at

Florida State University and winner of the 1993 Pulitzer Prize.

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Emeritus Weekend &Class of 1960 50th Reunion • Educational Programming and Lectures • Emeritus Alumni Society Induction Dinner and Awards Brunch • Circus Performance • Pre-Game Tailgate and Garnet & Gold Game

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THEFINALWORD

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IremembergoingtoTullyGymtoregisterforclasses. There was a great big bull ring over there with all the faculty sitting inside the ring and signs indicating their subjects hanging on a clothesline above them. I was 17 years old, had come out of a high school withlessthan100peopleinit,andIwalkeduptothehistorylocationandsaid,“IwanttotakeWesternCiv.”ProfessorJimJoneswassittingthereandlookedat me. I was pathetic— almost wanted to cry. He got up from behind his table and handed me a card for anavailablesection.Isaid,“Ican’ttakeitthen.I’vegotmath.”Hesaid,“Son,you’vegottofigureitout.”HewalkedmearoundTullyGymandfinallygotmethrough the whole process. That experience was incredibly meaningful to me, but it was not unique. First and foremost, this place has always been all about the students. That’s why I came to Florida State, why 40,000 are here today. It’s abouttheJimJoneseswalkingoutfrombehindthedeskandhelpinga17-year-oldkidwhodidn’tknowwhat he was doing. It’s about the other faculty who say, “I’ll teach another section rather than crowd Williams Hall.” Or “I’ll write an extra grant, or I’ll stay for an extra lecture.” “I’ll be online.” “I’ll be at theoffice.”“Youcancomebyandseeme.” AsIleavethepresidencyandanewpersontakesover, I’m convinced that he or she will maintain and build on our traditional priorities and will be an advocateforstudents,justlikeourpastpresidentsandjustlikeDeanBeckham,CoyleMoore,Dr.Jones,and everyone else who has been at The Florida State University. In 1930 and then to1955, 1963, and 2009, Westcott Fountain has shimmered in the Tallahassee heat and traditionstillholdsthatpranksterswillperiodicallytossbubbles,dye,ortheoccasionalnew21-year-oldinto the water. So may it be in 2109. And in 2109, may this community still be saying proudly, “It’s all about the students.”

Ginger and T.K. Wetherell

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