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FLORIDA
4-H HALL OF FAME INDUCTS 100 OUTSTANDING FLORIDIANS SATURDAY
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 29, 2002
By: Ami
Neiberger-Miller
(703)421-1472
aneiberger@mail.ifas.ufl.edu
Source: Marilyn Norman
(863)206-1654
mnnorman@mail.ifas.ufl.edu
St.
Augustine, Fla-One hundred outstanding Floridians will be inducted into
the Florida 4-H Hall of Fame Saturday night during 4-H’s statewide
centennial celebration.
“Each
of the one hundred people in the Hall of Fame represents a beacon of light
within the 4-H youth development movement in Florida,” said Marilyn
Norman, state 4-H leader and assistant dean for 4-H at the University of
Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences.
The inductees include politicians, alumni, extension agents, and community
volunteers who have devoted thousands of hours of service to young people.
U.S. Senator Bill Nelson, who served as State 4-H Council president in his
youth and U.S. Senator Bob Graham will both be inducted. U.S. Congressman
Allan Boyd and U.S. Congressman Adam Putnam, who is currently the youngest
member of the U.S. Congress, will also join the Hall of Fame.
“I
am extremely honored to be a member of the very first class of
inductees,” said B.J. Allen, who says that the Hall of Fame is not just
an award, but a way for today’s 4-H members to appreciate their
heritage. “It provides an opportunity for young people to identify with
the past,” said Allen.
“We
are proud to sponsor the Florida 4-H Hall of Fame dinner,” said Kevin
Hyde, president of the Florida 4-H Foundation, which raises funds to
support 4-H. “It is a privilege to honor so many wonderful people who
have contributed to 4-H.”
The
list of inductees includes ordinary people who have done extraordinary
things for young people. John and Mary McKeown, 4-H club leaders in
Pensacola who teach clowning and raise guide dog puppies are on the list.
So is Phoebe Hodges Raulerson, a 4-H alum from Okeechobee County who gives
back to 4-H by organizing field trips for her classes at school and
volunteering her time.
Not all of the inductees are living. Organizers combed through historical
records to make sure they included people from 4-H’s early period like
Floy Britt, an extension agent who began working with African-American
youth in 1932. Walter B. Arnold, Jr. transformed the Miami-Dade County
Youth Fair and Exposition and founded a scholarship to help young people.
Woodrow
W. Brown, who was Florida’s inductee to the National 4-H Hall of Fame
earlier this year, will also be named. Brown led the 4-H program through
racial integration, the merger of programs and staffs from three separate
institutions, and the switch in the mid-1960s from school-based clubs to
community-based clubs led by volunteers from the community.
“The
innovative and very successful 4-H movement has been cultivated by
literally millions of volunteers and young people over the last century,
” said Don Floyd, president and CEO of National 4-H Council, who will
attend the ceremony Saturday night at the World PGA Golf Village. “The
Hall of Fame gives 4-H a chance to thank our most significant leaders.
Shining a spotlight on their contributions helps all of us learn from
these role models.”
4-H is the youth development program of the Florida Cooperative Extension
Service, which is part of the University of Florida’s Institute of Food
and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) that is headquartered in Gainesville. 4-H
worked with more than 287,000 youth ages 5-18 last year in Florida and has
programs active in all 67 counties and on Seminole Tribes reservations in
south Florida.
Founded
in 1902 as an outreach to rural youth, the 4-H youth movement involves
more than 6.5 million members throughout the nation who live in cities,
towns and the countryside. 4-H continues to thrive today, adapting
itself to the interests of young people and focusing on hands-on learning
and youth adult partnership.
For
more information, 4-H history and biographies on the individual Hall of
Fame members (available after September 2, 2002), visit www.florida4h.org.
List
of Florida 4-H Hall of Fame Inductees 2002
Name Hometown/County in Florida if Known
J Helen Adler - West Palm Beach
B.J. Allen - Gainesville
Joe & Leslie Allen - Jacksonville
Diane Anderson - Orlando
Dr. Robert A. Anderson - Rockledge
A.T.
Andrews - Graham
Rance
A. Andrews
Jasper
Walter
B. Arnold Jr. *
Miami (Juno Beach)
Fred.
W. Barber *
Okaloosa County
Doris
Base *
Orlando
Wilmer
Bassett *
Gainesville
Dr.
M. Langley Bell
Pensacola
Arthur
Bissett
Winter Haven
Raymond
W. Blacklock *
Gainesville
James
J. Brasher *
Gainesville
Honorable
F. Allen Boyd
Ashville
Floy
Britt *
Tallahassee
Nettie
Ruth Brown St.
Augustine
Reginald
L. Brown Orlando
Woodrow
W. Brown *
Gainesville
James
E. Browning
Ponte Vedra
Sandra
Brubaker *
West Palm Beach
Earl
Byrd
Hastings
Joe
N. Busby
Gainesville
Lamar
Camp
Tampa
Benjamin
Campen
Gainesville
Isaac
Chandler, Jr.
Jasper
Maxine
Clayton
Hudson
Doyle
Connor
Tallahassee
Louise
Cox
Montverde
James
A. Croft
Olustee
Jacqueline
DuPont Wacissa
Virgil
L. Elkins *
Tallahassee
Barbara
Eveland *
Lake County
Susanne
G. Fisher
Gainesville
Helen
H. Fleming
Brooksville
Lester
C. “Terry” Floyd * Orlando
E.
Darwin Fuchs
Miami
P.
Steven Futch
Starke
Louis
Gilbreath
Ocala
Francis
Gindl
Pensacola
Betty
Lou Glassburn
Duette
James
Glisson
Ocala
Carol
Ann Gollnik
Vero Beach
James
E. Gorman *
Honorable
Bob Graham Miami-Dade
Thomas
& Earlece Greenawalt Melbourne
Hariot
Greene
Vero Beach
Willie
Haas
McAlpin
Nadine
Hackler
Gainesville
Marie
Hammer
Gainesville
C.M.
Hampson *
Gainesville
Aubrey
“Luther” Harrell * Macclenny
Mary
N. Harrison
Gainesville
Oscar
Harrison
DeFuniak Springs
Lisa
T. Hinton
Tampa
Kevin
E. Hyde
Jacksonville
Anthony
S. “Tony” Jensen *
Audrey
B. Johnson
Immokalee
Louise
R. Johnson
Bradenton
Bette
R. Jones
Merritt Island
Deloris
Mae Jones Madison
Lester
W. Kalch
Gainesville
Judy
A. Keller
Naples
Emily
E. King
Gainesville
Robert
E. King
Bradenton
Donald
W. Lander
Gainesville
Louis
E. Larson, Jr.
Okeechobee
Mary
L.C. Leon
Naples
R.
Earle Lucas, Jr.
Bradenton
D.R.
“Billy” Matthews *
John
& Mary McKeown
Pensacola
Kenneth S. McMullen *
Highlands County
Norman
R. Mehrhof *
Gainesville
Damon
Miller, Sr.
Tallahassee
Ruth
L. Milton
Gainesville
Judson
Minear
Palm City
Herbert
F. “Herb” Morgan
Tallahassee
Honorable Bill Nelson
Miami-Dade
Dan
& Sara Nicholson
Orlando
Marie
Nickels *
Miami-Dade
James
& Linda Parks
Bradenton
Rayburn
“Kent” Price
Okeechobee
Honorable
Adam Putnam Lakeland
Phoebe
Hodges Raulerson
Okeechobee
Clarence
W. Reaves *
Gainesville
Nancy
Alward Roberts Naples
Warren
E. Schmidt Naples
Marylou
W. Shirar Jupiter
Thomas
C. Skinner *
Gainesville
James.
M. Stephens
Hardee County
Lorene
Stevens *
Tallahassee
Alice
Storms
Valrico
Henry
F. Swanson
Winter Park
Wendell
H. Taylor
Marianna
Walter
G. Thomas
Bradenton
David
W. Timberlake
Pensacola
Wilma
Tindell *
Jacksonville
James
N. Watson
Jacksonville
John
T. Woeste
Gainesville
*posthumous
honoree
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