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Lee Corso’s pride in FSU isevident in the enthusiastic wayhe praises his alma mater. Headmits his history with FloridaState shaped and enriched hislife, beyond the diplomas thatbear his name. FSU is where hisstar began to rise.

Along the way to earning hisBachelor of Science degree in 1957in physical education and hisMaster of Science degree in 1958 inadministration and supervision,Corso met his wife, Betsy, and start-

ed his family. Their first son, Steve,was born in Tallahassee.

“I go back a long way withFlorida State, and I’ve got a greatlove for the school,” Corso said.“My third son, Dan, attended FSU.My only daughter, Diane Elizabeth,attended FSU. My nieces go there.My best friend’s children go there. Iplayed baseball there. I played foot-ball there. I was practically raisedas a kid there.”

Corso lettered every year from1953 to 1956 in both baseball andfootball. Under head footballCoach Tom Nugent, he was FSU’srushing leader in 1955 and was the

only Seminole to be named an All-American in 1956. By the timeCorso was inducted into theFlorida State Athletics Hall of Famein 1978, he was deep into his careeras a football coach.

His 28 years in coachinginclude 15 years at the collegiatelevel as the head football coach atLouisville (1969-72), Indiana (1973-82) and Northern Illinois (1984). Ofthose years, Corso takes the mostpride in never having had anNCAA investigator call upon a sin-gle one of his players for any sort ofinfraction or rules violation.

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Martinez: the senator from Florida StateBy Barbara AshFSU College of Law

Little did Mel Martinez realizewhen he stepped off the plane thatcarried him from Castro’s Cuba toMiami 42 years ago that he wasstepping into his own version ofthe American dream.

In the four decades since hisfreedom flight, Martinez has madewhat he calls his “improbable jour-ney” from lonely and frightened15-year-old refugee to U.S. senator.

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has remained intimately involvedin life at the College of Law. Heserved as Alumni Association pres-ident in 1981-82, hosted alumni athis home and, while he was secre-tary of HUD, made a studentrecruitment video that was postedon the law school’s Web site.

Martinez said his election tothe U.S. Senate — the highest polit-ical position attainable by a natural-ized citizen — is proof that “if youbelieve in the American dream offreedom and opportunity, and ifyou pursue it with hard work,respect and an abiding faith in God,then all things are possible.”

In his victory speech, Martinezsaid that as a senator he is “eager torepay his debt to America andFlorida by passionately defendingand safeguarding the Americandream for this and future genera-tions.”

As a boy who loved playingbaseball on the fields of his nativeCuba, Martinez had set his sightson making it to the major leagues.He never dreamed that he wouldmake it to the major leagues ofAmerican politics and, one day,play catch with the president of theUnited States at Camp David. Norhad it ever occurred to him, as ayoung immigrant trying desperate-ly to learn English and to lose hisCuban accent, that one day he

Martinez became the first Cuban-American to be elected to theSenate. Four years earlier, hebecame the first Cuban-Americanto serve in a presidential Cabinet, apost he held for three years beforereturning to Florida in December2003 to seek the Republican nomi-nation for the Senate.

Martinez, 58, also has madehistory at FSU as the first College ofLaw graduate (’73) to reach suchheights of political power.

When he cast himself in adsand speeches as “a living testamentto the American Dream,” it wasmore than campaign rhetoric. Hisstory became well known acrossthe nation.

Martinez arrived in Florida in1962 and lived in refugee campsand foster homes in Orlando beforebeing reunited with his family, whocame to the United States fouryears later. He put himself throughschool, earning his undergraduateand law degrees at Florida State.Later, he made a name for himselfas a successful trial lawyer, respect-ed civic leader and the first popu-larly elected Republican chairmanof Orange County before PresidentGeorge W. Bush selected him toserve as secretary of the U.S.Department of Housing and UrbanDevelopment.

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Corso credits his coachingethic and clean programs to theexample set by Coach Nugent, theman he considers to be his mentor.

“He was an outstanding fam-ily man,” Corso said. “Just atremendous football coach andhonest, without question. Hetaught me never to prostitute myintegrity to get a job or to keep one.I played for him for four years.Then, he helped me get a graduatedegree from Florida State as agraduate assistant. I coached atFlorida State for one year with himand coached for seven years atMaryland with him. He was thesecond most important person tome in my life besides my dad.”

Today, football fans across thenation hang on Corso’s everyword as he uses his years as a play-er and coach as the foundation toanalyze gridiron matchups forESPN’s “College GameDay.”

During football season, Corsospends four days each week on theroad, and many hours preparingfor each game. From coaches andquarterbacks to the strengths andweaknesses of every team, Corsohas become a pro at masteringmountains of information. In addi-tion to individual team books pro-vided by an ESPN research staffthat Corso calls outstanding, he

also relies on friends in thegame.

“A lot of my friends arestill coaching, so I call themand find out what they thinkabout this guy or that ques-tion,” he said. “But there aretwo things I never do. Inever quote an unnamedsource. That bothers me.And I never second-guesscoaches. I ‘first-guess’ thehell out of them, but I don’tsecond-guess them.”

Corso likens his“GameDay” preparations tothose of his coaching days.

“Kirk Herbstreit andChris Fowler laugh at mebecause I’m in bed at 7:30 onFriday night to study my‘game plan,’ as they call it —just like a coach — and get agood night’s rest.”

Perhaps the most anticipatedmoment of Corso’s analysis comeswhen he divulges his pick to win agame by donning headgear fash-ioned after the team’s mascot orsymbol. After studying statisticalrecords, Corso said his pick usual-ly comes down to the team withthe psychological edge.

“The toughest pick I’ve everhad to make was at Florida State,five minutes before the game, put-ting the Ibis head of the University

of Miami on my head, against the’Noles,” he said. “Ken Dorsey wasthe quarterback, and I felt that KenDorsey would be the differencebetween the two teams. Miamiwon that game because of Dorsey.”

Corso emphasized that,despite his love for FSU, his suc-cess as a television analyst stemsfrom his impartiality.

“The only reason I think I’vestayed 18 years on television is thatI’m not a Florida State football

would be the Republican Party’sleading Hispanic figure and delivera prime-time 2004 conventionspeech endorsing Bush’s re-election.

Martinez became friends withBush during the 2000 presidentialcampaign. As one of the campaign

player, I’m not a Florida Statealumnus. I’m Lee Corso. Once youcross the line and become a personthat’s a cheerleader for the school,then people lose respect for you.”

Even if “GameDay” prepara-tions require diligent study, the liveexperience away from the studio ata different school each week,among a throng of spirited collegestudents, makes every broadcastexciting.

“An actor will tell you that

every once in a while,they’ve got to go back toBroadway so they can getthat feeling from the crowd.That live reaction. Ours islike that every week, so I’mvery fortunate.”

From his position asone of the nation’s mostrespected experts on collegefootball, Corso finds thestate of the game “as good asit has ever been.” He citesincreasing emphasis on aca-demics and the sport’s polic-ing of athletes who wouldbreak rules. Corso alsothinks the Bowl Champion-ship Series system is doingwhat it was designed to do.

“It was only put inplace to get No. 1 versus No.2. I know there’s controver-sy, but the controversy is

worth it compared to what weused to have.”

And how does Corso find thestate of FSU?

“Its wonderful,” he said.“What Florida State’s done hasbeen a wonderful story. Not onlyin athletics, but in academics andeverything else. And I am veryproud that, at the very beginning, Ihelped somewhat to start theirfootball and baseball programs ingoing forward.”

chairs, Martinez frequently pickedup the candidate at the Orlandoairport and drove him to meetingsand appearances.

“We’d make two or threestops and sit in the car and talk,”Martinez said. “He loves baseballand is a real family man and very

easy to talk to and so, on a person-al level, we connected.

“He thought I was sincere inwhat I was trying to do in publiclife. And I think he viewed thethings I was doing as having agreat similarity to his philosophyof compassionate conservatism.He wanted to make sure that hesurrounded himself with peoplewho are like-minded that he couldbring to Washington to make a dif-ference. He felt my story was aunique story and a unique oppor-tunity.”

As the two sat in a parked carduring one of the Orlando visits,Bush told Martinez that he wouldneed good people in Washingtonwhen he was elected, and thendropped the topic.

“I thought to myself, ‘I won-der if that means that I should helphim recruit some of those goodpeople or maybe it was more per-sonal,’” Martinez said, laughing. “Iwas too afraid to touch it because itseemed too incredible. But, as timewent on, I would get inquiriesfrom his staff. I told them I wouldonly leave my job for a Cabinetposition. I didn’t hear anythingmore about it until after the elec-

here sat Kennedy with his Cabinetduring the Cuban missile crisis.This is where they sat, and nowsomeone like me is sitting at thistable.’ It was incredible.”

In his Cabinet post, Martinezsaid he made important contribu-tions in areas beyond housing.

“I had a great deal to do withthe domestic agenda of the admin-istration and was able to bring aperspective on the Latin-Americanissues. As we were putting togeth-er the coalition for the war, I had anopportunity to talk with foreignleaders, and I think I made a con-tribution by getting the Spanish-speaking world to understand thenature of our concerns and reasonsfor the war in Iraq.

“I was able to articulate thosereasons in Spanish to the worldcommunity, doing the equivalentof ‘Meet the Press’ in Spanish inMadrid — representing our gov-ernment and trying to do the samething Colin Powell does in our‘Meet the Press.’ But in that world,I was the voice of our administra-tion. When you’re in the Cabinet ofa president, you do things wellabove and beyond your narrowjob title.”

tion. Then on the seventh ofDecember 2000, I got a call fromthe governor (Jeb Bush) saying,‘My brother would like you to beon his cabinet. He would like foryou to be HUD secretary. Can I tellhim you’ll do it? And should hecall you?’ And I said, ‘Yeah, I thinkI will.’”

Martinez said he was particu-larly pleased because he was thepresident’s third Cabinet pick afterColin Powell, whom Bush tappedas secretary of state, and DonEvans, who became his commercesecretary.

“It wasn’t an afterthought, or‘Gee, now we need a Hispanic onthe Cabinet,’ so I was very hon-ored, very thrilled,” Martinez said.

More than once, Martinez hadto take a reality check during thecourse of his meteoric rise tonational prominence.

“Sitting at the Cabinet table, Ihonestly would have moments ofpinching myself,” he said. “I’d sitthere and see the portraits of TeddyRoosevelt and Dwight Eisenhowerand busts of Jefferson and Franklinand I’d think, ‘Here sat FDR withhis Cabinet, here sat TeddyRoosevelt with his Cabinet, and

From Cabinet to Senate, Martinez is honored to serve public

Corso’s professionalism has earned viewers’ trust and respect

The Corso family, from left (back row): David, Kimberly Ann, Lily, Diane,Steve, Kimberly Mary and Julianna; (front row): Sophia, Dan, Deanna,Nicholas, Olivia, Lee, Betsy and Annalise.

By Jeffery SeayEditor in Chief

After becoming commission-er of the Florida Department ofEducation in 2004, John Winnlearned some lessons about how tokeep the state’s schools runningdespite being racked by four hurri-canes in one year. The stormclouds cleared, though, and hefound the performance of theSunshine State’s nearly three mil-lion students steadily improving.

“Absolutely nothing in mypast experience prepared me forthe challenges of the hurricanes,”Winn, an FSU alumnus, said ofCharley, Frances, Ivan and Jeanne.“They got the Department ofEducation into the business ofdoing things we had never had apart in doing.”

Winn found himself callingthe adjutant general of the FloridaNational Guard to recruit extra busdrivers. He got power companiesto make restoring electricity toschools a priority. He also brokereddeals between various Floridaschool districts and manufacturersof temporary classroom buildingsso that storm-ravaged CharlotteCounty could receive completedstructures meant for other districts.

“Our first effort was to get the

Palatka, Fla., during the 1970-71school year. That was the first yearthe faculty had been integrated atthe all-black school, and it wasprior to student integration.

“No matter what people sayabout school grades, accountabili-ty and choice, I can say, after teach-ing in a low-performing school,that until we started grading thoseschools, nobody was paying anyattention to them,” he said.

Now, with more than 30 yearsin education, including service inthe Department of Education asthe governor’s policy adviser foreducation and the chief of staffunder former EducationCommissioner Jim Horne, Winnsaid his goal is simply to have thebest quality education system inAmerica — for all children.

“If we can claim for our citi-zens that we have a quality public-education system that providesnot only intensive and effectiveinstruction for our struggling stu-dents but, at the same time, pro-vides more access to accelerationfor our top students, then we canessentially have the Americandream in Florida,” Winn said.

“That is, no matter what yourbackground is or your resourcesare, you’re going to have the sameaccess to a quality education.”

points. “We have more than cut it in

half,” Winn said. “No other statecan boast that. Now, we still wantto eliminate the remaining 16points. The only right way to closethe gap is if everybody’s achiev-ing.”

The achievement level is ris-ing for all groups, according toWinn, with Hispanic and African-American students rising at thehighest levels.

The cornerstone of this suc-cess is the preK-12 “Just Read,Florida!” program, which providesteacher training and readingcoaches.

“We’re using strategies thathave been clinically researchedand supported,” Winn said. “Wehave literally trained thousands ofteachers in just doing a better job ofteaching reading. Our readingcoaches come in and help teacherstry other methods and curricula,and determine what is not work-ing, or what is working well.

“We’re in the top five states interms of improvement of studentreading in every category,” he said.

After graduating from FSUwith a degree in philosophy andpsychology, Winn spent his firstyear teaching at the CentralAcademy Elementary School in

Center as he did the TurlingtonBuilding, the Department ofEducation’s headquarters indowntown Tallahassee. By thetime Hurricane Jeanne had devel-oped, Winn said he was askedhow he could prepare for a fourthhurricane after just getting schoolsopened again for the third time.

“People would ask, ‘How doyou get up for a fourth hurricanejust after you’ve gotten schoolsopen?’ My answer was, ‘If leader-ship can’t get up for another emer-gency, the wrong person is in thejob.’ We don’t get the privilege ofsaying ‘I can’t take a fourth one’and walking away.”

Despite the hurricanes, not allwas gloom and doom duringWinn’s first year. The state’s risingFCAT scores, particularly amongstudents with disabilities, haveencouraged him.

“I’m just incredibly optimisticabout what’s happening in educa-tion in Florida,” he said. “There’sno other state that’s closing theachievement gap between whitestudents and minority students atthis rate.”

In the past five years, Floridahas closed the achievement gap inreading proficiency among minor-ity students, particularly African-Americans, from 37 points to 16

schools open as quickly as possi-ble,” he said. “For example, wetook a six-week plan to openschools in Pensacola and nar-rowed it down to less than threeweeks. And it was all because ofworking with other groups.”

About 300 schools servedtheir communities as shelters dur-ing the hurricanes, according toWinn, including some that rangenerators for people on oxygen orlife support.

Throughout hurricane season,Winn spent as much time at thestate Emergency Operations

By Barry RayFSU Media Relations Office

He has devoted the bulk of hiscareer to the study of one of thegreat figures in history — and in sodoing, has made history himself.Now, after 44 years, dozens ofbooks and articles written or co-written, thousands of studentstaught, and numerous honorsreceived, world-renowned FSUhistory professor Donald D.Horward has retired from FSU.

“It’s been an extraordinarycareer,” said Horward, who holdsthe university’s Ben WeiderEminent Scholar Chair inNapoleonic History and is directorof its Institute on Napoleon andthe French Revolution. “I’vetaught some 16,000 students here.It’s been great to work with thestudents and to be honored withvarious awards.”

Almost single-handedly,Horward has put FSU on the mapas the pre-eminent university inthe nation for the study of theFrench Revolution and Napoleo-nic history. When he came to FSUin 1961, Horward said, the school’slibrary held fewer than 200 bookson the French Revolution and on

have had a dramatic effect on theworld we live in. This was not justa conqueror; this was a guy whounderstood life.”

Horward’s own career hasbeen full of honors and accom-plishments.

Though he has been decorat-ed by the president of Portugal andrecognized by other countries, thehonor Horward holds most dear isbeing named a Chevalier of theFrench Legion of Honor, France’shighest civilian honor, which wasestablished by Napoleon himselfin 1802. Receiving the Legion ofHonor medal in 2002 “is the high-light of my career,” Horward said.“It’s the highest honor the Frenchcan give,” and one that is sharedwith few other American scholars.

“This is going to be a workingretirement,” Horward said of hisplans for the future. His first task isto finish his latest book, as well asto teach military history courseseach August at the U.S. MarineWar College in Quantico, Va., withperiodic lectures at the U.S.Military Academy in West Point,N.Y. He and his wife, Annabel,also plan to divide their timebetween their homes in Tallahas-see and Ohio.

see today in Iraq is what Napoleondeveloped,” he said. “Students atthe U.S. military academies stillstudy Napoleon’s military strate-gies.”

In addition to his militaryexploits, Napoleon helped shapethe modern world in myriad otherways, Horward said. “He was abrilliant politician and administra-tor. The Code of Napoleon (legalsystem), our modern educationalsystem, transportation, social serv-ices — all of these were innova-tions established by Napoleon that

Napoleon Bonaparte, the master-ful French general and emperorwho died in 1821. Over the years,Horward has transformed the col-lection into one of the most exten-sive in the United States, withalmost 20,000 different titles nowhoused in the Napoleon and theFrench Revolution Collection atFSU’s Strozier Library. “Whenscholars from throughout theworld want to do research on thisera, they come to FSU,” he said.

With Horward as its chiefbacker, the Institute on Napoleonand the French Revolution wasformally established at FSU in1990. Since then, it has generatedalmost twice as many doctorates inthe field as has the next closest uni-versity.

“Ours is without a doubt thestrongest Napoleonic program inthe United States,” said JosephTravis, interim dean of FSU’sCollege of Arts and Sciences. “Andthat is thanks in large part to thework of Donald Horward.”

So what is it about Napoleon,a figure who has been dead fornearly two centuries, that so capti-vates Horward and his students?

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Goldsmith studies daily life in the ultimate American homeBy Dave Fiore

It almost sounds likea script for a made-for-TVmovie.

A home-ec teacherfrom a Southern state uni-versity stumbles on awell-connected museumcurator while on a trip toWashington, D.C. Theydiscuss the teacher’s pas-sion for history and,before she knows it, she isrubbing elbows withpresidents and their fami-lies at the White House.

That is exactly whathappened to FSUProfessor Elizabeth Goldsmith in1992. The Fulbright Scholar fromthe College of Human Sciences didindeed find herself an invited guestin the world’s most famous resi-dence — asked to perform a uniquetask that no one to that point hadtackled.

“I wanted to study howAmerican homes had changedfrom 1899 to 1908, the foundingyears of home economics,”Goldsmith said. “So I was lookingat homes with a curator at theSmithsonian on a one-weekresearch grant that paid me $764.”The grant was meant to cover theflight, transportation, food andlodging. While it didn’t exactly dothat, it did give her access to thecurators and the chance to meetpeople with similar interests andexpertise.

One of the curators asked herwhy she was only studying housesin general.

“Why not study the most doc-umented house in America, theWhite House?” the curator askedher.

offices of the president’s executivestaff, the Cabinet Room and thepress briefing room.

“The West Wing looks a lot likethe television show. There arealways lots of important peoplethere,” Goldsmith said. “As youwalk by, everyone looks at youcarefully to see who you are,because they figure that if you’rethere, you are probably important,too. Everyone walks really fast —they are very busy.”

Goldsmith said the other pub-lic areas of the White House do notchange in style dramatically fromone president to the next as theyonce did, but that the presidentialfamilies get a greater say in decorat-ing the private areas of the house.

“They get to pick the colorsand bring in their own interiordesigners,” she said. “They also getto choose pictures from the exten-sive White House art collection.Since Jackie Kennedy, there hasbeen a committee that oversees anyproposed changes, because they

want it to remain historical-ly accurate in its style. Thereis a lot of Texas stuff in the

Oval Office now — several paint-ings and accessories.

“You really get a feeling whenyou’re there that is like no other,”she said. “At the receptions, it is likebeing at a wedding when they play‘Hail to the Chief’ and the presidententers the room — everyone standsand turns. Some people get so excit-ed, they can’t speak; it’s like whenyou hear the national anthem —only 100 times more.”

Goldsmith said her love forhistory was fueled at FSU.

“I had outstanding historyprofessors. I have always loved his-tory, and I love hanging out withhistorians. It is truly my passion.”

ver tray with the words‘The President’s House’inscribed on it. They workvery hard, and the peoplethere love it — they trulylove to be there.”

Goldsmith said thatdevotion endures no mat-ter who happens to bepresident.

“The staff thinks of itas serving the nation, in apatriotic sense,” she said.“Most of the 100-memberstaff have been there for along time, some as long as30 years. There are veryfew changes. One guy isthe clock expert. He

winds all the clocks — hundreds ofthem. There is also a White Housecalligrapher who addresses all theformal correspondence.”

The public persona of eachpresident and his family inevitablyevolves into a caricature of whothey really are, said Goldsmith,based on what the media reports or

the issues that take center stage atthe time. That often hides interest-ing character traits that might sur-prise those informed only by thedaily newspaper or cable news.

“For example, Hillary Clintonis far more interested in homes thanher public image would indicate,”Goldsmith said. “Her father madedrapes, so if there were new WhiteHouse drapes going up, she wasthere. She had much more of a feelfor those things than people mightthink.”

One of the most famous partsof the White House is the WestWing, the center of political activitythat houses the Oval Office, the

resource management — how torun a home or household. In thiscase, though, it’s the White House.”

Goldsmith says she thinks shewas welcomed so openly becauseof her approach and her experience.

“I think they liked me becauseI am a unique combination,” shesaid. “I have a Ph.D., and I showed

original ideas. They also neededsomeone with expertise in thisarea.”

Between 1992 and 2002,Goldsmith visited the White Housemany times as the guest of threepresidents for various receptionsand symposiums honoring WhiteHouse historical anniversaries.

“When I’m there, they makesure I eat certain things because theresidence staff considers me thekitchen expert. The chefs alwaystake care of me,” she said. “Thetreatment you receive there is great.On my first research visit whileworking in the library, a butlerbrought me tea and cookies on a sil-

“How do I do that?”Goldsmith replied. “The curatorsaid that after I returned home, Ishould call the number on this pieceof paper she handed me. It was adirect line into the White House. Icalled as soon as I got home.”

A month later, Goldsmith wasback at the Smithsonian — only thistime, her trip included a visitto the White House.

On her first day there,they sat her down at a desk in thelibrary and gave her a huge stack offiles to look through. It includedinformation on all the physicalchanges to the house over the years— the plumbing, electricity, heat-ing, lighting and even the laundryfacilities.

“I did research on the day-to-day living — the basics — andthat’s what set apart my researchfrom those doing the more glam-orous areas,” she said. “Alot of peo-ple want to study the art of theWhite House or the china and sil-ver. My area of research was toshow the interaction of the peopleand the building. It is really family

Trumbower finds success in professional arm wrestlingBy Bayard SternManaging Editor

At FSU, one police officer isproving that the long arm of thelaw is a strong one, too.

When not on duty, FSU alum-nus Jason Trumbower is a profes-sional arm wrestler. Competingfirst as an amateur, he won theFlorida Police and Fire Gamescompetition in 2000, 2001 and2005. In late July, he competed inhis first professional arm-wrestlingmatch in Destin, Fla., at the “Battleof the Beaches” competition, win-ning the Novice class and comingin second overall.

“My dad arm-wrestled, so Iguess that’s where it started. It’s acombination of strength and tech-

ment. I started giving CPR andchest compressions until the firedepartment got there, and theytook over. I heard he survived, butdidn’t know anything else.”

A month later, the AmericanHeart Association presented itsHeart Saver Award to Trumbowerand FSU police officers MitchellRevels and Garrett Williams. Theofficers were credited with savingthe life of Taylor.

“When Al showed up at theaward presentation, he saw meand asked, ‘Are you Jason?’” “Isaid ‘Yes,’ and he said, ‘Do youmind if I give you a hug?’ I said,‘Sure, I’ve already kissed ya.’ Itwas really great to see him again,and it was especially rewarding toknow that he was OK.”

said FSU Police Chief CareyDrayton. “He’s dedicated to his joband community, and he’s a prod-uct of Tallahassee and FSU, so he’snow policing and making his cam-puses safe.”

Trumbower is assigned tobike patrol, is a field training officerand a union representative for thePolice Benevolent Association.

“I enjoy my job, and getting tohelp people makes everythingworthwhile,” he said.

In October 2004, Trumbowerand his fellow officers respondedto a “man down” call at DoakCampbell Stadium.

“When we arrived, he (AlTaylor, ESPN video engineer) wasunderneath one of the TV trailerswhere they keep all of their equip-

nique,” Trumbower said. “You canhave all the strength in the world,but if you don’t have good tech-nique, you can easily lose. At thesame time, power is always impor-tant.”

Trumbower was hired in 1999by the FSU Police Departmentafter he graduated from FSU witha bachelor’s degree in criminologyin 1998. He also is a 1994 alumnusof the Florida State UniversitySchool.

“It was a little strange when Ifirst started as an FSU police offi-cer,” Trumbower said. “I was 23and still had friends who were stu-dents, so that was a little odd. I def-initely look at things from a differ-ent perspective now.

“Jason is a very good officer,”

Brock’s experience culminates in her own PR firmBy Dave Fiore

If Lisa Brock ever has beenafraid of a challenge, she hasn’t letanyone else in on it. From her timeas an undergraduate at FloridaState to her jet-setting career as arespected public relations coun-selor, Brock has tackled challengeshead on and has never backedaway from applying her skills andexperience in new ways.

Brock is the principal of BrockCommunications, a full-servicepublic relations and marketingfirm in Tampa that specializes incrisis management and clientswho require a high degree of dis-cretion in the deployment of theirpublic information. She receivedher bachelor’s degree in criminolo-gy — an unlikely training groundfor a PR professional.

“I chose criminology becauseI have always been fascinated byhow the mind works,” Brock said.“My plan was to go to law school,but I got to the point where I knewI didn’t want to work in the field. Itwas too laborious. My professorswere very thought-provoking andvery good, but I decided againstpursuing criminal law. I was atFlorida State during the TedBundy murders, so that gave me a

Christie’s auction in 1997. Soonafter the purchase, the princessmet her shocking death, and themuseum-quality “Dresses forHumanity” exhibition was con-ceived. On tour, it visited 13 ven-ues around the globe, raisedapproximately $1 million for char-itable causes, and was viewed bymore than 3 million admirers.

Even with all her experience,Brock realizes there is always moreto learn. In fact, with client and for-mer FSU football player WarrickDunn, recently named “Good Guyof the Year” by The SportingNews, Brock said she continues tobe amazed at the intense interest inathletes and their lives.

“In Warrick’s case, he is allabout looking to get to the nextlevel with his charitable work, andI find that refreshing,” she said.

Even though she is not work-ing in criminology, Brock said hertime at FSU prepared her well for asuccessful career.

“Florida State was fertileground to develop leadershipskills that are with me every day. Itgave me skills to say ‘you can’ and‘you will’ and ‘here’s how.’ When Isee a resume on my desk fromsomeone who went to FSU, I bendover backwards to help.”

the new CEO would be walking tolunch then. I ran into him right onschedule. He asked me if I had anappointment. I said, ‘No,’ but that Iwanted to meet with him. He hiredme right away. I know it soundscorny, but it worked.”

After just three months, how-ever, tragedy struck the agency. Aplane crash killed six staff mem-bers; as a result, the office was reel-ing and an important bankingaccount was vulnerable.

“It was awful — young,promising people were just killed.In the weeks that followed, Ilearned a secret of life. If you aredoing what you are meant to do,you can do so much from self-teaching.”

Today, Brock uses her exten-sive experience in sports market-ing and media relations, to managesuch clients as The People’sPrincess Charitable FoundationInc., which manages “Dresses forHumanity,” the world tour of theroyal costumes worn and ownedby the late Diana, Princess ofWales.

Brock was asked to becomeinvolved when a wealthy Tampabusinesswoman purchased thelargest private collection ofPrincess Diana’s dresses at a

accepted a position and wasnamed Rookie of the Year with cor-porate giant Procter & Gamble.

She continued her careerclimb at the Tampa office of Young& Rubicam, an internationaladvertising agency. Her affectionfor the firm initially was unrequit-ed, but her determination wasunwavering.

“I went over there every sin-gle day and made friends with thereceptionist. She was great,” Brocksaid. “One day, she told me tocome back around 11:30 because

different perspective on it.” Brock — a sister in the FSU

Chapter of Alpha Chi Omega —left a considerable legacy servingin the Student Senate. She also wasnot afraid to fight for issues she feltwere important.

“The biggest thing I accom-plished while at FSU was convinc-ing the Seminole Boosters to allowwomen into the Scalphuntersorganization,” she said. “I keptlobbying the Boosters, because theguys were getting an inside trackon contacts and, on top of that, gotto travel with the team. I had onlygood intentions. My goal was notto change the world, just to haveequal access to the decision-mak-ers and see how they worked.”

The Boosters leadership final-ly relented around 1978 andallowed women in, even invitingBrock to devise the process forselecting the first class.

“It was a huge deal,” she said.“A year or two later, the LadyScalphunters were created as aseparate organization (today,know as the Spirithunters). It wasan example of FSU offering me achance to develop my leadershipskills.”

Brock’s knack for success con-tinued after graduation, as she

FSU Foundation: raising money and accountabilityThe FSU Foundation recently

announced that it had surpassed $500 mil-lion toward its goal of raising $600 millionby Dec. 31, 2005, to benefit academic pro-grams at Florida State University. Thisambitious — and largest-ever fund-raising

campaign for FSU — has made a tremen-dous impact on the life of the university.

The Foundation, a nonprofit 501c(3)organization, is responsible for receiving,investing and administering all privategifts and bequests for educational andcharitable purposes for FSU. Like mostother state-supported educational institu-tions, Florida State is becoming increasing-ly dependent on private gifts in order toachieve, enhance and maintain excellencein its many academic programs. Althoughthe university receives support from stateappropriations, those funds generally sup-port core program requirements. Privategifts truly provide for an exceptional edu-cation that otherwise would not be avail-able with state funding.

inspired important corporate governancereforms. While the law does not encompassthe nonprofit community, it clearly hasimplications for organizations that areinvolved in fund raising, such as collegeand university foundations.

In the FSU Foundation’s continuingefforts to follow “best practices” for collegeand university foundations and to adhereto the highest standards of fiscal responsi-bility to its donors, the Foundation Board ofTrustees over the last year has becomeSarbanes-Oxley-compliant, even though itis not required by law to do so. The inde-pendent auditors hired by the Foundationremarked that they have not seen any othernonprofit organizations become Sarbanes-Oxley compliant. This voluntary adoptionof good practices by the Foundation Boardof Trustees ensures exemplary financialmanagement and governance, and shows acommitment to donor stewardship as a toppriority.

With a commitment to donor steward-ship and fiscal responsibility, the FSUFoundation continues to remain account-able and perform well above acceptedindustry standards.

As the close of the FSU CONNECTCampaign draws near, the Foundationlooks forward to continued success in itssupport of FSU on behalf of the many thou-sands of donors who have entrusted theirgifts to the Foundation.

The investment return of theFoundation’s endowment pool for the lastfiscal year was 15.3 percent. This is fine per-formance, especially in light of a recoveringeconomy that continues a flat trajectorybecause of the war on terrorism and anincrease in gas and housing prices. TheFoundation’s investment policies are amongthe best of its peer institutions.

One of the Foundation’s priorities is tocreate and resourcefully maintain endow-ments to ensure continued success and finan-cial stability in the years ahead. Originallyestablished as a “pact” between generations,they are, in essence, promises from past andcurrent donors to future students and facultythat the institution will sustain certain com-mitments over time, even in the face of risingcosts. FSU’s endowment funds as of March31, 2005, totaled $433 million. As a result ofthe outstanding success of the FSU CON-NECT campaign, the Foundation anticipatescontinued growth of the endowment overthe next several years.

Another indicator of the Foundation’sfiscal responsibility to its donors is a commit-ment to become compliant with theSarbanes-Oxley Act. The federal law wasoriginally intended to help restore confi-dence in publicly traded companies and thestock market following accounting scandalsin several large corporations. This 2002 lawbrought about a sweeping overhaul of finan-cial management and audit practices and

But successful fund raising costs money.The cost of fund raising is an important issuebecause it speaks to an organization’s gover-nance and accountability, and is becomingeven more critical as donors increasingly fac-tor it into their giving decisions. Some factorsby which university and college fund-raisingprograms are evaluated and measured arethe cost per dollar of the direct gift that wasraised, investment returns and the size of theendowment.

For the fiscal year 2003-04, the FSUFoundation’s cost of fund raising per dollarraised was $0.11. According to the Councilfor the Advancement and Support ofEducation, the range for colleges and univer-sities normally can run from 15 cents to 35cents. The Better Business Bureau’s WiseGiving Alliance released new guidelines inMarch that says charities should spend nomore than 35 percent of related contributionson fund raising. What this means is that,while there are costs associated with raisingmoney, the majority of the money raised bythe Foundation goes directly to support uni-versity programs such as scholarships, pro-fessorships and endowed chairs. In fact, lastfiscal year, the Foundation turned over $28million to the university for program sup-port.

Through March 31, 2005, $18.2 millionhad been turned over to the university, whichincludes $3.1 million to financial aid forscholarships.

J. JeffreyRobisonPresidentFSU Foundation

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Green writes definitive history of famed GlobetrottersBy Gordon Engelhardt

Looking for a subject for his fourth book,award-winning author and FSU alumnus BenGreen (M.S. ’76, Education) was amazed tofind that no one had written a definitive histo-ry of the Harlem Globetrotters.

A coffee table book, yes. A book for kids,yes.

But nothing fully documenting the mostfamous sports team America has ever pro-duced on a worldwide level. A book thatpoints out that the U.S. State Department usedthe Globetrotters as a tool during the ColdWar to deflate Soviet propaganda detailing themistreatment of African-Americans. Nevermind that during most of those years, theGlobetrotters couldn’t find a hotel or even adecent place to buy a hamburger inthe South.

Mannie Jackson, a Universityof Illinois graduate and formerGlobetrotters player, returned theteam to greatness when he pur-chased the franchise in 1993. Whilehe had been approached by otherprospective authors, he was bidinghis time, looking for the right per-son to tell this engrossing tale. Asthe first African-American to own a majorinternational sports franchise, Jackson wassearching for someone who had a backgroundexploring civil rights issues. He found his manin Green, whose third book, “Before His Time:The Untold Story of Harry T. Moore,America’s First Civil Rights Martyr,” piquedhis interest.

Green has woven a passel of storylines,ranging from the Globetrotters’ origin to howthey vaulted to international prominence inthe war-torn 1940s, plunged into near-bank-ruptcy, then were resurrected by Jackson’sable guidance into “Spinning the Globe: The

version of the Globetrotters’origins, as promoted by AbeSaperstein and reprinted inthousands of newspaper arti-cles, could not possibly be true.

“As it turns out, the realstory is much more fascinatingthan the official version. Thetruth always is.”

Once the charismaticSaperstein became world-famous, he could spin whatev-er yarn he wanted, and mostsportswriters would print it.Of course, part of the mysteryalready had been unraveled:Many observers already knewthe Globetrotters had nothingto do with Harlem.

“Abe was an incrediblemarketing person, and sports-writers loved him,” Greensaid. “His story was, ‘I found agroup of black guys and start-

ed a team. It was my team and my idea.’ Whathappened was there was a black team alreadyplaying in Chicago, and they were TommyBrookins’ Globetrotters.”

Although Saperstein erroneouslyclaimed he started the Globetrotters in 1927,Green’s research indicates they did not startplaying in and around Chicago until the nextyear.

“They hooked up with Sapersteinbecause they needed a white man to bookgames in Midwestern farm towns,” Greensaid.

Once the legend grew, it knew no bound-aries. After all the years and all the fantasticalstories true and otherwise, Green has deliv-ered the definitive story of a team that helpedshape some of the perceptions of our nation,during the Cold War and beyond.

popular overseas, even at their height whenthey were on TV all the time,” Green said. “Wehave sort of an ethnocentric view, but theGlobetrotters were an international phenome-non. For 50 years, they were treated more roy-ally overseas than they were here. They wouldstay in the fanciest hotels in Paris in the 1950son the Champs-Elysses.”

In Chapter 3, Green answers the mostbasic and rudimentary question in the historyof the Harlem Globetrotters — when and howthe team began. It turns out to be an intriguingmystery, with all the elements of a SherlockHolmes case.

Writes Green: “This fundamental ques-tion has been obscured by the passage of time,the deaths of the principal characters, and 70years of hyperbolic press releases. What isabsolutely clear, however, is that the official

Rise, Fall and Return toGreatness of the HarlemGlobetrotters,” whichbegan arriving in stores inJune.

Green began to delve into the story byattending the Globetrotters’ induction into theNaismith Basketball Hall of Fame inSpringfield, Mass., in 2002. He notes that theGlobetrotters were equivalent to baseball’sNegro Leagues wrapped into a single team.While the New York Yankees may have hadsimilar name recognition in America, there isno comparison overseas. Primarily regardedas clowns, the Globetrotters proved they werethe best basketball team in the world, postinghistoric victories over the NBA ChampionMinneapolis Lakers in 1948 and ’49.

“The Globetrotters were always more

LaMolinara wins an Oscar for artistry on ‘Spiderman 2’By Peter B. Gallagher

Academy Award winner AnthonyLaMolinara grew up as one of those unusualFlorida rednecks. You know, the artistic-typeof good ol’ boy. Born and raised in MyrtleGrove, a speck of an extreme West Floridarural township aching to jump over theAlabama line, he spent the entire 1960s “likeTarzan.”

“I was a backwoods boy, swinging fromthe trees, running barefoot through thewoods and rivers,” LaMolinara said.

But when the shoes went on,LaMolinara found himself fixated in a movietheater. Obsessed for hours.

“Watching films. That was how Ilearned about life beyond Myrtle Grove.

Pensacola was the largest naval air basein the world, and there were three movie the-aters to accommodate the servicemen. I sawevery single movie that came to town,”LaMolinara said. “It was a quarter a show.All the way through my teenage years, I sawthem all. For a quarter.”

And that wasn’t enough. As he grewolder, the lure of the woods slowly gave wayto the temptation of flickering images in hisown darkened room.

“I began making crude Super 8 filmsand showing them to my friends. I used avinyl record player for a soundtrack andwould literally drop the needle onto therecord at the beginning of the film.”

Thoughts of childhood jungles andteenage matinees, and his days as a buddingartist at FSU danced through his mind, saidLaMolinara, 49, when he stood on the 77thAcademy Awards stage earlier this year toaccept the Oscar for Best Visual Effects in aMotion Picture. He worked as animation

big break came in 1988 as animation/directorfor the California “dancing raisins” commer-cial. He also was animator/director on theEmmy Award-winning “ClaymationChristmas Celebration.” He moved toCalifornia in the 1990s, where he worked on“Toy Story,” “The Monkey King,” “Avatar,”“Final Fantasy,” “Blade” and “T-Rex.” Hejoined the Sony team for the original“Spiderman.”

A Palisades, Calif., resident for the pastseven years, LaMolinara and wife Mariehave two children, Lucas, 20 months, andBrando, 5. In constant demand while at thetop of his game, LaMolinara’s immediateplans include another Spiderman sequel andsetting up a studio at Disney to work on “ToyStory III.”

On “Spiderman 2,” LaMolinara said histeam broke new ground, especially regard-ing facial expressions and bodily move-ments, including the wonderfully half-man/half-CG Dr. Octopus (Doc Ock), a vir-tual villain with four tentacle-likeappendages, numerous tongues and an abil-ity to walk up the side of buildings that keptthe digital animators busy.

“We made a leap forward in one way.Every little movement and facial expressionand idiosyncrasy was there. I directed someof the action scenes, and we plugged it intothe CG. We did a lot of work with the actors,and it shows.

“But you can’t just sit back with yourOscar and rest. Someone else is out thereworking to make another leap forward inanother way,” said LaMolinara.

And eventually it will come easy, justlike dropping the needle on the record withone hand and hitting “Play” on the projectorwith the other.

learned editing, shooting, light.”FSU had no film school when

LaMolinara attended.“It is always amusing to me when I hear

about FSU and its nationally prominent filmschool. Back then, there was really nothingbut a lot of equipment, and it was locked up.There was really no one there to encourageme, except for Tyler. Here was an artist whomade his own films, who knew what all thisequipment could do.”

Turkle, an avant garde artist/filmmaker,still lives in Tallahassee, moonlighting asexecutive director of the Leon CountySchools Foundation.

“Tyler eventually let me actually shooton one of his films. I considered it a greathonor and took it very seriously. I still stay inclose touch with him.”

With no film courses to take in thosedays, LaMolinara claims he learned “every-thing I know from books or from actuallydoing it, picking it all up on my own.” AtFSU, he says he was given the chance toexperiment and make something.

“I learned that if I didn’t actually do it,then nothing would get done. And that is themost important thing any filmmaker shouldknow. Don’t sit around and theorize about allthe reasons you can’t do it,” said LaMolinara,whose nephew studies film at FSU today. “Itell that to my nephew all the time. Don’tworry about making mistakes. Learn aboutthe absolute chaos of making a film.

While at FSU, LaMolinara went every-where the cameras were running. He spenthis weekends working ground camera withNFL Films and available time away from hisstudies as a freelance cameraman and anima-tor, eventually traveling as far as Atlanta,New Zealand, Seattle and Toronto. His first

supervisor for the Sony Imageworks teamthat turned illusion into reality in theacclaimed “Spiderman 2.”

A 1976 graduate (BFA in cinematogra-phy, painting, sculpture and East Indian arthistory), LaMolinara has thrice before beenOscar-nominated, for his work on the origi-nal “Spiderman,” “Stuart Little” and“Hollow Man.” He credits his experiences atFSU, where he enrolled originally as apainter/sculptor in the art school, and men-toring from local filmmaker Tyler Turkle, forsupplying the firm foundation of his currentcareer as one of the world’s top computer-generation (CG) motion-picture animationpros.

“My professional career actually beganat WFSU doing the ‘Bobby Bowden Show,’”he said. “This was before video, so we shoton film. Let’s face it, that’s where I learnedthe mechanics of the film business. Anyonecan shoot on video, but you have to knowwhat you are doing to shoot on film. I

FSCW alumna Bynum has begun writing 14-book seriesBy Elizabeth Biro

Ellen Bynum’s stack of ’40s-era Distaffmagazines feature ads for 39-cent jars of the“new” cream deodorant Arrid that “safelystops under-arm perspiration,” a FloridaTheatre showing of Sweet Rosie O’Grady “inTechnicolor,” and the Three Torches BeautyShop that touts “cold waves,” permanentcurls without a hair dryer.

Times were changing for America, andfor Bynum. She was making her mark inDistaff, the literary magazine of Florida StateCollege for Women.

A shy Bynum entered FSCW in 1944,vowing to leave her “private world ofbooks.” She submitted her work to Distaffand was published — for the first time. Thatachievement, she says, began her journey towriting a series of novels Bynum, 82, has juststarted publishing.

The 14-book serial, “The Eagle and theStone,” follows Christianity from the death ofJesus to the Christian movement in Rome.

“It changed my life, undoubtedly,”Bynum said of FSCW, which served just2,265 women in 1944. “It opened me up to aworld full of other people.”

FSCW became the co-ed FSU. She finishedher degree by correspondence.

Bynum went to work as a teacher, butcontinued to write poetry to share withfriends and family.

The couple moved to Jacksonville, N.C.,a city near Joe Bynum’s hometown, wherethey still live.

After her retirement in 1987 from 35years of teaching, Bynum and her husbandtraveled twice to the Holy Land, and shestarted thinking about how Jesus’ contempo-raries perceived him.

She began writing “The Eagle and theStone” at 67, after a friend noticed that one ofher poems seemed like a book outline.Bynum built on that poem, using her travelexperiences and studying dozens of historybooks to help her set accurate scenes betweenthe years 33 and 42 AD. She released the firstbook at the age of 80.

“I never thought I would write books,”Bynum said. “I had always written poetry.”

Bynum plans to publish one book a yearuntil the series is completed.

“I’ve got something to live for,” she said,“not just sitting in a rocking chair. I feel likeI’ve lived to this age to do this.”

temporary issues. Writing poetry while

growing up in Sarasota,Fla., Bynum was the daugh-ter of a veteran who lost histeaching job after losing hishearing in a World War I gasattack.

“We didn’t have muchmoney, but we had plentyof books, and I always hadmy nose in a book,” Bynumsaid.

At FSCW, Bynumearned degrees in Englishand Spanish, with a Frenchminor. She also contributed

poetry to Distaff and was the magazine’sassociate editor.

She met her husband, Joe, at a “churchsoldier party” during her early college days,and within a couple of months he left forservice in World War II.

“That’s why some of the poems youlook at (in Distaff) are love poems,” Bynumsaid with a grin.

When he returned, the couple married,and Bynum left campus in 1947, the year

The experiences andperceptions of people arethe crux of “The Eagle andthe Stone.” The earlyChristian church is por-trayed through the eyes ofRomans. Some charactersare famous, such as PontiusPilate. The Roman prefectof Judea orders the crucifix-ion of Jesus in Book One, “A Stone Laid inZion: The Story of Pilate, Claudia and Jesus.”

Other characters, such as Pilate’s wifeClaudia, were created by Bynum.

“I’m definitely humanizing them,”Bynum said of the biblical characters,because “there’s only one perfect man, he’sJesus. All the others — Peter and Paul —they’ve got their weaknesses.”

Bynum uses those weaknesses to frameproblems in her books that are similar to con-

University Alumni Directory since 1992! TheAlumni Association has contracted withHarris Corporation to publish a directorythat features alphabetical listings that arecross-referenced by student names, geo-graphic location, year of graduation anddegree. Offered in hardback, soft back or CDversions, it will be delivered in the spring toalumni who reserve one this fall.

Beginning in late July, questionnaireswere sent out to more than 220,000 alumni

Do you ever feel as though your friendsand classmates from your FSU days seem tobe, well, lost?

This fall, you’ll have an opportunity toorder the first unabridged Florida State

who have current addresses on file with theAlumni Association or the FSU Foundation.The questionnaires were simply surveys thatsought informational confirmation orupdates. “Where do you live?” “What doyou do?” “Do you have an e-mail that wemay use?” “Do you have a seasonal addresswhere we might forward your Florida Statemail?”

Incorporated into the 1-page inquiry aresome basic questions for alumni about mem-bership in the Alumni Association.

To continue advancing this organization— and your alma mater — we need to buildan association that meets your expectationsand needs. “If you aren’t a member, whynot?” “If you are, what prompted your inter-est and, in many cases, active involvement?”Of course, statistically speaking we want tocollect some data that lets us know if there arealumni out there who are thinking about acharitable gift to FSU in the distant future. It’sall really basic stuff, but in total, it brings thealumni family together to represent “who weare.”

Thousands of alumni likely will com-

plete their questionnaires online, thoughmany will put pen to paper. Once our mail-ings (there will be limited follow-up mailings)have reached everyone, our partners at Harriswill begin making calls to verify informationand, at the same time, take responses for thosewho prefer voice contact over questionnaires.We don’t want to intrude onyour time, so you can pre-empta call by phoning Harris whenyou receive your question-naire.

All of this may sound a little cumber-some, and perhaps like a little too much infor-mation to share right now. But consider thatwe have not published a comprehensiveAlumni Directory in more than a decade, andwe are likely to be one of the few institutionsthat hasn’t assembled a chronicle of our grad-uates in the past five years. The format makesit similar to yearbooks. There will be a 24-pageintroductory section that will be highlightedby campus photographs and articles abouteverything from campus construction to thesuccess of Seminole athletics and the academ-ic prowess of our colleges, schools and depart-

ments. The CD-ROM version has a shortvideo clip.

The Alumni Directory will be a greatresource for anyone wishing to link up withother FSU graduates in the same career field.And finding out how many FSU Seminoleslive in your state, your community — heck, on

your street — will never be eas-ier. For those who are moreInternet savvy, the CD-ROMversion of the directory willallow you to click on an e-mail

address and send a message to an old friend.The Alumni Directory will be affordable,

and there will be some discounts for alumniwho purchase both the printed edition and theCD-ROM version. Only alumni will be per-mitted to buy the directory, and we will havethe complete support of Harris, a firm that hasprinted many, if not most, of the directoriesrepresenting institutions across the country.Harris, has an impeccable reputation amongalumni associations and will incorporatenumerous preventive measures that will keepalumni information safe from improper use.

It’s a purchase worth waiting for.

New FSU alumni directory will debut this spring

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By Kim MacQueen

One day last fall, Florida State baseballCoach Mike Martin got a call from universityPresident T.K. Wetherell. The president wascalling Martin to tell him about plans underway to name the baseball field at Dick Howserstadium — for him. More than 40 years and 26baseball seasons after he first set foot on theFlorida State field, Martin would look up atthe scoreboard and see his own name.

When he thinks about it, Martin still isincredulous.

“When he told me he was going to do it,I couldn’t talk. He thought I couldn’t hearhim,” Martin said. “You can ask anybody —that’s never happened to me before!”

“Then I tried to talk and nothing hap-pened,” he laughed. “Tears actually came intomy eyes.”

Martin received an undergraduatedegree from FSU in 1966 and a graduatedegree in 1971. He served under coachesWoody Woodward and Dick Howser beforetaking over the program in 1980. He’s beenassociated with the baseball program for 33 ofits 58 seasons.

Now in his 26th season as head coach,Martin is an FSU legend who has built the pro-gram to premier status. During his tenure, 54different players have earned All-Americahonors, 96 have been named to all-conferenceteams, and 106 have signed professional con-tracts.

At 61, Martin can take credit for leadingthe Seminoles to 25 straight NCAA Regionalappearances and 12 trips to the College WorldSeries. A four-time ACC Coach of the Year,Martin also is one of only eight coaches inDivision I history ever to record 1,300 wins.

By Kim MacQueen

To hear JoAnne Graf tell it, the softballfield at the Seminole Softball Complexrecently was named in her honor simplybecause she’s hung around for so long.

“Length of service helps,” she said, tak-ing care to credit both President T.K.Wetherell and Athletic Director Dave Hartfor the honor, which she calls “very hum-bling.”

Graf doesn’t mention how, as coach, shebuilt Florida State’s softball program fromthe ground up. She doesn’t dwell on her longstring of successful seasons or her outstand-ing reputation, both on and off campus. Shewould never mention that she has beencalled the greatest Division I softball coach inthe history of the game.

True, Graf’s legendary longevity anddedication to FSU is not often seen in collegesports, where so many coaches leave after afew years for other opportunities.

Graf’s dedication is seen in the manywinning seasons she has coached for FSUsoftball. In 2005-06, she enters her 28th.

“Longevity of Graf’s stature is just notseen any more in college sports,” said FSUSenior Associate Athletic Director CharlieCarr, noting that Graf has been in the top fiveall-time Florida State softball victories. “She’sliterally been an icon in her sport for wellover 25 years. So it was a natural progressionfor her to receive this honor.”

After Graf earned her undergraduatedegree at FSU in 1975, she went on to theUniversity of North Carolina-Greensboro fora master’s degree in physical education, thenserved as both assistant softball coach andhead coach for that school’s men’s and

about love of the game — and love of FSU.“I brought my wife to Tallahassee one

day after we were married,” Martin said. “Wespent our honeymoon here. With this univer-sity, we have a love affair that’s lasted 41years.”

Martin and wife Carol have three chil-dren: Mary Beth, Melanie and Mike Jr., the lat-ter FSU’s former starting catcher and a currentassistant coach.

The love is reciprocal: At Homecominglast fall, Martin was presented with theBernard F. Sliger Award for Service, the singlehighest honor accorded by the Florida StateUniversity Alumni Association. It recognizes amember of the university community whoseefforts have made a major contributiontoward the fulfillment of the university’s mis-sion.

The honor was conveyed in a special cer-emony during a home game on Saturday,April 2, and capped by that day’s 3-1 win overthe Clemson Tigers.

The ceremony featured a video presenta-tion designed and produced by Florida StateDirector of Baseball Operations Chip Baker.

Clips from the video, featuring highlightsand appearances by former coaches and play-ers from the past 20 years of Martin’s career,were shown at each half-inning throughoutthe game.

Baker cast a wide net for the video, goingso far as to invite Florida Gov. Jeb Bush andPresident George W. Bush to appear. The lat-ter sent an apologetic letter saying his sched-ule prohibited his participation.

As softball coach for Mike Martin for 18years and director of baseball operations for

three, Baker was a natural to help make theceremony and video tribute happen. His andMartin’s close, long-term working relation-ship seems stormy to some, but Baker pointsout that a little bit of bickering works well forthem.

“Everybody tells us, ‘All you two do isargue,’” Baker said. “I tell them, ‘Yes, that’sright.’ That’s what makes it work. We fightand fight and fight, and then, when he says,‘Go,’ I run with it.”

Baker also serves as camp director for theMike Martin and Seminole AdvancedBaseball schools that run on campus eachsummer. The camps aim to teach baseball fun-damentals to various age groups and helppromote both skill development and betterunderstanding of the game.

More than 100 campers have gone on towear garnet and gold as part of the Seminolebaseball teams; the camps’ honor roll alsoincludes Collegiate All-Americans, first-rounddraft picks and major leaguers.

For Martin, after all these years, it’s still all

He has a reputation for recruiting talentedplayers and continuing to develop that talentonce those players arrive on campus.

Of Mike Martin Field at Dick HowserStadium, Martin said, “It’s the highest profes-sional honor I’ve ever received. There is nobigger thrill than to come to work every dayand look at that field and see my name.”

He’s quick to share that honor with FSU’spresident.

“All of this is made possible because ofhim. He’s got the natural leadership to makethings like this happen and see themthrough,” Martin said of Wetherell, withwhom he went to school and who he creditswith being “the fastest guy on the footballteam.”

April — still is a little weird. That’s because,even though Graf is responsible for so muchFSU softball success, she doesn’t feel it’sabout her.

“Any time something like this happens,it’s because so many different people con-tributed to it — former athletes, coaches,administrators. I’d just like to thank all themany people who played a part in my receiv-ing this honor.”

Graf was feted April 2 in front of almost1,000 fans at a home-plate ceremony heldduring a home game at the field named forher. Video presentations prepared by the ath-letics department featured appearances byformer athletes, coaches and others whohelped to form Graf’s successful tenure. Thenext day, with the Seminoles’ 5-2 victory overVirginia Tech, Graf logged National FastpitchCoaches Association career win No. 1,300.

To Graf, the most important thing isthose athletes — finding them, recruitingthem and helping them to develop, both ascollege students and as softball players. It’s afull-time job in itself, as Graf works now toidentify athletes for as far ahead as fall 2006.

“I like working with the players, and Ireally like the games,” she said. “But recruit-ing is what it’s all about. If you don’t have theathletes, you’re not going to win.”

named for her seems to have caught her offguard.

“It’s just not something you ever thinkwill happen. It was a really nice surprise,”said Graf, noting that seeing her name up onthe scoreboard — even though she knew formonths it was going to happen this past

women’s swim teams. She eventually madeher way back to FSU, where she’s been eversince. She earned a doctorate in athleticsadministration at FSU in 1992.

“I’ve lived in Tallahassee almost mywhole life and, growing up, I always wantedto go to FSU and play in an academic sport,”said Graf, adding that she thought about bas-ketball, but at 5 feet 2 inches tall, it wasn’t anoption for her. “I feel very fortunate to havebeen able to come back to my alma materand to stay here for my whole career. Thatwas lucky — and it’s really helped me.”

That career has been nothing short ofstellar. She now has captured nearly half ofthe Atlantic Coast Conference’s top coachingawards, celebrating her sixth ACC Coach ofthe Year award in 2004. She is the only ACCcoach ever to win the award in consecutiveyears — and has done that twice.

Graf has guided the Seminoles to 10ACC conference titles in 14 years — GeorgiaTech is the only other school ever to winmore than one. She led the only ACC teamever to go to the College World Series, andhas led them to five times as many NCAARegionals as the rest of the conference com-bined.

Still, the honor of having JoAnne GrafField at the Seminole Softball Complex

Graf Field named for FSU’s top women’s coach

Fields of dreamsField at Dick Houser named for Martin

Mike Martin

the College Avenue Seminoles raises moneyfor a variety of causes, including studentbook scholarships.

“Right now, we give as many as five$200 book scholarships to students,” saidAmy Wirth (B.S. ’98), Jay’s wife and past clubpresident. “But we are also trying to raisemoney for an endowed scholarship.”

The club sponsors “Barbecue for Books”during the FSU spring football game and afood drive called “Hayride for theHomeless.” It is planning a “Strikes forTikes” bowling event to benefit Boys andGirls Clubs, according to Amy Wirth. “We tryto give back to the community.”

The name College Avenue Seminoles isunique among Seminole clubs in that it is oneof the very few that does not identify its loca-tion. “The idea behind the name is that it isconnecting the two ends of College Avenue –the university and downtown – college and

‘real’ life,” Jay Wirth said.So why is the College Avenue

Seminoles club continuing to build momen-tum and grow – now up to nearly 175 mem-bers?

Anne Leftwich and her husband,Preston, recently retired to Tallahassee andjoined the club because just living in theheart of the Seminole Nation was notenough to keep them in the loop.

“We joined because we have alwayssupported the Seminoles in all sports andactivities,” Anne Leftwich said. “It is nice tohave speakers from all the different sports,and we have gotten to tour all the new facil-ities. We get an insight into the athletic pro-gram that others don’t.”

Founding members of the Kansas City(Mo.) Seminole Club, Preston (B.S. ’68, M.S.’73, Ph.D. ’76) and Ann (B.S. ’63) both areFSU alumni.

FSU President T.K. Wetherell praises JoAnne Graf during naming ceremony.

Honoring No. 11: Julie Larson Baker, Dave Hart, Mike Martin, Carol Martin, JaredShouppe and T.K. Wetherell.

2005 Florida State Football

Mike Martin Field at Dick Houser Stadium

JoAnne Graf

Sept. 5 Miami Tallahassee 8PM10 The Citadel Tallahassee 6:45 PM17 Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA TBA

Oct. 1 Syracuse Tallahassee TBA8 Wake Forest Tallahassee TBA

15 Virginia Charlottesville, VA TBA22 Duke Durham NC TBA29 Maryland Tallahassee TBA

Nov. 5 North Carolina State Tallahassee TBA12 Clemson Clemson SC TBA26 Florida Gainesville, FL TBA

Dec. 3 ACC Championship Jacksonville, FL TBA

Recent speakers have included FSU VicePresident for University Relations LeeHinkle, Florida Supreme Court Justice RaoulCantero, Director of Athletics Dave Hart,coaches and even current student-athletes.

Current club President Paul Mobley,who is a former member of both theGainesville and Jacksonville Seminole clubs,said his goal for this year is to spread theword about what the club is doing.

“I want people to understand what aunique opportunity they have living in

Tallahassee,” Mobley said. “I wantto increase membership and theknowledge that there is a local clubhere for them.”

Following the example set byother Seminole Clubs, which haveraised more than $75,000 for FSUscholarships, according to MikePalios of the Alumni Association,

the club to model itself after long-establishedSeminole clubs, shifting its focus to serviceand the importance of keeping alumniinvolved.

Referring to themselves as members of“Tallahassee’s Seminole Club,” the CollegeAvenue Seminoles hold monthly meetingswith speakers that are the envy of the morethan 100 other Seminole clubs around theworld.

“We are very lucky that there are somany great people associated with the uni-versity who are willing to meetwith us,” said Jay Wirth (B.S. ’99),board member and immediatepast president. “They are rightout our back door. We try to havea balance of administrative andacademic speakers and represen-tatives from the athletic depart-ment.”

By Dave Fiore

What could be more fun than belong-ing to a successful Seminole Club in theshadow of its inspiration?

When a group of young professionalsfounded the College Avenue Seminoles in1998, there wasn’t a Seminole Club inTallahassee. Today, the club is strong, grow-ing and gaining respect from otherSeminole clubs for its programs and com-munity involvement. But at the beginning,service was not necessarily its first priority.

The organizational goals of the clubcould be summarized by its rather straight-forward motto: “Party like you’re in collegeagain.” While not exactly “Vires, Artes,Mores,” the club’s good foundation got asolid group of people excited about possi-bilities for the future. It didn’t take long aftera new wave of leadership took control for

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1958Cora Ann Manning Chapman (B.S.) andJack Chapman (B.S. ’60) portrayed Andrewand Rachel Jackson in the 2005 SpringtimeTallahassee Festival.

1959Robert F. Sanchez (B.S., M.S. ’62) has beennamed director of public policy at the JamesMadison Institute, a nonpartisan centerfounded by former FSU President J. StanleyMarshall.

1960Sidney A. Stubbs, Jr. (B.A.) is the 2005recipient of the Palm Beach County BarAssociation’s Professionalism Award, individ-ual category.

1961Betty Lentz Siegel (Ph.D.) will step downas president of Kennesaw State University,January 2006. Appointed in 1981, she wasGeorgia’s first female university president, andis the nation’s longest-serving female universi-ty president. Siegal also was the featuredspeaker and received an honorary doctorateat the graduate commencement ceremonyat the Southern Connecticut State University,New Haven, Conn.

1962Kerley Leboeuf (B.S.) has retired after 24years as president of the National Associationof Convenience Stores, Alexandria, Va.

1965James Bouterse (B.A.) has been electedpresident of the Florida Association ofInsurance and Financial Advisors, Hollywood,Fla.

1966William J. Bullock (B.M.E., M.M. ’68, Ph.D.

’71) retired as director of choral activities atColumbus State University. He has beenappointed advancement director ofRiverCenter for the Performing Arts,Columbus, Ga.

1967 Steven L. Chenault (B.A.) has received amaster’s degree in urban studies from OldDominion University, Norfolk, Va.Sheila Kay Riley (B.A.) retired fromCalifornia Child Protective Services followinga 35 year career as a social worker to childrenand their families, Riverside County. William Wagner (B.S.) was elected presi-dent of the Club Managers Association ofAmerica. He was the general manager ofRiviera Country Club, Coral Gables, Fla.Kathryn Law Williamson (B.S.) is amongthe recipients of the Minnetonka (Minn.)School District’s Minnetonka Award for ChildCentered Excellence in Teaching. The awardhonors staff who display personal and profes-sional integrity in considering the best interestof students.

1968Cathy Knutson Brown (B.S.W.) has beenselected to be a congressional delegate to theWhite House Conference on Aging. Thisevent sets the policy and direction for issueson aging, Washington, D.C. Richard R. Kania (B.A.) is the chairman ofsociology and criminal justice at the Universityof North Carolina at Pembroke.

1969Marvalene Hughes (Ph.D.) has beennamed the first female president of DillardUniversity, New Orleans, La. She will be leav-ing California State University where she hadbeen its first woman and African-American toserve as president. Michael B. Smithee (B.A., M.A.’70) was therecipient of the Homer Higbee Award forDistinguished Service to National Associationof Foreign Students Advisers: Association forInternational Educators. The award recog-nizes those who have contributed at least 10years of distinguished service.Rep. Leslie S. Waters (B.S., M.S. ’70) was re-elected to the Florida House ofRepresentatives and also elected as the speak-er pro tempore 2004-2006. Waters repre-sents District 51, which includes parts ofPinellas County.

1970Clara Cook (B.S., M.S. ’86) has been electedas the vice president of financial affairs for the124,000 member Florida EducationAssociation.

1971Nicolas Assali (B.A., M.A. ’74, Ph.D. ’77),has had five books published, one of which,Inter-poeme d’autrui selon “Le français par lalecture expliquée,” was a finalist of the Prix duLivre Insulaire (Insular Book Prize) 2002,Quessant, France. James W. Carr (M.S., Ph.D. ’75) was nomi-nated by President Bush and confirmed bythe United States Senate to a 4-year term onthe National Security Education Board, com-prised of six cabinet level members and sixappointees of the president. Clifford R. Hinkle (B.S.) has been electedchairman of the board of Commercial NetLease Realty, Inc., Orlando, Fla.Nancie Martin Hobby (B.S.) has received aMaster of Arts degree in literacy and curricu-

Lassus was profiled in the Dow JonesInvestment Advisor Magazine, Journal ofFinancial Planning, CPA Wealth Provider, andFinancial Advisor Magazine Dr. Jeffrey Love (B.S.) wrote the applicationfor Georgetown University/Washington Hos-pital Center Emergency Medicine TrainingProgram, and is the director and vice chair ofAcademic Affairs for the program.

1977William H. Davis (J.D.) was recently electedpresident of the Florida Bar Foundation.

1978Roger Gibson (B.S.) and Tim Gaskin (B.S.’80) formed Gaskin, Hardaker, GibsonInsurance, a Northeast Florida commercialindependent insurance agency, Jacksonville. Andrew F. Susko (B.S.) in 2007 will be thenew vice president of the Pennsylvania BarAssociation, a 28,000 member state legalassociation, Harrisburg, Pa.

1979Deborah Vaught Beck (B.S.) retired after25 years with the Florida Division of AlcoholicBeverages and Tobacco as a captain and thedistrict supervisor for five counties.

1980Patrick F. Saunders (B.S.) has recentlyaccepted a position as store manager at JCPenny in Salisbury, N.C.Deborah L. Spicer (B.S.) has completed herdoctoral degree in pharmacy at PurdueUniversity, West Lafayette, Ind. She will be apharmacist with Wal-Mart Corporation,Anderson, S.C.

1981Margaret “Peg” A. Davis (B.S.) wasawarded the first annual CIO Magazine’sOnes to Watch Award. Davis is the deputychief information officer for the City ofPhoenix. Alton Thompson (B.M.E.) has beenappointed conductor of the Senior Women’sChoir at National Taiwan Normal University inTaipei. He continues to serve on the humani-ties faculty at Taiwan’s ChungkuoTechnological University.

1982Dr. William L. Bockenek (B.S.) wasappointed medical director of the CharlotteInstitute of Rehabilitation and chairman of theDepartment of Physical Medicine andRehabilitation of the Carolinas HealthcareSystem, Charlotte, N.C.Lt. Cmdr Richard S. Schnabel (B.M.E.) isserving his second tour of duty in Iraq as anofficer in charge of construction for the NavalFacilities Expeditionary Unit.

1983Carlos A. Kelly (B.S.) has written an article,“The Pen is Mightier than the Sword or Whythe Media Should Exercise Self-Restraint inTime of War,” published in Opposing ViewPoints-Censorship. The publication showcas-es articles concerning issues of current impor-tance for use in libraries and classrooms acrossthe country.Rebecca Ward Boles (B.S.) was selected asmarketing director of the Pensacola NewsJournal.

1984 Carolyn Cary (B.S.) has started Nutty GirlInc., which produces gourmet nut mix.

lum development from the University ofSouth Florida.Mary Katherine Jones (B.A., M.A.’74) waspromoted to assistant dean for informationtechnology and media services at the DivinitySchool, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. George E. Tragos (B.A., J.D.’74) has beenappointed the incoming chairman of theFlorida Bar Criminal Procedure RulesCommittee. This 50-member committeeplays a critical role in the criminal rulesprocess currently under review by the FloridaLegislature. Walter Wicker (A.D.V.M., Ph.D. ’77) hasreturned to Louisiana Tech University as thedirector of libraries.

1972David Bianchi (B.A.) has been elected toserve as a court commissioner of the AntelopeValley family law courtroom by the district’sSuperior Court judges. Bianchi is a longtimeattorney and former deputy city attorney,Lancaster, Pa. Kent Dobbs (M.S.), owner of Kent DobbsSuzuki of Springdale, Ark., has been electedvice chairman of the American Suzuki DealerAdvisory Board for 2005.Miranda Franks Fitzgerald (B.A., J.D.’78),was recognized in the 2005 edition ofChambers USA: America’s Leading BusinessLawyers directory.Eddie B. Hobby (B.S.) has been named thedirector of real estate and facility of DankaCorporation, a publicly traded digital imagingcompany.

1973Donn A. Weaver (M.A.), recently spent sixmonths in Baghdad, Iraq working to supportthe new Iraqi Government on behalf of theState Department. He also trains UnitedStates government employees on interna-tional crises and security issues.

1974Donald L. Blinzinger (M.S.W.’74) has beenpromoted to senior vice president of the firmBoseTreacy Associates LLC, Indianapolis, Ind. Neil J. Doroshenko (B.S.) is the senior terri-tory manager for field assistance, covering alloffices in North and South Carolina for theInternal Revenue Service.

1975Greg Gubler (Ph.D.) is retiring from his jointappointment as University Archivist andProfessor of History at BYU-Hawaii. Donald R. Kennedy (B.S.) recentlyobserved his 30th year of employment withthe Public Defender’s Office. Kennedy hasserved Florida in many capacities as investiga-tor, polygraph examiner, chief investigator ofthe Ted Bundy defense team and administra-tive director for the circuit offices of theagency in seven counties. Harris K. Solomon (J.D.’78), has been elect-ed president of Temple Bat Yam of east FortLauderdale. Solomon also has been reap-pointed to the Business Litigation CertificationCommittee by the Florida Bar.

1976Chip Chalmers (B.F.A.) has joined the facul-ty of the FSU School of Motion Picture,Television and Recording Arts after a 28-yearcareer in Hollywood.Diahann W. Lassus (B.S.) has been namedone of Worth Magazine’s top financial advis-ers an unprecedented six times. Namedamong the 120 best financial advisers fordoctors in Medical Economics magazine.

with black cables trailed in alldirections to brightly lit, welldressed, constantly chatteringpeople. The whole proceedingwas loud, harsh and ill humored.

During that time of muchnoise and elbowing in Tallahassee,FSU President Sandy D’Alem-berte was asked by an interviewerto name a human characteristicthat he particularly disliked. Hereplied that he most especially dis-liked incivility.

As we churn into the newcentury, we seem beset by incivili-ty on all sides, not just in our pub-lic and our political life, but on thenation’s playing fields as well. Ithas grown particularly caustic,and it appears to be an unwel-come and unwholesome by-prod-uct of our modern times.

D’Alemberte is a student ofhuman nature, and he knows thatcivility is the canvas upon which

civilization is portrayed. Civilityand sportsmanship are very muchthe same; one proceeds from theother, both are branches of thesame discipline.

In the younger, more callowyears of this 20th century, no one

was held in higher esteemfor his gracious goodsportsmanship than AlStrum, a native of StPetersburg who dominat-ed boating sports in his era,setting world records andwinning national champi-onships as a powerboatracer. Strum had always

been an accomplished athletethroughout high school and col-lege, but his remarkable athleticachievements and his fiercelycompetitive spirit were alwaysovershadowed by his reputationfor grace and sportsmanship.

Strum’s daughter inheritedhis athletic ability as well as hissophistication and his drive.Maggie Strum entered FloridaState College for Women at thetime FSCW evolved into FSU. Shebecame FSU’s first head cheer-leader, and led the first cheer at thefirst football game, October 18,1947.

Fifty years later, MargaretStrum Allesee was sitting for herportrait as a founder of the VarsityClub. She noticed the small claymodel tucked in the cluttered cor-ner of artist Edward Jonas’ studio.It was a pet project that hadintrigued Jonas for years. Two fig-

ures, both football players, facedeach other. The man standingwas shown extending his hand tothe second man, on the ground,but still clutching the football.

The wordless impression waspowerful, and there simply is noother sport where two players canbetter illustrate the point througha simple pose.

Maggie asked Jonas about themodel, and when the artist said, “Iwant to represent the spirit ofsportsmanship”, Maggie StrumAllesee knew instantly that shewanted this sculpture to honor herfather, and she wanted it to beplaced on the campus of her uni-versity.

Statue honors tradition of sportsmanshipOn five o’clock on a cold

evening, Nov. 18, 2000, three hoursbefore the Florida game, thenPresident Sandy D’Alem-bertewelcomed a large gathering ofBoosters, Athletic Departmentofficials, Maggie Allesee and herhusband Bob and a brigade ofchildren and grandchildren to thededication of Al Strum Plaza atUniversity Center, and the unveil-ing of “Sportsmanship,” a magnif-icent sculpture by Edward Jonas.

It was significant that thisnoble, uplifting work of creativegenius was dedicated on the daythat we welcomed our bitterestand most contentious rival. Forwhat is the value of civility, or of

Charlie BarnesExecutive DirectorSeminole Boosters

sportsmanship, if it is achievedwithout challenge? What is itspurpose if it does not demand thatwe listen to the better angels of ournatures?

As we begin the 2005 footballseason, our university is beset byanother set of challenges, someunanticipated just a short yearago, no less aggravating and frus-trating than those we have dealtwith before. I am confident thatour alumni and our leaders willovercome these challenges as wealways have with good humor,compassion, unyielding strengthand determination to do what’sright for Florida State and, yes,even good sportsmanship.

“Sportsmanship” statue by Edward Jonas.

mission varied, butwere in the area of elec-tronic systems designand trouble-shooting.Most of his designswere for unique circuitsneeded by individualresearchers. Some,worked out in collabo-ration with the scien-

tists in Alan Marshall’s Ion CyclotronResonance (ICR) group, were sold to otherICR researchers.

One of Murphy’s principal responsibili-ties was for trouble-shooting and improvingthe power supplies that provide current forthe strongest magnets at the lab.

At the time of his death, he was workingwith colleagues on a major upgrade to thepower supplies.


John P. Dunbar (B.S.) has been appointedas chief information officer of EMSTechnologies Inc., Atlanta. James V. Etscorn (B.S.) was named coordi-nator for the Orlando litigation group ofBaker and Hostetler, LLP. Kenneth E. Keechl (B.A., J.D.’87) is a seniorlitigation partner for Brinkley, McNerney,Morgan, Soloman, & Tatum, LLP, FortLauderdale, and has been elected president ofthe Dolphin Democratic Caucus, Florida’slargest and oldest gay and lesbian politicalorganization. Kelle Wise Schnable (B.M.E.) is the curricu-lum analyst in the learning and developmentdepartment of the State Farm InsuranceCompany, Bloomington, Ill.

1985Scott Harrison (B.A.) earned his master’sdegree in computer science from WashingtonState University. He is employed by Syntec-Fuelmaster as an embedded firmware engi-neer, Tallahassee.Terry L. Katz (M.S.) has been named anassociate director of biostatistics at ImcloneSystems, where he designs clinical studies andanalyzes data for targeted oncology researchusing monclonal antibodies.Ronald S. Phillips (B.S., M.S. ’02), formerlya senior policy advisor with the House ArmedServices Committee in the U.S. Congress, isnow vice president for Cassidy and Associates,a lobbying firm, Washington, D.C. Jerry T. Roden (B.S.) was appointed byFlorida Gov. Jeb Bush as the chairman of theEarly learning Coalition for Indian River,Martin & Okeechobee Counties.

1986Maj. S. Kirk Coker (B.S.), USMC, is current-ly assigned to the Marine Expeditionary ForceCommand Element deploying to Iraq in sup-port of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

1987Jeff Pompe (M.S., Ph.D. ’90), professor ofeconomics at Francis Marion University, wasnamed to the Nellie Cooke Sparrow Chair inBusiness at FMU, Florence, S.C.Cathy Camp Sargent (B.A.) has been pro-moted to senior traffic coordinator at St.Johns and Partners Advertising and PublicRelations, Jacksonville, Fla. She will managetimelines and workflow for the firm’s Ford,Clearwire, Convergys and Cornerstone cre-ative teams.

1988Andrew Chapin (B.S.) has been promotedto senior associate at the law firm Lowndes,Drosdick, Doster, Kantor and Reed, P.A.,Orlando, Fla. Richard Conner (B.S.) has been promotedto senior design director at LPK, the largestindependent design agency in the world,Cincinnati. Leslie Marrs (M.M.) has completed her doc-toral degree in musical arts at the University ofNorth Carolina at Greensboro.

1990Lisa L. Bradford (B.S.) has been promotedto associate director of Global MarketStrategy and Planning, Global CustomerBusiness Development, for the Procter andGamble Co. Steven W. Lopez (B.S.) is the inventor of aprocess that samples air to detect harmfulbiological and chemical agents within thecontents of mail.

Police Department, January 2005.Jocelyn Keynes (B.S.) joined the law firmStevens & Lee, New York, N.Y.

1996Damien Burdick (B.S., B.A.) and PatrickFegan (B.S.) opened a second Po’Boys Cafe,a Tallahassee franchise, Brandon/Valrico, Fla.Dimitri N. Diatchenko (M.M.), musicianand actor, recently worked as the lead malerole of Alexi Mironov in the feature film,“Miriam,” which will be released nationwidethis fall. He also had a guest appearance asDar Sitska on the new TNT action show“Wanted,” in episode two, to air July 2005.William G. Kilpatrick (B.S.) is a foundingpartner of the law firm Fleet, Spencer, Martin& Kilpatrick, Destin, Fla.Russell M. Lazega (J.D.) has written thebook, “Florida Practice: Florida Motor VehicleNo-Fault Law Personal Injury Protection,”2005 edition.Kenneth E. Varnes (B.S.) has received the2003 National Investigator of the Year Awardfrom America International Group (AIG) fordemonstrating integrity and a commitmentto working cooperation with the claim staff toachieve best results. Varnes is the first Floridianto win the award.

1997Charles “Chad” Crabtree Jr. (J.D.) accept-ed a position as director, real estate counselwith Broks/Eckerd Corporation, Warwick, R.I.Capt. Arnaldo L. Colon (B.A.) has beenassigned to the 26th Marine ExpeditionaryUnit scheduled for deployment with theKearsarge Expeditionary Strike Group to theMediterranean Sea in support of the globalwar on terrorism. Carolyn E. Gascoigne (Ph.D.) received theUniversity of Nebraska at Omaha AlumniAssociation’s annual award for outstandingteaching, given to nine faculty members.

1998Allen K. Lynch (Ph.D.) has been given theDistinguished Faculty Award at the EugeneW. Stetson School of Business and Economicsof Mercer University. Lynch has developed agraduate course for master’s students whoare able to learn statistical tools by applyingthem in a course project to solve a problemfor their current employer. This is the thirdtime Lynch has received the award. Richard M. Rosenberg (B.S.) has beennamed as a print buyer for Media-Solutions,the largest independent media planning andbuying service in the Southeast, Atlanta.

1999Adam E. DeRosa (M.S.) has been nameddirector of student services at EvergladesUniversity, Boca Raton. Ryan I. Friedman (B.S.) has been named asan account executive of account services andplanning department for MediaSolutions,Atlanta. Whitney V. Harrell (B.S., M.S. ‘00) joinedthe office of Rumberger, Kirk & Caldwell,practicing in the areas of product liability andasbestos defense litigation, Miami. Lt. Cmdr. Melvin Paul Kessler (M.M.) wasnamed the 26th leader of “the Navy’s Oldestand Finest Band,” March.Jennifer Hobby Newell (B.S.) is one of thefour voice personalities of the morning driveradio show, “The Bert Show,” on Q100.5 FM,Atlanta.

Sean A. Pittman (B.S., J.D. ‘94) has beenselected to serve on the FedEx Orange BowlCommittee. He is the president and an attor-ney of Pittman Law Group, P.L., Tallahasseeand Palm Beach.

1991Dana M. Lyon (B.S.) has been promoted tolieutenant with the Metropolitan NashvillePolice Department where she has beenemployed for 13 years. Kara Sproles Mock (B.S.) of K. Mock andPartners, LLC, won “Best in Show” from theSouth Carolina Public Relations Society, thehighest statewide award given for excellencein comprehensive public relations programsor campaigns. John R. Ridge (B.S., M.S. ’92) joins RocheDiagnostics as their director of reimburse-ment services, North America.J. Marshall Shepherd (B.S. M.S. ’93, Ph.D.’99) was featured in the Network Journal “40Under Forty.” He was selected based upon hisoutstanding achievement, contribution,leadership and influence in the corporate,nonprofit, health and entrepreneurial areasand also for his service to the African-American community. Mark A. Smith (B.S.) is now president of hisown firm, Skillhouse Staffing Solutions K.K.,Tokyo, Japan.Major Wayne W. Straw (M.B.A.) was select-ed to attend the 2004-2005 War College ofthe Navy Command and Staff, Newport, R.I.,and the School of Advanced Air Space Study,Montgomery, Ala. Kevin F. Woodall (B.S.) was named partnerat Foley & Lardner, LLP, where he representsclients in labor, employment and general liti-gation matters, San Francisco.

1992Jamie Austrich (B.S.) has been promoted topartner at the law firm Shumaker, Loop &Kendrick, LLP, Tampa.Eric S. Faulconer (B.S.) has been hired asthe inaugural women’s soccer coach byArmstrong Atlantic State University.Lt. Cmdr. Roger A. Hartman (B.S.) recent-ly returned from a routine deployment in sup-port of the war on terrorism. Hartman wasassigned to the guided missile ship, the USSHarry S. Truman carrier strike group.

1993John M. Crossman (B.S.) was promoted toprincipal, director of investment services atTrammell Crow Company, Orlando. Jonathan “J.R.” Riddell (B.S.’93) is practic-ing law at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe,Sacramento, Calif.

1994Noell J. Barnidge (B.A.), a SavannahMorning News sports reporter, placed fifth inthe Associated Press Sports Editors BestWriting of 2004 national contest in the break-ing news category. Stacey Rose Kirby (B.S.) has been namedpartner at Seiber Design Inc., Atlanta. Bryan C. Ramos (B.A.) has opened theRamos Law Firm, LLC. The firm handles civillitigation matters, and specializes in the repre-sentation of Georgia’s injured workers.Dr. Scott Wagner (B.S.) has graduated fromthe Las Vegas Institute for Advanced DentalStudies.

1995David L. Downing (B.S.) was promoted tolieutenant with the Florida State University

2000Brett Hudspeth (B.S.) an F-14 Tomcat pilot,flew 25 combat missions over Iraq in supportof Operation Iraqi Freedom, off the USSGeorge Washington. Rita M. Reese (B.A.) won a Walter StegnerFellowship, which covers tuition at Stanfordand provides her with a $22,000 annualstipend.

2001Dr. Anita B. Hawks (B.S.) earned her Doctorof Osteopathic Medicine degree from theWest Virginia School of OsteopathicMedicine, Lewisburg, W.Va. Jessica L. Hendrix (B.S.) has joined HNTBCorporation as a structural designer in thebridge department of the Tampa office. Craig E. O’Halloran (B.S.) has joined EideBailly Technology Consulting as a Great Plainsconsultant, Fargo, N.D.

2002Summer Balsley (B.A.) has joined Global-5Inc., a public relations marketing and multi-media firm as a public relations/marketingcoordinator, Orlando.Aimee L. Carpenter (B.S.) earned a Masterof Arts degree in sports administration fromthe University of North Carolina Chapel Hill.She has been named assistant director ofcompliance at the University of CentralFlorida, Orlando. Daryl R. Levine (B.S.) has graduated fromthe University of West Florida with a master’sin educational leadership and has acceptedan internship with the National Association ofStudent Personnel Administrators, PublicPolicy Division, Washington, D.C.Scott F. McZeal (B.A.) has been selected asone of 15 finalists nationwide in the 2005Miller Urban Entrepreneurs Series businessplan competition. He and his partner wereselected based upon their business plan forTheUrbanFlavor.com. The site will begin serv-ing the Detroit and Chicago markets in 2006.Genny L. Spies (B.S.) received the CentralFlorida Commercial Real Estate Society’s 2005Hallmark “Rookie of the Year” Award,Orlando.

2003Stephanie M. Brod (B.S.) has been selectedto work at the Miami Art Museum as a devel-opment associate, Miami. Matthew B. Hobby (B.A.) is the marketingand graphic designer for the Arts NocaTheater, New York City. Jessie D. Parkin (B.S.) recently completedU.S. Navy basic training with honors atRecruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill.

2004 Katie K. Crosby (B.A.) has been promotedto assistant producer at St. John & PartnersAdvertising and Public Relations, Jacksonville.Kevin R. Gowen II (J.D.) recently joinedRumverger, Kirk & Caldwell, P.A. as an associ-ate practicing in commercial litigation. Joseph A. Rosso (B.S.) has been named as aproject engineer at Miller Legg, one of thelargest multi disciplined consulting firms,West Palm Beach, Fla.

2005Melissa G. Rossi (B.F.A.) directed the film“Charm,” which won an Oscar at the StudentAcademy Awards, Beverly Hills, Calif. The 10-minute film is about a shy girl with a crush ona guy at her office.

I N M E M O R I A M

Perhaps you’d like to make a gift of last-ing value—one that will long be remem-bered. If you would like to make a significantgift to Florida State University, withoutreducing your own income, consider a chari-table remainder unitrust.

The unitrust is a unique creature of theInternal Revenue Code that ensures anincome stream for you and another benefici-ary. After your lifetime(s), the trust remain-der is available to support your favorite col-lege or program at Florida State University.You begin by making an irrevocable contri-bution into the unitrust. This contributioncan be made in the form of cash, stock, secu-rities—and even real estate! You are thenentitled to a lifetime income. The annualamount of income is equal to a percentage ofthe fair market value of the trust assets, reval-ued annually. You select the payout rate atthe outset and it remains fixed.

For example: John contributed $100,000to a unitrust, arranging to receive 7 percent of

The Charitable Remainder Unitrust: A Gift of Lasting Value

CamilleAndersonLickliderSenior DirectorPlanned GivingFSU Foundation

Clinton Silas, 95, skilled FSU nuclearresearch machinist, died June 7. Silas workedfor 27 years for the physics department.

“Clinton was critical in building all of thespecialized equipment they used,” said KirbyKember, vice president for Research. “He cre-ated fantastic, unique pieces that were neces-sary for nuclear research. He was a great guyand a valuable colleague to have. I think hedidn’t retire until he was around 85, but hewas always a young and vigorous person.”

Silas was a native of River Junction, Fla.,and a longtime resident of Tallahassee.

By Bruce BrandtPeter Robert Murphy, 63, an electrical

engineer at the National High Mag-netic FieldLabora-tory, died June 10.

Murphy started work at the magnet labin October 1993. His contributions to the lab’s

George Milton,86, FSU professoremeritus of anthropol-ogy and an estab-lished artist, died inJune.

Milton started atFSU in 1956 andtaught until 1980,when he retired as a

tenured associate professor. “George was a diligent and well-liked

professor and a practicing artist,” said BruceGrindal, professor of anthropology. “Hetaught classes on cultural symbolism, and wasan expert on art from Egypt and the Near East.He traveled quite a bit and many of his class-es included carefully prepared slides of hisphotographs.”

A native of Marianna, Fla., Milton joinedthe Air Force during World War II. He earnedhis Bachelor of Arts degree in 1953, and a mas-ter’s degree in 1954 in painting and art history,both from FSU. In 1980, he received anotherbachelor’s degree in creative writing.

George Milton

Peter R. Murphy

George Milton

Peter Murphy

1920-1929Elizabeth Malcomb DuBois (B.A.’28)

1930-1939Nannie Marshall Griffin Christian (B.A.’32), Joy Miller Winslow (B.A.’34), WylmaTerbush Barnhill (B.A.’36), Kathryn Karrick Clyatt (B.S.’36), Irene HaimowitzLippman (B.S.’36), Elizabeth Touchton Respess Warner (A.B.’37), Janet LockwoodWallace (B.A.’39)

1940-1949Louise Lisk Johnson (B.A.’42), Mary Marjorie Austin (B.A.’47, M.A.’60)

1950-1959Mary Elizabeth “Betty” Cook Hainlin (B.S.’50), Janet Sitges Swanzy (B.M.’55),Gretchen Kirchhoff Ramsay (B.S.’56), Irene Rodriguez Carter (B.S.’57), MurielChristian Crusoe (B.S.’58), James Mann Ervin (B.S.’58), Violet Mize Richardson(B.S.’58), John B. “Bart” Lawson (B.S.’59)

1960-1969Bertie Mae Eddy Sunny Armel (B.S.’60), John H. Hull (B.S.’60), Robert A. Kennedy(D.E.D.’60), Ben E. Weeks (M.S.’60), H. Robert Berry Sr. (B.S.’64), Mary Jo HallRegister (M.S.’64), Richard T. Wohlfarth (B.S.’64), Roger L. Klingaman (B.S.’65),John G. Kolb Jr. (B.S.’65), Harold L. Clarke (B.S.’67), James E. Barnes (M.A.’68)

1970-1979Rev. Robert E. Frost (B.A.’70), Elizabeth C. Hall (M.S.’71, Ph.D.’73), Arthur TeeleJr. (J.D.’72), Brenda Parks (B.S.’73, E.D.S.’81), William E. Roddenberry Sr.(B.S.W.’73), Don E. Haney (B.S.’74), Joseph L. Shields (J.D.’74), Candice ReneeCurenton (B.S.’75), Garland Bee Stafford III (B.A.’77), Christine Evangeline Oliver(Ph.D.’78), Eileen DeVries Brunner (M.S.’79), James R. Hooper (B.A.’79, J.D.’83)

1980-1989Douglas J. Dodd (‘89)

1990-1999Kimberly Winter Cass (B.S.’92), Ryan A. Sayre (‘95)

2000-2005Capt. Charles E. Boldt (B.S.’01), Robert Earle Legore (B.S.’01), Glen McClellanFletcher (‘04), Wind Henderson (‘05)

FACULTY AND STAFFJohn W. Eutsey, Leroy Fudge, Bruno Jensen, Inez Brewton Newton, Hazel Riddle Stover

the fair market value of the unitrust eachyear. The first year he receives $7,000 (7 per-cent of $100,000). At the time of the secondvaluation, the unitrust is worth $110,000, soJohn is paid $7,700 (7 percent of $110,000) thatyear.

When selecting payout rates, it is impor-tant to remember that a higher payout rateinhibits growth of principal and therebyreduces the amount of your initial charitablededuction.

A unitrust is adaptable to many situa-tions. For example, you could establish a uni-trust that designates a relative who is a stu-dent to receive a percentage of the assets eachyear that he or she attends college, afterwhich time Florida State University wouldreceive the remainder. Alternatively, a uni-trust could be used to produce retirementincome and ultimately provide a valuablegift.

If you would like to learn more abouthow a unitrust can benefit you and FloridaState, please call the Office of Planned Givingat (850) 644-0753, or send an e-mail [email protected]. We canhelp you determine if such a plan is practicalfor you. Call us today!

FSU Foundation(850) [email protected]

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ture for research universities and technologycompanies. Similar regional optical networksare under way or have been completed inother states - but Florida’s network is theonly one fully created, funded and controlledby a group of universities, according toConrad, who was one of the founders of FLR.

“This puts us on equal footing with thebest research institutions in the nation,” hesaid. “It levels the playing field for our facul-

ty in competingfor grantsbecause fundingagents know

that we have the fastest research networkconnectivity available.”

Besides FSU, the private and public uni-versities in the FLR consortium are theUniversity of Florida, Florida AtlanticUniversity, Florida Institute of Technology,Florida International University, NovaSoutheastern University, the University ofCentral Florida, the University of Miami, theUniversity of West Florida and theUniversity of North Florida.

The network relies on so-called darkfiber, existing buried fiber optic cable, to con-nect the universities. Strategic partnersinclude Cisco Systems, which provided high-speed optical electronics, routers and otherequipment and Level3 Communications andFiberCo, an Internet2 fiber holding company.FiberCo facilitated FLR’s purchase of 1,540route miles from Level3 Communications.

For example:•Assistant Scholar Jeffrey McDonald in

the physics department is one of 1,900 scien-tists from 36 countries involved in theCompact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment,one of the largest international scientific col-laborations in history. The experiment, whichis designed to help scientists understandsome of the most basic properties of matter,will generate an enormous amount of data:During one sec-ond of CMSrunning, a datavolume equiva-lent to 10,000 Encyclopaedia Brittanica isrecorded.

•Computer Science Professor GregRiccardi is involved with the MorphBankdatabase, a joint project of FSU's School ofComputational Science, the College ofInformation and the biology and computerscience departments. The database containsthousands of high-resolution photographsand other images of plant and animal speci-mens. Thanks to a National ScienceFoundation grant, the scope of the projectand the number of images that must bemoved across the FSU network connectionswill increase in order to store hundreds ofthousands of images submitted byresearchers from all over the world.

Florida LambdaRail is part of theNational LambdaRail, an initiative to create anational high-speed information infrastruc-

widely separated by distance becomes aseasy as working with someone just down thehall. Data files previously too huge to sendacross the Internet will flow as easily as e-mail from one desktop to another.”

Kemper said many FSU researchers areinvolved in projects that involve sendinglarge volumes of data over the Internet.FSU’sparticipation in the LambdaRail is crucial tothe success of the projects.

By Jill ElishFSU Media Relations Office

This is not your father’s Internet.The Florida LambdaRail Network, a

next-generation Internet that is faster thanany other education-based network in theSoutheast and is among the top in the nationin speed and capacity, is now operating atFSU and nine other universities in the state.

FSU was a leader in establishing the net-work, which can move information at speedsof 10 gigabits per second and has space for atotal of 32 10-gigabit networks, or channels. Ithas 100 times more capacity than what wasavailable to the universities previously —capacity that they will be able to purchase ata fraction of the current cost.

“This gives us a networking speed wecould not even dream about just three yearsago,” said Larry Conrad, chair of the FloridaLambdaRail Board and associate vice presi-dent and chief information officer at FSU.“Before, it would have taken days to down-load multiple terabyte files. Now it will takea few hours.”

Whether probing elemental particles,cataloging images or sharing climate data,more and more scientists rely on massivedata vaults located at universities and institu-tions around the world.

“The LambdaRail conquers space,” saidFSU Vice President for Research KirbyKemper. “Collaboration between people

FSU now plugged into next generation internet

"This gives us a networking speed wecould not even dream about just three

years ago," said Larry Conrad

Larry Conrad

From student to star, Corso is true to FSU · 9/1/2005 · on the law school’s Web site. Martinez said his election to the U.S. Senate — the highest polit-ical position attainable

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