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Betty Castor (b. 1941) —
of Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Born in Glassboro, Gloucester
County, N.J., May 11,
1941.
Daughter of Joseph L. Bowe and Gladys Wright Bowe.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state senate, 1977-78, 1983-86 (23rd District 1977-78, 21st
District 1983-86); candidate in primary for Lieutenant
Governor of Florida, 1978; Florida Commissioner of Education,
1986; President of of the University of South Florida, 1994;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 2004;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Florida, 2004.
Female.
Lutheran.
Member, League
of Women Voters; American
Association of University Women; Sierra
Club.
Inducted into the Florida Women's Hall of
Fame, 1996.
Still living as of 2004.
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John Adrian Delaney (b. 1956) —
also known as John Delaney —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., June 29,
1956.
Republican. Mayor
of Jacksonville, Fla., 1995-2003; president, University of
North Florida.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2009.
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Stephen Cornelius O'Connell (1916-2001) —
also known as Stephen C. O'Connell —
of Florida.
Born in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., January
22, 1916.
Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1955-67; appointed 1955; chief
justice of Florida state supreme court, 1966-67; first
Catholic to win a statewide election in Florida, 1956;
president of the University of Florida, 1967-73; the sports
arena there is named for him.
Catholic.
Died, of cancer, in
Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla., April 13,
2001 (age 85 years, 81
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Willis Lucullus Palmer (1854-1912) —
also known as W. L. Palmer —
of Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Born December
13, 1854.
Son of Jesse Alexander Palmer and Emily Geary (Cotton) Palmer.
Lawyer;
president, Hamilton College; mayor of
Orlando, Fla., 1891-93.
Died October
30, 1912 (age 57 years, 322
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Orlando, Fla.
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Adonijah Strong Welch (1821-1889) —
of Jonesville, Hillsdale
County, Mich.; Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.; Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.; Ames, Story
County, Iowa.
Born in East Hampton, Middlesex
County, Conn., April 12,
1821.
Republican. First principal, in 1851-65, of the Michigan State
Normal School in Ypsilanti, Mich. (later Eastern Michigan
University); member of Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1863-66; established a lumber mill
at Jacksonville, Fla.; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1868-69; first president, in
1869-83, of the Iowa Agricultural College in Ames, Iowa (later Iowa
State University); college
professor; author.
Welch Hall, at Eastern Michigan University, is named for him.
Died in Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 14,
1889 (age 67 years, 336
days).
Interment at Iowa
State College Cemetery, Ames, Iowa.
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