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Trustee Courtoy retires from FSC board

LAKELAND, Fla. (June 10, 2002) - Florida Southern College announced the retirement of Charles W. Courtoy from its board of trustees, effective May 2002. Courtoy, who has been on the board since 1991, will assume the role of emeritus trustee.

Courtoy has served the United Methodist Church in Florida as a pastor, a district superintendent, and an executive director of church development for the Florida Conference. He has also served the National Church as director of Senior High Ministries for the General Board of Discipleship.

A 1959 graduate of Florida Southern College, Courtoy earned his master's in divinity from Duke University and his doctorate from Vanderbilt University. Florida Southern awarded him an honorary doctor of divinity degree in 1992.

Florida Southern College president Thomas L. Reuschling presented a resolution honoring Courtoy at the recent board meeting. He said, "On behalf of the entire Florida Southern College family, we express our deepest appreciation for Charles Courtoy's service as a member of the board and wish him well in the days and years to come."

About Florida Southern College
Florida Southern is a four-year, private, co-educational liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. The college offers more than 40 undergraduate majors and a master of business administration degree accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Located in Lakeland, Fla., the college is home to the largest, single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture in the world.

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