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Florida Southern alumnus
receives achievement citation
Charles "Doc" Dockery, Lakeland businessman,
initiated plans for high-speed rail system

LAKELAND, Fla. (Feb. 28, 2002) - Florida Southern College honors alumnus Charles "Doc" Dockery, a 1961 graduate, at its Founders Day convocation March 15 at 10:10 a.m. in Branscomb Auditorium. Dockery will receive the Alumni Achievement Citation, awarded each year to FSC alumni for excellence in a profession or endeavor.

Dockery is currently president of Dockery Management Corporation and Crossroads Insurance Company, Ltd. He also chairs three other businesses and contributes his time to at least 15 political, civic, and fraternal organizations. He is a former editor and publisher of Florida Forum Magazine and trustee of Florida Tax Watch, a statewide watchdog for citizens' tax dollars. Dockery brought his plans for a high-speed rail system into the public forum, using $2.7 million of his own money to promote the project. He succeeded in getting the issue on the ballot, and the voters approved the plan.

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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