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Trustee Knox retires from FSC Board

LAKELAND, Fla. (June 10, 2002) - Florida Southern College announced the retirement of Bishop James Lloyd Knox from its board of trustees, effective May 2002. Knox, who has been on the board since 1999, will assume the role of emeritus trustee.

Knox has spent his adult life serving the United Methodist Church. After graduating from Florida Southern College in 1951, he earned his divinity degree at the Candler School of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta. Knox and his wife, Edith, journeyed as missionaries to Cuba and Argentina between 1958 and 1964, and in Florida, Bishop Knox served as coordinator of the Florida Spanish Ministry and superintendent of the DeLand and Miami Districts.

With his election to the episcopacy in 1984, Knox was assigned to the Birmingham Episcopal Area and in 1992 was appointed to the North Georgia Conference. He was a member of the General Board of Global Ministries and served as president of the World Division from 1988 to 1992. He retired as a bishop in 1996, but due to Bishop Henderson's illness and death, he returned as Florida Conference Bishop in 1999 and later in 2000 and 2001.

Florida Southern College president Thomas L. Reuschling presented a resolution honoring Knox at the recent board meeting. He said, "On behalf of the entire Florida Southern College family, we express our deepest appreciation for Bishop Knox'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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