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Florida Southern appoints new trustees

LAKELAND, Fla. (June 12, 2002) - Four appointees to the Florida Southern College Board of Trustees were approved by the Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church at their annual meeting in Lakeland during May. Robert L. Fryer, Jr.; Jeffrey K. Hearn; Rev. Teresa L. Hill; and John R. Rodda have been appointed for three-year terms.

Robert L. Fryer, Jr. - Fryer is a registered representative for RBC Dain Raucher, a securities firm in Lancaster, Pa. He has worked since 1970 for several investment and banking firms in the Pennsylvania area. He has held board membership on the Lancaster County Day School; Hopper Soliday & Co., Inc.; Dauphin Deposit Corporation; Dover Regional Financial Shares; and Watt & Shand, Inc. He holds certification with the National Association of Securities Dealers and a professorship with the Central Atlantic School of Banking at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pa. and Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pa.

A 1970 graduate of Florida Southern College, Fryer was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity and Omicron Delta Kappa, participated in ROTC, and later served in the U.S. Army Reserve and the Pennsylvania National Guard.

Jeffrey K. Hearn - Hearn graduated from Florida Southern with a degree in business administration and completed the Securities Industry Institute at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. In the securities industry since 1984, Hearn has been with Raymond James & Associates of St. Petersburg since 1991 and has been named twice as Branch Manager of the Year. Hearn serves on the boards of Florida Blood Services, Florida International Museums, Downtown St. Petersburg Partnership, and Bayfront Health Foundation. He also volunteers as a youth counselor for the First United Methodist Church and has participated in the Rotary Club, the Board of Governors for St. Petersburg Chamber of Commerce, and the Pinellas County Urban League.

Rev. Teresa L. Hill - Hill is a 1979 graduate of Florida Southern College and received her master's in divinity from the Candler School of Theology at Emory University. Hill is a former Jacksonville District superintendent. Currently, she and her husband, Rev. John Hill, serve as co-pastors at the Isle of Faith United Methodist Church in Jacksonville, Fla.

John R. Rodda - Rodda is president and sole owner of Rodda Construction, Inc., which specializes in commercial and industrial construction. He started as a self-employed builder in Lakeland in 1975 and subsequently worked for Joyner Lumber Company and Andras Engineering. In 1989, he established his own company, which has annual sales exceeding $75 million. Rodda received the 2000 Builder of the Year award from Lakeland Historic Preservation Society and in 2002 received the prestigious Contractor's Award from the City of Lakeland Historic Preservation Board.

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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