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Notable Alumni
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Ben Albritton
Business/Citrus
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Frank Attkisson
Business Management
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Lacy Day Edge
Lacy Day Edge was born on November 21, 1891 in Georgia to Elliot Erastus and Cornelia Edge. The family moved to Groveland, Florida in 1901. L. Day Edge began attending Southern College as part of the Academy program and graduated in 1912. While at the College, he was part of the College’s first football team and continued the sport when he studied law at the University of Florida for one year. After his graduation, L.D. Edge’s father E.E. Edge joined the College’s Board of Trustees in 1913.
In 1912, L.D. Edge was elected unopposed to the House of Representatives at the age of 21. He was reelected unopposed in 1915, 1917, and 1921 sessions and served as Speaker Pro Tempore in 1921. In 1922, he became the city of Groveland’s first mayor after the city’s incorporation. Shortly after, in 1923, Edge became the youngest Speaker of the House at the age of 23. He served as a Representative until 1924 when he ran unopposed for Senate and served for two terms as the Senate’s youngest Senator. L.D. Edge left the Senate after the 1927 session to run his family’s business because of his father’s ailing health. After his father’s passing in 1934, L.D. Edge took over his father’s position on Florida Southern College’s Board of Trustees and served until his death. He also founded the College’s “Old Guard” alumni association and was named Florida Southern’s Alumni of the Year in 1969.
Lacy Day Edge passed away on December 6, 1971 of an apparent heart attack after his car became stuck in the sand in his grove.
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Eric Eisnaugle
Business Administration and Economics
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Harry Goode
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Hugh Grainger, Jr.
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Larry Kirkwood
Arts
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Edna Lockett
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Harvey Matthews
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Ray Mattox
Science
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Clark Maxwell, Jr.
Science
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Kent McKinley
Before entering the Florida House of Representatives, Kent S. McKinley, alongside his wife Marjorie, owned two newspapers - one in Buffalo, NY and The Sarasota News in Sarasota, Florida. After their arrival in Sarasota, they became involved with Florida Southern College, and the college awarded Kent McKinley an honorary Doctorate of Law in 1954. In 1967, he represented Sarasota and District 118 in the Florida House of Representatives and served on the Committee on Commerce. Kent McKinley passed away at the age of 74 at his summer home in Lorraine, Ontario in 1972.
His wife Marjorie was elected Honorary Chancellor at Florida Southern College in 1965 and also awarded an honorary doctorate. The Marjorie M. McKinley Music Building on campus is named in her honor after a donation made by the couple.
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Robert McKnight
Business Administration and Economics
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G.T. "Doc" Melton
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N. Curtis Peterson, Jr.
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George Sheldon
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Wallace Lee Storey
Social Science
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Joe Tedder
Accounting
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William Alan Trask
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Baxter Troutman
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Wendell H. Watson
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Ben Whitefield
Education
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Stephen R. Wise
Education
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Quillians S. Yancey