2006 Inductees


Heritage of Leadership

Chester H. Ferguson

Class of 1930

Chairman Florida Board of Regents, Founder MacFarlane Ferguson, P.A.

Clara Backus Floyd Gehan

Class of 1933

Among first female UF Law graduates, President Eighth Judicial Circuit Bar Association, Instrumental in founding of Three Rivers Legal Services and Law School Legal Aid Clinics

William O.E. Henry

Class of 1952

Florida Bar President, Advocate for legal aid, Partner- Holland & Knight

The Hon. John T. Wigginton

Class of 1932

Chief Judge First District Court of Appeals, FL, Florida Bar President

Heritage of Leadership selection committee 2005-2007

  • Scott Hawkins ’83, Chair, West Palm Beach
  • Hon. Patricia Fawsett ’73, Vice-Chair, Orlando
  • E.L. Roy Hunt, Emeritus Faculty, Gainesville
  • Marybeth McDonald ’82, Orlando
  • Hon. Benjamin Overton ’52, Tallahassee
  • S. Austin Peele ’63, Lake City
  • Johnson “Buddy” Savary ’56, Sarasota
  • Betty “Grace” Taylor ’62, Faculty Emeritus, Gainesville
  • Frank Upchurch, III, ’74, St. Augustine