2007 Inductees


Heritage of Leadership

C. Clyde Atkins

Class of 1936

President, Florida Bar 1960-61; President, Dade County Bar 1954-55; U.S. District Court, Southern District 1966-1999; Chief Judge of U.S. District Court, Southern District 1977-82

John Moore McCarty

Class of 1941

Florida Bar President 1971-72; Florida Senate 1962 and re-elected in 1966; Chief of Staff to his brother, Governor Dan McCarty 1953; ABA House of Delegates and The Florida Bar Board of Governors.

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