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    In 1965, the Florida Legislature approved development of a state-supported public junior college in Florida’s Heartland and went on to form a ³Ô¹ÏÍø Advisory Board that secured facilities and land for the ³Ô¹ÏÍø’s campus, recruited faculty and administrators, and gave the ³Ô¹ÏÍø its first name—South Florida Junior ³Ô¹ÏÍø (SFJC). The Board also hired the ³Ô¹ÏÍø’s first president—Dr. William E. Stallard. Members of that ³Ô¹ÏÍø Advisory Board were: Chairman Rex E. Bond, Vice-Chair Vaughan Driggers (front, second from right), George Douglas, Norman Heston, Dr. E.M. Hodges, Dr. W.L. Howard, Hue E. Nunnallee, Dr. Stanley Reeves, C.L. Reynolds, and G. Franklyn Ward (front, second from left).

    The ³Ô¹ÏÍø Advisory Board

    In 1968, the Florida Legislature removed control of the state’s junior colleges from public school boards, and the ³Ô¹ÏÍø Advisory Board was reorganized into the SFJC District Board of Trustees with the same members. 

    Appointed by the Florida governor, members of ³Ô¹ÏÍø’s (SFSC) District Board of Trustees hire the ³Ô¹ÏÍø president to handle the day-to-day operations of the ³Ô¹ÏÍø. The District Board of Trustees affirms the ³Ô¹ÏÍø’s mission, establishes policies, oversees the budget, and approves the educational programs and services needed to serve the ³Ô¹ÏÍø’s district of DeSoto, Hardee, and Highlands counties.

    Over the years, members of SFSC’s Board enjoy attending the ³Ô¹ÏÍø’s commencement ceremonies, sporting events, anniversary celebrations, and fundraisers. They’ve walked through the dusty shells of campus buildings under construction to get a firsthand glimpse of facilities for emerging or growing educational programs. Our Board members have been strong advocates for the ³Ô¹ÏÍø. They go out into the ³Ô¹ÏÍø’s communities—the communities in which they live and represent—to explain how the ³Ô¹ÏÍø is serving those communities and making residents’ needs a priority.

    So, we honor all members of the SFSC District Board of Trustees past and present. Their names appear during the decades they were appointed with their years of service in parentheses.Â