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A Publication of the Tampa Bay History Center
Cotanchobee
WHERE THE BIG WATER MEETS THE LAND SUMMER 2020
COTANCHOBEE • SUMMER 2020 1
Table of Contents 801 Water Street | Tampa Riverwalk
President’s Letter 3 EXECUTIVE
C.J. Roberts The Frank E. Duckwall President & CEO
Nicole Conner Chief of Staff
On the Waterfront: 2019 Gala 4
ADVANCEMENT & MEMBERSHIP
Teen Council Member Receives 5 Lisa-Perry Richardson Director of Advancement
Andrea Nalls Director of Experience & Operations
Lightning Foundation Honor Colleen Crosby Advancement Associate
Tampa Heights Collection 6 COLLECTIONS
Rodney Kite-Powell Director, Touchton Map Library
Sunshine State Showdown: 7 Brad Massey, Ph.D. Saunders Foundation Curator of Public History
Malerie Dorman Curator of Collections
Pro Wrestling in Tampa Bay Heather Culligan Registrar
Channeling Chinsegut 8-9 EDUCATION & PUBLIC PROGRAMS
Nancy Dalence Director of Education
Brian Buttafuoco Curator of Education
New Exhibit - The Shape Amanda Hoffman Programs Manager
We’re In: Early Maps of Florida 10-11 Sharon Butler Education Assistant
FACILITIES
Acquisition of Rare Map 11 Claus Daniel Director of Facilities
Ross Lamoreaux Facilities Technician/Historical Interpreter
2019 Annual Report 12 -13 Roland Thiboutot Facilities Technician
Andrew Reymont Security
Board Updates 14 Mark Mischan Evening Building Attendant
FINANCE
Board of Trustees 15 Maria Steijlen Chief Financial Officer
Jose Fabian Accounting Associate
Donors and Members 16-23
MARKETING
Manny Leto Director of Marketing & Communications
Donnie Gallagher Multimedia Director
Teresa Silva Graphic Designer
Let’s Stay Connected. VISITOR SERVICES
Colleen Fernandez Visitor Services Manager
Susan Rimensnyder Visitor Services Assistant Manager
Barrie Slonim Museum Store Associate
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President’s Letter Last year, the History Center approved of not only those who lived there, but also of the eras during which they
our latest strategic plan, our roadmap lived. Our staff has been hard at work researching the many stories
for the next five years. A key goal of that of Chinsegut Hill, and beginning in August of this year, we plan to re-
plan focuses on outreach – how do we open the house so that visitors can participate in docent-led tours of
expand beyond the walls of the History the home to hear how key moments in history shaped our area.
Center and bring Florida’s history to life
for a wider audience? What if the History Also in 2019, the History Center was approached by the Vinik Family
Center could function as a “history hub” for Foundation to discuss ways in which we might partner on interpreting
C.J. Roberts west central Florida, providing support the Jackson House, Tampa’s only remaining Jim Crow-era African-
The Frank E. Duckwall American boarding house and a local historic landmark. Originally
President & CEO to other organizations in the community
built by the Jackson family in 1901 as a single-family residence, the
who are working to interpret and preserve
home eventually expanded to a 20-plus-room boarding house which,
our region’s history?
for the next several decades, hosted black visitors to Tampa when they
While we envisioned anything from consulting services to outreach had few other options. After closing its doors in 1989, the home has
efforts, no specific opportunities had been identified. We wanted to unfortunately fallen into disrepair.
be open to how the idea of a “history hub” could unfold; to how the
African-Americans have been involved in every chapter of our region’s
History Center could have a greater regional impact. We’ve been
history, and the Jackson House carries with it an immense value to
fortunate that, since the beginning of last year, we have already been
our community – the potential to serve as a teaching tool to help
provided several opportunities to do just that.
present and future generations learn about the hardships, tragedies
During the summer of 2019, we began conversations with Hernando and triumphs of a people that shaped the history of the Tampa Bay
County, which holds the lease for Chinsegut Hill, one of the few area and all of Florida over the past five centuries. In understanding
remaining antebellum plantation homes in central Florida. From the importance of telling these stories, the History Center is serving as
the time of Florida’s first people through the early 20th century, the a resource to the Vinik Family Foundation, City of Tampa and Jackson
Chinsegut Hill historic site has witnessed many events and has a House Foundation as efforts are underway to preserve the history of
wealth of stories to be told. Unfortunately, the house and surrounding the home for generations to come.
property had recently closed to the public, and its future as a historic These are but a few opportunities we hope to visit over the next several
site was uncertain. years. We expect the idea of “history hub” to evolve as we continue
to explore ways in which to expand our geographic reach, provide
Seeing the opportunity to help preserve the site and share even more
consultative services and partner with area organizations to preserve
of the stories of “Historic Hillsborough” County (an area that once
the history of “Historic Hillsborough” County. I think we’re off to a
comprised all or part of 24 present-day counties) in the place where
great start.
these stories actually occurred, we began to explore how the History
Center could help to tell the story of Chinsegut Hill and its important We are proud to continue to grow as an institution, to expand beyond
role in Florida’s history. the walls of our physical structure and fulfill our strategic mission of
outreach to our community. Your ongoing support is a vital part of this
Ultimately, the History Center entered into a partnership with Hernando
work, and we are grateful to you for sharing in this journey.
County to interpret the house and its grounds and to tell the rich history
COTANCHOBEE • SUMMER 2020 3
A double nod to the movie classic and the History Center’s stake in Tampa’s booming Riverwalk, the 2019 Gala theme “On the Waterfront” celebrated the glamour of Hollywood’s 1950s heyday. Chairs Sue and Bob Isbell, June Annis and the Gala Ambassadors, and Visionary Chairs Ellery and Trace Linder hosted the crowd of 400 for an evening themed in classic black and white, featuring vintage cocktails and an homage to the opulence of Marlon Brando and Marilyn Monroe. The seven-piece Paul Vesco Band kept guests dancing until midnight, and Honorary Chair Lee Leavengood was the belle of the ball! The Columbia Cafe indulged partygoers with a rich feast, including Lobster Cannelloni, Paella Valenciana served on the terrace overlooking the Tampa Riverwalk, and a colossal chocolate fondue fountain in the Lykes Atrium. A late-night treat of movie popcorn in vintage bags capped off the evening as guests said goodnight. THE HISTORY CENTER THANKS THE 2019 GALA SPONSORS PLATINUM The Lowry Murphey SPONSORS Family Foundation GOLD SPONSORS Bank of Tampa | Badcock Home Furniture & More Barnett, Bolt, Kirkwood, Long, Koche & Foster, P.A. | Beach Community Bank Nancy and Bob Bolt | Cardinal Point Management LLC Caspers Company McDonald’s Restaurants | Ferman Motor Car Company Hill Ward Henderson | The Himes Family | Sue and Bob Isbell Tampa Bay Rays & Tampa Bay Rowdies | Tampa Bay Trust Company TECO, an Emera Company | Tom and Lee Touchton | Triad Foundation SILVER SPONSORS AGW Capital Advisors | Baldwin Krystyn Sherman Partners | Rebecca Walter Dunn Betsy and Drew Graham | Gulf Electric Company | Miriam and Christopher Lykes Macfarlane Ferguson & McMullen, P.A. | John C. Mills, Jr. | John and Susan Mueller Bobby and Merideth Newman / J.C. Newman Cigar Company | Steve and Natalie Raney Becky and Neil Rauenhorst | Rizzetta & Company | Dr. Ralph and Kathleen Rydell Sabal Trust | Tampa-Hillsborough Expressway Authority | Wells Fargo Bank Jaynie and Stan Whitcomb
HISTORY CENTER
TEEN COUNCIL MEMBER RECEIVES
Lightning
Foundation
Honor It was the first day of Pirates and
Explorers camp in summer 2017 at the
History Center. Campers arrived fresh-
faced and ready for a fun-filled week at
the museum. Little did they know, there
was a pirate in their midst. It wasn’t
until they looked around at the other
campers that they noticed someone
Amanda Hoffman wearing tattered pants, a red vest and a
Programs Manager tricorn hat, brandishing a foam sword.
A teenage camp counselor dressed as
‘Captain JJ’ became the leader of the group of mini swashbucklers.
That teenage ‘pirate’ was Jordan Jasper. Left to right: Kevin Shattenkirk, Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman;
Jordan Jasper; Jeff Vinik, Tampa Bay Lightning owner, businessman
Growing up in a military family, Jordan moved around the country a lot, and philanthropist.
but has called Tampa home since 2017. To get to know his new city
a little better, Jordan began volunteering as much as he could. From Center. With assistance from the History Center’s education team,
serving on the Leadership Council of the City of Tampa’s Mayor’s he developed a new outreach program – Memories for Life. The
Youth Corps to trying cases as a Teen Attorney at the 13th Judicial program is designed to facilitate interaction between residents of
Court of Hillsborough County Teen Court, he has donated more than assisted living facilities and teenage volunteers using historical
500 volunteer hours to our community. Jordan has also been an active artifacts as a catalyst for conversation. Jordan brings different
volunteer at the History Center. After excelling as a camp counselor, themed kits to local assisted living facilities and uses the objects
Jordan joined TBHC’s Teen Council program. He served as Council inside to ask residents questions and listen to their memories
Historian and is currently the Council’s President. relating to the historic objects. One theme – Toys and Games –
allows participants to revisit some of their favorite childhood toys,
This past school year, Jordan decided to put down Captain JJ’s foam like Lincoln Logs and Slinkys. As Jordan puts it, “this program
sword and extend his talents beyond the walls of the History provides a symbiotic relationship between teenagers and the aging
community, as residents benefit from the social enrichment of the
activity, and teenagers are given the opportunity to connect with a
different generation.”
Jordan’s efforts have not gone unnoticed. On February 8, he was
awarded the Lightning Foundation Community Hero of Tomorrow
Award for his work on the Memories for Life program. But his
work doesn’t end there. “This project has only just taken its first
steps,” says Jordan. “There’s still a lot to conquer. Currently, the
Memories for Life project is solely conducted by me, but I plan
to create a training program for other teenagers to conduct the
presentation.” The History Center is incredibly proud of Jordan’s
accomplishments and is eager to see how Memories for Life will
Jordan Jasper with his parents, Thomas and Dana Jasper. grow and benefit Tampa’s senior community.
COTANCHOBEE • SUMMER 2020 5
Tampa Heights
Collection The Tampa Bay History Center adds
hundreds of items to its robust
collection every year. The 80,000 - and
counting - objects, maps, photographs,
documents and ephemera our
collections staff has processed,
preserved and interpreted over the
years are gateways to understanding
Heather Culligan the rich and diverse history of the
Registrar Tampa Bay area. How have we built
such a substantial collection? One important way has been through The collection, however, boasts more than just photographs.
donations from community members. It includes an invitation to the wedding of Mattie and Amos
held at the First Methodist Church in Tampa, January 15, 1902.
Recently, the collections department received a large donation of Another item, and one of my personal favorites, is the voter
materials pertaining to one of Tampa’s most prominent families and registration certificate issued to Mattie on April 4, 1924, five years
the city’s first suburb, Tampa Heights. The collection, donated by after Congress passed the 19th Amendment. Interestingly, the
a descendent of W.B. Henderson, offers insight into the lives of certificate includes Mattie’s age, race, occupation and height.
Tampa residents in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
A few items in the collection pertain to W.B. Henderson, including
Originally from Georgia, W.B. Henderson’s family moved to Tampa in a horseshoe that was embedded in the concrete in front of his
1846 when he was a child. In 1860, he married Caroline Elizabeth Franklin Street store, Tampa Harness and Wagon Company.
Spencer and they had six children together: Gettis, Blanche, Cora, Another favorite of mine is a scrapbook that contains business
documents, personal papers and an antebellum-era slave receipt.
Nellie, John and Mattie. It is through the family of his youngest child,
Mattie, that this collection came to the Tampa Bay History Center. All told, the collection contains historically significant items that we
look forward to sharing with our community. Donations like these
Born in Tampa in 1884, Mattie spent most of her early years at 212
serve as a centerpiece of our growing collection and offer insight
7th Avenue in Tampa Heights, the home built for her father. In 1902,
into Tampa Bay area history.
Mattie married Amos Love Harris and had three children: Robert,
Caroline and William. The Harris family lived at her childhood home
at 212 7th Avenue and two additional Tampa Heights homes. One
of them, 301 E Oak Avenue, and 212 7th Avenue are captured in
several black and white photographs in the collection.
In addition to photographs of the Henderson and Harris homes,
the collection includes family photographs taken in the backyard
and at Haven Beach in Indian Rocks Beach. Some, such as ones
of Mattie, Amos and the children, include handwritten notes
identifying people and locations. In the age of photographs
living on a Google Drive or on a cell phone, it is quite the
treasure to see impromptu family photographs with notes.
COTANCHOBEE • SPRING 2020
6 TAMPA BAY HISTORY CENTER
On exhibit through December 16, 2020
The Fine Art
of Trash Talk
Work got you down? Are you tired of I’m talking about? Don’t worry, our interactive exhibit will teach you all
your ham and egger existence? Have about wrestling jargon. We will get you smart and also tell you all about
you always dreamed of squared-circle the films and television shows wrestlers starred in, from the “A-Team”
fame and fortune? Do you need a little to “Jumanji: The Next Level.”
excitement? If so, we have just the thing
to spice up your mundane life. But that’s not all! Most importantly, our exhibit will educate you on the
craft of wrestling trash talk. How do Ric Flair, John Cena and The Rock
“Sunshine State Showdown: Pro berate their opponents during promo interviews? You’ll find out, but
Dr. Brad Massey Wrestling in Tampa Bay” started I’ll give you a heads up: they aren’t very nice about it. And last but not
Curator of Public History talking smack to visitors back in March. least, wrestling aficionados will be taken on a stroll down memory lane.
The exhibit chronicles the history of Remember Gordon Solie, Championship Wrestling from Florida and
professional wrestling, from ancient times to the television era, and sweaty bouts held at the Fort Homer Hesterly Armory? If you do, our
tells the story of wrestling in the Sunshine State. Did you know photos and artifacts will bring tears to your eyes like a “bladed” wrestler.
George Washington and Abraham Lincoln were local wrestling
champions? Do you know the difference between a “worked” and How many times do I have to tell you?! Get Hulked
a “shoot” match? We know you do not, so come on down and see Up, get in your clunker, and drive down to see
the exhibit before you make us mad and force us to give you a John “Sunshine State Showdown.” It runs through
Cena Attitude Adjustment or Dusty Rhodes Bionic Elbow. December. And oh yeah, I almost forgot the
best part: if you don’t like the exhibit, write
Florida has long been a home to rabid wrestling fans and A-list down your trash talk, if you even can write,
wrestlers, and our exhibit tells their stories while immersing guests and give it to us on your way out. After you
in wrestling culture and language. “Sunshine State Showdown” leave, we will pretend to read it. What more
also highlights the signature moves and careers of Florida’s could you possibly want? A shot at the title
wrestling greats, like the Macho Man Randy Savage and Natalya. belt?! Come on now …
Pop quiz: What do Hulk Hogan, Chyna and Mr. Wonderful Paul “Sunshine State Showdown” is on exhibit
Orandorf have in common? They all lived in Tampa and performed through December 16, 2020.
righteous “spots” that elicited “pops” and “heat.” Don’t know what
COTANCHOBEE • FALL 2019 7
Chinsegut
CHANNELING
Sitting atop one of the highest some of the stories we want
points in Florida, Chinsegut Hill has to tell? How do we get there?
stood witness to an ever-evolving Over the last few months,
Florida. First a frontier outpost - Bird we thought through these
Pearson took advantage of the Armed questions, and below are
Occupation Act, a federal program some of the answers we have
that encouraged white settlement in formulated thus far. Bird Murphy Pearson, Sr.
the Florida “territory” - Chinsegut Hill
Dr. Brad Massey changed hands twice before Florida The defining architectural feature of Chinsegut is the manor house
Curator of Public History
admitted defeat in the Civil War. By that sits atop the hill, but we immediately realized Chinsegut was
the 1900s, new occupants brought a progressive light to the more than just an old house on a hill. The grounds themselves
property, hosting luminaries of the era, including Thomas Edison had stories to tell - stories of prehistoric peoples and enslaved
and Helen Keller. Deeded to the government following the Great individuals. The landscape, which used to be an upland pine
Depression, the property again changed hands, from the U.S. forest, also speaks to the radical ecological change the region
Department of Agriculture to the University of Florida to Tampa’s has experienced over time.
University of South Florida. In 2020, Chinsegut Hill is again in new
- and capable - hands. With all this in mind, we began researching the human histories
of those who never lived in the big house and how humans have
In January, the History Center altered the landscape. We have discovered a great deal already
formed a partnership with about the living quarters of enslaved people who cleared and
the Hernando County Board worked the land before the end of the Civil War and about the
of County Commissioners to widespread destruction of pine forests. Fortunately for us, in
help interpret and manage 2014, the Gulf Archeological Research Institute dug and studied
the historic property, making
a portion of the property, and they walked the property with us
it accessible to the public
recently, sharing their findings. Like other projects undertaken at
after it closed in the summer
the History Center, collaborations like this one will help us create
of 2019.
a top-tier interpretive experience at Chinsegut, and now that our
Over the spring and summer the History Center’s collections research is complete, we are creating and installing signs on the
and education departments were hard at work developing an grounds that tell visitors about the surrounding property.
interpretive plan for Chinsegut Hill.
Although Chinsegut is more than just a big white house on a hill,
From the start, the History Center’s research and curatorial team the “house” is an important part of the property’s story. With this
was excited about the opportunities presented at Chinsegut, but in mind, our current plan is to use the home to tell the stories of
we soon realized that developing a plan for the property, which the families that lived atop the hill from 1842 until today. Tours
has a long and rich ecological and human history, would not be of the home will be docent led. Visitors will enter three first-floor
easy. To start the process, we asked our team a few questions: rooms and a docent will chronicle central events occurring in and
What is the historical importance of the property? What are around the home.
8 TAMPA BAY HISTORY CENTER
The tours will begin with a description of Bird Pearson, an indebted
planter from the Deep South. Bird moved his family and more than
20 enslaved individuals to the hill in the 1840s. Once there, they
cleared the land and planted sugar cane, corn and other crops, in
the process bringing the economic customs of the Deep South to
1842 1842: The Armed Occupation Act
offers homesteaders Florida land.
1840s-1852: Bird Pearson acquires a Florida homestead and
the hill. Bird Pearson later served on the Florida Supreme Court. moves his family to Hernando County. The family brings with
In 1852, the Ederington family acquired the property and moved them more than 20 enslaved individuals. Bird practices law and
to Chinsegut. Like the Pearsons, they worked to establish a large- attempts to establish a plantation.
scale plantation built on the labor of the enslaved. Docents will
tell the stories of the Pearson and Ederington families as well as
the families of the enslaved in the home’s first room.
After the Civil War, conditions
and politics atop the hill
changed, and docents will
outline these historical shifts
in the second room of the tour.
The 13th Amendment ended
chattel slavery in the U.S., and
shortly thereafter, Charlotte 1852-1866: The Ederington family acquires the property from
Ederington Snow and Joseph Pearson in 1852. Like Bird Pearson, Ederington is a lawyer and
Russell Snow acquired the slave owner who attempts to establish a plantation. While living in
Hernando County, he acquires more land, is involved in the timber
1866
property, naming in Snow
Hill. Joseph was a dentist business, and builds a new home on the hill. That home was the
and politician, and the family first version of the current house.
Charlotte Ederington Snow and
Joseph Russell Snow with their grew crops on their land. But
1866-1904: Charlotte Ederington
daughter Birrilla Eugenia. hard freezes in the 1890s
Snow and Joseph Russell Snow
devastated their citrus trees
acquire the property. Joseph was
and, to make matters worse, the home was blown off its foundation by
a farmer and state politician. He served on the local county
a storm, prompting the family to move. Docents will explain to visitors
commission and as a state-level lawmaker in Tallahassee.
important moments in the history of the family, Hernando County and,
The family grew crops on their land, but freezes in the 1890s
more broadly, Florida from 1866-1904 in this room.
devastated their citrus trees.
The third and final room
1904-1932: In 1904, the Robins family repaired the house,
of the tour is slated to
and named it Chinsegut Hill. The couple was actively involved in
tell the story of the
progressive political causes. They advocated for greater rights for
Robins family, Fielder
women, the working class and the impoverished. They entertained
1932
Harris and others living
famous Americans at the home, including Thomas Edison, J.C.
and working atop
Penney and Helen Keller.
the hill after 1904.
The Robins family 1932-1954: Raymond and Margaret
purchased the property deeded over 2,000 acres of their
and changed the Hernando County property to the
name to Chinsegut Hill. U.S. federal government for $1 during
They used the home the Great Depression. The agreement, however, stipulated that the
Fielder Harris plowing the fields, circa 1904. and grounds as a
Robins family could live there until their deaths. The U.S. government’s
vacation estate and Civilian Conservation Corps established a camp at Chinsegut and
retreat, and hired a man named Fielder Harris to be the property’s conducted agricultural research and conservation projects.
caretaker. The Robins family was involved in progressive political
1958
causes, like women’s suffrage and workers’ rights, and they 1954-1958: The U.S. Department of Agriculture deeded the
entertained a number of famous Americans at Chinsegut, including manor house and the 114 acres around it to the University of Florida.
Thomas Edison, writer Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings and Helen Keller.
The Robins family deeded Chinsegut to the federal government 1958: The house and 114-acre
during the Great Depression and, in 1958, the University of South property was leased to the University
Florida acquired the property. Our docents will tell these stories of South Florida for $1 per year.
and more in the third and final room of the tour.
2008-2019: The Friends of Chinsegut
Chinsegut Hill is a place with a lot of history, and we are excited Hill group operated the property.
about telling its stories, both old and new. We will see you on the Hill.
To learn more about Chinsegut Hill Historic Site,
visit www.tampabayhistorycenter.org/chinsegut.
COTANCHOBEE • SPRING 2020 9
THE
SH PE
WE’RE IN
EARLY MAPS OF FLORIDA
Touchton Map Library’s Saunders Gallery
EXHIBIT OPENS FALL 2020
Cartographers struggle to create the most accurate and useful
maps possible. To that end, some of the maps in the Touchton Map
Library collection are incredibly accurate – some surprisingly so
given the technology of the time they were printed. The next exhibit
scheduled to open in the Map Library does not include a single
one of those maps. Instead, “The Shape We’re In: Early Maps of
Florida” will focus on the cartographic misses.
Florida’s distinctive shape, vast wetlands and unfamiliar topography
made it difficult for early chart and map makers to create accurate
Rodney Kite-Powell
depictions of the peninsula. The creation of their maps and charts
Director of the
Touchton Map Library included a mix of science, fantasy and guesswork. The results
were often distorted, but they are also explainable. This exhibit
will showcase those early maps and provide insights into why the
depictions of Florida are so unusual.
The exhibit will be presented in five sections. The first will include
the earliest maps of Florida, including THE earliest printed map of
Florida, the 1511 Peter Martyr map (see inset on facing page). Also
featured are the Martin Waldseemuller map of 1513, which might
depict Florida or might depict Japan; the Jacques LeMoyne/Theodor
DeBry 1594 map (facing page, top left), which is unusual in that it
features a sea monster along with the Florida peninsula; and Antonio
Herrera’s 1601 map of Florida that, though not particularly accurate,
includes the place name Tampa on a printed map for the first time.
While some maps distort the shape and coastline of Florida, others
show features – or omit features – within the peninsula. Some of
these geological inaccuracies survived well into the late 18th and early
19th centuries, such as a mountain range shown on the 1768 William
Stork map of East Florida (right) and the misplacement of the new
Dade County on Thomas Bradford’s 1836 map of the Florida Territory.
There was a time, during the 1770s and 1780s, when Florida was
often depicted as an archipelago – or a series of islands. This
coincided with the British Period of Florida history, but mapmakers
from around the world fell into this pattern. Even the noted French
cartographer Nicolas Bellin corrected one of his maps (facing page,
bottom) to show the archipelago, making his new, updated map
William Stork, A New Map of East Florida, 1768.
10 TAMPA BAY HISTORY CENTERHISTORY CENTER
Acquires Rare “Map of Firsts”
Rodney Kite-Powell, Director of the Touchton Map Library
The History Center has recently acquired one of the most
important maps in American history. It is truly a map of firsts:
the first printed map to just portray the New World, the first
printed map of the Caribbean, the first printed map to identify
Cuba by that name, the first printed map to show any part of
the United States, and most importantly for us, the first map to
show any part of Florida.
Jacques Le Moyne/Theodor DeBry, Occidentalis Americae partis, vel,
earum Regionum quas Christophorus Columbus, 1594.
less accurate. There is no conclusive answer to why mapmakers
changed Florida to look this way, but stories about how many lakes
and rivers existed in Florida – not to mention the mysteries of the
Everglades – likely contributed.
One institution that had a great interest in Florida, particularly the
interior of the peninsula, was the United States Army during the
1830s and 1840s. This was during the Second Seminole War,
and information about Florida’s landscape and terrain was lacking.
Included in the exhibit is one of the maps issued by the Army that
included instructions to officers, asking them to fill in any details Peter Martyr, untitled map of Cuba and the Caribbean, 1511.
that they found but were not already included on the map - a great
Commonly known as the Martyr map, it was published by Peter
example of 19th-century crowdsourcing.
Martyr d’Anghiera in his 1511 book “Opera: Legatio Babylonica
The last map in the exhibit isn’t a map at all, but rather a photograph. Occeani Decas.” The book is a collection of 10 stories detailing
It is extraordinarily significant because it is the first photograph of the available information compiled by the Spanish during their
Florida from space, and it was taken by John Glenn during one of explorations of the Caribbean since the 1490s.
his three orbits around the planet aboard the Friendship 7 capsule
In addition to its many firsts, the map is also important because
in February 1962. The photograph was taken at the perfect moment, it portrays a portion of South Florida two years before Juan
with the sun’s rays striking the peninsula in such a way to highlight Ponce de Leon sighted and named La Florida. This is one more
the many different bodies of water in the state. Looking at this piece of evidence to prove that Ponce de Leon was not the first
photograph, one can wonder if those maps from the 1770s and Spaniard to come to Florida.
1780s were really that far off.
The map was likely drawn by Andrea Morales, who, like Martyr,
“The Shape We’re In: Early Maps of Florida” will open in the Saunders had access to very detailed information through their place on
Gallery of the Touchton Map Library this fall. the Council of the Indies. Martyr included Morales’s map to
illustrate the extent of Spanish exploration, but he did so without
the consent of Spain’s King Ferdinand II. When Ferdinand
became aware of the book, he issued an order that all available
copies of the book be recalled and the map page removed.
The map page was not included in the second edition of
Martyr’s book, which has made the map incredibly rare. There
are around 20 copies known to exist in the world, with the
majority of those in institutions such as the Library of Congress,
the British Library, the Palacio Real in Madrid and a handful of
university libraries in the U.S.
The board and staff of the Tampa Bay History Center greatly
appreciate the generosity of the donors, Art and Jan
Holzheimer of Chicago, for donating their copy of the Martyr
map. The Holzheimers are longtime friends of Tom and Lee
Touchton, and it was in the spirit of that friendship and the
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin, Carte reduite des costes de la Louisiane et de work of the History Center’s Touchton Map Library that they
la Floride, 1764. decided to make their donation.2019 ANNUAL REPORT
Extracted Audited Financial Statements for Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2019
Tampa Bay History Center, Inc.
BALAN C E S H E ET
ASSETS
Cash and Equivalents $2,385,788
A/R Government, Other and Prepaid Expenses $179,356
Inventory, Property & Equipment $8,329,951
Pledges Receivable, Net $2,006,435
Cultural Endowment Program Fund $1,038,573
TOTAL $13,940,103
LIABILITIES & NET ASSETS
LIABILITIES:
Accounts Payable & Other Accrued Expenses $256,498
Intercompany Receivable (Payable) $1,136,434
Line of Credit $0
Total Liabilities $1,392,932
NET ASSETS:
Unrestricted Fund $11,366,111
Temporarily Restricted Fund $1,181,060
Permanently Restricted Fund $0
Total Net Assets $12,547,171
TOTAL $13,940,103
STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES
Unrestricted Operating Support and Revenue
Government Support $480,250
Earned Income, Contributions and Donations $2,343,709
Endowment Distributions from Foundations $116,436
Contributions In-Kind $43,240
Investment Return, Other Income and Net Assets
Released From Restriction $627,981
Total Operating Support and Revenue $3,611,616*
Operating Expenses
Program Services $2,895,006
Management $571,169
Fundraising $817,743†
Total Operating Expenses $4,283,918‡
*Includes: Investment Returns, Net Assets Released from Restriction, and Other Revenue.
†Includes expenses associated with fundraising, marketing and special events. ‡Includes $933,503 of non-cash depreciation.
12 TAMPA BAY HISTORY CENTER2019 ANNUAL REPORT
Extracted Audited Financial Statements for Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2019
Tampa Bay History Center Foundation, Inc.
BALAN C E S H E ET
ASSETS
Cash & Cash Equivalents $13,046
Operating Endowment Pledges Receivable, Net $19,643
Interorganizational Receivable $500
Operating Endowment Fund $12,743,110
Board Designated Endowment Fund $19,974,928
TOTAL $32,751,227*
LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
LIABILITIES:
Liabilities $0
Total Liabilities $0
NET ASSETS:
Without Donor restrictions:
Designated for long-term purposes $19,974,928
Undesignated $500
With Donor restrictions: $12,775,799
Total Net Assets $32,751,227
TOTAL $32,751,227
STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES - UNRESTRICTED
Operating Support and Revenue
Investment Return, Contributions and Donations and Other Income $503,193
Net Assets Released From Restriction $524,905
Total Operating Support and Revenue $1,028,098
Operating Expenses
Management $50,29
Fundraising $0
Donations Made to the Tampa Bay History Center $474,905
$525,196
Total Operating Expenses $525,196
*Excludes approximately $4.8 million held at the USF Foundation in the Tampa Bay History Center Endowment Fund.
COTANCHOBEE • SUMMER 2020 13HISTORY CENTER
Annouces New HISTORY CENTER
Board Chair Welcomes
and Vice Chair New Trustees
Janet Nichols - Chair Ellery
Janet and her partners currently oversee one of the
Linder
largest wealth management teams nationally within is the co-founder
Raymond James and Associates, Nichols Geegan King and co-CEO of
Family Wealth Advisors of Raymond James, focusing Wherewithal, a
on financial planning, including retirement income women’s apparel
planning, estate and tax planning, risk management and
company. After
business exit strategies. Janet has more than 35 years of
starting her career in publishing at Food
experience in financial services, and has been a Certified
Financial Planner™ practitioner since 1988. Network Magazine in NYC, she transitioned
into retail, joining the Home Shopping
Janet has been recognized numerous times by Barron’s as being one of the top female
financial advisors in the U.S., while Forbes named her as one of the top advisors in the Network’s culinary e-commerce team, serving
country in 2018, 2019 and 2020. as the brand marketing lead for the culinary
Janet is very active in her community and has a special interest in international affairs. She division. Retail is in her DNA, as her family has
has served as a director and officer of the United Nations Association of Tampa Bay, as owned their furniture company, Badcock &
a director of The Tampa Club, Inc., as a member of Women’s Leadership of the United More, for 116 years, operating over 370 stores
Way of Tampa Bay, and as a board member for the Florida Museum of Photographic Arts across the Southeast. As a 5th-generation
(FMOPA), among numerous other charitable and civic organizations. She currently serves Floridian, Ellery is passionate about preserving
on the Dean’s Advisory Council at the University of South Florida, and is also a member of
the history and environment of her home state
the Society of International Business Fellows, the Tampa Bay Area Committee on Foreign
Relations, and the Florida Advisory council of the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition. for future generations.
Janet’s community and other awards have included the Raymond James Network
for Women Advisors’ “Women of Distinction” award and the Society of International George
Business Fellows’ James D. Cockman Humanitarian award. Most recently she was
named a 2019 Tampa Bay Businesswoman of the Year by the Tampa Bay Business Dowling
Journal. A multigenerational Florida native, she and her husband Erik live in South Tampa, is the Sr. Director of
where they enjoy reading, travel and hosting social events. Building Operations
for the Tampa Bay
Curtis Stokes - Vice Chair Rays. George handles
the maintenance and
Curtis has served on the History Center’s Board of
grounds departments at Tropicana Field and
Trustees since 2013. His broad community involvement
includes serving as a member of the Tampa City the spring training facility in Port Charlotte.
Council, as former president of the Hillsborough Branch George also manages capital renewal projects
of the NAACP, past chairman of the Board of the related to the infrastructure and building
American Cancer Society, and Chairman of the Tampa- systems at Tropicana Field. George has been
Hillsborough County Expressway Authority. He also
in the facility maintenance field for over 15
served on the Host Committee of the 2009 Super Bowl and as area chairman for the
years, having worked at Western Kentucky
United Negro College Fund. In 2002, Tampa Bay Business Journal named him one of
the “Top 40 under 40” business leaders in the region. University and Vanderbilt University before
joining the Tampa Bay Rays. George was
Curtis Stokes is the owner of VR Business Brokers, where he works as a business
intermediary for the lower middle U.S. markets. He previously held the position of born and raised in South Tampa and attended
Vice President of Community Affairs for Fifth Third Bank. In addition, he has held Plant High School and the University of South
management positions at Norwest Financial and later became Vice President Business Florida. His personal interests include staying
Client Manager at Bank of America. fit, gardening, hiking and travel.
14 TAMPA BAY HISTORY CENTERBoard of Trustees
OFFICERS TRUSTEES
Janet Nichols Maruchi Azorin Rufus J. Williams, IV
CHAIR Owner, Villa Rosa Distinctive Linens Principal, Cardinal Point Management LLC
Managing Director, Senior Vice President,
Investments, Nichols Geegan King Family Lori Baggett Bonnie M. Wise
Wealth Advisors of Raymond James Office Managing Shareholder, Hillsborough County Administrator
Carlton Fields, P.A.
Mark Woodard
Curtis Stokes Pinellas County Administrator – Ret.
VICE CHAIR Robert S. Bolt
Owner, VR Business Brokers Founder,
Barnett, Bolt, Kirkwood, Long & Koche, P.A.
TBHC FOUNDATION
Chris Alvarez Lucas DeVicente
TREASURER
Paul Whiting, Jr.
Managing Principal, Sabal Trust PRESIDENT
CFO, Florida Medical Clinic
Principal, AGW Capital Advisors
George Dowling
Liana Fernandez Fox Sr. Director of Building Operations, John Touchton
SECRETARY Tampa Bay Rays VICE PRESIDENT
Professor Emeritus, President, The Witt-Touchton Company LLC
Hillsborough Community College Elizabeth Frazier
VP, Philanthropy & Community Initiatives, R. James Robbins, Jr.
Tampa Bay Lightning TREASURER
C.J. Roberts
THE FRANK E. DUCKWALL Founding Lawyer & Managing Shareholder,
Truett Gardner
PRESIDENT & CEO Hill Ward Henderson
Founding Partner,
Tampa Bay History Center Gardner Brewer Martinez-Monfort Kenneth Souza
SECRETARY
Henry Gonzalez III Betsy Graham
Investment Director,
IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR University of South Florida Foundation, Inc.
SVP/Tampa Market President, Fraser Himes
Beach Community Bank Partner, Fraser Himes, PA
C.J. Roberts
Dennis Holt, Ph.D. ASSISTANT SECRETARY/TREASURER
Steven M. “Steve” Raney Supervisor, Secondary Social Studies, The Frank E. Duckwall President & CEO,
PAST CHAIR Hillsborough County Public Schools Tampa Bay History Center
President & CEO, Raymond James Bank
Ellery Linder Joseph “Jed” T. Lykes III
Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Wherewithal Past President
R. James Robbins, Jr.
PAST CHAIR Christopher Pitino
Founding Lawyer & Managing Shareholder, Kimberly Madison
VP, Community & Legal Affairs, Investor, CBP Capital LLC
Hill Ward Henderson
Strategic Property Partners
Frank J. “Sandy” Rief
Paul Whiting, Jr. David Moore Shareholder, Allen Dell
PAST CHAIR (EMERITUS) President, Bank of Central Florida Non-Trustee Legal Counsel
Principal, AGW Capital Advisors
Rich Mullins Bet Snyder
Senior Account Supervisor, Tucker/Hall Director, The Lowry Murphey Family Foundations
George B. Howell III
PAST CHAIR (EMERITUS) J. Thomas “Tom” Touchton
Partner, Holland & Knight LLP David Nicholson
Vice President – Legal General Counsel, Chairman, The Witt-Touchton Company LLC
TECO Services, Inc.
Marsha G. Rydberg Robert M. Wolf
PAST CHAIR (EMERITUS) Rob Rosner President/CEO, Pasco Kids First
Attorney, The Rydberg Law Firm Director of Economic Opportunity,
City of Tampa
J. Thomas “Tom” Touchton
FOUNDING CHAIR (EMERITUS) Bet Snyder
Chairman, The Witt-Touchton Company LLC Director, The Lowry Murphey Family Foundation
COTANCHOBEE • SUMMER 2020 15We are grateful to the following donors,
who made gifts between
July 1, 2019 and June 30, 2020
Burton Family Foundation Thomas Financial Group Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rothman
Mr. and Mrs. Donald W. Burton Triad Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Rydberg
The Frank E. Duckwall Foundation, Inc. W.S. Badcock Corporation Dr. and Mrs. Ralph E. Rydell
State of Florida, Dept. of State, Mr. and Mrs. John J. Yodzis Sabal Trust Company
Division of Cultural Affairs Salem Law Group, PA
Dr. and Mrs. Stanley Goodman AGW Capital Advisors Mr. T. Terrell Sessums
Hillsborough County Amscot Financial Inc. Dr. and Mrs. Chuck Slonim
Lightning Foundation Ms. Maruchi Azorin and Dr. Rafael Blanco Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus W. Spurlino
Lowry Murphey Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. L. Lowry Baldwin Mr. and Mrs. Paul Steijlen
Mr. and Mrs. W. Tommy Morgan III Mr. and Mrs. Harry Barkett Mrs. Paul A. Straske
The Saunders Foundation Bay Area Building Solutions Tampa-Hillsborough Expressway Authority
Strategic Property Partners, LLC Ms. Shelley Blood Mr. and Mrs. Tate Taylor
Mr. and Mrs. J. Thomas Touchton Dr. and Mrs. William G. Carson, Jr. Mr. David Townsend
Mr. and Mrs. John T. Touchton, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Phillip E. Casey Mr. and Mrs. James F. Urbanski
Ms. Lavinia H. Touchton Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Clark Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Urette
Trenam Law Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Clarke, Sr. USAA
Vinik Family Foundation Creative Arts Unlimited, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. David E. Ward, Jr.
Ms. Nell Ward Mr. and Mrs. William Curtis Wells Fargo Bank
Mr. and Mrs. Miller Detrick Mr. and Mrs. Stan Whitcomb
Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Annis Dimmitt Chevrolet Mr. and Mrs. Paul Whiting, Sr.
Barnett Bolt Kirkwood Long Koche & Foster, P. A. Mr. and Mrs. Brett D. Divers Mr. and Mrs. Rufus J. Williams IV
Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Bolt Mr. and Mrs. William Dunn Mr. and Mrs. Jerry L. Williams
Mr. and Mrs. Alston M. Barrow Mr. Christopher A. Elmer Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Wotovich
Culbreath Family Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Todd S. Farha
Mr. A.G. Divers Dr. Liana Fernandez Fox and Mr. Robert Fox Mr. and Mrs. Christian Alvarez
Mr. and Mrs. Clark Jordan-Holmes Mr. and Mrs. Drew A. Graham Mr. and Mrs. Donald J. Barnes
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Raney Mr. and Mrs. Alan D. Harvill Mr. and Mrs. Thilo D. Best
Raymond James Mr. and Mrs. Brett Hendee Mr. and Mrs. Roland Blanco
Tampa Bay Trust Company Hill Ward Henderson Mr. and Mrs. John Boushall
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey N. Vinik Mr. and Mrs. Richard Stephen Jenkins Mr. and Mrs. Michael Byars
W.R.B. Enterprises, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Charley Knight Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. Carrere
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Whiting, Jr. Mrs. Victor P. Leavengood Mr. and Mrs. Calvin W. Carter
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Lykes Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Cimino
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Arthur Macfarlane Ferguson & McMullen, P.A. Mr. and Mrs. John P. Colman
Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Belser III Mr. and Mrs. William McNulty Mr. and Mrs. Alberto de Alejo, Jr.
Cardinal Point Management LLC Mr. John C. Mills, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. William Dudney III
Mr. and Mrs. Brett D. Couch Mr. and Mrs. David Moore Mr. and Mrs. Hillard M. Eure III
Judge and Mrs. Paul W. Danahy Dr. and Mrs. Daniel E. Murphy Ms. Toni Everett
Ferman Motor Car Company Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Newman Ms. Adelaide Few
Mr. and Mrs. Fred P. Frankland Ms. Janet Nichols and Mr. Erik MacPeek Mr. and Mrs. J. Stephen Gardner
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Isbell Publix Super Markets Charities, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard H. Gilbert
Krusen Limited Partnership, LTD. Dr. and Mrs. Maynard Ramsey III Mr. and Mrs. John Gormly
The Honorable and Mrs. Bob Martinez Mr. and Mrs. Neil J. Rauenhorst Mr. and Mrs. William L. Graham
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Mueller Mr. and Mrs. Stephen H. Reynolds Mr. Thomas Hall
Ms. Candy Olson Mr. and Mrs. R. James Robbins, Jr. Mr. David R. Hall III and Ms. Judy Tampa
Mr. Chris Richards and Ms. Gretchen Shires Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Roberts Mr. and Mrs. Chris Harrell
Ms. Patricia C. Sullivan Mrs. Judith O. Rosenkranz Mr. William Harrell, Jr.Donors continued
Mr. and Mrs. Gary W. Harrod Ms. Janis G. Chapman Ms. Rachel Phillips
Ms. Terry Hoft Ms. Elizabeth Corwin Mr. and Mrs. Gerard R. Quinlan
The Honorable Pam Iorio and Mr. Mark Woodard Mr. and Mrs. Rees Crosby II Mr. and Mrs. John Rains
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Kirkwood Mrs. and Mr. Lisa H. Culberson Mr. and Mrs. Thompson L. Rankin, Jr.
Dr. Kathleen Leber and Dr. Vince Perron Mr. and Mrs. James A. Curry Mr. and Mrs. Fred Reiling
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Levy Dr. and Mrs. Carlos Dalence Mr. and Mrs. James R. Rettig, Sr.
Dr. Selina Lin Hofmann Mr. Shreedhar Deshpande Mr. Harley E. Riedel, II
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Lindell, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Harry deWaart Mr. R. James Robbins, Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Tyson Lykes II Mrs. Charles Eldredge Mr. Tate Rogers
Major General (ret) and Mrs. Lawrence M. Martin, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James L. Ferman, Jr. Mr. Carlos R. Roman
Mrs. Rosemary Sparkman McAteer Mr. Ronald Floto Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Rosen
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Miller Ms. Meredith Fulford Mr. Jack Rosenkranz
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Moshell III GFWC Tampa Woman’s Club Mrs. Bruce A. Samson
Dr. and Mrs. M. P. R. Nathan Mr. and Mrs. John Giordano Sarasota Civil War Round Table
Brig. Gen. (Ret) and Mrs. Ben Nelson, Jr. Dr. and Mr. Anne Gormly Mr. Kurt Schafer
Mr. Solon F. O’Neal, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. John B. Hampton
Ms. Barbara Schmitz
Mrs. J. Ross Parker Mr. and Mrs. James C. Handly, Jr.
Mr. David Seider
Dr. Derrie Perez Mr. and Mrs. J. Roderick Heller
Ms. Lisa-Perry Richardson Mr. and Mrs. Gary Senteney
Ms. Rosemary H. Henderson
Mr. Frank J. “Sandy” Rief, III and Ms. Diane Egner Ms. Rachel Shaw
Mr. Xavier Hernandez and Ms. Nicole Conner
Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Robbins Mr. and Mrs. Rusty Shenk
Mr. John David Hill
Mr. and Mrs. Lester J. Ryals, Jr. Ms. Martina Silas-Strange
Mr. and Mrs. James P. Hines
Dr. and Mrs. Joel C. Silverfield Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Simmons
Mr. and Mrs. Drew Hudgins
Dr. and Mrs. Earl A. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Peter Skemp
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Kanter
Mr. and Mrs. C. Lawrence Stagg Mr. and Mrs. Martin Solomon
Ms. Austyn Keetly
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred W. Swan, Jr. Ms. Jeneice Sorrentino
Mrs. David C. G. Kerr
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Taggart Southern Society of Clinical Surgeons
Ms. Ann Loughridge Kerr
Mr. Michael Tomor Ms. Susan Spurgeon and Mr. L. Scott Brown
Mr. and Mrs. Philip L. Kirstein
Dr. and Mrs. Barry Verkauf Ms. April Stanton
Mrs. Virginia Hawes Knight
Dr. and Mrs. Raghavendra Vijayanagar Mr. Gerald Stenklyft
Ms. Michele Ladner
Ms. Rosemary Armstrong and Mr. Morris Weinberg Mrs. Don Stichter
Mr. and Mrs. J. Leonard Levy
Ms. Kay Annis Wilson Ms. Debbie Stout
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Linder
Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Wolf Mr. and Mrs. Fell Stubbs
Mr. David Lott
Mr. and Mrs. John Wolfe Tarpon Springs Library
Ms. Catherine Mastracci
Mr. William Knight Zewadski
Mr. and Mrs. C. Parkhill Mays, Jr. Mr. Robert M. Thomas
Mrs. Howell A. McKay Mr. and Mrs. I. Clay Thompson, Jr.
A.R. Savage & Son, LLC
Mrs. F. Graham McKeel Mr. and Mrs. Richard Tombrink, Jr.
Ms. Nancy Allen
Mr. and Mrs. Rolfe Arnhym Dr. Dixie Mills Ms. Pam Townsend
Mrs. Alfred S. Austin Ms. Faith Miser Mrs. and Mr. Ann Turner
Ms. Lori Baggett Miss Caitlin Moroney Mrs. Carol R. Turpin
Dr. Venerando Batas Mr. Richard Mullins V L African & Latino Heritage Club
Mr. and Mrs. Stuart C. Bean Ms. Mary Murphy Mr. and Mrs. John Van Voris
Mr. Russell S. Bogue, Jr. Ms. Rachel Nasrallah Mr. Bill Wagner
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Boushall III National Society of Colonial Dames of America Mr. and Mrs. R. Carlton Ward, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Boyet Mr. Sean Ormond Mrs. Betty Wood
Ms. Roberta K. Burford Mrs. Alton B. ParkerThank you to our loyal members, who support
the History Center’s mission and programs.
Current Members as of June 30, 2020
FOUNDER AND Mr. and Mrs. Eric Newman SUPPORTER Dr. and Mrs. Robert Isbell Professor and Dr. Ourania
SUSTAINING FOUNDER Mr. and Mrs. Michael Nolan Ms. Edie Ahrman Demaree Mr. Eric Jarvis Stephanides
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Bierley Mr. Solon F. O’Neal, Jr. Mrs. Marilyn J. Alessi Mr. and Mrs. Paul Jones Mr. and Mrs. Michael Stephens
Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Bolt Mr. and Mrs. Sergio Quevedo Mr. Tim Alles Mr. and Mrs. Clark Jordan-Holmes Mr. and Mrs. David D. Suarez
Mrs. Richard J. Brandewie Mr. Frank J. “Sandy” Rief, III Mr. and Mrs. Christian Alvarez Mr. and Mrs. David T. Knight Dr. and Mrs. Dirk W. R. Suringa
Mr. and Mrs. Todd S. Farha and Ms. Diane Egner Mr. and Mrs. Rolfe Arnhym Mr. and Mrs. Ben Kodadek Mr. and Mrs. Gerald W. Susar
Mr. and Mrs. James L. Ferman, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Lester J. Ryals, Jr. Dr. John Aspinall and Dr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Krist Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Swiger
Ms. Linda Marcelli Mr. and Mrs. Stephen H. Sears Mr. Christopher Bernhard Mr. J. A. Lamb Ms. Janice Thiel
Mr. G. Lowe Morrison Dr. and Mrs. Joel C. Silverfield Mr. and Mrs. W. DeHart Ayala, Jr. Ms. Susan La Motte Lane Dr. and Mrs. G. Phillips Thomas
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Shimberg Mrs. Marion C. “Cookie” Smith Mr. Peter Baker Mrs. Judy P. Lawson Mr. Robert M. Thomas
Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus W. Spurlino Mr. and Mrs. John F. Spangler Mr. Walter A. Baldwin, Jr. Judge William Levens Ms. Martha-Sue Thompson
Mr. and Mrs. J. Thomas Touchton Mr. and Mrs. Scott Stichter Mr. and Mrs. Adam Beebe Mr. and Mrs. J. Leonard Levy Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Thompson
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Whiting, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Touchton III Mr. and Mrs. Stewart T. Bertron Mrs. Charles W. Liller Ms. Kathleen Thornton
Ms. Sherri Villanueva Mrs. Lorraine Bevilacqua Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Liu Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey L. Traster
CORPORATE PATRON Ms. Rosemary Armstrong and Mr. and Mrs. Steven Blaschka Mr. and Mrs. Joseph T. Lykes III Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Turnipseed
Publix Super Markets Charities, Inc. Mr. Morris Weinberg Mr. Russell S. Bogue, Jr. Mrs. Carol R. Turpin
Major General (ret) and
Mr. and Mrs. J. Hulon Williams III Mr. and Mrs. John H. Boushall III Mrs. Lawrence M. Martin, Jr. Ms. Linda M. Van Stavern
BENEFACTOR Mr. William Knight Zewadski Mr. Andrew Bridwell and Mr. Everett McCooey III Mr. John Vandermolen
Mr. and Mrs. Alston M. Barrow Ms. Cara Knight Zingre Mr. Barry Boyce Mrs. Howell A. McKay Mrs. Mattie T. Vega
Mrs. Patricia Carter and Mr. Terry A. Zitek Mr. and Mrs. David A. Boyd Mr. Patrick H. McNamara Dr. and Mrs. Barry Verkauf
Mr. Calvin Carter Mr. Mary Britain Mr. and Mrs. Mark McPike Ms. Michelle Vigil
Mr. A.G. Divers SPONSOR Mr. and Mrs. Wesley A. Brockway Mr. David Bradbury and Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Waggoner
Dr. and Mrs. Dennis H. Jones Dr. and Mrs. David E. Barclay Drs. James and JoEllen Carlson Ms. Sue L. Meyer Mr. and Mrs. William C. Walters
Mrs. Rosemary Sparkman McAteer Mr. and Mrs. Stuart C. Bean Dr. Ted Carrier Mr. and Mrs. Sam Militello Mr. and Mrs. James W. Warren III
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene McNichols Mr. Anthony J. Borrell, Jr. Mrs. Herbert D. Carrington, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Miller Dr. and Mrs. A. Frank Weitzman
Mr. Scott L. Peeler, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Leopoldo Diaz Mrs. Jeannie Holton Carufel Mr. Roland E. Miller III Dr. and Mrs. Brad Weitzner
Mr. and Mrs. Tom L. Rankin Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Giddens Mr. and Mrs. Robert Churuti Mr. John C. Mills, Jr. Mr. Tanner White
Mr. and Mrs. Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Leonard H. Gilbert Mr. and Mrs. Ed Cooley Dr. Dixie Mills Mr. and Mrs. Christopher White
L. Rankin Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John Gormly Mr. and Mrs. Duane Crandon Mr. Andrew Moberg and Mr. and Mrs. Louis C. Willard
Mr. Chris Richards and Mr. and Mrs. Drew A. Graham Mr. and Mrs. William C. Crowder Ms. Christine Pollock
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry L. Williams
Ms. Gretchen Shires Mr. and Mrs. Jim Murman
Mr. David R. Hall III and Mr. and Mrs. James A. Curry Mr. and Mrs. David M. Williams
Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Salem Ms. Judy Tampa Dr. and Mrs. Brendan C. O’Malley
Mr. and Mrs. Max Dufeny Mr. and Mrs. James J. Wise
Mrs. Bruce A. Samson Ms. Rosemary H. Henderson The Honorable J. Rogers Padgett
Drs. Ulrike Wolter and Mr. Robert Wishaw
Dr. and Mrs. John C. Toole, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. George B. Howell III Geoffrey Duyk Ms. Jodi Pecoraro
Ms. Elizabeth Hatton Wood
Mr. and Mrs. John T. Touchton, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Galen B. Jones Mr. and Mrs. Edward Eager Dr. Robert N. Pelaez
Mrs. Betty Wood
Mr. Bill Wagner Dr. and Mrs. Harvey Kennedy Ms. Cheri Ellison Dr. Derrie Perez
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Woodroffe III
Ms. Nell Ward Dr. Stuart Lipman Mr. and Mrs. David C. Entreken Ms. Jacqueline Preis
Mr. and Mrs. Enrique A. Woodroffe
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Wotovich Dr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Lupo Ms. Veronica Everett Mr. and Mrs. Tarun Rai
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory C. Yadley
Dr. and Mrs. Jack Maniscalco Mr. and Mrs. Steven Falkowitz Mr. and Mrs. Steven Raney
Mr. and Mrs. Jean M. Yadley
PATRON Mr. and Mrs. Stephen D. Marlowe Dr. and Mrs. Bernie Farkas Mr. David D. Reid
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Zielinski
Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Annis Mrs. F. Graham McKeel Dr. and Mrs. Jack E. Fernandez Ms. Cheryl Reinerio
Mrs. John H. Boushall, Jr. Ms. Mary Murphy Ms. Jennifer Filla Mr. and Mrs. Stephen H. Reynolds
FAMILY
Mr. Scott Cecil Ms. Vivien A. Oliva Mr. and Mrs. Sol Fleischman, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Richmond
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Abdnour
Dr. and Mrs. R. Flake Chambliss Mr. Angel Oliva III Ms. Caroline H. Foss Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Roberts
Mr. and Mrs. Prince Abdullah
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Clark Mr. and Mrs. Saul Rachelson Ms. Ana Frey Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Rosen
Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Stein
Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Clarke, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. John Rains Mr. and Mrs. Martin Gladysz Mrs. Judith O. Rosenkranz
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Abrams
Mr. and Mrs. H. Lee Culbreath III Mr. and Mrs. R. James Robbins, Jr. Ms. Ronnie Goodheart Mr. and Mrs. James M. Rossman
Mr. Rogelio Casasus and
Mrs. Charles M. Davis Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Rydberg Mr. and Mrs. Horace C. Gordon, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. David L Royer Mrs. Edith Acosta
Mr. and Mrs. Preston L. Farrior The Honorable E.J. and Ms. Debbra Gottfried Mr. Tim Ruff Mr. and Mrs. Russell Adams
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gonzalez III Mrs. Elsa Salcines Mr. and Mrs. Donald W. Gould, Sr. Mr. Jerome Russell Mr. and Mrs. Edward Adamski
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas N. Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Simmons Mrs. Virginia S. Green Mr. and Mrs. Emlio Sanchez Mr. Frank Adelman
Henderson III Dr. and Mrs. Chuck Slonim Mr. and Mrs. R. Joe Guidry Ms. Suzzette Sharp and Mr. Ralph Mrs. Acille Adhal
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis H. Hill III Mr. and Mrs. Norman Soash Hulslander
Mr. and Mrs. James C. Handly, Jr. Ms. Jessica Adkins
Mr. Fraser Himes Mr. and Mrs. Stephen B. Straske II Ms. Adelaide Sink
Mr. and Mrs. George Hardy IV Mr. and Mrs Joseph Affronti
The Honorable Pam Iorio and Mr. and Mrs. I. Clay Thompson, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Skemp
Mr. William C. Hein Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan M. Agey
Mr. Mark Woodard
Ms. Maureen Thurston and Mr. and Mrs. J. Roderick Heller Mrs. Peggy Snuggs
Mr. and Mrs. T. Michael Kaney Mrs. Jennette Aguay
Mr. Paolo Guida Mr. Brian C. Springer
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Henderson, III Mr. Norval Ainsworth and
Ms. Ann Loughridge Kerr Mr. and Mrs. David E. Ward, Jr.
Ms. Terry Hoft Ms. Susan Spurgeon and Ms. Kerri Childress
Mr. and Mrs. William Lazarus Mr. and Mrs. John Wolfe Mr. L. Scott Brown
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Howe Mr. and Mrs. David Aiosa
Ms. Kimberly Madison Mrs. Barbara A. Woods The Rev. and Mrs. Jerold Stadel
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Huckel Mr. and Mrs. Chris Aisenbrey
Mr. and Mrs. William D. Miller Drs. Paula and Carl Zielonka
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