Stetson Cupola 1988-16-3

A m Vol.16 No. 3 (USPS 900-560) Spring 1988 Stetson CUPOLA Alumni give impetus to campus master plan The Nemec family celebrates the change in name for New Men's Hall: now it is Nemec Hall. With the new sign, I. to r., grandson Brodie Doremus, daughter Mary Nemec Dore- mus, Mrs. James (Ruth Bartlett) Nemec, grandson T.J. Doremus, son-in-law Ted Doremus, and James Nemec. Two Stetson University alumni families have provided the initial funds for implementing the first phase of the master campus plan. The plan, approved by the Board of Trustees in 1986, calls for consolidation of the campus on the east side of Woodland Boulevard and creation of a distinctive "front door," with visitors entering through the gates and going into a welcome plaza at the Carlton Union Building. A gift from Jack ('52) and Edna ('53) Griffith, of Plantation, has made this front door and university welcome plaza possible. They will fund construction of an admissions and financial aid building at the north end of the Carlton Union Building. The first new building to be built under the master plan, it will begin the centralization of all student services at the CUB. The first academic building planned for the core campus has received needed impetus from Palm Beach alumni James ('32, '36 LLB) and Ruth ('38) Nemec. They recently presented the university with a deed to 13 acres of land near Crescent Beach. The property is valued at $1.46 million. According to F. Mark Whittaker, vice president for university relations, the university plans to apply money from the sale of the property to a construction fund for an academic building on the east side of Woodland Boulevard. A portion of that building also will be named for the Nemecs. In recognition of the Nemecs' gift, New Men's Doremus, Wilson new trustees The Rev. Dr. Samuel N. Wilson III, Tampa, and Theodore A. Doremus, Washington, D.C., have been named to the Stetson University Board of Trustees. Officially seated during the winter meeting Feb. 19 in DeLand, they succeed Dr. William L. Self, Atlanta, and Mrs. Sally I. Gillespie, New Smyrna Beach. With her husband, William, Mrs. Gillespie now heads Stetson's Annual Fund campaign. Dr. Wilson is pastor of First Baptist Church in Tampa. He previously served as associate pastor of Murray Hill Baptist Church in Jacksonville and minister of education at First Baptist Church, De- Land. A graduate of the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., Dr. Wilson received a master of divinity degree from Southwestern Theological Seminary, Ft. Worth, Texas, and a doctor of ministry from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louis ville, Ky. Doremus, a 1969 graduate of the Stetson University College of Law, is the 1988-90 president of the university's national alumni association. He is an attorney with Davis, Polk & Wardwell, Washington, D.C., specializing in financial institution law. He earned a bachelor of arts degree from Washington and Lee University, Washington, D.C. Stetson cited for high quality, low cost Stetson University is the only private college or university in Florida included in Changing Times magazine's list of "high-quality, low-cost colleges." The rankings appear in the March 1988 issue of the Residence Hall was renamed Nemec Residence Hall at a Homecoming ceremony. New Men's Residence Hall, built in 1966, is located on East Arizona Avenue. The 33,000 square foot building has retained its name because it was the last men's dormitory constructed by the university. Five of the Nemecs' seven children have attended Stetson. Mr. Nemec, an attorney, is a veteran and a commander in the U.S. Naval Reserves. He has been a member of the Florida Bar Association since 1936 and a member of the Palm Beach County Bar Association since 1939. A member of Kiwanis International since 1952, Mr. Nemec's community service extends to the Palm Beach County Heart Association, a group he founded in 1949, and the Palm Beach County American Cancer Society, founded by Nemec in 1947. His cultural interests include founding the Gilbert and Sullivan Society and serving as attorney and founder of the Civic Opera of the Palm Beaches. Mr. Nemec also began a youth program, Young People's Talent Showcase. He and his wife are members of the First Baptist Church of West Palm Beach. At Stetson Mr. Nemec was a member of Delta Sigma Phi and he served as assistant varsity and freshmen football coach. In 1950, he served as Stetson's National Alumni Association president and is a former member of the Stetson College of Law Advisory Board. Mrs. Nemec, who was the first woman president of the Stetson National Alumni Association, is a (please see page 3) INSIDE Homecoming '88 4 Alumni News 6 Alumni Feature 3 Sports 8 magazine. 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