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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
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Homecoming '88 4
Alumni News 6
Alumni Feature 3
Sports 8
magazine. They are based on objective data plus the
opinions of 13 education "experts" from such organizations as the American Association of Higher Education, the Council of Liberal Learning of the Association of American Colleges and the Association of
Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges.
To be considered, a university had to cost less than
the 1987-88 average of $10,500 for private schools or
$6,500 for out-of-state students at public institutions.
The average freshman SAT or ACT scores had to be
above the national average of 906 and 20, respectively.
