To permanently honor outstanding and notable alumni of the University of Florida Levin College of Law and their contributions to the state and University, the Law Center Association Board of Trustees established the Heritage of Leadership Recognition Society. The Selection Committee determined the initial classes of inductees, barring exceptional circumstances, would be honored posthumously.

HERITAGE OF LEADERSHIP SELECTION COMMITTEE 2005-07

• 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

2006 Inductees

• Chester H. Ferguson (1908-1983)
  Class of 1930
  Chairman Florida Board of Regents, Founder MacFarlane Ferguson, P.A.
• Clara Backus Floyd Gehan (1909-1992)
  Class of 1933
  Among first female UF Law graduates, President Eighth Judicial Circuit Bar Association, Instrumental in founding of Three Rivers Legal Services and Law School Legal Aid Clinics
• William O.E. Henry (1928-2005)
  Class of 1952
  Florida Bar President, Advocate for legal aid, Partner- Holland & Knight
• The Hon. John T. Wigginton (1908-1979)
  Class of 1932
  Chief Judge First District Court of Appeals, FL, Florida Bar President

2005 Inductees
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