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 2004-05

• Scott Hawkins '83, Chair, West Palm Beach
• Hon. Patricia Fawsett '73, Vice-Chair, Orlando
• E.L. Roy Hunt, Emeritus Faculty, Gainesville
• E. C. Deeno Kitchen '67, Tallahassee
• 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

2005 Inductees

• The Hon. Charles E. Bennett
  Class of 1934
  United States Representative 1948-1993
• The. Hon. Raymond Ehrlich
  Class of 1942
  Florida Supreme Court Justice 1981-91; Chief Justice 1988-90
• The Hon. Richard W. Ervin, Jr.
  Class of 1928
  Florida Supreme Court Justice 1964-75; Chief Justice 1969-70
• Chesterfield Smith
  Class of 1948
  American Bar Association President 1973-74
  Florida Bar President 1964-65

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