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    Florida House of Representatives - 1997              CS/HB 227

        By the Committee on Community Affairs and Representatives
    Maygarden, Ritchie, Burroughs, Melvin and Peaden





  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to building designations;

  3         designating and naming the Children's Medical

  4         Services facility currently under construction

  5         at 5192 Bayou Boulevard in the City of

  6         Pensacola, Escambia County, as the "Dr. Reed

  7         Bell and Dr. John H. Whitcomb Building";

  8         directing the Department of Management Services

  9         to erect suitable markers; designating and

10         naming the president's residence at the

11         University of Central Florida as the "Burnett

12         House"; authorizing the University of Central

13         Florida to erect suitable markers; designating

14         and naming the School of Communications at the

15         University of Central Florida as the "Anthony

16         J. Nicholson School of Communications";

17         authorizing the University of Central Florida

18         to erect suitable markers; providing an

19         effective date.

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21         WHEREAS, the late John H. Whitcomb, M.D., was a

22  distinguished pediatrician and pediatric cardiologist, with

23  over 35 years of practice in Florida, and

24         WHEREAS, Dr. Whitcomb had been Director of Medical

25  Affairs at Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola and Director of

26  Children's Medical Services for District I of the Department

27  of Health and Rehabilitative Services, and

28         WHEREAS, Reed Bell, Sr., M.D., is a distinguished

29  pediatrician and pediatric endocrinologist, with over 35 years

30  of practice and teaching experience and a multitude of

31  professional and academic achievements in these fields, and

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  1         WHEREAS, Dr. Bell is presently Director of Children's

  2  Medical Services for District I of the Department of Health,

  3  and

  4         WHEREAS, it is a fitting tribute to the accomplishments

  5  of these two dedicated pediatric physicians that the

  6  Children's Medical Services facility in Pensacola be named in

  7  their honor, and

  8         WHEREAS, Al and Nancy Burnett have been long-time

  9  friends of higher education and, in particular, the University

10  of Central Florida, and

11         WHEREAS, their generosity established the Al

12  Burnett-Contemporary Cars Eminent Scholar Chair in Accounting

13  at the University of Central Florida in 1993, and

14         WHEREAS, the Burnett gifts to the University of Central

15  Florida now exceed $1,000,000, and

16         WHEREAS, Al and Nancy Burnett are supporters of many

17  community activities in Central Florida such as diabetes

18  research, United Way, the Orlando Science Center, and the

19  Florida Sheriffs Boys Ranch, and

20         WHEREAS, the latest Burnett gift to the University of

21  Central Florida provided the funds needed to complete the

22  first president's residence at the university, and

23         WHEREAS, Anthony J. Nicholson, has been a resident of

24  Central Florida since 1968 and a successful developer, and

25         WHEREAS, he has bequeathed a charitable gift to the

26  University of Central Florida valued at $2,000,000 and

27  intended to endow the programs of the School of Communications

28  at the University of Central Florida, and

29         WHEREAS, this generous gift will qualify the School of

30  Communications for a state matching appropriation, creating a

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  1  fund to sustain academic excellence in the academic activities

  2  of the School of Communications in perpetuity, and

  3         WHEREAS, the University of Central Florida desires to

  4  designate the School of Communications as the "Anthony J.

  5  Nicholson School of Communications," NOW, THEREFORE,

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  7  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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  9         Section 1.  The Children's Medical Services facility

10  presently under construction at 5192 Bayou Boulevard in the

11  City of Pensacola, Escambia County, is hereby designated as

12  the "Dr. Reed Bell and Dr. John H. Whitcomb Building."

13         Section 2.  The Department of Management Services is

14  authorized and directed to erect appropriate markers

15  designating the "Dr. Reed Bell and Dr. John H. Whitcomb

16  Building."

17         Section 3.  The president's residence at the University

18  of Central Florida is hereby designated as the "Burnett

19  House."

20         Section 4.  The University of Central Florida is

21  authorized to erect suitable markers designating the "Burnett

22  House."

23         Section 5.  The School of Communications at the

24  University of Central Florida is hereby designated as the

25  "Anthony J. Nicholson School of Communications."

26         Section 6.  The University of Central Florida is

27  authorized to erect suitable markers designating the "Anthony

28  J. Nicholson School of Communications."

29         Section 7.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

30  law.

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