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Florida House of Representatives - 1998 HR 9413
By Representative Chestnut
1 House Resolution
2 A resolution in recognition of Phil Emmer.
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4 WHEREAS, Phil Emmer was born on April 5, 1928, and was
5 raised in Dade County, Florida, and
6 WHEREAS, after graduation from Georgia Tech University
7 with a degree in civil engineering in 1949, Phil Emmer
8 eventually established Emmer and Company, a small-volume home
9 building business in the Miami area from 1954 to 1960, and
10 WHEREAS, Phil Emmer then moved to Gainesville and
11 established Emmer Development Corporation, a privately held
12 company with activities throughout Florida, and
13 WHEREAS, Emmer Development Corporation is primarily
14 engaged in the business of land development, home and
15 apartment building, and management of apartment projects, and
16 in the past has been one of the nation's largest developers of
17 turnkey housing programs, and
18 WHEREAS, as one of North Central Florida's largest
19 diversified home and apartment building, land development, and
20 real estate management companies, Emmer Development
21 Corporation has developed land and built more than 6,800
22 housing units in more than 90 single-family and apartment
23 communities throughout 14 counties in Florida, and
24 WHEREAS, in 1982 the Emmer Group was cited as one of
25 the largest building companies in the United States by
26 Professional Builder Magazine, and
27 WHEREAS, in 1984 and 1985 the Emmer Group was cited as
28 one of the largest privately held businesses in Florida by
29 Florida Trend Magazine, and
30 WHEREAS, Phil Emmer has long been active in local,
31 state, and national affairs of the National Association of
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1 Home Builders, having served in each chair of the Home
2 Builders Association of Gainesville, and as president of the
3 association in 1966, and
4 WHEREAS, Phil Emmer has been a chairman or vice
5 chairman of various NHBA committees on ten different
6 occasions, and has been a life member of the Board of
7 Directors of the NHBA since 1970, and
8 WHEREAS, Phil Emmer served as an original member of the
9 City of Gainesville's Housing Board, a member of the Advisory
10 Board on Housing of the Urban League, and has been active in
11 other public and industry organizations affiliated with
12 housing, and
13 WHEREAS, Phil Emmer has been a member of the Board of
14 Directors of the Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce and
15 served as its president in 1984, and
16 WHEREAS, Phil Emmer is a charter member of the
17 University of Florida President's Council and since 1981 has
18 served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Ronald
19 McDonald House in Gainesville, and
20 WHEREAS, in 1982 he was appointed to the Florida Arts
21 Council by the Secretary of State, and
22 WHEREAS, in 1983 he was elected as a charter member of
23 the Board of Overseers of the Health Science Center of the
24 University of Florida, and
25 WHEREAS, in 1986 he was elected to serve on a statewide
26 Professional Advisory Committee of the Department of Urban and
27 Regional Planning for the College of Architecture of the
28 University of Florida, and
29 WHEREAS, in 1991 he was elected to the University of
30 Florida Foundation, and
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1 WHEREAS, in 1997 he was appointed to the Alachua County
2 Transportation Funding Advisory Committee, and
3 WHEREAS, Phil Emmer has been the recipient of numerous
4 awards, honors, and recognitions, and
5 WHEREAS, in 1963 he was the first recipient of the Dick
6 Hughes "Low Income Housing Award," an honor recognizing
7 individuals devoted to housing for low-income families, and
8 WHEREAS, he was selected "Top Performer of the Year" by
9 House and Home Magazine in 1964, received the Boys' Club
10 "Outstanding Community Service Award" in 1965, and was
11 selected an honorary alumnus of the University of Florida in
12 1981, and
13 WHEREAS, in 1983 he was elected an Honorary Member of
14 Florida Blue Key and of Beta Gamma Sigma, an honor fraternity
15 of the University of Florida College of Business
16 Administration, and
17 WHEREAS, in 1984 the Gainesville Sun named Phil Emmer
18 the third "Most Influential" person in Gainesville, and
19 WHEREAS, also in 1984, Phil Emmer was selected as the
20 Home Builders Association of Gainesville's nominee as
21 Florida's "Builder of the Year," and
22 WHEREAS, in 1985 Phil Emmer was selected for inclusion
23 in "Who's Who in Finance and Industry," and
24 WHEREAS, it is fitting and appropriate that the House
25 of Representatives recognize Phil Emmer for a lifetime of
26 successful achievement, NOW, THEREFORE,
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28 Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of
29 Florida:
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1 That the House of Representatives of the State of
2 Florida hereby recognizes Phil Emmer on this day of April 5,
3 1998, the occasion of his 70th Birthday.
4 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution
5 be presented to Phil Emmer as a tangible token of the
6 sentiments expressed herein.
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