House Bill 9439

    Florida House of Representatives - 1998                HR 9439

        By Representative Meek






  1                         House Resolution

  2         A resolution recognizing William A. Wynn, Jr.

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  4         WHEREAS, William Austin Wynn, Jr., was born on November

  5  6, 1935, in Sanford, Florida, and

  6         WHEREAS, William A. Wynn, Jr., attended Crooms Academy

  7  in Sanford and Bethune-Cookman College in Daytona Beach, and

  8         WHEREAS, following graduate studies at New York

  9  University, the University of Wisconsin, and the University of

10  Miami, William A. Wynn, Jr., embarked upon a professional

11  career which was consistently centered in the area of

12  community development and in which he became not only an

13  accomplished businessman, but also an active participant in

14  civic, educational, and economic endeavors, and

15         WHEREAS, among his many accomplishments, William A.

16  Wynn, Jr., served as Director of Agency Operations for the

17  United Way of Dade County and then served as Vice President of

18  Development for the United Way of America, the first

19  African-American to hold that position, and

20         WHEREAS, William A. Wynn, Jr., served as Director of

21  Neighborhood Services for the Economic Opportunities Program

22  and as Chairman of the Economic Development Committee of the

23  Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce, and

24         WHEREAS, William A. Wynn, Jr., served as Chairman of

25  the International Development and Tourism Committee for the

26  Miami-Dade Chamber of Commerce, Executive Vice President of

27  the Greater Miami Coalition, and as a consultant to the White

28  House Center for Voluntary Action, and

29         WHEREAS, William A. Wynn, Jr., also served as Honorary

30  Consul for Barbados, Director and Chair of the Audit Committee

31  for Bethune-Cookman College, President of the Board of Florida

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  1  Memorial College, member of the Florida Human Relations

  2  Commission, President of the OIC Foundation, Director of the

  3  Dade Savings & Loan Association, member of the Governor's

  4  Council on Criminal Justice, Vice Chair of the Edison

  5  Center/Model City Merchants Association, and Advisory

  6  Committee Officer for the University of Miami School of

  7  Business, and

  8         WHEREAS, in 1974, William A. Wynn, Jr., founded Afro

  9  Carribean Import/Export, Inc., and served as its president and

10  CEO until the time of his death, and

11         WHEREAS, William A. Wynn, Jr., died on July 7, 1997,

12  leaving behind a legacy of commitment to community service and

13  development, NOW, THEREFORE,

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15  Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of

16  Florida:

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18         That the House of Representatives of the State of

19  Florida hereby recognizes William A. Wynn, Jr., for his

20  commitment to community service and development.

21         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution

22  be presented to the wife of William A. Wynn, Jr., Evelyn Wynn,

23  and to his son, Dwayne Wynn, as a tangible token of the

24  sentiments expressed herein.

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