House Bill 9113

    Florida House of Representatives - 2000                HR 9113

        By Representative Eggelletion






  1                         House Resolution

  2         A resolution honoring the life of Mr. Leon

  3         Watts.

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  5         WHEREAS, Leon Watts was born on August 7, 1920, to

  6  Henry and Elizabeth Watts in Richmond Kentucky, and

  7         WHEREAS, Leon Watts attended Richmond High School,

  8  where he was a black all-American basketball player, received

  9  a Bachelor of Arts in Industrial Arts from Florida

10  Agricultural and Mechanical University, and a Master of Arts

11  in Physical Education from the University of Michigan, and

12         WHEREAS, Leon Watts taught at schools in Spartanburg,

13  South Carolina, and in Williston and Martin and Broward

14  Counties, Florida, at Washington Junior College, and at

15  Broward Community College where he was the first black faculty

16  member when the college integrated in 1962, and

17         WHEREAS, Leon Watts served on the Broward County

18  Housing Authority, the Broward County Housing Finance

19  Authority, the District Board of Trustees of Broward Community

20  College where he was vice-chairman and chairman, the Health

21  Planning Council, the Mental Health Board, the Community

22  Development Council, the National Safety Council, the Area

23  Agency on Aging, the Democratic Executive Committee, and the

24  Trustee Board of the First Baptist Church of Piney Grove, and

25         WHEREAS, Leon Watts, a founding member of the National

26  Varsity F Club of Florida A & M University, was the Broward

27  County 1970 Basketball Coach of the Year, and was inducted

28  into the FLorida A & M University Sports Hall of Fame in 1979,

29  NOW, THEREFORE,

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2000                HR 9113

    503-176A-00






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

  2  Florida:

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  4         That the Florida House of Representative honors the

  5  life of Leon Watts and recognizes his contributions and

  6  achievements in teaching, coaching, and community service in

  7  Florida.

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