List of Florida Blue Key members

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Florida Blue Key is a student leadership honor society at the University of Florida. [1] [2] It was the founding chapter of the national Blue Key Honor Society in 1923, but later withdrew and operates as a local organization. [2] Florida Blue Key members include many politicians, judges, and university presidents. [3] [4] [5] Its members live across the United States. [3]

Contents

Academia

NameNotabilityReference
Frank Brogan Chancellor of the State University System of Florida, president of Florida Atlantic University, and 15th Lt. Governor of Florida [6]
Marshall Criser President of the University of Florida [3] [6]
Sandy D'Alemberte President of Florida State University, president of the American Bar Association, and Florida House of Representatives [6]
Albert A. Murphree President of Florida State College and University of Florida [ citation needed ]
Stephen C. O'Connell President of the University of Florida and chief justice of the Florida Supreme Court [3] [5] [6]
J. Wayne Reitz President of the University of Florida [7]
James F. Rinehart Chair of the Department of Political Science and Dean of the

College of Arts and Sciences of Troy University

[8]

Business

NameNotabilityReference
Phil Graham Former publisher and co-owner of The Washington Post [9]
Julia L. Johnson FirstEnergy board of directors, president of NetCommunications, and Florida Public Service Commission [6] [10] [11] [12]
Alfred C. Warrington Accountant and business executive [13]

Law

NameNotabilityReference
Martha Barnett Attorney, second female president of the American Bar Association [4]
Beth Bloom federal judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida [14]
Sandy D'Alemberte President of the American Bar Association, president of Florida State University, and Florida House of Representatives [6]
Dexter Douglass Lawyer for Al Gore in the Florida recount case and general counsel to Florida Governor Lawton Chiles [6] [15]
Raymond Ehrlich Former justice to the Florida Supreme Court [16]
Jose Alejandro Gonzalez Jr. Senior judge of the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida [6]
Stephen H. Grimes Chief justice to the Florida Supreme Court [6] [17]
James Lawrence King Senior judge of the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida [6]
Mark W. Klingensmith chief judge of the Florida 4th District Court of Appeal [18] [19]
James W. Kynes Florida Attorney General and professional football player [20]
Bill McCollum Florida Attorney General and U.S. Representative [21]
Chad Mizelle acting general counsel of the US Department of Homeland Security [22]
Kathryn Kimball Mizelle District judge for the US District Court for the Middle District of Florida [23]
James S. Moody Jr. Senior judge of the US District Court for the Middle District of Florida [24]
John Morgan Attorney, head of the country's largest personal injury law firm [6]
Stephen C. O'Connell Chief justice of the Florida Supreme Court

and president of the University of Florida

[3] [5] [6]
Peggy Quince justice of the Florida Supreme Court [25]
Harold Sebring Member of the Subsequent Nuremberg Trials tribunal, chief justice of the Florida Supreme Court, and head coach of Florida Gators football [26]
Robert L. Shevin Florida Attorney General, judge, Florida Senate, and Florida House of Representatives [27]
Chesterfield Smith Holland & Knight founder and president of the American Bar Association [5] [6]
W. Reece Smith Jr. President of the International Bar Association

and president of the American Bar Association

[28]
William Glenn Terrell Florida Supreme Court justice, Florida House of Representatives, and Florida Senate [6]
B. Campbell Thornal Former justice to the Florida Supreme Court [2]
Charles T. Wells Florida Supreme Court justice [6] [29]
Stephen N. Zack President of the American Bar Association, attorney in Bush v. Gore [30]

Politics

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Lawton Chiles
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Bob Graham
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Nikki Fried
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Laurel Lee
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Bill Nelson
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Marco Rubio
NameNotabilityReference
Reubin Askew Governor of Florida and United States Trade Representative [6]
Bill Birchfield Florida House of Representatives [31]
Jason Brodeur Florida House of Representatives [32]
Frank Brogan 15th Lt. Governor of Florida, chancellor of the State University System of Florida, and president of Florida Atlantic University [6]
J. Hyatt Brown Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives [6]
Julie Imanuel Brown Chairman and commissioner of the Florida Public Service Commission [4]
Lawton Chiles 41st Florida Governor and former U.S. Senator [3] [5] [33] [6]
Chuck Clemons Florida House of Representatives [34]
Sandy D'Alemberte Florida House of Representatives, president of Florida State University,

and president of the American Bar Association

[6]
Rick Dantzler Florida executive director of the Farm Service Agency,

Florida Senate, and Florida House of Representatives

[35]
Ben Diamond Florida House of Representatives [36]
Chris Dorworth Florida House of Representatives [37]
Dan Eagle Florida Secretary of the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity

and Florida House of Representatives

[38]
Nikki Fried Florida Commissioner of Agriculture and Florida Democratic Party chair [4] [5]
Bob Graham 38th Governor of Florida, U.S. Senator, and

founder of the Bob Graham Center for Public Service

[3] [33] [6]
Ben Hill Griffin Citrus magnate and state legislator [5]
William Hamilton Democratic political consultant and pollster [6] [39] [40] [41]
Spessard Holland 28th Governor of Florida [33]
Ed Jennings Florida House of Representatives [6]
Toni Jennings 16th Lieutenant governor of Florida, Florida House of Representatives, and Florida Senate [6]
Dave Kerner executive director of Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, Florida House of Representatives and mayor of Palm Beach County [42] [43]
Jeff Kottkamp lieutenant governor of Florida and Florida House of Representatives [44]
Laurel Lee Secretary of State of Florida and U.S. Congressman [4]
Connie Mack III U.S. Senator and U.S. Congressman [3] [6]
Buddy MacKay 42nd governor of Florida, lieutenant governor, and U.S. Congressman [33] [6]
Bill McBride Candidate for governor of Florida against Jeb Bush [6]
Bill McCollum U.S. Representative and Florida Attorney General [21]
Perry McGriff Florida House of Representatives and mayor of Gainesville [6]
John Mica U.S. House of Representatives [6]
Jeff Miller U.S. House of Representatives [6]
Katie Miller White House communications director [5]
Ashley Moody U.S. Senator from Florida [45]
Bill Nelson U.S. Senator, U.S. Representative, and NASA astronaut [6]
Richard A. Pettigrew Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives [6]
Adam Putnam Florida Commissioner of Agriculture and U.S. Congressman [5] [33] [6]
Marco Rubio U.S. Secretary of State, U.S. Senator and speaker of the Florida House of Representatives [5]
Ron Saunders Florida House of Representatives [46]
T. Terrell Sessums Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives [6]
Robert L. Shevin Florida Attorney General, judge, Florida Senate, and Florida House of Representatives [27]
George Smathers United States Senate and United States House of Representatives [47] [48]
Greg Steube Florida House of Representatives [49] [50]
William Glenn Terrell Florida House of Representatives, Florida Senate, and Florida Supreme Court justice [6]
Pat Thomas Florida Senate [51]
Jacqui Thurlow-Lippisch politician and author [5]
Fuller Warren 30th governor of Florida [33]
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Steve Spurrier

Sports

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Tim Tebow
NameNotabilityReference
James W. Kynes Florida Attorney General and professional football player [20]
Harold Sebring Head coach of Florida Gators football, member of the

Subsequent Nuremberg Trials tribunal, and chief justice of the Florida Supreme Court

[26]
Steve Spurrier Coach for the Florida Gators and coach of the Washington Redskins [52] [6]
Tim Tebow football and baseball player, 2007 recipient of the Heisman Trophy [53]

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  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Blue Key Ordered to Pay $250,000 in Suit". The Bradenton Herald. Bradenton, Florida. April 17, 1998. p. 16. Retrieved May 30, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
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