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Liston (Lin) D. Bochette III, born June 16, 1957, is an athlete, artist and civic leader. He participated in several Olympic Games as an athlete and administrator. [1]
Bochette studied at The University of Florida, Florida State University, Inter American University, the University of Puerto Rico, Pacific Western University, and was accepted at Stanford University. He collected a Bachelor's BFA degree in Fine Arts; a Master's degree MA in humanities; studied an ED abd in Education and completed a PhD in Philosophy.[ citation needed ] American University awarded him an Honorary Doctorate in Humanity. He has taught at Inter American University in the general field of communication and continues in education as a visiting professor at Tiffin University's College of Sports Management and on the distance faculty for the United States Sports Academy. In 1983 he was awarded a Citation of Merit by the Senate of Puerto Rico and in 2022 appointed as a United Nations Ambassador for Peace.
Bochette was a Junior All American, attended the University of Florida on a Track and Field Scholarship offered to him by ex trainer]. [2] He has Chaired the Olympian Foundation since its inception. Bochette has worked on camera broadcast with major networks including Telemundo as well as appearing on CBS, NBC, and CNN. He has addressed meetings at the United Nations as well as being a delegate to the White House on Olympic issues. Bochette has served as an appointed and an elected official in government with distinction as Councilman and Mayor Pro-Tem for the City of Fort Myers, Florida. He has served on the Florida League of Cities State Finance and Economic Development Committees. He is a fiscal conservative who fully supports the arts, education, and the environment. He created the Environmental Committee, and also liaisons with the Historical Preservation, Art, Beautification, and Bike / Pedestrian Committees. He serves on the Lee County Tourism Council and is a speaker on tourism development for the State of Florida. In addition has lectured around the world in locations such as Cairo, St. Petersburg, Tokyo, London.
Sports in Puerto Rico can be traced from the ceremonial competitions amongst the pre-Columbian Native Americans of the Arawak (Taíno) tribes who inhabited the island to the modern era in which sports activities consist of an organized physical activity or skill carried out with a recreational purpose for competition. One of the sports which the Taíno's played was a ball game called "Batey". The "Batey" was played in U-shaped fields two teams; however, unlike the ball games of the modern era, the winners were treated like heroes and the losers were sacrificed.
Richard Lewis Thornburgh was an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as the 76th United States attorney general from 1988 to 1991 under presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush. A Republican, he previously served as the 41st governor of Pennsylvania and as the U.S. attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
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Alberto Ibargüen became President and CEO of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation in Miami, Florida in 2003. He is the former publisher of The Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald in Miami, Florida. Under his leadership, The Miami Herald won three Pulitzer Prizes; El Nuevo Herald won Spain's Ortega y Gasset Prize for excellence in journalism. Ibargüen was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2022. As of March 2023, Ibargüen announced his intention to retire as Knight Foundation CEO.
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Eileen Parsons OBE who served as a member of the House of Assembly of the British Virgin Islands, including as Minister for of Health, Education and Welfare, Deputy Premier and Deputy Speaker during the course of her political career.
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