Charles E. Perry Having Fun

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Florida International University

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FI11100622

Keywords

Gordon Sweet; Executive Secretary Southern Region Accreditation Board; President Charles E. Perry

Description

Gordon Sweet, Executive Secretary of the Southern Region of Accreditation Board, and President Charles E. Perry on fishing trip.

Charles Edward Perry (Chuck), 1937-1999, was the founding president of Florida International University in Miami, Florida. He grew up in Logan County, West Virginia and received his bachelor's and masters's degrees from Bowling Green State University. He married Betty Laird in 1960. In 1969, at the age of 32, Perry was the youngest president of any university in the nation. The name of the university reflects Perry’s desire for a title that would not limit the scope of the institution and would support his vision of having close ties to Latin America. Perry and a founding corps opened FIU to 5,667 students in 1972 with only one large building housing six different schools. Perry left the office of President of FIU in 1976 when the student body had grown to 10,000 students and the university had six buildings, offered 134 different degrees and was fully accredited. Charles Perry died on August 30, 1999 at his home in Rockwall, Texas. He is buried on the FIU campus in front of the Graham Center entrance.

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On verso: Gordon Sweet CEP w/ Gordon Sweet Exec. Sec. of southern Region Accreditation Board on one of the "official" visits to FIU.

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color photographs, 5 x 7 in.