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FCEE

Florida Council on Economic Education

Free Enterpriser Inductees

Role Models for the Next Generation

Past Recipients

2006
Peter S. Rummell
Chairman, St. Joe Company
Jacksonville

2005
John H. Sykes
Chairman Emeritus, Sykes Enterprises, Inc.
Tampa

2003 - 2004
Thomas A. James
Chairman/CEO, Raymond James Financial, Inc.
St. Petersburg

2002
Al Hoffman, Jr
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, WCI Communities, Inc.
Naples

2001
H. Gary Morse
President, The Villages of Lake Sumter
The Villages

2000
Dr. James P. Gills
Founder, St. Luke’s Cataract
and Laser Institute
Tarpon Springs

1999
Armando Codina
Founder, Codina Group
Miami

1998
Chris Sullivan
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Outback Steakhouse, Inc. Tampa

1997
Richard A. Nunis
Chairman, Walt Disney Attractions, Inc.
Lake Buena Vista

1996
M. Anthony Burns
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Ryder System, Inc.
Miami

1995
Preston H. Haskell
President, The Haskell Company
Jacksonville

1994
Daniel M. Doyle
Chief Executive Officer, Danka Industries, Inc.
St. Petersburg

1993
M.A. Garcia III
Chief Executive Officer, Davgar Restaurants, Inc.
Winter Park

1992
Jack B. Critchfield
Chairman, Florida Progress Corporation
St. Petersburg

1991
Edward C. Peddie
President and Chief Executive Officer, SantaFe HealthCare, Inc.
Gainesville

1990

H. Wayne Huizenga
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Blockbuster Entertainment Corporation
Ft. Lauderdale

1989
Edward Rinderle
Chief Executive Officer, RAF Magnetics, Inc.
DeLand

1988
Scott Linder
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Linder Industrial Equipment, Inc.
Lakeland

1987
Marshall McDonald
President, FPL Group, Inc.
Miami

1986
George W. Jenkins
Founder, Chairman Emeritus
Publix Super Markets, Inc.
Lakeland

1985
Edward Bleckner, Jr.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Racal-Milgo, Inc.
Sunrise

1984
Andrew H. Hines, Jr.
Chairman and President, Florida Progress Corporation
St. Petersburg

1983
Alfred S. Austin
President, Austin Companies, Inc.
Tampa

1982
Gus A. Stavros
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer - Better Business Forms, Inc.
St. Petersburg