Background
Avant, David Alonzo was born on April 11, 1919 in Tallahassee. Son of David Alonzo and Fenton Garnett (Davis) Avant.
Photographer realty company executive
Avant, David Alonzo was born on April 11, 1919 in Tallahassee. Son of David Alonzo and Fenton Garnett (Davis) Avant.
Graduate School Modern Photography, New York City, 1946, Winona (Indiana.
Professor art Florida State University, Tallahassee, 1947. Partner Avant Construction Company, 1951, Avant Offices and Apartments, Tallahassee, 1953, Avant Tree Farms, Tallahassee, 1964. Partner San Luis Ridge.
Director Indian Hills Estates, Tallahassee branch Florida Federal Savings and Loan, 1961-1981.
President Old Saint Augustine (Florida) Estates, 1968. Chairman Armed Forces Day Tallahassee, 1958;board directors Salvation Army, Tallahassee Parks and Recreation Board.
Curator Joshua Davis House. President Tallahassee Genealogical Society.
Active Tallahasse Historic Preservation Board.
Director Tallahassee May Party, 1971-1974. Docent Florida Governor Mansion.
Served lieutenant colonel, United States Army Air Force, 1941-1968. NamedAm. Territorial Krewe Chief and Andrew Jackson XI, Springtime Tallahassee Festival, Tallahassee Sesquicenntenial Committee, 1974. Fellow American Society Photographers.
Member United States Navy League (vice president 1975-1976), Tallahassee Junior Chamber of Commerce (board directors), Professional Photographers Association American (Master of Photographycert.
1964), Florida Photographers Association (board directors), Florida Public Relations Association (board directors, Gold award 1966), Tallahassee Art League (president 1954), New England History and Genealogical Society (trustee), Tallahassee Camellia. Club, Florida State University Center.
Club. Lodge:Rotary (Paul Harris fellow).
Married Anne Leigh Wilder, November 22, 1961 (divorced March 1976). Married Betty Jo Troeger, July 26, 1986. Children: David Alonzo III, EugeniaTatum Davis.