Education
Associate degree from Palm Beach Junior College in 1941.
Bachelor"s degree from the in 1943.
Master"s degree from University of Florida in 1947
Doctorate in from the University of Florida in 1950.
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James Lorenzo Wattenbarger
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He died in August 2006. A native of Cleveland, Tennessee, Doctor Wattenbarger is credited as being the Father of the Community College System of Florida. His doctoral dissertation at the University of Florida outlined a master plan that the state used in 1955 to create the modern community college system.
Doctor Wattenbarger returned to the University of Florida in 1968 to become a Professor, and he founded the Institute of Higher He was an active faculty member at the University of Florida until his retirement in 1992.
Santa Fe College named the Wattenbarger Student Services Building after him in 1995.
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Democrat