Education
University of Florida.
University of Florida.
Tucker earned his Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Florida in 1962. He served as Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives from 1974 to 1978. The Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center, home of the Florida State University Men"s and Women"s basketball teams, as well as other local teams, was renamed in honor of Tucker in 1977 and is now known as the Tucker Center.
In 1952, Tucker attended Florida American Legion Boys State.
This program laid much of the foundation for Tucker"s future political career. He even served as that year"s program Governor.
