ex-officio capacity. In 2012, Jollay chaired the Campaign Planning Committee for Beyond Success …. Significance, Stetson’s comprehensive campaign, and he is now serving as chair of the Campaign Committee. After graduating from Stetson University, Jollay joined the family company, Ohio Packaging Corp. Becoming president in 1985, he grew the business to three locations in the Midwest. Three years later, he became the head of the newly formed joint venture CorrChoice Corp., which then grew to seven locations from Michigan to Georgia.
the State of Florida. Currently, de Armas chairs the board of Florida Hospital’s SHARES program, which provides free surgical and medical services to children born with facial and physical deformities throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. As one of the founding supporters of the now endowed Stetson Bonner Scholars Program, his example of servant leadership and faith continues through the de Armas Scholars. A member of Pi Kappa Phi fraternity and a magna cum laude graduate of Stetson, de Armas was tapped into Omicron Delta Kappa, the university’s leadership honorary society. He is a retired executive from the Kirchman Corp. in Orlando, a leading banking software company, and the founder and managing director of Kirchman’s international business unit.
Jollay Presented Service Award Geoffrey Jollay, ’75, of Jacksonville, Fla., is a member of Stetson’s Board of Trustees, which he joined in 2008. He is past chair of the Board of Advisors of the Family Enterprise Center and currently serves that board in an
Rinkers Receive Hood Award Dr. David B. Rinker, ’62, Hon. ’07, and Dr. Leighan Rinker received the George and Mary Hood Award. The award is given in honor of Dr. George Hood, former dean of students, professor and director of the Counseling Center, and his wife, the late Mary Turner Hood, longtime assistant to President and Chancellor J. Ollie Edmunds. It is presented annually to a member or friend of the Stetson community in recognition of his/her passion for, and commitment and contributions to, Stetson and its core values. David Rinker, ’62, of Atlantis, Fla., is the second of three generations of the Rinker family who have been involved in the life of the university. A trustee since 1987, including two terms as chair of the board, he has also served on the Board of Advisors of the College of Arts and Sciences. He received an Honorary Doctorate of Laws degree from Stetson in 2007. A graduate of the University of North Carolina, Leighan Rinker is a trustee of Furman University and holds M.Ed. and Ed.S. degrees from Florida Atlantic University, which presented her with the Professional and Human Services Outstanding Graduate Student Award.
Stetson Law Professor Paul Barnard, Judge Raphael Steinhardt and James Martin were inducted into Stetson Law’s Hall of Fame.
Three Inducted Into Law Hall of Fame Stetson College of Law inducted three outstanding alumni into its Hall of Fame in Gulfport. Hall of Fame inductees are selected for having a profound and positive impact on Stetson Law and the legal profession. This year’s inductees include: Professor Paul Barnard, JD ’58, established Stetson’s Public Defender Clinic to help law students develop the skills necessary to practice criminal law. It was Florida’s first clinical program, and this year marks the clinic’s 50th anniversary. Barnard successfully petitioned the Florida Supreme Court in 1964 to allow law students in Stetson’s Public Defender Clinic to work on cases under the direction of public defenders and other counsel. Judge Raphael Steinhardt, JD ’63, a senior judge for Florida’s 11th Judicial Circuit in Miami, has served as a distinguished attorney and judge for 50 years. Steinhardt established a pro bono program in Miami Beach and created an educational program for schoolchildren to visit live sessions of court. He has endowed several Stetson scholarships for veterans and students serving the public interest. The Judge Raphael Steinhardt Building is home to Stetson’s Veterans Law Institute, and Steinhardt has received sev-
eral honors and service awards from Dade County and Stetson University. He continues to volunteer for many community organizations and was a longtime member of the Dade County Pre-Trial Release Review Committee. James Martin, ’71, JD ’74, earned his undergraduate and law degrees from Stetson, where he received the Ben C. Willard Award for humanitarian achievements. Martin helped launch Stetson’s new Constitution Hall exhibit at the Stavros Institute’s Finance Park in Pinellas County to teach middle school students about their constitutional rights and the U.S. government. As a young attorney 33 years ago, Martin was instrumental in creating the Salvador Dali Museum in St. Petersburg. He remains an executive committee member at the museum, and he co-chaired the opening of its new facility in 2011. Martin has volunteered with more than 25 community organizations, served on the St. Petersburg City Council, and represented St. Petersburg on the Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council and Pinellas County Arts Council. Martin has written eight books and published 36 articles. He received the Florida Bar’s Barbara Sanders Memorial Writing Competition Award as well. —Brandi Palmer STETSON
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