Glenn I. Jones | BSBA ’50 | 1928-2024 | Jones, of Lake City, Florida, passed on April 25. He graduated from Columbia High in 1945 before serving in the Navy for two years. He later earned a business degree from
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In Memoriam | January 2024
Stewart B. Ira | BSBA ’56 | 1931-2023 | Ira, of Femandina Beach, Florida, passed on December 30. He served overseas in the United States Army after graduating from the University of Florida. When he returned to Florida, he made
In Memoriam | February 2023
Sigmund Levine | BSBA ’49 | 1925-2023 | Levine, of Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey, passed on January 28. Although Levine was born in Florida, he grew up in Israel and lived in many other places around the world, including Egypt
Charles L. “Chuck” Ruffner | December 2021
Ruffner (BSBA ’54, JD ’64) is a tax attorney specializing in tax controversies with his own private practice. After one year with a CPA firm, Ruffner went to night law school and later became a trial attorney in the Department
James Leverentz (BSBA ’65) | June 2021
Leverentz (BSBA 1965) is retired from two positions, one as a contracts manager with Marvin Test Solutions and the second as an instructor at the University of California – Irvine. Leverentz has over 20 years of experience in contract management and
Thomas Olmsted (BAA ’65, MBA ’71) | January 2021
Olmsted (BAA 1965, MBA 1971) retired from the accounting industry after 25 years of working at a Gainesville firm. He is an avid collector, with over 100 collections in his possession. Read more about Olmsted and his collections, from coffee