My Birth
BIRTH
One of my first memories from childhood was where I was born in Moltree, Georgia. It’s sort of north east of...
Gary Meadows' Story Wall
Jan
01
1938
Jan
01
1941
The Move to Jacksonville
RESIDENCE
Actually I didn’t grow up in Georgia. I was born in Georgia, but I my father was a handy man farmer. He coul...
Jan
04
1944
Jacksonville of My Youth
EARLY CHILDHOOD
Well, it was a naval town. The Mayport part of the Navy was up in north Jacksonville, really close to the Ge...
Aug
01
1952
High School
EDUCATION
I grew up in Jacksonville Florida, and went to Robert E. Lee High School which still exists there. When I wa...
Aug
01
1955
Choosing Stetson
EDUCATION
I grew up a Baptist, and at that time, Stetson had a pretty strong affiliation with the Baptists, and I thou...
Jan
01
1956
Major at Stetson
EDUCATION
I entered Stetson in 1955. I graduated from Lee High School in Jacksonville, came to Stetson, again, thinkin...
Jan
01
1957
Integration at Stetson
IMPORTANT MILESTONES
I think one of the most dynamic moments in my life was my sophomore year when a senior student arose in the...
Feb
01
1957
Assemblies at Stetson
EDUCATION
It was in 1957, maybe 1958. I was either a sophomore or a junior, and we used to have assemblies. First of a...
Dec
01
1957
The Old Gym
EDUCATION
We used to have an old gym, a men’s gym. The women’s gym was on the west side of the campus right off the bo...
Mar
01
1959
Arm Wrestling in the Honors Dorm
EDUCATION
I’ll never forget when I was a senior. First semester my senior year, I lived in an honors dorm. There are o...
Apr
01
1959
Changing Career Paths
OCCUPATION
I came to Stetson planning to go into the ministry. I don’t know how much of this I should tell you, but one...
May
01
1959
Working at Stetson
OCCUPATION
I found a note in my post office box to stop by the admissions office and talk with the director of admissio...
Feb
01
1965
Sigma Nu House Fire
OCCUPATION
I think it was the second or third year that I was working at Stetson. I lived at a house that was about hal...
May
15
1965
Graduate Education
EDUCATION
I wanted to get some additional education, so when I graduated, I began taking graduate courses. I got a Mas...
Jan
01
1968
Traveling for Stetson
TRAVEL
The opportunity to tell the Stetson story literally all over the world, and when I say over all of the world...
Jan
01
1969
Trip to England
TRAVEL
I even had the opportunity to go to England for a two week period that was not directly related to Stetson’s...
Jan
01
1972
Transitioning to Alumni Relations
OCCUPATION
Well, one of the things that inspired me to move over to alumni programs was that I knew so many of them, gr...
Jan
01
1973
Meeting Gail
MARRIAGE
I had admitted Gail to Stetson, not know that I would end up marrying her. A young lady also from Deland, wa...
Jan
07
2001
The Meadows Alumni House
IMPORTANT MILESTONES
That blew me away. I never expected that to happen, because usually people who get buildings named for them...
Jan
26
2017
The Stetson Experience
IMPORTANT MILESTONES
I can sum my position up by saying that you don’t plan your life, but things just sort of fall into place in...
Apr
12
2019
My Best Friend from Stetson
IMPORTANT MILESTONES
We came to Stetson together from high school. We went to the same high school. I used to envy him. He used t...
Apr
12
2019
The Voice of Stetson Basketball
IMPORTANT MILESTONES
Well, I’ve always loved athletics. I didn’t play any college sports, but other than intramurals. But, I did...
