Stephen C. O'Connell
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University of Florida President Stephen C. O'Connell, outside Tigert Hall, circa 1973.
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| Born |
January 22, 1916 West Palm Beach, Florida |
| Died | April 13, 2001 (aged 85) Tallahassee, Florida |
| Education |
B.S., University of Florida, 1940 LL.B., University of Florida, 1940 |
| Occupation |
Attorney Florida Supreme Court Justice University President |
| Employer |
U.S. Army Air Corps Florida Supreme Court University of Florida |
| Spouse(s) | Rita Mavis McTigue O'Connell Cynthia Bowlin O'Connell |
Stephen Cornelius O'Connell (January 22, 1916 – April 13, 2001) was an American attorney, appellate judge and university president. O'Connell was a native of Florida, and earned bachelor's and law degrees before becoming a practicing attorney. He later was chosen to be a justice of the Florida Supreme Court from 1955 to 1967, and served as the sixth president of the University of Florida from 1967 to 1973.
Stephen O'Connell was born in West Palm Beach, Florida in 1916, and he attended public schools in West Palm Beach and Titusville, Florida. After graduating from high school, he attended the University of Florida from 1934 to 1940, where he was a member, and later president, of Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity (Alpha Omega chapter). While he was an undergraduate student, he was elected president of the sophomore class, the student body and Florida Blue Key leadership society. He was also a star athlete and the captain of the Florida Gators varsity boxing team, set the university record for fastest knock-out—twelve seconds including the count—won the Southeastern Conference (SEC) middleweight boxing championship, and was later inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a "Distinguished Letter Winner." O'Connell completed both his bachelor of science degree from the College of Business Administration and his bachelor of laws degree from the College of Law in 1940.
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