Charles Bryant
Class of 2005
Charles Bryant carves his own path, a fact made obvious just by the name of the financial advising firm he started, Lone Star Wealth Management.
Ashley Campanella
Class of 2001
When Ashley (Meredith) Campanella attended Eckerd College, she dreamed of using her education to embark on a career providing dolphin assisted therapy to autistic children.
Larry Greenwood
Class of 1974
The last thing that Larry Greenwood expected when he first stepped onto the Florida Presbyterian College campus in the summer of 1970, as demonstrations against the war and racism raged across the country, was to emerge four years later as a conservative.
Ashley Hill
Class of 1986
As a college student in Oregon looking to attend school closer to family in Florida, Dr. D. Ashley Hill sent away for a brochure about Eckerd College. The waterfront and sunny campus looked good to him after 44 straight days of rain.
Chrissy Jackson
Class of 2016
After retiring to St. Petersburg, Chrissy Jackson had a long career behind her, four grown children, several successful business ventures, and an exciting retirement stretched out ahead.
Fern Johnson
Class of 2005
In 2003, recently divorced and parenting a young son, Fern Johnson ’05 knew she wanted to expand her opportunities.
Rob and Carolyn Kitchings Johnson
Class of 1971
When Rob Johnson and Carolyn Kitchings Johnson met at Eckerd (then Florida Presbyterian College), they bonded over a mutual interest in social justice.
Matt Kilgroe
Class of 1987
For Eckerd Trustee Matt Kilgroe, the path to running an investment firm that manages $1.3 billion in client assets resembled Eckerd’s broad liberal arts approach applied to the real world.
Thomas Leonard
Class of 2012
Thomas Leonard credits his Eckerd education with giving him the practical skills—project management, trimming a bloated budget, communication, and more—that he needed to succeed in his professional career.
Ernie Mahaffey
Class of 1968
Ernie Mahaffey ’68 remembers his time at Eckerd (then Florida Presbyterian) College fondly —despite his undergraduate journey ending without a degree.
Eileen McCarron
Class of 1973
When Eileen (Bielanski) McCarron ’73 reflects on what brings her joy and peace, she names some of life’s simple pleasures: singing, taking piano lessons, and working in her garden.
Sam Moulthrop and Joyce Samson Moulthrop
Class of 1973
It was 1969. Two Americans became the first humans to walk on the moon, more than 400,000 people showed up at Max Yasgur’s dairy farm in Bethel, New York for the Woodstock Music and Art Fair, and in St. Petersburg, Florida, students at Florida Presbyterian College (now Eckerd College), a small, 11-year-old liberal arts college, were settling into the school’s permanent location on 54th Ave. S.
Karin Musier-Forsyth
Class of 1984
Sometimes what you’re looking for really is right under your nose. Or in this case, just a 20-minute drive away.
Tristram Norman
Class of 2012
Taking Intro to Computer Science and Advanced Computer Science at the same time may not be the easiest way to learn to code, but for Tristram Norman, his late-blooming interest in programming during his senior year at Eckerd College made the challenge appealing.
Lova Patterson
Class of 2000
For students who have attended Eckerd after the turn of the millennium, Director of Student Activities Lova Patterson is a constant presence.
Jane Petro
Class of 1968
Dr. Jane Arbuckle Petro spent most of her four years at what was then Florida Presbyterian College preparing to be a “philosopher scientist.”
Keith Rivinius
Class of 1992
To Keith Rivinius, a Marine Corps veteran who served in both Operation Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom, the course Visual Problem Solving, taught by founding faculty member Jim Crane, would be unforgettable.
Jim and Patti Rogers
Class of 1971 and Class of 1973
While the road to marriage for Jim Rogers and Patti Raper Rogers took a winding route, their mutual respect and shared values were formed at Florida Presbyterian College.
Terri Lipsey Scott
Class of 2004
In 1980, Terri Lipsey Scott ’04 left Savannah State University one year short of graduation to marry Clarence Scott III, the love of her life whom she had met on her first day of freshman year three and a half years prior.
Melissa Seixas
Class of 1992
When Melissa Seixas ’92 was choosing her major at Eckerd College, she thought her decision to study history was in conflict with her lifelong dream of becoming an engineer.
Jack and Trisha Senterfitt
Class of 1968
Throughout the over 50 years of Jack Senterfitt and Trisha (Lyons) Senterfitt’s shared life together, they see the imprint of Florida Presbyterian / Eckerd College.
Pratichi Shah
Class of 1991
Looking back, Pratichi Shah says the seeds of the businesswoman she would become were already in the soil at Eckerd College.
Sarah Sieloff
Class of 2006
Sarah Sieloff has spent her 15 years post-Eckerd College creating a career that defies neat categorization. If the multiple choices were a) urban planner, b) writer/researcher, c) public servant, and d) nonprofit leader, the answer would be e) all of the above.
Kaiya Waddell
Class of 2006
The daughter of a university professor, Kaiya Waddell ’06 had grown up thinking of higher education as a somewhat formal experience: brick walls, academic professors, and learning in classrooms.
Susan Russ Walker
Class of 1977
As an Eckerd student studying abroad in London, the Honorable Susan Russ Walker remembers many formative experiences: encountering a new country and culture; immersion in Shakespeare and theatre; and, in a moment that would take on great significance, taking a field trip to the University of Oxford.
