| Wilson Carraway |
Full Name: Franklin Wilson Carraway
Born: October 16, 1904
Died: November 7, 1972, Tallahassee, Fla.
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1984 Moore-Stone Award HOF - Loc 65
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| Member of the FSU Hall of Fame |
| Elected into the FSU Hall of Fame in 1984 |
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From the FSU Website, seminoles.com. The Florida State University Athletic Department presents the Moore-Stone Award for outstanding service to Florida State athletics to the late Wilson Carraway. Senator Carraway guided the bill through the legislature that created Florida State University. He also took the lead in bringing athletic competition between Florida State and the
University of Florida. Furthermore, Senator Carraway led the fight to increase the size Campbell Stadium so as to make possible home and home grid competition between FSU and Florida. The phenomenal
growth of both academics and athletics at Florida State University was due in great part to the efforts of citizens such as Wilson Carraway. Franklin Wilson Carraway Obituary Published in the Tallahassee Democrat on Nov 8, 1972, page 4. Former State Senate President Is Dead F. Wilson Carraway who represented Leon County in the legislature through three decades and served as president of the Senate in 1962-63, died last night of a heart attack. He was 68 years old. Carraway, who has been in declining health, was stricken at his home, 403 E. Park Avenue, and was taken to Tallahassee Memorial Hospital where efforts to revive him failed. He retired about three years ago as president of the Tallahassee Bank and Trust Co., retaining a position on the board. He acquired the Farmers' and Merchants' Bank of Monticello and continued as chairman of the board up until his death. A native of Tallahassee, he was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1925. He was married to the former Caroline (Polly) Lively of Tallahassee. Surviving in addition to the wife are a son, F. Wilson Carraway Jr., and a daughter, Mrs. Emily Kemp, both of Tallahassee, six grandchildren and two sisters, Mrs. Dell Hartt and Mrs. Jack Butler of Tallahassee. Carraway was a communicant of St. John's Episcopal Church. Carraway held the presidency of the Florida Senate at the same time Mallory Horne of Tallahassee, served as Speaker of the House. Horne's reelection yesterday to the Senate assured him the presidency for 1973-75. Horne said last night that the death of Carraway, whom he described as his mentor, dimmed his joy at being reelected. In recognition of Carraway's outstanding service in the Senate, his colleagues in 1965 directed the Board of Regents to name the Florida State University Geology Building in his honor. This pointed up his efforts on behalf of the university, particularly toward its expansion. |
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