SEPTEMBER 2000

CHILLINGWORTH MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

By Merryl Cooper
FSU College of Education

Three FSU graduates, daughters of a pioneer judge in South Florida, have announced the Judge Curtis E. and Mrs. Marjorie M. Chillingworth Memorial Scholarship Fund to help bright and talented students become teachers.

The fund is the gift of Bill and Marie C. Cooper. Marie Cooper ('50) and her sisters, Neva Chillingworth ('44) and Ann C. Wright ('46), are descended from some of the earliest settlers of West Palm Beach.

Their father, Curtis Chillingworth, was in the first graduating class of Palm Beach High School. He went on to earn a law degree from the University of Florida, graduating at the head of his class.

Chillingworth enlisted in the U.S. Navy during World War I, served at the naval base in Key West, Fla., then attended the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, where he received a commission to serve on the cruiser Annapolis.
After the war, he returned to West Palm Beach to practice law with his father. He married Marjorie M. McKinley, a Cornell University student and daughter of old friends of the Chillingworth family.

He remained in the U.S. Naval Reserves and was recalled to active duty in 1942. During World War II, he was stationed in London and Plymouth, England, where he participated in planning the occupation and recovery of Germany. He was released from active duty in 1945 as a full Commander.

In 1921, at the age of 24, Chillingworth began his career as county judge. In 1923, he became the newly elected circuit judge, a position he held for 32 years until his death in 1955.

Judge Chillingworth was widely re-garded as an outstanding legal mind and as the conscience of the Palm Beach courts and legal community.

Marjorie Chillingworth was a member of the Christian Science Church, the Palm Beach Garden Club and the Daughters of the American Revolution. During World War II, she volunteered with the Red Cross and the USO.
The Chillingworth fund will provide five $4,000 scholarships annually to education students.

THE ALEXANDERS' GIFT TO FSU

By Lisa Cashulette
FSU Foundation

Sarah Jane and John R. Alexander often give anonymous gifts to FSU, but they have recently agreed to be identified to a limited audience - alumni and friends who might be encouraged to make gifts.

The Alexanders' third gift was a recent check for $64,000 to FSU's College of Human Sciences, to be used for the college's greatest needs. Their latest gift brings their total giving to FSU to $263,000.

While donors frequently restrict their gifts to specific purposes, the Alexanders have given the college tremendous spending flexibility. College officials say the greatest needs currently are scholarships, professorships and eminent scholars.

"The Alexanders have been great supporters of the College of Human Sciences, and designating their gift to our greatest needs gives us the ability to respond to change," Dean Penny Ralston explained.

FSU President Sandy D'Alemberte said the Alexanders have also contributed greatly through their volunteerism.
"They've truly involved themselves in the life of the university," D'Alemberte said.

Sarah Jane Alexander, a 1958 FSU graduate, is a member of the FSU Foundation's Board of Trustees. The Alexanders are also on the college's Development Board of Directors.

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