Tag: education

Places
Orlando Junior College
Orlando Junior College, a two year, independent, coeducational institution of higher learning was chartered under the Laws of Florida in the spring of 1941. In 1969, due to inability to compete with the new Valencia Community College, Orlando Junior Coll ... Read more
Organizations
Bible Study at St. Michael's Episcopal Church
ABOVE: Photo of the Men's Bible Study group at St. Michael's Episcopal Church in College Park, circa 1950s. ABOVE: Wednesday 10 a.m. Bible Study Class at Saint Michael's Episcopal Church in College Park, circa 1970. Pictured are Lee Marsolf, Virginia ... Read more
Places
At the Launch: Eyewitness to Central Florida Space History
ABOVE: Dr. Benjamin Patz, computer engineer, electrical engineer, research scientist. At that time they were having launches, it seemed like a couple a week. There was a tremendous amount of launch activity. You could go out and you could see a launch. W ... Read more
People
Joseph S. Guernsey Congratulates Lake Highland Preparatory School Class of 2012
ABOVE: Photo of Joseph S. Guernsey. Joseph S. Guernsey is the grandson of Orlando's banking pioneer, Joseph L. Guernsey who came here in 1886, purchased considerable property from the city centre to Colonial Drive, as well as residences on Lake Eola and ... Read more
Organizations
Naval Training Equipment Center Brings Technological Research & Development to Orlando
ABOVE: Photo of Dr. Benjamin Patz, computer engineer, electrical engineer, research scientist. Dr. Benjamin Patz's scientific contributions to our area include working in the GENESYS Program at Cape Canaveral, Lockheed Martin, teaching at the Naval Train ... Read more
People
GENESYS, Graduate Engineering Education System
Research scientist Dr. Benjamin Patz came to Cape Canaveral to teach GENESYS, Graduate Engineering Education System in the 1960s. Dr. Patz describes the state of the art system funded by the Florida legislature using technology to connect students and fac ... Read more
People
Salk vs. Sabin: The Waterlogs
ABOVE: May 25, 2008 photo of Anna Mae Patz, Advanced Calculus instructor at Dr. Phillips High School in Orlando. In the evenings they would have famous mathematicians and scientists who would come...Linus Pauling came and he was a Nobel Prize winner and ... Read more
People
An Annual Time to Remember
Chaplain Ken Vinal of Trinity Prep School in Central Florida says, "Yom HaShoah is a day, a time that is difficult to face, the inhumanity and all that happened." He participated in the 2010 Yom HaShoah event at the Holocaust Education and Resource Cen ... Read more
Places
122 Years of Catholic Education in Orlando
ABOVE:  May 1894. Gold medal presented to St. Joseph Academy student, Ellen Mahoney of Sanford, Florida.  Side one: Awarded to Miss E. Mahoney for Good Conduct. Side two: St. Joseph's Academy Orlando, Fla. May '94 [1894]. ABOVE:  Photo of St. Jos ... Read more
Events
Desegregation in Orange County Schools
Educator Mary Jane Sevick remembers the day her students cleared their lockers at Robinswood Junior High School in response to a court order to desegregate Carver and Robinswood Junior High Schools. Hear her firsthand account of the event and  the transi ... Read more
Organizations
Mayor Langford's Letter to St. James School
Orlando Mayor Carl T. Langford's 1978 congratulations letter to St. James Cathedral School on their 50th anniversary in downtown Orlando. Mayor Langford notes how "The Orlando community has benefited from, and has been blessed by, the tremendous number ... Read more
Organizations
The Sisters of Notre Dame
From Germany to America, from Arlington to Altamonte, the educational heritage of the Sisters of Notre Dame enriches the lives of individuals throughout the world. In this 15-minute excerpt from an oral history interview on March 18th, 2011 at Saint ... Read more