Flory, Daisy Parker, 1915-2006

Daisy Parker Flory was born February 8, 1915 in Charlotte, N.C. She attended Florida State College for Women (FSCW) in 1933, and earned her Bachelor's degree in history in 1937. After graduation she began her professional career as a teacher of government and history at Leon High School. Some of her students at FSU included former governor Reubin Askew, former Supreme Court Justice Alan Sundberg, and Attorney General Jim Smith. She attended the University of Virginia and received her M.A. in political science in 1940 and Ph.D. in 1959. Flory came to FSCW in 1942, where her career took her through the academic chairs of Instructor (1942), Assistant Professor (1947), Associate Professor (1957), Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs (1969), and Dean of the Faculties (1973). In 1973, she also married Claude R. Flory, an FSU professor of English, who retired in June 1978. When Flory retired at the end of 1984, a special "Daisy Parker Flory Day" was declared in her honor.