Historical files 1959-1964.

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Historical files 1959-1964.

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4 5-inch document boxes.

Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton Campus, S.E. Wimberly Library

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Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton Campus, S.E. Wimberly Library

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In 1955, the Florida Legislature authorized establishment of Florida's fifth public university to serve the southeastern region of the state. Boca Raton banker Thomas F. Fleming Jr. worked with a number of associates including U.S. Senator George Smathers and U.S. Congressman Paul Rogers to petition the Civil Aeronautics Administration, in order to secure the vacated 1,250 acre U.S. Army airbase in Boca Raton for the site of the university. This proposal was unanimously endorsed in 1957 by the F...