Since 1961

University of Kentucky Alumni
Tampa Bay Chapter

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The History of the UK Tampa Bay Alumni Chapter

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Mary Elizabeth Glass moved to Florida in 1960, and became interested in locating other UK Alumni in the area…

She wrote to Helen King, Alumni Secretary to get names of other contacts. They included Lewis Colbert, Charles R. McClure, and L. Chauncey Brown. The gentlemen were very receptive to starting a club. Mary Elizabeth gives them credit for all the help, encouragement and assistance (including financial) to try to get a group together.  With lists from the University and a $20 donation from Mr. Colbert (to use for postage, letters, etc…), she composed a letter and mailed it out to all U.K. Alumni in the immediate St. Petersburg area. 

They had no idea how many would respond. The St. Petersburg UK Alumni meeting was set for June 5, 1961, at the Holiday Inn South (new at the time), and the price of the dinner was $2.75. There were 34 alumni and guests that attended this organizational meeting. Mr. Sam E. Owen, owner of Owen Cotter Jewelry was our first President.

Mrs. Glass passed on September 3, 2006 at home in St. Petersburg. She was 90. 

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