House Bill 9155
House Bill 9155
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Florida House of Representatives - 1999 HR 9155
By Representative Jones
1 House Resolution
2 A resolution honoring Dr. Carl M. Kuttler, Jr.,
3 President, St. Petersburg Junior College,
4 recipient of the national Chief Executive
5 Officer Award.
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7 WHEREAS, Carl M. Kuttler, Jr., has for 20 years served
8 as President of St. Petersburg Junior College, and
9 WHEREAS, Dr. Kuttler has led the community college into
10 achieving high national rankings, including third in Associate
11 in Arts degrees granted, fourth in Associate in Nursing
12 degrees granted, fourth in Associate degrees in Health
13 Professions and Related Sciences granted, and fourth in total
14 Associate degrees granted, even though the SPJC ranks only
15 50th in enrollment, and
16 WHEREAS, he has initiated or helped to develop several
17 innovative programs, including the nation's first Applied
18 Ethics program as a requirement for graduation, and
19 WHEREAS, this CEO has demonstrated a caring attitude in
20 many ways, such as calling each of the college's 1,000
21 full-time employees on their respective birthdays and sending
22 each of them a card, establishing an employee recognition
23 program, and sending a letter to each student who is among the
24 top 3 percent in academic achievement, and
25 WHEREAS, he has been active in developing, organizing,
26 and supporting state and national 2-year postsecondary
27 education associations, for instance, by cosponsoring with
28 former President Jimmy Carter a national leadership conference
29 entitled "The Role of Community Colleges in Shaping the
30 Nation," and by cosponsoring with former President Gerald Ford
31 a national leadership conference called "Workforce 2000," and
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Florida House of Representatives - 1999 HR 9155
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1 WHEREAS, Dr. Kuttler has also served with distinction
2 on technical and special committees relating to 2-year
3 postsecondary education, among them the Florida Risk
4 Management Consortium of the Florida Council of Presidents, of
5 which he was chairman in 1997 and 1998, and
6 WHEREAS, he has exercised visionary leadership, by
7 successfully lobbying for a tax referendum that produced
8 several million dollars to pay for vital equipment; by
9 parlaying an $11.2 million gift of land and facilities, which
10 was received from Allstate Insurance Company in 1988, into
11 more than $30 million in state and federal grants and
12 contracts to build a thriving Southeastern Public Safety
13 Institute that is unsurpassed in the nation as a community
14 college program center; and by building partnerships with
15 Unisys, Digital, Apple, Allstate, Chrysler, Leningrad (now St.
16 Petersburg) University, and Baoji (China) University, and
17 WHEREAS, Dr. Kuttler has published numerous
18 professional articles and books and has received many awards,
19 which include being named "Father of the Community College
20 System" in post-war Russia and receiving a mahogany rocking
21 chair from his college family for his outstanding support of
22 faculty initiatives, NOW, THEREFORE,
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24 Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of
25 Florida:
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27 That the House of Representatives of the State of
28 Florida commends Dr. Carl M. Kuttler, Jr., for the superlative
29 leadership he has shown during 20 years as President of the
30 St. Petersburg Junior College, and especially wishes to
31 recognize the honor Dr. Kuttler has brought to his educational
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1 institution, his city, and this state, as the 1998 recipient
2 of the national Chief Executive Officer of the Year Award
3 bestowed by the National Association of Community College
4 Trustees in Washington, D.C.
5 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution,
6 with the Seal of the House of Representatives of the State of
7 Florida affixed, be presented to the St. Petersburg Junior
8 College and to President Carl M. Kuttler, Jr., as a tangible
9 token of the sentiments of the House of Representatives of the
10 State of Florida.
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