The Enjoyment of Learning

Committed to enhancing our understanding of the history of Gasparilla Island and its surrounding area.

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Board of Directors

Mission Statement
The purpose of the Boca Grande Historical Society shall be to bring together for mutual benefit those people interested in Florida's history and especially in the history of Boca Grande and its environs. A better understanding of that history will help us deal constructively with current problems with roots in the past and will permit more enlightened planning for the future.

To carry out this mission, the Society will collect and preserve pertinent information about the island's and region's past and will sponsor other activities designed to promote an enhanced interest in and knowledge of local, regional and state history, and also the relationship of that history to the present and the projected future. The Society intends to strive for educational programs which will always meet generally accepted professional standards of scholarship and historical accuracy.

Our Board of Directors is dedicated to carrying out this mission-

Robert W. Johnson
President
Theodore B. VanItallie, M.D.
Vice President

James Lutton
Treasurer
Patricia Lowe
Secretary

Ex Officio:
Robert F. Edic
Chief Archivist

Peter B. Bradley Fellow:
Charles Blanchard

Board Members:

Doris J. Bishop
Susan Bowers
Ellen Cuda
Holbrook R. Davis
Robert F. Fischer
Michael E. Giobbe, Jr.
Kevin B. Hyde, CLHMS
Betsy Fugate Joiner
Jack Lyons

Honorary Directors:

Margaret Fugate
Michael M. Ingram, Esq.
Sara C. Junkin, Ph.D.

Administrator:
Kim Kyle