In 1953, Joan moved with her family to Orlando and settled on Nottingham Street in Orwin Manor. After attending Memorial Junior High and Edgewater High School, she spent a year at Florida State University. Joan began her career in banking at Colonial Bank of Orlando and later Orlando Bank and Trust Company, where she excelled
Robert Mitcham Buck Sr. graduated from Rollins College in Winter Park, before returning to NY to work for McMillian Publishing in NYC. He moved to Orlando, Florida, for a job opportunity at Martin Marietta. At Martin, Robert met his future business partner Robert J. McGarry. They would go on to form Presentations South Inc. known as
Jim Stoll created many of the detailed paintings used to illustrate the downtown of the past for Orlando Remembered’s displays. Jim’s daughter, Claire, provided the following biographical information: “Jim was an only child who grew up in New York and got his undergraduate degree from Syracuse University. He served in the Navy in WWII as
Bill Milligan attended the Georgia Military Academy, the Citadel, and then enlisted in the U. S. Air Force during which time he was stationed in Bermuda, the Azores, Turkey, and then finally in French Morocco. Afterwards he returned to Orlando, and then enrolled at the University of Florida but was called home to work in
Peggy Jo (Pounds) Van den Berg was born in Orlando in 1933. Her family is recognized as the “dance instructors of Orlando.” She attended Concord Elementary, Memorial Junior High (on Lake Eola), graduated from Orlando High School, Class of ’51 and attended Sullins College in Bristol, VA. She was a member of the Junior League
Dann was born in the British Bay Islands of Honduras and raised in Orlando. He graduated from Edgewater High School and then served in the United States Army, HQ Material Command Europe, Zweibrucken, Germany. He worked in the banking and real estate industry his entire career. He served as President of Orlando Rotary Club and the
Carl (Sandy) Dann lll was born May 9, 1932. His family has been in the Orlando area since the early 1800’s. Sandy’s Grandfather built and managed Dubsdread Golf Course which hosted national tournaments into the ’50s. His father was an accomplished golfer who knew and played against the giants of golf before it became a
The Wolfe family is well known among those who help curate Orlando’s history. Claude was born in 1934 at Orlando’s “Orange General Hospital” to his father, Claude H. Wolfe and mother, Isabelle Wolfe. As a young boy, Claude spend many of his days working in the family orange grove, hoeing young trees, irrigating them and
Leon H. Handley was born September 9, 1927. He came to Orlando Air Force Base in the summer of 1949 with ROTC. He returned in 1951 to practice law with Maguire Voorhis and Wells. He married Mary Virginia Wolfe, an Orlando native in 1953. Mary Virginia passed away in 2013. Early in his career, Leon
Native Orlandoan Dr. Serros opened a private ophthalmology practice and became the first specialist in Osceola County to perform cataract surgery. Throughout his almost fifty-year career, Dr. Serros was dedicated to excellence and pioneering treatments within his field. He continued to practice with a deep sense of compassion until his well-earned retirement in 2009. Though