Awards

Electronic engineer Terry Glatt was awarded his Distinguished Alumni Award in 1996 by Dr. Jean Hunter, vice president for academic affairs.

Some of BCC's best and brightest have returned to the college. Dr. Irmgard Bocchino, a Distinguished Alumni Award recipient in 1989, is now the director of the college's acclaimed Honors Institute.

Dr. Deborah Sloan, a counselor at South Campus, became the first BCC graduate to be named recipient of an endowed teaching chair from the BCC foundation in 1998.

Under the direction of Dr. William Greene, a BCC graduate and 1987 Distinguished Alumni Award recipient, the college's International Education Institute has established itself as one the nation's most comprehensive programs.

BCC graduates are local, state, and national leaders. One of the business giants of Broward County, Steve Berrard has served as the president and chief executive officer of a variety of local and national companies, including Blockbuster Entertainment Group and Republic Industries. He currently is one the founders of New River Capital Partners. He was named winner of the Sun-Sentinel's Excalibur Award in 1995 and recipient of the LeRoy Collins Distinguished Alumni Award in 1996.

Author and screenwriter Rita Mae Brown, a member of the Class of 1965 and 1999 recipient of the American Association of Community College's Outstanding Alumni Award, addressed the graduates at the May 2001 commencement exercises as Dr. Steve Obenauf, Central Campus Professor of the Year, listened. Four months before the September 11 tragedy, Brown told the graduates that many of America's problems stemmed from the country's wealth and power. "Sisters and Brothers, pick up an oar and row," she told them. "We are all in the same boat together."

Two-term Maryland governor Parris Glendening was named one the AACC's Outstanding Alumni Award winners for 1997. Glendening was a member of BCC's first graduating class and the youngest student in Florida State history to receive a doctorate in political science. In this picture, he receives his AACC award from Dr. Holcombe in Maryland.

Evelyn Hardy, born in poverty in rural Alabama, used BCC as a stepping stone to higher education. After bearing 10 children and then becoming a widow, she decided her life needed a new direction. She got her General Equivalency Diploma (GED) and went to BCC, where she attained honors. She went on to receive her bachelor's and master's degrees and was named recipient of a LeRoy Collins Distinguished Alumni Award in 1990. Hardy returned to BCC to work as a counselor on North Campus. She is shown meeting former governor Collins at the first Collins Award ceremony. Collins was the guiding force behind community colleges in Florida.

Dr. Adams presents Broward Judge James Minnet with a Distinguished Service Award in 1978.

BCC Foundation Chairman Gene Whiddon presents New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner with a memento from the college.