Broward Community College Foundation

English professor Judith VanAlstyne confers with Judson A. Samuels before a district board of trustees meeting. After leaving the classroom, VanAlstyne remains active in college affairs as a member of the Broward Community College Foundation board.

Gene A. Whiddon Hall was named to honor the founding chairman of the BCC Foundation. Whiddon brought together a group of 15 prominent Broward citizens and college officials in 1971 for the purpose of creating an organization to assist the college in its mission of serving the community.

Gene Whiddon, who was also president of Causeway Lumber Co., served as chairman of the BCC Foundation through his death in 1989. He was named the first recipient of the college's Distinguished Service Award in 1973 and the Seahawk Award in 1978. Whiddon Hall is home to Central Campus business programs.