Charles Edward "Chuck" Perry (1937–1999) was the founding president of

Florida International University Florida International University (FIU) is a public research university with its main campus in Westchester, Florida, United States. Founded in 1965 by the Florida Legislature, the school opened to students in 1972. FIU is the third-largest univ ...

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, appointed in 1965. Perry died on August 30, 1999, at his home in

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. He is buried on the campus of FIU at the southeast corner of the Charles E. Perry building. The Charles E. Perry building located on the FIU campus is named in his honor. Chuck Perry graduated from

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in 1959, where he was a member of

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and played as a place kicker on Doyt Perry's football teams. He stayed on in fund raising for the university and has a building named for him at Bowling Green. Later, he managed Jack Nicklaus's investments. Prior to being appointed to Florida International, he ran The Weekly Reader which was distributed to many secondary schools.

External links

The Beacon OnlineCharles E. Perry Papers and Ephemera at Florida International University

References

1937 births 1999 deaths Presidents of Florida International University People from Rockwall, Texas 20th-century American academics {{US-academic-administrator-1930s-stub