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KEUPER, Jerome P. - President 1968-1970


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In Memory of Dr. Jerome P. Keuper 1921-2002


MG Car Club Florida is one of the Oldest MG Clubs in the State of Florida. The club was chartered in 1956 in Jacksonville, FL. Dr.Jerry Keuper, our Club Chairman Emeritus, brought the Charter to the Brevard area a few years later. The club, under Jerry's watchful eye and his "vigorous MG enthusiasm", has had many years of great success.

(Press release from Florida Tech, March 26, 2002)
Dr. Jerome P. Keuper passed away last night. The following is but the tip of the iceberg of his legacy and achievements.


MELBOURNE, FLA.—Dr. Jerome P. Keuper, founder and President Emeritus of Florida Institute of Technology, died after a long illness, on March 25, at Holmes Regional Medical Center in Melbourne, Fla.


Born in Ft. Thomas, Ky., Dr. Keuper, a resident of Melbourne Beach, Fla., founded Florida Tech and was its first president, from 1958 to 1986. When it opened, as Brevard Engineering College, Newsweek magazine dubbed the school “The night school for missile men.” In 1958, when Dr. Keuper founded the small technology institute, 247students were signed up for the first classes. Today, the university enrolls 4,409 students; 3,053 of these are on the Melbourne campus.


Florida Tech President Lynn Edward Weaver said Dr.Keuper’s legacy is embedded in Florida Tech’s history. “Dr. Keuper’s spirit is in every part of the Florida Tech campus. His vision, his drive to succeed and his unparalleled optimism made this university possible,” Weaver said. “It is a remarkable thing to create a university and Dr. Keuper was certainly a remarkable man.”


Dr. Keuper came to the Space Coast in 1958 as chief scientist in RCA’s Systems Analysis Group, at what is now Kennedy Space Center. Before arriving in Brevard County, he was a physicist in the Remington Arms plant in Bridgeport, Conn. Some of the many posts filled by Dr. Keuper during his distinguished career include his appointment by the Florida governor to the State Board of independent Colleges and Universities, where he also served as chairman of the Council of Presidents; director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Jacksonville Branch; and president of the International Palm Society. He also was a member of the advisory boards of the National Energy Foundation and Institute of International Education.


Dr. Keuper was a U.S. Army intelligence officer during World War II, serving in China and Myanmar, then called Burma. Upon his return to the United States, he earned degrees at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Stanford University as well as a doctoral degree in nuclear physics from the University of Virginia.


In 1997, Dr. Keuper published Chinese 1000, a dictionary of colloquial and idiomatic Mandarin Chinese expressions. The work was a product of 50 years of study. In 1998, during the university’s 40th anniversary celebration,


Dr. Keuper received Florida Tech’s President’s Medal for his many years of service to the university. In 2000 he received the Daughters of the American Revolution Medal of Honor. A permanent Jerome P. Keuper Historical Collection also was established in the university’s Evans Library to house his papers and Florida Tech historical records.

(Credit: http://www.mgcarflorida.org)

Leilani Estates, 25 mls/40 km south of Hilo, Big Island of Hawai'i. Elevation 880 ft/270 m. Average rainfall 140 inches/3550 mm

 

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JEROME P. KEUPER


President, Florida Institute of Technology


Melbourne, Florida


PROFILE


Dr. Jerome P. Keuper is a native of Kentucky and in World War II served as an intelligence officer in the O. S. S. in China and Burma. He graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford Universit and the University of Virginia, and holds a Ph. D. degree in Nuclear Physics. Dr. Keuper joined RCA at Cape Kennedy early in 1958 where he served as manager of RCA! s Systems Analysis. Somewhat earlier he had explored the feasibility of establishing a college to serve the needs of the Cape Kennedy area.


Early in 1958 he founded Florida Institute of Technology where he continues to serve as its president. He holds the longest tenure as president of any public or private senior college or university in the State of Florida. He is a member of the Masonic Lodge, Bahia Shrine Temple in Orlando. He is listed in numerous publications such as "American Men of Science, "Outstanding Educators of America" and "Who's Who in America, and is a member of many scientific and social organizations. He was elected to the Commission on Colleges, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, and was appointed by the Governor to the State Board o Independent Colleges and Universities. He is a Director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Jacksonville Branch. He is a member of the Florida Council of 100, past president of the International Palm Society, the Florida Independent Colleges Foundation, and is past chairman of the Council of Presidents, Independent Colleges and Universities of Florida. He has served for a number of years as President of the Florida-Colombia (South America) Partners of which he is a founding member, and an elementary school in Bogota, Colombia is named in his honor by the country of Colombia. He is a member of the Advisory Council National Energy Foundation, a member of the Advisory Board, Institute of International Education, and a member of Executive Committee, National Association of the Partners of the Alliance.

He was nationally recognized as a scientist, horticulturist, author and educator and was awarded the Silver Seal Medal by the National Council of State Garden Clubs.


Dr. Keuper lives with his wife, Natalie, on Oak Street in Melbourne Beach, Florida. He has two children, Philip and Melanie.


August 7, 1979

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Leilani Estates, 25 mls/40 km south of Hilo, Big Island of Hawai'i. Elevation 880 ft/270 m. Average rainfall 140 inches/3550 mm

 

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