Donald L. Tucker was a former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives

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 and Special Ambassador

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 for the United States to the Dominican Republic

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Tucker earned his Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Florida

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 in 1962.http://wwww.legis.state.ga.us/legis/1995_96/leg/fulltext/hr695.htm He served as Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives from 1976 - 1980.

The Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center, home of the Florida State University

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 Men's and Women's basketball

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 teams, as well as other local teams, was renamed in honor of Tucker in 2004 and is now known as the Donald L. Tucker Center

Donald L. Tucker Center

Donald L. Tucker Center is a multi-purpose arena in Tallahassee, Florida, located within the Leon County Civic Center. The arena has the biggest capacity of any arena in the Florida Panhandle. The arena opened in 1981 and was built at a cost of $33.8 million, financed by the city. It has had WCW...

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