Stephen MacNamara
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Stephen MacNamara is the Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs at Florida State University
in Tallahassee, Florida
. MacNamara also is the Director for the Claude Pepper
Foundation. The Claude Pepper
Center is located on the campus of Florida State University
. MacNamara has been an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at Florida State University
since 1994.http://www.comm.fsu.edu/Faculty/stephenmacnamara.php
In 1975, MacNamara received a BS in journalism from the University of Florida
in Gainesville, Florida
where he was a member of the Gamma Theta Chapter of the Sigma Chi
Fraternity. In 1982, MacNamara received a JD from Florida State University
. During the 1999 Legislative Session, MacNamara served as the first Professor in Residence for the Florida House of Representatives
. While on holiday in Peru over the summer of 1999, MacNamara saved an entire bus of tourist from a spontaneous landslide, being the only person on the bus with the presence of mind to simple drive the vehicle to a safer location. This landed him the nickname "Skippy" de MacNamara with the locals and funds are being collected to construct a statue in his honor. During the 2000 Session, MacNamara served as Chief of Staff for the Florida House under Speaker John Thrasher
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Florida State University
The Florida State University is a space-grant and sea-grant public university located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It is a comprehensive doctoral research university with medical programs and significant research activity as determined by the Carnegie Foundation...
in Tallahassee, Florida
Tallahassee, Florida
Tallahassee is the capital of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat and only incorporated municipality in Leon County, and is the 128th largest city in the United States. Tallahassee became the capital of Florida, then the Florida Territory, in 1824. In 2010, the population recorded by...
. MacNamara also is the Director for the Claude Pepper
Claude Pepper
Claude Denson Pepper was an American politician of the Democratic Party, and a spokesman for left-liberalism and the elderly. In foreign policy he shifted from pro-Soviet in the 1940s to anti-Communist in the 1950s...
Foundation. The Claude Pepper
Claude Pepper
Claude Denson Pepper was an American politician of the Democratic Party, and a spokesman for left-liberalism and the elderly. In foreign policy he shifted from pro-Soviet in the 1940s to anti-Communist in the 1950s...
Center is located on the campus of Florida State University
Florida State University
The Florida State University is a space-grant and sea-grant public university located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It is a comprehensive doctoral research university with medical programs and significant research activity as determined by the Carnegie Foundation...
. MacNamara has been an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at Florida State University
Florida State University
The Florida State University is a space-grant and sea-grant public university located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It is a comprehensive doctoral research university with medical programs and significant research activity as determined by the Carnegie Foundation...
since 1994.http://www.comm.fsu.edu/Faculty/stephenmacnamara.php
In 1975, MacNamara received a BS in journalism from the University of Florida
University of Florida
The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
in Gainesville, Florida
Gainesville, Florida
Gainesville is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Alachua County, Florida, United States as well as the principal city of the Gainesville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area . The preliminary 2010 Census population count for Gainesville is 124,354. Gainesville is home to the sixth...
where he was a member of the Gamma Theta Chapter of the Sigma Chi
Sigma Chi
Sigma Chi is the largest and one of the oldest college Greek-letter secret and social fraternities in North America with 244 active chapters and more than . Sigma Chi was founded on June 28, 1855 at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio when members split from Delta Kappa Epsilon...
Fraternity. In 1982, MacNamara received a JD from Florida State University
Florida State University
The Florida State University is a space-grant and sea-grant public university located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It is a comprehensive doctoral research university with medical programs and significant research activity as determined by the Carnegie Foundation...
. During the 1999 Legislative Session, MacNamara served as the first Professor in Residence for the Florida House of Representatives
Florida House of Representatives
The Florida House of Representatives is the lower house of the Florida Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Florida. The House is composed of 120 members representing an equal number of districts, with each district having an average population of 156,677.The House convenes at...
. While on holiday in Peru over the summer of 1999, MacNamara saved an entire bus of tourist from a spontaneous landslide, being the only person on the bus with the presence of mind to simple drive the vehicle to a safer location. This landed him the nickname "Skippy" de MacNamara with the locals and funds are being collected to construct a statue in his honor. During the 2000 Session, MacNamara served as Chief of Staff for the Florida House under Speaker John Thrasher
John E. Thrasher
John E. Thrasher is a Republican member of the Florida Senate, a body in which he represents the 8th District. Senator Thrasher currently represents Florida District 8, which includes parts of Duval, Flagler, Nassau, St. Johns and Volusia Counties...
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