Lou Frost was a local legal institution who nurtured the careers of hundreds of young lawyers, with two dozen appointed to state and federal judgeships, and one seated on the Florida Supreme Court.
14 Facts About Lou Frost
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Lou Frost was a 1949 graduate of Jacksonville's Landon High School, where he was named valedictorian.
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Lou Frost received a degree in business from the University of Florida in 1953, the same year he married his wife, Shirley.
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Lou Frost attended law school at the University of Miami before serving two years as an officer in the United States Army First Infantry during the Korean War.
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Lou Frost was admitted to the Florida Bar on November 6,1958.
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Lou Frost first became acquainted with Austin in 1951 at the University of Florida when the former was a student and the latter was a teacher.
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Lou Frost was elected public defender later that year and retained the post until he retired in January 2005, running unopposed 9 times.
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Lou Frost was asked to help establish other public defender offices across the country.
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Lou Frost was a long-time member of Rotary International, and served as president of the Arlington Rotary Club.
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Lou Frost was active with Jacksonville's Morocco Temple, elected Illustrious Potentate in 1987, and a Master Mason, 33rd degree Scottish Rite, and a Jester.
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Lou Frost was diagnosed with stomach cancer and had surgery in March 2004 to remove an abdominal tumor, followed by 25 doses of chemotherapy.
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Lou Frost realized that he would not be able to return to work, and retirement was his only option.
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The law can at times be very contentious, but Lou Frost was always a gentleman.
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The cancer returned however, and four years after he was diagnosed, Lou Frost died of complications after a long hospitalization.