20 Facts About Samuel Proctor

Samuel Proctor was an American history professor and author.

Samuel Proctor taught at the University of Florida and wrote about the school and the state's history.

Samuel Proctor was one of six sons of Jack Proctor, a textile salesman who was born in Poland, and Celia Proctor, a housewife.

Samuel Proctor received his Master of Arts from UF in 1942 after only two semesters, in which the wrote a 560-page thesis, Napoleon Bonaparte Broward: The Portrait of a Progressive Democrat, on Florida Governor Napoleon Bonaparte Broward.

In 1950 Samuel Proctor published Napoleon Bonaparte Broward: Florida's Fighting Democrat with the University Press of Florida.

Samuel Proctor served in the United States Army during World War II, where he taught reading and arithmetic to illiterate Army recruits at Camp Blanding near Starke.

Samuel Proctor remained the UF Historian and Archivist until his death, serving even in retirement.

Samuel Proctor published a history of the university, Gator History: A Pictorial History of the University of Florida, in 1986 with Langley Press.

Samuel Proctor became a professor of history at the UF and taught at the university for 50 years.

Samuel Proctor was a leading figure in the development of oral history.

Samuel Proctor founded the Oral History Program in 1967 and was its director.

Samuel Proctor held the titles of Julian C Yonge Professor of Florida History and Distinguished Service Professor of History.

Samuel Proctor held the post of Curator of History at the Florida Museum of Natural History and was the director of the Center for Florida Studies.

Samuel Proctor established the University Archives and wrote major works on the university's history.

Samuel Proctor is credited with helping to establish the Center for Jewish Studies at UF.

Samuel Proctor was one of two academics to be on the 1998 Lakeland Ledger list of the "50 Most Important Floridians of the 20th Century," selected by a panel of distinguished Floridians.

Samuel Proctor retired from teaching in 1993 but remained involved with the university, maintaining an office in Turlington Hall and heading several University of Florida Alumni Association and University of Florida Foundation committees.

Samuel Proctor served as an expert witness in court and received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Florida Historical Society.

The Samuel Proctor Endowment was established in his honor for history graduate students, known as Samuel Proctor Scholars.

Samuel Proctor was a longtime friend of Bob Graham, the Florida governor and US Senator who was one of his students.