Florida Institute of Technology - Ad Astra Yearbook (Melbourne, FL)

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We all joke about the palm trees on campus, but they are all donations made by people. FIT, because of their donations, now has one of the most extensive collections of palm trees in the world. The first drive for a beautiful FIT was made by Mrs. Sara Bartholomae who also donated the services of an architect to plan the present library. Later President Keuper took an active interest in obtaining the collection of palm | trees which FIT now houses. { § Remember the peacocks? FIT once had seven peacocks which were donated by John Evans. The first of the peacocks came up missing in May of 1971. The last peacock was missing in 1980-1981. Mr. N. Lund donated the palm tree in the classroom quad to FIT in January 1980. Mr. Lund had wanted to keep the palm until his death, but the widening of 192 required the moving of the tree. The palm tree was worth 10,000 dollars at that time. FIT was lucky to have Dent Smith who made possible the botanical gardens. Ve

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During the last two years F.I.T. has seen a number of new additional buildings on campus. One of the most essential buildings is the Holzer Student Health Center. This building was made possible by Dr. Holzer and was completed Sep- tember 17, 1982. The Psychology Building was started on July 10, 1981 and was finished October 20, 1981. This building is the center of the graduate psychology studies, the largest graduate program on campus, and houses the adminis- trative psychology offices. The Sheppard Seminar Building was started on July 10, 1982 and finished October 20, 1982. It was named in honor of Dr. Donald Sheppard a for- mer member of the Board of Trust- ees. WHAT'S NEW