Frank Brogan

Frank Brogan

Infobox_Lt_Governor


name= Frank Brogan
|caption=
order= 15th
office= Lieutenant Governor of Florida
term_start= January 5, 1999
term_end= March 3, 2003
governor= Jeb Bush
predecessor= Buddy MacKay
successor= Toni Jennings
birth_date= September 6, 1953
birth_place= Cincinnati, Ohio
death_date=
death_place=
party= Republican
profession= Teacher, High School Principal and Schools Superintendant
spouse= Mary Brogan and Courtney Strickland Brogan
footnotes=

Frank T. Brogan (born September 6, 1953 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is the President of Florida Atlantic University and a former Republican Lieutenant Governor of Florida. Brogan is a longtime educator who served eight years in statewide office.

Education

In 1976, Frank Brogan became the first member in his family to earn a college degree when he received his bachelor's degree in education magna cum laude from the University of Cincinnati. In 1981, he earned his master's degree in education from Florida Atlantic University.

Early career

Education

Brogan began his education career in 1978 in the Martin County, Florida public school district. His first job was teaching fifth grade at Port Salerno Elementary School. It was while teaching at this school that he earned his master's degree in 1981.

Brogan next focused his career on educational administration. In rapid succession he served as the Dean of Students at Indiantown Middle School, and then Assistant Principal, and Principal of Murray Middle School. While an administrator, Brogan negotiated a gun away from a student. Brogan was eventually elected to two terms as the Superintendent of Schools in Martin County.

Politics

In 1994, Brogan was elected Commissioner of Education of Florida. In this position he oversaw all education activities in Florida and served as a member of the Florida Cabinet, which oversaw various aspects of state government. He was the youngest Education Commissioner in state history.

Brogan was seeking a second term as Education Commissioner, when in 1998, Jeb Bush asked him to be his running mate as Lieutenant Governor. The Bush/Brogan team won the general election. As Lieutenant Governor, Brogan oversaw education policy and acted as legislative liaison for the Bush Administration.

Florida Atlantic University

In 1999, during his first year as Lieutenant Governor, Brogan's wife of 23 years, Mary, died after a long battle with breast cancer. Mary Brogan and her husband were childhood sweethearts growing up in Cincinnati. Brogan is active in the fight against cancer, and currently serves as the Chairman of the non-profit Florida Dialogue On Cancer (FDOC).

In late 2002, Brogan proposed to and later married Courtney Strickland. The couple has one son, Colby.

Brogan was reelected Lieutenant Governor in 2002, and shortly after being sworn into a second term in January 2003, he was appointed President of Florida Atlantic University. He resigned from the Lieutenant Governorship effective March 3, 2003, [cite web |url=http://www.theworldofstuff.com/other/jennings.html |title=Frank Brogan and Toni Jennings |accessdate=2008-08-06 |work=The World of Stuff |author=Jordon Kalilich |date=2008-08-06 ] and assumed the university presidency that same month. [cite web
title = President's Biography
publisher = Florida Atlantic University - Office of the President
url = http://www.fau.edu/president/biography.php
accessdate = 2006-11-26
]

References

External links

* [http://www.fau.edu| Florida Atlantic University]
* [http://www.fau.edu/president/index.php Florida Atlantic University Office of the President]


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