University of Florida
University of Florida | |
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founding | 1853 |
Sponsorship | state |
place | Gainesville , United States |
president | W. Kent Fox |
Students | 52,270 (2008) |
Employee | approx. 4,550 |
Foundation assets | 1.62 billion US $ (2008) |
University sports | Gators ( Southeastern Conference ) |
Networks | Association of American Universities |
Website | www.ufl.edu |
The University of Florida is a public university in Gainesville in the US state of Florida . It is equipped with 49,693 students the fifth largest university in the United States (2006) and has the eighth-largest budget, almost 1.9 billion dollars a year. It is one of the best public universities in the United States, a so-called Public Ivy, and is a member of the Association of American Universities , an association of leading research-intensive North American universities that has existed since 1900. The university was rated 47th in the 2007 US News & World Report National Universities. In an international comparison by Jiaotong University Shanghai , the University of Florida achieved 53rd place in 2006.
history
The university was founded in 1905. Officially, the year 1853 is given as the year in which the East Florida Seminary was founded. This institution was closed during the Civil War , and its name was later used by various other educational institutions.
African American students have been admitted since 1958.
In 1991, following a donation of $ 20 million from George Smathers , the name of the university library was changed to George A. Smathers Library .
Subjects
Courses of study at the University of Florida include:
- Design, construction and planning
- Humanities and natural sciences
- Health and Human Performance
- engineering
- Agriculture and Life Sciences
- medicine
- Public Health and Health Professions
- pedagogy
- pharmacy
- maintenance
- Law (Levin College of Law)
- Fine arts
- Veterinary medicine
- Economics (Warrington College of Business Administration)
- Dentistry
Sports
The University of Florida sports teams are called Florida Gators . The university is a member of the Southeastern Conference . The football team plays their home games at Steve Spurrier-Florida Field at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium .
Personalities
- Robert Grubbs - Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2005
- Marshall Warren Nirenberg - Nobel Prize in Medicine, 1968
Computer science
- Jim Allchin , Microsoft's chief developer of Windows
- John Atanasoff , computer scientist
- Philip Don Estridge , IBM
Arts, literature, humanities and entertainment
- Jett Beres ( Sister Hazel )
- Ken Block ( Sister Hazel )
- Rita Mae Brown , writer
- Michael Connelly , writer
- Jonathan Demme , film director
- Faye Dunaway , actress
- Buddy Ebsen , actor
- Malcolm Gets , actor
- Philip Graham , Washington Post publicist
- Darrell Hammond , actor
- Carl Hiaasen , writer
- Ryan Newell ( Sister Hazel )
- Adrian Pasdar , actor (without degree)
- Emilio Perez , painter
- Stat quo , rapper
- Stephen Root , actor
- Stephen Stills , musician
- Mel Tillis , singer
- Johnny Tillotson , singer
- Bob Vila , TV Show Presenter (Home Improvement)
- Edward Yang , Taiwanese film director
politics
- Charles O. Andrews , US Senator
- Reubin Askew , governor
- Charles Edward Bennett , Congressman
- Gus Bilirakis , Congressman
- Michael Bilirakis , Congressman
- Corrine Brown , Congressman
- C. Farris Bryant , Governor
- William V. Chappell , Congressman
- Ander Crenshaw , Congressman
- Lawton Chiles , US Senator and Governor
- Jim Davis , Congressman
- John Porter East , US Senator
- Don Fuqua , Congressman
- Sam Gibbons , Congressman
- Bob Graham , US Senator and Governor
- James W. Grant , Congressman
- Robert A. Green , Congressman
- Bill Gunter , Congressman
- Albert S. Herlong , Congressman
- William Luther Hill , US Senator
- Spessard Holland , US Senator and Governor
- Marjorie Holt , Congresswoman
- William C. Lantaff , Congressman
- Tom Lewis , Congressman
- Craig T. James , Congressman
- Harry A. Johnston , Congressman
- Connie Mack III , United States Senator and Congressman
- Connie Mack IV , Congressman
- Buddy MacKay , Governor and Congressman
- Betsy Markey , Congressman
- Donald Ray Matthews , Congressman
- Daniel T. McCarty , Governor
- Bill McCollum , Congressman
- Chester B. McMullen , Congressman
- Daniel A. Mica , Congressman
- John Mica , Congressman
- Dan Miller , Congressman
- Jeff Miller , Congressman
- Wayne Mixson , governor
- Bill Nelson , US Senator and Congressman
- Beverly Perdue , North Carolina Governor
- J. Hardin Peterson , Congressman
- Adam Putnam , Congressman
- Paul Grant Rogers , Congressman
- Tom Rooney , Congressman
- Joe Scarborough , Congressman and MSNBC talk show host
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz , Congressman
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes , Congressman
- George Smathers , US Senator
- Greg Steube , Congressman
- Karen Thurman , Congressman
- Fuller Warren , governor
- Robert Wexler , Congressman
military
- Leonard Chapman , General in the US Marine Corps
- Joseph Kittinger , United States Air Force pilot
- Paul Tibbets , Enola Gay pilot
Sports
- Frank Beard , golfer
- Matt Bonner , basketball player
- Corey Brewer , basketball player
- Mark Calcavecchia , golfer
- Tracy Caulkins , swimmer
- Don Chandler , football player
- Chris DiMarco , golfer
- David Eckstein , baseball player
- Mark Ellis , baseball player
- Rex Grossman , football player
- Nicole Haislett , swimmer
- Percy Harvin , football player
- Udonis Haslem , basketball player
- Aaron Hernandez , football player
- Al Horford , basketball player
- James Jones , football player
- Joseph Kittinger - parachutist
- Ryan Lochte , swimmer
- Mike Miller , basketball player
- Cam Newton , American Football Player (Unqualified)
- Joakim Noah , basketball player
- Chandler Parsons , basketball player
- Emmitt Smith , football player
- Lee Humphrey , basketball player
- Fred Taylor , football player
- Tim Tebow , football player
- Dara Torres , swimmer
- Camilo Villegas , golfer
- Abby Wambach , soccer player
- Danny Wuerffel , football player
The list shows only a very small fraction of the politically and economically high-ranking figures at the University of Florida.
Web links
- Official website (English)
Coordinates: 29 ° 38 '35.4 " N , 82 ° 20' 50.1" W.