Frank Brogan
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Frank T. Brogan is the President of Florida Atlantic University and a Republican politician in Florida. He is a longtime educator who served eight years in statewide office. He is a native of Cincinnati, Ohio.
Brogan graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a bachelor's degree in Education, and later earned a master's degree in Education from Florida Atlantic University. He began his education career in 1978 in the Martin County, Florida public school district. He rose through the administrative ranks to become Dean of Students of Indiantown Middle School, Assistant Principal of Murray Middle School, and then Principal of Murray Middle School. While an administrator, Brogan negotiated a gun away from a student. He was elected to two terms as Superintendent of Schools in Martin County.
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 oversees various aspects of state government. He is 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 for 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.
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 sweathearts growing up in Cincinnati. 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 and assumed the Presidency in March 2003.
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