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The first classes were held in a
variety of sites, including one that became the Kennedy Space Center.
Homer Denius, co-founder of Radiation Inc., which became today's
electronic and communication giant Harris Corporation, told Jerry
Keuper that he would build the university's first building if Florida
Tech were located in Melbourne. In 1960, Jerry Keuper secured 40
acres of land in Melbourne. Denius dispatched an architect, and
Florida Tech has been "under construction" ever since.
In 1994 President Weaver awarded
Homer Denius the President's Medal for his lifelong service to
the university.
In 1993, the president's office building
was dedicated to John Miller, who guided the university's faculty
as executive vice president for academics and served as the university's
second president. |
