HSARI announces Proctor Award winner

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Tasi, left, and William L. Proctor, Ph.D.

ST. AUGUSTINE, FL (06/26/2013)(readMedia)-- The Historic St. Augustine Research Institute announced that Alexander Tasi, an undergraduate at the University of Florida, has been awarded the William L. Proctor Award for outstanding research and writing at the undergraduate and graduate level on the history, archeology and historic architecture of St. Augustine. The award is in the amount of $1,000.

William L. Proctor, Ph.D. is the chancellor of Flagler College. For thirty years he served as president of the College and has also served as a member of the state of Florida State Board of Education and a member of the Florida House of Representatives. He is currently the President of the St. Augustine Foundation, Inc., the funding agency for the Institute.

HSARI is a collaborative project of Flagler College and the University of Florida. Its purpose is to encourage, coordinate and disseminate active academic research related to the history, archaeology and historical architecture of St. Augustine, Florida, and to apply this research in support of historic preservation in the city.

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Flagler College is an independent, four-year, comprehensive baccalaureate college located in St. Augustine, Fla. The college offers 28 majors, 33 minors and two pre-professional programs, the largest majors being business, education and communication. Small by intent, Flagler College has an enrollment of about 2,500 students, as well as a satellite campus at Tallahassee Community College in Tallahassee, Fla. U.S. News & World Report and The Princeton Review regularly feature Flagler as a college that offers quality education at a relatively low cost; tuition is $24,960, including room and board. A relatively young institution (founded in 1968), Flagler College is also noted for its historic beauty. The centerpiece of the campus is the former Hotel Ponce de Leon, a grand resort built in 1888 by Henry M. Flagler, industrialist, railroad pioneer and co-founder of Standard Oil. The Ponce has been designated as a National Historic Landmark. For more on Flagler College, visit www.flagler.edu.