Edwin Harris Drew (1903-1978) was born in Georgia and came to Palm Beach County in his teens. He graduated in 1923 from Stetson University. Drew was attorney for the Town…
Paul Albert Dreher (1903-1993), known as the "Johnny Appleseed" of West Palm Beach, was born in Germany, where he earned a degree in horticulture from the University of Hohen-Heim in…
Otto B. "Buz" DiVosta, Jr. (1934- ) was born in Stamford, Connecticut, and moved to south Florida with his family when he was twelve. At twenty, DiVosta married Betty J.…
de Hoernle, Count and Countess
Count (1903-1998) and Countess (1912-2016) de Hoernle both emigrated from Germany to New York in their youth. Adolph, Count de Hoernle, came alone from Pforzheim in…
Arthur Vining Davis (1867-1962) was born a minister's son in Massachusetts, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Amherst College in 1888. His minister-father found him a job with the…
Frank Malcolm Cunningham, Sr. (1927-1978) was born in Plant City, Florida, one of eight children in a farming family. He attended Florida A&M University, where he met and married Nealia…
Marshall McAllister Criser Jr. (1928- ) was born in Monmouth County, New Jersey. Criser earned his bachelor's degree in business administration and his law degree at the University of Florida,…
Anthony "A.C." Carter (1960- ) was born in Riviera Beach, where he played football at Suncoast High School, running 87 yards for a touchdown in his first game.
After four years…
Mark John "Calc" Calcavecchia (1960- ) was born in Laurel, Nebraska, where he started playing golf. His family moved to West Palm Beach, where Calcavecchia graduated from North Shore High…
August H. Butts (1884-1955) and his wife, Natalie Swanson Butts, came from Lake County, Florida, to West Palm Beach before 1920. Butts purchased 3,500 acres west of Boca Raton that…
Robert Calvin "Bobby" Butler (1959- ) was born in Boynton Beach to Reverend Richard W. and Emma J. Butler. Bobby graduated from Atlantic Community High School, Delray Beach (1977), where…
Orville Bulman, a self-taught artist, and one of Palm Beach's most successful painters, was born in 1904 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. A year later his father, Elvah O. Bulman, invented…