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RESOLUTION NO. 07-394
A RESOLUTION HONORING MR. HA VERT L. FENN
FOR EXEMPLIFYING OUTSTANDING CITIZENSHIP
THROUGH HIS MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR
COMMUNITY IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION AND
GOVERNMENT BY DEDICATING AND NAMING THE
SPECIAL NEEDS SHELTER AUDITORIUM FACILITY
ON VIRGINIA A VENUE AS THE "HA VERT L. FENN
CENTER" IN ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie County, Florida, has
made the following determinations:
1. Mr. Havert L. Fenn graduated from South Carolina State University in 1950,
and after serving in the U. S. Army during the Korean Conflict from 1950 to 1952, he
graduated from the University of Wisconsin. He taught and coached athletics in South
Carolina for ten years.
2. Havert "Coach" Fenn came to Fort Pierce in 1962 and taught in the St. Lucie
County School System for twenty years. He served as a Fort Pierce City Commissioner from
1972 - 1982 while still with the St. Lucie County School System. When he became St. Lucie
County Commissioner in 1982, he retired from the School System. He served as a County
Commissioner for fourteen years until he retired in 1996. Coach" Fenn was Chairman of the
St. Lucie County Commission on three separate occasions.
3. During his tenure as County Commission Chairman in 1985 - 1986, he was
most instrumental in convincing the New York Mets Baseball Team to agree to relocate their
Spring Training Camp to Port St. Lucie. He served as President of the Florida Association
of Counties in 1993-1994.
4. Our former Educator/Commissioner is an ex-athlete who excelled in Football
and Track at South Carolina State University from 1945 to 1950 while still excelling in his
classroom curriculum. He was inducted into the "South Carolina State University Sports
Hall of Fame" in 1998 in Football and Track. In August, 2001, he was named South
Carolina State University "Alumnus-of-the- Year" and for the same year also named
"Alumnus-of-the- Year" by South Carolina State University National Alumni Association.
He has served two terms as President of the Florida Gold Coast Chapter of the National
Alumni Association.
5. Mr. Havert L. Fenn spearheaded the effort to establish the St. Lucie County
Sports Hall of Fame in 1990. He was also inducted into this same Hall of Fame in 1991. In
1996, the citizens of Fort Pierce named a Recreational Park - "the Havert "Coach" Fenn
Park" in Honor of our "Coach Fenn".
6. Due to the untiring dedication by Mr. Havert L. Fenn to the citizens of St.
Lucie County, this Board believes that Mr. Fenn should be honored in a very special way.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners
of St. Lucie County, Florida, that this Board does hereby honor Mr. Havert L. Fenn for
exemplifying outstanding citizenship through his major contributions to our community in
the field of education and government by dedicating and naming the Special Needs Shelter
Auditorium Facility on Virginia Avenue as the "HA VERT L. FENN CENTER".
PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED this 11th day of December, 2007.
ATTESTED:
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