Fred Gainous was born in 1947, and his hometown is Tallahassee, Florida

Tallahassee, Florida

Tallahassee is the capital of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat and only incorporated municipality in Leon County, and is the 128th largest city in the United States. Tallahassee became the capital of Florida, then the Florida Territory, in 1824. In 2010, the population recorded by...

. He received his Bachelors Degree from Florida A & M University back in 1969, and his Masters & Doctorate from the University of Florida

University of Florida

The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...

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Fred Gainous served as President of Florida A & M University from 2002 - 2004. Before this position he was the Chancellor of the Alabama College System's Department of Postsecondary Education. He was also the associate vice president of St. Petersburg College

St. Petersburg College

St. Petersburg College is a fully accredited post-secondary educational institution located in St. Petersburg, Florida, serving some 65,000 students annually...

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