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Ralph Turlington, Former Commissioner Of Education And Force In Florida Politics, Dies At 100
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The man who organized the drive for the Florida Lottery has died at the age of 100.
Creating the lottery was just one of many major accomplishments over a 36-year career in public service.
Ralph Turlington was already a tenured professor at the University of Florida with an MBA from Harvard when he ran for the Florida Legislature in 1950.
“Our pay was ten dollars a day when we were in session,” said Turlington in a 2006 interview.
He spent the next 36 years shaping Florida government.
“He brought the best out in people. He brought the best out in legislation,” said former Turlington aide Frank Mirabella.
Ralph D. Turlington, who used keen political skills to create laws that shaped his home state, died Wednesday in North Carolina at age 100.
Among legislation he wrote and pushed through that changed Florida: the Government in the Sunshine law, the state employees pension system, lowering the voting age to 18 and the state s first corporate income tax.
He represented Alachua County for 24 years in the state Legislature and along with state Sen. William Shands and state Rep. Osee Fagan secured a huge prize for their hometown: the initial funding for a medical center at the University of Florida now the statewide system known as UF Health.
Father of Florida Lottery dies at 100
Ralph Turlington ‘brought the best out in people’ and legislation, former aide says
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The man who organized the drive for the Florida Lottery has died at the age of 100.
Creating the lottery was just one of many accomplishments for Ralph Turlington over a 36-year career in public service.
Turlington was already a tenured professor at the University of Florida with an MBA from Harvard when he ran for the Florida Legislature in 1950.
“Our pay was $10 a day when we were in session,” Turlington recalled during a 2006 interview.
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