Contact: Public Relations
(863) 680-4118

William Dean Witten receives honorary
degree from Florida Southern College

LAKELAND, Fla. (April 15, 2002) - The Rev. William Dean Witten, the District Superintendent of the United Methodist Church for the Orlando District, will receive an honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity during Florida Southern College's baccalaureate service April 27. The ceremony, at which the Lakeland evening, MBA, and Orlando graduates will receive their degrees, takes place at 10:30 a.m. in Branscomb Auditorium.

A 1960 graduate of Florida Southern, Witten is being recognized for his distinguished career with the United Methodist Church. He has served the church in Florida for more than 40 years as an ordained deacon, elder, pastor, and district superintendent.

Witten served as a pastor in various Florida cities and in 1992 became District Superintendent of Florida. After a brief return to the pulpit from 1998 to 2000, he serves today as Superintendent of the Orlando District.

About Florida Southern College
Florida Southern is a four-year, private, co-educational liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. The college offers more than 40 undergraduate majors and a master of business administration degree accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Located in Lakeland, Fla., the college is home to the largest, single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture in the world.

###