MERRILL A. SYMONDS ’41

MERRILL A. SYMONDS, 92, a retired college administrator, died Oct. 23, 2011. He was a member of Alpha Chi Rho and received his degree with honors and with distinction in English. After serving in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II he received his master’s degree from Boston University and his Ph.D. from Clark University. He had been employed by Florida State University, was vice president of Pensacola Junior College, president of Florida Keys Community College, and vice president and instructor at Oscaloosa Walton College, from which he retired in 1984. He was predeceased by a son. His wife, Rena Ridler Symonds, survives, as do two daughters, six grandsons, and 10 great-grandchildren.