Fenwick D. “Mac” McCormick to be inducted in Florida FFA Hall of Fame

Fenwick D. “Mac” McCormick is among those to be inducted into the Florida FFA Hall of Fame.  McCormick, a former teacher at Santa Fe High School, was an agriculture teacher and FFA advisor in Levy County and Alachua County for 10 years before joining the Florida Department of Education in 1971. 

After 16 years as a regional supervisor of agricultural education McCormick served as director of vocational-technical and adult education in Marion County schools for another 16 years before retiring in 2003.  He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degree in agriculture from the University of Florida and also served two years in the U.S. Army.  He and his agriculture students received many state and national honors, including 45 state-winning FFA teams and 10 state FFA officers.  As local vocational education director, McCormick added agriculture as a career orientation subject at every middle school in the county and expanded agriculture at all high schools.

“Florida FFA owes an immense debt of gratitude to these outstanding leaders,” said Charlie Bronson, Florida Commissioner of Agriculture.  “Their dedicated service in agriculture education helped make FFA the outstanding student organization recognized throughout the State.”

They will be inducted into the Florida FFA Hall of Fame during the fourth annual awards celebration Oct. 5 at the Florida FFA Leadership Training Center in Haines City.

“These individuals are responsible for the tradition of excellence that our FFA members have come to expect,” said Clay Sapp, 2010 State President of the Florida FFA Association.

The Florida FFA Hall of Fame began in 2007 to pay tribute to those outstanding individuals who have helped make the Florida FFA Association the premier youth leadership organization in the state.