FIU Benefactor Dr. Herbert Wertheim receives Horatio Alger Award for perseverance over adversity

Long-time FIU benefactor Dr. Herbert Wertheim received the 2011 International Horatio Alger Award in recognition of his personal and professional accomplishments, despite humble and challenging beginnings. After accepting the award on April 8 in Washington, D.C., Wertheim was formally inducted into the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans. The 11 [...]

Florida Board of Governors reappoints S. Lawrence Kahn, III and Albert Maury to FIU Board of Trustees

Albert Maury

The Florida Board of Governors reappointed S. Lawrence Kahn, III, president and CEO of Lowell Homes, Inc., and Albert Maury ’96 ’02, president and CEO of Leon Medical Centers Health Plans, to serve on Florida International University’s Board of Trustees. “I am deeply honored by this opportunity to serve FIU [...]