First Florida State Debate Coach, 1928 - 1933
Pictured here as a sophomore at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
(Photo: University of Wisconsin Libraries, 1922)
First Florida State Debate Coach, 1928 - 1933
(Photo: University of Wisconsin Libraries, 1925)
First Florida State Debate Coach, 1928 - 1933
(Photo: University of Wisconsin Libraries, 1925)
Florida State Debate Coach, Sponsor N.S.F.A. Debate Team at the Florida State College for Women, 1935 - 1937.
(Photo: Florida State University Libraries, 1935)
Florida State Debate Coach, Sponsor N.S.F.A. Debate Team at the Florida State College for Women, 1935 - 1937.
(Photo: Florida State University Libraries, 1936)
Florida State Debate Coach, Sponsor N.S.F.A. Debate Team at the Florida State College for Women, 1935 - 1937.
(Photo: Florida State University Libraries, 1941)
Head Librarian and Chair of Library Sciences helped coach the debate team from 1938 - 1940.
(Photo: Florida State University Libraries, 1938)
Head Librarian and Chair of Library Sciences helped coach the debate team from 1938 - 1940.
(Photo: Florida State University Libraries, 1938)
Head Librarian and Chair of Library Sciences helped coach the debate team from 1938 - 1940.
(Photo: Florida State University Libraries, 1939)
Florida State Debate Coach, 1937 -1944
(Photo: Florida State University Libraries, 1938)
Florida State Debate Coach, 1937 - 1944
(Photo: Florida State University Libraries, 1939)
Florida State Debate Coach, 1937 - 1944
(Photo: Florida State University Libraries, 1940)
Florida State Debate Coach, 1937 - 1944
(Photo: Florida State University Libraries, 1941)
Florida State Debate Coach, 1938 - 1944
(Photo: Florida State University Libraries, 1938)
Florida State Debate Coach, 1938 - 1944
(Photo: Florida State University Libraries, 1939)
Florida State Debate Coach, 1938 - 1944
(Photo: Florida State University Libraries, 1940)
Florida State Debate Coach, 1938 - 1944
(Photo: Florida State University Libraries, 1941)
Robert Spenser Cotterill, Florida State Debate Coach, 1940-1943
M.A. Ph.D. Wisconsin, FSCW Professor of History
(Photo: Florida State University Libraries, 1940)
Dr. Gregg Phifer was hired as the Director of Florida State Debate in 1949 and led the program until Dr. Marilyn Young took over in 1972.
Lyndon Gregg Phifer (1918 - 2005)
Lyndon Gregg Phifer was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He attended the University of the Pacific and earned his doctorate at the University of Iowa. A conscientious objector during World War II, he was assigned to perform civilian public service as a smoke jumper with the Forest Service. He was employed at Baldwin-Wallace College in Ohio before coming to FSU in 1949, where he enjoyed teaching in the communication department for 45 years. Gregg was a certified professional parliamentarian, a former president of the Southern Speech Communication Association and a master track official. His honors include FSU Professor Emeritus, Circle of the Gold Key and membership in the FSU Athletic Hall of Fame. He was an active member of Trinity United Methodist Church, the American Civil Liberties Union, the Funeral and Memorial Society and the Association of Retired Faculty.
(Photo: Florida State University Libraries, 1953)
Photo: Young Debate, MJY Collection, 1969
Photo: Young Debate, MJY Collection, 1969
Photo: Young Debate, MJY Collection 1976
Photo: Young Debate, MJY Collection, 1976
Photo: Young Debate, MJY Collection, 1979
Photo: Young Debate, MJY Collection, 1986