The Forum Club of the Palm Beaches will present American historian Randall Woods on Friday, February 21, at Noon at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, located at 701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach, FL 33401.
Randall Woods received his Ph.D. in History from the University of Texas at Austin in 1972. He has been employed continuously as a faculty member at the University of Arkansas since 1971 being promoted from Instructor to Distinguished Professor. He has served as both Associate Dean and Dean of Fulbright College. Courses taught focus on U.S. Diplomatic and Political History. He has served as president of both the Arkansas Humanities Council and the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations and has been a visiting distinguished professor at both Williams College and the University of Oxford.
The Forum Club of the Palm Beaches will present CFO Jeff Atwater with its 2024-2025 Exemplary Elected Official Award at the February 21 event.
As a former banking executive, legislative leader, and statewide elected official, Atwater had a direct and lasting impact on Florida’s financial, regulatory and business landscape. After serving two years in the Florida State House, and eight in the State Senate (the final two as President), Atwater was twice elected statewide as Florida’s Chief Financial Officer and State Treasurer, a Cabinet level position which impacted all public policy.