Staff Reports
Gov. Ron DeSantis, as a “symbol of respect,” has ordered flags at half staff to honor the late Talbot “Sandy” D’Alemberte, a former Florida State University president and a legal titan.
The announcement came from the Governor’s Office Tuesday evening.
The Governor directed “the flags of the United States and the State of Florida to be flown at half-staff at the Leon County Courthouse in Tallahassee, City Hall of Tallahassee, and at the Capitol in Tallahassee, from sunrise to sunset on Wednesday, June 5,” the message said.
D’Alemberte will be remembered with a “Celebration of Life” on Wednesday afternoon on FSU’s campus in Ruby Diamond Hall. The event will be webcast at wfsu.org/dalemberte.
As the university described him, the “brilliant legal mind and international champion of human rights” passed away May 20 at the age of 85.
D’Alemberte, who lived in Tallahassee, served in the Florida House, representing Dade County, in 1966-1972.
He later served as the dean of Florida State University College of Law 1984-89, and then as president of the university in 1994-2003.
He also chaired the Florida Constitution Revision Commission in 1977-78 and completed a term as president of the American Bar Association (ABA) in 1991-92. He later received the ABA Medal, the association’s highest honor.
