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Elizabeth Castor (née Bowe; born May 11, 1941) is an American educator and former politician. Castor was elected to the Florida Senate and as Florida Education Commissioner, and she subsequently served as the President of the University of South Florida, and President of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.
Betty Castor, was the first woman elected to the Florida Cabinet and the first President Pro Tempore of the Florida Senate. Born in Glassboro, New Jersey, she graduated from Glassboro State College in 1963 and attended Teachers College of Columbia University, where she organized a drive to send learning materials to Uganda.
Mar 15, 2023 · Sam Bell, a former powerful member of the Florida House from Volusia County with a long record of legislation aimed at improving education and the lives of children, has died, according to an...
Jun 20, 2006 · BETTY CASTOR. U.S. SENATE CANDIDATE, D. PERSONAL: Born May 11, 1941, in Glassboro, N.J.; lives in Tampa and Tallahassee; married to Sam Bell; six children; 10 grandchildren. RELIGION: Lutheran.
Betty Castor. Fifth President, 1994-1999. A former three-term Florida state senator and state commissioner of education, Betty Castor was USF’s first woman president.
Apr 22, 2015 · In this oral history interview, Castor discusses her political and educational career in Florida. She talks about being the first woman elected to the Hillsborough County Commission and some of the difficulties she faced as a working mother.
Mar 27, 2003 · Elizabeth “Betty” Bowe Castor-Bell was born to Irish immigrants on May 11, 1941. A native of Glassboro, New Jersey, Castor moved to Florida in 1966, where she became a politician, a proponent of educational causes, and the first female president of the University of South Florida (1994-1999).
