Sunday, June 2, 2024
PR, as he was sometimes called, was the most knowledgeable Community College financial Director in the state of Florida. He knew the regulations backwards and forwards and actually helped craft some of the policies. I know when a technical question arose, the go to person was Preston.
Even though I worked in the admissions office, I learned a lot from Preston. I remember when I first met him and asked where he was from, he told me LA. When I said really, he answered Lower Alabama. I later learned that Preston was always right. When he would finish expressing his point of view, he would ask” Am I right Or am I right?” I also learned that each year when his dad and two of his buddies came to stay with Preston for a week while they fished in Lake Tahoe, they brought two ice chests filled with live Blountstown Red Wiggers. Florida worms just didn’t measure up.
I’m going to miss Preston‘s wisdom, personality, friendship, and that smile.
With love and condolences to Drew and Marla,
Chuck Drosin
