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University of North Florida’s Alain LaRoche and
Jacksonville University’s Ljubisa Vrcelj square off in the UNF-JU
basketball game Jan. 25 in the UNF Arena. UNF won the rivalry game
90-78 and set a home attendance record of 3,013. See the full story
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‘He just loved the university’
Police building named in honor of former chief
Martin P. Garris
By Jody Morgan
Contributing writer
After 10 years of waiting, the Police Building was officially renamed the Martin
P. Garris Police Building Jan. 26 in honor of a former police chief who spent 20
years serving the University of North Florida.
Martin P. Garris was director of public safety and chief of police at UNF from
1975 to 1995. He helped develop the UNF police agency into a full-service police
department and oversaw the construction of Building 41 in 1995.
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After he retired the same year to be chief of community affairs with the
Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, the idea to name the building after Martin Garris
was under discussion. But it was not until after his unexpected death Sept. 5,
2002 that testimonies from the community and UNF about Martin Garris brought the
attention back to renaming the police building.
The Board of Trustees approved a revised university naming policy Jan. 20, 2005
to allow campus buildings to be named after former employees without receiving a
monetary gift. Nearly one year later, a plaque was unveiled at the Police
Building in honor of Martin Garris.
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