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Photographer: Jay Kravetz
Taken: June 6, 2017
Caption: An additional, nearby marker for Xavier López Pellicer at the Llambias House
Additional Description: Xavier Lopez Pellicer was born in St. Augustine, February 8, 1900, one of nine children of Andrew Joseph and Josephine Lopez Pellicer. He attended the Rutgers School of Banking, went to work for the St. Augustine National Bank in 1919 and retired as a senior vice president in 1966. He served as president of the Rotary Club; president of the Board of Trustees of Flagler Hospital and trustee for 40 years; president and director of the St. Augustine Historical Society; president of the Florida Bankers Association and president of the Florida Forestry Association. Pellicer also served for seven years as a national director of the American Forestry Association and for three years on the Florida Board of Forestry and Parks during the term of Governor Millard Caldwell. During the restoration of the Llambias House in St. Augustine, he met Fernando Rubio of Mahon, Minorca. They were responsible for the donation of a bronze statue commemorating the Minorcans. Xavier Lopez Pellicer died in 1990. His Great Floridian Plaque is located at the Llambias House, 31 St. Francis Street, St. Augustine.
Submitted: September 10, 2017, by Jay Kravetz of West Palm Beach, Florida.
Database Locator Identification Number: p398160
File Size: 3.795 Megabytes

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