{"id":3464,"date":"2009-06-17T11:18:04","date_gmt":"2009-06-17T15:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=3464"},"modified":"2019-07-18T12:40:09","modified_gmt":"2019-07-18T16:40:09","slug":"how-to-earn-a-doctor-of-public-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/how-to-earn-a-doctor-of-public-service\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Earn a Doctor of Public Service"},"content":{"rendered":"
A cigar store manager, Jack saw the end of Prohibition as an opportunity to expand from cigars into spirits. His employer disagreed, however, and Jack went into business for himself. His original store, Jack\u2019s Friendly Neighborhood Bar, was located in downtown Orlando at the corner of North Orange Avenue and Wall Street.<\/p>\n
Nearly 15 years later, his little bar had become something much bigger and in 1950, ABC Liquors was born. Known today as ABC Fine Wine & Spirits, it\u2019s the nation\u2019s largest privately-owned wine and spirits retailer.<\/p>\n
In the early 1980s, Jack struck up a friendship with another of the community\u2019s leaders\u2013Dr. Trevor Colbourn, Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½\u2019s second president<\/a>. Jack and Trevor shared a passion for education and helping young people.<\/p>\n In 1986, Jack established one of the first endowed scholarships in the university\u2019s history. The donation was also one of the first in Florida to be eligible for a state match. Since then, the ABC Fine Wine & Spirits Endowed Scholarship has awarded nearly 100 scholarships. Mr. Holloway himself was one of the university\u2019s first donors, making his initial contribution in 1972.<\/p>\n Anthony Thompson, \u201981 recalls meeting Mr. Holloway at a scholarship event in 1983 while he was a graduate student. \u201cWhat struck me the most about Mr. Holloway was his genuine interest in me and the other students. He took a real interest in what I was studying and what my experiences as a student were like. I hadn\u2019t met him prior to that, but I certainly knew how successful his business was. It was very impressive that someone in his position would be so interested in students.\u201d<\/p>\n