Andronicus Nicholas Cassas Faculty Fellowship in Greek Studies
GA: support the Andronicus Nicholas Cassas Faculty Fellowship in Greek Studies. Any holder of the position shall be known as the Andronicus Nicholas Cassas Endowed Faculty Fellow, and one-half of the spendable income will support the Fellow and one-half of the spendable income will support scholarship and teaching in Greek Studies as determined by the Director of the Center for Greek Studies in consultation with the Fellow. The holder of the Fellowship shall be a scholar who teaches and conducts research in both Modern and Ancient Greek.
From left: Pierina Vignetti, Nicholas A. Cassas, Andrew Cassas, Stephanie Cassas, UF president John Lombardi
Nicholas A. Cassas established this professorship in memory of his father, Andronicos Nicholas Cassas.
The son of Greek immigrants who fled their home in Turkey in the early 1900s, Cassas grew up in East Harlem, N.Y. Throughout his childhood, he attended classes in Greek culture, history and language to keep in touch with his heritage. He earned his bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1954 and later earned his law degree from St. John’s University. Cassas spent 20 years in the air force and retired as a lieutenant colonel. A lawyer and real estate developer, Cassas has three children, all of whom are University of Florida graduates. Andrew N. Cassas graduated in 1983, Maryann Cassas graduated in 1986 and Stefanie Cassas graduated in 1989.
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