This fund was created in loving memory of H. Christopher Tompkins, who was born May 5, 1970. Tompkins earned a bachelor’s degree in Political Science in 1992 and a juris doctor in 1995 from the University of Florida. After law school, Tompkins worked in Tallahassee as a legislative aide for State Representative Fay Culp. He also served for 16 years as a member of the Republican Executive Committee for Hillsborough County, and was elected Supervisor of the Hillsborough Soil & Water Conservation District. After a ten month battle with leukemia, Tompkins passed away on April 30, 200