George H. Starke Jr.

Biography

George H. Starke Jr. was the first Black student admitted to the University of Florida. In 1958, Starke entered the University of Florida's law school after graduating from Morehouse College. He was given police protection during his first semester at the university, due to a plot by the KKK to kill him. Starke and Fred Levin, for whom the law school is now named, became friends and faced many challenges together. Levin was one of the few Jewish students to attend the law school. Starke and Levin often studied together or alone while classmates formed separate study groups. Eventually, Starke left the university after three semesters without graduating. After leaving the school, he had a 40-year career in finance working as an energy consultant, mortgage broker, and an investment banker. Starke had no relationship with the university until 1981 when former University of Florida President J.

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