‘First’-class celebration for Mote
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Former first lady Laura Bush and Mote Marine Laboratory founder Eugenie Clark cut the ribbon Wednesday on Mote's new satellite office in Boca Grande. Clark started a one-room lab in Placida in the 1950s that evolved into Mote Marine.
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Former first lady Laura Bush learns more about Mote Marine Laboratory from Mote CEO Kumar Mahadevan. Bush attended the ribbon-cutting for Mote's new satellite office on Boca Grande Wednesday.
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Former Mote Marine Laboratory chairwoman Judy Graham; Mote founder, 91-year-old Eugenie Clark; former first lady Laura Bush; and Michael Crosby, Mote vice president of research, cut the ribbon to a new Mote satellite office in Boca Grande Wednesday.
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Former first lady Laura Bush and Mote Marine Laboratory founder Eugenie Clark cut the ribbon on Mote's new satellite office in Boca Grande. Clark started a one-room lab in Placida in the 1950s that evolved into Mote Marine.
BOCA GRANDE — Former first lady Laura Bush told a crowd of media and area residents gathered here Wednesday that she’s had a connection and concern for the Gulf of Mexico since her childhood, growing up in Texas.
Her concern brought her to a ribbon-cutting for a new Mote Marine Laboratory satellite office at 480 E. Railroad Ave. on Boca Grande.
