Mr Hale has a controversial past: in 1958, he eloped with his high-school sweetheart, the daughter of John Connally, a future governor of Texas, and the girl committed suicide.
As a mother of three, a wife, a science teacher, an administrator, a college professor, a tennis coach, a sponsor of Future Educators of America and Science National Honor Society and Girl Scout leader, Florida delegate Dr. Marilyn Zaragoza is an achiever, successfully balancing many different hats.