AYERS, William "Floyd" ~ Graceland's Hall of Fame

AYERS

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 8/25/2013 at 21:10:14

HALL of FAME

William Floyd Ayers
Graceland University, Lamoni, Iowa

William Floyd AYERS graduated from Graceland in 1958 with an AA degree. At the time, Graceland was a two year school just beginning to evolve into a four year University. Floyd excelled those two years in both scholarship and athletics. On the football field he started at left end and played both ways on offense and defense. He was the starting point guard running the offense on the basketball court and as catcher batting cleanup on the baseball team. He also participated in track and ran the 220 and 440. He was one of two recipients of the "Studentship Medal" in 1958 given infrequently and at the time the highest level of recognition given to outstanding student scholar/athletes for their contribution to the campus community.

After Graceland, he was awarded a full scholarship to play football and baseball at Montana State University, (now University of Montana). He earned letters in both sports at the university and was voted Captain and selected all conference on the baseball team his senior year. During his summers he played semi-pro baseball and earned All State honors while working full time - his leadership was evident in many facets throughout his career.

He won numerous sales and performance awards and promotions with Exxon before returning to Idaho. As Director of Finance and Administration for the capital city of Idaho, he was recognized as "outstanding employee" of the year; president and later Lt. Governor of the Utah Idaho Kiwanis civic organization; a sought-after public speaker on civic affairs often quoted by the media; community representative on the Idaho Statesman editorial board; and a Municipal Bond Specialist underwriting Idaho local government tax exempt bonds for schools, cities, counties and other local government agencies for two decades.

William Floyd AYERS was inducted into Graceland University's Hall of Fame in 2008.

NOTE: William "Floyd" AYERS passed away peacefully at this home on November 10, 2011. He was aged 73 years. ~ Idaho Statesman, November 13, 2011.

SOURCE: gujackets.com/f/Hall_of_Fame.php

Submission by Sharon R. Becker, August of 2013