"Dr. W. Ervin Rouson honored."
By Raven Joy Shonel, The Weekly Challenger, July 16, 2015.
Excerpt:
"Although State Representative Darryl Rouson did not get everything in the budget he asked for in the Special House Session that took place last month such as the expansion of health insurance coverage to thousands of Floridians, he was proud to vote on the budget for personal reasons.
Rep. Rouson secured $300,000 for a day of service project named in memory of his father, Dr. W. Ervin Rouson, at St. Petersburg College.
'I am not the man that my father was. He was of impeccable character and reputation. He was a community man who believed in community engagement,' he said on the House floor.
His father and mother, the late Vivian Rouson, met at Xavier University in New Orleans. After marrying and a short stint at MacDill Air Force Base, the family settled in St. Petersburg.
Dr. Rouson became the chief of guidance counselors at the segregated Gibbs Junior College, where he was recently inducted into their Hall of Fame. After integration he transferred to the Clearwater campus of St. Petersburg Junior College (SPJC) and became the director of Student Campus Life."