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Dr. Floyd Ford not only was one of the most popular professors at Austin Peay but a loyal friend to APSU athletics. He served as chairman of the athletic scholarship committee from 1960 until his retirement in August 1986, and was a leader in the academic development of many Austin Peay student-athletes. A Port Royal native, Ford’s association with Austin Peay began in 1946 as a student before transferring three years later to Tennessee, where he received his bachelor’s degree in agronomy. Dr. Ford received his bachelor’s degree in agronomy. Dr. Ford received his master’s in biology and chemistry from Peabody of Vanderbilt and a doctoral major in zoology with a minor in biochemistry and physiology from Vanderbilt. He began teaching biology at the University in 1952. Ford was named the University’s Distinguished Professor in 1978 and was the 1969 and 1986 recipient of the Apple Award, symbolic of APSU’s most popular instructor as selected by the students. In addition to serving as athletics committee chairman, he was Austin Peay Alumni Association’s faculty adviser from 1965 to 1986, being awarded that association’s Outstanding Service Award in 1977. He also was adviser and co-adviser to the Beta Beta Beta biology honor society for 25 years and the Clarksville Area Chamber of Commerce’s education sub-committee to honor outstanding Montgomery County Students. He died on Oct. 31, 1986, at the age of 65.
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