President's Welcome Letter
Dear Central Florida Harvard Club Community,
I’m honored to be elected your new president, and I can’t wait to get to know more of you over the coming months!
Our club proudly serves six counties—Orange, Seminole, Osceola, Lake, Volusia, and Brevard—giving us a vibrant and growing community of alumni. This year, we're excited to bring everyone together through a variety of engaging events and activities. Be sure to keep an eye on your inbox for our newsletters, and follow our HCCF website and social media channels. These are the best ways to stay informed about upcoming events and opportunities to connect.
Also, a quick reminder: our Club runs entirely on membership dues and volunteers — Harvard doesn’t fund us. So if you haven’t renewed yet, please consider doing so through our website (https://hccentralflorida.clubs.harvard.edu/memsub.html). It really does make a difference, and our Club Administrator is happy to help if you run into any trouble.
Looking ahead, here’s the lineup of events we’re excited to bring you:
- Membership Annual Dinner & Awards
- Community Service Events
- Entrepreneurial Events
- Cultural Events
- Sporting Events
- Leadership Events
- Speaker Events
- Networking Events
One more thing — I want this club to be useful to you, not just fun “Mickey Mouse” events. If there’s a community service organization you think we should check out, a fellow member you’d love an introduction to for a business opportunity, or even just a favorite restaurant in your neighborhood you want us to know about, email us at harvardclubcf@gmail.com or me, personally, innykim11@gmail.com. We genuinely want to hear from you!
Thanks so much for being part of this community. I look forward to seeing you soon!
Warmly,
Inny Kim
President, Harvard Club of Central Florida
Club History
The Club was formally organized in Winter Park in 1942 after several years of informal gatherings that had consisted mostly of winter resident alumni. The Club's first President was Maxwell A. Kilvert '89; among his immediate successors was Edward Gurney LLB '38 who would later represent Florida in the U.S. Senate. Several past Presidents dating back to the 1960's remain active members in the Club to this day. The Club was incorporated as a Florida non-profit corporation in 1976 but slipped into a brief period of dormancy a few years later before being reactivated in 1981. Since that time the Club's membership and activities have grown steadily, mirroring the tremendous population growth in Central Florida.
The Club is based geographically in metropolitan Orlando, but also serves a 9-county territory that sweeps from Flagler, Volusia and Marion Counties southward along the Space Coast. College alumni/ae comprise about 40% of the club membership with the remainder coming from the various Graduate Schools, retired faculty/staff and parents of current undergraduates.