leroy, collins, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, december, 2. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources LeRoy Collins Jr news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message This article is about the rear admiral For his father the Floridian governor see LeRoy Collins Thomas LeRoy Collins Jr 1934 2010 1 was a United States Navy officer businessman and political figure Collins was the son of former Florida Governor LeRoy Collins and a fifth generation Floridian He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1956 and served in the United States Navy and United States Navy Reserve submarines for 34 years retiring as a rear admiral His civilian career was in the high tech financial services and real estate industries and spanned 36 years Collins ran in the U S Senate Republican primary for Florida in 2006 but lost to U S Representative Katherine Harris He came in third place gaining 15 3 percent of the vote Newly elected Governor Charlie Crist appointed Collins as Executive Director of the Florida Department of Veterans Affairs Collins died on July 29 2010 in Tampa Florida after an SUV collided with him while he was riding his bicycle References edit LeRoy Collins Blog External links editOfficial website Bio as Director of Veterans Affairs Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title LeRoy Collins Jr amp oldid 1167898574, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
