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1936 President Walter W. Rose
Rose discussing Florida's homestead exemption law with Walter S. Schmidt, Past-President and Frank C. Gilbreath, Jr.
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A member of the Florida State Senate and chairman of its finance and taxation committee, Walter W. Rose had the leading part in formulating a notable program aimed at a more equitable tax situation for real estate in Florida. Mr. Rose, who for many years served as chairman of the taxation committee of the Florida Association of Real Estate Boards, wrote and secured enactment of major measures of the Florida tax program of the 1930s. In addition, he contributed active leadership to the national movement for real estate tax readjustment as president of the National Association of Real Estate Boards and, earlier, as chairman of its committee on state taxation.
During his two-term presidency of the Florida Association of Real Estate Boards, Mr. Rose led the fight to curb "binder" real estate operators and to protect the state from ill-conceived or fraudulent operations. He drafted Florida's real estate license law, and was chairman of the first real estate license commission in his state, serving in that post for eight years.
The Orlando Sentinel-Star proposed Mr. Rose as candidate for Florida governor, writing: "Mr. Rose has compiled the best achievement record in the legislature . . . has not failed to pass any of his bills . . . is also recognized as a legislator of unimpeachable integrity."
President and owner of the Walter W. Rose Investment Company, which engaged in real estate brokerage and subdivision development, Mr. Rose planned, among other Orlando communities, the 350 acre Orwin Manor region and the 240 acre Beverly Shores, fronting four of the largest lakes in Orange County. He was, incidentally, a large scale orange grower. One of the organizers of the Orlando Real Estate Board, he served as its first president.
He was president of the Florida League of Baseball Clubs for five years and a member of the National Board of Arbitration of Minor Baseball Leagues.
Source: Presidents of the National Association of REALTORS®, (Chicago: NAR, 1980).
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