Florida State University ( FSU ) is hosting a celebration of the life of one of Florida’s foremost advocates of senior rights in the state’s history this week.

The university in the state capital along with the Claude Pepper Foundation is marking the 125th anniversary of the birth of Sen. Claude Pepper on Friday. Pepper was a monumental figure in Washington, D.C. where he was a passionate leader of the rights of senior citizens not only in Florida, but across America.

The commemorative event is being held Friday from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Broad Auditorium in the Claude Pepper Center Building on the FSU Campus. The event will involve keynote speeches from the likes of James C. Clark , a senior lecturer at the University of Central Florida and presentations explaining P

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