Editing Reubin Askew (section)

==Early life and education==
Askew was born in [[Muskogee, Oklahoma]], the youngest of the six children of Leon G. Askew and Alberta (O'Donovan) Askew. His parents divorced when he was just two,<ref name="FT">{{Cite web |title=Icon: Reubin O'D. Askew |url=https://www.floridatrend.com/article/11102/icon-reubin-od-askew |access-date=2022-09-16 |website=Florida Trend}}</ref> primarily because of what Askew said was his father's "serious drinking problem."<ref name=FT /> Two of his brothers later had similar problems.<ref name=FT /> Askew chose to be a lifelong [[Teetotalism|teetotaller]] and non-smoker after an unpleasant experience with a pipe as a teenager.<ref name="fsne.org"/> After a final meeting under unpleasant circumstances when he was ten years old, Askew never saw his father again.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.pnj.com/story/local/2014/03/14/askew-dies-florida-mourns/6402313/|title=Askew dies, Florida mourns|work=Pensacola News Journal|access-date=August 18, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Harvey">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-NpoCgAAQBAJ|title=The Politics of Trust: Reubin Askew and Florida in the 1970s|last=Harvey|first=Gordon E.|date=November 2015|publisher=University of Alabama Press|isbn=9780817318826}}</ref>

In 1937, his mother moved with Reubin to [[Pensacola, Florida]]. Askew's middle name, O'Donovan, was his mother's maiden name. His signature used the double initial (O'D.) in her honor.<ref name=FT /> Reubin would sell magazines, shine shoes, bag groceries and sell his mother's homemade pies to help supplement her income. Reubin's mother was a waitress and a seamstress for the [[Works Progress Administration]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Harvey|first=Gordon|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I2O4--uusJ4C|title=A Question of Justice: New South Governors and Education, 1968-1976|publisher=University of Alabama Press|year=2006|pages=6|isbn=9780817353247 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref>

In 1944, Askew was initiated as a member of Escambia Chapter [[Order of DeMolay]], the [[Freemasonry|Masonic]] organization for young men. He graduated from [[Pensacola High School]] in 1946. Later that year, Askew entered the Army as a [[paratrooper]], serving for two years; in 1948 he was discharged in the rank of [[Sergeant#United States|sergeant]].

Askew attended [[Florida State University]], where he was a brother of [[Delta Tau Delta]] and [[Alpha Phi Omega]]. At Florida State, Askew was elected as student body president, beginning his long career in politics. He graduated from Florida State University in 1951 with a [[B.S.]] degree in [[public administration]].<ref name="nga">[http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_florida/col2-content/main-content-list/title_askew_reubin.html "Florida Governor Reubin O'Donovan Askew"], National Governors Association, accessed November 25, 2013</ref> He later completed law school at the [[University of Florida Levin College of Law]].