resting_place serviceyears branch death_place death_date children birth_place awards party birth_date spouse article_title name occupation
arlington national cemetery 1968-1971 united states marine corps mt airy , north carolina 22 december 2012 bert mcbride lexi mcbride crawford belleville , illinois bronze star with valor device democratic 10 may 1945 alex sink -lrb- 1987-2012 ; his death -rrb- bill mcbride -lrb- politician -rrb-
 bill mcbride attorney
bill mcbride -lrb- politician -rrb-

william `` bill '' mcbride -lrb- may 10 , 1945 -- december 22 , 2012 -rrb- was an american lawyer and politician .
a member of the democratic party , he challenged jeb bush for florida governor in the 2002 gubernatorial election .
bush won by a 56 to 43 percent margin , making him the first republican governor of florida to serve two terms .
mcbride had earlier defeated former united states attorney general janet reno in the democratic primary .
mcbride was born in belleville , illinois and grew up in leesburg , florida .
he graduated from the university of florida in 1967 .
while at uf , mcbride served as treasurer of florida blue key and was inducted into the university of florida hall of fame .
mcbride served in the marine corps from 1968 to 1971 .
mcbride was awarded a bronze star with a valor device .
upon his return to the united states , mcbride taught at officer candidates school at marine corps base quantico .
upon leaving the marine corps , mcbride attended the university of florida law school .
while studying law he fell under the tutelage of chesterfield smith , a powerful politically connected florida attorney and then president of the american bar association .
mcbride left law school for a time to serve as smith 's assistant at the aba .
after graduation , mcbride joined smith 's tampa law firm , holland & knight , where he rose in the ranks until becoming managing partner in 1992 .
mcbride 's tenure at the helm of holland & knight has been the source of some controversy .
he is credited with having expanded the firm 's size and power and with having helped to make it the seventh-largest firm in the u.s. by number of lawyers employed at the time of his retirement in 2001 .
at the time the firm ranked 21st in terms of revenue but 98th in terms of profit-per-partner , and had `` become known as a reputable , but flabby , operation , long on underproductive partners and comparatively short on workhorse associates . ''
mcbride was the father of two children with his wife , adelaide `` alex '' sink , a former statewide president for nationsbank -lrb- now bank of america -rrb- , former chief financial officer of florida , and 2010 democratic nominee for governor of florida .
since 2003 , bill mcbride was partner with the law firm of barnett , bolt , kirkwood , long & mcbride in tampa .
he was also chair of the board of the investment banking firm hyde park capital partners , llc , with offices in tampa and charlotte , north carolina .
mcbride was a member of the american law institute and was a member of the board of directors of the warrington college of business administration 's center for entrepreneurship and innovation at the university of florida .
mcbride was named mr. leesburg high while still a student .
he attended boy 's state while in school and ran a successful campaign for governor at the event .
mcbride died on december 22 , 2012 , after suffering a heart attack while vacationing with his family in mt airy , north carolina .
