Eugene ScruggsC. Eugene Scruggs is professor emeritus of French literature and history with a specialty in the seventeenth-century period. Over the years, he has introduced more than three hundred university-level students to the culture of that France by way of smmer study-tours. In recognition of this, in 2002 Scruggs was named Chevalier de l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques by decree of the French prime minister. Scruggs has also received distinguished achievement awards from college and high school alma maters and is president emeritus of the Florida Consortium for International Education. He is the author of six books, treating such diverse topics as French culture, the American Civil War, and life in the rural South. Dr. Scruggs currently lives in Lakeland, Florida. Read More Read Less