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Accompanying note: "Raymond Ehrlich was a scholar and a leader at the University of Florida. During his junior year in 1938 he was president of the International Relations Club and as a senior became a member of the debate team. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science with High Honors and had been tapped for Phi Kappa Phi and Phi Beta Kappa. From 1940-42 he was a member of Florida Blue Key and graduated with a Bachelor of Laws with High Honors."

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He received a bachelor's degree with high honors from the University of Florida in 1939 and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. In 1942 he received his bachelor of laws degree (later changed to juris doctor) with high honors from the University of Florida.

Justice Raymond Ehrlich was born in Swainsboro, Georgia, on February 2, 1918. In 1926 he moved to Crescent City, Florida, where he attended the public schools.

Justice Ehrlich was admitted to The Florida Bar in 1942, and upon his discharge from the United States Navy in 1946 he began the practice of law in Jacksonville, Florida. He was appointed to the Supreme Court of Florida on December 3, 1981 and was retained through a merit retention election in November 1984. Justice Ehrlich served as chief justice from July 1, 1988 to June 30, 1990. He served until retirement on January 7, 1991.

Justice Ehrlich was married to Miriam Bettman, and they had four children: Jack, Zelda, Jerry and Carol Ann. Raymond Ehrlich died on July 12, 2005.