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| Chancellor’s Letter | President’s Letter | From the Circle | Calendar | Ole Miss Sports

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Ole Miss Baseball wins College World Series

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Bianco named National Coach of the Year Vissa victorious in NCAA 1500-meter final

44 | Just Published 46 | Rebel Traveler 50 | Alumni News New assistant directors build

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Features

alumni engagement team

24 | We Are Ole Miss

Journey to Commencement series highlights new graduates

Jasmine Meredith profile by Lisa Stone Macey Hicks profile by Stella Connell

30 | One-of-a-Kind Hatter Alumna makes custom hats inspired by the West, made in the South

By Annie Rhoades

34 | Finding Light in the Darkness New fund to help students with treatment for addictions

By Tina H. Hahn

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ON THE COVER

Ole Miss’ baseball team, this year’s NCAA Men’s College World Series champions, rides high during a victory celebration in Oxford. | Photo ©Jackson Newman/Bruce Newman Photos

Ole Miss Alumni Review PUBLISHER Kirk Purdom (BA 93) EXECUTIVE EDITOR Jim Urbanek II (BA 97) jim@olemissalumni.com ASSOCIATE EDITOR AND ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Annie Rhoades (BBA 07, MBA 09) annie@olemissalumni.com CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Benita Whitehorn ART DIRECTOR Amy Howell CONTRIBUTORS Kevin Bain (BA 98), Brett Barefoot (BSFCS 04), Karen Bascom, JB Clark (BA 10), Stella Connell, Ruth Cummins (BA 82), Joe Ellis, Jay Ferchard, Thomas Graning (BAJ 17), Tina H. Hahn, Robert Jordan (BA 83, MA 90), Logan Kirkland (BAJ 16), Lydia Lagarde (BA 20), Joshua McCoy, Abigail Meisel, Jackson Newman, Jeff Roberson (BA 83), LaReeca Rucker (BA 97, MA 16), Randy Sherrell Photography, Edwin B. Smith (BA 80, MA 93), Lisa Stone (MA 97), Whitney Tarpy (BA 09), Kylie Wooten Photography OFFICERS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Dr. Bob Warner (BA 79, MD 83) president Bill Reed (BA 72, JD 77) president-elect Karen Moore (BS 82) vice president Johnny Maloney (BBA 78) athletics committee member Bruce Ware (BBA 99) athletics committee member ALUMNI AFFAIRS DIRECTORS Kirk Purdom (BA 93), chief executive officer Joseph Baumbaugh, assistant director for information services Sunny Brown (BSFCS 09, MA 11), assistant director Clay Cavett (BBA 86), associate director, campaigns and special projects Michelle Coughlin (BAccy 93, MAccy 94), chief financial officer Junae Johnson (BBA 15), assistant director Jessica Lynch (BSES 05), assistant director Steve Mullen (BA 92), assistant director for marketing Annie Rhoades (BBA 07, MBA 09), assistant director for communications Mary Kate Smith (BS 18), assistant director Scott Thompson (BA 97, MA 08), associate director, engagement Jim Urbanek (BA 97), associate director, communications and marketing Rusty Woods (BBA 01), associate director for information services The Ole Miss Alumni Review (USPS 561-870) is published quarterly by the Ole Miss Alumni Association and the Office of Alumni Affairs.

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from the Chancellor Dear Alumni and Friends, What a great time to be an Ole Miss Rebel! After Ole Miss women’s golf showed us the way to an NCAA national championship in 2021, Ole Miss baseball continued our momentum as the 2022 NCAA Men’s College World Series champion! Our baseball team put together a remarkable run to win our first men’s NCAA team title in convincing fashion. Congratulations to the entire baseball program — they showed the resilience and tenacity that is required to achieve greatness. I know you join me in thanking our athletes for the incredible memories and experiences they created for us!

The baseball championship is just one reflection of the upward trajectory we see all across our university. Our six-year graduation rate has seen great gains, increasing from 66.7% to 68.4%, while our already stellar retention rate has reached nearly 89%, an indicator of how we’re serving our students. And, for the 2022-23 academic year, we anticipate our largest freshman class ever. We can’t wait to see how the newest Rebels put their stamp on the Ole Miss community.

We also can’t wait to see how our accomplished faculty continues advancing research and creative endeavors that have an impact on our state and everyday lives with significant funding such as the $2.8M award from the Robert M. Hearin Support Foundation for the Mississippi Excellence in Teaching Program, a collaborative teacher-preparation program that provides scholarships and an honors college-type experience for top students. Or the $4M partnership between our Center for Graphene Research and Innovation and the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center to explore potential military and civilian applications of graphene.

Thanks to your generosity, the Now & Ever campaign reached $1.2 billion raised toward our $1.5 billion goal. And, the Campaign for Children’s of Mississippi surpassed its $100 million goal to support a multistory expansion of the state’s only children’s hospital. These successes are testaments to the unwavering belief in our students and our university’s mission of delivering teaching, research, health care, service and innovation to the world.

Over the summer, we marked a significant milestone for the university’s largest single construction project ever on the Oxford campus. We “topped out” the Jim and Thomas Duff Center for Science and Technology Innovation, signifying that the building has reached its full height. When it opens in 2024, this $175 million facility will be a transformative student-centered learning environment for STEM education.

In addition to its on-field successes, Ole Miss Athletics soared in the classroom and in external recognitions. Our student-athletes once again broke our program record in the NCAA’s annual Academic Progress Rate assessment, jumping 10 points over last year. For the second-straight season, Ole Miss Athletics set a program record with its 20th-place finish in the Learfield Directors’ Cup standings for overall excellence in competition. More than 300 teams are included, and Ole Miss was one of nine SEC programs in the top 25.

Every aspect of our university is experiencing exceptional growth and achievement, enhancing our stature and influence. Our alumni and friends are an important part of that, and I’m deeply grateful for all you do to build on our continued legacy of success and promote our treasured university!

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Glenn F. Boyce (BAEd 81, EdD 96) Chancellor

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from the President Dear Alumni, Students, Faculty, Staff and Friends, Congratulations to Coach Bianco and the 2022 Rebel baseball players, coaches and staff on winning the historic NCAA Men’s College World Series National Championship!

The University of Mississippi continues to surpass all expectations in meeting its mission as Mississippi’s flagship university! More than 5,000 Class of 2022 graduates received their diplomas at the university’s 169th commencement ceremony in May. Convocation in the Grove was a celebration that exemplified all that Ole Miss offers in academics, research, leadership, service, athletics and innovation.

Our students, faculty and staff continue to raise the bar with notable accomplishments: • While hosting the 2022 SEC Outdoor Track & Field Championships, the university staged a historic sweep in the 1500-meter races by All-Americans Mario Garcia Romo and Sintayehu Vissa.

• T hree students, Benjamin Savino, Austin Wallace and MyKayla Williamson, received prestigious National Science Foundation fellowships through the foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program.

• Davita Watkins, an associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry, was awarded a 2022 Rising Star Award by the American Chemical Society’s Women Chemists Committee.

During a memorable 2022 Rebel Road Trip (#RRT22) this spring and summer, Alumni Association CEO Kirk Purdom welcomed over 2,000 Rebels across the South, and Athletics Director Keith Carter shared the many milestones of this year.

A special thanks to David Kellum, “the voice of the Rebels,” for acting as master of ceremonies during the stops.

Our Alumni Association continues to build on our strategic plans, emphasizing a strong fiscal position, membership growth, construction of a new Triplett Alumni Center, upgrade of The Inn at Ole Miss and expansion of McCormick’s, among many other initiatives.

Thank you to the 2021-22 executive committee, board of directors, Kirk and the alumni staff, and many other alums for making this an exciting and productive year for the OMAA. I give special thanks to Chancellor Boyce and Alumni Association President-elect Bill Reed for their support and counsel this year. I look forward to working with Bill as we transition to a new leadership team this Homecoming. It has been a privilege to serve as your president. Thank you all.

In closing, I know all of us have accumulated many wonderful memories of Ole Miss including our days as students and as alumni. Not a day goes by in my life that I don’t reflect on my time on campus … on a lesson learned, a kindness given or a friend made.

I hope each of you has benefited from your time at Ole Miss and that you will continue to be a part of the Ole Miss family through membership in your Alumni Association.

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The Mississippi Heritage Trust has honored the UM Museum with a Heritage Award for its work to oversee and preserve Rowan Oak, home of author William Faulkner. | Photo by Robert Jordan

Stewardship Award UM MUSEUM RECOGNIZED BY MISSISSIPPI HERITAGE TRUST

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or more than two decades, the University of Mississippi Museum has been the steward of Rowan Oak, Pulitzer Prize-winning author William Faulkner’s home and grounds, with the support of university leadership and the Facilities Management Department.

The museum’s efforts were publicly recognized on June 9 with an award

Robert Saarnio (right), director of the UM Museum, accepts the 2022 Heritage Award from Kasey Adams, Mississippi Heritage Trust president. | Submitted photo 6

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from one of the state’s premier historic preservation organizations.

The Heritage Award recognized the museum’s stewardship and oversight of Rowan Oak since the late 1990s. The honor, which includes a plaque, came during the statewide, annual historic preservation conference of the Mississippi Heritage Trust in Raymond.

“Constructed circa 1840, Rowan Oak has an important story to tell about Mississippi and one of our most famous writers, William Faulkner,” says Lolly Rash, MHT executive director. “The Mississippi Heritage Trust is pleased to recognize the University Museum for its stewardship of this treasured historic place with a 2022 Heritage Award.”

The award is a tribute to more than two decades of daily direction by Rowan Oak’s curator, William Griffith (BA 76), says Robert Saarnio, director of University Museum and Historic Houses.

“Bill is the reason this award is occurring, by dint of his leadership, vision and professionalism over so many

years of dedicated service,” Saarnio says.

“I have observed often that Bill Griffith is among a very small number of top-tier and most accomplished historic house museum curators in the nation.

“I am proud and honored to be his colleague.”

Griffith says it has been a pleasure to serve as curator.

“I’m honored and humbled that Mississippi Heritage Trust has chosen to give Rowan Oak its preservation award,” Griffith says. “We’ve done a lot, but we still have a lot to do. This award will certainly go a long way in encouraging our efforts.”

Organized in 1992, the Mississippi Heritage Trust was formed by a group of preservationists who envisioned an organization that would work with local preservation groups and support their efforts to save Mississippi’s rich architectural legacy. Over its 30-year existence, MHT has created programs such as the 10 Most Endangered Historic Places in Mississippi, and the Mississippi Historic Preservation Conference and Heritage Awards.

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More Global Scholars SIX UM STUDENTS AWARDED FULBRIGHT SCHOLARSHIPS

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n a first for the University of Mississippi, six current or former students have been awarded prestigious Fulbright scholarships for the 2022-23 academic year, which will take them to new challenges and opportunities in countries around the world.

Established in 1946, the Fulbright U.S. Student Program is the U.S. government’s flagship international educational exchange program, designed to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and other countries. The highly selective program chooses university seniors, graduate and terminal-degree students from the U.S. to study, research or teach English around the globe.

This year’s recipients include Tyler Caple (BA 20), Neely Griggs (BBA 21), Olivia Jaramillo (BA 22 (Spanish), BA 22 (international studies)), Kaitlyn Read (BA 22), Charles Savage and Ashleen Williams.

“This record-setting group of outstanding student Fulbright awardees has reached a tremendous pinnacle of achievement,” UM Chancellor Glenn Boyce (BAEd 81, EdD 96) says. “We applaud them for their focus on excellence and their commitment to global learning and scholarly pursuits.

Fulbrighters meet, work, live with and learn from the people from other countries, sharing daily experiences there and

Tyler Caple

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Olivia Jaramillo

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acting as cultural ambassadors for the United States.

“It really has been a year of firsts,” says Vivian Ibrahim, director of the university’s Office of National Scholarship Advisement, or ONSA. “Our students have broken the university record for Goldwater, Truman and now Fulbright awards.

“We have never had this many UM students apply to competitive global and national scholarships. The process is extremely tough; students write, reflect and work hard on their applications. I applaud every single student who dedicated their time and effort to complete an application this year.”

To help increase the quality and pool of the university’s student applications, Ibrahim’s office ran a free, virtual Fulbright “boot camp” last summer. In the weekly sessions, prospective Fulbright applicants received individualized feedback on their applications and learned to craft their narratives and essays.

Jaramillo and Read are set to teach abroad next year as part of the Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship, or ETA, program. The ETA places Fulbrighters in classrooms to assist local English teachers. ETAs also serve as cultural ambassadors for the U.S. Caple was a Boren Scholar and is a 2020 graduate of the Croft Institute and the Chinese Language Flagship Program.

She is the sole recipient of the Fulbright International Master’s Program in International Studies at National Chengchi University in Taiwan.

She plans to continue her undergraduate research into social movements in authoritarian countries.

Over the last year, Griggs has served as an AmeriCorps VISTA with Wingate University in North Carolina, creating solutions to food insecurity and building infrastructure within the local food systems.

Her passion for sustainable food led her to apply and be the inaugural recipient of a Fulbright award dedicated to food security at the University of Reading in England.

Savage and Williams, both doctoral students in the history department, were granted Fulbright Research Awards.

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Students from South Delta High School in Rolling Fork visit campus for two days of tours, conversations with Ole Miss administrators and students, and a taste of campus life this spring as part of the Grisham Fellows program. | Submitted photo

Rural Recruitment GRISHAM FELLOWS PROGRAM BRINGS SOUTH DELTA STUDENTS TO CAMPUS

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group of South Delta High School students got a taste of the college experience this spring as part of the Grisham Fellows Program during a weekend visit to the University of Mississippi.

The 32 students from Rolling Fork spent time hearing from current UM students, faculty and administrators with whom they would interact if they decided to enroll at the university.

The program helped educate the students on the opportunities and resources available at the university, says Karrye Tynes (BA 10), assistant director for access and recruiting initiatives at the UM Center for Inclusion and Cross Cultural Engagement.

“The students were highly engaged and interested in the activities and speakers that were a part of their two-day, onenight visit to the university,” she says.

“They were even exposed to several pre-college programs, such as MOST, to take advantage of before becoming a student at UM.” The Grisham Fellows Program was created in 2016 as a partnership between the UM McLean Institute for Public Service and Community Engagement, Newton High School and the university. It is a passion project of Bruce (BBA 99) and Rhondalynne Ware that offers students from rural and underserved communities an up-close introduction to the university and all it has to offer.

The Wares established the Grisham Fellows Program in honor of Vaughn Grisham, professor emeritus of sociology and Bruce Ware’s longtime mentor and friend.

Following what he calls a remarkable and transformative undergraduate experience at UM, Ware earned a master’s degree from the University of Texas and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

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attend UM. Over the years, he has worked diligently to recruit high school students to the university from across the country, but especially from rural Mississippi communities.

In 2016, the Wares formalized their effort to expose Mississippi students to UM through the Grisham Fellows Program.

“I have a deep conviction that talent exists everywhere, and that we need to make special efforts to go to rural communities to create an awareness of how exceptional the University of Mississippi is and how transformative it can be to a young person’s life. And we are seeing a lot of success through this work.

“We are seeing students from rural communities earn Taylor Medals, be inducted to Phi Beta Kappa, obtain admission into highly regarded graduate schools and land good jobs.”

The program is a critical link to students who may not have thought that attending a major university was possible for them, Tynes says.

“Flagship scholars programs, like Grisham Fellows, allow students to begin building their community and supportive network before ever stepping foot on campus as students,” she says.

Jaliyah Shorter, a senior at South Delta High School, says UM hadn’t been on her list of potential colleges until this trip.

“Hearing what my peers thought helped me move Ole Miss up the list of colleges I want to go to,” she says.

Ware created the program to help expose students to the many concrete ways the university has worked to make campus more inclusive and equitable.

“That’s a group who — of course, not every student is coming to the University of Mississippi, but for those that do — will have the opportunity to come as a group and come with friends and have peers, professors and administrators they already know from the visit,” he says. “We think that gives them a little thrust to get here and hit the ground running.”

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Positive Vibes ACOUSTICS SUMMER SCHOOL DRAWS INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

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raduate and postgraduate students from four countries were on the University of Mississippi campus in June to learn the latest in cutting-edge physical acoustics, including infrasound, medical acoustics, thermoacoustics, nonlinear acoustics, waves and bubbles.

Physical Acoustics Summer School 2022 is hosted by the university’s National Center for Physical Acoustics, with support from the University of Texas and the Acoustical Society of America. The sessions began June 5 and ran through June 10 at The Inn at Ole Miss.

This year’s edition of PASS included 35 students from the United Kingdom, Russia, Netherlands and United States, who participated in an intense series of lectures highlighting important topical research.

“The Physical Acoustics Summer School has a rich history of over 30 years of convening talented graduate students from multiple countries for a week to learn advanced concepts in the physics of acoustics and applications from world-renowned experts,” says Josh Gladden, UM vice chancellor for research and sponsored programs, professor of physics and director for PASS 2022.

“PASS graduates have gone on to accomplish highly impactful research and reach leadership positions in academia, government and industry. The University of Mississippi, home

of the National Center for Physical Acoustics, is proud to host PASS for the third time.”

Acoustics has wide application areas, including biomedical ultrasound, jet noise reduction, novel materials, weather hazards and atmospheric science, Gladden says.

Participants say the sessions will help them as they aim for careers in the field.

“I was inspired to come to PASS after hearing how fun and educational, at the same time, it can be,” says Ekaterina “Katie” Ponomarchuk, a graduate student from Lomonosov Moscow State University in Russia. “It’s also a chance for me to immerse myself into American culture and get to know my peers in acoustics from different universities.”

Cameron A. McCormick, a postdoctoral appointee at Pennsylvania State University, says he came to PASS to learn about topics that aren’t in his program or that he didn’t have time to take.

“There aren’t many opportunities like PASS available to young acousticians,” he says. “A big part of it is also hanging out with researchers and fellow acoustics students from all over in a low-key environment where we’re all on the same level.”

The inaugural school was held in 1992 in Monterey, California, in cooperation with the Naval Postgraduate School.

Josh Gladden, UM vice chancellor for research and sponsored programs, addresses participants at the 2022 Physical Acoustics Summer School, conducted at The Inn at Ole Miss. | Photo by Kevin Bain

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Record-Setting Event SIGMA NU CHARITY BOWL CONTINUES TO CHANGE LIVES

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evon Corbett was a normal teenager until a skiing accident left him paralyzed two years ago. This spring, he is the beneficiary of a record-setting charitable response from the 32nd annual Sigma Nu Charity Bowl at the University of Mississippi.

The Charity Bowl pits members of Sigma Nu Fraternity and Kappa Alpha Fraternity against one another in a football game played in Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. This year, the fraternity set a fundraising record, with more than $300,000 raised through ad sales and donations.

Fraternity members donated roughly $200,000 to the Devon Corbett Special Needs Trust for his medical expenses and rehabilitation.

During a school ski trip in 2020, Corbett lost control of his skis and struck a tree at high speed. The collision caused a diffuse axonal injury in the then-15-year-old’s brain. DAI occurs when the brain rapidly shifts inside the skull, causing the long connecting fibers in the brain, called axons, to shear.

“He was wearing a helmet — a brand new one bought that morning — which undoubtedly saved his life,” says Corbett’s family in a statement on the Charity Bowl website.

Twenty months into the battle of his life, Corbett is visiting multiple specialty rehab facilities across the U.S. to receive the

Devon Corbett (seated) gathers with his family at the 32nd annual Sigma Nu Charity Bowl football game. He is joined by (from left) his father, Brian Corbett; sister Lauren Corbett; brother Connor Corbett; brother Kiernan Corbett; and mother, Melinda Corbett. | Submitted photo

greatest rehabilitation care possible for his injury. When he is not in therapy, he receives round-the-clock care. Corbett works hard and has come far, but he still cannot walk, talk or eat without assistance.

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Sigma Nu officers present a check for $165,000 to Devon Corbett (center) and his family during halftime at the Sigma Nu Charity Bowl in Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. | Submitted photo

thanks to the fine young men of that fraternity, including some great friends from home.”

The first Charity Bowl kicked off in 1990 as a way to honor Roy Lee “Chucky” Mullins. A beloved Ole Miss football player, Mullins’ life changed forever in 1989 when he was injured in a game against Vanderbilt University. The injury paralyzed him from the waist down. After returning to school, he died in 1991.

“Devon was ultimately selected as our recipient this year because of his contagious spirit, determination and bravery,” says Will Fletcher, a junior business major from Jackson and Sigma Nu philanthropy co-chair.

“Hearing about his injury, his recovery progress, and speaking with a few of our members that know his family made it clear that Devon embodied everything we look for in selecting a Charity Bowl recipient,” says Bradley Brantley, a junior information systems management major from Jackson and philanthropy co-chair.

From the money raised, $50,000 will go toward expanding student services at the university’s William Magee Center for AOD and Wellness Education. The Manning Family Fund will receive $25,000 to fund projects at the UM Medical Center in Jackson, including the Blair E. Batson Children’s Hospital expansion.

In the years since its inception, the Charity Bowl has grown to be the country’s largest collegiate Greek philanthropy, with more than $3 million raised for its recipients.

Updates on Corbett’s progress and other ways to support his recovery can be found on his Instagram account, @D1_strong.

For more information on the Charity Bowl, visit sigmanucharity bowl.com and facebook.com/SigmaNuCharityBowl.

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Benjamin Savino

Austin Wallace

MyKayla Williamson

Athena Flint

Success in Science NSF FELLOWSHIPS GIVE UM STUDENTS MEANS TO AIM BIG WITH THEIR RESEARCH

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hree University of Mississippi students were selected to receive prestigious National Science Foundation fellowships through the foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program.

May graduates MyKayla Williamson (BA 22), Austin Wallace (BSCh 22), and Benjamin Savino (BSME 21), a graduate student pursuing a Ph.D. in engineering science, are the three students. Athena Flint, a graduate student in chemistry, also received an honorable mention, considered a significant national academic achievement.

The students learned of the recognition in April.

“That UM had students successfully compete for and receive these fellowships elevates us as an institution,” says Annette Kluck, dean of the Graduate School and coordinating official for NSF GRFP fellowships that come through the university. “We are especially excited to have one student (Savino) remain with us to complete the doctoral degree.”

The GRF program is highly competitive, with about 14,000 applicants for 2,000 awards, says Josh Gladden, UM vice chancellor for research and sponsored programs.

“The university is thrilled that three of our outstanding students have received National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships and one outstanding student has received an honorable mention,” Gladden says. “Students form the backbone of the research mission at any research institution, and this recognition and support from NSF speaks well of the quality of our students.”

Vivian Ibrahim, director of the UM Office of National Scholarship Advisement and associate professor of history, echoed that excitement for the recipients.

“This is an incredible showing,” Ibrahim says. “It’s their hard work that got them here. And I congratulate them.

“For the NSF GRFP, what they’re looking for is to fund independent, motivated students who want to propel scientific knowledge. … What’s interesting about the NSF GRFP, in particular, is they’re not just funding for science, they’re also funding people who have long-term sustainable interests,

helping their community and beyond.”

The program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees at accredited U.S. institutions. The five-year fellowship includes three years of financial support and an annual stipend.

Williamson, of Waynesboro, graduated in May with a bachelor’s degree in anthropology and minors in journalism and classics, and plans to use the fellowship to pursue a master’s in archaeology at Cornell University. The Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College student is believed to be the first Black female student from Ole Miss to win the fellowship.

Savino, of Cary, North Carolina, graduated from UM with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering in 2021. He is a first-year graduate student, and with his fellowship he plans to stay at Ole Miss and continue to study mechanical engineering.

He is also a member of the track and field and cross-country teams at Ole Miss, is a finalist for the NCAA’s Walter Byers Postgraduate Scholarship and is one of two students from Ole Miss who received the Brad Davis Southeastern Conference Community Service Award for 2021-22.

Wallace, of Southaven, graduated in May with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry with a biochemistry emphasis. A SMBHC student, he also received a Goldwater Scholarship in 2021, one of the most prestigious national scholarships in natural sciences, engineering and mathematics.

With the NSF fellowship, Wallace plans to pursue a doctorate in computational chemistry at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Flint, from Mulkeytown, Illinois, is a first-year graduate student at UM, earning a doctorate in chemistry. Flint first arrived at Ole Miss in summer 2019 as an NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates scholar from Yale University and returned to the university to continue working with Ryan Fortenberry, UM associate professor of chemistry.

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New Leader for J-School HICKERSON NAMED DEAN OF SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM AND NEW MEDIA

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ndrea Hickerson, an internationally renowned serve local, state, national and international communities in researcher, educator and administrator, is joining the creative ways.

University of Mississippi as dean of the School of Jour“I thought we would make great partners and thrive off of nalism and New Media. each other.”

Her appointment was approved on May 19 by the MisHickerson has been a principal investigator, co-prinsissippi Institutions of Higher Learning board of trustees. cipal investigator or investigator on projects generating Hickerson began her new role on July 1. more than $1.6 million in external support from a range of “The appointment of Dr. Hickerson resulted from a sources that include the National Science Foundation, U.S. national search that attracted a well-qualified pool State Department, philanthropic foundations and of applicants,” says Noel Wilkin, UM provost news networks. and executive vice chancellor for academic Hickerson says her vision for the school is affairs. to prepare students to meet the challenges “She is an accomplished researcher of evolving modern media and deal and scholar with experience studying with ongoing technological and social deepfakes and issues facing internachanges. tional journalism. She is also an accom“A short-term goal is to enhance plished administrator, having served as the things the school is already great a director at two universities.” at, like supporting student media and Hickerson earned her bachelor’s creating opportunities for experiential degree in journalism and international learning,” Hickerson says. “To do this, I relations at Syracuse University, master’s look forward to listening to and learning degrees in journalism and Middle Eastern from faculty, staff, students and alumni. studies at the University of Texas, and a Ph.D. “I’m especially interested in traveling across in communication at the University of Washington. Andrea Hickerson the state and meeting current and future employers She has served on the faculty at both the Rochester of the school’s graduates.”

Institute of Technology and the University of South Carolina, Hickerson says she wants to make sure that the school is where she most recently was director of the USC School of setting students up not just for their first job but for successful Journalism and Mass Communications, associate dean and careers. One of her long-term goals is to increase the school’s professor. expertise and reputation as central to community problem The new dean says she is “incredibly positive” about com- solving. ing to Ole Miss and Oxford.

“A pet peeve of mine is when people equate communication with ‘messaging’ or ‘publicity,’” she says. “Communication experts know how to listen, assess needs, contribute to solutions and communicate them to public and private audiences.”

The new dean says she hopes to accomplish this goal by prioritizing interdisciplinary projects and research, including grant-funded research.

“I also hope to achieve this through proactive programming and events that bring experts from different fields to campus to address a common problem,” she says. “I believe that if we take this initiative — creating spaces to discuss and iterate on problems — we can easily demonstrate our centrality to its analysis and solutions.”

A prolific scholar, Hickerson is the author or co-author of more than 25 peer-reviewed journal articles. She has also “I love the setting and the history,” Hickerson says. “When been a presenter at numerous national and international I visited campus, I felt a great energy and sense of mission conferences, as well as at professional development training from faculty, staff and students. I was excited by their drive to seminars.

‘I believe that if we take this initiative — creating spaces to discuss and iterate on problems — we can easily demonstrate our centrality to its analysis and solutions.’ — ANDREA HICKERSON

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from the Circle NEW EMPHASIS APPLIES ECONOMIC ANALYSIS TO LEGAL ISSUES

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hat is the aggregate cost of crime in the United States? Should banks be allowed to benefit from credit checks? Does it hurt public safety if police officers are expected to spend substantial time raising revenue by issuing tickets?

These are just a few of the questions that stand at the intersection of the fields of law and economics.

“Economics can be applied to a wide range of complex issues that are vital to society,” says Mark Van Boening, a professor of economics at the University of Mississippi.

“In my class, we look at court cases from the perspective of economics and efficiency.”

Van Boening’s Law and Economics class is one of eight courses taught in the

department’s new law and economics emphasis, in which students apply economic analysis to an array of legal issues, including torts, contracts, property rights, the economics of litigation, antitrust law and regulation.

The emphasis requires 15 credit hours that include two required 300-level classes.

Students then choose among six offerings, which include Experimental Economics, Government and Business, Industrial Organization, Financial Economics, Labor Economics, and Public Finance.

“Students with an economics background tend to have a leg up when they’re taking the LSAT because the exam is based on analytical thinking,” says Joshua Hendrickson, associate professor and chair

of the Department of Economics. “We’ve had law-related economics classes for some time, and we grouped them to create the emphasis because so many of our majors apply to law school.”

Any advantage is significant when jockeying for a spot in a law school; programs for the entering class last fall had some 361,475 applicants, according to the Law School Admission Council.

“I’ve heard from professors at the UM School of Law that our economic majors are some of their best students,” Hendrickson says.

A recent study in The Journal of Economic Education reported that “economics majors tend to do very well in both median and mean earnings” after they enter the field.

Good News NEW DIRECTOR LEADS STUDENT MEDIA CENTER

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Ole Miss students produce a newscast, but Roberts says new director is now leading the University of Mississippi’s S. Gale Denley Student Media Center, which he’d like to see them have an entire television channel to create includes The Daily Mississippian newspaper, campus a variety of television programs, telling stories from all over television station NewsWatch, Rebel Radio and the Ole Miss the area.

“I’d love to see any student with a skill set or interest they yearbook. can put to use in the media center use that opportunity Larz Roberts (MA 97) joined the School of Journalism to stretch their legs,” he says. “Get practical, real and New Media June 24 as the new SMC leader. experience with content they create added to Roberts comes to Ole Miss from Arkansas their portfolios.”

State University, where he advised Red Wolf Wh e t h e r t h at i s i n j ou r n a l i s m , Radio and ASU-TV News. For the past 25 advertising or marketing, Roberts hopes years, he has worked in student media students will use the SMC to build their and as a faculty member, teaching radio, portfolios and tell stories that would not television, online and print courses. otherwise be told.

“His students have won national, “The mass media landscape is such regional and state awards for their now that everyone should think of work, and Larz tells us that his goal is to help our students ‘grow across platforms, creating multiplatform content,” he says. think critically and gain practical experi“Or at least, creating content that can be ence,’” says Debora Wenger, UM professor adapted to run across the different media of journalism and former interim dean. “Larz platforms. joins an exceptional team in the SMC and will be “That’s what those who are hiring are looking Larz Roberts able to build on what is an excellent foundation.” at, so it’s important any students wanting media Roberts says he has always been a “utility player,” and experience be aware of that as an expectation.” that helped him learn many aspects of operating a media It’s also important that students and the program earn organization. recognition for their work, Roberts says.

“If the media outlet where I worked needed someone to “I want to see students bringing back multiple national and do a variety of whatever, I was often one to toss myself or get regional awards,” he says. “With what I’ve seen of the work they tossed onto those tasks,” he says. produce, it’s a realistic goal.”

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from the Circle UM PHARMACOLOGY PROFESSOR EXPLORES CURIOSITY WITH NSF GRANT

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niversity of Mississippi faculty member Gregg Roman is novelty, are at a much higher risk of abusing multiple drugs of exploring the genetic and neural mechanisms responabuse. We are interested in understanding what causes stable sible for curiosity after securing a grant from the differences in neophilia.”

Roman is collaborating with Yuan Yuan Kang National Science Foundation. and Benjamin Soibam from the University of HousA professor of pharmacology in the School of Pharmacy, Roman serves as principal investigator ton-Downtown. Their goals are to define the role of for a project that uses species of Drosophila, or dopamine in driving the need to explore and deterfruit flies, to study the genes and neurons that mine why the need to explore novel stimuli was lost during the evolution of some fruit fly species. drive the exploration of novel stimuli.

The research will use a genetic approach “When a new object, smell or sound appears in the environment, many organisms will explore to dissect the genes responsible for curiosity by those stimuli to learn more about them,” says removing the activity of a protein or neuron. If removRoman, who joined the Department of BioMolecular ing the specific protein changes exploration, then it Sciences in 2021. “For the curious, this need to become would be known that the protein has a role in the trait.

Gregg Roman The fruit fly is an outstanding model system, Roman familiar with this novel stimulus can be compelling, but for says. The species also shares many important attributes with mamothers, this stimulus is ignored or even actively avoided.

“People with high levels of neophilia, or a need to explore mals, but is much simpler and easier to understand.

Building Accountancy’s New Home UM COURTYARD TO BE NAMED FOR BURNS FAMILY

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he courtyard of the University of Mississippi’s new Patterson School of Accountancy home will be named for the Burns family to honor the longtime donors’ $1 million gift toward building construction.

Sheryl and Roland Burns, of Frisco, Texas, made the gift to recognize School of Accountancy graduates Roland (BAccy 82, MAccy 82) and their two sons, Derek (BAccy 13, MAccy 14) and Tyler (BAccy 17, MAccy 18).

The growth in student enrollment is driving plans for a new academic home.

The Burns Family Courtyard will mark the entrance of the four-story facility featuring 100,000 square feet of tiered auditoriums and classrooms, study areas, conference rooms, administrative and faculty office suites, and outdoor balconies and terraces.

“The Patterson School of Accountancy has always had a special place in our family,” Roland Burns says. “In the bigger picture, the Patterson School has the best program at the university, and it is nationally ranked. In addition, KPMG chose the school to support its Master

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of Accountancy and Data Analytics and Master of Taxation and Data Analytics, and paid cost of attendance for 129 students from across the nation to earn data analytics master’s degrees at Ole Miss.”

The new academic home will be constructed on prime campus real estate at the corner of University Avenue and Grove Loop, with balconies offering event space overlooking the iconic Grove.

“It is going to be a beautiful building at an incredible spot,” Burns says. “We’re all very impressed, and I hope this new building helps the school maintain its place as one of the nation’s top programs.”

The school enjoys longtime renown as one of the country’s premier programs in accountancy education. It holds the No. 8 place nationally and No. 1 in the Southeastern Conference in 2021 rankings — marking its 10th consecutive year of Top 10 rankings. In 2021, the school awarded a record 588 degrees, with 253 of those being master’s degrees.

“We are incredibly proud to have the Burns family as some of our graduates and are extremely grateful for the generous support they have provided

Roland and Sheryl Burns | Submitted photo

the Patterson School,” says Chancellor Glenn Boyce (BAEd 81, EdD 96). “This latest gift will help with construction costs of our new facility, which will place our school in a strong position to serve generations of accountancy students.

“Sheryl and Roland Burns have a deep commitment to meeting needs, whether it be faculty support, internships or facilities.”

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Healthy Grants TWO HRSA GRANTS LET PHARMACY CHAIR BRING WELL-BEING TO FOREFRONT

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eena Haines’ wellness journey Certificate Program. She is part of the and profession, but for so many others has come full circle. faculty research team as an implemen- who want to improve their lives in these Her own st r ug g les as an tation coach helping to lead the society’s areas.” adolescent with obesity, along with the Well-being Ambassador Program.

Haines recently became a board-cerimpact of chronic disease in her family, The organization is making the tified health and wellness coach and is a set her passion toward personal well-be- Well-being Certificate Program avail- credentialed mindfulness and meditaing and a calling to help others. able to 5,000 pharmacists and tion teacher.

“I w a nt t o e mp ow e r Her pursuit in gaining those skills technicians. In her role as patients to take an active a well-being ambassador, c am e at a mu ch - n e e d e d t i m e, a s role in their health and Haines will expand the COVID-19 put pressure on the health focus on what matters content from the certif- care workforce. most to them,” says “Burnout and mental health disoricate course to include Haines, chair and guiding institutional ders were already escalating prior to the professor of pharmacy quality improvement pandemic and have worsened over time practice at the University with the continued impact felt by frontprojects and coaching. of Mississippi School of “Seena is the perfect line workers, and really in all sectors Pharmacy. “I have always fit for these grants and and industries,” Haines says. “Many been passionate about lifestyle will do an amazing job in are experiencing disruptions of sleep, Seena Haines medicine and its importance in her roles,” says Donna Strum appetite, work, fitness and family life. reducing disease severity. And the power- (BSPh 95, MS 97, PhD 99), dean of the “Our thoughts are so powerful. ful role in disease prevention. pharmacy school. “For Seena to share Reframing some of the thoughts a “I learned how obesity adversely her expertise and enthusiasm toward person might perceive as negative could impacts our health, not just our physical these important topics will be beneficial have positive benefits and help shape health but also how it interplays with not only for our school, medical center who we are for the better.” our mental health, self-acceptance and self-compassion.”

With her expertise, Haines is a part of two U.S. Department of Health and Haines provides these wellness tips: Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration grants with • Make time for self-love and self-care. the UM Medical Center and American • Take inventory of your life domains and the dimensions of well-being to see Society of Health-System Pharmacists where you may need more attention. that focus on well-being and resilience.

As part of the UMMC team awarded • Be clear about what are the most important things in life, and take deliberate a $3 million grant, Haines serves as action to spend a little more time and attention engaging in those activities. the content development director, • See behavior change goals more as experiments to test out, and then make working to create a “Take 5” well-being curriculum. some course corrections on what might need These five-minute modules will to shift to make progress while savoring cover a wide array of topics and stratthe small wins versus being fixated on the egies supported by evidence but kept outcome intended. concise, in consideration of time chal• Seek out role models who can inspire you lenges faced by employees among the and show you what is possible when you medical campus’s seven schools. They are also aimed at enhancing strategic show up and do the work. priorities outlined in the UMMC Office • Seek opportunities to engage in of Well-being’s grant. self-reflection, and set aside some Haines was invited as a faculty time for contemplation. m e mb e r to b e i nvolve d w it h t h e Illustration by iStock creation of the ASHP Well-being

TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR MENTAL HEALTH

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Research, Scholarship, Creativity KRISTIE WILLETT RECEIVES UNIVERSITY’S TOP RESEARCH AWARD

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ometimes parents are the best role models to follow.

Kristie Willett may be an example of that.

Lynn B. Willett, now a retired animal science and toxicology professor from Ohio State University, showed his daughter, Kristie, the world of toxicology from a young age. Kristie attended her first Society of Toxicology, or SOT, meeting in 1978, and her first publication was with him when

and academia where Willett has thrived at the University of Mississippi, and that has earned her the university’s 2022 Distinguished Research and Creative Achievement Award.

The annual honor recognizes a faculty member who has shown outstanding accomplishment in research, scholarship and creative activity.

“It is a huge honor,” says Willett, chair of the Department of BioMolecular Sciences and professor of pharmacology and environmental toxicology at the School of Pharmacy.

“My mentor since coming to the university has been Dr. Alice Clark (MS 76, PhD 78) (UM vice chancellor emerita and F.A.P. Barnard distinguished professor emerita of pharmacognosy), and to be included on a list of awardees with her is really neat.

“I will never accomplish all that she did while she was at UM, but it is nice to be recognized in the same way.”

Willett has b ecome an international leader in environmental toxicology and an authority in using zebrafish as model organisms to study developmental, reproductive and multigenerational effects of exposure to pollutants and cannabinoids. She was instrumental in working on environmental consequences and policy in the wake of disasters, including Hurricane Katrina and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

Kristie Willett (left), chair of the Department of BioMolecular Sciences and professor of pharmacology Together with scientists from the and environmental toxicology, has won numerous teaching awards and mentored many graduate National Center for Natural Products students during her time at the university. | Photo by Kevin Bain Research, she studies oyster restoration in the face of climate change she was in high school in 1989 on the topic of polychlorinated and environmental stressors. biphenyls metabolism by rumen microorganisms.

She is also part of a multidisciplinary team of researchers But her father didn’t steer her toward a certain toxicology helping to engage Mississippi communities on the problem of career path, and she wasn’t planning a life around academics. lead in drinking water. This community-based research has Instead, she was set to enter industry or government. her department collaborating with the National Sea Grant Law “When I got to graduate school at Texas A&M in Stephen Center and UM School of Engineering.

Safe’s lab, the environment was such that I could pursue my The School of Pharmacy is home to six previous Distinown questions, write my own proposals, and that academic guished Research and Creative Achievement Award winners: freedom associated with the academic track really interested Larry Walker, Mahmoud ElSohly, Ikhlas Khan, Alice Clark, me,” Kristie Willett says.

Marc Slattery and Michael Repka. Other winners include Sam “Toxicology is such an interdisciplinary field. You need Wang, Charles Reagan Wilson, Dale Flesher, Atef Elsherbeni, expertise in chemistry, ecology, physiology and policy, so Robert Van Ness, Charles Hussey and Ron Rychlak. academia really provides those collaborative relationships.”

The award recipient is selected from a competitive pool of It’s those partnerships within research, communities nominees by the most recent 10 award winners.

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Giant Reptile Research UM BIOLOGIST HELPS UNLOCK SECRETS OF GALÁPAGOS TORTOISES

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University of Mississippi professor’s comparisons between two lineages of Galápagos tortoises is yielding new insights into the evolution of the ancient species, as well as opening new doors for biologists to study evolution.

Ryan C. Garrick, associate professor of biology, co-authored a paper on “A

Ryan Garrick, UM associate professor of biology, works with samples in his lab. His study of DNA samples from Galápagos giant tortoises is revealing new insights into the evolutionary history of the species. | Photo by Logan Kirkland

new lineage of Galápagos giant tortoises identified from museum samples,” which appears in the February issue of the peer-reviewed journal Heredity.

“This work made use of ancient DNA techniques, whereby the bones of tortoises that had died over 100 years ago were used to characterize the genetic makeup of the population that previously existed on one of the islands, San Cristobal,” Garrick says.

“This was coupled with sampling and DNA sequencing of the tortoise population that lives on that same island today.”

When the historical and contemporary gene pools were compared, researchers discovered that they were extremely different from each other. Nearly all the historical samples belonged to a tortoise lineage that is distinct from all others that exist across the many islands of the archipelago.

Moreover, there is evidence that the two lineages coexisted. This is because one of the historical samples — collected alive in 1906, during an expedition led by the California Academy of Sciences — was genetically similar to the tortoise population that inhabits San Cristobal Island today.

“This work shows that evolutionary

Photo courtesy of Yale University

history of an iconic group like the Galápagos giant tortoises is complex, such that some surprises that still remain to be discovered despite all the years of intensive study,” Garrick says. “Simple explanations often do not hold up.”

For example, when the historical lineage became extinct, the island should later have been colonized by what we call the contemporary lineage, he says. Instead, the two lineages coexisted and likely competed with each other for limited resources.

“Clearly, there was only one winner,” Garrick says.

Equally important, Garrick’s work underscores the value of museum collections.

“The DNA from bones of long-dead tortoises served as a critical window into the past, thereby enabling a comparison with the present,” he says.

UM CHEMISTRY PROFESSOR NAMED 2022 RISING STAR

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avita Watkins, an associate professor of chemistry and bioHonorees received stipends to attend an award symposium and chemistry at the University of Mississippi, has been awarded to show their work at the annual spring meeting of the American a 2022 Rising Star Award by the American Chemical Society’s Chemical Society in March.

Women Chemists Committee.

“It is great to see Dr. Watkins receive national recognition This award “recognizes exceptional early to midcafor something we’ve known locally in the department reer women chemists across all areas of chemistry on for quite some time,” says Greg Tschumper, chair and professor of chemistry and biochemistry. “She’s a national level … to help promote the retention of women in science,” the society’s guidelines state. been on a stellar trajectory as an independent Watkins is among nine women scientists scholar ever since she joined the University of Mississippi as an assistant professor.” honored with the award this year. She says she was “overwhelmed with gratitude” when a Watkins joined the Ole Miss faculty as an committee representative called to congratulate assistant professor in 2014 and was promoted to her on the honor. associate professor in 2020.

The Watkins Research Laboratory develops “I have known about ACS since high school and novel functional materials with tunable properties began participating in the organization in graduate school,” Watkins says. “In my independent career, I began through molecular self-assembly. Watkins and the Davita Watkins to be more active and have been voted onto several researchers design, synthesize and study organic moleexecutive committees.” cules that possess unique structural and functional properties.

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Missing Money UNDERCOUNTED CENSUS NUMBERS AFFECT STATE FUNDING

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he discovery that Mississippi’s actual population is sig- most, followed by significant overcounts in the retirement-age nificantly higher than 2020 U.S. Census numbers indi- population. cate could affect future federal funding and possibly The cause of the undercount remains unclear. The other factors, according to University of Mississippi report does not detail any potential causes of the population studies experts. undercount nor does it include information Mississippi was among six states in which on possible overcounts or undercounts at a the Census Bureau found significant undermunicipal or county level. counting as part of its Post-Enumeration Census data can affect state and local Survey, a follow-up examination the projects such as redistricting, grant bureau conducted for the 2020 Census applications and economic developand released recently. ment programs.

The other states undercounted by The Mississippi Automated Resource the 2020 Census are Arkansas, Florida, Information System, or MARIS, housed Illinois, Tennessee and Texas, amounting at the Institutions of Higher Learning in to a total estimated undercount in the Jackson, is helping to assemble a complete South of 1.85%. Mississippi experienced and clean statewide database of the local the third-highest undercount rate of 4.1%. address for the 2030 census to avoid future Arkansas was undercounted by 5.04% and Tenundercounts. Although MARIS has no power Anne Cafer nessee by 4.78%. to use the data it gathers and interprets to remedy Census data released in late 2021 showed a dip undercounts or change policies, it can help the Cenin the state’s population by roughly 6,000 people over the last sus Bureau ensure that future counts are more accurate, says decade. But with an official population count of 2.95 million, Jim Steil, MARIS director. a statewide miscount of 4% would mean Mississippi’s tally was Mississippi’s population is typically considered undercounted off by about 118,000 people. because the state is largely rural and has a considerable number “We will absolutely miss out on dollars,” says Anne Cafer, of people who want to be left alone and do not respond, he says. director of the UM Center for Population Studies. “More than The impact of the 2020 undercount on the state’s federal $20 million a year for the next 10 years. And that will be felt funding until the next census will be massive. most acutely by the state’s most vulnerable residents.”

“Funding is what we lose while still having the full popThe newest estimates from the bureau’s survey indicate ulation to serve,” Steil says. “By not collecting data from all that children aged 0-4 were undercounted more than any 87,000-plus new corrected addresses, the 118,000 residents, other age groups, while those aged 18-24 were overcounted the Mississippi loses over $4.6 million per year in potential federal formula funding, based solely on census population.

“That potential lost funding is repetitive for total loss of over $236 million to the state over the next 10 years.”

While it is somewhat consoling that the Census Bureau admits to the miscount, it is unfortunate that the bureau was not able to take advantage of all the updated addresses and faced so many challenges for the initial 2020 count, says Steil, who is an advocate for collaborating between the censuses.

“Having ‘real-time’ proof of our number of households should prevent any missing of households Illustration by Adobe Stock in the future,” he says.

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New Insights into Dementia HEALTHY HABITS HELP PRESERVE BRAIN HEALTH, DESPITE GENETICS

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imple habits might be the sim- a t p a r t i c i p a n t s plest solution to preserving life- i n t h e A t h e r o long brain health, according to a sclerosis Risk in new study from the University of Missis- Communities, or sippi Medical Center.

ARIC, study. They The paper, published online May 25 i n c l u d e d 8 , 8 2 3 in Neurology, found that people who people with Euroadhered to the American Heart Asso- pean ancestry and ciation Life’s Simple 7 (LS7) guidelines 2,738 people with in midlife had lower rates of dementia African American decades later. This effect held up for a n c e s t r y w h o m people with increased genetic risk of the researchers folAlzheimer’s disease. The AHA Life’s lowed for a median Simple 7 are the seven risk factors that of 26 years. people can improve through lifestyle “A R I C p r o changes, from controlling blood pres- v i d e s o v e r 3 0 sure to losing weight. years of data on Researchers from The MIND Center found that sticking to Life’s Simple “Genetics can put an individual at p a r t i c i p a n t s ’ 7, a set of American Heart Association guidelines to protect brain and higher risk for late-onset dementia,” says cardiovascular risk heart health, helps prevent dementia even in people at high genetic risk Adrienne Tin, associate professor of factors, medical for Alzheimer’s disease. | Illustration courtesy of UMMC medicine at UMMC and first author of conditions, medithe study. “However, genetics alone does cations, hospitalizations and lifestyles, Finally, they noted which particinot determine whether an individual among other things,” says Dr. Gwen pants developed any form of dementia would eventually develop Windham (MD 96), professor during the course of the study. dementia.” of me dicine at UMMC Tin found that among participants Tin, a researcher and study co-author. “In with European ancestry, people with with the MIND (Memthis study, examining medium and high LS7 scores had ory Impairment and l i f e s t y l e b e h a v i o r s 30% and 43% lower risk of dementia Neuro degenerat ive collected at midlife compared to those with low LS7 scores.

D e m e nt i a ) C e nt e r, and genetic data from Among participants with African Amersays a 2020 report stored blood samples ican ancestry, medium and high LS7 found that about 40% f r o m m i d d l e a g e groups had 6% and 17% lower risk than of the world’s late-onset followed by 30 years of the low LS7 group. dementia cases can be tied surveillance for dementia Generally, each point higher in LS7 to 12 modifiable risk factors. outcomes could only be done scores was associated with as much as a Adrienne Tin These are habits and health through a longitudi10% decrease in dementia risk. factors that people can to some extent nal design such as ARIC.” “Our findings reinforce control. Seven of them come from Researchers assigned the idea that late-onset the LS7, which the AHA says can each participant a midA l z h e i m e r ’s a n d prevent heart disease and maintain life LS7 score ranging dementia are due to a brain health. They recommend that f rom 0 to 14 b as e d combination of modifipeople manage blood pressure, control on data collected at able health and genetic cholesterol, reduce blood sugar, get the beginning of the factors. Health profesactive, eat better, lose weight and stop study in the late 1980s. sionals and individuals smoking.

They also calculated a can follow the guidance “However, it was uncertain whether genetic risk score, or GRS, from Life’s Simple 7 to lower the effects of these seven factors also for Alzheimer’s disease for Gwen Windham the risk of dementia,” Tin says. can be observed among those with high each participant. They checked “With each new study, we are genetic risk,” Tin says. participants’ DNA for genetic variants learning that what’s good for the heart is To find out, the researchers looked known to increase the risk of dementia. good for the brain.”

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Through Sept. 3 Exhibition: “Jacob Hashimoto: The Other Sun.” Jacob Hashimoto playfully balances the dichotomies he observes in landscapes and constructed virtual worlds.

UM Museum and Rowan Oak. Visit museum.olemiss.edu.

Through Dec. 10 Exhibition: “Theora Hamblett: Holy Symbols.” This exhibit showcases a range of Hamblett’s paintings, drawings and mosaics that depict the symbols that were so important to her and her faith. UM Museum. Visit museum.olemiss.edu.

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Rebels Return Weekend: formerly M-Club Fall Weekend. Various times and locations. Visit olemissmclub.org or call 662-915-1876.

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Football: Ole Miss vs. Troy.

Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, 3 p.m. Visit olemissfb.com.

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Triplett Alumni Center, 4-5 p.m. Call 662-915-1878.

Board Meeting: Fall meeting and reception of the Accountancy Advisory Board. Brandt Memory House. Time TBD. Restricted to board members. Call 662-915-2377 or email marykate@olemissalumni.com.

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Performance: “Dawn of the Arts” with pianist Bruce Levingston and special guest artists. Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts, 7:30 p.m.

Call 662-915-2787 or visit fordcenter.org.

Board Meeting: Fall meeting of the Pharmacy Alumni Chapter board of directors. The Inn at Ole Miss, McMillan Boardroom, 2-3 p.m.

Restricted to board members. Call 662-915-7375.

Football: Ole Miss vs. Tulsa.

Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.

Time TBD. Visit olemissfb.com.

Distinguished Alumni Awards Gala: The Inn at Ole Miss, 6 p.m. reception, 7 p.m. dinner. Ticket required. Call 662-915-7375.

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Board Meeting: Fall meeting of the School of Applied Sciences Alumni Advisory Board. Location and time TBD. Restricted to board members. Call 662-915-7375.

Football: Ole Miss vs. Troy SEPT. 3

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Annual Harvest Supper at Rowan Oak OCT. 13

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Football: Ole Miss vs. Kentucky.

Homecoming. Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. Time TBD. Visit olemissfb.com.

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M-Club Hall of Fame Awards Ceremony: The Inn at Ole Miss, 6 p.m. reception, 7 p.m. dinner. Call 662-915-7375.

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Harvest Supper: Annual Harvest Supper at Rowan Oak, hosted

by Friends of the Museum, connects alumni, residents and out-of-town guests with artists, writers and musicians for dinner and entertainment on the historic grounds of Rowan Oak, the former home of Nobel Prizewinning author William Faulkner.

Visit museum.olemiss.edu.

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Board Meeting: Fall meeting of the Law Alumni Chapter board of directors. Robert C. Khayat Law Center, Room 1115, 2-3:30 p.m. Restricted to board members. Call 662-915-7375.

Board Meeting: Accountancy Alumni board of directors fall meeting. The Inn at Ole Miss, Griffin Boardroom. Time TBD. Restricted to board members. Call 662-915-2377 or email marykate@olemissalumni.com.

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Reception: Young Alumni Happy Hour. The Chancellor’s House, 5:30-7 p.m. Register at olemissalumni. com/events.

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Tailgate: Accountancy Alumni Tailgate. Yerby lawn. Time TBD. Call 662-915-2377 or email marykate@ olemissalumni.com.

Tailgate: School of Law Alumni and Friends Tailgate. Front lawn of Triplett Alumni Center. Time TBD. Call 662-915-1878.

Tailgate: Patterson School of Accountancy Alumni and Friends Tailgate. Front lawn of Triplett Alumni Center. Time TBD. Call 662-915-2377.

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Reunion: Department of Pharmacy Administration 60th Anniversary. University of Mississippi, Oxford campus. Registration $50. Call 662-915-2377 or visit olemissalumni. com/events.

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Tailgate: Young Alumni Council Tailgate. Front lawn of Triplett Alumni Center. Time TBD. Call 662-915-7375.

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For a complete and latest listing of Ole Miss sports schedules, visit olemisssports.com.

Football: Ole Miss vs. Auburn.

Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.

Time TBD. Visit olemissfb.com.

Performance: Jay Jurden. A New York-based comedian, writer and actor, Ole Miss alumnus Jay Jurden (BA 10) is currently a staff writer for Apple TV+’s “The Problem with Jon Stewart.”

Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts, 7:30 p.m. Call 662-9152787 or visit fordcenter.org.

Football: Ole Miss vs. Alabama.

Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.

Time TBD. Visit olemissfb.com.

Football: Ole Miss vs. Mississippi State. Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. Time TBD. Visit olemissfb.com.

For more Oxford events, news and information, go to visitoxfordms.com or call 662-232-2477.

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WE ARE

Journey to Commencement series highlights new graduates Jasmine Meredith profile by Lisa Stone Macey Hicks profile by Stella Connell

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aunched as a new way to celebrate the graduating class, the University of Mississippi created the Journey to Commencement series in 2020, which highlights students and their academic and personal journeys from Ole Miss student to Ole Miss graduate.

The articles are housed on the Journey to Commencement website at journey.olemiss.edu, which showcases the stories of Ole Miss students and their determination, perseverance and success throughout their time at the university.

From James Meredith’s (BA 63) granddaughter receiving her diploma the same year the university honors the 60th anniversary of its integration to cancer survivor Macey Hicks (BBA 22) to Ole Miss baseball team captain Tim Elko (BSES 21, MS 22) to 87-year-old Presbyterian minister Cliff McKay (MA 22) and many more, this year’s Journey to Commencement series on the UM website features a diverse and special group of graduates. Here are two of those profiles.

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Finding Purpose in Following in Their Footsteps Following in a family member’s footsteps took on heightened meaning for Jasmine Meredith (MS 21) when she decided to pursue a master’s degree in integrated marketing

communication at the University of Mississippi. The oldest granddaughter of James Meredith, the civil rights activist who integrated the university in 1962, Jasmine walked across the graduation stage on May 6 to receive her diploma.

In 2002, another watershed moment occurred that influenced Jasmine’s journey to pursue graduate education at Ole Miss. That was the year her father, Joseph Meredith (PhD 02), received his doctorate from UM in business administration and earned the Outstanding Doctoral Student Achievement Award.

A Proud Daddy’s Girl

Jasmine Meredith at the monument on campus honoring James Meredith, her grandfather and civil rights icon. | Submitted photo

A self-proclaimed Daddy’s girl, Jasmine’s earliest and likely most significant memories of Ole Miss come from when her father, who died in 2008, was a doctoral student here. Her first childhood memories are of waking up as a 4- or 5-year-old in Oxford, going to class with her dad and learning to swim in the Turner Center pool.

“I was young, but I remember spending time in Oxford with my dad while he was pursuing his degree,” Jasmine says.

“I made family friends that I’m still in touch with to this day and experienced the Grove at a young age. I have so many memories of being a child in Oxford.”

For those who knew Joseph Meredith, they say that Jasmine shares countless traits with her father. Jasmine’s mom, Yolanda C. Meredith-Dunn, radiates with pride when she describes her daughter as selfless, compassionate and warm.

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was born on the first day of spring and that is her — the sunshine, the rainbows, the butterflies.”

As a student at Ole Miss, Jasmine was humble about her grandfather being an iconic figure so intimately tied to the university’s history. However, she acknowledges that “there is family legacy here.”

“When you go to campus, the Meredith name means something,” Jasmine says. “And maybe it means something more to others, but for me it felt like some type of empowerment to know that my grandpa had the courage to come to this university, followed by my father.

“And then here comes the granddaughter. What is her legacy, and what footsteps is she going to leave on campus?”

James Meredith, who attended son Joseph’s graduation in 2002, was in the audience when his first grandchild to earn a degree from the university walked across the graduation stage.

“When my son, Joseph, received his Ph.D. as the outstanding doctoral graduate, his daughter Jasmine was sitting on my lap watching, and I felt the vindication of 1962,” James Meredith says. “Now, Jasmine has received her master’s degree from Ole Miss, just because that’s what she wanted to do.”

Jasmine Meredith (right) pictured with her father, Joseph Meredith, in 2002 at his doctoral graduation ceremony at the University of Mississippi. | Submitted photo

In the days leading up to her graduation ceremony, Jasmine couldn’t help but think about her dad and the photo of the two of them at his Ole Miss graduation in 2002. Although this moment of hers is special, nothing will top sitting in her white dress next to her dad during that milestone accomplishment of his doctoral graduation ceremony.

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captured,” Jasmine says. “It is amazing how things come full circle. This moment and this major accomplishment at the same university makes me feel more connected to my dad.”

Gaining an Edge through Academic Pursuits Jasmine graduated magna cum laude from the University of North Texas in 2017, earning a bachelor’s degree from the nationally accredited Mayborn School of Journalism in Public Relations. After working for a few years, she decided it was time to pursue graduate education.

With a career goal of being a sports and entertainment publicist, she discovered that Ole Miss had a dynamic and nationally recognized program in integrated marketing communications. Upon her acceptance, she was awarded a Graduate Recruiting Fellowship and Scholarship in the Excellence in Inclusivity category. She also received a graduate assistantship.

Robert Magee, associate professor of integrated marketing communication in the School of Journalism and New Media, shares that Jasmine sought to make the most of her time at the university.

“If we were discussing epistemology, causality or theory in class, or if we were applying these concepts in a professional context, Jasmine was actively involved,” Magee says. “I still recall times she stopped by my office to chat about intellectual property and campaign strategy.”

While her time in the master’s program was affected by the pandemic, Jasmine enjoyed the time she did get to spend on campus and embraced her experience as a student.

“It was empowering to walk past my grandpa’s statue every day as I went to class,” Jasmine says. “I actually used that as my landmark. It made it easier to navigate campus from there, and during my first couple of times on campus it was comforting.

“I used to sometimes high-five him, haha.”

During her time in the IMC program, Meredith worked on a variety of projects, including an interview of her renowned grandfather. She also helped with numerous events at the Overby Center, which afforded her the opportunity to meet people in the industry and to network with Ole Miss alumni.

“There is a sense of pride in being an Ole Miss student,” Jasmine says. “I like to think that with my IMC degree from Ole Miss, I’m now a triple threat with PR, advertising and marketing — it gives me an edge.”

Magee reflects that Jasmine was able to participate as a typical graduate student because of the choices her grandfather and other people made.

“We tend to live in the moment, but seeing her in class always reminded me that our actions today can benefit generations to come,” Magee says.

Following the Yellow Brick Road While James Meredith has always just been “grandpa” to Jasmine, as she’s gotten older, she understands and appreciates the significance of what he’s done.

In choosing to attend the university, Jasmine feels as if everything lined up, it was an easy decision to make and she received continuous affirmation in that decision.

“Serendipity is the word I would use,” Jasmine says. “You can’t let go of the family legacy. Because of the courage my grandpa had years ago, I and many others are able to freely come and earn an education at any university.”

Embracing the Responsibility

Jasmine Meredith looks over ‘A Mission from God: A Memoir and Challenge for America’ by James Meredith, her grandfather. | Submitted photo

Her mom describes Jasmine’s relationship with James as “phenomenal.”

“They have great conversations, and she really loves to spend time with him,” Meredith-Dunn says. “Knowledge is power, and she takes the time to ask him questions. Their relationship has grown as she has grown.”

“I literally have the opportunity to call history in the flesh to get his thoughts on whatever is happening in the world,” Jasmine says. “I cherish everything he says because I’m ready to listen, and by the end, you see how everything comes together.”

When Jasmine made the decision to attend Ole Miss, her mother recognized this as an important step for her.

“It was a great opportunity for her to see how the world has changed and to walk the same path as her grandfather and father,” Meredith-Dunn says. “I tell Jasmine that ‘Your grandfather and dad paved the yellow brick road better than Dorothy.’”

As Jasmine earns her graduate degree from Ole Miss 60 years after her grandfather broke the color barrier at the university, she recognizes the personal accomplishment as well as the historical significance.

“I know my dad would be proud,” Jasmine says. “There is no better feeling than to achieve this milestone at a university where there is so much history and family legacy.

“It is empowering to know that later this year we will celebrate the courage my grandfather had 60 years ago that allows me to proudly receive my degree from this university today.”

Jasmine, who serves as an account executive at BBDO Worldwide in Dallas-Fort Worth, also understands and embraces the responsibility of this moment and how her actions today represent opportunities for others tomorrow.

“You’ve got to keep pushing for the next generation,” Jasmine says. “It is great for me, but I hope that with this accomplishment that I can inspire those around me.

“It is so important to me because you never know who is watching, you never know who you touch and you never know who you inspire.”

Perhaps Jasmine’s mother sums it up best.

“I know there is so much more to come with her,” Meredith-Dunn says.

Civil rights activist James Meredith (center) and granddaughter Jasmine Meredith (right) attend the University of Mississippi’s ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the naming of the Martindale-Cole Student Services Center in 2021. | Photo by Logan Kirkland S U M M E R 2022

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Macey Hicks rings the bell at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston’s Pediatric Wing at her release from the hospital 30 days after the stem cell transplant in August 2020. | Submitted photo

A Cancer Survivor’s Journey to Graduate and Heal Growing up in the Florida Panhandle, Macey Hicks didn’t seriously consider the University of Mississippi until she began visiting a friend at Ole Miss during her senior year of high school. Then, she and her mother came for an official tour and “fell in love with the campus,” she says.

In fall 2017, she enrolled as a freshman, completed recruitment, joined Kappa Delta sorority and decided the School of Business Administration was the best fit for her academically.

Later, she declared her major in marketing and communication strategy with a minor in entrepreneurship.

But by the beginning of her sophomore year, Hicks began to run a high fever, accompanied by extreme fatigue and night sweats. All her symptoms seemed like a bad case of mono. This went on for almost five months, and no doctor was able to cure her until she went home after her finals.

She went to see Dr. Tarek Eldawy, who diagnosed her with Hodgkin lymphoma, a type of cancer that affects the lymphatic system, which is part of the body’s germ-fighting system. That is when Hicks’ journey began.

“Completing classes, while not knowing if I was going to survive, was quite the challenge,” she says. “I had some help from classmates and friends back home to help me meet due dates when I was in the hospital.”

There were others to help her obtain her degree while enduring the treatments. Cesar Rego, who taught MKTG 372: Supply Chain Management, was particularly supportive by allowing some flexibility with her assignments and by checking on her frequently.

“Macey had to travel regularly to Houston for her checkups or treatments, which made her miss many classes,” Rego says.

“I’d meet with her in my office to teach her the material she had missed in those days.

“Her enthusiasm was contagious and her learning speed out of the ordinary.”

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her mother lived in Houston for over six months, both because of COVID and because her immune system was too impaired for her to leave.

While at MD Anderson, she participated in a program called AYA, or the Adolescent and Young Adult Program, designed to support younger patients. Through this program, she received a scholarship to help pay her college tuition.

Hicks’ focus these last two years has been completing her schoolwork to wrap up her degree from Ole Miss. She hopes to work in the pharmaceutical industry to promote and sell therapies for blood cancers.

Macey Hicks (left) with Avery Robinson on Bid Day in September 2017. Hicks joined Kappa Delta sorority. | Submitted photo

Since her transplant and treatment at MD Anderson, she has had clear scans since August 2020.

“I know there is a long road ahead to get me where I want to be,” she says. “I’ll work my way up for the chance to help patients find the right treatment and inspire confidence in their treatment plan and medical team.”

For all the featured stories on Class of 2022 graduates, visit journey.olemiss.edu.

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HATTER Alumna makes custom hats inspired by the West, made in the South

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orking on her next custom hat in the loft of her family’s 175-year-old barn while her mother brings up fresh flowers for the next client visit, alumna Mary Landrum Pyron (BS 16) is thankful for the opportunity to do something she loves.

“I never dreamed that I would be making felt hats in Mississippi,” says Pyron, owner and custom hat maker at ML Provisions. “I say, ‘Thank you Jesus,’ because I never imagined that it would take off like this.”

Having launched last summer, the company is still in its infancy.

“I made my first hat under my brand on July 21, 2021,” Pyron says. “It’s kind of crazy how things have taken off. I couldn’t have done this without my parents and my entire family supporting me in chasing and following my dreams.”

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The Crystal Springs native and Ole Miss legacy always knew she was bound for Oxford.

“My mother’s side of the family all went to Ole Miss, and I didn’t apply anywhere else,” Pyron says. “I’m so thankful for the relationships I created there that continue to this day.”

A member of Chi Omega Fraternity and the Student Alumni Council, she knew from the outset that she wanted to pursue a degree in hospitality management.

“Growing up, my family always entertained, so I started learning how to cook at an early age,” Pyron says. “Some people are meant to be doctors, some are meant to be lawyers, and I knew I was meant to create. I felt that [the hospitality management program] really prepared me for my next step after college, especially the hands-on experience I received through Lenoir Dining under Dr. Jim Taylor. He was by far the most influential teacher in my life, and some of the things he taught me I still use to this day.”

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Heading Out West

After receiving a bachelor’s degree in 2016, Pyron wanted a change of scenery. The day after commencement, she packed her bags and headed out West.

“I took a job as an expedition chef and caterer on a guest ranch,” she says. “I didn’t know anyone in the state when I moved out there. I had to wear a hat every day as part of my uniform, so I bought my first hat at Boots & More in Jackson before I left. I remember my mother saying that it was just going to be a summer job, and I wasn’t going to wear a hat past that summer so I should just get a little straw hat.”

As it turns out, that “little straw hat” started something big.

“That’s where my passion for hats came from,” Pyron says.

“I later bought a nice felt hat, then a custom hat.”

After spending her summer at the ranch, Pyron worked a string of other jobs before realizing she wanted to learn how to make custom hats herself. She perfected her craft under the guidance of a hatter for a little over a year before making her way back to Mississippi.

“I wanted to do something different — something that challenged me,” she says. “I looked at it as an adventure, and I’m so glad I did it.”

Friend and former Ole Miss baseball player Matt Denny (BBA 16, MBA 17) credits Pyron’s willingness to take a risk as being central to her success.

“It’s crazy to think [that] within less than a full calendar year of starting her business, people are flying in to meet with her for hats,” Denny says. “She took a risk moving back to Mississippi and starting this business from scratch. You don’t have the amount of success she has had in such a short amount of time [just] because you’re a likable person. She’s put in the hours, and it’s paying off. I know my wife and I will be customers for a long time.”

A Memorable Experience

For Pyron, one of the many things that sets her hats apart is the unique experience each client gets throughout the entire hat-making process.

After making the drive to visit her family’s barn for the initial in-person appointment, clients are met with fresh flowers and appetizers as they chat with Pyron about their vision for their unique hat.

“You don’t just get a hat; you also get an experience,” Pyron says. “That’s what sets us apart. We’re not another shop on a town square. You have to come down a really bumpy, winding road in the middle of nowhere. We have horses in the pasture, a pond that you look out over and just kind of get to take a deep breath and retreat while you’re here.”

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Longtime family friends George and Christie Walker credit Pyron’s work ethic and drive as being key to what sets her apart.

“We love how family is so important to her,” Christie Walker says. “Her drive and determination make her successful. She is so talented, creative and smart with her business.

We see her growing, expanding and being one of the most successful businesswomen in Mississippi.”

Pyron does not require a deposit because she doesn’t want clients to walk away unless they are truly pleased with her creation.

“I want you to be happy and excited about your hat,” Pyron says. “That’s my favorite part — watching the customer see the hat come alive from that raw hat body to the finished product.”

Booming Business

ML Provisions boasts beaver and rabbit felt, with Pyron being the only felt hat maker in Mississippi.

“We can do a 100% rabbit fur, 50% beaver/50% rabbit fur or a 100X beaver fur hat,” she says. “What sets us apart as a custom hatter is that we can do both western and fashion hats. Each hat takes about eight hours to make, beginning with a raw hat body. We do everything in-house including steaming it, blocking it, sanding it, and cutting and sewing in the sweatband.”

An avid hunter with a love of the outdoors, Pyron draws inspiration from nature and her clients’ wishes.

She prides herself on never saying no.

Each hat is handcrafted to fit clients’ unique style. | Photo by Kylie Wooten Photography

Adding the finishing touches to a custom hat. | Photo by Randy Sherrell Photography

“If you can dream it, we can usually design it,” she says.

“I talk to each customer and kind of learn their story, what they’re about and what they want their hat to reflect. A lot of people like adding heirloom pieces such as their grandmother’s brooch or their father’s Navy button.

“We design [the hat] while you’re in the shop and go through the steps with you to get it exactly how you like it. When you come back in, we take the steam and that hat body and start molding it to your head to get the best custom fit.”

To her delight, business is booming with most new clients originating from word-of-mouth referrals and social media.

“That’s one of the good parts about being in the South,” Pyron says. “When one person gets a hot item, then another person wants to know where they got it from. Most people have to travel out West to get a custom hat. I brought that back to Mississippi.”

With the slogan, “inspired by the West, made in the South,” Pyron counts all her experiences that led to this point as rewarding.

mlprovisions.com “If I had never gone to Wyoming, I never would have come back to Mississippi with this deep appreciation for home that I now have,” she says. “I want to keep enjoying the slow pace of life — waking up, coming out to the barn and selling hats that make people happy. I never want to outgrow what ML Provisions started with and what we’re about: providing a good custom hat experience and making each client happy.”

Visit mlprovisions.com or @mlprovisions on Instagram to learn more about Pyron’s custom hats.

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New fund to help students with treatment for addictions

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he late Edward Peacock IV (BA 03) was known for his amazing personality, caring spirit and bright intellect. He also was known to have an ongoing struggle with alcohol addiction.

Now, to help other University of Mississippi students overcome drug or alcohol addiction and to honor the memory of their son, Ann and Ed Peacock III (BBA 69, JD 72) of Clarksdale are establishing the Edward Peacock IV Student Addiction to Recovery Support Fund. Beginning in August, the fund will provide support to students who need outpatient therapy but cannot afford it.

The Peacocks made a gift of $150,000 to create the fund, and additional funding was provided in memorial gifts and during Ole Miss Giving Day 2022. The funds have been directed to the William Magee Center for Wellness Education, with its primary focus on preventing substance abuse.

Unique among colleges and universities, the assistance program includes 10 weeks of therapy from the recover/DREAM outpatient center in Oxford. Opened in late 2021, the outpatient center’s goal is to keep clients going in life, with school responsibilities or work demands, while getting them the help and support needed to recover.

Serving Oxford, Ole Miss and surrounding communities, recover/ Dream is owned and operated by four local families who have found Edward Peacock | Submitted photo success in recovery and support.

Natasha Jeter, assistant vice chancellor for wellness and student success, expressed appreciation to the Peacock family.

“Stigma, cost and availability of treatment centers are huge barriers that individuals face when seeking help with overcoming addiction,” Jeter says. “The Peacocks’ generous gift alleviates these barriers and allows students to receive outpatient therapy regardless of their financial situation.

“The gift further allows students to bypass the shame and stigma felt when trying to identify resources to aid them on their journey to sobriety. The impact to students, their families and society is not quantifiable. We are grateful to the Peacocks for their support.”

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“Edward was addicted to alcohol and attended treatment five times,” his father says. “He also had a pediatric frontal lobe tumor the size of a lemon, which was removed in January 2017. Edward was told by his doctors that he was not to drink alcohol after the tumor was removed.”

Ann Peacock laments that alcoholism and the tumor took so much from her son’s life.

“The tumor was life-altering,” she says. “The effects of it were beyond Edward’s or our control. I believe the tumor had a lot to do with our son’s journey into alcoholism.

“Edward was also in denial about his addiction,” she says.

“Once he was able to admit he had a problem, he began taking small steps toward recovery. Life was so much better, and Edward found joy in the process.”

life,” Ed Peacock says. “We hope to hear of success stories of students becoming alcohol and drug free.”

Peacock’s Education and Career

Edward Peacock, who died in Clarksdale on Dec. 30, 2021, from a seizure, graduated from Ole Miss with honors in 2003 with a double major in political science and history and a minor in English. While an undergraduate, Peacock was a member of Phi Delta Theta Fraternity and involved with two academic honor societies: Phi Alpha Theta and Pi Sigma Alpha.

Peacock then pursued a Juris Doctor degree from Tulane University Law School, where he graduated in 2007. While at Tulane, two semesters were interrupted by Hurricane Katrina; after six weeks he returned to New Orleans to help with recovery efforts. When his name was called at commencement, the vice president of the third-year law class received the only standing ovation.

Upon law school graduation, Peacock moved to Washington, D.C., where he began a career in politics, first interning for former U.S. Rep. Travis Childers (BBA 80). He then assisted former U.S. Rep. Barbara Comstock in her successful campaign for the Virginia Commonwealth State Legislature.

Peacock was also a volunteer with the John McCain-Sarah Palin campaign for the White House, once driving Palin on an extremely busy interstate to a speaking engagement. (His parents say he was not known to be a good driver.) Peacock moved to Columbia, South Carolina, where David Magee (left), representing the university and its William Magee Center for he worked for Alan Wilson’s successful campaign Wellness Education, accepts a check from the Peacock family. Paying tribute to the life for state attorney general. of their son and brother are (from left) Ann Peacock, Virginia Peacock Douglas, Ann Christopher Trotter and Ed Peacock III. | Photo by Brett Barefoot Upon retiring from campaigns outside of Mississippi, Peacock lived in Oxford and Clarksdale The Peacocks chose to partner with recover/DREAM practicing law. He was a member of the Mississippi Bar Associabecause of their son’s lifelong friendship with Ford McElroy, tion and was authorized to practice in both the Northern and chief operating officer of the outpatient treatment center.

Southern District courts in the state. He had previously been “Edward always had a hand out to help the little guy who was involved with the Coahoma County Chamber of Commerce, mistreated,” says McElroy, whose father, Ronnie, was Peacock’s Habitat for Humanity, Crime Stoppers and the Kiwanis Club. godfather. “When someone is in the depths of their alcoholism Ann Peacock reflects on what others have shared about or drug addiction, they feel beaten, broken, useless and defeated. her son.

“This fund in his name will hopefully prevent many students “We have received calls and messages from people who had from dropping out of school, allowing them to continue their love and gratitude for Edward and the impact he made on their education at Ole Miss, while learning to live a healthier life with- lives — even helping those with their own sobriety,” she says. out the need for substances. It was what Edward was learning to “Someone who had suffered with addiction sent me a text about do, and I know he would want to help the underdog.”

Edward and said, ‘He loved with his whole heart. He was always McElroy says he is humbled by the generosity of the Pea- for the underdog because he had a burden for them in his heart.’” cocks and of others who have made gifts to this fund.

To make a gift to the Peacock Fund, send a check to the “I am grateful to help oversee students who need to gain University of Mississippi Foundation, with the fund’s name treatment in my friend’s name,” he says. “It means a lot; noted in the memo line, to 406 University Ave., Oxford, MS Edward was one of a kind, and I miss my buddy.”

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Peacock’s parents hope to see many successes from their For more information on providing support for drug and investment. alcohol programs in the William Magee Center for Wellness “We look forward to the day when a student or former Education, contact Brett Barefoot, senior director of developstudent will knock on our door and tell us that the Edward ment for parent and family leadership, at bmbarefo@olemiss.

Peacock IV Addiction to Recovery Fund saved his or her edu or 662-915-2711.

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Ole Miss Sports Journey Complete A TOPSY-TURVY SEASON ENDS IN A CHAMPIONSHIP

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all these Ole Miss Rebels National Champions. It is what they now are.

It was a long time in the making, this championship for Ole Miss baseball, won at the 2022 College World Series. In their sixth appearance, the Rebels finally got it done.

Mike Bianco has built a program that for all the 21st century has been as solid as any in the country and normally a top 10-15 finisher. But getting to that final eight in this Missouri River town had been challenging, and only in 2014 had it happened for him and any of his teams.

Then in 2022, perhaps in the most unlikely manner as the last team chosen for an at-large bid, the Rebels took advantage and won the whole thing. On June 26, the Rebels’ 4-2 victory against Oklahoma, coupled with the previous day’s 10-3 win against the Sooners, gave Ole Miss new hardware for its trophy case.

“I’m a little out of words,” Bianco says. “Just so proud, as you can only imagine, to get to this point. We’ve talked about it the whole time here, the journey that this team has been through and where they’ve come from.”

Where they were is well documented, from a No. 1 ranking earlier in the season to a swoon of sorts in the middle of the season to the strongest finish an Ole Miss baseball team has ever had.

“People say, ‘How’s the leadership?’ Well, you can’t answer those questions until the season is over,” Bianco says. “You find out at the end what you’re made of.”

This team was made of leadership of all classifications, from veterans like Tim Elko (BSES 21, MS 22), Justin Bench (BBA 22) and Kevin Graham, to newcomers who made a real impact, like Hunter Elliott and Mason Nichols and Dylan DeLucia, who was named the CWS MVP. Notice that many of the veterans were position players and hitters. Many of the newer arrivals were pitchers that stepped up. Along with solid defensive play the past month, it all worked together to field a championship team.

“It’s kind of hard to put (emotions) into words,” DeLucia says. “I just feel blessed to be a part of this team, to be a part of these coaches. They’ve taught me so much this year. I’ve grown up so much just in that aspect of being a teammate, being a better teammate.”

DeLucia specifically mentioned Elko, the team’s captain.

“He’s like a mentor to me, the way he’s just picked me up, kept me going, put my head on straight. I’ve never seen someone like that, and it’s truly a blessing to have this team and this coaching staff.”

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Ole Miss Baseball celebrates with the NCAA Championship trophy.

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the 2020 season early, to this national title. And now it is time for a new chapter for him but not without many reflections on these past few years.

“It hasn’t really quite sunk in yet that this was my last game in an Ole Miss baseball uniform and playing with this team and the guys that I played with for so many years,” Elko says.

“Right now, I’m just proud to be a national champion and to be a part of a team that did some amazing things this year.”

Bianco applauded the crowd of Ole Miss fans who made the trip to the CWS finals, some 20,000 or more at each of the games against Oklahoma.

“This is a special group,” he says of his team. “And (fans) knew it was a special group. During the trophy presentation when you look in the stands, the stadium holds 25,000, and it looked almost still packed. That’s how many fans we had here.”

Elko says his time at the University of Mississippi has been so impactful on his life and his future.

“Ole Miss means the world to me,” he says. “I had to make a decision last year what I was going to do, and I remember following the draft I was praying and trying to figure out what I was going to do, and God told me that I’m not done here at Ole Miss. I listened to that, and I was like, well, let’s do this thing then.

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Ole Miss Sports BIANCO NAMED NATIONAL COACH OF THE YEAR BY COLLEGIATE BASEBALL

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le Miss head baseball coach Mike Bianco was named National Coach of the Year by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper on June 28.

It is the second time in three years that the Rebel skipper has received the honor from Collegiate Baseball, also being named coach of the year following the shortened 2020 season.

The news came just days after the longtime head coach of the Rebel program captured the first national championship in program history with a 4-2 win over No. 4 Oklahoma.

At one point sitting near the bottom of the SEC standings, the Rebels completed a magical run through the postseason, finishing on top after being the last team included in the field of 64 for the NCAA Tournament. Ole Miss went 10-1 during the postseason, registering wins over No. 6 Miami, No. 10 Southern Miss, No. 7 Auburn, No. 3 Arkansas and No. 4 Oklahoma.

Having just completed his 22nd year at the helm of the Rebel program, Bianco has coached the Rebels to four-straight 40-win seasons, one of four programs in the nation to do so.

During his run in Oxford, Bianco has coached the Rebels to 18 NCAA Tournament appearances, including eight Super Regional appearances and a pair of trips to the College World Series. With 854 career wins, Bianco ranks third all-time in the SEC in wins behind only Ron Polk and Skip Bertman.

Bianco was also named National Coach of the Year by the American Baseball Coaches Association.

Mike Bianco | Photo courtesy of Ole Miss Athletics

World Cup Coaching MCPHEE-MCCUIN TO HELP COACH BAHAMAS SENIOR MEN’S NATIONAL TEAM

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ollowing a historic season of leading Ole Miss women’s and I am excited to have her join us,” DeMarco says. “Her basketball to its first NCAA Tournament appearance in knowledge and depth of experience as a veteran head coach 15 years, head coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin will be an incredible asset for us as we compete to continues to write history of her own with the qualify for the World Games. We are excited Freeport, Bahamas, native returning home to that she accepted the role and look forward serve as an assistant coach for the Bahamas to having her with us during this pivotal senior men’s national team during World time.”

Cup qualifiers.

McPhee-McCuin is familiar with McPhee-McCuin joins forces with competition on the world stage, serving Golden State Warriors assistant coach as the head coach for the Bahamas Chris DeMarco, as the Bahamas vies senior women’s national team from to qualify for the 2023 FIBA Basket2014 through 2017. Under her tutelage, ball World Cup next summer in the the Bahamas won the 2015 CBC BasketPhilippines, Japan and Indonesia. As ball Championship for women, as the best the first woman to ever coach with the national team in the Caribbean. men’s senior national team in the Bahamas, “I am incredibly humbled and grateful McPhee-McCuin looks to help the team reach to represent the Bahamas as a coach for the its first World Cup appearance in the nation’s Yolett McPhee-McCuin men’s senior national team in international play,” history.

McPhee-McCuin says. “Any time that you have “I have been following Coach Yo’s career extensively, the opportunity to represent ‘home,’ it’s a blessing.”

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Vissa is the fourth Rebel woman to ever win an NCAA outdoor title and the first ever on the track. | Photo courtesy of Ole Miss Athletics

Race to the Finish SINTAYEHU VISSA WINS THRILLING NCAA WOMEN’S 1500-METER FINAL

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his time, it was Sintayehu Vissa’s turn. In a near mirror-image race of her NCAA runner-up performance in the mile, Vissa flipped the script and emerged the victor in the 1500-meter by two tenths of a second. She became the first Rebel woman to ever win an NCAA individual title on the track to wrap up a successful stay for Ole Miss at the 2022 NCAA Outdoor Championships on June 11.

Vissa lost the indoor mile title to Colorado’s Micaela DeGenero, and down the final stretch it was those two yet again in a dead heat for the national title. DeGenero attempted to duplicate her successful race strategy from indoors with a furious final 400 of 61.21, but Vissa was right there with her on a final lap of 61.91 herself. In the final stretch, though, it was Vissa’s final burst and a lean at the line that gave her a two-tenth victory at 4:09.42 to DeGenero’s 4:09.62. Vissa was composed and near the front of the pack for the entire race

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before that mad dash to the finish line, splitting 2:09.99 over her final 800 in addition to that fast final 400.

“I mean, you know, indoor I lost,” Vissa says. “(DeGenero) left me shocked, and I couldn’t catch some time, so when I saw her, I was like, I don’t want it to repeat again. So, I told her, I gave her a hug and said, ‘Sorry, it was revenge.’”

With her victory, Vissa is the 11th NCAA Outdoor champion and the 24th total in the combined history of the Ole Miss men’s and women’s track and field. Additionally, Vissa is just the fourth Rebel woman to ever win an NCAA Outdoor title, joining Brittney Reese (long jump, 2008), Raven Saunders (shot put, 2016) and Janeah Stewart (hammer, 2018).

Vissa also is the first Rebel woman — regardless of season — to win an NCAA title on the track, and the first individual winner on the track outdoors in the combined program since Barnabas Kirui won the 2007 steeplechase title.

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Postseason Success OLE MISS ATHLETICS EARNS RECORD FINISH IN LEARFIELD DIRECTORS’ CUP

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or the second-straight season, Ole Miss Athletics earned a program-record finish in the Learfield Directors’ Cup standings, this time closing the 2021-22 academic year in 20th place.

Points are awarded based on the institution’s finish in NCAA Championships, and for the second-straight year, a spring national title led Ole Miss to a record finish at 852. Last year, the women’s golf team won the first outright NCAA team title in school history to propel Ole Miss to 22nd. This year, the Ole Miss baseball team’s historic College World Series title run vaulted the department into the top 20.

“It has been another historic year for Ole Miss Athletics, and we are setting a new standard for overall department excellence with the No. 20 ranking,” says

Keith Carter (BBA 01, MBA 16), vice chancellor for intercollegiate athletics. “A second-straight top-25 finish shows that

our department will continue to compete and win at a championship level.

“It was incredible to see our baseball program bring a national title back to

Oxford, and we can’t wait to see which group of Rebel student-athletes will bring home the next championship.”

Ole Miss totaled 852 points en route to the record finish, including 100 from the baseball national title — the final trophy of the year awarded by the NCAA. Also, for the second-straight year, the rifle team added the second-highest total to the board, tallying 80 after a fourth-place finish at the NCAA Championships. In total, 16 of Ole Miss’ 18 varsity sports competed in NCAA postseason play.

The ranking marks the highest finish ever for a school from Mississippi, with the previous best being last year’s 22nd-place finish. Prior to that, the state’s highest was the Rebels’ No. 38 rank following the 2017-18 campaign.

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O.N. Pruitt’s Possum Town: Photo- combining more than 190 images with a The Great War and the Birth of Modgraphing Trouble and Resilience in biographical introduction and Hudson’s ern Medicine by Dr. Thomas Helling, 496 the American South by Berkley Hudson short essays and reflective captions on pages (hardcover, also available in Kindle), (BA 73), 272 pages (hardcover, also available in Kindle), University of North Carolina Press, ISBN: 978-1469662701 Photographer O.N. Pruitt (18911967) was for some 40 years the de facto documentarian of Lowndes County, Mississippi, and its county seat, Columbus — known to locals as “Possum Town.” His body of work recalls many Farm Security Administration photographers, but Pruitt was not an outsider with an agenda; he was a community member with intimate knowledge of the town and its residents.

He photographed his fellow white citizens and Black ones as well, in circumstances ranging from the mundane to the horrific: family picnics, parades, river baptisms, carnivals, fires, funerals, two of Mississippi’s last public and legal executions by hanging, and a lynching.

From formal portraits to candid images of events in the moment, Pruitt offers viewers today an invitation to meditate on the interrelations of photography, community, race and historical memory.

Columbus native Berkley Hudson was photographed by Pruitt, and for more than three decades he has considered and curated Pruitt’s expansive archive, both as a scholar of media and visual journalism and as a community member. This stunning book presents Pruitt’s photography as never before,

subjects such as religion, ethnic identity, the ordinary graces of everyday life and the exercise of brutal power.

Pilgrim Interrupted by Susan Johnson

Cushman (70), 250 pages (paperback, also available in Kindle), Brother Mockingbird Publishing, ISBN: 978-1737841166 The title essay in this collection, “Pilgrim Interrupted,” is set on the island of Patmos, Greece, during one of Cushman’s pilgrimages with her husband, Father Basil Cushman, an Orthodox priest. Pilgrimages. Orthodoxy. Icons.

Monasteries. It’s all in here. But so are stories about mental health, caregiving, death, family and writing, including a section on “place,” a key element in Southern literature. And how is Cushman’s pilgrimage “interrupted?” By life itself.

Pilgrim Interrupted is a collection of 35 essays, three poems and five excerpts from Cushman’s novels and short stories.

Coming of age during the turbulent 1960s in Jackson, Mississippi; marrying young and adopting three children; leaving the Presbyterian Church of her childhood for the Eastern Orthodox Christian faith in 1987, Cushman finally began to chronicle her journey in the early 2000s.

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Pegasus Books, ISBN: 978-1643138992 The Great War of 1914-18 burst on the European scene with a brutality to mankind not yet witnessed by the civilized world. Modern warfare was no longer the stuff of chivalry and honor; it was a mutilative, deadly and humbling exercise to wipe out the very presence of humanity. Suddenly, thousands upon thousands of men surged into aid stations and hospitals with injuries unimaginable in their scope and destruction.

The Great War and the Birth of Modern Medicine provides a startling and graphic account of the efforts of teams of doctors and researchers to quickly develop medical and surgical solutions. Those problems of gas gangrene, hemorrhagic shock, gas poisoning, brain trauma, facial disfigurement, broken bones and broken spirits flooded hospital beds, stressing caregivers and prompting medical innovations that would last far beyond the Armistice of 1918 and eventually would provide the backbone of modern medical therapy.

Thomas Helling is professor of surgery and head of general surgery at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. With his vast clinical experience and understanding of the evolution of military surgery, Helling lends a unique perspective to 20th-century combat casualty care.

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he alumni travel program is a service the Ole Miss Alumni Association offers as part of its mission to unite its alumni and keep them connected to Ole Miss and one another.

OMAA has partnered with several tour operators that specialize in alumni travel to offer a broad selection of educational tours. Alumni and friends obtain group rates and discounts. Listed prices are per person, based on double occupancy, and pricing and dates are subject to change until booking. Airfare is not included unless noted. Visit olemissalumni.com/ travel for a complete listing and the most up-to-date information.

Due to the continued effects and uncertainty on travel as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, these offerings and itineraries are subject to change or cancellation. OMAA strongly recommends purchasing travel insurance. For a brochure or more information on a trip, contact the Alumni office at 662-915-7375 or email travel@olemissalumni.com.

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GRAND DANUBE PASSAGE OCT. 15-30, 2022

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Taste delicacies in Croatia’s Slavonia region, and celebrate rich culture while enjoying a folk show and Viennese waltz performance. Along the way, a selection of included excursions immerses you in each destination’s cuisine, architecture, local life and much more. You’ll enjoy first-class ship accommodations, deluxe hotels and a generous meal plan featuring wine and beer with lunch and dinner.

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Tour Operator: Gohagan Join us on this custom-designed, 14-day journey to the cradle of civilization. Visit three continents, navigate the legendary waterways of the Red Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Aegean Sea, transit the seminal Suez Canal and experience up to nine magnificent UNESCO World Heritage

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exclusive access to the museum’s campus. The National WWII Museum tells the story of the American experience in the war that changed the world — why it was fought, how it was won and what it means today — so that all generations will understand the price of freedom and be inspired by what they learn.

Enjoy easy access to the National WWII Museum during your stay at the Higgins Hotel, located across the street from the museum. Prominently located in the New Orleans Warehouse District and directly on the museum campus, the Higgins Hotel & Conference Center features a striking 1940s theme and is part of the exclusive Curio Collection by Hilton. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to experience a custom program at this world-class institution. — From $1,399

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Cross Pegasus Bridge, where the men of the British 6th Airborne Division won the first battle of D-Day just minutes after midnight. Along the way, appreciate the beauty, culture and history of a region that has played a critical role throughout world history. Spend four nights in a stunning, historic French château, and spend the days touring the beaches, bridges and hedgerows our servicemen fought through to achieve victory on D-Day and beyond. Next, sail along the River Seine, and enjoy four nights on the five-star, exclusively chartered Uniworld Joie de Vivre. Guests may choose to add an optional three-night pre-cruise program, The Liberation of Paris. — From $7,499 (no single supplement)

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FLORENCE IN THE SERENE SEASON MARCH 3-11, 2023

Tour Operator: AHI Experience the true essence of beautiful Florence during a quieter time of year on this seven-night, small-group journey. Stroll through the city’s intimate streets and romantic piazzas, a veritable outdoor museum of Renaissance glories, and take more time to enjoy Michelangelo’s “David” and the Uffizi’s priceless art.

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nights in Honolulu and a Honolulu city tour featuring Pearl Harbor with a visit to the USS Arizona Memorial, dedicated to the fallen heroes who lost their lives on Dec. 7, 1941. Later, see the beautiful sights of Punchbowl Crater and the Hawaii State Capitol, where a statue of King Kamehameha stands proudly.

Then spend two nights on the Big Island (Hawaii) learning about the unique geological and cultural landscapes found at Volcanoes National Park, where you will see an active volcano. Also see a black sand volcanic beach, and spend time in the historic fishing village of Kailua Kona or Kona town as the locals call it.

Continue to Maui for a three-night stay and more spectacular sights of majestic waterfalls, and the lush tropical foliage surrounding the Iao Needle, a rock formation rising 2,000 feet from the valley floor. More of these incredible landscapes will be found on the journey to Mount Haleakala National Park or “House of the Sun” as you travel to the top of Maui’s massive dormant volcano, 10,000 feet above sea level. Marvel at the

unbelievable sights that can be found at this ancient location. Complete the tour with a traditional Hawaiian luau, a funfilled cultural event featuring local food, dancing and music. — From $5,795, including airfare

EUROPEAN COASTAL CIVILIZATIONS APRIL 24-MAY 3, 2023

Tour Operator: Gohagan Explore the legacies and dynamic cultures of coastal Portugal, Spain, France and England, and commemorate the historic D-Day landings on this uniquely designed itinerary. Walk in the footsteps of ancient pilgrims in Santiago de Compostela, visit Bilbao’s iconic Guggenheim Museum, and see Mont St. Michel’s impressive abbey. Special guest Dwight D. Eisenhower II, historian and grandson of former U.S. general and president Dwight D. Eisenhower, accompanies you to the hallowed beaches of Normandy.

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Tour Operator: AHI Discover distinctive, captivating facets of Spain, from Catalonia to Basque Country, on this rewarding, nine-night, first-class journey through the Northeast. In beautiful Barcelona, Catalonia’s jewel along the Mediterranean, admire magnificent architecture by the great Catalán Modernist masters, including Gaudí’s La Sagrada Familía. Enjoy a hands-on Catalán cooking session and a guided walk in the Gothic District, plus choose to tour an exquisite modernist home or explore the city’s Jewish heritage. In Zaragoza, Aragón’s capital, delight in its splendid baroque cathedral. Head into Navarra, where you’ll savor romantic Olite’s storybook castle and winding medieval lanes. You’ll also stroll along the famous streets of Pamplona, its capital, and relish a tasting of flavorful Navarra wines. In Basque Country, take in stunning San Sebastián on La Concha Bay, acclaimed for its world-class dining scene. Chat with local Basques over dinner, and marvel at the shimmering Guggenheim Museum

Bilbao. This small-group experience includes enrichment from expert guides and lecturers and an ample meal plan with wine at dinner. — From $4,295

CRUISE THE HEART OF EUROPE MAY 5-20, 2023

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Awaken each day to medieval villages and vibrant capitals, enchanting vistas and lauded UNESCO World Heritage sites. Centuries of heritage unfold in Vienna, Bratislava and Budapest, cities steeped in the legacies of great empires.

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WORLD WAR II IN POLAND: HOLOCAUST, RESISTANCE AND REBIRTH MAY 9-16, 2023

Tour Operator: National WWII Museum To fully comprehend World War II, one needs to understand its origins. As Hitler launched the war by invading Poland on Sept. 1, 1939, the Nazis unleashed a hell that would cause immense suffering and leave the country vulnerable to Stalin’s post-war ambitions for Soviet expansion. Through the German occupation and the following decades of Soviet oppression, the Polish people held strong in their push for freedom. This unique educational journey traces the history of Poland from 1939 to the fall of communism and the rejuvenation of a country and its people. Travel through Poland, exploring historical sites and reflecting on how the Nazis rose to power and then brought destruction and misery to Europe. Visit battlefields, museums, memorials, and interact with locals and become immersed in the heritage of the Polish people. — From $6,399

CRUISING THE MEDITERRANEAN COAST MAY 10-18, 2023

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Alumni News NEW ASSISTANT DIRECTORS BUILD ALUMNI ENGAGEMENT TEAM

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essica Lynch (BSES 05) and Mary Kate Smith (BS 18) joined the Alumni Association staff in June to help expand alumni engagement efforts.

Lynch will serve as director of M-Club. She received her bachelor’s degree in exercise science from the University of Mississippi School of Applied Sciences. Lynch served as a student athletic trainer while at Ole Miss and later held a position in corporate wellness for 10 years in Jackson. Most recently she was partnerships manager at Visit Oxford, the tourism arm of the City of Oxford, where she worked to build relationships with the local community and university along with recruiting sports tourism events to Oxford.

In her new role as director of M-Club, she will work to build relationships with current and former letter winners, oversee M-Club Alumni Chapter communication, create reunion events and assist with the M-Club Hall of Fame activities.

Lynch is also responsible for awarding the Wobble Davidson Scholarship in conjunction with Jessica Lynch

the M-Club board of directors. Contact Lynch at 662-915-1876 or jessica@olemissalumni.com.

Smith is the new alumni liaison for UM’s Patterson School of Accountancy, School of Business Administration and School of Pharmacy. She received a bachelor’s degree in integrated marketing communications from UM’s School of Journalism and New Media in 2018 and a Master of Business Administration from Mississippi State University in 2021. As an undergraduate, she was a member of the women’s soccer team where she served as captain.

Before joining the Alumni Association staff, Smith served as a business account executive for Howard Technology Solutions.

In her new role as assistant director, she will work with the schools on their alumni engagement efforts including reunions and Hall of Fame awards. In addition to these responsibilities, Smith will work with various constituency groups to provide engagement ser vices. Contact Smith at 662-915-2377 or marykate@ Mary Kate Smith olemissalumni.com.

Class Notes ’50s

ALBERT W. LYLE (BBA 59) of

Jackson and formerly of the Ole Miss golf team, won the world championship in doubles and was a finalist in the singles championship at the International Tennis Federation World Championships in the 85 and over age group. He also won singles and doubles at the St. Petersburg Seniors Championship and singles and doubles at the Baton Rouge Seniors Championship.

MARION SMITH (BBA 54, LLB 55) of Natchez was honored with his wife, Carolyn, with their induction into the Co-Lin Foundation Hall of Fame in March for their contributions to the Natchez Literary and Cinema Celebration and the Carolyn Vance Smith Research Center on the Natchez campus. The Co-Lin

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’60s

WILLIAM DUNLAP (MFA 69)

of C or a l G abl e s , F l or i d a , was named a recipient of the Noel Polk Lifetime Achievement Award by the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters.

’70s

W. RALPH EUBANKS (BA 78) of Washington, D.C., was named the winner of the Nonfiction award for A Place Like Mississippi: A Journey Through a Real and Imagined Literary Landscape by the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters.

R. LYNN SLEDGE GARTMAN (BM 76, MM 82, SPM 85) of Pharr, Texas, retired after 37 years as a band director.

JAMESON GREGG (BBA 78) of Atlanta won

the Gold Medal in the humor category at the 34th annual IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award ceremony for his second book, Uncorked & Off the Chain.

JUDITH C. MILSTEAD (BA 76, MHCA 77,

MD 81) of Lady Lake, Florida, was recognized by Continental Who’s Who as a Distinguished Surgeon for her outstanding career in the medical field and in acknowledgment of her work at Lake Ear, Nose, Throat & Facial Plastic Surgery.

’80s

JOHN M. COLEMAN (BA 80, MLS 84) of Montgomer y, Alabama, retired in June after 35 years with the Alabama Public Library Service.

Alumni News DR. DAN EDNEY (MD 88) of Vicksburg was

appointed as the new state health officer of the Mississippi State Department of Health, effective Aug. 1. He currently holds the position of deputy state health officer.

JOHN HAWKINS ( B BA 8 4 ) of Un i on , Kentucky, president and CEO of MPI Consulting, was selected as an honoree for Consulting magazine’s Top Consultants 2022 award in the category of Excellence in Client Services. Consulting magazine is the industry’s leading publication and has been honoring top consultants since 2000.

G. DEWEY HEMBREE III (BBA 83, JD 86) of

Madison, an attorney with McGlinchey Stafford, was recognized in the 2022 edition of Chambers USA — America’s Leading Lawyers for Business in the area of Litigation: General Commercial.

JAMES W. “RICK” JONES II (MURP 82) of Midland, Georgia, retired in April as director of planning for the Consolidated Government of Columbus, Georgia, after serving for 34 years.

DR. LESLIE RAY MATTHEWS (BA 85, MD

89) of East Point, Georgia, was formally recognized by the state of Mississippi for his extensive medical career and innovative research with vitamin D3. Gov. Tate Reeves acknowledged the retired trauma surgeon and Mississippi native for over 30 years of medical achievements and longstanding diligence for medical education.

PAMELA MOORE (BAEd 82, MEd 83) of

Grenada retired from Holmes Community College after serving as a Grenada campus English instructor for nearly 13 years.

Before her work at Holmes, she taught in the Mobile, Alabama, school district and at St. Agnes Academy in Memphis.

COLETTE OLDMIXON (JD 81) of Poplarville

was honored by the Mississippi Supreme Court in May for 26 years of service on the Supreme Court’s Advisory Committee on Rules. Oldmixon was recognized “for extraordinary service to the bench, bar and people of the state of Mississippi.”

JANET SPURLOCK (BAEd 83) of Houston,

Te x a s , w a s app oi nt e d by t h e A l i e f Independent School District board of trustees to fill a seat on the board in May. She retired after serving 33 years in education as a teacher and principal.

RICHARD WHITE (BBA 86, MBA 87) of Madison, Alabama, presented his paper, “The Integration of Cannabis into the U.S. Beer Market” at the 2022 Beeronomics Conference in June at Trinity College Dublin in Dublin, Ireland.

’90s

KIM HACKNEY (BS 90) of Tyler,

Texas, along with her daughter, Frances (BS 20), created the flourishing interior home products company Foster, which is focused on creating one-of-akind, hand-painted pieces to put art into the palms of their clients’ hands.

RICHARD MEYERS (JD 94) of Brentwood, Tennessee, patent attorney and member at Stites & Harbison PLLC in Nashville, was named to the 2022 IP Stars list for Patent Stars in Tennessee by Managing Intellectual Property magazine.

’00s

R. WILLIAM ANDERSON (BA 01)

of Philadelphia was promoted to staff sergeant at the Philadelphia Police Department in May. JUSTIN CLUCK (JD 02) of Tucson, Arizona, was appointed to serve as the public fiduciary for Pima County, Arizona, by the Pima County Board of Supervisors.

ANDREW NAIL (BBA 09, MBA 11) of

Memphis, Tennessee, was promoted to director, HRIS & Business Intelligence, at AutoZone in October 2021.

WHITNEY PEGUES-BECK (BBA 09) of Tupelo

was named president of the Mississippi Funeral Directors Association at its annual meeting. She is president and owner-manager of W.W. Pegues Funeral Directors of Tupelo and Saltillo, which has served the area with professional mortuary services since 1891 through five generations of the Pegues family.

STEWART RUTLEDGE (BA 02, JD 07) of

Oxford was named vice chair of the Mississippi Board of Mental Health for the state fiscal year that began on July 1.

Rutledge represents the 1st Congressional District. He is a licensed attorney, but his primary work is in real estate development, with a focus on developing affordable housing. He also is a family member of an individual who received mental health services.

ROBERT SAVOIE (BBA 07) of Solon, Ohio, an attorney with McGlinchey Stafford in its Cleveland office, was named 2022 Midwest Trailblazer by The American Lawyer, which spotlights professionals who are agents of change in their respective practice areas. He also was recognized in the 2022 edition of Chambers USA — America’s Leading Lawyers for Business in the area of Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Compliance).

MICHAEL THOMPSON JR. (BBA 01) was named vice president of programming and acquisitions for ESPN, working primarily on its college networks properties. He will serve as the point of contact for ESPN’s business with the Southeastern Conference.

’10s

SARAH L. NORTON (BA 19) of Nashville, Tennessee, graduated from Vanderbilt University Law School in May. She will join the Nashville office of Bradley, Arant, Boult, Cummings as an associate.

CHRISTIAN ROBINSON (BSPhSc 15) of

Rogers, Arkansas, is one of the new assistant directors for residence education at the University of Arkansas. He is also pursuing his Ph.D. in higher education.

’20s

CHRISTIAN JOHNSON ( BA J 20) of Kennett, Missouri, has joined the news team at the Delta Dunklin Democrat as sports editor.

TYLER WHITE (BS 21) of Flora began law

school at the University of Mississippi this year.

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he Sustaining Life Membership Program is a voluntary way for current Life Members to provide additional annual support to the Ole Miss Alumni Association at one of several tax-deductible levels: Platinum, Gold, Silver, Blue and Red. These contributions are used to support necessary programs to engage Ole Miss alumni and friends and to help create future alumni leaders through student involvement, scholarship and leadership programs. Thank you for your generous support of Ole Miss and the Alumni Association.

Platinum: $1,000+ Mr. and Mrs. W.K. Abington III Mr. and Mrs. Samuel F. Alexander Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Bailess Mr. and Mrs. Richard R. Barrett Mr. and Mrs. David E. Brevard Mr. and Mrs. Lampkin Butts Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Clark Mrs. Pat McInnis Cooper Lt. Cmdr. Kevin A. Cory Mr. Terry Crawford Drs. Frank A. and Ann D. Critz IV Mr. Dean J. Douglas Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. Ducker Mr. Stephen Charles Edds* Mr. Mac Elliott Mr. W.F. Galtney Jr. Lt. Col. Howard L. Gerlach Mr. and Mrs. James W. Granbery Mr. and Mrs. William W. Gresham III Dr. Bruce R. Guerdan Mr. and Mrs. J.L. Holloway Mr. and Mrs. R.H. Holmes IV Mr. and Mrs. D.B. Holstein Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey L. Johnson Mr. William F. Johnson The Hon. E. Grady Jolly Mr. William Norman Krucks* Mr. and Mrs. C.M. Lusco Mr. Michael J. Maslanka Mr. and Mrs. William T. Mays Jr. Mr. and Mrs. David O. McCormick Mr. H. Smith McGehee Mr. Jeffery M. Michael Mr. and Mrs. Sam M. Millette Jr. Mr. Wayne Minor 52

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Gold: $500-$999 Mr. and Mrs. Olen S. Akers Dr. Michael F. Angel Dr. Antrece Lynette Baggett Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Belenchia Mr. Larry H. Bryan Mr. Phillip C. Burnett Ms. Angela D. Carney The Hon. and Ms. Mark J. Chaney Jr. Mr. Mark James Chaney Sr.* Mr. J. Truman Channell Ms. Betty C. Crystal Mr. William M. Dalehite Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Danny B. Dedmon Mrs. Georgia McKenzie Ellison Mr. and Mrs. S. Lawrence Farrington Dr. William B. French Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Justin S. Gardner Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey R. Godwin Jr. Mr. and Mrs. G.O. Griffith Jr. Dr. and Mrs. George J. Heard Jr.

Mrs. Patricia S. Hopson Mr. David A. Huey Mrs. Betty Haraway Jackson Mr. and Mrs. William M. James Dr. Robert C. Khayat Mr. and Mrs. Kirk R. Lindstedt Dr. and Mrs. Samuel H. Love Mr. Edward Charles Maloney* Mrs. Rhoda N. Maloney Mr. and Mrs. John A. Maloney Mr. and Mrs. Cooper A. Manning Dr. Gloria L. Martin Mr. John S. McIntyre Jr. Mr. James Andrew McKenzie Prof. Martin C. McWilliams Jr. Mrs. Dorothy Miller Mr. and Mrs. Guy W. Mitchell III Mr. and Mrs. Edwin E. Moore IV Mrs. Melissa Murray Mrs. Jennifer R. O’Barr Mr. and Mrs. Gary L. Ramsay Mr. and Mrs. Lee W. Randall Ms. Donna Ruth Roberts Mr. and Mrs. Larry Rocconi Jr. Ms. Elizabeth Sterling Rotan Mrs. Carol C. Satterfield Mr. and Mrs. David C. Shaw Mr. and Mrs. Donald S. Smith Mr. and Mrs. A.W. Treppendahl Jr. Mrs. Margaret J. Varshock Dr. Richard E. Waller Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Walman Ms. Mary Virginia Watson Mr. and Mrs. Sandy Williams Mr. and Mrs. Mac Wimbish Mr. Dustin Kyle Wooddall

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he Ole Miss Alumni Association allows you to have the connection with the place and people that share your past, while securing Ole Miss’ future with funding for student outreach, scholarships, reunions, alumni communications and athletics support.

Lend us your voice by remaining an active, duespaying member. Renew at olemissalumni.com/join and encourage family and friends to remain active.

Thank you for being an active part of the Alumni Association.

Alumni News Silver: $250-$499 Mr. Hirschel T. Abbott Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James W. Abernethy Dr. Richard S. Abney Mrs. Suzanne Mills Adcock Mr. and Mrs. John W. Alford Jr. Dr. James N. Anderson Mrs. Joyce M. Arnold Mrs. Jackie P. Bailey Ms. Carol Jo Barnes Mr. and Mrs. Harris H. Barnes III Dr. J. Patrick Barrett Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Beecroft Mr. and Mrs. Fred A. Bell Jr. Mr. and Mrs. David B. Blackburn Mr. and Mrs. James T. Boone Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin E. Box Mrs. Joyce Bray Mrs. Manya C. Bryan Mrs. Bettye M. Butler Dr. David K. Carter Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Carter Mr. Richard J. Case Mr. and Mrs. William M. Chaffe Mr. Jeptha C. Clemens Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Augustus L. Collins Mr. Giles A. Coors III Mr. L. Pepper Cossar Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Couch Sr. Ms. Sue C. Dabbs Mrs. Ann W. Davis Dr. James W. Davis Mrs. Patti Davis-Bennett Mr. Randy L. Dean Mr. and Mrs. Nicky Drake Mr. Shelby B. Drummond Jr. Mr. Eric T. Duncan Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Flenorl Dr. and Mrs. Don L. Frugé Dr. Jane T. Gaede Judge Thomas Joseph Gardner III Mr. and Mrs. Gerard R. Gibert Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Grenley Mr. and Mrs. Ben Griffith Dr. Nancy McKey and Mr. Joel C. Hale Michael and Tracey Hall 54

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Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Hancock Jr. Mr. and Mrs. R.W. Heidelberg III Mr. and Mrs. Andrew W. Hill Mr. and Mrs. Hardy M. Hill Mr. and Mrs. George Hilliard Mr. John S. Holloway Sr. Mr. Thomas Needham Horton* Hon. and Mrs. David W. Houston III Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey P. Hubbard Mrs. Trentice G. Imbler Dr. and Mrs. Daniel P. Jordan Jr. Mr. Hunter James Kelly Mr. and Mrs. Jerry L. Lee Dr. and Mrs. George H. Leggett III Mr. Leonard Lurie Dr. and Mrs. Robert A. Magarian Hon. John N. Martin Mr. and Mrs. Scott T. Matlock Mr. Patrick J. McNulty Dr. and Mrs. Eric A. McVey III Mr. Terrence B. Mohr Mr. Sammy L. Moon Jr. Mr. Barry L. Morgan Mr. William V. Morris III Mrs. Alice O’Ferrall Mr. Richard Carter O’Ferrall Jr.* Mr. and Mrs. Rush O’Keefe Mr. and Mrs. Steven R. Osso Mr. Tommy C. Pannell Dr. Joel G. Payne Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Randy Rawlings Mr. and Mrs. William S. Rhea Mrs. Mary Jane Ridgway Mr. Marc Rosen Mr. Ronald L. Samuels Mr. and Mrs. Sherard D. Sanders Mr. and Mrs. Robert Seibels III Dr. S.L. Sethi Ms. Amanda F. Shaw The Hon. Constance Slaughter-Harvey Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Sloan Mr. and Mrs. W. Marion Smith Mr. Hubert A. Staley Dr. and Mrs. Gordon L. Stanfield Dr. Mary Campbell Stewart Mr. and Mrs. Barrett B. Teller

Mr. John Thomas Turner Mr. James S. Verplanck Dr. Meredith S. Wagner Dr. James E. Warrington Mr. and Mrs. Bobby F. Weatherly Mr. Kenneth W. Williams Mr. James B. Wolf Mr. Michael W. Wright and Mrs. Vickie M. Cook Mr. and Mrs. Rick R. Zeiher

Blue: $100-$249 Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin F. Adams III Mr. Jesse R. Adams III Drs. Paul L. and Anna M. Adams Ms. Liping Ai Mr. Jeffrey D. Aldridge Mrs. Marian Sykes Alexander Dr. John J. Arnold Mr. and Mrs. William Austin Jr. Dr. Dereck and Mr. Corey Barr-Pulliam Ms. Diane Marie Bidek Ms. Retha L. Bushby and Mr. Robert C. Bishop Mr. J. Michael Blackburn Dr. J. Steven Blake Mrs. Betty W. Blaylock Mr. John David Blaylock* Ms. Anne Hall Brashier The Hon. Cynthia Lee Brewer Mr. and Mrs. Ronald D. Brooks Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Broun III Mr. and Mrs. James L. Brown Mr. Earle R. Burkley Dr. Amy Lobrano and Mr. Daniel Burnett Dr. and Mrs. Wallace A. Burns Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Carroll Jr. Mr. Charles Michael Cassidy* Mr. David H. Chapman Eric and Karan Clark Mrs. Kristi Lee Clayton Mr. Jason J. Cobb Mr. Benjamin Augustus Collins Dr. Jeff R. Comer Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Cook

Alumni News Mr. and Mrs. R. Steven Cox Mr. and Mrs. J.J. Crongeyer Jr. Mr. Webb Crunk Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Cunningham Mr. Seth Emerson Davis Mr. Ted Denstel Mrs. Catherine Pounds Dixon Mr. William D. Donald Jr. Dr. and Mrs. David N. Duddleston Mr. Richard M. Edmonson Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Edwards II Mr. Karl Edwards Mr. Xavier Omar Edwards Hon. and Mrs. Robert W. Elliott Sr. Mr. Robert E. Ellis Mr. Joe M. Enoch Mr. and Mrs. Bryan P. Farmer Mr. Brooke Ferris Mrs. Nita Faye Butler Ferris* The Hon. and Mrs. Webb Franklin

Mr. Charles H. Frederick Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Garraway Mr. and Mrs. H.W. Gates Mr. and Mrs. John H. Geary Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Gex II Dr. Randel C. Gibson Mr. James H. Gilmer Mr. Karl D. Gottschalk Ms. Mary Walker Goza Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Grant Mr. Bruce J. Gray Mr. and Mrs. Heyward Carter Green Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Gresham Jr. Mr. William G. Griesbeck Mr. William F. Hagan Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Haley III Dr. Julia Oxner Hall Ms. Alice L. Hammond Mrs. Jane L. Hammond Dr. John F. Hassell

Mrs. Catherine Anderson Hawkins Mr. and Mrs. Joe D. Hawkins Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie E. Heard Mr. and Mrs. Van E. Hedges Mr. and Mrs. James H. Heidelberg Mr. and Mrs. Mike Henry Mr. and Mrs. James C. Herbert Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Timothy N. Herndon Ms. Monica M. Hewes Dr. and Mrs. Frank S. Hill Jr. Mr. Harold E. Hill Jr. Dr. Harriet N. and Mr. Albert L. Hilliard Mr. Joseph M. Hinshaw III Ms. Carol A. Hobby Mr. and Mrs. Jet Hollingsworth Mrs. Jean Hobby Holmes The Hon. and Mrs. W. Briggs Hopson III Mrs. Dana Dallosta Horner Mrs. Ann Phillips Hough

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Alumni News Mrs. Rita S. Howard Mr. James M. Hudnall Dr. Harold K. Hudson Mr. and Mrs. Carson M. Hughes Mr. and Mrs. W.C. Hutchins Jr. Mr. James H. Ivy Dr. William A. Ivy Mr. and Mrs. Ted D. Jackson Mr. Marcus C. Jennings III Mrs. Deborah T. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence B. Johnson Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Augustus R. Jones Mr. William Jones Jr. Mrs. Delia H. Kaigler Mr. and Mrs. Donald H. Keith Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. Keleher Mr. Michael W. Kenney Mr. and Mrs. William D. Kidd Mrs. Martha S. Kimes Ms. Leone D. King Mr. Steven B. King Mr. Roosevelt Kitchens Mr. Thomas L. Lamb III Mr. and Mrs. John B. Laney Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Preston H. Lee Jr. Mrs. Barbera Hollowell Liddon Mr. and Mrs. William H. Linginfelter Mr. Hubert S. Lipscomb Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Wesley R. Lominick Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Billy W. Long Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. Lucas Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Maples Mr. and Mrs. Harmon O. Massey Jr. Dr. Olin B. Mauldin Jr. Dr. Teresa Rowley McDaniel Mrs. Daisye R. McGee Mr. William A. McGinnis Jr. Dr. Canidra C. McGuire Dr. and Mrs. William T. McLarty Mr. and Mrs. Prentiss C. McLaurin Jr. Mr. Todd McLeod Mrs. Arda McMullan Dr. John Calvin McMullan* Mrs. Georgia G. McPherson Mr. and Mrs. Floyd M. Melton III Mr. and Mrs. Floyd M. Melton Jr. 56

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Dr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Meredith Hon. and Mrs. J. Walter Michel Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey C. Mitchell Mr. Dennis E. Moore Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Moore Mrs. Martha R. Morgan Mr. Sidney Gerald Morgan Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Morlino Dr. and Mrs. Lee D. Morris Mr. and Mrs. William H. Morris Jr. Dr. Karl F. Morrison Mr. and Mrs. Christopher N. Mouron Mr. Christian S. Mueller Mr. Thomas Munoz Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Muths Jr. Col. and Mrs. Monroe Neal Jr. Dr. and Mrs. R.B. Newell Dr. and Mrs. Kellen J. Northcutt Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Norwood Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Orange Mrs. Rebecca G. Pace Mr. and Mrs. Henry Paris Mr. and Mrs. Edward P. Peacock III Mrs. Sue Mills Pearson* Mr. Charles G. Perkins Mrs. Julia Greene Perry Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Peters Mr. Ray Pickering Mr. and Mrs. John R. Pittman Dr. and Mrs. John W. Prados Mr. Michael L. Pratt Mr. Floyd Everett Pruden Jr.* Mrs. Camille S. Puckett Mr. and Mrs. John K. Purdom Mr. and Mrs. Arthur R. Ramsey Dr. and Mrs. James W. Rayner Mr. Walter B. Reed Mr. and Mrs. William M. Renovich Dr. Jeff W. Rish III Mr. and Mrs. David G. Roach Mr. William Robert Roberts Dr. and Mrs. Gerald M. Robertson Dr. Tommie L. Robinson Jr. Mrs. Merrell Rogers Mr. and Mrs. Aaron C. Rollins Mr. and Mrs. William J. Ross III

Mr. Robert E. Rosser III Mr. Bernard L. Royce Mr. and Mrs. Lenny Sawyer Mr. and Mrs. Eugene R. Schnierle Mr. John R. Schwalje Mr. Wheeler M. Sears Jr. Mr. Frank Seid Jr. Mr. and Mrs. R.S. Shaw Mrs. Lisa Puckett Sinders Mr. and Mrs. Briggs Smith Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Carter P. Smith Dr. and Mrs. Robert A. Smith Mr. William K. Smith Capt. Jack F. Speed Jr. Mr. Jerome B. Steen Jr. Dr. Kate Stewart Mrs. Doris Baley Still Mr. and Mrs. James E. Strawbridge Ms. Ruth P. Stroud Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey B. Strouse Mr. Stanley M. Swentkowski Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence D. Terrell Mrs. Lucy M. Thompson Mrs. Rebecca Allen Thompson Dr. and Mrs. Ancel C. Tipton Jr. Mr. and Mrs. L.E. Tropp III Mr. Dennis James Troy Mr. Kam-Chuen Tse Mr. Vincent M. Tsin Ms. Joanna Shoemaker Unger Lt. Col. and Mrs. Ronald J. Vaughan Mrs. Anita Pearce Wallace Mr. Timothy L. Walsh Mr. Charles E. Warren Dr. and Mrs. Donald Q. Weaver Dr. Emily S. Weber Dr. Benjamin O. Weeks Jr. Mr. and Mrs. David K. Wells Mrs. Debbie McCain Wesley Mr. James H. Wheeler Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. White The Hon. Thomas Frederick Wicker Mrs. Anne J. Wilbourne Mr. Dan S. Wilford Mr. Ned B. Wilford Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Witty

Alumni News Dr. and Mrs. Travis W. Yates Mr. Rodney W. Young

Red: $1-$99 Ms. Allison Alford Ms. Toni D. Avant Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge Ball Dr. J. Steven Blake Mr. and Mrs. William R. Bouchillon Mr. Sheridan Wendall Boyd Mr. Derrick J. Brown Mr. Chris C. Buford Sr. Mr. Miles Campbell Carter Mrs. Desiree P. Casey Dr. Denise Ann Chevalier Dr. Neal G. Clement Dr. and Mrs. Donald R. Cole Mr. Johnnie Todd Dawson Mrs. Ann R. Dennis Mr. William Joseph Dennis Mr. and Mrs. Brandon R. Dunn Ms. Lillie Clarissa Flenorl Ms. Mary Elizabeth Ford Mr. and Mrs. Jerome D. Foster Mr. and Mrs. Gary M. Franks Mrs. Vickie Frierson-Adams Mrs. Christian Legate Funderburk Mr. Robert M. Gallarno

Dr. Nichalos Dewey Gardner Mr. Samuel Clayton Garner Mrs. August W. Geeter Ms. RaToya Janae Gilmer Mr. John W. Glenn Mr. Mitchell S. Golding Dr. Victoria Danielle Goodman Cmdr. Paul Edward Greene, USN (Ret.) Dr. James R. Hailey Mr. and Mrs. John P. Henson Jr. Mr. Jesse J. Holland Jr. Mrs. Minta Moss Horton Mr. and Mrs. Xavier M. Hoskins Mrs. Anne McCaslin House Dr. Barbara L. Howard Ms. Helena Margueritte Howell Dr. and Mrs. Charles L. Hussey Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth J. Johnson Dr. Thomas L. Jones Jr. Ms. Minnie Jones-Butts Mr. Christopher Labarron Lee Mr. Frank M. Lenior Mr. and Mrs. Eddie K. Lindsey Mr. Jason M. Lynn Dr. Gloria L. Martin Mrs. Shauneille J. Mason Lt. Col. Edwin Dexter McCain Dr. and Ms. Tyrus A. McCarty

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Alumni News HALEY BARBOUR INDUCTED INTO AAPC HALL OF FAME

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G R G ro u p fo u n d i n g partner Haley Barbour (JD 73) was honored by the American Association of Political Consultants — a bipartisan network of political professionals — as an inductee into the AAPC Hall of Fame. Inducted along with the former Mississippi governor were Alexander Gage and Mandy Grunwald. This is the highest honor that working members of the profession can bestow upon a colleague. Haley Barbour The award recognizes honorees’ influence on other political consultants and public affairs professionals, the length and seriousness of their careers, and their commitment to ethical business practices.

John Purves McLaurin Jr. (BA 43, MedCert 44) of Oxford, June 19, 2022 Helen Doris Williams Moore (41) of Byhalia, Feb. 8, 2022 Mary Jane Dees Overly (BA 46) of Houston, Texas, July 26, 2021 Mary Virginia Nichols Phillips (BA 48) of Madison, June 15, 2022 Mary Frances Ashmore Scobey (BA 48, MA 50) of Cordova, Tenn., June 2, 2022 Jerry Alexander Spencer (BBA 49) of Olive Branch, Oct. 15, 2021 Anna Catherine Sledge Stinson (BSC 40) of Wrightsville Beach, N.C., April 18, 2022 Osborn Jones Turner III (48) of Oxford, June 15, 2022

1950s George L. Ayers (BBA 58) of Virginia Beach, Va., March 31, 2022 James Newton Azlin (BSPh 52) of Memphis, Tenn., Jan. 28, 2022 William Oliver Barnett (BBA 58) of Clinton, June 9, 2022 James William Bludworth (BA 51) of Longwood, Fla., Dec. 5, 2021 Clifford Charles Burgess (BAEd 51) of Shreveport, La., April 24, 2022 Margaret Janice Priester Byrne (BA 59) of Natchez, April 29, 2022 Arnold Wayne Carothers (BBA 57) of Oxford, March 24, 2022

BIRTHS

Stacy Waugh Carter (BA 50) of Starkville, Feb. 1, 2022

William Hollimon, son of Katherine Pickering Berry (BBA 18) and Tyler Leigh Berry (BBA 17), Feb. 25, 2022.

Robert Charles Clingan (BS 59, MD 62) of Vicksburg, May 19, 2022

Weldon Frances, daughter of Sarah “Sunny” Eicholtz Brown (BAFCS 09, MA 11) and Mic Leland Brown (11), May 20, 2022.

William Samuel Cook Sr. (BA 52, MD 59, BS 59) of Jackson, May 3, 2022

Sebastian James, son of Kayla Clayborne Counts (BA 05) and Donald Lloyd Counts III (06), Jan. 27, 2022.

Liss Alexandria, daughter of Sloan Alexandria “Allie” Strange Little (BS 16) and Wilson Denton Little (BSGE 15), April 15, 2022.

Robert Lee Conn (52) of Wesson, May 11, 2022 Rosemary Keesling Coopwood (BAEd 50, MA 61) of Holly Springs, March 7, 2022 Sara Alice Keys Davis (BA 53) of Germantown, Tenn., Feb. 16, 2022 James Kelly Dukes (LLB 59, BA 59) of Hattiesburg, June 15, 2022 Edna Earl Edwards (MA 55) of Oxford, June 26, 2022

WEDDINGS

Charlene Rice Elliott (BAEd 56) of Brookhaven, April 1, 2022

Katherine Elizabeth Howell (MA 20) and Zachary Glenn Tutor (05), April 30, 2022.

Sidney Johnston Ellis (BBA 58) of Byram, April 23, 2022 William Sterling Farley (BBA 51) of Manhattan, Kan., June 27, 2022

Olivia Marie Jaramillo (BA 22) and Reed Nason Peets (BA 22), May 21, 2022.

James Wesley Geisler Jr. (MedCert 53, BS 53) of Bossier City, La., Jan. 13, 2022

Rose LaPaglia and Richard A. Burke (JD 66), Jan. 7, 2022.

Elizabeth Springer Glover (BAEd 56) of Columbus, Dec. 29, 2021

Christian Page Pugh (BSFCS 03) and Matt Dean, Feb. 2, 2022.

James Thomas Gray (MEd 57) of Russellville, Ark., May 22, 2022

IN MEMORIAM

Karl Winfield Hatten Sr. (MD 59) of Madison, March 31, 2022 Maudella Meeks Hill (BAEd 50) of Killen, Ala., July 1, 2022

1940s

John Fister Hutchinson (BSPh 58) of Lexington, Ky., May 6, 2022

Mary Lou Cullen Barrentine (BA 45) of San Antonio, Texas, Feb. 10, 2022

Walter Franklin Johnson (BSC 52) of New Albany, April 26, 2022

Norma Jean Fix Butts (47) of Laurel, April 7, 2022

Rudolf Gottlieb Kittlitz Jr. (BSChE 57) of Clifton, Texas, April 20, 2022

Gwendolyn Walker Cole (BAEd 49) of Brandon, Jan. 8, 2022

James Eugene Mabry (MA 59) of Naples, Fla., April 8, 2022

Hal Norwood Dabbs Jr. (47) of Tuscaloosa, Ala., April 11, 2022

Larry Theodore Manuel (BBA 59) of Biloxi, May 20, 2022

Jewell Slocum James (BA 47) of Perry, Ga., Jan. 17, 2022

Richard John Monsour (BAEd 58) of Jackson, May 15, 2022

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Alumni News Marie Jeanell Goff Montgomery (BSN 59) of Middleburg, Fla., April 12, 2022

Frances Sue Larson Elcan (BAEd 64) of Pearl, April 2, 2022

Mary Christian Morse (BAEd 52) of Oxford, May 12, 2022

Nita Faye Butler Ferris (BA 60) of Memphis, Tenn., July 2, 2022

Ann Barrier Nelson (BAEd 50) of Fairhope, Ala., May 15, 2021 Richard Carter O’Ferrall Jr. (BBA 57) of Lookout Mountain, Tenn., May 5, 2022 Leon Lucien Parks Jr. (BBA 57, MBA 58) of Southaven, Jan. 3, 2022 John Mack Pittman Jr. (BSPh 54) of Eads, Tenn., June 22, 2022 William Angelo Primos Sr. (BBA 56) of Jackson, April 3, 2022 Joseph Michael Reilly (BBA 56) of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Aug. 16, 2021 Walter M. Ruby Jr. (BA 52) of Signal Mountain, Tenn., June 26, 2022 Margaret Miller Ryals (BAEd 56) of Bogalusa, La., June 5, 2022 Eugene Crawford Scobey (BBA 50) of Cordova, Tenn., June 27, 2022 James Lemuel Seawright Jr. (BA 57) of Middletown, N.Y., Feb. 12, 2022 Tilden McKown Shanahan (BBA 54) of Atlanta, Ga., April 17, 2022 Keith Tackett Smith (BSChE 59) of Glen Mills, Pa., June 28, 2022 Randell Glen Sullivan (BSPh 57) of Batesville, June 27, 2022 Frank Calvin Therrell (BSPh 54) of Ellisville, Nov. 18, 2021 William Claude Welch Jr. (BS 58, MD 61) of Brandon, May 13, 2022 Wirt Adams Yerger Jr. (BBA 52) of Jackson, May 2, 2022

Mildred Jane Lewis Ellzey (MD 63) of Snellville, Ga., March 7, 2021 John Paul Finley Jr. (BS 60) of Seminole, Fla., May 4, 2022 Lamar Wilson Gatewood Jr. (BBA 61) of Forest, May 8, 2022 John Yerger Gibson (MD 60) of Ridgeland, April 22, 2022 Catherine Orsborn Guyton (BAEd 62) of Tupelo, May 3, 2022 Anne Darrington Hancock (BAEd 61) of Slidell, La., April 7, 2022 John Thomas Hanson Jr. (MCS 64) of Bristol, Va., May 22, 2022 Hugh Holifield Haralson III (BBA 66) of Oxford, May 23, 2022 Edward Clyde Hayward III (BBA 65) of Ridgeland, April 5, 2022 Kyle Hearn (BA 66) of Hanover, Pa., Oct. 6, 2022 Frances Busby Stroud Hill (BAEd 61, MEd 68) of New Albany, June 24, 2022 Jo Moore Hinton (68) of Natchez, April 12, 2022 Ellen Penelope Carr Hutcherson (BSC 62) of Houston, Texas, May 24, 2022 Sara Elizabeth Ashworth Lankler (MEd 69) of Jupiter, Fla., April 11, 2022 Hugh Marshall Love (BA 64, JD 67) of Yazoo City, May 29, 2022 John Evans Mann Jr. (MD 66) of Brandon, July 5, 2022 Ernest Clare Marshall (MA 63) of Winterville, N.C., June 10, 2022 James Daniel Massie (MD 64) of Germantown, Tenn., June 16, 2022

1960s

Roberta Moore Wilson Mayfield (BAEd 65) of Senatobia, May 21, 2022

Joann Hunter Abelein (MEd 63) of Fayetteville, Ga., Sept. 5, 2021

Gary Whitmore McKinstry (MFA 68) of Sarasota, Fla., April 22, 2022

Charles Louis Actis (BBA 63) of Colfax, Calif., April 14, 2022

JoAnne McFarland McLeod (BS 61) of Ridgeland, May 29, 2022

John David Blaylock (LLB 64) of Memphis, Tenn., April 26, 2022

George Terrell Morgan (BSPh 65, JD 72) of Beachwood, Ohio, June 9, 2022

John William Bolich (BSChE 65) of Wyckoff, N.J., June 13, 2022

John Allen Murphy Sr. (MD 67) of Cleveland, Tenn., March 25, 2022

Robert Lee Bostick Jr. (BBA 65) of Memphis, Tenn., June 24, 2022

Daniel Joseph O’Beirne Sr. (LLB 61) of Baton Rouge, La., May 27, 2022

Larry Glenn Bourland (BS 67, BA 67) of York, Pa., May 14, 2022

Clifton Earl Osborn (BAEd 65, MCS 68, EdD 70) of Gadsden, Ala., March 24, 2022

Kathryn Nan Corley Brantley (MS 69, MD 73) of Blue Ridge, Ga., Feb. 15, 2022

Arthur Eugene Parker (MD 65) of Milton, Fla., June 1, 2022

Riley William Brooks (BAEd 62, MEd 65) of Starkville, April 24, 2022

Roy Wilson Pickens (PhD 65) of Glen Allen, Va., May 25, 2022

James Ticer Brown Jr. (BBA 65) of Ripley, June 5, 2022

Warren C. Plauche (67) of Snellville, Ga., Feb. 18, 2022

James Eugene Caldwell (BBA 64, JD 67) of Madison, March 22, 2022

Marylyn Cross Rabideau (66) of Hot Springs Village, Ark., April 13, 2022

Charles Michael Cassidy (BA 63) of Mount Hermon, La., April 24, 2022

Bernie Regan (60) of Columbia, March 29, 2022

Lawrence Earl Chandler (BBA 61) of Oxford, May 24, 2022

Claude Morgan Roebuck (BAEd 64) of Elizabethtown, Ky., July 17, 2021

William Lynn Collins (MD 66) of Meridian, Idaho, March 3, 2022

Scotty Rester Rosetti (JD 66) of Gulfport, April 29, 2022

Bobbie Eric Collum (MS 60) of Brandon, June 29, 2022

Henry Richard Saccoman (BBA 69) of Deerfield Beach, Fla., May 14, 2022

Gale Phillips Cushman (BA 69) of Senatobia, April 19, 2022

Richard Royce Scott (BSME 60) of Lafayette, La., Feb. 11, 2022

William Morgan Davenport (BBA 62) of Mer Rouge, La., April 14, 2022

William Larry Singleton (68) of St. Simons Island, Ga., May 31, 2022

Henry Samuel Davis Jr. (BPA 62, LLB 64) of Sandersville, May 28, 2022

Kenneth Ozelle Smith (BSHPE 66) of Gautier, July 3, 2022

Earl Lauder Denney Jr. (JD 67) of West Palm Beach, Fla., June 27, 2022

Mary Susan Hamilton Smith (MLS 66) of Oxford, April 6, 2022

Nancy Clarke Brewer Dillon (BSC 61, MA 67) of Marietta, Ga., April 1, 2022

Mickey Charles Smith (PhD 64) of Oxford, July 5, 2022 S U M M E R 2022

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Alumni News John William Somervill (MA 63) of Carbondale, Ill., May 11, 2022

Stephen Charles Edds (BA 71, JD 73) of Ridgeland, March 29, 2022

William Sidney Stewart (MBEd 60, MA 65, PhD 77) of Rogersville, Ala., May 22, 2022

Harold Lane England (BAEd 73, BS 77) of Corinth, May 14, 2022

Harry Truman Stokes (BSPh 68) of Greenville, May 10, 2022

George Morris Ethridge III (JD 77) of Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, June 25, 2021

Charles James Sullivan III (BBA 68) of Mountain Brook, Ala., May 4, 2022

Leo Joseph Bobby Fields (BSPh 71) of Clinton, May 24, 2022

D’Lila Huffman Terracin (BAEd 66, MEd 70) of Waterboro, Maine, April 16, 2022

James Ward Fite (MD 74) of Ocean Springs, March 25, 2022

George Thurber III (61) of Jackson, Dec. 19, 2021

Thomas Patrick Garrigan (BBA 71) of Charleston, S.C., April 21, 2022

Ralph Brooks Vance Sr. (BA 68, MD 72) of Oxford, June 25, 2022 Ben Walker III (68) of Dallas, Texas, June 30, 2022 Pauline Bingaman Welch (MEd 60) of College Station, Texas, May 12, 2022 Hugh Donald West (BBA 67) of Jackson, May 19, 2022 Harry Stratton White (BSPh 61) of Batesville, Ark., April 3, 2022 Sara Thurber Wilkerson (BAEd 61) of Atlanta, Ga., April 17, 2022 George R. Wilson Sr. (BSPh 60) of Bogue Chitto, Jan. 15, 2022 Joseph Wheeler Yarbrough Jr. (BBA 68) of Marion, Ky., April 8, 2022

Eldridge Erastus Fleming (PhD 75) of Tupelo, June 10, 2022 Belinda Gryder-Guice (75) of Ocean Springs, April 12, 2022 Cary Johnson Hansel Jr. (MS 70) of Martinsburg, W.Va., June 13, 2022 Ronald Conrad Harris (BSPh 73) of Tupelo, April 18, 2022 Joe Symiel Hayes (MCS 71) of Greenwood, Dec. 23, 2021 Thomas Needham Horton (BBA 78) of Germantown, Tenn., April 28, 2022 Walker Alexander Jones Jr. (BA 73) of Greenville, April 8, 2022 Edward Charles Maloney (BBA 72) of Jackson, May 18, 2022 Bouldin Alcorn Marley Jr. (MD 75) of Helena, Ark., April 28, 2022 James Paul Mason (BSHPE 76) of Philadelphia, June 11, 2022

1970s David Kent Abbe (BA 73) of East Falmouth, Mass., April 6, 2022

Arthur William May (BPA 73) of Ridgeland, April 13, 2022

Joseph Lewis Baier Jr. (BBA 70) of Memphis, Tenn., May 2, 2022

James Alphonsus McGraw III (BBA 70) of Newport Beach, Calif., April 12, 2022

Clark Blakeney (72) of Madison, March 27, 2022

George Madison Mitchell Jr. (JD 75) of Eupora, April 19, 2022

Mandaville Nance Bower (MN 74) of Flowood, May 7, 2022

Karen Basham Moody (MN 77) of Baton Rouge, La., May 20, 2022

Thomas Carey (71) of Summit, June 2, 2022

Hugh George Moore Jr. (PhD 72) of Austin, Texas, Aug. 13, 2021

Joseph Moore Crenshaw II (BBA 77) of St. Charles, Mo., May 24, 2022

Glen Dean Myers (BSEE 74) of Ledyard, Conn., April 21, 2022

Edward Jennings Crow Jr. (BSEE 73) of Newport News, Va., April 23, 2022

William C. Myers, USA (Ret.) (BBA 72) of Clinton, June 24, 2022

Nathalie Ann Gray Dearman (MEd 72) of Oxford, Jan. 14, 2022

Frank Leroy Nickels Jr. (MBEd 75) of Kingsport, Tenn., May 1, 2022

REBEL REUNION

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embers of the 1959-60 SEC Champion Ole Miss baseball team returned to campus for a reunion April 8-9. Pictured are Bobby Kilpatrick (left), Glynne Simpson, Dan Jordan, Jamie Howell, Bob Ragan, Robert Khayat, Billy Keyes, Larry Williams and Jake Gibbs. Also attending but not pictured were Jack Turner and Carey Grantham.

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Alumni News James Stanford Nippes (JD 73) of Madison, May 16, 2022

John Harrison Wilson Jr. (BAEd 71, MEd 75) of Amory, March 29, 2022

Ronald Landy Norris Jr. (BBA 77) of Nashville, Tenn., April 11, 2022

Merrel Johnson Wood (BAEd 75) of Greenwood, May 20, 2022

Gary Hunt Nowell (MS 77, MD 79) of Madison, April 9, 2022 David Arthur Owen (BBA 71, JD 74) of Santa Rosa Beach, Fla., April 30, 2022 Carolyn Carter Pogue (Cert 75) of Eupora, Oct. 2, 2021 Floyd Everett Pruden Jr. (BBA 71, BBA 73) of Columbus, June 7, 2022 Hallye Zeringer Rabalais (BS 72) of Biloxi, March 23, 2022 Allana Young Smith Rada (MS 76) of Memphis, Tenn., May 24, 2022 Harris Gordon Rogers III (BA 70) of Norfolk, Va., June 4, 2022 William Marvin Ross (MD 79) of Corinth, March 26, 2022 Patricia Lefoldt Shappley (MEd 73) of Vicksburg, March 29, 2022 Sue Shaw-Smith (MEd 72, EdD 81) of Tupelo, June 21, 2022 Frederick Ralph Sias Jr. (PhD 70) of Clemson, S.C., Feb. 22, 2022 Thelma Bruckner Sparkman (MEd 73) of Eupora, June 10, 2022 Danny Lee Stallings (BSHPE 75) of Addison, Ala., Jan. 13, 2022 Bob Sharron Swords (BBA 75) of Senatobia, June 17, 2022 Susan Henry Taylor (MD 77) of Madison, April 22, 2022 Edward Clyde Thompson Jr. (BSPh 71) of Forrest City, Ark., Feb. 25, 2022 Mack Loyd Wadkins (BAEd 75) of Iuka, June 14, 2022 Ira Shannon Weatherly (BSHPE 79) of Belden, June 18, 2022

1980s Marian Frances Jones Borland (BBA 82) of Columbus AFB, April 27, 2022 Jimmy Boyd Burrage Jr. (BBA 82) of Noxapater, May 12, 2022 Robert Eugene Clark Jr. (BAccy 87) of Atlanta, Ga., June 5, 2022 Marla Wilson Harshberger (86) of Saltillo, May 31, 2022 Lyle Albert Ingalls (BSCS 83) of Abbeville, April 22, 2022 Victor Eugene Knight (BA 82) of Spanish Fort, Ala., May 6, 2022 William Lee Mathews (JD 88) of Vicksburg, April 16, 2022 Michael Wayne McCormack (MBA 84) of Little Rock, Ark., April 2, 2022 Phillip Wade McDill (MD 83) of Columbia, S.C., March 28, 2022 Daphne Naill Mobbs (BS 89) of Cabot, Ark., April 13, 2022 Winfred Hall Morgan (JD 80) of Memphis, Tenn., June 16, 2022 Robin Leanne Myrick (BS 86) of Batesville, March 28, 2022 Sharon Allen Peterson (BBA 84) of Hernando, June 5, 2022 Joy Tutor Pitts (BAccy 86) of Hernando, Jan. 10, 2022 Jerry Norman Rimmer Jr. (BBA 85) of Sussex, N.J., May 31, 2022 Raymond Pegram Scribner (BBA 89) of Ripley, June 27, 2022

Roger Wayne White (BSN 78, BS 83) of Oxford, April 1, 2022

Mary Alice Sanders Smith (BAEd 81) of Oxford, Nov. 3, 2021

Rebecca Sue Scruggs Wilkie (BBA 70, MBA 71, PhD 88) of Pheba, July 20, 2021

Alan Rhoades Swayze (BA 89, MD 93) of Canton, Ga., May 4, 2022 Nancy Beasley Taylor (BSW 84) of Como, Jan. 1, 2022

Luddie Watts Williamson (MEd 77) of New Albany, June 19, 2022

Timothy Steven Williams (BAR 88) of Covington, La., May 11, 2022

Corrie Sally Thompson Wilson (BS 76) of Oxford, April 6, 2022

Anthony Blake Wilson (BSME 84) of Oxford, June 12, 2022

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Alumni News Pamela Gail Walker Wilson (BAEd 82) of Elberton, Ga., April 24, 2022

Dean Allen Perryman (BA 96) of Nashville, Tenn., July 2, 2022

Wanda Suzanne Lindsey Young (BAEd 87, MEd 97, SpecEd 04) of Etta, March 25, 2022

Maria Teresa Granier Stuart (JD 91) of Baton Rouge, La., May 23, 2022 Sherry Long Williams (BSW 95) of Thaxton, May 21, 2022

1990s Betty Sappington Aston (BAEd 90, MEd 91) of Pontotoc, May 14, 2022

2000s

Gregory David Cain (MSS 94) of Charleston, S.C., June 3, 2022

Jennifer Lawrence Bordelon (BA 09, MA 11) of Houma, La., June 8, 2022

David Scott Craig (BBA 97, MBA 99) of Jackson, Tenn., April 23, 2022

Patricia Jo Hansen Jones (MEd 01) of Water Valley, April 9, 2022

Kevin Troy Dossett (JD 96) of The Woodlands, Texas, May 3, 2022

Jeffrey Blake Massey (BBA 09) of Oxford, May 3, 2022

Sagee Harvell Evetts (MEd 98) of Corinth, May 15, 2022

Philip Alexander Pigford (01) of Collierville, Tenn., March 21, 2022

Judy Kaye Bost Hawkins (BSFCS 99) of Pontotoc, May 4, 2022 Lyttle Preston Hughes (PhD 92) of Santa Clara, Utah, May 23, 2022

2010s

Karnard Evans Jenkins (MEd 96) of State College, Pa., May 15, 2022

Stephanie Wood Campbell (MA 12) of Oxford, April 15, 2022

Mikel Anthony Jones (BFA 91) of Mount Pleasant, N.C., March 25, 2022

Hayley Hallberg Crowe (BBA 12) of Germantown, Tenn., June 17, 2022

Wesley Anne Shartle Jordan (BSN 93) of Pickens, April 6, 2022

Kristin Nicole Payton (BS 18) of Tupelo, May 6, 2022

Brooke Robertson Kilpatrick (BA 99) of Olive Branch, May 10, 2022

Rachel Leih Sirman (14) of Katy, Texas, Jan. 1, 2022

Robert Lash Lacoste (BBA 90) of Madison, April 9, 2022 Maury Spruiell Lane (BA 92) of Germantown, Tenn., May 14, 2022

STUDENTS

Jane Ann Lampton Moore (BA 93, MD 99) of Jackson, April 1, 2022

Rowan Avery Bush of McKinney, Texas, June 19, 2022

CHARLOTTE GOLF TOURNAMENT A SUCCESS

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he Charlotte Ole Miss Club hosted its 11th annual Scholarship Golf Classic on May 9 at Rocky River Golf Club at Concord.

“That day on the course was electric not only because it was 75 [degrees] and sunny, but also because such great people came to support the club’s mission while having a lot of fun,” says Caroline Burke (BBA 17), club president.

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scholarships to students from the Charlotte area as they head to Ole Miss for their freshmen year. The annual fundraiser plays a major role in supporting the vision of Ole Miss alumni coming together to support future generations of Rebels.

For more information on the Charlotte Ole Miss Club, contact OMAA club coordinator Savannah Hulme (BS 21) at savannah@ olemissalumni.com.

Alumni News Evan Vines Collier of Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 17, 2022

Bettye Johnson Jackson of Oxford, June 2, 2022

Evelyn Farnell Jackson of Oxford, April 29, 2022

Richard H. King of Nottingham, England, April 22, 2022

Thomas Hayes Mayo of Oxford, April 14, 2022

Raymond J. Logan of Abbeville, June 2, 2022

Alexander Lee Sands of Longmont, Colo., May 3, 2022

Calvin Magee of Tucson, Ariz., May 20, 2022

Barbara Ann McClenic Swindle of Batesville, May 13, 2022

Jean Elizabeth Armor May of Amory, May 18, 2022 Marye Vaughan Boland Moore of Pascagoula, April 10, 2022

FACULTY, STAFF AND FRIENDS

Shirley Ann Moroney of Phoenix, Ariz., Oct. 1, 2021

Samuel Dale Anderson of Newport Beach, Calif., April 6, 2022

Stanley Roy Mott of Prairie Grove, Ark., Nov. 30, 2021

Leon McClung Bailey Jr. of Ripley, April 25, 2022

Tommy Harold Patterson of Pontotoc, April 11, 2022

Adrianna Lee Barry of Johns Creek, Ga., June 26, 2022

Lena Mae Pearson of Oxford, May 16, 2022

Barbara Cliffe Beaulieu of Cranbury, N.J., Oct. 30, 2021

Samuel Louis Porter Jr. of Chattanooga, Tenn., April 20, 2022

Tanga Damita Bryant of Jackson, Feb. 22, 2022

Ila Mae Whitt Robinson of Pontotoc, June 26, 2022

Frank Ashford Evans of Oxford, May 30, 2022

Edward Christian Rogge of Ridgeland, Nov. 23, 2021

John Paul Fullenwider of Oxford, April 3, 2022

Jamie Elliott Sturdivant of Silverhill, Ala., May 24, 2022

Cleo Rose Thompson Garraway of Hilliard, Ohio, April 28, 2022

Shirley Alexander White of Ridgeland, June 21, 2022

William Layne Horne of Oxford, June 7, 2022

Kwang-Sik Yun of South Haven, Mich., April 2, 2022

Due to space limitations, class notes are only published in the Alumni Review from active, dues-paying members of the Ole Miss Alumni Association. To submit a class note, send it to records@olemiss.edu or Alumni Records Dept., Ole Miss Alumni Association, P.O. Box 1848, University, MS 38677-1848. Class notes also may be submitted through the Association’s website at olemissalumni.com. The Association relies on numerous sources for class notes and is unable to verify all notes with individual alumni.

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dward Charles “Eddie” Maloney (BBA 72) died on May 18, 2022, in Jackson, surrounded by his family. Maloney served as president of the Ole Miss Alumni Association in 2015-16. He was born on Nov. 8, 1950, in Jackson and graduated from St. Joseph Catholic High School in 1968. He was president and CEO of Cowboy Maloney’s Electric City, where he worked alongside his siblings Con, Johnny (BBA 78) and Bridget to develop the family business started in 1952 by their parents.

Maloney’s legacy includes 13 Cowboy Maloney’s Electric City Appliance Centers across the state. He was also the first in the world to sell DirecTV home satellite systems.

He served as chairman of the Greater Jackson Chamber Partnership and president of Jackson Preparatory School Foundation, the Country Club of Jackson, St. Dominic Hospital Foundation, St. Catherine’s Village Foundation and Hospice of Mississippi.

He also was co-owner of the Jackson Generals baseball club and the Jackson Mets.

Maloney received the CEO Award from the Mississippi Business Journal and was also honored as a Captain of Mississippi by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Mississippi Chapter.

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