Ole Miss Alumni Review - Fall 2018 by Ole Miss Alumni Association

OLE MISS ALUMNI REVIEW

FALL 2018

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Oxford and Ole Miss, a Game-day Love Story THOUSANDS WORK TOGETHER TO ‘PUT ON THE SHOW’

FALL 2018 VOL. 67 NO. 4

Association honors distinguished alumni at Homecoming

Alumnus spends much of career as decision maker for McDonald’s

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20 Oxford and Ole Miss, a Game-day Love Story

Thousands work together to ‘put on the show’ BY MICHAEL NEWSOM

28 Ketchup in His Veins

Alumnus spends much of career as decision maker for McDonald’s BY ANNIE RHOADES

34 Celebrated Success

Association honors distinguished alumni at Homecoming BY JIM URBANEK

Contents VOL. 67 NO. 4

Departments

2 Chancellor’s Letter

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ON THE COVER

4 President’s Letter 6 From the Circle

16 Calendar

40 Ole Miss Sports

Kizer named USC National Player of the Week Thornberry earns McCormack Medal

46 Just Published

48 Rebel Traveler 52 Alumni News

Oxford and Ole Miss benefit and work together each time the university hosts a home football game along with its renowned tailgating in the Grove. Photo by Thomas Graning

O le M iss A lumni R ev iew Publisher Kirk Purdom (93) Editor Jim Urbanek II (97) jim@olemiss.edu Associate Editor and Advertising Director Annie Rhoades (07, 09) annie@olemiss.edu Editorial Assistant Bethany Fitts Contributing Editor Benita Whitehorn Art Director Amy Howell Contributors Kevin Bain (98), Alana Bowman, Ruth Cummins (82), Bill Dabney (89), Sydney Slotkin DuPriest, Kirsten Faulkner, Jay Ferchaud, Thomas Graning (17), Robert Jordan (83, 90), Joshua McCoy, Michael Newsom (05), James Patterson, Edwin Smith (80, 93), Christina Steube (11, 16), Shea Stewart (00), Whitney Tarpy (09) Officers of the University of Mississippi Alumni Association Augustus L. Collins (82) president Matt Lusco (79) president-elect Lampkin Butts (73) vice president Candie Simmons (02, 15) athletics committee member Andy Kilpatrick (74) athletics committee member Alumni Affairs Staff, Oxford Kirk Purdom (93), executive director Joseph Baumbaugh, systems analyst III Allie Bush, graphic web designer Clay Cavett (86), associate director, campaigns and special projects Anne Cofer (07, 08), accountant Martha Dollarhide, systems programmer II Sunny Eicholtz (09, 11), coordinator of student engagement Annette Kelly (79), accountant Brian Maxcy (00), assistant director Steve Mullen (92), assistant director for marketing Annie Rhoades (07, 09), assistant director for communications Anna Smith (05), assistant director Scott Thompson (97, 08), associate director, engagement Jim Urbanek (97), associate director, communications and marketing Torie Marion White (07), assistant director Rusty Woods (01), associate director for information services Warner Alford (60, 66), executive director emeritus The Ole Miss Alumni Review (USPS 561-870) is published quarterly by the Ole Miss Alumni Association and the Office of Alumni Affairs. Alumni Association offices are located at Triplett Alumni Center, 651 Grove Loop, University, MS 38677. Telephone 662-915-7375. 22118

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C hancellor from the

Dear Alumni and Friends,

As I prepare to return to the faculty in the spring, I would like to reflect upon some of our recent achievements and share a couple of observations about the future needs of this great university. We have a number of academic achievements to celebrate. For the eighth consecutive year, all three degree programs in the Patterson School of Accountancy rank among the top 10 in the nation. We celebrated the 70th anniversary of the UM School of Nursing, which is helping us create a Healthier Mississippi. With our recent award of an Arabic Flagship Program, we are now among a select few institutions to offer two national Language Flagship programs (along with Chinese), making us a hub of strategic language learning. And, UM will further global interactions and understanding when we welcome our first international students to Oxford next fall through the new Ole Miss International program. I would also like to share a few of the many ways that Ole Miss is well-positioned to thrive as we remain focused upon providing a stellar Ole Miss student experience and rich learning environment. External funding for research has reached its highest level in four years, facilitating how this extraordinary university touches lives in Mississippi and around the globe, fuels economic growth and prosperity, and educates our future leaders and innovators. We are also poised to deliver a measurable community-level impact through our transformational initiative M Partner, which is addressing local challenges and opportunities creatively and collaboratively. At the time of year when we remember all for which we are thankful, I would like to express sincere gratitude to the 30,000-plus alumni and friends — our difference makers — who committed gifts and pledges of almost $117 million in our fiscal year 2018. This shared commitment and passion of giving to the university is our flagship margin of excellence — it strengthens our work, extends our reach and propels us forward. As alumni and friends of this strong, vibrant university, you should take great pride in how your support and dedication fuel our achievements and contribute to building the future of the university. One thing I hope all Rebels keep in mind is that private giving is also more necessary than ever to support the work of our university and invest in programs that prepare the leaders of tomorrow. State appropriations for higher education have declined for years in Mississippi and elsewhere around the country, which is why the University of Mississippi relies more than ever on private giving to sustain our academic excellence. As you consider your giving this holiday season, I hope you will choose to support our work to help our students pursue their dreams and improve the quality of life in Mississippi and beyond. Before closing, I would like to thank Bobby Bailess for his outstanding service during the past year as president of OMAA. His successor, retired Maj. Gen. Leon Collins, will build upon the legacy of great leadership on behalf of our alumni. As it has for 170 years, the University of Mississippi will continue to serve students, Mississippi and the nation with distinction. I am truly grateful to have served the mission of this exceptional university and to have witnessed the life-changing work that occurs on all of our campuses each and every day. Sincerely,

Jeffrey S. Vitter Chancellor

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Needless to say, I am extremely honored to be your president. It is a humbling experience to know that the members of our association have chosen me for this important task. It is also mind-boggling because those who know me well know that there is nothing special about “Leon Collins.” I am just an “ole country boy” from Booneville, who chose to attend the University of Mississippi — and I am glad I did. I accept this position having served as an understudy for the past year under Bobby Bailess, our now immediate past president. Bobby and his wife, Natalie, served our association well and were outstanding ambassadors for the university. We thank them and wish them well. So, what is my motivation to do this job? It is our graduates. I remember very vividly when I graduated from Ole Miss. I didn’t have a job before graduation. I received a call from a friend who told me to give Jesse Hallmark a call because he might have an opening at the Mississippi Employment Security Commission. I called Mr. Hallmark, and after going through the normal pleasantries, I mentioned that I was a recent graduate of Ole Miss. Unbeknownst to me, he was a 1963 graduate also of Ole Miss. We spent the remainder of the hour talking about our experiences at Ole Miss. I don’t think he ever offered me the job — he just asked when was I coming to work. That is the type of network I want to help form among our students and our alumni. How rewarding it would be for our students to walk across that stage at graduation armed with the knowledge of their future craft, with a diploma in one hand and a job offer in the other. We can make that happen. We have over 26,000 active members of our Alumni Association. We can increase that number to our goal of 30,000 with a few phone calls from current members. By increasing our numbers, we strengthen our association, we expand our network, and we create additional opportunities for our graduates. We have some of the brightest young men and women on our campuses that you will find anywhere. They are preparing themselves to make outstanding contributions to our state, the nation and the world. We, as alumni, owe it to “our Ole Miss” to provide a pathway that allows them to do just that. I count it an additional honor to be coming in along with three new head coaches — Matt Luke, football; Kermit Davis, men’s basketball; and Yolett McPhee-McCuin, women’s basketball. I am excited about the possibilities these three bring to our athletics department. I encourage each of you to come out and support our athletes in ALL sports, and let them know that there is no better family than the one we have here at Ole Miss. I can’t wait to start working with the talented members of our alumni staff. They are absolute rock stars with “can-do” attitudes. So, what motivates me to do this job? I believe in our students! I believe in our alumni! I believe in Ole Miss!

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UM MUSEUM NAMED TO ‘51 MOST ASTOUNDING UNIVERSITY MUSEUMS’

he University of Mississippi Museum, with its extensive collection of art, scientific equipment and Greek and Roman antiquities, is in the national spotlight once again, this time being named to EDsmart’s list of “51 Most Astounding University Museums.” The latest recognition is the fourth time in five years the museum has been named to an esteemed ranking of national academic museums. It came in at No. 17 on the EDsmart list, one spot ahead of Princeton University’s facility. Harvard University’s Museum of Natural History ranked No. 1 on the list. The museum was the highest-ranked Southeastern Conference institution on the list and only one of three SEC schools mentioned. Auburn University’s Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Arts was listed as No. 22, and the University of Florida’s Museum of Natural History came in at No. 26. “The exceptional strengthening of the museum in recent years is notably a tribute to highly supportive university leadership, to the Friends of the Museum board and all of our members, and of course to our team here for such dedicated commitment to our well-being,” says Robert Saarnio, director 6

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of the University Museum and Historic Houses. “Suffice to say, the campus-based museums that appear in these rankings are those whose parent institutions understand the power of arts and culture to enrich and augment a teaching, research and service mission.” EDsmart says it recognized university museums that provide a gateway to the past and to culture, and choose to house important objects from science, art and more. Each and every object weaves a thread into a tapestry of humankind’s history, EDsmart says. These museums also add research opportunities to the universities they inhabit. Earlier this year, the UM Museum was named to College Rank’s “50 Most Amazing College Museums” in the country, which was then the third time the museum appeared on national rankings lists in five years — a first in the museum’s 78-year history. The museum provides the campus and Oxford community with unique collections, annually rotating temporary exhibitions and acclaimed educational programs for lifelong learners of all ages. Its programming for children, schools and families reaches 14,000 young north Mississippians each year.

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The University of Mississippi Museum has been named one of EDsmart's ‘51 Most Astounding University Museums.’

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HODGE-PENN NAMED UM ASSISTANT VICE CHANCELLOR FOR RESEARCH

elissa Hodge-Penn is the new assistant vice chancellor for the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs at the University of Mississippi. She brings more than 15 years of experience in program development, grant management and research administration. Hodge-Penn joined UM in August after a national search. She most recently served as director of the Office of Research and Sponsored Projects in the College of Education and Human Development at Georgia State University in Atlanta. “I’m excited about being at Ole Miss,” she says. “I felt as though (this position) was an opportunity for me to leverage my experiences to help the university expand its research portfolio.” Hodge-Penn entered the realm of higher education as director of the Senior Corps Program in the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University in 2002. She later worked in the Technical

College System of Georgia in the Office of Adult Education, leading first the Workplace Education/Health Literacy program and

Melissa Hodge-Penn

later becoming director of the Workforce Education – Transition Services program. In 2014 and 2015, she was grants manager in the Department of Pediatrics at Emory University School of Medicine, where she

managed a $45 million sponsored research grants and contracts portfolio. She returned to Georgia State University in 2015 as associate director of the Office of Grants and Sponsored Programs at GSU’s Perimeter College before being promoted to her former role. While at Georgia State, Hodge-Penn led the restructuring of the College of Education and Human Development’s Office of Research and Sponsored Projects. As assistant vice chancellor for research and sponsored programs, Hodge-Penn’s roles will include oversight and management of the office’s sponsored programs administration (the pre-award team), while also serving on the office’s leadership team and managing office budgets. She will also work closely with faculty, research staff and other administrators to improve the office’s processes and service as it expands the level of external support for the university’s research mission.

Lasting Contributions

COCHRAN’S PAPERS SHINE LIGHT ON NATION’S MAJOR ISSUES ormer U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran’s papers will be donated to the University of Mississippi, providing 3,500 linear feet of documents and nearly 6 terabytes of digital files that offer insight into some of the nation’s most significant political events over the past 45 years. Cochran (BA 59, JD 65) was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1972, and in 1978, the young congressman won an election to replace longtime U.S. Sen. James O. Eastland, who had retired. This election marked the start of a nearly 40-year career in the U.S. Senate, during which Cochran distinguished himself as chairman of both the Senate Agriculture Committee and the Senate Appropriations Committee, one of the most influential and powerful posts on Capitol Hill. Time magazine dubbed him the “Quiet Persuader” for his polite manner and knack for consensus building. He retired April 1 as the 10th-longest-serving senator in American history. “The people of Mississippi gave me the honor of representing them in Washington, and I tried to do my best to make decisions that were in the best interests of Mississippi and the

nation,” Cochran says. “I hope this archival material will reflect those efforts.” Cochran majored in psychology and minored in political science at Ole Miss, and was head cheerleader and a member of Phi Kappa Phi honor society. After graduation, he served in the U.S. Navy and later returned to campus to earn his law degree and serve as editor of the Mississippi Law Journal. While he served in the U.S. Senate, Cochran held many leadership roles, and journalists praised him for his focus on getting things done, rather than playing politics. Leigh McWhite, UM political papers archivist and associate professor, says the senator’s papers would shine light on subjects ranging from wildlife conservation to the return of veterans from the Gulf Wars and also the recovery of the Mississippi Gulf Coast from Hurricane Katrina. Cochran was honored at Commencement in May with UM’s Mississippi Humanitarian Award, which is presented only rarely to exceptional figures who have played a major role in shaping the state. He is the fourth recipient of the award since its creation in 2001. FA LL 2 0 18

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DAVID A. PULEO NAMED NEW ENGINEERING DEAN avid A. Puleo, an administrator nationally respected for his activities in both academics and research, was named the new dean of the School of Engineering at the University of Mississippi.

David Puleo

A graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, he was associate dean for research and graduate studies at the University of Kentucky. Puleo, who was a professor in the F. Joseph Halcomb III, M.D. Department of Biomedical Engineering at UK, also founded Regenera Materials LLC, in Lexington, Kentucky. “Our School of Engineering remains an integral component of academic excellence and scholarship at the University of Mississippi,” says Noel Wilkin, UM provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs. “David Puleo’s direction will enhance our already strong and competitive position among institutions of higher learning around the country and beyond its borders.” Puleo’s plans are to immerse himself

in the culture of Ole Miss and the engineering school. This exercise will set the stage for drafting a strategic plan for the school using a “collaborative visioning” approach that involves stakeholders from all constituencies. “A key strength of the school is the broad-based and ‘high-touch’ approach to undergraduate education,” Puleo says. “We must maintain that quality of educating the next generations of engineers, computer scientists and geologists while also expanding our graduate programs and the highly related research enterprise. “The close proximity of multiple other schools, as well as the not-too-distant UM Medical Center, provide outstanding transdisciplinary educational and research opportunities.”

Top Pharmacy Education Advocate PHARMACY DEAN BECOMES NATIONAL ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT

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people in schools of pharmac y to become leaders with titles and administrative roles but also for faculty to lead from within their roles.” As president, Allen says some of his most important responsibilities are advocating for pharmacy education and the pharmacy profession and continuing to strive to make sure the academy and individual schools and colleges are training people to have a strong impact on the health and well-being of people across the country. Allen has served as dean of the UM pharmacy school since January 2012. He is also executive director and research professor of UM’s Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, and a professor of pharmacology. He received his bachelor’s degree in pharmacy and Ph.D. in pharmaceutical sciences from the University of Kentucky.

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avid D. Allen, dean of the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy, was inducted as the president of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy in July at the organization’s annual meeting. “From the moment I joined the organization, I had opportunities to learn, develop, grow and make contacts, and then later, opportunities to serve and give back,” says Allen, who has been involved with AACP for more than 20 years, serving as chair of the Council of Deans, Advocacy Committee, Costs of Experiential Education Task Force, Biological Sciences Section and Student Services Special Interest Group, as well as a member of several other committees. “The primary focus of my presidency is going to be on leadership,” Allen says. “I’d like to focus not only on enabling

David D. Allen

Founded in 1900, AACP is the national organization representing the interests of pharmacy education. It comprises 139 accredited colleges and schools with pharmacy degree programs.

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Video Analysis

UM PROFESSOR STUDIES PUBLIC EDUCATION’S YOUTUBE PORTRAYAL

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ouTube is the second most popular website in the world, “Today, public education is under an increasing amount nestled right behind Google and ahead of sites such as of public scrutiny, which places educational systems in a Facebook, Baidu (a Chinese language internet search position to create effective school public relations campaigns. engine) and Wikipedia. I do believe positive perceptions begin at the local level, and The video-sharing site states it has more than a billion users teachers and administrators must learn to be action-oriented worldwide — almost one-third of all people on the internet — in sharing positive information about themselves, the sucand every day those users watch a billion hours of video. cesses of all children and the impact education is having But what exactly is all that video watching telling viewers on their communities — a role perhaps we have not been about the world, specifically when it comes to public educa- comfortable doing.” tion? That’s a topic recently explored by Burhanettin Keskin, a University of Mississippi associate professor of early childhood education. The result is his paper, “What Do YouTube Videos Say About Public Education?” which was published as an Editor’s Choice article in SAGE, a leading independent, academic and professional publisher of innovative, high-quality content. “As an educator, I’m worried about the future of public education and how it is portrayed in media,” he says. “Oftentimes I see blunt attacks on public education. I will be the first to say that public education is not perfect. I will say that, but I think it is something we need to protect.” For his study, Keskin typed the term Burhanettin Keskin, UM associate professor of early childhood education, has published a paper “public education” into the YouTube examining how public education is portrayed on YouTube. search bar and analyzed the top 60 search results provided by the site. (YouTube uses a nondisclosed With many educators using YouTube in their classrooms, algorithm to display its user-generated content.) Keskin points out the danger is that both reputable and Keskin and a graduate student then independently coded impartial sources and untrustworthy and biased sources the videos (59 were evaluated because one video repeated share the same platform with YouTube. Also, anyone can itself in the search results) as portraying public education as upload videos to YouTube, and some of the unreliable negative, neutral or positive. The videos were coded on the videos are professionally rendered, which is confusing to thumbnail cover image, title and content, which involved children and teens, who are a large YouTube audience. Keskin watching enough YouTube videos to give him “dreams Since YouTube is a teaching tool in today’s classrooms, at night of YouTube.” young children might think all YouTube videos are credThe study showed that 67.8 percent of the selected videos’ ible, especially subjective material placed at the top of search content portrayed public education negatively, 22 percent of results. the cover images portrayed public education negatively (64.4 Even after viewing the results of his research, though, percent were found neutral), and 45.8 percent of the titles were Keskin, who has a personal YouTube cooking channel called negative (44.1 percent were neutral). KeskinCookin, says YouTube can be a valuable teaching tool. “I was troubled by the findings of Dr. Keskin’s research,” Others agree. says Susan McClelland, UM chair of teacher education. “PubThe study also reinforces the importance of teaching critilic perception is important to any career as it often reflects the cal thinking, especially when it comes to social media, Keskin level of respect and value the public places on that career. says.

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A New Language

UM GRANTED PRESTIGIOUS ARABIC FLAGSHIP PROGRAM

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he University of Mississippi is one of two new recipients of an Arabic Flagship Program, an esteemed language program for undergraduate students available only at select higher education institutions.

The University of Mississippi has been awarded an Arabic Flagship Program, a program designed to graduate students with a commanding fluency level in a language critical to U.S. competitiveness and security.

Launched in 2002, the Language Flagship programs are sponsored by the National Security Education Program, an initiative to create a wider and better-qualified pool of U.S. citizens with foreign language and international skills. The Arabic Flagship Program is the second Language Flagship program at UM. The university’s Chinese Language

Flagship Program was established in 2003. “UM is now a de facto hub of critical language learning in America,” says Allen Clark, associate professor of Arabic and co-director of the university’s Arabic Flagship Program. “We believe we have the No. 1 Chinese and Arabic Flagship programs in the U.S., unrivaled. “Because of this, we will be able to recruit a stronger pool of language learners who have the ambition and determination to make positive changes in all sectors — public and private — to include American foreign policy through a well-grounded, balanced view of the developing situation in the Arab region.” According to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Arabic has more than 290 million native speakers worldwide and millions of others with some fluency, making it one of the world’s five most-spoken languages. Cynthia Bauer, a senior Arabic and international studies major from Albuquerque, New Mexico, says she took an Arabic language class in middle school and high school and enjoyed it so much that she decided to devote more time to it at Ole Miss. “Majoring in Arabic at the University of Mississippi was a great decision for me because the teachers and my peers really push me to excel and to use the language in ways that I couldn’t imagine before,” Bauer says. “I plan on using my Arabic skills for both reading Arabic literature and doing ethnographic research in the future.”

LAW STUDENT CARRIES ON LEGACY OF ADMIRED ATTORNEY

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ichard Edmonson (BBA 85, JD 88) lost his life to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, known as ALS, in 2015, but his memory is forever linked to the University of Mississippi. Nathaniel Snyder (BAccy 17), of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, is the first recipient of a UM scholarship established to pay tribute to Edmonson. Snyder is a first-year UM law student using the Richard “Richie” M. Edmonson Jr. Memorial Scholarship to supplement his tuition. “I am extremely honored and humbled to be the first recipient of this scholarship and to know that I will be the first to carry on Mr. Edmonson’s legacy,” Snyder says. “His generosity has allowed me to pursue a career in law, a profession that Mr. Edmonson used to help others.” Edmonson, of Madison, was a partner at Markow Walker law firm for 24 years and was an A-rated attorney by Martindale Hubbell. “Richie was always very goal-oriented,” says Lisa Bane, Edmonson’s wife. “He would see something he wanted to accomplish, and he would never give up until he had achieved his goals. He had a great drive and determination to succeed at everything he attempted. “I think he would be very honored to know that this scholarship is helping other people reach their own academic goals at the

UM law student Nathaniel Snyder (center) is greeted in Oxford by brothers of the late Richard Edmonson, Will (left) and Stephen Edmonson.

university he loved so much.” Edmonson chose UM for his college home, earning both undergraduate and law degrees. He excelled in academics, particularly in his pursuit of his legal education, and was active in Kappa Sigma Fraternity, Order of Omega, Mortar Board, Phi Delta Phi and the staff.

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UM journalism students visit Orange County, Texas, to cover the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey for a multimedia project, earning placement in the top 20 of the Hearst Journalism Awards Multimedia Team Reporting competition.

J-School Honors

UM JOURNALISM STUDENTS EARN NATIONAL ACCOLADES

team of students, led by instructional assistant professors Ji Hoon Heo and John Baker, placed in the top 20 in the Hearst Journalism Awards Multimedia Team Reporting competition. Marlee Crawford, a senior from Oxford; Lana Ferguson, a senior from Mechanicsville, Virginia; Abbie McIntosh, a junior from Cypress, Texas; Italiana Anderson, a senior from Ridgeland; and MacKenzie Ross, a senior from Oxford, were recognized for their multimedia coverage of Hurricane Harvey. The group sp ent t hree days in Orange County, Texas, last September, accompanying a relief group sent from a local church. While much of the news coverage nationally focused on the metropolitan area of Houston, not many outlets covered the stories of recovery in this small, blue-collar refinery town. “We wanted to tell the important stor y of re cover y, help and community,” says Baker, who is originally from the region. “We decided to put

toget her t his sp ecial projec t t hat utilizes the internet for what it will do.” The result was a multimedia piece that included written stories, videos, maps, audio clips and encompassing views shot with a drone. The students built relationships with community members and relief workers. “They really latched onto that group, which helped us get the good story, rather than just an outside view of what was going on,” Heo says. “All of these students were trained journalists, but waking up early, researching, finding sources and identifying the stories on the spot is stuff you can’t learn in the classroom.” T h e proj e c t , f ou n d at h a r v e y. thedmonline.com, earned the school’s first honors from Hearst in this multimedia competition. “It was satisfying to see that we broke a barrier for the university and were placed among some of the most prominent journalism programs in the nation,” Baker says. “The students did a

superb job, and I was really impressed with their efforts. This was a much different experience than what they’re used to, and they handled it like champs.” The endeavor involved a lot of late nights and extra work from students on a purely volunteer basis over the course of about seven months, but the students, instructors and members of the Orange County community were pleased with the result. In addition, the Broadcast Education Association recognized Lauren Layton, a senior from Huntsville, Alabama, with an Award of Excellence for her short form documentary, “Feeling the Music.” The video tells the story of 12-yearold Sarah Harmon, a young girl who was born blind and excels in music, specifically playing the piano. The Broadcast Education Association is an academic media group that hosts a variety of programs to advance careers for educators, students and professionals in the field of broadcast journalism. FA LL 2 0 18

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A Real Pain

SPECIALISTS OFFER TIPS FOR SURVIVING, AVOIDING MIGRAINES

hose who suffer from migraines say they often feel as if the only people who understand the level of pain and life disruption they endure are fellow migraine sufferers. A Nielsen survey funded by Eli Lilly and Co. found they are correct: Nonmigraine sufferers who were surveyed underestimated the severity of pain caused by migraine headaches and underestimated the duration of a typical migraine. According to the National Headache Foundation, nearly 40 million people in the U.S. have migraine or headache neurological disorders. Headache specialists from the University of Mississippi Medical Center have a few tips for surviving — or maybe even avoiding — the next big one. The World Health Organization divides headache disorders into three primary categories: migraine, tension and cluster headaches. “Migraines usually start out on one side of the head,” says Liz Williams, family and psychiatric nurse practitioner in the Department of Neurology at UMMC who treats headache patients at both University Physicians at Grants Ferry and the Jackson Medical Mall Thad Cochran Center. “The migraine tends to be a pulsating, throbbing headache,” says Dr. Anand Prem, assistant professor of anesthesiology at UMMC. “Some people may experience an ‘aura’ before onset of the headache where they may see flashes of light or squiggly lines, while others can have hearing or smell abnormalities,” Prem says. “Some people can temporarily lose sensation or have

tingling or numbness, especially around the jaw and face.” Williams and Prem say most of their patients want to retreat to a dark, quiet room until the headache subsides. They also agree that one of the best ways to deal with migraines is to learn your personal triggers. Williams suggests a couple of phone apps to help patients identify their personal triggers: Migraine Buddy for Android and iHeadache for iPhone users. “When they come back to the clinic, the patient will pull up the information in the app, and I can see how many migraines they had the previous month or week and the severity of the headaches.” Williams and Prem emphasize the importance of knowing the warning signs and starting treatment early. They said not to wait until the headache is a full-blown migraine with all the worst symptoms. Prem warns that taking too much medication can cause what is commonly known as a rebound headache. He suggests if a patient is taking pain medication more than two times a week, he or she would benefit from taking a preventive medication rather than treating the pain after it starts. Although much research is still being done to understand how to treat migraines, some common methods exist to help chronic migraine sufferers get relief. Newer treatments include addressing chemical changes in the brain and blocking nerves near where the pain occurs. Because every patient is different, pinpointing the best course of treatment may take time and effort.

The illustration shows the types of headaches and the areas affected by each.

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Shaking Salt

UMMC EXPERT OFFERS EASY SUGGESTIONS FOR LOWERING DAILY SODIUM INTAKE

n average, Americans are consuming about 3,400 milligrams of sodium daily, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s 50 percent more than the maximum 2,300 milligrams of table salt per day — about a teaspoon — that experts recommend. Ideally, it should be no more than 1,500 milligrams per day. Too much salt in their diet leaves many people more vulnerable to high blood pressure, stroke and heart attack. The higher their blood pressure, the greater the strain on their heart, arteries, kidneys and brain. Salt often is a culprit in heart and kidney disease and can lead to those organs’ failure. As much as 75 to 80 percent of sodium in a person’s diet comes from packaged and processed foods, says Josie

Bidwell (BSN 04, MSN 06), associate professor of nursing and preventive medicine at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. “We used to think that it was table salt, and of course we want to limit that, but if we can change the amount of processed or packaged foods we start with, then adding a little salt during the cooking process is not the big problem.” Cutting down on salt doesn’t mean cutting it out of your diet entirely, Bidwell says. Instead, make better choices. “Snack time at the office is a good opportunity,” she says. “Instead of reaching for something from the vending machine or eating a package of peanut butter crackers, change to a piece of fruit and a little handful of nuts.” Set some reasonable goals when it

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comes to salt consumption. If you’re eating fast food seven days a week, she says, cut it down to five — and choose more wisely what you order.

TEN UM FRESHMEN RECEIVE OMICRON DELTA KAPPA AWARDS

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and to encourage their continued engagement in campus and community activities,” says Ryan Upshaw (BA 06, MA 08), ODK

leaders from all over the country.” Omicron Delta Kappa is a 104-year-old leadership honor society that has initiated Submitted photo

en University of Mississippi freshmen were named recipients of Omicron Delta Kappa’s Freshman Leadership Awards. The annual awards, which identify outstanding freshman leaders and community servants, were presented at the organization’s annual induction ceremony in April. Previous recipients have gone on to serve in roles such as Associated Student Body president and Student Activities Association director, and to be inducted into the university’s student Hall of Fame. This year ’s recipients of the ODK Freshman Leadership Awards are Margaret Baldwin, of Birmingham, Alabama; Nicholas Crasta, of Vicksburg; Jacob Fanning, of Philadelphia; Kneeland Gammill, of Memphis; Asia Harden, of Greenville; Abby Johnston, of Madison; Swetha Manivannan, of Collierville, Tennessee; Harrison McKinnis, of Madison; Bridget McMillan, of Long Beach; and Ariel Williams, of Waynesboro. “We created this award in 2010 to recognize the future leaders on our campus

This year’s recipients of the Omicron Delta Kappa Freshman Leadership Awards are (back row, from left) Kneeland Gammill, of Memphis; Nicholas Crasta, of Vicksburg; Abby Johnston and Harrison McKinnis, both of Madison; (front row, from left) Bridget McMillan, of Long Beach; Asia Harden, of Greenville; Margaret Baldwin, of Birmingham, Alabama; Swetha Manivannan, of Collierville, Tennessee; and Ariel Williams, of Waynesboro. Not pictured: Jacob Fanning

adviser and assistant dean for student services in the School of Engineering. “Each year, the selection process becomes more difficult as the university attracts student

more than 300,000 members since its founding. The society has more than 285 active chapters at colleges and universities across the United States.

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Calendar Performance: Moscow Ballet’s ‘Great Russian Nutcracker’ NOV. 30

Mini Masters: Mini Museums. UM Museum, 3:45-4:30 p.m. Visit museum.olemiss.edu.

Jackson/West Tennessee Ole Miss Club Meeting: Jackson Country Club, 6 p.m. Call 662-9157375 or visit olemissalumni.com/events.

Women’s Basketball: UM vs. TCU. The Pavilion, 8-10 p.m. Visit olemisssports.com.

“Succeed with Hearing Loss” Support Group Sessions: J.D. Williams Library, Room 106E, 1-3 p.m. Visit events.olemiss.edu.

Performance: Moscow Ballet’s “Great Russian Nutcracker.” Ford Center, 7:30 p.m. Visit fordcenter.org/ events.

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-15 Holiday Village: Enjoy the magic of the Ford Center’s Holiday Village, including a miniature Christmas village display and a corner celebrating holiday traditions from around the world. Visitors are encouraged to bring nonperishable food items to donate to local food banks. The Village is free and open to the public. Visit fordcenter.org/holidayvillage.

All Aboard! Winter Express Family Activity Day: UM Museum, 9 a.m.-noon. Visit museum.olemiss.edu.

Men’s Basketball: UM vs. ULM. The Pavilion, 1-3 p.m. Visit olemisssports.com.

Ole Miss Holiday Concert: Ford Center, 7:30 p.m. Visit fordcenter. org/events.

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Women’s Basketball: UM vs. Jacksonville State. The Pavilion, 2-4 p.m. Visit olemisssports.com.

Yoga in the Gallery: UM Museum, 8:30-9:30 a.m. Visit museum. olemiss.edu.

Museum Milkshake Mash-ups: UM Museum, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Visit museum.olemiss.edu.

UM MSBDC: Starting a Business: First Steps (Oxford). Small Business Development Center, 12:30-1:30 p.m. Visit events.olemiss.edu.

UM MSBDC: Starting a Business: First Steps (Tupelo). Renasant Center for IDEAs, 1-2:30 p.m. Visit events. olemiss.edu.

Story Time: Toddler/Preschool Story Time in the Gingerbread Village with Mary Haskell. Ford Center, 10:30 a.m. This story time is geared to toddlers and preschool-aged children. Visit fordcenter.org/events.

First Friday Free Sketch Day: UM Museum, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Visit museum.olemiss.edu.

Buie Babies Museum Stroller Tour: UM Museum, 9-11 a.m. Visit museum.olemiss.edu.

Holiday Event: Santa Claus in the Holiday Village with the Oxford Civic Chorus. Ford Center, 1-4 p.m. Don’t forget to bring your camera. Visit fordcenter.org/events.

Women’s Basketball: UM vs. Savannah State. The Pavilion, 2-4 p.m. Visit olemisssports.com.

Yoga in the Gallery: UM Museum, 8:30-9:30 a.m. Visit museum.olemiss.edu.

UM MSBDC: How to Develop a Business Plan (Oxford). Small Business Development Center, 12:301:30 p.m. Visit events.olemiss.edu.

UM MSBDC: How to Develop a Business Plan (Tupelo). Renasant Center for IDEAs, 1-2:30 p.m. Visit events.olemiss.edu.

Women’s Basketball: UM vs. Louisiana. The Pavilion, 11 a.m.1 p.m. Visit olemisssports.com.

UM MSBDC: How to Develop a Business Plan (Southaven). First Regional Library, 6-8 p.m. Visit events. olemiss.edu.

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UM MSBDC: Starting a Business: First Steps (Southaven). First Regional Library, 6-8 p.m. Visit events.olemiss.edu.

Men’s Basketball: UM vs. Chattanooga DEC. 16

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Performance: Ensemble 4.1 JAN. 31

Story Time: Big Kid Story Time in the Holiday Village with special guest Patty Lewis. Ford Center, 3:30 p.m. This story time is geared to elementary school-aged children. Visit fordcenter.org/events.

Men’s Basketball: UM vs. Chattanooga. The Pavilion, 5-7 p.m. Visit olemisssports.com.

Women’s Basketball: UM vs. Troy. The Pavilion, 6-8 p.m. Visit olemisssports.com.

UM MSBDC: Cash Flow for Your Business Plan (Southaven). First Regional Library, 6-8 p.m. Visit events.olemiss.edu.

Women’s Basketball: UM vs. North Florida. The Pavilion, 1-3 p.m. Visit olemisssports.com.

Men’s Basketball: UM vs. Florida Gulf. The Pavilion, 3-5 p.m. Visit olemisssports.com.

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Women’s Basketball: UM vs. Arkansas. The Pavilion, 2-4 p.m. Visit olemisssports.com.

Men’s Basketball: UM vs. Auburn. The Pavilion, 6-8 p.m. Visit olemisssports.com.

Women’s Basketball: UM vs. LSU. The Pavilion, 7-9 p.m. Visit olemisssports.com.

Men’s Basketball: UM vs. LSU. The Pavilion, 8-10 p.m. Visit olemisssports.com.

Men’s Basketball: UM vs. Arkansas. The Pavilion, noon2 p.m. Visit olemisssports.com.

Women’s Basketball: UM vs. Florida. The Pavilion, 3-5 p.m. Visit olemisssports.com.

Men’s Basketball: UM vs. Iowa State. The Pavilion, 11 a.m.1 p.m. Visit olemisssports.com.

Women’s Basketball: UM vs. Auburn. The Pavilion, 7-9 p.m. Visit olemisssports.com.

Performance: Ensemble 4.1. Ford Center, 7:30 p.m. Visit fordcenter.org/events.

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

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

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A GAME-DAY LOVE STORY Thousands work together to ‘put on the show’ Photos by Kevin Bain and Thomas Graning 20

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escriptions of the connection between the University of Mississippi and its hometown often sound like someone talking about a happily married couple. The strong bond between the two is never more evident than on those seven sacred Saturdays each fall when Oxford becomes one of the largest cities in Mississippi. The Grove, as well as the restaurants and other businesses on the historic Oxford Square, serves as the backdrop of many good times, the place where many a romance has begun, a spot where plates are always piled high and the laughs are always

your breath for those seven football weekends,” Tannehill says. “We needed those seven weekends to be huge and the weather to be good, because people were living off those weekends. Now, we’re blessed to the point where there are about 25 of those weekends because Ole Miss baseball is so huge now. We’ve got Double Decker festival, graduation, all of the parents’ weekends, and we have numerous events that draw huge crowds.” The mayor notes many challenges come with hosting as many as 100,000 people on football weekends, especially for a city that is equipped to handle 25,000 residents most days. The crowd is welcome though, because it gives the local economy a shot in the arm, and it puts tax revenue in the city’s coffers. In

Alumni from across the country return to Oxford and Ole Miss on game days ready to celebrate in style.

loud. This union between city and university takes behind-thescenes work by thousands each time Ole Miss hosts a home football game. The fruit of that labor is a partnership that is beneficial for both the city and university. “It’s a beautiful relationship,” Oxford Mayor Robyn Tannehill (BA 92) says. “All college towns have a certain flair, but Oxford’s relationship with the university is unique because we are so intertwined. It’s hard to tell where one stops and one begins.” The influx of Ole Miss fans and alumni on game weekends brings in revenue for Oxford. For many years, it was only the football season that meant tourist dollars for the city, but that has changed, Tannehill says. This is the result of the city focusing on its tourism economy over the past two decades by promoting other events and focusing on a year-round calendar of events. “Previous mayors would talk about [how] you just hold

From October 2016 to September 2017, the city of Oxford collected some $3 million in food and beverage taxes, according to its tourism bureau.

addition to sales tax, the city now has a 2 percent hotel tax and a 2 percent food and beverage tax. The city has seen travelers’ spending in Oxford increase from about $85 million in fiscal year 2010, to about $174 million in fiscal year 2017, according to the “Travel and Tourism Economic Contribution Report” by the Mississippi Development Authority. The 2017 total is an increase from $153 million in 2016. FA LL 2 0 18

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From October 2016 to September 2017, the city collected $449,000 in hotel/motel tax revenue, and some $3 million in food and beverage taxes, according to Visit Oxford, the city’s tourism bureau, which is funded along with other projects from the taxes. The revenue always spikes noticeably during football season. Those funds are reinvested in efforts to bolster tourism in the city, provide security and equip lawenforcement officers to handle large crowds. The funds have also been used for recreation facilities, such as FNC Park, which bring in tourism dollars by hosting state and regional tournaments.

During the Ole Miss-Alabama game weekend, the Colemans hosted a family from South Carolina that was making its first trip to Oxford.

FOR RENT Locals have started renting out their homes to football fans. This has created income for people who may not be interested in the football games. Tannehill notes that hundreds of local listings are on websites such as Airbnb and VRBO. This is good for the area, she says, because when large events are in town, in many cases there aren’t nearly enough hotel rooms to meet the demand. Rebel faithful connect with old friends and make new ones as the Ole Miss campus “They’re staying in those properties, which transforms into a bustling metropolis on game day. obviously benefits the property owners,” Tannehill says. “They’re also filling up with gas and eating out. They’re “We got to talk to them about places we like to go,” Leslie shopping in Oxford and buying tickets to events on campus. Coleman says. “The game was not that great, but they really They’re leaving money all across town.” enjoyed their weekend and definitely plan to come back to Pat (BBA 85) and Leslie Coleman (BBA 85) rent out “Rebel Oxford.” Roost,” a luxury apartment on their property, Oak Grove Farm, on Old Sardis Road. They also rent out their house on CHECKING THE ‘BUCKET LIST’ SEC game weekends and during Commencement. It’s a lucrative business for the couple, and it’s already Visit Oxford’s mission is promoting Oxford and attracting booked through football season and reserved for Commence- visitors for the benefit of the community. In addition to all of ment 2019. its duties, it operates the city’s iconic double-decker buses, letting fans from out of town ride around campus and the city the day before the games to get the lay of the land at the start of their visit. The goal in recent years has been to get visitors to show up early on football weekends. Events, such as Thacker Mountain Radio on Thursday nights, help. Some visitors want to have time to visit Rowan Oak, the home of Nobel Prize-winning author William Faulkner, shop downtown or take in some of the other attractions, says Mary Allyn Hedges (BSFCS 06), director of Visit Oxford. “There’s plenty to do besides football to make a weekend out of it, but Ole Miss has the best tailgating and best traditions in all of college football,” Hedges says. “We are so lucky to have something special like that.” The charm of the city, which is mostly walkable, with the addition of new downtown boutique Visit Oxford encourages visitors to come early on game weekends and take in other hotels, has helped increase the number of fans who attractions around town such as Rowan Oak. want to come to Ole Miss for football games. The “We are booked any time we open it up,” Leslie Coleman home of Faulkner has something fans of other schools want says. “I don’t remember any time we’ve tried to rent it and to experience, and they seem to make coming to the city a couldn’t.” “bucket list” item, she says. FA LL 2 0 18

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The city’s food scene has helped boost tourism in particular. “There are so many restaurants that have really put Oxford on the map in the culinary world,” Hedges says. “That has kind of spawned this whole new generation of restaurant owners, and now we have all of these great places here to promote.”

PUTTING SAFETY FIRST Crowds bring in revenue but also come with logistical and operational issues. In recent years, cooperation across all law-enforcement agencies as well as a focus on planning efforts

Cameras inside Vaught-Hemingway Stadium allow law enforcement to identify any potential problems.

her, surrounded by friends and families who tailgate together each year at the “Rebel CelebrATOrs” tent, which is made up of Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity alumni from the mid-1970s and early 1980s. The Grove spot is not only where Gabrielle Rose’s husband proposed, but it’s also very close to where her mother-in-law, Donna Harris Rose (BSW 81), and father-in-law, Mark Rose (BSEE 81), met as Ole Miss freshmen in 1977. The site was only natural for such a gesture, which happened before the 2014 Egg Bowl. “The Grove is such a special place for my family, and Ole Miss is where Andrew and I met and fell in love, so it was perfect that Andrew decided to propose here in front of our extended Grove family,” Gabrielle Rose says. “There was a huge celebration all around us, and it truly made for a day that I will never forget.” Across the way from the tent where the Roses and their friends tailgate, at the “Grove Rockers” tent, John McArthur (BA 76), of Aberdeen, and his sister Judy McArthur Vernon and friends were hanging out on the spot they’ve claimed for more than 50 football seasons. The tent has been set up there for the last 27 years, made up mostly of Noxubee County families, with some from Jackson and Memphis mixed into the group. These days, the six families that make up the “Grove Rockers” embrace tailgating and gladly take on the responsibilities and costs that come with setting up for each home game. Vernon, whose nephew Sean Rawlings is an offensive lineman for the Rebels, says seeing the fashion in the Grove alone is worth it for her.

have improved the experience for those who come to Oxford. “Every year, there is a push to make things safer for our fans,” says Ray Hawkins (BA 01), chief of the University Police Department. “There is a large game-day committee that meets and approves all Grove and tailgating policies, and we also come together to brainstorm on new ways of making campus safer and better for our fans and visitors.” UPD hires up to 100 officers from outside agencies to help with campus operations. It also relies on the Oxford Police Department, Mississippi Highway Patrol and Mississippi Department of Transportation, which play a major role on campus and also in getting fans off campus. Federal agents are always on campus, and bomb-sniffing dogs are on standby to be dispatched in case of a threat. Text message alert systems are in place for fans to report any activities they find suspicious. Cameras inside Vaught-Hemingway Stadium can zoom in on any situation and help identify those involved. The south end zone of the stadium has Families, friends and other tailgating groups relish their time to reconnect under the four holding cells, and another detention facility is shade of tents and old oak trees in the Grove. in the north end zone. Hawkins says the challenge of managing game day is “I just can’t stop doing it,” Vernon says. “I’m 67, and I keep handled well through planning and working together. on coming.” Charlie Perkins (BBA 00), Vernon’s son-in-law and former Ole Miss offensive lineman, mingled while holding a red Solo WINNING THE PARTY cup in his massive hand. Gabrielle Gero Rose (BAJ 12) of Gulfport comes back for “Everybody here is as Matt Luke says, ‘You don’t have to each game to tailgate in the Grove. The spot is special for her. be blood to be family,’” Perkins says. “Everybody here is like It’s where her husband, Andrew Rose (BSCvE 12), proposed to family. We have been tailgating in this particular spot for more FA LL 2 0 18

than 20 years. It’s also about the camaraderie and the food. I will be doing this until I can’t anymore. We don’t see it stopping anytime soon.” They stake their tent across from Lamar Hall on the edge of the street. It’s a good location because almost anyone might walk by at any given time. “You never know who you’re going to see,” Perkins says. “You never know who is going to stop by; ex-athletes, explayers come by the ‘Grove Rockers’ tent.” Just as Perkins was talking about his former teammate Romaro Miller (BA 03), a starting quarterback from 1997 to

Thompson knows the secret to the appeal of Ole Miss game weekends, which draw large crowds each week, rain or shine, win or lose. Top-tier SEC football is part of the draw, along with the hospitality in the Grove. And for many fans, it’s about being there for the magic moments that can happen at any time during SEC football games, he says. High-definition television has improved the in-home experiences for many, and ticket prices around the country continue to soar, but Thompson believes what the on-campus and inside Vaught-Hemingway experience offers can’t be beat. It’s that “I was there” feeling of witnessing something special that is a powerful draw, Thompson says. Fans still talk about being on campus for ESPN’s College GameDay broadcast and Ole Miss’ improbable upset of Alabama in 2014. Many still remember the feeling they had when Ole Miss defensive back Senquez Golson (13) intercepted a Crimson Tide pass to seal the victory. The stadium erupted in cheers and embraces after an instant replay confirmed the play. “I’m convince d t hat t hat Though the Grove is nationally known as a tailgating mecca, it is special to many Rebels for the memory is way more hardwired friendships made and memories of their time in school. into your head than if you saw the exact same play on T V,” 2000, Miller walked up to greet him. Perkins and Miller both Thompson says. “There’s something about the smells, the played with Ole Miss head coach Matt Luke and stay in touch. sounds, the camaraderie, the high-fives you gave to complete Miller says the Saturdays in the Grove bring people together strangers, the hugs and the tears for a lot of us. They do through a bond that is stronger than just friendship alone. something permanently. They write something in our brain “I see friends I played football with, or friends I sat with that creates a much more long-lasting memory.” in the classrooms,” he says. “We only get few times to see each It’s just plain addicting. other and a lot of the time, it will be on those Saturdays in the Grove. It’s the Ole Miss family reunion.”

‘I WAS THERE’ Michael Thompson (BBA 01), UM deputy athletics director for external relations and business development, says game day is an “all-hands-ondeck” situation. The relationship among the city, county and university, as well as UM departments such as Facilities Management, Landscape Services, Athletics Compliance, Parking and Transportation, and UPD, is crucial to making game day a success. “Every game day is this really unique coming together of tons of different departments, agencies and organizations working together to put on the Just being on campus and having the opportunity to witness special moments keep show,” Thompson says. “I don’t even know how it many alumni and fans returning. would work without the relationships that we have. We work so well together. I feel for other institutions that don’t “That dopamine release is a lot of the reason people keep have that same excellent working relationship. We’re partners coming back,” he says. “It’s the chance to have that feeling in this, all the way.” again. They know they can’t get that at home.” 26

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s a kid growing up on the south side of Chicago, Dick Starmann (BSJ 68), retired senior vice president of global communications for McDonald’s Corp., was always motivated and hardworking. He had three jobs at the same time while completing rigorous course work at his Jesuit high school, St. Ignatius College Prep — and was an admitted rebel. “Growing up, I didn’t think I’d end up being a hamburger guy, but I knew I wanted to do something exciting and interesting,” Starmann says. “I wasn’t the greatest student, but I worked hard. When I joined McDonald’s, my parents were devastated. My mother said, ‘You’re going to work for that hamburger stand?’ “It was the old [style] building [back then] with red-and-white tiles and the two walk-up windows, no seating and no drive-thru. I saw it go from what I called a cigar box operation to a pretty big company.” With a strong interest in both journalism and business, Starmann was set on finding a university that offered a double major in both fields. Prior to the era of Googling college degree programs, he spent hours in the library researching and came up with three options: Northwestern University, the University of Missouri and the University of Mississippi. “I didn’t want to go to school where I lived, and you had to be a junior to get into the program in Missouri, so I decided on Ole Miss,” he says. “They offered what was called a BSJ degree, and I majored in marketing and journalism.” After a plane ride to Memphis followed by a Trailways bus trip to Oxford, Starmann hailed a local taxi to take him to campus to enroll. “I had never been farther south than Cincinnati, Ohio, in my life,” he says. “Everybody talked funny, and I talked funny to them.”

‘ [ Going to Ole Miss] turned out to be one of the best things I ever did in my life.’ — DICK STARMANN Starmann considers Army ROTC his fraternity and serving as managing editor of the then Mississippian newspaper a great accomplishment after losing an election for the position of editor to Charles Overby (68, BGS 14). FA LL 2 0 18

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Starmann with his wife, Kathy, before leaving for Vietnam in 1969

“That was kind of a dumb thing for a Yankee to try to beat Charles in the South,” he laughs. “[Going to Ole Miss] turned out to be one of the best things I ever did in my life. I got to meet some wonderful people and made a bushel basket of friends. My three loves at Ole Miss were Army ROTC; the school newspaper, the then Mississippian; and Kathy Smith from Vicksburg, who became my wife.” After graduating from Ole Miss, Starmann was commissioned into the U.S. Army, where he served as first lieutenant and then later second lieutenant in Vietnam from 1969 to 1970. “I loved being in the Army,” he says. “I actually found Vietnam to be a great lifetime experience. I was lucky I came home in one piece for the most part.” Having completed his training as a distinguished military graduate and served as a Green Beret and paratrooper, Starmann believes his experience in the military was invaluable in helping him deal with crises and, more importantly, being a great leader who can thrive under pressure. “Army ROTC played a significant role in Dick’s life, and the start of the Vietnam War literally drove his emotions and ambitious goals,” says longtime friend Betty Jane Lawrence, associate dean for the Slane College of Communications and Fine Arts at Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois. “Dick liked to talk, and we had lengthy conversations about the war and the integration of his life into every aspect of fighting for his country. “He actually counted the days until graduation and his commission as an officer into the Army. He was excited, well trained, very focused and knew he was ready to experience every challenge ROTC presented. He viewed all of ROTC as an adventure, and he was ready to tackle anything — nothing seemed to scare him.” Starmann was inducted into the UM ROTC Hall of Fame in 2010. “[The war] taught me a lot of things about life, and you were never afraid of anything else after that,” he says. “I recommend it for anybody who’s even thinking about going into business. I think it’s a great opportunity to serve your country for a couple of years at least and get a lot of experience in leadership.” It turns out that Ray Kroc, founder of McDonald’s Corp., was a big fan of members of the military as well.

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Starmann transitioned back into civilian life and took a job with a small Chicago-based advertising agency that worked with Procter and Gamble on several product lines, including a “new concept for a potato chip in a can” test product called Pringles. While working there, a friend of his wouldn’t budge on urging him to meet a guy he knew who owned these “little hamburger stands.” “I was supposed to spend 45 minutes with [Kroc] and the new, young president named Fred Turner,” he says. “I ended up spending five hours with them. I liked them, they liked me,

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and they offered me a job. Ray Kroc liked ex-military people because we had short hair, shined shoes, clean fingernails, and we knew how to take orders. I knew how to do all four of those things.” After considering the offer over the weekend, which included a pay cut, Starmann took a chance and joined McDonald’s Corp. as assistant advertising manager for the Southern region. Twenty-seven years and numerous promotions later, he wouldn’t trade going to that meeting for anything. “I didn’t want to go meet Ray Kroc,” Starmann recalls. “He was a tough old character and fired me twice. But I loved working for him because he was my kind of guy. I never lied to him or varnished my answers. I always told him [and Fred Turner] the truth, and they liked me because of that. “How many bosses do you get to do that with? [Their] genius wasn’t just hamburgers, it was people — they surrounded themselves with people who were decision makers. That was the culture of the company, and if you couldn’t deal with it, you shouldn’t be around it.”

Protector of the Golden Arches After advancing to the position of assistant vice president in 1979, Starmann “drew the short straw” when the company decided to start a communications department in the early ’80s. “They tried to persuade me to leave marketing and take over this new function called communications,” he says. “I ultimately did and became a full vice president in 1984 and was responsible for communications worldwide.” In 1989, Starmann became a senior vice president of the company and took on the task of crisis management, something that proved to match up well with his thrill-seeking personality. “We had more than enough crises at McDonald’s,” he says. “Today, 100 million people a day go to McDonald’s in the world, and with the chances of something bad happening being a million to one, it happened 100 times a day at a McDonald’s somewhere in the world. Fred Turner used to say lead, follow or get the hell out of the way, and I liked being a leader and decision maker.” Many crises, such as the massacre at a McDonald’s in San Ysidro, California, in 1984, made international news. Others, such as the closing of every store in Taiwan for a week, never made headlines because Starmann and his team were doing their jobs. “I cut my teeth on the first big crisis we had, the massacre in San Ysidro where a guy walked into a McDonald’s and shot 43 people, killing 22 of them,” he says. “That went all over the world. When something bad happened at McDonald’s, it went everywhere. Everybody knew the Golden Arches, and my job was to preserve and protect those arches. I took that very seriously and loved it, because it was interesting and fast-moving.” His friend and former co-worker, Dan Ryan, retired vice president of worldwide marketing for McDonald’s Corp., FA LL 2 0 18

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can’t think of a better person for leading a team through a crisis. “I’ve known Dick since 1981, when he hired me as a young person in the McDonald’s field marketing training program,” Ryan says. “He’s been a mentor [and] big brother to me my entire McDonald’s career and beyond, and I was not alone, as Dick mentored numerous folks during his time at the Golden Arches.

‘ T here’s an old saying, find a job you love, and you’ll never work a day in your life. I loved every day of it.’ — DICK STARMANN “His background as an Army Ranger in Vietnam served him well, as he was known as a decisive leader who was counted on to lead the organization through numerous communications/public relations crises over the years.”

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Starmann’s career with McDonald’s has taken him around the globe. He retired in 1998 to a suburb of Chicago, but he couldn’t seem to stay away from the thrill of crisis management. “I still do some crisis-management consulting once in a while for some pretty big companies, and I’ve done it for the last 20 years since I left McDonald’s,” he says. “It’s what I like; I don’t just do it for the money, I do it for the thrill of the victory of dealing with it.” Starmann still enjoys mentoring and was delighted to come back to Ole Miss and give the 2018 commencement address to journalism students, encouraging them to take chances and never let opportunities pass you by. “One of the things I said to the students in my commencement address is you’re not expected to know what you want to do for the rest of your life at age 21. Cast your net far and wide. Don’t say no to an interview. I’ve got ketchup in my veins. It was an expression we used at McDonald’s. “There’s an old saying, find a job you love, and you’ll never work a day in your life. I loved every day of it. I’m the luckiest guy in the world. Ray Kroc used to say, ‘You make your own luck.’ I made my own luck, but I also worked hard. It’s been a great ride.”

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he Ole Miss Alumni Association recognized seven distinguished alumni with its highest annual awards as part of Homecoming 2018. University of Mississippi Alumni Hall of Fame inductees for 2018 are Thad Cochran (BA 59, JD 65) of Oxford; Howard L. Gerlach (BBA 66, MBA 77) of Fairfax, Virginia; Mac Haik (BBA 68) of Houston, Texas; Vernon R. “Randy” Kelley III (BBA 70) of Tupelo; and James Meredith (BA 63) of Jackson. Created in 1974, the Hall of Fame honors select alumni who have made an outstanding contribution to their country, state or the University of Mississippi through good deeds, services or contributions that have perpetuated the good name of Ole Miss. Warner Alford (BBA 60, MA 66) of Oxford received the Alumni Service Award for service to the university and the Alumni Association over an extended period. Shaquinta Morgan (BE 03) of Madison, Alabama, received the Outstanding Young Alumni Award, which recognizes alumni who have shown exemplary leadership throughout their first 15 years of alumni status in both their careers and dedication to Ole Miss. “The Distinguished Alumni Awards Ceremony gives us the opportunity to recognize some of the university’s most successful and notable alumni,” says Ole Miss Alumni Association Executive Director Kirk Purdom. “These alumni have excelled in their careers and have done so much good for the university and their communities. We were excited to get them back to campus at Homecoming to recognize their achievements and show our appreciation.” The Alumni Association hosted a reception and dinner for the honorees on Friday, Oct. 5, in the Gertrude C. Ford Ballroom at The Inn at Ole Miss.

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Thad Cochran retired as U.S. senator for the state of Mississippi in April 2018.

In 1955, Cochran enrolled in the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Mississippi. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in psychology and a minor in political science. He was elected president of his social fraternity, Pi Kappa Alpha, was a company commander in the Navy ROTC, student body vice president, and was selected for membership in Omicron Delta Kappa, a national honorary leadership fraternity. Cochran also earned his law degree from UM and studied international law for a year under a Rotary Foundation Fellowship at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. He has been awarded honorary degrees from five other colleges and universities. Before his election to Congress in 1972, Cochran practiced law in Jackson and served as an officer in the U.S. Navy. He was first elected to the Senate in 1978 and was re-elected six times. He served as chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, a position he also held during the 109th Congress (2005-06) and 114th Congress (2015-16). Cochran was a senior member on the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, having most recently served as its ranking member in the 113th Congress (2013-14), where he played a pivotal role in helping enact the 2014 farm bill. Cochran’s wife of 50 years, Rose Clayton, died in 2014 after a lengthy illness. The Cochrans have two children and three grandchildren. In 2015, Cochran married Kay Bowen Webber in Gulfport.

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Howard L. Gerlach was born in New Castle, Pennsylvania. He enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps after graduating high school. In 1962, Gerlach was selected for a full scholarship under the NROTC program. After graduating from Ole Miss, he was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps. He served as a rifle platoon leader in Vietnam before being wounded. After recovering, he was later sent for a second tour in Vietnam as a senior adviser to a Vietnamese infantry battalion. Gerlach was able to return to Ole Miss on assignment as the NROTC marine officer instructor and was promoted to the rank of major in 1975. Gerlach’s final active duty assignment was to the Second Marine Division, where he was promoted to lieutenant colonel. There he assumed command of 1st Battalion 8th Marines, which was deployed in May 1983 on a peacekeeping mission in Beirut, Lebanon. On Oct. 23, 1983, their headquarters building was attacked by a suicide truck bomber. The bomb leveled the building and killed 241 Marines, sailors and soldiers and wounded around 80 more. Among many other injuries, Gerlach’s most serious was to his spinal cord, which required nine months of recovery and rehabilitation. He retired from the Marine Corps in 1985 and started a new career in 1986, mainly in acquisition and logistics. He first served as a federal contractor and later as a civil servant at Headquarters Marine Corps and the Defense Logistics Agency. He retired in 2008. Gerlach and his wife, Patty, have two children and two grandchildren.

Mac Haik graduated from UM with a degree in marketing and sales management.

At Ole Miss, Haik was co-captain of the football team, selected by national leadership fraternity Omicron Delta Kappa and voted Colonel Rebel by the Ole Miss student body. Haik established Mac Haik Enterprises shortly after retiring from professional football, where he was selected as the first draft choice by the NFL’s then-Houston Oilers. Since its inception, MHE has grown from a startup entity of two people to an organization with 11 affiliated companies that employs about 3,025 associates and generates revenues in excess of $2.2 billion per year. Haik has personally been involved in consulting, brokerage and development of over $950 million of property. Mac Haik Realty recently completed over 3.1 million square feet of office, hotel, restaurant and car dealership projects in the Houston Energy Corridor alone. The original Hilton/Embassy Suites hotel project received the Deal of the Year award from Hilton, the only such award given in the entire country. Haik was recently recognized as Hilton

Hotels’ Hilton Developer of the Year. Mac Haik Automotive Group is the largest independent automotive group in the state of Texas and the 15th largest independent automotive group in the U.S. Mac Haik Chevrolet in Houston has been the recipient of the prestigious Dealer of the Year award 15 years in a row. The automotive group has won 15 Triple Crown awards, awarded by Ford Motor Co. annually to about 21 dealerships out of over 3,300 nationally. Haik also received the Legacy Award from Bill Ford of Ford Motor Co. for outstanding sales, service and customer satisfaction rating and community service.

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Randy Kelley has focused his vision and talents on assisting the people of northeast Mississippi in expanding their horizons and improving their quality of life for four decades. As a young man, Kelley left his home in Missouri to chase the dream of playing football at the University of Mississippi. While his time on the gridiron never flourished, his academic training resulted in a Bachelor of Arts degree in banking and finance and master’s degree in urban and regional planning. In 1976, he joined the Three Rivers Planning and Development District, assuming the role of executive director and overseeing a small budget serving eight counties. Today, Three Rivers operates 10 different corporations that range in size from three counties to statewide, with a combined budget in excess of $193 million. Kelley initiated the formation of the PUL Alliance, a unique three-county (Pontotoc, Union, Lee) effort to attract a major industry — a Toyota automotive assembly plant to be exact. Kelley received the National Association of Development Organizations award for outstanding executive director of a multicounty planning and development organization in 1985, and later served as president of this national organization. He received the Appalachian Regional Commission Federal Co-Chairman award in 1988, was named one of North America’s top 50 economic developers in 2015 and received the U.S. Small Business Administration Lifetime Achievement Award in 2017. Kelley lives in Tupelo with his wife, Bonnie. He is the father of two daughters and has one granddaughter.

James Meredith was born in Mississippi in 1933 and raised on a farm with nine

siblings. After graduating from high school in Florida, he served nine years in the Air Force before becoming the first black student at the University of Mississippi in 1962 and later organizing his lone “Meredith March Against Fear” in 1966. Meredith graduated in 1963 from UM with a degree in political science. He went on to receive a master’s degree in economics from the University of Ibadan in Nigeria and a law degree from Columbia University. He has authored 27 books and says that his published work is his greatest contribution to Mississippi and America. In his first book, he wrote an account of his experience, Three Years in Mississippi, which was published in 1966. Meredith married Mary June Wiggins in 1956 and had three children, John, Joseph and James. Mary died unexpectedly in 1979. In 1981, Meredith met and married Judy Alsobrooks, who had one son, Kip, from a previous marriage. They have one daughter, Jessica Meredith Knight, and share 12 grandchildren. A tree farmer in Attala County and a Jackson businessman, Meredith continues to speak around the country.

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Alumni Service Award

Warner Alford dedicated over half of his life to the University of Mississippi. From his

playing and coaching days on the football field to his administrative duties, Alford served his alma mater in many capacities, including 16 years as director of athletics. Alford earned three letters as a guard on standout Rebel football teams from 1958 to 1960. He was co-captain of the 1960 undefeated national champion team and served as athletics director for Ole Miss from 1978 to 1994. During his years as athletics director, he helped expand athletic opportunities for both men and women at the university, increasing varsity sports from eight to 15. Vaught-Hemingway Stadium received a major facelift under his leadership, which included a new press box, 29 skyboxes and the addition of a lighting system, bringing night football to the Oxford campus. Other major facility additions included construction of a new baseball stadium and tennis center. He later returned to Ole Miss and held positions as executive assistant for development for the UM Foundation, coordinator for external programs for the Trent Lott Leadership Institute and worked with the Ole Miss First scholars program. He served as executive director of the Ole Miss Alumni Association from 2004 to 2008, overseeing significant growth in the club program and the addition of the tower to The Inn at Ole Miss. Alford was inducted into the M-Club Alumni Hall of Fame in 1999, the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame in 2003 and the University of Mississippi Alumni Hall of Fame in 2009. A native of McComb, Alford is married to the former Kay Swayze of Oxford. They have three children, Thomas Swayze Alford, John Warner Alford III and Phyllis Alford Daniels, and seven grandchildren.

Outstanding Young Alumni Award

Shaquinta Morgan moved to Washington, D.C., with dreams of working for the Envi-

ronmental Protection Agency after finishing her chemical engineering studies at the University of Mississippi. That dream was placed on hold after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, within weeks of her moving there. She began her engineering career by negotiating both a meeting and a job with the owner of a small water conservation company that wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hiring. Morgan moved on to expand her expertise beyond water conservation to include all aspects of energy management, expanding her professional career with some of the most respected energy service companies in the world, such as NORESCO and Johnson Controls. A licensed professional engineer with mechanical engineering emphasis, a certified energy manager and a LEED-accredited professional, Morgan joined the Philips Lighting End User Services team, where she is now director of solution architecture for the United States. Her team designs complex lighting controls and data solutions for large entities within federal, state and local government, office and industry, retail and hospitality, and sports and entertainment segments. A member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., Morgan also is active in the community and local schools. She serves on the boards of directors of Christmas Charities Year Round, the Connections Council to Huntsville Hospital and the Madison City Schools Growth Committee. She also serves on the advisory board to the UM School of Engineering. Morgan resides in Madison, Alabama, with her husband, Markeeva, and their two daughters, Mallory and Sydney.

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JIM MILLER NAMED TO 2018 SEC FOOTBALL LEGENDS CLASS

ormer Ole Miss All-American punter Jim Miller (BPA 86) is one of 14 members of the 2018 AT&T Southeastern Conference Football Legends class. Miller, a barefooted punter who earned consensus All-America honors in 1979, was a three-time All-SEC first-team pick and member of both the Ole Miss Team of the Centur y (1893-1992) and Ole Miss Sports Hall of Fame. The Ripley native averaged 43.4 yards

on 266 career punts and in 1977 led the nation in punting, averaging 45.9 yards, which also set an SEC record. Although 40 years have passed since his final collegiate season, he still holds school records for most career punts (266) and career punting yards (11,549) and ranks second for most punting yards in a season (3,283). Miller played six years in the NFL and while playing for the San Francisco 49ers was selected to the NFL AllRookie team in 1980 and was also a

member of San Francisco’s Super Bowl XVI championship team. The class will be honored at the 2 0 1 8 S E C Fo o t b a l l “ We e k e n d o f Champions” Nov. 30-Dec. 1 in Atlanta, highlighted by the annual SEC Legends Dinner presented by AT&T on Friday, Nov. 30 at the Hyatt Regency in Atlanta. The group also will be recognized prior to the SEC Football Championship Game, which will be held at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Saturday, Dec. 1.

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KIZER BECOMES OLE MISS’ FIRST-EVER USC NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE WEEK

fter coming out of the gates on fire in the season’s opening week, Rebel attacker CeCe Kizer continued to rake in national recognition, being named the United Soccer Coaches National Player of the Week in August after leading the SEC with four goals and nine points. Kizer is the first USC National Player of the Week in the history of the Rebel program. The senior was also selected to the TopDrawerSoccer Team of the Week and received SEC Offensive Player of the Week laurels.

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PRICE TO BE INDUCTED INTO MISSISSIPPI SPORTS HALL OF FAME Photos courtesy of Ole Miss Athletics

ormer Ole Miss All-American offensive lineman Richard “Possum” Price (61) is one of six Mississippi greats who will be inducted into the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame Aug. 2-3, 2019. The other members are legendary Mississippi high school coach Ricky Black, Mississippi State’s Rockey Felker, LPGA golfer Cissye Gallagher, NFL great Wilbert Montgomery and three-time MLB all-star Roy Oswalt. A three-year letterman from 1958 to 1960, Price earned second team All-America honors as a senior, as well as AllSoutheastern Conference accolades his junior and senior years. The Vicksburg native helped lead Ole Miss to a 29-3-1 record and three straight bowl games, including Sugar Bowl victories in 1958 and 1960. Price was on the 1959 Ole Miss squad that was selected SEC Team of the Decade (1950-59) and was chosen by the Sagarin Ratings as the third best all-time highest-rated college football team from 1956 to 1995. As a senior, Price and the Rebels went 10-0-1, won the SEC, and were named National Champions by the Football Writers as well as by six other rating systems. He played in the 1961 Senior Bowl and was selected in the eighth round of the 1961 NFL Draft by the Oakland Raiders. Ole Miss honors a rising senior offensive lineman with an award named after him. He is a member of the Ole Miss Athletic Hall of Fame and was a winner of the Distinguished American Award by the Ole Miss Chapter of

Richard ‘Possum’ Price

the National Football Foundation in 1994. Price will be the 78th Ole Miss representative in the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame, dating back to the inaugural class of 1961.

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TRIO HONORED AS TRAILBLAZERS BY WOMEN’S BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME

le Miss women’s basketball fig- women’s basketball pioneers such as Rebel history with 2,486 career points ures Peggie (Gillom) Grand- Nancy Lieberman, Muffet McGraw and and the all-time leading rebounder with 1,271 boards — making her the first erson (BSW 80), Jeanie (Loyd) Holly Warlick. and one of just two Dale (BA 79) and in the 2,000-point, R e n e e ( Ru t l a n d ) 1,000-rebound club. Ladner (BSHPE 82) Dale was a two-year were honored in letter winner, and June as part of the she was a team Women’s Basketball c a p t a i n o n Va n Hall of Fame paying Chancellor’s first homage to the first Ole Miss team in professional wom1978-79 alongside en’s basketball league Granderson. Ladner in the United States, was also on that the Women’s ProRenee (Rutland) Ladner team, leading the fessional Basketball Peggie (Gillom) Granderson Jeanie (Loyd) Dale team in free-throw League. Granderson, already a 2013 inductee percentage and serving as team captain The WBL lasted three seasons from 1978 to 1981, with Granderson, Dale into the Women’s Basketball Hall of alongside Granderson the following and Ladner playing alongside other Fame, is the all-time leading scorer in season in 1979-80.

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Best Amateur Golfer

BRADEN THORNBERRY EARNS MCCORMACK MEDAL finish at the NCAA Bryan Regional earned him a spot in the national championship in May. He was selected second team All-American and became the third Ole Miss player in history to become a two-time All-American. The senior helped Team USA take home the Arnold Palmer Cup in France this past summer. He finished in the top 5 at the Pacific Coast Amateur at the Olympic Club and made it to match play at the U.S. Amateur at Pebble Beach. In 2017, Thor nb er r y won t he NCAA national title by four strokes with a 72-hole score of 11-under 277 and received the Fred Haskins Award as the top collegiate golfer. He registered two singles victories in helping the USA win the Walker Cup Match at Los

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le Miss men’s golfer Braden Thornberr y was named the recipient of the McCormack Medal, the pinnacle of amateur golf awards. Beginning in 2007, the McCormack Medal has been given annually to the player ranked at the top of the World Amateur G olf R an king fol lowing the European and U.S. Amateur. The medal is named after the late Mark H. McCormack, who was founder of sports marketing company IMG. Thornberry medaled four times during the 2017-18 season on his way to a 70.28 stroke average, which ranked 15th nationally. He became the first Ben Hogan Award finalist in school history and also was named a finalist for the Fred Haskins Award. A fourth-place

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City of Grudges by Rick Outzen (BBA 79), 256 pages, $16.95 (Paperback), SelectBooks, ISBN: 9781590794432 For the past decade, Walker Holmes has published the Pensacola Insider, an alt-weekly that struggles to stay solvent while reporting on corruption, racism and injustice in Pensacola, Florida, where progress has been stonewalled for generations. When Holmes publishes an article revealing that Bo Hines, one of Pensacola’s most beloved figures, has been stealing funds from the Arts Council, he may have gone too far. As tensions build, Hines’ wife is found dead, and half the town, including the corrupt sheriff, think Holmes is responsible. Holmes is determined to bring the truth to light, but what he uncovers is more than he bargained for. To solve the mystery, he has to unravel the many toxic and enduring grudges that are poisoning Pensacola — before it’s too late. Rick Outzen is the publisher and owner of Pensacola Inweekly. He also

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James Robert Rogers (MEd 75, MA 77), 108 pages, $19.99 (Paperback), Xlibris, ISBN: 9781543417340 Humanity’s condition has always been one of ignorance and dispensable life. Now the greater universe sends its human sector the message to pay cosmic attention to all the details the universe displays. Every human being is to find, imbedded within those details, the meaning of the universe itself, and that meaning turns out to finally answer the greatest question our species has ever asked. The implications for Homo

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James A. Autry (BA 55), 196 pages, $24.95 (Paperback), Yoknapatawpha Press, ISBN: 9780916242862 Mississippi is a collection of 77 poems from James A. Autry’s Nights Under a Tin Roof and Life After Mississippi. The author, a former U.S. Air Force pilot, newspaper reporter, national magazine editor and Fortune 500 executive, returns to his Mississippi roots to examine the forces that shaped him. Autry’s narrative verse focuses on the rhythms of rural Southern life, an odyssey of country funerals, weddings, church revivals, family reunions and courtships drawn from a unique American heritage. Autry is the author of 14 books, a poet and consultant whose work has had a significant influence on leadership thinking. He is a founder of the Des Moines National Poetr y Festival. He was one of the poets featured on Bill Moyers’ special series “The Power of the Word.” In 1998, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award for Service to the Humanities from the Iowa Humanities board and foundation. He was also the founding chair of Claremont Graduate University’s Humanities Center B o a r d o f Vi s i t o r s . Autr y was named a Distinguished Alumnus of the University of Mississippi and was elected to the Alumni Hall of Fame.

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Whirlwind: A Frank Marsh Novel b y Charlie Spillers (BBA 81, JD 86), 276

pages, $16 (Paperback), Charles W. Spillers, ISBN: 9781732100404 A drone strike in the Golan Heights kills an Iranian Quds Force general. In retaliation, terror cells are sent to the U.S. When a member of a terror cell dies in an auto accident, FBI agent Frank Marsh discovers that an attack may be

imminent. Based on vague clues, he and Kathy Foster try to figure out where terrorists plan to attack. At first, sparks fly between Frank and Kathy because of an issue from their past. Their investigation is also hampered by bureaucratic obstacles, turf battles among agencies and treachery. They become outcasts from their own agencies, and no one listens when they discover the possible target of a pending terror attack. Charlie Spillers is the author of Confessions of an Undercover Agent: Adventures, Close Calls, and the Toll of a Double Life. The book describes his experiences and narrow escapes during 10 years of undercover crime fighting. Spillers is a former Marine, agent and career federal prosecutor who served as the U.S. Department of Just i c e att a ché for Iraq. His work related to Iraq was recognized by the FBI director, the British ambassador and Britain’s minister of state for the armed forces.

Donald Trump won the presidency because he promised a foreign policy that put America first. So, what does

Trump’s “America First” foreign policy doctrine mean in practice? What does putting America first actually look like in terms of our relations with the nearly 200 countries around the globe? This book, written for those who scratch their heads at the mention of South Ossetia or Kurdistan, will take the entire world and break it down piece by piece, showing where America’s vital interests lie in the current geopolitical climate. Danny Toma served for more than 22 years as a foreign service officer with the U.S. Department of State. His assignments included postings in Italy, Poland, Israel, Ireland and Germany. Since retiring, he has been called back to service on short-term assignments in countries including China, El Salvador, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Greece and Moldova. Prior to his government service, he taught history for several years in the Choctaw Tribal School System near Philadelphia, Mississippi.

Information presented in this section America First: Understanding the Trump Doctrine b y Danny Toma is compiled from material provided by the

(BAEd 86, JD 89), 256 pages, $26.33 (Hardcover), Regnery Publishing, ISBN: 9781621577744 For decades, Americans have been conditioned to believe “foreign policy” is the policy of prioritizing the interests of foreign nations over American interests. After all, that’s how previous presidential administrations have behaved. But

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Depart Sydney for Eden, a sleepy seaside town that’s home to the fascinating Eden Killer Whale Museum, and sail to Melbourne, a vibrant capital sprinkled with chic art galleries and gardens. Spend two days exploring the marvelous city before continuing to Burnie, where you can uncover natural splendors in its many wilderness areas. Then, navigate one of the world’s most exquisite fjords, Milford Sound, with its dramatic cliffs, verdant forests and staggering waterfalls. Look for sunbathing fur seals and yelloweyed penguins in Dunedin, and stroll Akaroa’s streets framed by colonial architecture. Discover the thriving art scene in Wellington, and view art deco architecture in Napier. Before ending your adventure in Auckland, visit Tauranga, rich with Maori culture, or discover the geothermal wonders of Rotorua, and learn about the fascinating history of the Bay of Islands. — From $6,899, including airfare from select cities

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2019 REBEL Traveler Island with its dramatic volcanic peaks juxtaposing its flat and shallow coral reefs, and the awe-inspiring lagoons of Tobago Cays Marine Park; Grenada, the Spice Island; and Bridgetown, Barbados, known for colonial architecture, vibrant Bajan culture and, of course, the ever-blue ocean. — From $4,695

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NORMANDY TO DEAUVILLE: 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF D-DAY APRIL 5-13, 2019 Tour Operator: AHI

From rolling, green hills to the beautiful sea, discover the essence of Normandy as well as its pivotal role in history. On this seven-night journey, experience classic Norman culture. Explore Mont

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to Halifax, the capital of Nova Scotia. Although it’s the largest city in the Maritime Provinces, Halifax manages to evoke a small-town charm with the thriving spirit of its heritage. St. John’s, the following port, is often described as a mini San Francisco with its multicolored row houses that cascade down the steep, hilly slopes. Experience the town’s strong artistic and musical spirit before sailing across the Atlantic to Cobh. Take in scenic views of the large harbor, or consider visiting the nearby lively town of Cork to explore its 17th-century alleyways that lead to historic and cultural sites. Next, sail to Ireland’s capital, Dublin. The city packs character into neatly lined rows of Georgian buildings, gleaming edifices and quaint cobblestone streets.

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St. Malo, a beautiful fortified town sitting on France’s coast, is perfect for byfoot exploration. Before ending your cruise in Southampton, visit Le Havre, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Virtually destroyed during World War II, the city was rebuilt under the direction of Belgian architect Auguste Perret. Take in the modernist infrastructure, or consider traveling to nearby Paris to cap off your trip. — From $3,899, including airfare from select cities FA LL 2 0 18

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’60s

CURT P. AYERS III (BSChE 65, MS 74) returned to Brandon after lecturing in Bangsaen, Thailand, at Burapha University for the past 20 years and is the author of Every Man Truly Lives Alone. ERNEST “LIP” LIPSCOMB (BSChE 63, JD 65)

of Charleston, South Carolina, was among six Barnwell Whaley attorneys named to The Best Lawyers in America 2019 list. JERRY G. MASON (BA 64, JD 69) of Merid-

ian will retire this fall after serving 36 years in the 12th Chancery Court, which covers Lauderdale County and Clarke County. JAMES R. PRICE (61), former Ole Miss

guard and linebacker from Columbia, was elected to the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2019.

JOHN WAITS (BA 69) of Cabin John, Mary-

land, has retired after 27 years as a partner in the Washington office of the Winston & Strawn law firm.

’70s

MEREDITH B. ALLEN (BBA 74)

of Greenwood retired from Staple Cotton Cooperative Association and Staple Cotton Discount Corp. He served the company for 33 years and was president and CEO for eight years.

JOHN S. CASE (BA 72) of Slidell, Louisiana,

won first place for “Best Column” at the Press Club of New Orleans’ 60th Anniversary Gala and Award Ceremony.

WOODS E. EASTLAND (JD 70) of Indianola

was named the 2018-19 Delta Council president.

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DUKE GARRAWAY (BBA 79) of Madison was appointed to the Central Mississippi Realtors board of directors for the 201921 term.

MARTY FERGUSON (BBA 87) of German-

JAMES H. HEIDELBERG (JD 77), shareholder at Heidelberg Steinberger PA in Pascagoula, was named to the 25th edition of Best Lawyers in America.

JOHN C. FOURCADE JR. (BSHPE 86) of Mar-

EDITH KELLY-GREEN (BBA 73) of Memphis

KENNETH C. JOHNSTON (BBA 88, JD 91) of Dallas was appointed to the executive committee in the Apple iPhone Performance Litigation, a global class action addressing allegations that Apple Inc. intentionally slowed the performance of iPhones.

was elected to the board of directors for Sanderson Farms Inc.

LANCELOT L. MINOR III (BA 71) of Mem-

phis was included in the 25th edition of The Best Lawyers in America for 2019 and was selected to the 2018 Mid-South Super Lawyers list.

JOHN W. NARRON (JD 77), of counsel at

Smith Debnam Narron Drake Saintsing & Myers LLP in Raleigh, North Carolina, was named in the 2019 edition of Best Lawyers in America.

STEVEN G. ROGERS (BA 76) of Ridgeland was elected chairman of the board of RREEF America REIT II, a $13 billion real estate investment trust headquartered in Chicago. CONSTANCE SLAUGHTER-HARVEY (JD 70) of

Forest was presented the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Mississippi Bar during its 2018 annual meeting.

’80s

CARL J. CHANEY (BBA 83, JD

86) of Lakeland, Florida, was named chairman of the board of Beach Community Bank and was recently elected to the board of directors of Allen & Co.

town, Tennessee, was named senior vice president and national sales director for Radius Bank.

rero, Louisiana, was inducted into the Allstate Sugar Bowl’s Greater New Orleans Hall of Fame.

ALVIN L. SPENCER (BA 85) of Yorktown, Virginia, published Beautiful Poetic Mindset: Poems of a Simple Poetic Veteran (Vol. 1), Midnight in a Poetic Mind (Vol. 2) and You Can’t Have My Cornbread (Vol. 3).

’90s

CHRISTOPHER L. HALEY (BAccy 97, MTax 01) of Jacksonville, Florida, joined LegacyShield Solutions Inc. as chief operating officer. WALKER LASITER (BA 90, JD 94) of New

Orleans was admitted to the Louisiana State Bar Association.

DEX MCCAIN (BBA 92) was named the 2018

Omega Psi Phi Fraternity’s Military Salute Award winner for the Air Force.

TAMMY RAINEY PIERCE (BBA 95) of Byhalia

was promoted to associate vice president of development and corporate outreach at Meritan/Apelah Inc.

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Philanthropic and Business Experience OLE MISS WOMEN’S COUNCIL NAMES NEW CHAIR, WELCOMES NEW MEMBERS

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nfluential female leaders who compose the Ole Miss Women’s Council for Philanthropy at the University of Mississippi named a new chair and welcomed three new members, fueling philanthropic activities to support scholarships and opportunities for students.

Mary Susan Gallien Clinton (BA 83) of Naples, Florida, is leading the OMWC as chair for a two-year term, and the additional council members are Margaret Pryor Barker (BBA 90), of Nashville; Candie L. Simmons (BBA 02, MBA 15), of Jackson; and Betsy Collier Smith (BAEd 01), of Oxford. All are engaged in the life of their alma mater and devote service to philanthropic organizations in their respective communities. “We are so thrilled to have Mary Susan as our new OMWC chair,” says outgoing chair Mary Donnelly Haskell (BM 81), of Oxford. “What a blessing it is to have someone with both her philanthropic and business experience.” Clinton, chairman of Gallien Global Vision and board director of INSOUTH Bank, has served on the council’s executive board since 2013 and co-chaired the 2016 Legacy Award dinner honoring Chancellor Emeritus Robert C. Khayat. During her time at Ole Miss, Clinton was a member of Delta Gamma and is active as an adviser to the Alpha Psi chapter. Clinton says the OMWC has experienced a remarkable level of success since its founding and is poised to make an even greater impact through the contributions of these new members. “Their experience and expertise in strategic business management and philanthropic endeavors combined will strengthen the OMWC’s ability to take our innovation to scale and increase our cultural and educational impact on the scholars we serve.” Established in 2000 by a group of female leaders and philanthropists, the council is committed to nurturing the development of students with a desire to contribute to creating a caring, more ethical world. When their careers and personal lives allow, Mary Donnelly Haskell (left), outgoing chair of the Ole Miss Women’s Council for Philanthropy, OMWC scholarship recipients are and Mary Susan Gallien Clinton, the new chair, meet on campus to continue planning expected to give back to the innovaopportunities for OMWC scholars for the 2018-19 academic year. tive scholarship program.

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ALUMNI News WILLIAM STITT (BSHEC 91) of Montrose,

Alabama, was featured on the “Seaside Snacks & Shacks” episode titled “California Dreaming and Southern Swagger.”

JERRY W. WOODS (EdD 95) for ma lly

announced his candidacy for mayor of Jackson, Tennessee, in September.

’00s

CARTER BURNS ( JD 05) of

Natchez was named executive director of the Historic Natchez Foundation.

CHRISTOPHER A. DANIEL (BSME 07, MBA 10) of Farmington, Missouri, joined Mississippi Lime Co. as director of purchasing. ALLISON ADAMS FREEMAN (BSFCS 04) of

Southaven and her husband, Tom Freeman, purchased WEBL-FM, also known as “The Rebel,” in north Mississippi.

KRISTEN A. GRAY (BAccy 03, MAccy 04) of Amory was promoted to partner at EY in New York, New York. ALICE A. HIGDON (BS 07) joined Mercy Health – Paducah General Surgery in Paducah, Kentucky. MATTHEW A. MILLER (BE 06, MD 12) joined

Specialty Orthopedic Group in Tupelo.

KEVIN W. MITCHELL (BAccy 01, MAccy 02) was promoted to chief financial officer of ChanceLight Behavioral Health, Therapy and Education in Nashville. CHRISTOPHER A. STEINER (BBA 02) was named

city president for Regions Bank of Oxford.

BRIAN STUART (BSChE 09, JD 15) joined the Washington, D.C., office of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP as a litigation associate.

COLLEEN S. WELCH (JD 02), director in the

Jackson office of Maron Marvel Bradley Anderson & Tardy LLC, was named the Curtis E. Coker Award recipient by the Mississippi Volunteer Lawyers Project at its 2018 Pro Bono Awards reception.

’10s

ANDRÉ COTTEN (BA 10, JD 14), regulatory compliance counsel at the National Association of Federally Insured Credit Unions in Arlington, Virginia, was selected as a Business Law Fellow with the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association. BEN MYERS (JD 11) was selected to serve

as the special victim prosecutor at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Myers is a captain in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps.

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ALUMNI News BIRTHS Mary MacLemore, daughter of Christina White Adams (BAccy 07,

MAccy 08) and Joseph Clay Adams (BA 07, DMD 11), Aug. 15, 2018.

Kiger Stratton, son of Mary-Hendrix Fabris Conway (BBA 10) and Eustace Cowan Conway (BBA 10), Aug. 8, 2018.

Willis Levi Meadows Jr. (BA 48, MA 49) of Shreveport, La., Sept. 14, 2018 Janis Hays Meyer (BA 49) of Memphis, Tenn., Aug. 11, 2018 Jeanne Taylor Mulkins (BAEd 48) of Okolona, Sept. 19, 2018 Frances Humphreys Nelson (BSC 44) of Port Gibson, Aug. 18, 2018

Selby Sadler, daughter of Jeannie Blair Hood (BAccy 08, MTax 09) and

Aline Liles Spotts (BM 49) of Madison, Sept. 24, 2018

Griffin Ralph, son of Meredith McDonald Little and Robert S. Little Jr.

Charlotte Tolley Womack (43) of Jackson, July 27, 2018

Harrison Barksdale Hood (BBA 08), Jan. 30, 2018.

Henry Nicholson Stevens (BBA 47) of Richton, Aug. 5, 2018

(JD 01), Aug. 7, 2018. Caroline Avery, daughter of Sara Henderson Miller (BBA 08) and Michael Thomas Miller, Sept. 7, 2018. Mary Campbell, daughter of Catherine Dorroh Simpson (BS 10) and James Francis Simpson III (BAccy 08), Dec. 31, 2017.

Travis Connor and Toddy Catherine, twins of Tatum Hancock Wilson (BAEd 16) and Tony Edward Wilson (BAEd 15), June 27, 2017.

1950s

Charles Thomas Anderson (BBA 59, LLB 63) of Gulfport, July 30, 2018 Patricia McMurray Anderson (BSHPE 59) of Houston, Texas, Aug. 4, 2018 George Thomas Bailey USN (Ret) (BBA 51) of Santa Rosa Beach, Fla., June 27, 2018 Martha Spencer Beanland (BA 50) of Margate, Fla., Sept. 13, 2018

WEDDINGS Brooke Barnes (BBA 09, MBA 13) and Lee Heaton Harris (BSCJ 07), June 24, 2018. Morgan Prescott Crumbaugh (BS 15) and Michael Salem Resha (BA 16), June 9, 2018. Laura Elizabeth Doty (BBA 08) and Andrew William Falls, Sept. 16, 2017. Laura Kate Heidelberg (BA 13) and James Kyle Landers (BA 13), April 14, 2018. Tiffany Jacquelyn Holliday (BA 02) and Bryan Louis Mensi, April 14, 2018.

Robert Lynn Bennett (BSCvE 55) of Baton Rouge, La., Dec. 8, 2017 Arnold L. Boykin USA (Ret) (BSHPE 52) of Brandon, Aug. 9, 2018 Hewitt Raphael Clarke Jr. (BBA 57) of The Woodlands, Texas, Aug. 28, 2018 William Hervey Cook Jr. (BBA 56) of Water Valley, July 5, 2018 Harold Timothy Cooper (BA 59) of Jackson, Tenn., June 19, 2018 Laurens Hebron Crowell Jr. (BBA 56) of Sulphur, La., July 26, 2018 Julius Major Cruse Jr. (BA 58, BS 59) of Ridgeland, Aug. 20, 2018 Robert Pepper Crutcher (LLB 59) of Oxford, Aug. 5, 2018 Mary Waring Denton (BSHPE 51) of Jackson, Aug. 29, 2018 Fred Shields Evans (MD 57) of Pensacola, Fla., July 22, 2018 Cyril Joseph Fayard (BSChE 52) of Metairie, La., July 20, 2018

IN MEMORIAM 1940s

Gilbert Alexander (47) of Union, Aug. 21, 2018 Jennings Bryan Barnett (BSPh 48) of Meridian, Sept. 6, 2018 Leo Boolos Jr. (BBA 47) of Oxford, Aug. 30, 2018 Thomas N. Braddock Jr. (MedCert 48) of West Point, Aug. 22, 2018 Charles Leon Brueck Jr. (BA 48) of Gulfport, July 27, 2018 Anna Madden Brumley (BBA 49) of Brandon, Aug. 16, 2018 Barry Moore Gillespie (46) of Memphis, Tenn., July 8, 2018 Bruce McPherson Kuehnle (MedCert 48) of Natchez, July 29, 2018 William Rutledge Lockwood (BA 49, MA 50) of Ocean Springs, Aug. 18, 2018 56

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Phillip George (BA 53, MedCert 54) of Memphis, Tenn., July 31, 2018 Shirley Lumpkin Goodman (BSC 58) of Tupelo, Aug. 26, 2018 Emily Jeanne Faulk Greer (50) of Jackson, July 4, 2018 James Curtis Griffin Jr. (BA 50, BS 51, MedCert 52) of Madison, Aug. 7, 2018 Martha Dalrymple Guffey (BA 51) of Dallas, Texas, Sept. 21, 2018 Hurst Moreland Hall Sr. (BSHPE 50, MEd 51, AMEd 58) of Natchitoches, La., Aug. 6, 2018 Betty Bennett Hazlewood (BS 58) of Winona, Aug. 20, 2018 Donnis Chaney Huckabee (BSHPE 59) of Ringgold, Ga., July 20, 2018 Mary Gwendolyn Wilson Lynch (54) of Brookhaven, Aug. 12, 2018 Mary Jane Shipton Maddox (MEd 58) of Harlingen, Texas, Sept. 18, 2018

ALUMNI News Benjamin McDonald Matthews Jr. (BBA 59) of Tunica, Aug. 7, 2018

Amma Elizabeth Webb (BA 57) of Lafayette, La., July 10, 2018

George Taylor McClenahan (59) of Santa Rosa Beach, Fla., Aug. 23, 2018

Mary Cooper West (51) of Shalimar, Fla., Sept. 9, 2018

Ervin McKay (BBA 51, LLB 55) of Memphis, Tenn., Aug. 20, 2018

Troy Lee Williamson (MS 59) of Tupelo, Sept. 15, 2018

Henry Earl McKay Jr. (BBA 57) of Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 17, 2018

Kenneth Lyle Wooten (BAEd 56, JD 60) of Water Valley, July 16, 2018

Roy Fulton Moore Jr. (BBA 54) of Madison, July 28, 2018 William Thomas Parker (BBA 54) of Ridgeland, Aug. 30, 2018 Donald Baker Patterson (LLB 58) of Jackson, July 10, 2018 Bettye McGee Robinson (BAEd 58) of Cordova, Tenn., July 19, 2018 Kermit Lee Rushing Jr. (BSPh 59) of Hattiesburg, July 16, 2018 Eugene Wilson Smith (MEd 55, EdD 58) of Jonesboro, Ark., Sept. 23,

1960s

Buell Johnston Barnett (BSPh 68) of Hattiesburg, July 8, 2018 Patricia Sample Bendall (BA 61) of Hoover, Ala., July 9, 2018 Julia Caldwell Breaux (BAEd 66, MA 68) of Lafayette, La., Sept. 7, 2018 James Armistead Brown Jr. (BA 62) of Arlington, Va., Aug. 1, 2018

2018

Beverly Myers Byrd (MD 67) of Gulf Breeze, Fla., Aug. 26, 2018

Arthur Lamar Stanford Jr. (BAEd 51) of Ripley, Aug. 31, 2018

Linda Dean Conyers (BAEd 65) of Gainesville, Ga., May 11, 2018

Thomas Nicholson Suddarth (MBEd 51, BSC 51) of Phoenix, Ariz., July

Theodore Harding Cunningham (BBA 61) of Scottsdale, Ariz., June 18,

8, 2018

2018

William Autry Switzer (54) of Greenwood, Aug. 19, 2018

James Davidson Deare (BA 65, JD 72) of Montgomery, Texas, Sept.

Abe M. Tahir Jr. (BBA 53) of New Orleans, La., Sept. 16, 2018

10, 2018

Patricia Short Tanksley (BSC 53) of St. Johns, Fla., July 5, 2018 Helen Burnside Toler (BA 50) of Inverness, Sept. 6, 2018

Angela Lord Dollar (BS 68) of Auburn, Ala., July 1, 2018 Ethelyn Ames Fagan (BA 64) of Covington, La., Aug. 25, 2018

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ALUMNI ASSOCIATION WELCOMES NEW OFFICERS

he Ole Miss Alumni Association announced elected officers for 2018-19 at its annual meeting on Saturday, Oct. 6, as part of Homecoming activities. Augustus L. Collins (BBA 82) of Madison was named president, a one-year term that changes each Homecoming. Collins is chief executive officer for MINACT Inc., a major job development and training corporation. Prior to accepting his position with MINACT, Collins was adjutant general of Mississippi and served as the commanding general of both the Mississippi Army and Air National Guard. He was promoted to the rank of major general in March 2012. Collins served on active duty in Operation Desert Shield/Storm as well as commanded the 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team during combat operations in Operation Iraqi Freedom from 2004 to 2006. Collins was promoted

to brigadier general on May 10, 2005, while in Iraq, making him the first African-American to attain the rank of general officer in the history of the Mississippi National Guard. Matt Lusco (BBA 79) of Birmingham, senior executive vice president and chief risk officer for Regions Financial Corp., was named president-elect. Lampkin Butts (BBA 73) of Laurel, president and chief operating officer of Sanderson Farms Inc., was elected vice president. Athletics Committee members include Andy Kilpatrick (BSHPE 74) of Grenada and Candie Simmons (BBA 02, MBA 15) of Ridgeland. Kilpatrick serves as counsel for the Mississippi State Board of Architecture. Simmons serves as a senior vice president and geography marketing strategist for Regions Financial Corp. in Jackson. Ole Miss Alumni Association Executive Director Kirk Purdom (BA 93) serves as treasurer.

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ALUMNI News Phyllis Grant Falkenheiner (BAEd 64) of Vidalia, La., Sept. 19, 2018

Sue Smith Vance (BSHPE 63) of Knoxville, Tenn., March 22, 2018

Leo Alexander Farmer Sr. (MD 63) of Gonzales, La., Aug. 20, 2018

Marvin Eugene Vernon (BBA 61) of Madison, Aug. 12, 2018

Jack Fowler (BSCvE 61) of Vicksburg, July 7, 2018

James Eugene Vinson (BAEd 60) of Burlison, Tenn., July 13, 2018

Deane Chrestman Gaines (BA 68) of Gulfport, Aug. 13, 2018

Flavia Peeples Waddell (BAEd 68, MEd 90) of Coffeeville, Sept. 22,

Dale Eugene Gallagher (BAEd 61) of Hazlehurst, Aug. 15, 2018

2018

Anita Stratton Graham (MA 61) of Senatobia, Sept. 9, 2018 John Albert Grubbs (MBEd 66) of Northport, Ala., July 14, 2018 George Gibson Hurst III (BSPh 66) of Panama City, Fla., July 26, 2018 Gerald Haggart Jacks (JD 68) of Cleveland, Sept. 8, 2018 Linda Lancaster Jackson (BAEd 69) of Jay, Fla., July 5, 2018 Hal Trotter Jones Jr. (BBA 64) of Jackson, Aug. 29, 2018 Henry Lafayette Lackey (JD 66) of Calhoun City, Aug. 17, 2018 Virginia Carolyn Campbell McKie (BFA 68) of Middle Brook, Mo., July 4, 2018 Betty Thomas Montz (MEd 64) of Kellyton, Ala., July 15, 2018 Elmer Carl Palm (BSME 65) of Helena, Ala., July 7, 2018 Binford Hardy Peeples (MBA 61) of Flower Mound, Texas, July 15, 2018 Virginia Brown Pepper (BAEd 67) of Cleveland, Sept. 18, 2018 Lytle Aleander Rather III (BSCvE 62) of Loudon, Tenn., Aug. 30, 2018 Eddie Charles Smith (MCS 66) of Clarksdale, May 16, 2018 Leon Jackson Smith Jr. (MA 69) of Durham, N.C., July 8, 2018 Tommy Hughes Smithson (MEd 67) of Kingsport, Tenn., July 31, 2018 Kay Brim Stuart (BAEd 64) of Houston, Texas, Aug. 26, 2018 Billy Uriah Tidwell (MEd 60) of Lawrenceville, Ga., March 4, 2018

William Burton Ward Sr. (MEd 67) of Madison, July 25, 2018 Tommy George Washington (BBA 61) of Sevierville, Tenn., June 28, 2017 Peter Lutken Watts (BBA 63) of Brookhaven, July 8, 2018 Sally Sayle Weathersby (62) of Fairhope, Ala., July 23, 2018 Mary Nell Land Williams (MA 69) of Cleveland, July 9, 2018

1970s

Mable Henson Allen (BA 70) of Oxford, July 14, 2018 Susan Pattridge Berryhill (BA 71, MEd 79) of Tutwiler, Aug. 29, 2018 Kay Case Boone (MLS 77) of Jackson, Aug. 21, 2018 George Robert Booth USAF (Ret) (BS 70) of Raleigh, N.C., June 23, 2018 Newell William Brigham III (78) of Tupelo, Sept. 13, 2018 Susan Ann Brown (BBA 75) of Savannah, Tenn., July 19, 2018 Sammy Randolph Bryant (MEd 74) of Ripley, July 6, 2018 Martha Rovelstad Caulfield (BA 72, MA 75) of Jessup, Md., Aug. 18, 2018 Kenny Glenn Coleman Sr. (BSPh 73) of Oxford, July 26, 2018 Frank Lee Covington Jr. (MD 75) of Indianapolis, Ind., June 24, 2018 Albert Butler Deweese (BBA 72) of Philadelphia, Aug. 25, 2018

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Katherine Pack Stuckey (BAEd 70, MEd 71, JD 89) of Greenwood, Sept.

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Karen Ward Gray (BSN 79) of Sturgis, Aug. 27, 2018

Ronald David Turner (78) of Memphis, Tenn., Aug. 7, 2018

Kenneth Glenn Gurley (BSCvE 76) of Hernando, July 29, 2018

Timothy Lynn Warren (MEd 77) of Oxford, Sept. 9, 2018

Rodney Mills Hartzog (BBA 73) of Columbus, Aug. 27, 2018

Johnny White Jr. (MCJ 78) of Cleveland, March 31, 2018

Kathleen Wight Heaney (MEd 71) of Tucson, Ariz., Sept. 13, 2018

Hiaburnia Gaines Wilroy (BBA 79) of Memphis, Tenn., Aug. 12, 2018

Samuel Wilson Holder Sr. (BBA 72) of Vestavia, Ala., Aug. 14, 2018 Shirley Jaudon Huffman (BA 75, MA 79) of Stafford, Texas, July 9, 2018 John Leslie Hunter (JD 72) of Gautier, July 26, 2018 Janie Sanders Johnson (BAEd 70) of Brandon, Sept. 5, 2018 Celestine McArthur Jones (MEd 76) of Holly Springs, Aug. 12, 2018 Kenneth Lee Kauerz (BAEd 71) of Memphis, Tenn., Aug. 28, 2018 Ronald Warren Kilgore (MBA 70, PhD 74) of Martin, Tenn., Aug. 2,

1980s

Jana Maples Aust (BSN 86) of Hendersonville, Tenn., July 10, 2018 Donald Kenneth Barnett (BAEd 80) of Humboldt, Tenn., Aug. 3, 2018 Rebecca Foster Bradley (BAEd 81, MEd 85) of Senatobia, Aug. 28, 2018 David Franklin Broome (BBA 81) of Phoenix, Ariz., Aug. 7, 2018 George Brian Budz (BE 88) of Biloxi, Aug. 3, 2018

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Robin Hester Dickerson (BSB 84) of Philadelphia, July 15, 2018

Nancy Higdon King (BS 75) of Starkville, Aug. 13, 2018

Billy Fred Garrett (BBA 80) of Aberdeen, July 25, 2018

Martha Howell Liddell (MEd 72) of Clarksdale, Aug. 8, 2018

Jack Walter Harper (BAccy 83, MAccy 84) of Jackson, July 28, 2018

David Leslie Lord (JD 75) of Gulfport, Aug. 15, 2018

John Stuart Moore (JD 84) of Starkville, Aug. 30, 2018

William Ronald McCandless (JD 73) of Ridgeland, Aug. 24, 2018

Woodie Leonard Murdoch III (80) of Greenville, S.C., Aug. 20, 2018

Harold Dixon Montague (JD 77) of Houston, Texas, Aug. 19, 2018

Donald Bradford Russell Sr. (BA 83, MD 87) of Corinth, Aug. 23, 2018

Riley Dewey Myers (BSHPE 72) of Magee, Aug. 20, 2018

Margaret Nash Schove (BAEd 86, MEd 92) of Oxford, Aug. 4, 2018

Elizabeth Sanders O’Briant (BAEd 75) of Senatobia, July 21, 2018

Claude Lee Vinson Sr. (MEd 81) of Holly Springs, July 17, 2018

Joe W. Phillips (BBA 74) of Crystal Springs, July 13, 2018

Sherry Kaye Warren (MSN 89) of Hazlehurst, July 3, 2018

Yvonne L. Ralston (EdD 74) of Bartow, Fla., Aug. 1, 2018 Carver Andrew Randle Sr. (JD 73) of Indianola, Sept. 7, 2018 Edward Larson Rowe (BS 76) of Huntsville, Ala., July 14, 2018

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Susan Wardlaw Brown (BSPh 90) of Jackson, Sept. 16, 2018

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Maranda Tutor Anderson (BBA 06) of Oxford, Sept. 9, 2018 Emily Danielle Armstrong (BAEd 04) of Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 14, 2018 Bethany Joy Conner (BA 06) of New Orleans, La., Aug. 15, 2018 Wilton Lowell Marsalis Jr. (08) of Oxford, July 4, 2018 William Matthew Tamke (05) of Oxford, Sept. 4, 2018 Bridgette Pumphrey Turner (BBA 09) of Oxford, Sept. 11, 2018

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HOMECOMING HEADLINERS

allie Gillam, 2018 Homecoming queen and senior from Collierville, Tennessee, poses with 2017-18 Ole Miss Alumni Association President Bobby Bailess of Vicksburg.

Thomas Mitchell McClenahan of Coppell, Texas, Aug. 10, 2018 Richard Charles Miller of Jackson, Aug. 7, 2018 Annie Clara Mitchell of Oxford, Aug. 29, 2018 Beatrice Reeves Richardson of Madison, Aug. 7, 2018 Margaret Ishee Riley of Oxford, July 25, 2018

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Medicinal Chemistry Mentorship FORENSIC CHEMIST NAMED 2018 JOSEPH SAM DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS andall Clark (PhD 73) was named the School of Pharmacy Department of BioMolecular Sciences’ 2018 Joseph Sam Distinguished Alumnus Award honoree. Clark earned degrees in both biology and chemistry from Berry College in Mount Berry, Georgia, before completing his Ph.D. under the direction of late Ole Miss professor Ronald F. Borne. He has spent his 45-year academic career at Auburn University, where he is a professor of medicinal chemistry, mentoring more than 50 master’s and doctoral students. “It’s a great privilege for our department to be able to recognize our alumni leaders in pharmaceutical sciences with the Joe Sam Distinguished Alumnus Endowment,” says Kristie Willett, chair of the Department of BioMolecular

Sciences. “Having Dr. Clark back on campus provides our students and current faculty with a unique opportunity to expand their professional network and learn about cutting edge research in medicinal chemistry.” With a research interest in forensic drug chemistry, Clark has received more than $2.5 million in research funding over the last 10 years from the National Institute of Justice, the research, development and evaluation agency of the U.S. Department of Justice. He has authored or co-authored more than 250 scientific publications. The award’s namesake, Joseph Sam, was an influential part in educating future scientists in the field of drug development and discovery. He served as one of the first chairs of the Department of Medicinal Chemistry, as well as

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he Alumni Association hosted the annual Past Presidents Dinner on Friday, Sept. 14, at The Inn at Ole Miss for past presidents of the Alumni Association, their spouses and guests. Past presidents in attendance were (seated, from left) Trentice Imbler, Carole Lynn Meadows, Jan Farrington, Rose Flenorl, Dr. Paul Moore, Frank Crosthwait, David McCormick, Dr. Briggs Hopson; (standing, from left) Jimmy Brown, Eddie Maloney, Larry Bryan, Charles Clark, Jon Turner, Robert Elliott, Dr. Hal Moore, Mary Sharp Rayner, David Brevard, Sherman Muths, Bill May, Bob Seibels, Richard Noble, Dr. Bryan Barksdale and Bill Renovich.

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