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OLE MISS ALUMNI REVIEW

Summer 2012

SUMMER 2012

Siren Call Volunteer fire department recruits many from Ole Miss

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Alumni work to restore post-Civil War buildings Campus improvements underway to support continued growth

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18 United by History Alumni work to restore pivotal post-Civil War buildings BY STEVE MULLEN

26 Catching Fire ON THE COVER

Passion for volunteer firefighting ignited in students, faculty, alumni

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The latest on Ole Miss students, faculty, staff and friends

16 CALENDAR

BY TOM SPEED

34 Bigger & Better Campus improvements underway to support continued growth

42 SPORTS

Ole Miss to ‘serve’ as tennis host Four sports score in academics

46 ARTS AND CULTURE 48 REBEL TRAVELER

38 Commencement 2012

52 ALUMNI NEWS On the cover: Many mild-mannered Ole Miss graduates reveal the superhero within as volunteer firefighters. Photo by Kevin Bain

Ole Miss Alumni Review P ublisher TimothyL.L.Walsh Walsh(83, (83) Timothy 91) Editor ditor E Jim Urbanek Urbanek II II (97) (97) Jim jim@olemiss.edu jim@olemiss.edu A Editor and A ssociate ssociate E ditor and A Director A dvertising dvertising Director Tom Speed (91) Steve Mullen (92) tom@olemiss.edu steve@olemiss.edu C ontributing Editor C ontributing Editor Benita Whitehorn Benita Whitehorn Editorial A ssistant A rt Director Brandon Irvine Amy Howell Designer C orrespondents Eric Summers Lindsey Abernathy (09), Kevin Bain (98), orrespondents Joey Brent,CRebecca Lauck Cleary (97), Kevin Bain Baker (96), Bruce Coleman(98), (88),Tobie Mitchell Diggs (82), Rebecca Lauck Cleary Lexi(11), Combs, Jay Ferchaud, Erin(97), Garrett Mitchell Diggs (82), Jay Ferchaud, Tina H. Hahn, Robert Jordan (83), Michael Harrelson, Robert Jordan (83), Nathan Latil, Jenny Kate Luster (06), Nathan Latil, Jack Mazurak, Jack Mazurak, Edwin Smith (80, 93), Deborah Purnell (MA 02) Tom Speed (91, 03), Dabney Weems (97) Edwin Smith (80), Matt Westerfield of of

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Chancellor Dear Alumni and Friends,

Like many places, the Ole Miss campus enjoys a more relaxed pace during the summer months. We have a fraction of the students, fewer classes and a much lighter slate of activities for a fleeting few weeks. Summertime gives our faculty and staff a chance to catch up and recharge, but perhaps more importantly, it allows us to tackle big projects that are vital to our continued success. We are accustomed to the rumble of heavy machinery and the clatter of renovations, but this year — perhaps more than any time in recent memory — our campus is abuzz with construction efforts. Many of these will be completed by the time the fall semester begins, but some will stretch to the end of the year and beyond, affecting traffic flow, student services and other campus operations. If you’ve been to campus lately, you have no doubt encountered closed streets along University Avenue and All-American Drive, and you may have noticed a new building taking shape near Old Taylor Road. That’s a new Central Mechanical Plant, which provides the heating and cooling for many of our buildings. This new facility will increase our capacity to maintain a comfortable indoor climate, allow for growth and help us use energy more efficiently. The street work has been necessary to upgrade some old steam lines and add Faser Hall to the hot-water system for heating. Across campus, several departments have moved out of the Paul B. Johnson Commons, and we’ve begun the first major renovation of that building. Many parts of the “JC” are outdated and in need of repairs, and we must expand our dining facilities to provide meal services for our growing student population. When it reopens in about 18 months, this familiar structure will have all-new electrical, plumbing and mechanical systems, fresh finishes and improved access. The dining hall will feature a new restaurant concept, and a new patio and terrace on the south side will allow diners to enjoy our beautiful Quad area. The ID Center also will move from its old location in the basement to a new spot that is more convenient and accessible to all students. Nearby, workers are putting finishing touches on three new residence halls along Rebel Drive on the former site of Miller Hall. These as-yet-unnamed buildings will open next month, providing housing for more than 850 students and providing the features and options they need as they spend their college careers with us. And down the hill at Stockard and Martin halls, workers are replacing the exterior masonry and fixing leaks. Over the past five decades, moisture has taken its toll on the building’s exterior, and when this project is complete sometime next year, these familiar “Twin Towers” will have fresh brick all around, making the structure safe and functional for years to come. These are a few of the projects we’re tackling this summer, and more are on the way. We’ve experienced explosive growth in our student population over the past 10 years, and we expect another record-setting enrollment this fall. Excellence is a year-round pursuit, but the work being done this summer will provide a foundation for years to come. When you come to campus, please be patient with our construction delays, and look past the orange cones and green construction fences to glimpse the bright future we’re working hard to achieve. Sincerely,

Daniel W. Jones (MD 75) Chancellor

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President Dear Rebels,

As my year comes to a close, I would like to thank a lot of people. First, to Laurie, my wife, for hanging in there with me; to Tim and all the alumni staff for the many things they do daily to keep our Association at the top; to the officers and board members who volunteer to serve our school and give of their time and talents to carry out our mission; to Chancellor Jones for his leadership, vision and character, and his inclusion of the Alumni Association in the important decisions this past year, which continue to make the Ole Miss future a bright one. At the beginning of the Alumni Association year last Homecoming, we faced challenges, and I emphasized that “WE” could make a difference. Fellow alumni, I am proud to report that we did. In reviewing this year’s activities, the Association was involved and participated in these accomplishments, which I believe stand out: 1. Being a member of the search committees for head football coach and athletics director. 2. Improving the Association’s website and social media to reach our alumni. (If you aren’t doing so already, follow the Association on Facebook at facebook.com/olemissalumni and @olemissalumni on Twitter.) 3. Improving The Inn at Ole Miss, including the addition of a state-of-the-art fitness center and upgrades to an already fantastic hotel. 4. Traveling on the Rebel Road Trip — 16 cities in six days sponsored jointly by the Alumni Association and the Department of Athletics. (Priceless.) 5. Attending Ole Miss Club functions and meeting Rebels all over who share the enthusiasm and pride of Ole Miss. 6. Increasing membership numbers. I believe that the stage has been set with our leadership now in place. Together with the vision of our Chancellor, great things are on the horizon, and we are ready for the challenge. We have a renewal of Ole Miss pride and have that “confident swagger.” As alumni, we are proud to be Ole Miss Rebels. We have an unbelievable product to sell, this school — THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI — and this name — OLE MISS! Wear your Ole Miss logos wherever you go, and rest assured you will be greeted with “Hotty Toddy.” Stay connected to your Alumni Association, and give back to Ole Miss. We continue to get better because of you. Thank you again for all you do for your Alumni Association and for Ole Miss. On a personal note, I can’t tell you how great this year has been as your Alumni Association president. I am glad I was in this place at this time. Hotty Toddy, Rebels! Always a Rebel,

Richard G. Noble (BBA 68, JD 73)

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Noah, Cancer Survivor

My L i f e i s P roo f.

At age four, Noah was diagnosed with AML, a rare and aggressive form of leukemia. He faced a 50/50 chance of survival when his parents brought him to Children’s Cancer Center at University of Mississippi Health Care, the only Academic Medical Center in the state. Noah’s physician and her team developed an intensive treatment plan that included chemo, a bone marrow transplant and months of hospitalization. His Children’s Cancer team never gave up – and neither did Noah. Today, Noah is seven years old, living cancer free and dreaming big. For more information about Children’s Cancer Center, visit umhc.com/childrenscancer or call 888.815.2005. Actual Patient

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THE LATEST ON OLE MISS STUDENTS, FACULTY, STAFF AND FRIENDS

Moving Forward UM CELEBRATES GRAND OPENING OF INSIGHT PARK

he University of Mississippi’s new research facility, Insight Park, held its grand opening April 5. The park’s goal is to raise the state’s per-capita income and quality of life by attracting knowledge-based businesses and high-paying jobs. By offering welldesigned facilities in conjunction with research expertise and service, clients will benefit from an intellectually stimulating climate. Representatives from the university, the Board of Trustees of State

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Institutions of Higher Learning, Oxford and Lafayette County were present at the celebration. “I would like to say what a happy occasion it is to celebrate something that not only moves the university forward in tangible ways, but moves this community forward, moves our state forward, moves our nation forward and moves the world forward,” said Chancellor Dan Jones (MD 75). “It is always good when universities do something that makes the world a better place.”

The park has four tenants: Randall Commercial Group, SOAIR, Sweet Cheeks and Sherpa Solutions, all limited liability companies. This fall, the North Mississippi Education Consortium and the Child Advocacy and Play Therapy Institute will relocate to Insight Park from Guyton Hall. Marilyn Snow, UM associate professor of leadership and counselor education and founder of CAPTI, says the move will make the institute more accessible to children in North Mississippi. AR

Photo by Nathan Latil

The University of Mississippi’s new research facility, Insight Park, celebrated its grand opening on April 5.

Community Builders WINTERS HONORED WITH LEGACY AWARD Photo by Lonnie Kees

illiam and Elise Winter, Mississippi’s 58th governor and first lady, received the third annual Legacy Award from the Ole Miss Women’s Council for Philanthropy on April 21. The Legacy Award recognizes the contributions of individuals who epitomize the council’s goals of philanthropy, leadership and mentorship. William Winter (BA 43, LLB 49) is credited with spearheading Mississippi’s landmark Education Reform Act of 1982. He serves as special counsel at Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrère & Denègre LLP. He was honored with the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Lifetime Achievement Award and is chair of the National Commission on State and Local Public Service. The university’s Institute for Racial Reconciliation and a history professorship are named for him. Elise Winter (BA 48) is an advocate for and founding member of Habitat for Humanity/Metro Jackson. She has been involved in every aspect of Habitat for Humanity, from the boardroom to work sites. Her book Dinner at the Mansion shares how she and her husband brought renowned guests to the Governor’s Mansion and gave Mississippi positive exposure. Proceeds from the recently reprinted book support Habitat for Humanity. The Winters also are involved in the Fondren Renaissance Foundation, which helps preserve and revitalize the greater Fondren neighborhood in Jackson. The Women’s Council for Philanthropy has built an endowment of nearly $8.6 million and supports 61 scholarships, with each new scholarship recognized with a rosebush in a garden on the grounds of the Ford Center for the Performing Arts on campus. AR

Elise and William Winter

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le Miss has signed on as the lead institution in a three-year, multi-university effort to help improve English language education in Ecuador. The agreement with Ecuador’s National Secretariat of Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation calls for the training of 3,000 students to be public school teachers. Four other universities have joined as training sites for the program’s first year. “Go Teacher!” is a 14-week, noncredit certificate program that combines language study and instruction in Teaching English as a Second Language. Upon completion, the Ecuadorian Ministry of Education will award the students a two-

The 'Go Teacher!' agreement in Ecuador was signed this spring.

year contract to work in the Ecuadorian public school system. As the lead institution, Ole Miss will manage the project, placing the Ecuadorian students at the participating schools. More universities will be invited to participate as more students join the program, says Mona Menking, coordinator of international relations at the UM Division of Outreach and Continuing Education. As part of the partnership, Ole Miss will provide ongoing follow-up and evaluation to assess students’ progress and gather data. Faculty from the five universities will evaluate the data and use their findings to guide this program and future programs. AR

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING PROFESSOR NAMED 2012 TEACHER OF THE YEAR

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is the best teacher I have known and is undoubtedly an even better mentor.” “I poke fun at myself,” O’Haver says. “I am very transparent. I do a lot with problem-based learning. We do a lot in teams. I try hard to make the tough concepts very clear and memorable. I try to relate them to life and then ask [students] to apply the concepts.” The goal is to let his students know he cares, he says. As the associate dean of academic and student affairs for the School of Engineering, O’Haver has developed new programs for engineering students that focus on writing and fundamental academics. An accomplished researcher, he publishes regularly in the peer-reviewed journals in his field and has directed students’ theses and dissertations.

O’Haver and his wife, Kevie, have a son, Hudson, and a daughter, Maren, both 14. AR Photo by Harry Briscoe

ohn O’Haver’s vision, drive and enthusiasm inspire students, faculty and staff in an almost contagious manner. For providing such inspiration, he received the 2012 Elsie M. Hood Outstanding Teacher Award. O’Haver teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in chemical engineering, and is director of the Center for Math and Science Education. He is the university’s only faculty member to have twice been recognized with the Faculty Achievement Award, UM’s highest award given to a single faculty member each year who combines excellence in teaching, research and service. Students praise him as a powerful educator, motivator and mentor. “He engages in life coaching as much as teaching,” one student wrote in her nomination letter. Another wrote, “Dr. O

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Drastic Measure SOFTWARE PROVIDES FLOOD SIMULATION FOR DISASTER RESPONSE Photo courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard

When the levees were breached in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina, the Ninth Ward was inundated.

illions of Americans still live behind dams or levees. If any of these structures were to fail and unleash catastrophic flooding, as in New Orleans in 2005, lives and property might once again be lost. To help mitigate such a potential disaster, University of Mississippi scientists have helped develop powerful software tools that have been combined into a seamless Web application to visualize a flood, address consequences and properly train emergency responders. The Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate, or S&T, worked with Mustafa Altinakar, director of UM’s National Center for Computational Hydroscience and Engineering, and his team, as well as dam experts at the Office of Infrastructure Protection on these tools. The key components of the project are known as DSS-WISE™, for Decision Support System for Water Infrastructural Security, and the underlying flood simulator, CCHE2D-FLOOD™,

which provides unmatched “numbercrunching” speed. The flood simulator can replicate flooding caused by a breached levee, failed dam, surging tide, tsunami — even water waves caused by massive landslides. In 2010, when onefifth of Pakistan’s land was underwater, hydraulic engineers at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers used DSS-WISE to help the country reallocate resources. The other critical piece of the puzzle is the Dams Sector Analysis Tool, or DSAT. This powerful Web-based application is a one-stop shop where dam owners and operators have secure access to state-of-the-art, user-friendly analytical capabilities. With DSAT, a dam owner or operator can prepare the input data required for the flood simulation using DSSWISE. For example, to characterize a potential dam failure scenario, operators would define the reservoir, identify the main dam, note structures using satellite imagery and specify the type of failure to be considered: a “sudden and complete

failure” or a “gradual and partial breaching.” DSAT does the rest, drawing data from the National Inventory of Dams, maintained by the Corps. The data are then bundled into a data file and emailed to a dedicated server at Ole Miss, where the simulation is run. When the simulation ends, the server automatically notifies the user, who may then upload the results on DSAT, where they are rendered onto a map. “It works similarly to Apple’s Siri,” says Altinakar, referring to the iPhone’s intelligent digital assistant. “There’s no way all that processing could occur in the user’s computer — or phone — so it’s handed off to an external server. It looks simple to the consumer, but I assure you, it’s not.” Fo r m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n o n t h e National Center for Computational Hydroscience and Engineering, go to www.ncche.olemiss.edu. Information for this article was provided by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate. AR Summer 2012 9

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omeday soon, teachers could help their students focus on a reading project, calm down after recess or rev up to join in a group activity, all by adjusting classroom lights, says Michael Mott, assistant professor of elementary education. Backed by a grant from Philips Lighting, Mott is leading research that may shape a vision for lighting tomorrow’s classrooms. In a study titled “Illuminating the Effects of Dynamic Lighting on Student Learning,” published in the journal SAGE Open in May, Mott and his research partners have found specific lighting conditions can affect performance in elementary classrooms. “In a nutshell, our study found that higher quality light — light with a high

luminosity — helped increase reading achievement,” explains Mott, who teaches at UM’s Advanced Education Center in Tupelo. “Lighting is one of those things everyone understands. It’s something we live with — we get up with it; we go to sleep with it. So it makes sense that it impacts learning.” Conducted at Saltillo Elementary School, in collaboration with the Lee County School District, the study used the “focus” setting on the Philips SchoolVision lighting system — one of four lighting options. The “focus” setting was designed to create

optimal light for school-day moments that require high levels of concentration, such as test taking or literacy instruction. After nine months of testing the systems, third-grade students participating in a treatment group received oral reading fluency scores that were significantly higher than a control group. “The increase was above what we were expecting,” says Jodie Burnette, Mott’s research assistant and doctoral student in elementary education. “I’m constantly amazed at what something as simple as lighting can do. If it can help with student learning, then by all means, we should embrace this!” AR Photos by Robert Jordan

This composite image shows the effect of the Philips Advanced Classroom Lighting System settings. From left to right are ‘Normal Fluorescent,’ ‘Energy,’ ‘Focus’ and ‘Calm’ light settings. The camera was set to ‘normal daylight’ for all photos to record the appearance of the light as accurately as possible. 10 Alumni Review

ORGANIZATION ESTABLISHES CAMPUS FOOD BANK

group of faculty, staff and students has led efforts to establish the Ole Miss Food Bank, an organization that works to feed hungry students on campus. The organization’s mission is to provide nourishment to end student hunger and to foster a healthy community. Its motto is “Ending hunger. Building community.” Students who need to use the food bank will walk in, show their university ID card, select food items and leave. All student users’ names will be kept confidential. “What I like to remind students is that we really do not know

if our peers are struggling with hunger,” says Abby Olivier, a public policy leadership major. “We recognize people walking from class to class, and we even spend time with friends who we may not know are hungry. “Becoming involved with this organization will be a way for students to help their fellow students. I remind people that there is a community food bank in Oxford, but it is rare for students to become eligible to utilize it. I hope that people can realize that and can understand the true need for food on the Ole Miss campus.” AR

Into Africa PSYCHOLOGY PROFESSOR AWARDED FULBRIGHT SCHOLARSHIP

hen Laura Johnson (BA 91) returned from her first trip to Africa — a yearlong study in Kenya as an Ole Miss junior in 1989 — the director of study abroad gave her a brochure for the Fulbright Scholar grant and told her she’d need it one day. Johnson, now an associate professor of psychology at Ole Miss, will travel to East Africa as a 2012-13 Fulbright Scholar to conduct research on youth developmental assets and civic participation among vulnerable young people. “I’ve always been interested in marginalized groups that are not on the radar of people in academia, or psychology in particular,” Johnson says. “Youth living in Africa tend to get ignored, yet there’s so much we can learn. I’m really interested in resilience and strength and how people are able to draw from community, culture and themselves to not just survive but to thrive and contribute to the betterment of society.” Over nine months, Johnson will collaborate with national partners to survey 1,200 African teens ages 14 to 17 in five different regions within Tanzania and Uganda. She also will interview older members of the communities to gain cultural knowledge about the best ways to promote civic engagement. Johnson has conducted research in the area multiple times, including through a National Geographic Conservation Trust grant and several Ole Miss internal grants. She also served three years on the American Psychological Association’s Committee on International Relations in Psychology, where she worked to advance psychology as a globally relevant discipline. She teaches multicultural psychology and an environmental psychology study abroad course that focuses on culture, ecology and youth development in Tanzania. She also conducts workshops to prepare Croft students for the cultural and psychological aspects of international study and research. Johnson is among around 1,100 U.S. faculty and professionals who will travel abroad through the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program in 2012-13. AR

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Circle New Lease on Life NONTRADITIONAL STUDENTS COMPLETE TEACHING DEGREES WITH HONORS

former radiology technician, a youth minister and a young mother may seem to have little in common, but the three University of Mississippi students graduated this May with matching records of outstanding academic achievement. Ke r r i Fr a n k s , C a r ro l l L e e a n d Matthew Craig Pharr are all elementary education majors with 4.0 GPAs. They each received a Taylor Medal, the university’s highest academic award, and they are members of the academic honor societies Phi Kappa Phi, Kappa Delta Pi and Alpha Sigma Lambda. Perhaps their most intriguing similarity is that they excelled as nontraditional students in an academic environment where most of their peers were more recent high school graduates. All attribute their success to determination and a strong support network both at home and at Ole Miss.

Attendance Center in Fulton, the motivation to pursue a career in education came after becoming a young mother. “When I graduated high school, I had no ambition to attend college,” she says. “At 19, I found myself pregnant and in a job with no future. Raising my daughter helped me realize how rewarding teaching really is. So in 2008, I enrolled in Itawamba Community College and began my journey.” She hopes to teach for several years and then pursue a master’s degree in education.

tional student,” she says. “Some days I wondered if I would actually be able to become a teacher. But after working in another field, I can honestly say teaching is what I’m supposed to be doing in my life.”

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Lee, who did her student teaching at Lawndale Elementary School in Tupelo and serves as president of the UM Tupelo chapter of Teachers of Tomorrow, decided to pursue a degree in education after working as a radiology technician. In 2009, she enrolled in UM’s elementary education program because she wanted a career working with children. “It was challenging to be a nontradi-

Pharr, a Marietta native who completed his student teaching at Itawamba Attendance Center, was picked as his school’s class marshal at commencement. He was selected as UM’s Outstanding Teacher Candidate by the Mississippi Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. Ph a r r s a y s h e p l a n s t o g e t h i s teacher’s license this summer, and continue his ministry work. For the past three years, he has served as a licensed youth minister at Bethlehem Free Will Baptist Church in Pontotoc and, more recently, at Martin Hill Free Will Baptist Church in Booneville. “My biggest challenge has been balancing my youth ministry with classes,” he says. AR

Predicting the Future ACCOMPLISHED ALUMNUS SHARES INSIGHTS WITH STUDENTS

ean Copeland (BA 61) is challenging Ole Miss students to consider current trends with global effects and their implications for the world 50 years from now. Through “Trends and Effects of Globalization in the 21st Century,” a biweekly seminar that wrapped up this spring, the retired corporate lawyer and executive gave students in public policy leadership a rare opportunity to learn from his professional and personal experiences. “If I can pass my knowledge and experience on in a practical way, that is meaningful to me,” Copeland says. “I’ve never been more excited about teaching anything because of the dynamic effect and rapid changes globalization is having — some positive and some negative.”

The course curriculum was created by Copeland following discussions with Michael Metcalf, interim chair and professor of public policy leadership. Texts covered during the course included The Next Decade: Where We’ve Been … and Where We’re Going and The Next 100 Years: A Forecast for the 21st Century, both by George Friedman. Though Copeland, as a lawyer, has taught legal Copeland seminars in the past, returning to where he began was especially fulfilling, he says. “I grew up here. I attended public schools here. This is home or what I call ‘place.’”

A graduate of Murrah High School in Jackson, Copeland earned his bachelor’s degree in history from Ole Miss. He later attended the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar and graduated from Yale University’s School of Law. Copeland served in the U.S. Army as adjutant of the Judge Advocate General’s School in Charlottesville, Va., before joining a private law firm. While Copeland resides in Atlanta, he also spends time in Alexandria, Va. For more information about the Department of Public Policy Leadership, visit http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/ public_policy_leadership. AR

COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER URGES GRADUATES TO CONTRIBUTE WISELY

.S. Sen. Roger F. Wicker (BA 73, JD 75) encouraged graduates to appreciate their accomplishment and see their potential during his Commencement speech on May 12 in the Grove.

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“Today, as college graduates, you join an exclusive group. Only 6.7 percent of the world’s population has earned a college diploma,” Wicker said.

“You are part of a very elite group, you have a lot of people to share the credit with, and we are expecting a lot from you. In fact, we have a lot riding on your success,” he said. He encouraged graduates to be proud of their accomplishments, both large and small. “ M u c h o f wh a t yo u accomplish of real importance during the rest of your days is likely to go unnoticed. Take satisfaction in the fact that you have done your part and done your best, even in a small way, and let that be your reward.” The university’s 159th Commencement included 2,395 May graduates, along with 968 August degree candidates. Graduates and family members gathered to observe the speeches and academic heraldry. Among the attendees, Michael and

Gwen Langhart of Tylertown watched their son Alex graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in psychology. “My daughter graduated from here four years ago, and my wife went here, so we are tickled to death,” Michael Langhart says. “Alex has always wanted to come to Ole Miss, and he has loved being here.” Gwen Langhart (BSPh 80) says she was excited to be on campus. “It is so emotional to see my child graduate from my alma mater,” she says. “Having graduation in the Grove is unique, and it’s something they’ll always remember. It gives it a more emotional attachment.” Vicki Robinson was excited to be in the Grove for the first time to watch Kenny Spach of Addison, Texas, graduate with a bachelor’s degree in management. “I am very proud of my nephew, and I am very impressed with Ole Miss,” says Robinson, of Versailles, Ky., who was in Oxford with eight other relatives. AR Summer 2012 13

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Circle Lean Operation UHHS UNVEILS PROGRAM TO REDUCE WASTE, INCREASE QUALITY

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new program launched this spring promises to keep University Hospital and Health System, the patient-care division of the University of Mississippi Medical Center, ahead of the curve in waste-reduction strategies.

Jennifer Spane (standing), IT solutions consultant, talks with Sharon Poyadou (left) and Joscelyn Hollowell during a training session of Operational Excellence.

Operational Excellence, or OPX, is a bare-bones training program modeled after lean initiatives that have become popular in the country’s manufacturing industry.

Michael Korpiel, UHHS chief operating officer, is quick to point out that OPX is intended for UHHS’ operational side only.   “We want Operational Excellence to develop improvement on the operational side: patient flow, how we handle supplies, how we register patients, how we move things from Point A to Point B,” he says. “The idea is to mirror what we’re doing in performance improvement on the clinical side.”     Korpiel selected a team of hospital educators and operations staff trained in lean principles to tailor the program specifically for the institution. Cindy Hartman, information technology solutions consultant in the Division of Information Systems, spearheaded the effort to educate employees, and three groups were selected to go through OPX training to learn the methodology and apply it to their respective units.   One advocate for lean processing is nurse manager Cissy Bailey, who created a team to conduct an audit of supply areas. As a result, she says the project allows more space for needed items.   “More education has been provided

to staff in addition to educating the physicians on using the system,” Bailey says. “Our compliance rate with charges started at 38 percent and has increased to 48 percent since implementation of the program.” Nurse manager Sharon Poyadou is leading a team that is looking to introduce a new staffing initiative.   “We are looking at ways to change how we assign our nurses to patients by utilizing one nurse that will not take a patient load, but will be available to assist the other nurses with some of the more routine tasks that must be completed,” Poyadou says. “The ‘floater’ would also have a set of tasks to be completed in addition to helping the other nursing personnel.”   Staff ownership of OPX is one of the program’s greatest strengths, Korpiel says.   “Our goal is that, over the next four years, we have a significant [number] of people who have gone through training, understand the methodology and are certified as having some level of training, so we can change the culture and become a more efficient organization,” he says. AR

NEW RESEARCH SPACE PLANNED FOR MEDICAL CENTER

onstruction of a new research building at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, which will include space for start-up biotechnology companies, could begin in January 2013. UMMC leaders plan to spend $35 million initially on the eight-story shell of the Cancer and Biomedical Science Research Center and finish the ground-, first- and second-floor interiors of the 220,000-square-foot building. That work is expected to take about 18 months. Contractors would complete addi-

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tional floors as funds become available.    “We have ver y limited amounts of research space right now,” says Dr. John Hall, UMMC associate vice chancellor for research. “This building will give us space to implement at least part of our strategic plans for research growth. “It will help us recruit scientists, expand our research centers and institutes, and develop the Biotechnology Research Park at UMMC.”   The new facility will sit just northwest

of the Arthur C. Guyton Research Center. While the number of researchers and projects has ballooned, key operations that support researchers and their departments have not received additional space. For example, Laboratory Animal Facilities, which mainly cares for lab mice and rats, needs more room. The UMMC Cancer Institute needs more labs, faculty and research grants to receive designation from the National Cancer Institute.

Building with Care JACKSON FREE CLINIC EXPANSION SERVES INDIGENT PATIENTS

Additionally, the Women’s Health Research Center needs more space, and the MIND Center, which studies neurocognitive diseases including Alzheimer’s, has no laboratory research space of its own, Hall says. The Arthur C. Guyton Research Building opened in 1993 and represented the Medical Center’s first modern facility dedicated solely to research space. The sevenstory Arthur C. Guyton Research Center opened in 2008.

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enerous contributions will pay for a construction project to double the size of the studentrun Jackson Free Clinic, allowing room for more patients and the addition of new health care services. The contributions include a $150,000 donation from Health Management Associates, $150,000 from the School of Medicine at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson and numerous private donations to a fundraising campaign. The clinic’s expansion and renovation project, which was scheduled to start in June, will take two to three months. The work will provide space for dental, occupational therapy and physical therapy services. “We’re elated and so grateful to receive such a large donation to support our campaign and ultimately our patients,” says Bobby Tullos, Jackson Free Clinic director and fourth-year School of Medicine student, of the HMA donation. “With this gift, we have met our fundraising goal and additionally established a lasting rapport with an amazing organization which, like us, serves to better the health of Mississippi.” The 12-year-old clinic is a not-forprofit enterprise that serves adult patients who do not have health insurance and cannot otherwise afford care. School of

Clinic patient Timothy McInnis (left) with Brittany Simpson, M1, and Jian Chen, School of Medicine and graduate studies student.

Medicine students staff the clinic under the supervision of licensed physician volunteers from the Jackson community. All the clinic’s services are free. While both the clinic’s volunteer base and patient load have grown through the past decade, its facilities have not. The UM School of Medicine donated $150,000 toward the project in February, from funds the school had accrued through undirected donations. In May, students from the physical and occupational therapy programs presented a $50,000 check toward the project on behalf of the UMMC School

The new building will help attract new researchers and grants as well as produce new biotech businesses, all of which could have an immense long-term economic impact. The Cancer and Biomedical Science Research Center represents just one part of the Medical Center’s long-term plan. Utility work already underway, a new entrance to campus on Lakeland Drive and a parking deck will pave the way for new buildings in the long-term plan. AR

of Health Related Professions. Both the occupational therapy and physical therapy programs are housed within SHRP. When the renovated clinic reopens, students from those programs will be able to volunteer and get handson experience. “The volunteers at the Jackson Free Clinic provide important services to the community, so we’re glad to be a part of their expansion campaign,” says Dr. James Keeton (BA 61, MD 65), vice chancellor for health affairs and School of Medicine dean. AR

Preliminary artist’s rendering of a new research building at UMMC Summer 2012 15

Calendar Photo by Robert Jordan

Football: Ole Miss vs. Central Arkansas SEPT. 1

JULY

Club Season: Northeast Louisiana Ole Miss Club Annual Meeting. Time and location TBA. Call 318-329-9113.

Club Season: TriState Rebel Club Annual Meeting. Town and Country Furniture Store, Iuka, 5:30-8 p.m. Email tristaterebelclub@gmail.com.

AUGUST

1954-1956 Dinner of Champions: Gertrude C. Ford Ballroom, The Inn at Ole Miss, 7 p.m. Call 662915-7375.

1957-1962 All Sports Reunion: Gertrude C. Ford Ballroom, The Inn at Ole Miss, 7 p.m. Call 662915-7375.

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-11 M-Club Summer Weekend: Various times and locations. Call 662915-7375. Club Season: Central Florida Ole Miss Club Annual Meeting. Time and location TBA. Call 407828-3162.

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Fall classes begin

Club Season: Atlanta Ole Miss Club Annual Meeting. Time and location TBA. Call 404-405-7262.

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Fall classes begin.

Club Season: Birmingham Ole Miss Club Kickoff Meeting. Location TBA, 6-8 p.m. Call 205-979-4452.

Austin SEC Club Annual Kickoff Picnic: Austin American Legion Hall, Austin, Texas, 11:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Email paxglenn@gmail.com.

Denver SEC Picnic 2012: Eisenhower Park, Denver, noon-5 p.m. Email olemisscoloradoclub@ gmail.com. -Sept. 1 M-Club Hall of Fame Induction Banquet: Gertrude C. Ford Ballroom, The Inn at Ole Miss, 7 p.m. Call 662-915-7375.

SEPTEMBER

Football: Ole Miss vs. Central Arkansas. Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, Oxford. Time TBA. Visit www.olemissports.com.

Lecture: The Growing Role of Minority Women in the Media. Overby Center, Oxford campus, 11 a.m.noon. Email umevents@ olemiss.edu.

Alumni Association Scholarship Recipient Social: Front of Triplett Alumni Center, Oxford, 4 p.m. Call 662-915-7375.

School of Education Tailgate: Lawn of Triplett Alumni Center, Oxford. Two hours prior to kickoff. Call 662-915-7375.

Football: Ole Miss vs. UTEP. VaughtHemingway Stadium, Oxford. Time TBA. Visit www.olemissports.com.

1962 Football Team Reunion: Gertrude C. Ford Ballroom, The Inn at Ole Miss. Reception at 6 p.m., dinner at 7 p.m. Call 662-915-7375.

Football: Ole Miss vs. Texas. VaughtHemingway Stadium, Oxford. Time TBA. Visit www.olemissports.com.

Pharmacy Alumni & Friends Tailgate: sponsored by TOP RX. Front lawn of Faser Hall, Oxford. Two hours prior to kickoff. Call 662-915-7375.

Panel Discussion: September 1962. Barnard Observatory, Oxford campus, 3-4 p.m. Email umevents@olemiss.edu.

OCTOBER

Integration at Ole Miss â&#x20AC;&#x201D; An Army Perspective: Overby Center, Oxford campus, 1-2 p.m. Email umevents@olemiss.edu.

School of Education Alumni Event: Studio Whimzy, Oxford, 6 p.m. Call 662-915-7375. Reunion: Ole Miss Spirit Squad. M-Club Room, Starnes Center, 7-9 p.m. Call 662-915-7375.

Football: Ole Miss vs. Texas A&M. VaughtHemingway Stadium, Oxford. Time TBA. Visit www.olemissports.com.

School of Applied Sciences Tailgate: Lawn of Triplett Alumni Center, Oxford. Two hours prior to kickoff. Call 662-915-7375.

Gilder-Jordan Lecture: Grace Hale. Nutt Auditorium, Oxford campus, 7:30-9 p.m. Email umevents@olemiss.edu. Alumni Hall of Fame Awards Reception: The Inn at Ole Miss, 6 p.m. Call 662915-7375.

Football: Ole Miss vs. Auburn, Homecoming. Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, Oxford. Time TBA. Visit www.olemissports.com.

Pharmacy Alumni & Friends Tailgate: sponsored by The Harvard Drug Group. Front Lawn of Faser Hall, Oxford. Two hours prior to kickoff. Call 662-915-7375.

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School of Education Tailgate SEPT. 15

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Alumni work to restore pivotal post-Civil War buildings

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The Burns Belfry church building, constructed in the early 1900s for an estimated $3,000, is undergoing a nearly $1 million renovation.

By Steve Mullen Photos by Robert Jordan* A bronze statue of L.Q.C. Lamar by Bill Beckwith (BFA 74) stands watch outside the restored Oxford home of the noted Mississippi orator, congressman and Supreme Court justice.

he present-day Oxford Square, with its immaculate buildings, bustling traffic and effusive Southern charm, was a much different place in the years immediately following the Civil War. The courthouse and businesses lay burned and leveled by Union forces. Only churches and a smattering of homes were left standing. The town was in ruins in most every respect — physically, politically, culturally — as newly freed slaves and their former masters worked to find new roles in a hazy, unknown future. Let us take ourselves back to the late 1860s. We make our way along a rutted, muddy, plank-lined North Street away from the ruins of the Square. To the west, on down Jackson Avenue

and toward the Depot, is Freedmen Town, where freed slaves were gathering to form their own community. We will go there. But first, let us continue along North Street — Oxford’s deposed aristocracy is settled here. The homes of prominent lawyers, doctors and university faculty line the street. We come to a large yard bordered by a white picket fence. A few sheep are grazing within its confines. And, among them we see a shabby, confused-looking man, staring blankly into the distance.

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he scene was recorded by Edward Mayes (1868), Ole Miss chancellor from 1887 to 1891 and an eyewitness to this history. He describes this lost-looking fellow “clad in a drab study-gown, somewhat frayed and stained with ink; resting against the fence, leaning as if wounded, with his strong arms flung carelessly over it for support, and his head drooping forward.” The despondent man is none other than L.Q.C. Lamar, the famed attorney, professor and orator. Before the war, he was a congressman from Mississippi and the owner of a plantation near Abbeville, more land near Taylor, and 26 slaves. Leading up to and during the hostilities, he was the author of Mississippi’s Ordinance of Secession, a colonel in the Confederate Army, and an agent for the Confederate government in the royal courts of England and France. This eminent member of the Southern ruling class was a man who surely would have been held up as Mayfield an elder statesman if the Southern rebellion had succeeded. By every account, he was a royal figure in the South’s feudal power structure. That future was razed by the devastating war Lamar helped bring to his own doorstep. On this day he is a man defeated, despondent. He is a mirror of his surroundings — he is a ruin. As Mayes writes, in his biography of Lamar: “His face long, massive, and sallow; bareheaded, with his long brown hair stirred by the

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breeze; his deep, mysterious eyes fixed upon the yellowing western sky, or watching dreamily the waving limbs of the avenue of water oaks across the way.” If Lamar were to look beyond those oaks to the west, he certainly would be able to see the outskirts of Freedmen Town, Oxford’s newly formed enclave of freed slaves. He would hear the sound of hammers pounding nails into wood: The freed men and women are building a church. One congregation, the Burns Methodist Episcopal Church, is building a white clapboard building on donated land, at the place where the later building, commonly known as Burns Belfry Church, now stands. The original building, built in 1869, was replaced by the present brick building in 1910. The L.Q.C. Lamar House and Burns Belfry Church are on opposite sides of town and had been long separated by their opposing beliefs. One was the home of the man who declared, for all of secessionist Mississippi, that the state’s future should forever be bound to slavery. The other stood as a beacon of hope for those who wished to live and worship free from oppression. Both buildings, over the course of their histories, fell into physical ruin. Yet today, these two places are being lovingly restored and maintained by a group of volunteers, including scores of Ole Miss alumni and faculty, as gathering places for the entire Oxford

Photo courtesy of Howorth and Associates

community to recognize and share very different histories. “It just turned out that way,” says Jim Pryor (BBA 67, MAccy 69), a retired corporate executive who, since 2002, has served on the Oxford-Lafayette County Heritage Foundation board, the group that formed to restore both structures. “Our purpose is historic preservation. We saw two assets in Oxford that we were about to lose. One was the L.Q.C. Lamar House, and one was the Burns Belfry. “Those two things were in danger of dying,” he says. “Those were our two biggest endangered assets, and we took them both on. As it turned out, they both held a significant role in postCivil War history.” The Lamar House, which reopened in 2008 as a museum and meeting place after a $2 million restoration, tells Lamar’s story without sugarcoating it. Yes, he was a slaveholder. Yes, he supported secession. But the exhibits in the home tell another story: That forlorn man propped up on a white picket fence rebounded and rehabilitated his career. He went on to serve in both houses of Congress, as secretary of the interior and as a Supreme Court justice. And, the former firebrand for state sovereignty became famous for offering an olive branch of reconciliation to the North. “He was pragmatic,” says Jack Mayfield (BBA 69), an Oxford historian who has written extensively on Lamar and resembles the man himself — to the extent that he posed for the life-size statue that stands watch outside the home. “When he knew that the nation was going to change, he went with it — ‘We’ve lost, now let’s come back together; there’s no reason why we should be apart.’”

The L.Q.C. Lamar House has been restored from a state of disrepair and includes museum exhibits and original furniture, including Lamar's desk from his Washington congressional office. Summer 2012 21

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Work on Burns Belfry's cavernous interior is expected to be complete in spring 2013.

Lamar gave perhaps his greatest speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate, a eulogy for the late Sen. Charles Sumner, a Massachusetts lawmaker and strident abolitionist. The eloquent words offered toward his former foe, which Lamar expanded into a plea for unity among the states, “went nationwide,” Mayfield says. “Everybody said, ‘Let’s quit waving the bloody shirt and come together as one nation.’” Lamar was featured in John F. Kennedy’s book Profiles in Courage for his efforts, unpopular as they were among his peers, to reconcile the Union. “That’s the reason Kennedy wrote about him,” Mayfield says. “Because he would do that. He was a pragmatic patriot.”

phase of construction includes $500,000 in U.S. Housing and Urban Development grants, $62,000 from the Community Heritage Preservation Grant Program and $15,500 from the city of Oxford. Pryor stands inside the cavernous church building, which has been stripped down to little more than its exterior brick and framework inside. The roof, he explains, had to be reinforced and replaced. Plans are to rebuild the space with interactive screens along the walls, recounting Oxford’s long, sometimes violent story. The civil rights era, and the crisis surrounding the integration of Ole Miss in 1962, will be part of that story, Pryor says. “A lot of the civil rights activities took place here,” with activists meeting undercover in the church. “Obviously that is one of the stories we will tell in this hall,” he says. The building is “an Africanhen Mayfield and Pryor American artifact,” Pryor says. “It speak of the Heritage will be a gathering place for all Foundation’s work, they citizens, but it will have a special echo Lamar’s spirit: They are “making meaning to the African-American amends,” both men say. Burns Belcommunity, and there will be an fry Church, formerly owned by John African-American cultural core Grisham (JD 81) and once used by The Burns Belfry steeple rises over the former Oxford presentation.” the famous author as an office, was ‘Freedmen Town.’ Pryor also envisions part of the donated with the purpose of serving as a gathering place for Oxford’s African-American community. building wired with the sounds of a church service. Visitors will The foundation is working to turn the building into an interac- enter the building, its interior washed with red and blue-tinted tive museum, as well as a meeting space. Construction on the light from the large windows. One section of the building will church is expected to be complete in spring 2013, and the build- have “church pews and an orientation station, with the sounds ing likely will be turned over to the Oxford Development Asso- and pictures of an actual church service,” Pryor says. “Music. Sounds of preaching. I’m excited that you could really get a ciation, which serves the local African-American community. Pryor, the project manager on the church’s restoration proj- feel of what a church service was like in this building. That’s ect, pays frequent visits to check on the ongoing construction, our dedication to the church — to let people know there was a which is being funded through grants and matching funds. The church once here.” And no church — certainly no belfry — would be complete building that was constructed in 1910 for an estimated $3,000 is being restored at a cost of nearly $1 million. The current without a bell. Pryor believes the bell from the building’s tower,

‘Making amends’

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lost for years, is the same one on display outside Oxford Elementary School. The foundation is looking into bringing that bell back into the Burns’ belfry. Across the street from the church stands a historic marker describing Oxford’s Freedmen Town: “After the Civil War, many freedmen from Lafayette County moved into Oxford: settled in the area bounded by Jackson Avenue, Price Street, the railroad and 9th Street: bought land, built houses, schools and churches: and exercised the rights and responsibilities of citizenship. The residents named their neighborhood Freedmen Town.” One can imagine the activity in the area after the war and the sounds that carried from Freedmen Town to L.Q.C. Lamar’s porch. Those sounds — those of men building a church — can be heard here again and bring the promise of new beginnings. “It’s going to be a gathering place,” Pryor says. “You’re going to have wedding receptions, meetings, family reunions inside the building. But it is also going to house a cultural museum. It is unlimited in terms of what it can present.” AR

L.Q.C. LAMAR HOUSE

616 N. 14th St. 662-513-6071 Hours: Thursdays through Sundays, 2-5 p.m.; open by appointment for group tours L.Q.C. Lamar lived in the home from 1867 to 1873; the home has been fully restored, and a catering kitchen was constructed adjacent to the building to serve meetings and receptions. Exhibits inside the home were written by Gerald Walton (MA 59, PhD 67), professor emeritus of English; David Sansing, professor emeritus of history; Harry Owens, professor emeritus of history; and Jack Mayfield (BBA 69), historian. Items owned by Lamar also are showcased inside the home, including his Washington office desk, a sofa and his traveling trunk. The life-size bronze statue of Lamar outside the home was crafted by Bill Beckwith (BFA 74), adjunct professor of art.

BURNS BELFRY CHURCH

710 W. Jackson Ave. Construction is scheduled to be complete in spring 2013; plans include a video station to document contributors from the community who have artifacts to showcase. For more information, contact Maralyn Bullion (BA 44) at 662-2343299, Jim Pryor (BBA 67, MAccy 69) at 662-234-4087 or Cynthia Parham, 662-816-0700.

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The Oxford Convention and Visitors Bureau website includes extensive information about more historic homes and buildings in Oxford, as well as touring information. Visit www.oxfordcvb.com.

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Passion for volunteer firefighting ignited in students, faculty, alumni

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When Chancellor Dan Jones (MD 75) took office in 2010, he did so with a pledge to put service at the thematic forefront of his tenure, announcing, “More and more, society is looking to universities to provide leadership beyond the classroom to address [its] needs.” That commitment to public service can be found throughout campus life and in the lives of alumni all over the nation and the globe. But sometimes, it reveals itself in unexpected places.

Photo by Kevin Bain

he City of Oxford has a full-time, professional fire “This is a wonderful example of a service-centered life,” Jones department that services all areas within the city says. “These are folks who risk their own lives for the sake of limits. But beyond that border in the rural and not- other people’s lives and property. It’s a wonderful thing to do so-rural parts of Lafayette County, fire service is provided by a and a great service to communities. It fits my personal concept of team of volunteers, believed to be one of the best volunteer fire what a life of service is about. It’s not one day a year to get somedepartments in the state. Last year, the Lafayette County Volunteer Fire Department hosted a training expo that was a groundbreaking event for North Mississippi, and the department comprises more than 100 members who come from all walks of life. Some of them are full-time career firefighters from Oxford, pitching in to help in their spare time. Some are businessmen, some are construction workers. But many of them are Ole Miss students, and they are an integral part of the success of the department. More importantly, Ole Miss alumni who volunteered during their student days often go on to forge a career in the field, which means a more educated field of firefighters in Mississippi and a wave of leadership that dovetails with Chancellor Jones’ mission to transform society through service. In that way, the local volunteer fire department and the Ole Miss students who pass through its ranks are serving as an incubator for (Opposite page, left to right; and above) Volunteer firefighters and current UM students Taylor Marks and Jeremy Roy and Matt Hinkle (BSES 10) all began their service while at Ole Miss. the advancement of fire-service training thing on your resume. It’s a large commitment for one’s life.” and education. For lifelong firefighters, that commitment is fueled by Ole Miss alumni are instructors at the fire academy in Jackson, leading experts in fire safety and physical fitness education, dedication and a passion to serve. It’s also a bit of a compulsion. and they are breaking new ground in the field of arson forensics. Whether they are students who took an unexpected career twist Summer 2012 27

Douglass Sullivan-González, dean of UM’s Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College, has served as a volunteer firefighter throughout his academic career and has been with the Lafayette County Volunteer Fire Department since moving to Oxford in 2002.

to become firefighters or professionals who just can’t seem to get the thrill out of their system, firefighters in the volunteer departments frequently cite the moment when they “caught the bug” as a defining moment in their lives, the moment when they knew, from that point forward, that they would commit their lives to fighting fires.

Catching the Bug

or Taylor Marks, a junior business major from Fort Worth, Texas, that moment happened on a whim. One of his classmates, Barry Hollingsworth, who had been a member of a local volunteer fire department while in high school, mentioned he was going to sign up for the volunteer fire department after class. Marks decided to tag along with his friend that day and ended up signing up as well. “It’s a love/hate thing,” Marks says. “You’re either going to love it and catch the bug and want to do it for the rest of your life, or you’re going to hate it and get out of it real quick.” Now, he’s studying real estate finance because he hopes it will allow him a job with a flexible schedule so that he can be a full-time firefighter too. “If you make it a career, you can do that and do another job on the side that you really love too,” he says. “So I really have not been able to find a reason not to do it yet. It can work around whatever schedule you need it to.” One of the myriad reasons students are valuable to the fire department is that they have a flexible schedule. When a fire call comes in (most volunteers receive word via text message these

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days), all volunteers who can respond are expected to do so. But if that call comes in the middle of a work day, many volunteers simply can’t leave their jobs. College students, on the other hand, may be finished with their classes by noon. “A lot of people have to work during the day so that lowers the number of people who can respond,” Marks says. “We’re able to get to all of those calls and kind of fill in the gaps. Personally, I think it’s an added responsibility. If there’s any way I can make it, I will be going.” Sometimes, that means weighing the priorities. “Right before class, if a call comes, it’s hard to convince yourself not to go to the fire,” Marks says. “For me, it’s always going to be that I have to consider the situation — what class would I potentially be missing? The condition of the fire. I can’t say I haven’t skipped class to go to a fire.” Part of catching the bug is the adrenaline rush that goes along with emergency situations. Though extensive training takes over when matters get hectic, many talk about the exhilaration of the emergency as a drawing factor. Jeremy Roy, a junior mechanical engineering student from Abbeville, describes the first time he went on a fire call as the best day of his life. “I was in a trance as I went into the house because I had one thing on my mind: Save lives and property,” Roy recalls. Though students find firefighting thrilling, they also understand the gravity of their task and the lifelong benefits gleaned from it. “You have to depend on others a great deal,” Roy says. “One of the greatest things you need is respect. You must respect fellow firefighters, the families that have lost loved ones or homes, but most importantly, you must respect the fire itself.”

Photos by Robert Jordan

While the above photo depicts a training exercise, circumstances typically are unknown when firefighters arrive on a scene. Extinguishing the fire and searching for occupants are the top priorities.

Fire Hazards

s a longtime volunteer firefighter, Douglass SullivanGonzález is fulfilling a childhood dream every time he gets an emergency call. He says he longed to be a firefighter since the third grade and is elated by the thrill of firefighting and moved by the chance to help others. “I seriously considered doing it full time,” says SullivanGonzález, who also is dean of UM’s Sally McDonnell Barksdale

way that protects those involved in putting out the fire and try to save the property too.” Sullivan-González continued as a volunteer while in seminary at Princeton and throughout his subsequent academic career. When he arrived in Oxford in 2002, he joined the Lafayette County Fire Department. Having volunteer firefighting experience in other locations gave him added perspective on the different types of challenges that are posed in the area. “What’s good is that most houses are ranch style,”

“… once it gets in your blood, it’s hard to get out. It’s a real rush. It’s a very intense mental, intellectual activity. You have to make judgment calls on the spot in such a way that protects those involved in putting out the fire and try to save the property too.” — Douglass Sullivan-González

Honors College. “Because once it gets in your blood, it’s hard to get out. It’s a real rush. It’s a very intense mental, intellectual activity. You have to make judgment calls on the spot in such a

Sullivan-González says. “There’s a set plot to a house, and we all know it. There are very few basements, which are bad because you can go down and get trapped in a basement or Summer 2012 29

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fall through a floor. So a slab ranch layout, you know that when you go in.” He also knows all too well how easily the most common cause of fires can occur. “ For kitchen fires,” he says, “the classic example is you’re working hard, you come in and set a deep fryer, and you go to sit down a little bit. Next thing you know, you’re asleep. Then it flashes, it reaches a critical point, and the fire goes up the wall in the kitchen and starts spreading.” While kitchen fires are the most common, the department sees a number of fires that result from simple carelessness, so education becomes a component of the firefighter’s job too.

Leading the Way

hen Hinkle arrived at Ole Miss in 2003 and walked on to the football team as a placekicker (he later earned a letter as a scholarship player his junior year), he planned to enroll in the exercise science program and go on to graduate school and a career in physical therapy. But those plans took a detour when he discovered firefighting. Sullivan-González remembers counseling him away from being a career firefighter. “I said, ‘Matt, you ought to go on and be a medical doctor.

“You have to depend on others a great deal. One of the greatest things you need is respect. You must respect fellow firefighters, the families that have lost loved ones or homes, but most importantly, you must respect the fire itself.” — Jeremy Roy

“We worry about the number of gas heaters that don’t have an on/off switch and are in the wall,” Sullivan-González says. “When a cold snap comes through, and people think [a heater’s] off, and it’s also in a low position, they might have a piece of furniture backed up to it because they think it’s closed. It kicks on and sets the house on fire.” And as a university administrator, his thoughts are often with his students. “What I worry about most is as our student population grows, students are going more and more to county residences, and in the county there are no codes. The students are where if they don’t have the smoke alarms, they’re going to get punished for that mistake. “An accident is never planned. You can tell yourself you’re not going to have one. But we all know what it’s like to have an accident. You bite your lip, you fall down, you hit your head. Then all of a sudden you thought you threw that match away or thought you put that candle far enough away, and something happens. A tiki torch for a party all of a sudden slips and hits the siding, the siding ignites, and [the fire] goes up into the attic, and you look up, and fire’s all above you.” Having been a member of the fire department for 10 years, Sullivan-González has seen many students come and go and more than a few stay. Students with whom he once fought fires side by side are now full-time firefighters. Some, such as Matt Hinkle (BSES 10), are now serving leadership roles and training others.

You’ve got the grades.’ He wanted to be a firefighter. He got it in his blood.” But Hinkle found a link between his work in exercise science and the lifesaving aspects of firefighting. He had worked as a sports trainer in high school, and for a long time he had volunteering as a firefighter in the back of his mind after befriending a local neighborhood fire chief as a young boy. “My grandmother and parents would take me by the local fire station, and I’d look at fire trucks,” Hinkle says. “I was a kid, and that just made me want to become a firefighter when I got older, or at least volunteer.” So when he got older and came to Ole Miss, he sought out the volunteer fire department both to fulfill that childhood dream and to get the emergency medical training that would complement his exercise science studies. “I thought I would be satisfied going into the medical field because it was something that could be new and challenging, especially with athletic training that goes along with physical training because it’s somewhat emergency situations that athletes get into,” Hinkle says. “But when I started with firefighting, I realized [emergencies] happened a lot more often, and it was a lot more fun. I kind of got sucked into it.” Hinkle volunteered all through college and worked some with the Oxford Fire Department. When it came time to get his degree, he decided not to pursue the graduate study he’d previously planned. Part of his undergraduate research was studying health issues related to firefighters.

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Ole Miss students Jonathan Hollis (left) and Matt Defore

“The No. 1 killer of firefighters is not trapped firefighters or collapses,” Hinkle says. “More than 50 percent [is] heart disease related. So we did studies on stresses and balance studies and several things with turnout gear.” As an adjunct instructor with the state fire academy, Hinkle went on to write the physical fitness regimen that is used by all firefighters in the state of Mississippi. He also developed a series of widely used training videos that he provides for free on YouTube on his channel MSFireNet. The videos have been viewed more than 100,000 times. Others who started off volunteering in college also have gone on to leadership positions in the industry. Russell McCullar (BBA 05) has published studies on large-scale emergency response protocol and is also an instructor at the fire academy. John Russell (BSCJ 08) became interested in arson investigation while volunteering in college. He later put himself through the required training to become a Certified Fire and Explosion Investigator (CFEI). 32 Alumni Review

“Arson is quite a big problem in our nation,” says Russell, a Pontotoc native. “People don’t realize that when they set a fire, there are firefighters that are going to go into that structure and try their best to put that fire out and search for occupants. We don’t know when we get there what the circumstances are. We treat them all the same and do our best to save lives and property.” Hinkle says that this leadership role of Ole Miss alumni is beneficial to the state. “Fire service in general is benefiting from Ole Miss,” he says. “[The university is] producing educated firefighters — firefighters who have the ability to research, write grants and do a lot of things that a lot of firefighters don’t get the formal education to do. So [many] of the volunteer firefighters that have been produced, especially out of Ole Miss recently, have done big things on the national level because they have a formal education. We have a very powerful, well-educated fire department because of that.” AR

BIGGER & A

s the university’s 159th commencement concluded this May, just under 2,400 graduates joined the ranks of Ole Miss alumni, with an additional 968 degree candidates set to join them in August. But as has been the trend for years, those graduates are outnumbered by the new students who have chosen to enroll at Ole Miss.

Enrollment for all campuses has grown by 43.8 percent over the past decade, from 14,284 in 2001 to 20,844 in fall 2011.

A record-high 3,571 freshmen and three consecutive years of a 6-percent increase in total enrollment means the University of Mississippi faces continual logistical challenges to handle this growth. One such challenge being addressed is where to house the ever-increasing student body. The university is building three new residence halls, which are expected to open this fall. The 34 Alumni Review

three halls will accommodate 242 students each and are planned to be living-learning complexes, which have themed areas such as business and pre-med. UM also is making strides in improving and expanding its campus and supporting its infrastructure through several construction projects. Dubbed Rebels Remastered, the construction projects will serve to meet the needs of the growing campus. The first of these projects includes constructing a new central mechanical plant and renovating Paul B. Johnson Commons to expand dining facilities. “These projects will serve as foundational pieces that will support future growth on this campus,” says Larry Sparks, vice chancellor for administration and finance. Construction began in March on the central mechanical plant, which is located between Gertrude Ford Boulevard and the parking lots along Old Taylor Road. This new facility will increase the university’s capacity to heat and cool structures, accommodate near-term and future growth, and provide opportunities to enhance efficiencies in energy production and consumption. Sparks says the old central mechanical plant in the center of campus will be demolished after the new plant is operational. “This will free up space within the academic core for expansion,” he says. The construction is scheduled for completion before the fall semester begins.

Campus improvements underway to support continued growth

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The increase in freshmen also has affected Greek recruitment, Alex DeJoy, vice president of public relations for the Panhellenic Council, told The Daily Mississippian. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sororities are having to reconfigure how they proceed with chapter[s] and dinners because of the larger pledge class from this past year,â&#x20AC;? DeJoy said. continued on page 36

For a detailed map on construction projects and road closures, visit www.olemiss.edu/beautiful. Summer 2012 35

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The number of freshmen increased by 15.3 percent in 2011.

However, she said the Greek system is looking to expand, which may resolve some of the current issues. “We are in the process of potentially adding another sorority on campus right now,” DeJoy said. “The expansion process is long, and if we are to get a new sorority on campus, [it] will not be participating in recruitment until fall of 2013.” AR Photo by Nathan Latil

One of three new residence halls nears completion along Rebel Drive on the former site of Miller Hall. The three buildings will open for the fall semester and provide housing for more than 850 students.

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UM Medical Center enrollment grew by 6.7 percent in 2011 over the previous year with a record 2,620 enrolled.

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The new School of Pharmacy education and research facility on the campus of the University of Mississippi Medical Center was dedicated in February and provides a sense of community for pharmacy faculty and students in Jackson.

GROWTH CHARTS Undergraduate Student Profile*

66% are from Mississippi

16% are African-American 3% are Asian 2% are Hispanic or Latino 4% are other ethnic groups

34% are from other states

75% are Caucasian

51% are women

49% are men

75% receive some sort of financial aid

Undergraduate Student Population: 15,346

Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 18:1

Total Student Population: 18,224

*All figures are for the 2011-12 academic year and are for the Oxford campus only.

Increasing Enrollment Year

Total Oxford Total Enrollment Freshmen

Enrollment by Campus

Mississippi Freshmen

Nonresident Freshmen

2008

13,685

2,377

1,207

1,170

2009

14,346

2,576

1,399

1,177

2010

15,505

3,095

1,588

1,507

2011

16,586

3,569

1,596

1,973

Attendance Costs Expense

Freshman Applications

Undergraduate Early Entry (EE 1-3) and Pre-pharmacy

Tuition*

$5,790

$7,680

Housing/Food**

$8,390

Books and Supplies

$1,200

Total for Residents

$15,380

$17,270

$9,006

$10,560

$24,386

$27,830

Additional Fee for Nonresidents Total for Nonresidents

Spring Enrollment (as of Jan. 24, 2012) Oxford 15,345 +881 +6.1% Tupelo 836 +108 +14.8% DeSoto 889 -17 -1.9% Booneville 97 +6 +6.6% Grenada 93 +23 +32.9% Other 93 +27 +40.9% Unduplicated Total 16,860 +972 +6.1%

Freshman Applications for Admission (as of Jan. 24, 2012) Resident 2,897 +140 +5.1% Nonresident 8,230 +825 +11.1% Total 11,127 +965 +9.5% Freshman Housing Applications (as of Jan. 24, 2012) Resident +22.0% Nonresident +4.6% Total +11.9%

* Based on full-time tuition for 2011-12. **Based on the rates for a meal plan and room in the Residential College. Double occupancy in a traditional university residence hall averages $3,950 per year, and the minimum meal/food plan averages $2,100 per year. Note: These costs are estimated and subject to change.

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COMMENCEMENT 2012 Photos by Robert Jordan

U.S. Sen. Roger F. Wicker, R-Miss., presented the universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 159th commencement address to the 3,363 candidates for degrees during graduation ceremonies May 12. Wicker (BA 73, JD 75) (left), who was elected to the Senate in 2008, and University of Mississippi Chancellor Dan Jones (MD 75) chat on the Grove stage as members of the Class of 2012 file into their seats.

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Chancellor Jones congratulates members of the Ole Miss Class of 2012 in the Grove.

Gulfport native Hillary Howell gets a little help with her mortarboard from her mother, Wanda Howell, prior to the commencement ceremonies.

Tim Burkhead adjusts his mortarboard as he and other graduates make their way to their seats. Summer 2012 39

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Sports Goodbye Gators, Hello Rebels NATIONAL CHAMPION RETURNS HOME TO LEAD OLE MISS TRACK

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fter helping build Florida into a national championship program, former Ole Miss student-athlete and assistant coach Brian O’Neal (BPA 93) is returning home to Mississippi to take the helm of the Rebel track-and-field/crosscountry program as head coach, it was announced in June by Ole Miss Athletics Director Ross Bjork. A native of Pontotoc, O’Neal was the 2009 national assistant coach of the year and has helped the Gators to four national championships and three runner-up finishes over the past four years. “It is always special to see one of our student-athletes and a native of our state compete and win championships at a high level, but it is even more meaningful when you have the opportunity to bring that individual home to make that same impact at our university,” Bjork says. O’Neal is the third head coach in the modern history of the Ole Miss track-andfield program. He takes the reins from Joe Walker, who just completed his distinguished 30-year career with the Rebels. “I’m excited to be back at Ole Miss,” O’Neal says. “Seeing the vision that Ross and John (Hartwell) have laid out for the athletics department and for our men’s and women’s track program definitely lets me know that we are on the right track. I plan to come in here and compete at a high level and raise our standards of expectations. I am definitely chomping at the bit to get ready to go here. I have a great fondness for Ole Miss, but it’s not just a homecoming. I’m coming here to compete and to win. “I wouldn’t be in the position that I am today without both Coach Walker and (Florida) Coach (Mike) Holloway. They are my role models, mentors and great friends. They’re people that I expect will continue to provide leadership for me.” The final season of his 15-year assistant coaching tenure at Ole Miss saw O’Neal distinguished with 2008 U.S. Track &

Brian O’Neal (BPA 93) was named head coach of the Ole Miss track-and-field/cross-country program in June.

Field and Cross Country Coaches Association South Region Women’s Assistant Coach of the Year honors. That year he mentored Kenyata Coleman (BBA 08) to a fifth-place finish in the 400-meter dash at the NCAA Championships and AllAmerica honors, as well as the 400-meter SEC title. LaJada Baldwin was also an All-America selection in the 400, holding a personal best time of 52.51. Both advanced to the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials. In 2008, O’Neal coached four women in the 400-meter hurdle finals at the SEC Outdoor Championships, and Brittney Reese (BA 11) was fifth at the SEC Indoor Championships in the 60-meter dash. Reese was the 2008 NCAA indoor and outdoor champion in the long jump and represented the U.S. in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing after winning the U.S. Olympic trials. O’Neal was promoted to Ole Miss associate coach for his final three seasons

in Oxford and coached the sprints, relays and hurdles, as well as serving as the team’s recruiting coordinator. In all, O’Neal coached 12 athletes to top-four finishes at the NCAA Championships during his first stop at Ole Miss. He also mentored 18 athletes to earn 39 All-America honors and seven SEC champions in that 14-year span. O’Neal was a four-year letterman as a middle-distance runner for the Rebels. He was a member of three relay teams that finished in the top three at the SEC Championships, including the 1990 SEC runner-up 4x800-meter relay team. A 1993 graduate of Ole Miss with a bachelor’s degree in public administration, O’Neal is married to Ole Miss graduate and former Rebelette LaChonda Carter (BSW 96). The couple has three children: a son, Cameron LaBrian, and daughters Cayden Shree and Camille Brianna. AR

Hit with the Press SECOND BASEMAN NAMED ALL-AMERICAN BY BASEBALL WRITERS Photo by Robert Jordan

econd baseman Alex Yarbrough pulled in his second All-America honor of the 2012 season when he was named a first team selection by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association. The organization released its annual list of winners in June. Yarbrough was also tabbed as a first team All-America selection by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper earlier this season, marking the first publication to select him to the national honor this season. It is the eighth time in the last 10 seasons the Rebels have had a player named to an AllAmerica team. Yarbrough joins an elite group of players that includes Stephen Head (BBA 06), Brian Pettway (05), Zack Cozart, Scott Bittle (BA 09) and Drew Pomeranz (10). The middle infielder led the Rebels this season, batting at a .380 clip with 43 runs scored and 43 RBI. The junior

Alex Yarbrough

finished second in the Southeastern Conference in batting average and was named a first team All-SEC selection as he helped lead Ole Miss to an NCAA

Tournament appearance at the College Station Regional hosted by Texas A&M. Yarbrough also tallied 17 doubles, three triples and three home runs. He led the team with 29 multiple-hit games and also posted 11 multiple-RBI games on the season. The Rebels advanced in the regional with wins over TCU and Texas A&M before falling in the championship game to end the season. It was the ninth NCAA Tournament appearance for Ole Miss in the last 10 seasons and marked the sixth time in the last eight years the Rebels had played in the championship game of an NCAA Regional. Yarbrough also was named to the SEC’s All-Defensive team as he committed only two errors in the regular season at second base and finished the year with only three errors total to field at a .989 clip through 62 games played. AR

OLE MISS TO HOST 2013 SEC MEN’S TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP Photo by Kevin Bain

fter serving as the site of the 2012 Southeastern Conference Women’s Tennis Tournament, Ole Miss will crown an SEC tennis champion again in 2013 but this time on the men’s side, as the league finalized its 2012-13 championship sites in June. The event is set for April 17-21 and will mark the fourth time the Palmer/Salloum Tennis Center/Galtney Courts has hosted an SEC Championship. The men’s Ole Miss’ Palmer/Salloum Tennis Center/Galtney Courts will play host to the 2013 SEC Men’s Tennis Tournament. tournament also was held in Oxford in 2003, while the women’s tourney was America Rifle Conference Championships divisions serves as the basis for the rotaannually since 2005. tion, depending on facility arrangements. accommodated in 2000 and 2012. The SEC handles the bid process Missouri and Texas A&M have been placed Other recent SEC Championships staged at Ole Miss include softball in for future neutral-site championships in the alphabetical rotation for their divi2011, cross country in 2009, women’s and works to solidify those at least five sion. Each year, the site alternates between golf in 2005, outdoor track and field in years in advance where possible. For on- the Western and Eastern divisions for 2004 and soccer in 2002. In addition, the campus championships, the alphabeti- each sport and then moves alphabetically Rebel rifle program has hosted the Great cal alignment of the Eastern and Western through each division. AR

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Sports SIX PLAYERS EARN PRESEASON ALL-SEC ACCOLADES native finished eighth in the SEC in both total touchdowns and all-purpose yards last year. Fellow Miami native Charles Sawyer picked up preseason All-SEC third team honors from Athlon. The junior safety ranked third in the league in passes defended and sixth in interceptions a year ago. Other Rebels that have been distinguished as All-SEC this preseason include kick returners Mike Marry, Donte Moncrief and Tobias Singleton. AR

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yler Campbell leads a number of Ole Miss Rebels honored in college football’s 2012 preseason publications. A senior punter from Little Rock, Campbell was selected preseason AllSEC second team by the Birmingham News and Lindy’s and was chosen third team by Athlon. He is a two-time allconference honoree and the 2010 NCAA punting champion. Junior running back Jeff Scott received All-SEC first team accolades in USA Today’s preseason magazine. The Miami

Tyler Campbell

Scoring Academically FOUR SPORTS EARN PRESTIGIOUS ACADEMIC AWARD

multiyear APRs in the top 10 percent of all squads in each sport. Andy Kennedy’s men’s basketball team was the only SEC program to make the list and one of only 38 Division I teams overall. Rebel seniors Terrance Henry and Steadman Short earned their bachelor’s degrees. Meanwhile, rising senior Nick Williams already has completed require-

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our Ole Miss teams have been recognized as among the elite academic programs in the country in their sport with the NCAA’s announcement of the public recognition awards in June. The Ole Miss men’s basketball, women’s basketball, softball and women’s golf programs received the prestigious honor for their latest Academic Progress Rates (APR).

In addition to the APR award, the women’s golf team was presented with the Chancellor’s Cup in January. The Chancellor’s Cup is awarded to the men’s and women’s varsity teams with the highest cumulative grade-point average among all sports at Ole Miss. The men’s tennis team also received the award.

Among Southeastern Conference institutions, Ole Miss’ total of four teams is second only to Vanderbilt in the number of its programs to win the award this year. The teams that are recognized posted 44 Alumni Review

ments for his first bachelor’s degree and will pursue a second degree this upcoming year. Ole Miss is among only 41 Division I women’s basketball teams and two SEC squads to earn the distinction, along with

Tennessee. Seniors Nikki Byrd and Whitney Hameth both graduated following their Rebel careers on the hardwood, and point guard Valencia McFarland was an All-SEC selection. The Rebel softball team makes the list for the second straight year and is among just 30 Division I teams and only two SEC squads to receive the distinction this year, along with Florida. Highlighting the team this year, RT Cantillo was named All-SEC and Allison Brown made the SEC All-Freshman team. Four Rebel seniors earned their bachelor’s degree. Michele Drinkard’s women’s golf team makes the list for the fourth straight year. Ole Miss is among 75 Division I women’s golf teams and four SEC squads to earn the distinction. The Rebel golfers also earned their fourth straight NCAA berth this year and had seniors Ashley Lance and Haley Millsap both graduate magna cum laude. The APR provides a real-time look at a team’s academic success each semester by tracking the academic progress of each student-athlete on scholarship. The APR accounts for eligibility, retention and graduation and provides a measure of each team’s academic performance. AR

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Culture book reviewer to numerous Deep South publications. He resides in Madison. Pat Caldwell (BPA 78, JD 81) is a partner in the law firm Riley, Caldwell, Cork & Alvis, P.A. He is a Taylor Medalist and past president of the Lee County Young Lawyers Association. He lives in Tupelo.

The Majesty of Mobile by Jim Fraiser and Pat Caldwell (photographer), 96 pages, $24.95 (Hardcover), ISBN: 9781455614912 Mobile, dotted with quaint Gulf Coast cottages, grand public structures and elegant mansions, is the only seaport city in Alabama. Traces of the city’s rich history can be found in its architecture, the subject of this book. Radiant images of Southern architecture from the 19th and early 20th centuries accompany historical anecdotes and interesting tidbits. Many of the structures profiled are associated with famous Confederate characters as well as mystic societies, the National So c i e t y o f t h e C o l o n i a l Dames in the State of Alabama, the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Historic Mobile Preservation Society. From Italianate and Greek Revival to Carpenter Gothic and Romanesque, the city’s diverse architectural influences make the ideal coffee-table book. Jim Fraiser (BA 76, JD 79) is the author of 14 books about the history, architecture and culture of the Deep South, all published by Pelican Press. He is a federal administrative law judge, adjunct law professor and regular contributing 46 Alumni Review

St. Peter’s Episcopal Church: A History 1851-2011 by Brenda J. West, 133 pages, $15.99 (Paperback), ISBN: 9781936946051 St. Peter’s Episcopal Church: A History 1851-2011, written by St. Peter’s parishi o n e r Bre n d a J . We s t and published by fellow parishioner Neil White, begins with the establishment of the congregation in 1851, covers the completion of the building in 1860, reveals from the memoirs of Frederick A.P. Barnard the account of the first rector’s decision to come to Oxford and the University of Mississippi from Alabama and tells the St. Peter’s story through 2011. West has documented the early contributions of women parishioners in this history as well as St. Peter’s involvement in the 1962 riot at Ole Miss. She uses excerpts f r o m Bi s h o p Du n c a n M. Gray Jr.’s sermons to reveal his personal pain and commitment during this tumultuous time. St. Peter’s story continues t h ro u g h t h e Vi e t n a m years, peace protests and the church’s important role at the University of Mississippi. Brenda J. West (BA 76, MEd 77) has lived in Oxford since 1973, when her husband, Bill, was assigned to teach ROTC at Ole Miss. She has two daughters and three grandchildren.

M e d ga r E v e r s : M i s s i s s i p p i M a r t y r b y Michael Vinson Williams, 453 pages, $34.95 (Hardcover), ISBN: 9781557289735 Civil rights activist Medgar Wiley Evers was well aware of the dangers he would face when he challenged the status quo in Mississippi in the 1950s and ’60s, a place and time known for the brutal murders of Emmett Till, the Rev. George Lee, Lamar Smith and others. Nonetheless, Evers consistently investigated the rapes, murders, beatings and lynchings of black Mississippians and reported the horrid incidents to a national audience, all the while organizing economic boycotts, sit-ins and street protests in Jackson as the NAACP’s first full-time Mississippi field secretary. This biography of a lesser known but seminal civil rights leader draws on personal interviews from Myrlie Evers-Williams (Evers’ widow), his two remaining siblings, friends, gradeschool-to-college schoolmates and fellow activists. Selfless dedication marked the life of Medgar Evers, and while this remains his story, it is also a testament to the important role that grassroots activism played in exacting social change during some of America’s most turbulent and violent times. Michael Vinson Williams (BA 00, PhD 07) is assistant professor of history and African-American studies at Mississippi State University. Information presented in this section is compiled from material provided by the publisher and/or author and does not necessarily represent the view of the Alumni Review or the Ole Miss Alumni Association. To present a recently published book or CD for consideration, please mail a copy with any descriptions and publishing information to: Ole Miss Alumni Review, Ole Miss Alumni Association, P.O. Box 1848, University, MS 38677. AR

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stunning Sumela Monastery, built into the face of a cliff, in Trabzon. Discover more of Turkey with a stop in Sinop, once a prosperous, fortified Greek colony that lays claim to a wealth of religious structures and an excellent archaeological museum. This amazing cruise concludes in the magnificent city astride two continents: Istanbul. — From $4,799, including airfare PARIS AND THE VILLAGES AND VINEYARDS OF FRANCE SEPT. 8-18, 2012 Discover the bucolic countryside, picturesque vineyards and charming towns of Champagne and Burgundy on a special program that combines the history and charm of these famous regions with the sophistication of the nation’s capital. Begin your exploration in Reims, once the coronation site of French kings and your gateway to the idyllic landscape and renowned champagne houses in the area. In Dijon, walk in the footsteps of Burgundy’s dukes as you wander along its bustling streets. Visit the town

of Beaune, the jewel in the region’s crown, and travel the legendary Route des Grands Crus. Conclude with three nights in Paris, the City of Light, and discover the highlights of this cosmopolitan capital. — From $4,745 EUROPEAN MOSAIC CRUISE — LISBON TO ROME SEPT. 13-24, 2012 Uncover the cultural and historical riches along the coasts of Portugal, Morocco, Spain, France, Monaco and Italy while cruising aboard the new and regal Oceania Cruises’ Riviera. Set off from Lisbon, first stopping in Gibraltar, home to the massive limestone “rock” that towers dramatically over the landscape, and then to legendary Casablanca, a fascinating Moroccan city blessed with a scenic coastline. Head to Spain, beginning with Granada and its renowned Alhambra, followed by the coastal city of Valencia, home to both medieval and futuristic architecture. Continue exploring Spain in Barcelona, where Antoni Gaudí’s unique architectural structures grace the

city, before sailing for France and the colorful city of Marseille, gateway to the Provençal countryside. Next is Monte Carlo, where a drive down the Grand Corniche offers stunning views, then onward to Italy with a visit to Florence, a Renaissance town steeped in history, art and architecture, where wonders await at every turn. Bustling markets, lush gardens, stunning architecture and world-renowned museums create a colorful European mosaic you won’t soon forget. — From $8,998, including airfare IRELAND — KILKENNY, KILLARNEY AND DUBLIN SEPT. 14-22, 2012 Ireland is a country unlike any other in the world — a land of magnificent and varied landscapes, of folklore and legend — where the genuine warmth and friendliness of the local people will leave a lasting impression. We invite you to experience it for yourself from the exciting destinations of Kilkenny, one of Ireland’s loveliest inland cities; Dublin, Ireland’s capital rich in Georgian architecture, described as being “as intimate as a village and as friendly as a pub”; and Killarney, a colorful Camelot-like town surrounded by mystical lakes and majestic mountains. Visit spectacular Kilkenny Castle, and take the opportunity to see the renowned Waterford Crystal Factory while staying in Kilkenny. From Killarney, see beautiful Bantry Bay, and experience breathtaking coastal scenery as you travel the Dingle Peninsula. While in Dublin, see some of its famous attractions such as St. Patrick’s Cathedral and Trinity College, home to the magnificent Book of Kells, and visit the northern Ireland capital of Belfast, a city adorned by Victorian architecture. Discover this beautiful land, where a hundred thousand welcomes await you. — From $3,249 VILLAGE LIFE IN TUSCANY SEPT. 15-23, 2012 Experience “la dolce vita di Toscana” (Tuscany’s sweet life) for one full week in one of Italy’s most fabled and timeless provinces. Stay in the charming Hotel Athena ideally located in medieval Siena, a UNESCO World Heritage site, within walking distance of the spectacular Piazza

del Campo. This delightful sojourn introduces you to the authentic traditions and culture of Tuscany, with specially arranged excursions and cultural enrichments highlighting the region’s Etruscan and medieval history, the exquisite artistic and architectural legacy of great Italian Renaissance masters and the centuries-old secrets of world-renowned wine and olive oil. Walk through the streets of Florence, the “Cradle of the Renaissance” and a UNESCO World Heritage site. Discover hidden gems such as the ancient hill towns of San Gimignano, a UNESCO World Heritage site, and Montalcino and Chianti, known for their world-famous wines. Meet local residents during an exclusive village forum for a personal perspective of daily life in Tuscany. This highly popular program is an exceptional value. — From $3,495 VILLAGE LIFE IN DORDOGNE SEPT. 20-28, 2012 Experience the authentic provincial character of Dordogne for one full week in Sarlat-la-Canéda, one of the most beautiful and well-preserved medieval villages in France. Stay in the family-owned Plaza Madeleine Hotel, formerly a grand 19thcentury townhouse. This unique travel program introduces you to the region’s

the English-style Gardens of Eyrignac; a specially arranged gabare cruise on the Dordogne River; and an exclusive village forum with a local resident who will share candid insights into daily life in Dordogne. Complement your exploration of France’s rich culture with the two-night Bordeaux pre-program option, featuring an excursion into one of France’s world-famous wine regions and a UNESCO World Heritage site. Early-booking savings are available. This exceedingly popular travel program sells out quickly every year! — From $3,695 VILLAGE LIFE IN THE ITALIAN LAKE DISTRICT SEPT. 22-30, 2012 Experience the true essence of life in northern Italy’s fabled Lake District for one full week in Cernobbio, a picturesque village overlooking Lake Como. Stay in lake-view rooms in the charming Hotel Regina Olga. Enjoy private boat cruises on Lake Como and Lake Maggiore, and see how this unique setting has inspired poets, composers, musicians, artists and philosophers for centuries. Explore the artistic and architectural treasures left by Roman patricians, medieval lords and Renaissance princes during expert-guided excursions to Varenna, Bellagio, Villa del Balbianello,

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charming villages, medieval castles and prehistoric treasures through specially arranged excursions and cultural enrichments — the medieval pilgrimage site of Rocamadour and the fascinating prehistoric cave paintings of Rouffignac, Lascaux and Cap Blanc, all UNESCO World Heritage sites; a specially arranged performance of French folk music and dance; Sarlat’s famous open-air market;

the Borromean Islands and Stresa. Enriching lectures and an exclusive village forum with local residents provide personal perspectives of the region’s modern life and cultural heritage. This comprehensive itinerary also features an optional excursion to stunning Lugano, Switzerland, a historic city with a distinctive Swiss culture. A two-night Milan pre-program, featuring a viewing of Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Summer 2012 49

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Traveler Supper” is offered. An exceptional value, this exclusive travel program offers not only one of the world’s most enchanting destinations but also the convenience of unpacking just once, and it continues to sell out quickly. — From $3,695 CANADA & NEW ENGLAND/ FALL FOLIAGE OCT. 7-19, 2012 Discover the splendor of New England and Canada as you sail the famed East Coast of North America aboard the elegant Oceania Cruises’ Regatta. Experience nature’s stunning beauty as you set out from Montreal for Quebec City,

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where you can savor its French ambiance as you meander ancient streets past the grand Château Frontenac in the heart of Old Québec. The natural beauty of autumn’s striking colors is revealed as you cruise the St. Lawrence River to the lovely town of Corner Brook, Newfoundland. Continue to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, known as the “Birthplace of Confederation,” followed by historic Sydney, Nova Scotia. Uncover more of Nova Scotia’s fall foliage in Halifax, a beautiful, modern port city with a rich heritage, before visiting the picturesque harbor town of Saint John, New Brunswick. Sail to New England and the coastal 50 Alumni Review

beauty of Maine, with stops in charming Bar Harbor and Rockland, whose waterfront reflects its maritime legacy, or Camden, home to one of America’s m o s t s c e n i c w a t e r f ro n t s . Ta k e i n Newport, Rhode Island, a shining gem of awe-inspiring architecture, before concluding your cruise in New York. This memorable voyage combines some of North America’s most scenic East Coast ports with the beauty of nature’s vibrant fall colors. — From $3,999, including airfare SKETCHES OF SPAIN OCT. 11-21, 2012 In Barcelona, dive headfirst into a surreal Mediterranean cityscape punctuated by the whimsical, Modernist creations of architect Antoni Gaudí. Journey to Pamplona, famous for the running of the bulls and setting for Ernest Hemingway’s novel The Sun Also Rises. Meander along the winding streets of the picturesque Old Town in San Sebastián. Step inside the cool, cutting-edge Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao for an escorted tour, and marvel at the magnificent cathedral in Burgos. Vibrant Madrid, Spain’s sunny capital, will captivate you with its lavish Royal Palace, Prado Museum, verdant parks and lively tapas bars. Beyond this regal center, immerse yourself in the artistic and architectural masterpieces in Toledo. — From $3,845

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JEWELS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN & GREEK ISLES — ATHENS TO ROME OCT. 13-24, 2012 This alluring voyage presents a magical blend of ancient Mediterranean ports and celebrated destinations as you cruise on the luxurious and upscale Riviera, Oceania Cruises’ newest ship. Historical treasures and remnants of ancient empires are revealed as you explore cities and ports in Greece, Turkey, Italy, France and Monaco, each with something distinctive to experience. From Athens, journey to Kusadasi, Turkey, and explore the ruins of Ephesus, and head back to Greece, where Monemvasia’s charming redtiled rooftop homes and the natural beauty of Argostoli await. Sail to Italy, and discover the medieval Sicilian village of Messina, and then visit the enchanting island of Capri, or explore the famed ruins of Pompeii. Revel in the magnificent Renaissance treasures of Florence, or explore Tuscany and its hilltop towns before cruising to France and the colorful port of Marseille, gateway to the lovely Provençal countryside. Take in glamorous Monte Carlo, where a drive down the Grand Corniche offers stunning views before concluding your journey in the eternal city of Rome. This seafaring adventure truly reveals the jewels of the Mediterranean. — From $8,598

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CROSSROADS OF THE CLASSICAL MEDITERRANEAN OCT. 18-27, 2012 Embark the exclusively chartered, deluxe M.S. L’Austral, launched in 2011, for this unique eight-night cruise from Istanbul, Turkey, to Nice, France, that captures the essence of the ancient, sun-kissed Mediterranean. Transit the Corinth Canal, Greece. From Itea, visit Delphi, site of the oracle of ancient Greece; from Katakolon, visit the ancient Olympia, site of the first Olympic games. See the GrecoRoman architecture of Taormina, Sicily and Palermo, formerly Europe’s grandest city in the 12th century; see Italy’s active Stromboli Volcano; enjoy the Amalfi Coast and the ancient fortress town of Bonifacio, Corsica. A pre-cruise option is available in Istanbul or Istanbul/ Cappadocia, and a post-cruise option is available in Nice. — From $5,695 SENSATIONAL SOUTH AMERICA JAN. 5-15, 2013 Details are not yet available. For more information, visit the Alumni Association website. — From $2,099 THE PRIDE OF SOUTHERN AFRICA JAN. 14-26, 2013 Discover the staggering diversity of South Africa, “a world in one country,” and its exotic wildlife in abundance — more than 850 species of birds and a predominance of the “Big Five.” Join us for this unique voyage along a splendid coastline aboard the six-star, all-suite small ship M.V. Silver Wind. The package includes a $1,000

per couple Passport to Luxury shipboard credit upon embarkation. Unpack just once, and cruise round trip from Cape Town with port calls in Port Elizabeth, Richards Bay, Durban, East London and Maputo. Victoria Falls pre-cruise and Cape Town post-cruise options are available. — From $6,395, including airfare PRAGUE AND SALZBURG JAN. 18-27, 2013 Tour Prague and Salzburg on this trip. Experience visits to Prague Castle, an excursion to Karlovy Vary’s healing springs and glass blowing museum, and an excursion to Pilsen to visit the Pilsen Brewery. On the way to Salzburg, stop for lunch and a tour of the UNESCO World Heritage city of Krumau. In Salzburg, visit Mozart’s birthplace and tour “The Sound of Music” country. — From $4,185 AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND JAN. 24-FEB. 6, 2013 Join us on this spectacular 13-night journey that uncovers the vibrant cultures, stark contrasts and magnificent landscapes of New Zealand and Australia. Delight in the stunning vistas of Queenstown, Lake Wakatipu and the Remarkable Mountains. Marvel at the spectacular mountainous fjords of Milford Sound during a scenic cruise. Gain personal insights into local cultures while dining with a Queenstown family in their home. In Australia, stay in bustling, sophisticated Sydney, a city renowned for its magnificent harbor setting, white sandy beaches and brilliant architecture

as highlighted in its landmark Opera House; learn about the Aborigines’ rich heritage at the Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Park near Cairns. — From $3,695 AROUND THE WORLD BY PRIVATE JET FEB. 3-25, 2013 Explore the world’s most treasured and legendary places — places that define the human experience, where natural splendor merges with the majesty of human achievement. Travel by private jet with a team of world-class experts and professional staff for a level of service, security, comfort and convenience that makes this journey a truly unforgettable experience. Climb the terraced steps, and touch the seamless walls of the ancient Inca citadel, Machu Picchu. Feel the protective gaze of the Easter Island moai statues. Bask in the radiant beauty of lush tropical Samoa. Immerse yourself in the underwater splendor of the Great Barrier Reef. Welcome the sun among Angkor Wat’s astoundingly beautiful temples, and watch it set amid Africa’s greatest concentration of wildlife in Tanzania. Stand enthralled before the majesty of the Taj Mahal. Come face to face with the mysterious Sphinx in the company of the ancient Pyramids. Explore the colorful souks and treasures of Berber kings in the celebrated medina of Fez. To learn more about this extraordinary expedition or to make a reservation, please call our tour operator, TCS & Starquest Expeditions, at 800-454-4149 or 206-254-0228. Don’t miss this opportunity to experience the trip of a lifetime. — From $66,950 Summer 2012 51

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Class Notes ’40s

PATRICK D. SMITH (BA 47, MA 59) of Merritt Island, Fla., received the 2012 Florida Lifetime Achievement Award in Writing from the Florida Humanities Council. He has written 10 books.

’50s

H E N RY L . L A W S I I ( B S 5 4 , MCERT 54), of Clanton, Ala., received the Distinguished Service Award of the Southeastern Surgical Congress. He practiced until 2003, when he retired. LEE DAVIS THAMES (BA 58, LLB 60) of Vicksburg was named a top product liability attorney by Legal Media Group’s Guide to the World’s Leading Product Liability Lawyers. He is an attorney at Butler, Snow, O’Mara, Stevens & Cannada in Ridgeland.

’60s

DON L. FRUGÉ (BBA 67, JD 70) of Oxford was named chairman of the Lamar Order at the organization’s annual meeting. He is chairman and CEO of Oxford Investment Advisors LLC.

HARRY M. PASLAY (BA 74, MURP 76, JD 86) is senior recruiter at Workforce Solutions for North Central Texas in McKinney, Texas. MICHAEL K. RANDOLPH (JD 74) of Hattiesburg was elected a 2012 fellow of the Mississippi Bar Foundation. He is an associate justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court. JAMES L. ROBERTS JR. (JD 71) of Pontotoc will be presented the Mississippi Bar’s Lifetime Achievement Award. He was appointed judge for the First Circuit Court District in 2007. CHARLIENE ROEMER (BA 73) of Ocean Springs was elected a 2012 fellow of the Mississippi Bar Foundation. She is an attorney at Pringle & Roemer in Biloxi. WALTER G. WATKINS JR. (BA 76, JD 78) of Madison was named the 2012 Jackson, Miss., Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions-Defendants Lawyer of the Year and selected as a Best Lawyer for Litigation in the 2012 edition of Best Lawyers.

’80s

TERRY L. CAVES (BBA 80, JD 83) of Laurel was elected vice chairman of the Lamar Order at the organization’s annual meeting. He practices law at Caves & Caves PLLC in Laurel. JIMMY COLMER (BBA 83, JD 86) of Pascagoula was reappointed by Gov. Phil Bryant to a four-year term on the Jackson County Port Authority/Port of Pascagoula board of commissioners. DR. R. ANDREW CRONE (BA 82) of Memphis was inducted into the 2012 Christian Brothers High School Hall of Fame. JOSEPH T. GETZ (BBA 81) of Memphis was inducted into the 2012 Christian Brothers High School Hall of Fame. He practices law at Less, Getz & Lipman PLC. VERNETTE AND JET (BBA 81) GRIFFIN opened Downtown Marketplace, an antique business, in Yazoo City.

HOBSON WAITS (BA 60) of Brandon received the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association’s 2012 President’s Award. He is the longtime CEO of the Electric Power Associations of Mississippi.

’70s

JAMIE BARNETT (BA 76, JD 84) of Arlington, Va., is rejoining the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies as senior vice president.

JIM DAVIDSON JR. (BA 71, JD 74) of Columbus was elected a 2012 fellow of the Mississippi Bar Foundation, the organization’s highest honor. He is a judge with the 14th Chancery Court District. PEGGY WALLACE SMITH HOLLOWAY (BS 73, MCS 75) of Daytona Beach, Fla., has published nine books available via Amazon for e-book or Lulu.com for print. JIM JOHNSTONE (BPA 76, JD 80) was elected a 2012 fellow of the Mississippi Bar Foundation. He operates his own law practice in Pontotoc. EDWARD P. LOOMIS JR. (BBA 75) of Macon, Ga., was named president and CEO of Colony Bankcorp Inc. 52 Alumni Review

Pharmacy Awards The School of Pharmacy presented its Distinguished Alumni Award, regarded as the school’s top alumni honor, on March 31 at a banquet held in the Gertrude C. Ford Ballroom of The Inn at Ole Miss as part of Pharmacy Weekend. Recipients are (left to right) William B. Harlan (BSPh 66), Kristi Maddox Gholson (BSPh 77) and Richard A. Jackson, Sr. (MS 71, PhD 72).

DR. JOINER MACK HALTOM III (BA 83, MD 87) of Ridgeland was inducted as a fellow in the American College of Radiology. He is a radiologist at Radiological Group PA. JOEY HAVENS (BBA 80) of Madison was named executive partner of Horne LLP in Ridgeland. JOHN LEWIS (BA 85) was promoted to senior vice president in the Asset Review department at Trustmark Bank in Jackson. WILLIAM LISTON III (BA 85, JD 89) of Jackson was admitted as a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. He practices at Liston/Lancaster PLLC in Jackson. PAUL LONG (BBA 83) of Madison was promoted to first vice president at Trustmark Bank in Jackson. CAL MAYO JR. (BAccy 86) was elected a 2012 fellow of the Mississippi Bar. He is an attorney at Mayo Mallette in Oxford. BEN MCCLUNG (81) of Oxford was named superintendent of Tishomingo County Schools.

DR. SAM PEEPLES (MD 84) of Ridgeland released a new album of Christian music. ROB TYSON (JD 87) of Columbia, S.C., was reelected to the South Carolina Bar House of Delegates. He is a partner at Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte LLC. GEOFFREY YOSTE (BBA 88) of Oxford was elected board member and vice president of industry affairs for the Army Aviation Association of America.

’90s

DR. FORD DYE (MD 95) of Oxford was appointed to the board of trustees of the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning by Gov. Phil Bryant.

CARTER P. SMITH (BAccy 95) was named director of business advisory services for Matthews, Cutrer and Lindsay PA in Ridgeland. RHEA TANNEHILL JR. (BPA 91, MEd 92, JD 96) was elected a 2012 fellow of the Mississippi Bar Foundation. He is an attorney at Tannehill, Carmean & McKenzie in Oxford. AMANDA JONES TOLLISON (JD 90) of Oxford joined Butler, Snow, O’Mara, Stevens & Cannada PLLC’s Government, Environmental & Energy Group.

’00s

CHRISTOPHER J. COATS (BAccy 01, JD 04) was elected a shareholder at the Memphis office of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz PC.

TONY LAWRENCE III (JD 90) of Pascagoula received the 2012 Law-Related Public Education Award presented by the Mississippi Bar Foundation. He is the district attorney for the 19th Judicial District.

ELLEN HOWARD (BA 09) was named executive editor of the Law Review at University of Arkansas-Little Rock’s Bowen Law School.

DR. CHRISTOPHER PATTON (BA 90) was reelected to the board of directors of Alabama Orthopaedic Clinic PC in Mobile, Ala.

MIRIAM KNIGHT (BBA 07) was promoted to marketing and business development officer at First National Bank in Oxford.

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TODD MANGRO (BA 04) of Charleston, S.C., is a fellow in addiction psychiatry at the Medical University of South Carolina. JIM PETERSEN (BAPRM 06) of Madison joined Pinnacle Trust as a financial adviser. NELSON LEE VALENTINE (BAccy 03, MAccy 04) was promoted to international tax senior manager in the New York City office of Deloitte Tax LLP. DIETRICH VON BIEDENFELD (JD 09) of West Columbia, Texas, was appointed by Gov. Rick Perry to the Texas Council on Purchasing from People with Disabilities. MARC WALKER (BS 06) will begin his residency training with the Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Yale-New Haven Hospital. LEIGH-TAYLOR WHITE (JD 05) joined Shea Moskovitz & McGhee, a Memphis law firm that focuses on family law. RICKY WOOD (BBA 09) is working at the RitzCarlton New Orleans in the front office.

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Law Hall of Fame Induction On April 21, the School of Law inducted its third class into the UM Law Alumni Hall of Fame. The ceremony concluded 2012 Law Weekend and was held in the Gertrude C. Ford Ballroom of The Inn at Ole Miss. Annette Champion (left) accepted the award on behalf of her husband, William M. Champion (LLB 61), who was inducted posthumously. Lenore E. Hobbs (BAEd 70) and Laura E. Gresham (BAEd 71) accepted the award on behalf of their father, Thomas R. Ethridge (BA 40, LLB 46), who was inducted posthumously. Other recipients are Lawrence J. Franck (BBA 53, LLB 58), Frank D. Montague Jr. (LLB 50, BSCVE 51) and Lenore L. Prather (JD 55).

WEDDINGS Angela Claire Duff (BBA 11) and Peyton Claybourne Beard (BBA 10, BAccy 10), Dec. 10, 2011. Cassandra Bess Scrivner (BBA 08) and Peter Glenn Kruger (BBA 08), March 10, 2012. Willette Carla Woods (BAEd 02) and Jeffrey Michael Trevis, May 19, 2012.

Georgia Anne, daughter of Kimberly Breaux Ferguson (BA 07) and Lee Michael Ferguson (BSChE 06, MD 10), April 10, 2012. Jon Martin, son of Cassie Martin Fountain (BSFCS 02) and Stephen W. Fountain (BBA 02), Aug. 15, 2011. Veronica Lee, daughter of Kimberly Marie Landers and G. Kyle Landers (BBA 91), Aug. 4, 2011.

Caroline Aldridge and Marc Edward Walker (BS 06), May 26, 2012.

Mia Catherine, daughter of Meghann Cruse McCarver (BAccy 02) and Timothy Brian McCarver, Feb. 23, 2012.

BIRTHS Anne Bevill, daughter of Jennifer Bevill Anderson (BPA 97) and William R. Anderson (BBA 00), March 29, 2012.

Andrew Miles, Posey Ingram and Mark Steinriede, triplets of Margaret Simmons Miller (BSFCS 07) and Andrew Rowland Miller (BBA 07), May 1, 2012.

Molly Frances, daughter of Katie Clark Blalack (BSGE 01) and Michael F. Blalack (BSPh 85), Sept. 9, 2011.

Alice “Allie” Rinehart, daughter of Laine D. Mitchell (BSFCS 03) and Clinton Matthew Mitchell (05), Dec. 22, 2011.

Elijah Tate, son of Jill Ward Bonds (BM 03, MM 05) and William A. “Tony” Bonds (BSCJ 05), Oct. 2, 2011.

Robert Allen, son of Sue Ellen Taylor Zellich (BAccy 01, MAccy 04) and Kenneth Clayborne Zellich III (BBA 04), Feb. 3, 2012.

Russell Jackson, son of Alison Chastain Brackins (BA 00) and Patrick Andrew Brackins, Jan. 12, 2012.

IN MEMORIAM

Philip Pace, son of Mollie Cannon Carby (BSPh 02, PharmD 04) and Gaston Chalk Carby (BBA 96, MBA 97), March 19, 2012. Henry Asher, son of Nicole Genger Duffy (BA 99) and Frank Duffy, Oct. 15, 2011. James Michael, son of Jennifer “Jen” Dukes and William James Dukes (JD 10), March 29, 2012.

1930s James Albert Canfield (BA 39) of Tignall, Ga., March 28, 2012 John W. Cran (36) of Murfreesboro, Tenn., March 14, 2012 Elizabeth Gillespie Haynes (MA 39) of Saint Augustine, Fla., March 9, 2012 James Thomas McKee (BSC 39) of Torrance, Calif., March 3, 2012

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Dorothy Naftel (32) of Bessemer, Ala., March 6, 2012

John Pillow Metts (48) of Yazoo City, March 26, 2012

Lloyd Rodney White (BSC 39) of Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 29, 2012

William G. Mize Jr. (BBA 47) of Greenwood, April 20, 2012

John Howard Woodbridge (35) of Reno, Nev., March 28, 2012

Ladye Webb Neilson (BA 49) of Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 30, 2012 Edward Homer Nicholson (43) of Jackson, Feb. 25, 2012

1940s Mary Courtney Anderson (BM 42) of Oxford, March 13, 2012

Marshall Noel Peterson (BA 42) of New Orleans, La., March 21, 2012

Roy M. Barnes (MedCert 49) of Port Gibson, Feb. 20, 2012

John William Purvis Jr. (BBA 49) of Sequim, Wash., April 19, 2012

Jimmie Owens Brown (BSC 46) of Knoxville, Tenn., May 18, 2012 Eleanor Peele Castle (BSC 46) of Louisville, Feb. 19, 2012 Edgar Reynolds Craig Sr. (43) of Tuscumbia, Ala., April 26, 2012 Betty Pounds Crawford (48) of Jacksonville, Fla., April 12, 2012 Roland H. Dale Jr. (BSHPE 49, MEd 51) of Brandon, April 23, 2012 Margaret N. Dalton (47) of Brandon, March 17, 2012 Marijo James Denson (BA 49) of Greenville, April 17, 2012 Onie Smith Fortier (BA 41) of Ripley, Feb. 17, 2012 Anthony J. Gentile (MedCert 46) of Scranton, Pa., May 6, 2012 Carlyle Gregory (BA 48) of Blacksburg, Va., Feb. 15, 2012

Claude W. Poland Jr. (BBA 49) of Tupelo, May 16, 2012 Ike Alfred Rosenbaum (BA 42) of Meridian, March 17, 2012 Charlotte Ezell Salter (MA 48) of Jackson, April 9, 2012 Catherine Stevens Sampson (BSC 42) of Jacksonville, Fla., May 16, 2012 Raphael Semmes Jr. (BSC 42) of Grenada, March 15, 2012 Paul R. Shellabarger (BSPh 49) of Lenoir City, Tenn., Feb. 24, 2012 Percy Marlow Stephan (BA 46) of Fort Worth, Texas, Feb. 29, 2012 Margaret Hewes Swanson (BA 40) of Flossmoor, Ill., April 19, 2012 A.H. “Lon” Taylor Jr. (BBA 47) of Corinth, April 26, 2012

Thomas Wilson Haynes (BA 42) of Trenton, Tenn., Feb. 21, 2012

1950s Clarence Orbrey Adams (BAEd 50, MEd 51) of Sarasota, Fla., April 25, 2012

Luther R. Jones Jr. (BS 47) of Saint Petersburg, Fla., April 7, 2012

Gladys Gully Berry (BAEd 58) of Jackson, April 19, 2012

Donna Lyon Keck (48) of Los Banos, Calif., Feb. 17, 2012

John McNamara Boone Sr. (BA 50) of Jackson, April 13, 2012

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Wallace Alvin Burns Sr. (BSCvE 53) of Waveland, March 25, 2012

Leslie Everett Burris (MA 56) of Jackson, April 22, 2012

Hugh Brown Jones Jr. (BBA 50) of Memphis, Tenn., May 5, 2012

Patricia Hewlett Campbell (BSN 59) of Hot Springs National Park, Ark., March 14, 2012

Walter Norris Jones Jr. (BBA 50) of Forest, April 19, 2012

Edwin Leon Cardwell (BBA 57) of Oxford, April 16, 2012

Malcolm Flynn Justice Jr. (BBA 53, LLB 56) of Salt Lake City, Utah, April 25, 2012

Donald Lawrence Caskey (BBA 51) of Yorktown, Va., April 18, 2012

John Oliver Leslie (BSPh 51) of Oxford, March 24, 2012

Maurice Lawrence Colly (BA 50) of Bay Saint Louis, March 6, 2012

Robert Edward Levy (LLB 51, JD 68) of Seattle, Wash., Nov. 26, 2011

Francis Mahoney Dailey (BA 50) of Charleston, April 24, 2012

Mary Bullock Lewis (BAEd 50) of Rosedale, March 29, 2012

Garrett Stuart Dearman (BBA 50) of Hattiesburg, March 6, 2012

Frank Irvin Lovell Jr. (BAEd 51, MEd 60, EdD 66) of Clinton, April 22, 2012

Celia Buntin Emmerich (BAEd 51) of Jackson, March 1, 2012

Jack Ralph Mann (BA 50) of Belmont, March 22, 2012

Jacqueline McCarver Flowers (BAEd 57) of Belmont, N.C., April 11, 2012

James Robert McDowell Jr. (BBA 55) of Greenville, May 16, 2012

Doris Wood Floyd (BAEd 58) of Brandon, Feb. 27, 2012

James Michael McMullan (BBA 56) of Lake Forest, Ill., April 16, 2012

Sheldon LeRoy Foreman (LLB 57) of Franklin, Tenn., May 3, 2012

Elsie Maynard Milligan (BA 56) of Clarksdale, May 14, 2012

Thomas Henry Freeland III (BA 52, LLB 58) of Oxford, May 10, 2012

Jane Clark Mills (BA 59) of Nashville, Tenn., June 5, 2011

H. Lamar Gillespie Sr. (MedCert 53) of Hattiesburg, May 2, 2012

Malcolm Sidney Moore Sr. (MD 58) of Tupelo, May 17, 2012

Richard H. Gould (BSEA 52, ME 55) of Nashville, Tenn., April 10, 2012

Betty Henderson Nelson (BA 50) of Greenville, March 14, 2012

Norman Jerome Hair (53) of Collins, March 5, 2012

Robert White Nick (BBA 51) of Wanchese, N.C., Feb. 20, 2012

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Walter Cecil Harrison Jr. (BA 53) of New Albany, April 10, 2012

Bill B. Patterson (BBA 54) of Nashville, Tenn., April 12, 2012

Glyn Evans Hollingsworth (BSC 51) of Collierville, Tenn., March 24, 2012

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Theresa Odom Schwartz (BAEd 51) of Florence, Mont., March 23, 2012

James Albert Dale III (BA 63, JD 66) of Ormond Beach, Fla., April 14, 2012

Warren Benjamin Seely Jr. (BSChE 55) of Moss Point, May 18, 2012

Richard Price Darby (MEd 66) of Sardis, April 20, 2012

Charles Frederick Slavens Sr. (59) of Mattoon, Ill., March 26, 2012

Perry Neil Duggar (MD 66) of Jackson, May 15, 2012

Cecil Gill Smith Jr. (BA 50) of Natchez, May 23, 2012

Millard Lee French (BSChE 62) of Water Valley, March 2, 2012

William Jackson Smith (MEd 57) of Westlake, La., May 24, 2012

Virginia Alexander Gex (BAEd 67, MLS 68) of Bay Saint Louis, March 5, 2012

Joe Keeton Stephens (BS 53, MedCert 54) of West Point, March 2, 2012

James Gordon Hargett (MFA 66) of Golden, April 2, 2012

Paralee Mullen Tate (MA 50) of Jackson, Feb. 26, 2012

Jean Daughtrey Harvey (MCS 63) of Collins, March 26, 2012

Herman Tillman Jr. (BBA 58) of Hazlehurst, April 11, 2012

Abb Louis Hatten Jr. (MA 62) of Madison, April 25, 2012

Martha Claire Wallace (BSHPE 52, MEd 60) of Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 27, 2012

Mary Preston Myers Hays (BA 61) of Jackson, March 9, 2012

Charles Royal White (BBA 56) of Jackson, April 23, 2012

Charles Earl Henderson (MA 63) of Montgomery Center, Vt., Feb. 15, 2012

Joe Frank Williams (MEd 58, AMEd 70) of McKenzie, Tenn., March 17, 2012

Caleb W. Herndon (PhD 69) of Brookhaven, April 4, 2012

Helen Scheerer Wilson (MEd 55) of Bowling Green, Ky., Feb. 2, 2012

Barbara Alexander Herring (BA 68) of Little Rock, Ark., Oct. 27, 2011 Ann Graddy Jackson (MEd 64) of Brandon, April 18, 2012

1960s Peggy Ashmore Abood (BS 66) of East Lansing, Mich., April 29, 2012

Jimmy Wayne Jones (BSChE 63) of Raleigh, N.C., April 27, 2012

John Neville Allen (BBA 64) of Jackson, March 14, 2012

Gene Miller Kidd (BA 69) of Nashville, Tenn., April 3, 2012

Thomas Franklin Allen (MEd 63) of Poplar Bluff, Mo., Feb. 19, 2012 Solon C. Apple (MS 60) of Nolensville, Tenn., April 1, 2012 Robert Wilson Atkinson Jr. (BBA 63) of Fort Walton Beach, Fla., March 17, 2012 Georgia Edith Turley Baine (BAEd 67, MEd 68) of El Dorado, Ark., April 13, 2012 John Edward Baker (MBA 63) of Stafford, Va., April 14, 2012 Martin Cleveland Becker (BBA 62) of Brookhaven, April 3, 2012 Trudye Weaks Blackard (64) of Jacksonville, Fla., May 18, 2012 Aubrey Dale Boutwell (MBA 61, BBA 61) of Pascagoula, May 23, 2012 James S. Broome (MD 66) of Marion, Mass., March 24, 2012 John E. Brown (BBA 67) of Emmaus, Pa., March 22, 2012 Richard Dallas Chesteen Sr. (MA 64, PhD 76) of Union City, Tenn., May 1, 2012

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Joseph Chester Kern III (BBA 63) of Memphis, Tenn., April 18, 2012 Mary McMahon Koran (MSS 64) of Alachua, Fla., Feb. 27, 2012 Craig Love (67) of Memphis, Tenn., Jan. 30, 2012 Elmer Stuart McIntyre Jr. (BSPh 63) of Jackson, March 18, 2012 Anne M. McLean (MA 63) of Fort Worth, Texas, Feb. 27, 2012 James Fred Nixon Jr. (BBA 69) of Owens Cross Roads, Ala., April 7, 2012 Jesse Leonard Pace Jr. (MEd 62, EdD 70) of Helena, Ark., April 29, 2012 Harry Anthony Piazza Jr. (69) of Pearl, March 14, 2012 Nicholas Boxley Roberts Jr. (BPA 69, JD 76) of Gulfport, May 9, 2012 Lena Spencer Rotton (EdD 67) of Nixa, Mo., May 7, 2012 Carl Stewart Smith Jr. (65) of Athens, Ala., April 27, 2012 Chesley Thorne Smith (BAEd 61) of Holly Springs, April 24, 2012 Paul Jetson Tatum (BA 69) of Memphis, Tenn., March 3, 2012

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James Mitchell Terrell Sr. (64) of Indianola, April 1, 2012

Gary D. Holdiness (BS 79, MD 83) of Kosciusko, May 6, 2012

Mittie Welty Thompson (BAEd 67) of Jackson, March 28, 2012

Gail Walsh Johnson (BA 70) of Jackson, March 6, 2012

Patricia Stevens Thompson (BAEd 60) of Oxford, Feb. 23, 2012

Will Johnston Jr. (PhD 75) of Houston, Texas, March 1, 2012

Charles Leo Todaro (LLB 60) of Biloxi, April 20, 2012

William Andrew Konrad (MEd 77) of Sardis, May 5, 2012

Jack Grady Tucker Jr. (BSHPE 68) of Paris, Ky., March 30, 2012

Willie M. Long (MEd 79) of Memphis, Tenn., April 18, 2012 Dixie Cecile Manning (BA 77) of Jackson, April 18, 2012

1970s Frances Perkins Alexander (BA 78) of Memphis, Tenn., May 5, 2012

Mitchell David Mauldin (BBA 74) of Laurel, Feb. 14, 2012

William Hoyt Box (BBA 70, MBA 72) of Jackson, March 4, 2012

Martha McGill Mitchell (MEd 79) of Holly Springs, March 4, 2012

Mark Douglas Brown (JD 74) of Bloomington, Ill., April 27, 2012 Michael Fox Carollo (BA 76) of Clinton, March 24, 2012 Marjorie Payne Clay (BAEd 70, MEd 73) of Coffeeville, May 9, 2012 Grover Clifton Coleman Jr. (BAEd 72) of Slidell, La., Feb. 17, 2012 Marilyn McMullin Daniel (BAEd 78) of Memphis, Tenn., May 11, 2012 Michael Elance Forbes (BAEd 73) of Vicksburg, Feb. 25, 2012 Wilda Bane Fugitt (MEd 76) of Booneville, April 26, 2012 John Russell Gallaspy III (BBA 70) of Brownsville, Tenn., April 20, 2012 Sarah Henderson Gregory (75) of Pontotoc, Feb. 17, 2012 Kerry Don Harms (BSPh 75) of Clearwater, Fla., March 29, 2012 Paul Harvey Hawks (MS 73) of Oxford, March 26, 2012 James Russell Hayden (JD 73) of Petal, April 27, 2012

Martha Hurdle McAlexander (BAEd 73) of Holly Springs, May 2, 2012 James Franklin Mixson (74) of Greenville, April 5, 2012 James Roy Nabors (BBA 72) of Prattville, Ala., April 9, 2012 Sallie Dix Ballard Nord (BA 72) of Gulfport, April 18, 2012 Thomas Eddy Parsons (BBA 75) of Wiggins, March 17, 2012 Charles Luther Payne Sr. (BSChE 76) of Poplarville, Aug. 10, 2011 Thomas A. Pritchard (JD 74) of Ocean Springs, May 5, 2012 Mario Sanchez Jr. (MEd 71) of Tampa, Fla., May 7, 2012 Glenn Norman Smith (BS 75, MD 78) of Hattiesburg, March 16, 2012 Gayle Morris Turner (BS 75) of Bruce, April 25, 2012 Donald Clay Washington (BPA 73) of Pontotoc, April 30, 2012 Jesse William Wooldridge (MCS 70) of Murfreesboro, Tenn., March 17, 2012

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1980s Benjamin H. Ashford Jr. (PhD 84) of Moorhead, March 21, 2012 David George Barber (BBA 82, MHCA 86) of Oxford, May 9, 2012 Ronald Alan Caldwell (BSJ 81) of Germantown, Tenn., March 26, 2012 Melissa Harvey Dockery (MD 82) of Little Rock, Ark., May 24, 2012 Philip Waggaman Garon (BA 88) of Metairie, La., March 8, 2012 Mary Frances Glasgow Stafford (BS 82) of Tupelo, Oct. 9, 2011 William Michael Griffin (BBA 80) of Houston, May 19, 2012 Joan Maslanka Harding (80) of Atlanta, Ga., March 19, 2012 Carlos Hyman (BSN 84) of Jackson, March 1, 2012 John Morgan King (BA 88, MA 94) of Oxford, May 9, 2012 Gregory Cameron Knox (81) of Marietta, Ga., Feb. 27, 2012 Rhodonna Goldman Krushelinski (BBA 83) of Winona, Jan. 12, 2012 James W. Latham Jr. (BBA 80) of Grenada, April 5, 2012 Steven Henry McCombs (BAccy 82) of Pahoa, Hawaii, March 9, 2012 Isaac Calvin Miller (MEd 81) of Senatobia, Jan. 17, 2012 James Michael Nelson (BBA 80) of Iuka, March 3, 2012 Pamela Remmers Oates (BBA 88) of Cordova, Tenn., Feb. 28, 2012 Selena Tallie Watts (BBA 81) of Richmond, Texas, March 13, 2012 Richard A. Withers (82) of Little Elm, Texas, March 15, 2012

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1990s Laura Lynne Allen (99) of Montgomery, Ala., March 12, 2012 Christopher David Conner (MTax 96) of Atlanta, Ga., May 5, 2012 Peter L. Gonnella (BALM 94) of Harwich, Mass., May 10, 2012 Mark William Hendricks (BBA 90) of Boyle, April 6, 2012 Rhonda Rosamond Hitt (BSW 99) of Oxford, May 21, 2012 Jason Scott King (BBA 94) of Ocean Springs, April 22, 2012 Maria Frances McGowen (BA 97) of Mount Pleasant, S.C., Feb. 20, 2012 Robin Gail McKay (BS 97) of Senatobia, March 22, 2012 Sean Michael O’Malley (BSES 94) of Boynton Beach, Fla., March 25, 2012 Steve L. Porter (92) of Vancouver, Wash., March 25, 2012 Charles Lester Quinn Jr. (MM 91) of Cochran, Ga., May 5, 2012 2000s Logan Upshaw Bentley (09) of Athens, Ga., March 23, 2012 Paul Edward Meyers II (JD 04) of Vestavia, Ala., March 31, 2012 Charles Daniel Niolet (DMD 05) of Clinton, May 17, 2012 William Paul Casey Randle (08) of Tupelo, April 4, 2012 Richard Clayton Roland Jr. (08) of Cordova, Tenn., April 25, 2012 Holly Francis Trudell (JD 01) of Picayune, June 8, 2011 Samuel Hunter Vaughn (BSPh 01, PharmD 03) of Starkville, April 15, 2012 2010s Rachel Ryan Smith (BSN 10, MSN 10) of Raymond, Feb. 24, 2012 Faculty and Friends Thomas Gordon Barnes II of Ridgeland, May 17, 2012 Sharon Strickland Cannon of Jackson, May 18, 2012 David Benjamin Collier of Gulfport, April 15, 2012 John David Crews of Oxford, Feb. 22, 2012 John E. Deal Sr. of Abbeville, March 4, 2012 Carl Leon Dukes of Clinton, April 27, 2012 Bobby Fay Williams Evans of Wiggins, April 7, 2012 John Herschel Johnson of Bolivar, Tenn., Feb. 26, 2012 Ronnie Hugh Mills of Oxford, March 19, 2012 Aileen Walter Morrison of Jackson, May 8, 2012 William H. Norman of Crossville, Tenn., May 10, 2012

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lumni who have attained the rank of general or admiral in the U.S. armed forces were listed in the spring issue of the Alumni Review. Additional alumni who have attained flag rank and who were not included in the original list are as follows: Rear Adm. Delbert Harry Beumer (BBA 53) Brig. Gen. Edward L. Cates (LLB 52)* Maj. Gen. Bela J. Chain Jr. (BA 57, MEd 61, PhD 68) Maj. Gen. Robert W. Chesnut (BA 68) Maj. Gen. Claude F. Clayton (LLB 31)* Brig. Gen. John H. Fox III (BA 49, LLB 51) Maj. Gen. William W. Gresham Jr. (BA 48)* Maj. Gen. Al Hopkins (JD 65) Maj. Gen. James F. Ingram (BSHPE 53)* Brig. Gen. W. Blair Jernigan (BBA 73) Rear Adm. Thomas G. Lilly (LLB 60) Maj. Gen. Catherine S. Lutz (PhD 98) Brig. Gen. Charles E. Middleton Jr. (BBA 53) Maj. Gen. Terrill K. Moffett (JD 79) Brig. Gen. Edmund W. Montgomery (BA 41, LLB 47, 68)* Brig. Gen. James A. Peden Jr. (BA 66, JD 70) Brig. Gen. Maxey Jiles Phillips (MURP 73) Brig. Gen. Edwin L. Pittman (LLB 60) Maj. Gen. James David Polk (MD 71) Maj. Gen. Richard S. Poole (DMD 79) Maj. Gen. Edwin H. Roberts (BBA 69, JD 72) Maj. Gen. Morgan Roseborough (BA 39)* Maj. Gen. Nathaniel G. Troutt (LLB 56)* Brig. Gen. William L. Waller (JD 77) Brig. Gen. Thomas K. Williams Jr. (BA 41, MedCert 43)* * Indicates deceased

A. Charles Oliveros Jr. of Stone Mountain, Ga., Jan. 28, 2012 Elsie Triplett Pugh of Oxford, March 13, 2012 J.D. Pugh Sr. of Brooksville, April 12, 2012 William Earl Sheffield of University, May 8, 2012 Mike Sturdivant of Glendora, May 1, 2012 Carl Thomas Walker of Madison, March 23, 2012 Beverly Brawn Waller of Oxford, March 31, 2012 John Lynn Watson of Jacksonville, Ill., May 23, 2012 David L. Wittchen of Sun City, Ariz., April 27, 2012

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Members of the Oxford School Board set a public hearing for June 14 at 5 p.m. for the public to discuss the district’s 2010-2011 budget. Despite continued budget cuts from the state during the past several months, the Oxford School District has put together a budget for the coming school year that ensures no jobs will be cut. The school board has a proposed $29 million budget that, while not yet finalized, won’t cut jobs and won’t raise the tax rate. On Monday, Gov. Haley Barbour signed the FY 2011 education funding bills, House Bill 1622 and House Bill 1059, Mississippi Department of Education Superintendent Tom Burnham said. “HB 1622 is the primary funding bill that we recommend (districts) develop the FY 2011 budget around,” Burnham said. “HB 1059 is contingent upon the passage of federal legislation that would extend the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage provided for in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.”

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