Alumni Association names eight as fellows

Keenum	Barlow	Hamlin	Baker
Davis	Shackouls	Stewart	Boschert

Eight leaders in the areas of government, industry, private business, and education are the Alumni Fellows at Mississippi State University for 1997.

The Alumni Fellows Program is sponsored by the Alumni Association and brings accomplished graduates back to campus to share experiences and offer advice to current students and faculty members. This year's honorees visited campus Sept. 25-26. They include:

• Dr. Mark E. Keenum of Alexandria, Va., chief of staff for Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. He received his bachelor's degree in 1983, his master's in 1984, and his doctorate in 1988, all in agricultural economics and all from Mississippi State.
• Charles C. Barlow Jr. of Madison, chief executive officer of Jackson architectural firm Barlow Eddy Jenkins, School of Architecture. Barlow received his bachelor's degree in architecture from Mississippi State in 1980.
• Newton F. Hamlin Jr. of Austin, Texas, vice president of McLane Team Logistics, College of Arts and Sciences. Hamlin received his bachelor's degree in political science from Mississippi State in 1964.
• John H. Baker III of Houston, Texas, real estate developer and leaseholder, College of Business and Industry. He received his bachelor's degree in business from Mississippi State in 1963.
• Dr. Thomas L. Davis Jr. of Scooba, president of East Mississippi Community College, College of Education. He received his doctorate in educational administration from Mississippi State in 1983.
• Bobby S. Shackouls of Houston, Texas, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Burlington Resources, Inc., College of Engineering. He received a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from Mississippi State in 1972.
• Kenneth C. Stewart Jr. of Atlanta, Ga., executive assistant to the chairman and chief executive officer of Georgia-Pacific Corp., College of Forest Resources. He received his bachelor's degree in business and forestry from Mississippi State in 1972.
• Dr. Kenneth R. Boschert of St. Louis, Mo., associate director of comparative medicine, School of Medicine at Washington University, College of Veterinary Medicine. He received his bachelor's degree in general science in 1980 and his doctor of veterinary medicine in 1984, both from Mississippi State.