Fall 2000   Volume 76
Number 3

USPS 354-520

President
Malcolm Portera ('69, M.A. '71)

Vice President for External Affairs
Dennis A. Prescott

Alumni Association Executive Director
John V. Correro ('62)

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Editor/Designer . . . . . . .	Allen Snow ('76)
Designers . . . . . . . . . . . .	Becky Smith
	Christy Criss
Photographers . . . . . . . .	Fred Faulk
	Russ Houston ('85)
HTML Markup . . . . . . .	Brad Carpenter

Mississippi State University Alumni Association National Officers
Lamar A. Conerly, Jr. ('71), national president; Steve Taylor ('77, '81), national first vice president; Bobby Gathings ('81), national second vice president; Keith Winfield ('70), national treasurer; Bill Long ('81), immediate former national president.

Mississippi State University does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, or veteran status.