Making a Difference
From Feb. 1, 2000, to April 30, 2000, the following Mississippi State alumni and friends made outright gifts, pledges, or deferred gifts of $10,000 or more to the university. The donors and their gift categories are:
Dean W. Colvard
Founders
(lifetime giving $1,000,000 - $4,999,999)
Mr. and Mrs. Hassell Franklin of Houston; Mr. and Mrs. A.
P. Hatcher of Pinehurst, N.C.
Eugene Butler
Fellows
(lifetime giving $100,000 - $499,999)
Mr. and Mrs. C. Dorman Blaine of Knoxville, Tenn.; Mr. and
Mrs. Tommy Brooks of Tupelo; Mr. and Mrs. Dudley J. Hughes
of Jackson; Mr. and Mrs. James T. White of Dallas, Texas.
Ben F. Hilbun
Torchbearers
(lifetime giving $50,000 - $99,999)
Mr. and Mrs. Page Dettor of Southern Pines, N.C.; Mr. and
Mrs. Jack H. Hatcher of Charlotte, N.C.; Mr. and Mrs.
William H. Izard of Marrietta, Ga.; Mr. and Mrs. Terrill
Moran, Jr. of Biloxi; Mr. and Mrs. Mark Seymour of Ocean
Springs; Mr. and Mrs. Felix Smart of Altheimer, Ark.
Estates
Estate of Eckford C. Brooks of Gulfport; Estate of John P.
Hosmer of West Point; Estate of Wallace J. Hosmer of
Florence, Ala.; Estate of Anna McLean of Tupelo.
Corporations,
Foundations, and Organizations
($1,000,000 and above)
Anonymous (1); Tennessee Valley Authority of Knoxville,
Tenn.
Corporations,
Foundations, and Organizations
($100,000 - $999,999)
Cisco Systems of Research Triangle Park, N.C.; Durward
Dunn, Inc. of New Orleans, La.
Corporations,
Foundations, and Organizations
($50,000 - $99,999)
Gipson Steel, Inc. of Meridian; Hill Brothers Construction
Company of Falkner.
Corporations,
Foundations, and Organizations
($10,000 - $49,999)
BancorpSouth of Tupelo; CCSL Partnership of Brandon;
Citigroup of New York, N.Y.; Gannett Foundation of
Arlington, Va.; Georgia-Pacific Corporation of Atlanta,
Ga.; Phil Hardin Foundation of Meridian; Mississippi Power
Foundation of Gulfport; The Procter and Gamble Company of
Cincinnati, Ohio; Southern Sociological Society of
Mississippi State; T. L. Wallace Construction, Inc. of
Columbia.
Old Main
Society
Dr. and Mrs. John Elliott, Jr. of Tupelo; Mr. Jack C.
Forbus of Starkville; Ms. Doris S. Lacey of Madison; Mr.
and Mrs. Jobie Melton of Jackson; Mr. John S. Weems of
Jackson.
President's
Club
($10,000 - $49,999)
Dr. and Mrs. W. Pepper Ashford of Acworth, Ga.; Mrs. Mary
B. Brown of Williamsburg, Va.; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Corley
of Elkridge, Md.; Ms. Barbara Hatcher of Atlanta, Ga.; Mr.
and Mrs. Mark P. Johnson of Montgomery, Ala.; Mr. and Mrs.
Jack W. Musser of Gross Pointe Shores, Mich.; Mr. T.
Franklin Myers, Jr. of Houston, Texas; Col. and Mrs.
Russell Weathersby of Germantown, Tenn.; Mr. and Mrs.
Turner A. Wingo of Collierville, Tenn.
