Patrons of Excellence
The Patrons of Excellence Program was the first major donor club established by the Mississippi State University Foundation. It was launched in 1963 and provides special recognition to individuals pledging $1,000 or more a year to Mississippi State. Members of the club remain active by contributing at least $1,000 annually through the Fund for Excellence or the Bulldog Club. New members and renewing members for the period of February 1, 2000, through April 30, 2000, include:
Patrons Associate
Members
($1,000-$2,499)
Mr. and Mrs. George R. Abraham of Baton Rouge, La.; Mr.
and Mrs. A. M. Adams Jr. of Senatobia; Mr. and Mrs. J.
Rick Adams of Baton Rouge, La.; Mr. and Mrs. V. C. Ahlrich
of Vicksburg; Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin W. Allen II of
Jackson; Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Allen of Cordova, Tenn.;
Mr. William W. Anderton of Germantown, Tenn.; Mr. and Mrs.
Glenn Antee of Hoover, Ala.; Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Armstrong
of Jackson; Mr. William S. Ayres and Mrs. Mary J. Ayres of
Leland; Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Bailey Jr. of Meridian; Mr. and
Mrs. Charles R. Barber of Belden; Mr. Paul J. Barlow of
Clinton; Mr. and Mrs. Douglas J. Barnes Jr. of Palmyra,
Tenn.; Dr. and Mrs. Barry J. Barnett of Starkville; Mrs.
George H. Barry Sr. of West Point; Mr. and Mrs. Glenn
Field Beckham of Greenwood; Mr. and Mrs. Chuck
Beddingfield of Starkville; Dr. and Mrs. Christopher L.
Behr of Muscle Shoals, Ala.; Ms. Susan R. Bell of Atlanta,
Ga.; Dr. and Mrs. Wayne Bennett of Starkville; Mr. and
Mrs. Lee Benoist of Ridgeland; Mr. Roger Bentinck-Smith of
Starkville; Mr. and Mrs. Harold B. Blalock of Jackson; Mr.
and Mrs. Gary A. Blair of Brookhaven; Mr. and Mrs. Steve
Blasingame of Thousand Oaks, Calif.; Mr. Kent M.
Bloodworth of Starkville; Mr. and Mrs. Woodie H. Bounds of
Jackson; Mr. Jack R. and Mrs. Sylvia Bradley of Moss
Point; Mr. William F. Bridgforth of Vaughn; Mr. Theodore
B. Brister and Mrs. Patsy Brister of Austin, Tex.; Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Brown II of Iuka; Mr. and Mrs. Stewart
Brumfield of Greenwood; Mr. and Mrs. Joe L. Bryan of Yazoo
City; Mr. James L. Bryan of Tupelo; Mr. and Mrs. Don Bucci
Jr. of Harrison, Tenn.; Mr. and Mrs. Kenny R. Bush of
Philadelphia; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Carson III of Houston;
Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Caven of Brandon; Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph E. Chapman of Clarksdale; Mr. and Mrs. Brad Clark of
Batesville; Mr. and Mrs. William B. Clark of McComb; Mr.
Terrence M. Clem of Glendale, Ala.; Mr. and Mrs. William
C. Clements of West Point; Mr. and Mrs. Rex W. Cochran of
Baton Rouge, La.; Dr. and Mrs. G. David Cole of
Mississippi State; Dr. David D. Cooper of Atlanta, Ga.;
Mr. and Mrs. James R. Cooper of Mooreville; Mr. Rubel P.
Cowart Jr. of Mississippi State; Mr. Boyce W. Craig of
Ridgeland; Mr. and Mrs. Robin Creel of Benton, Ark.; Mr.
and Mrs. Bobby Crosland III of Starkville; Mr. and Mrs.
William Dalton Jr. of Corinth; Mr. Cluis C. Daniels of
Colinsville; Mr. Frank M. and Mrs. Carole E. Davis of
Starkville; Drs. Wanda and Michael Dean of Thaxton; Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Dendy of Jackson; Mr. and Mrs. Donald
Dockery III of Jackson; Mr. and Mrs. Joe C. Douglass of
Columbus; Suzanne and Henry Dressel Jr. of Norcross, Ga.;
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Dugard of Madison; Mr. and Mrs. Durward
Dunn III of New Orleans, La.; Mr. Paul R. Dunn of
Metairie, La.; Mrs. Georgene Dunn of New Orleans, La.; Mr.
and Mrs. James L. Dykes of McComb; Mr. and Mrs. Larry
Edwards of Jackson; Mr. and Mrs. Macon T. Edwards of
Fairfax, Va.; Mr. and Mrs. Gary D. Eldridge of Meridian;
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Ellmo of Meridian; Mr. and Mrs. Harvey
D. Fisher of Okolona; Dr. and Mrs. Floyd N. Ford of
Columbus; Dr. and Mrs. Bill R. Foster of Starkville; Mr.
and Mrs. Karl G. Foster of Mandeville, La.; Mr. Oscar C.
Fowler of Terry; Mr. and Mrs. F. Wayne Fowlkes of Amory;
Mr. and Mrs. John T. Foy of Tupelo; Mr. and Mrs. E. Lee
Fulmer of Tiplersville; Mr. Malcolm E. Gammon of Baton
Rouge, La.; Mr. Frank Genzer Jr. of Biloxi; Ms. Mary Lynne
R. George of Dawsonville, Ga.; Ms. Marjorie M. Goldner of
Huntington, N.Y.; Mr. John M. Goode of Plantersville; Mr.
and Mrs. John Edward Grant of Isola; Mr. and Mrs. James W.
Gregory of Carthage; Dr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Griffin of
Ripley; Mr. and Mrs. Harold F. Grove of Clinton; Mr. and
Mrs. Tommy Curtis Gunn of Cordova, Tenn.; Mr. and Mrs.
Donald F. Hall of Brandon; Mr. and Mrs. Carroll F. Harpole
of Albany, Ga.; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Harris Jr. of Brandon;
Mr. Thomas E. Harrison of Lafayette, La.; Mr. and Mrs.
Hoyt Hayes of Jackson, Tenn.; Mr. and Mrs. Chris P. Haynes
Jr. of Brandon; Mr. Charlie K. Henderson of Waveland; Dr.
Dora R. Herring and Mr. Ward Herring of Starkville; Mrs.
Diane W. Hewlett and Mr. Richard Hewlett of Starkville;
Mrs. J. L. Hill III of Webb; Dr. Joseph C. Hillman Jr. of
Columbus; Mr. and Mrs. Warren B. Hinchcliff of Hot Springs
Village, Ark.; Mr. and Mrs. Allen Hodges of Madison; Dr.
and Mrs. Calvin T. Hull of Jackson; Mr. and Mrs. Jerry W.
Hunter of Southaven; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hutchinson Jr. of
McComb; Dr. Marian L. Huttenstein of Ohatchee, Ala.; Mr.
James G. Ishee of Jackson, Mo.; Mr. James A. Jackson of
Jackson; Mr. and Mrs. Richard Jackson of Madison; Mr.
Keith R. James of Daphne, Ala.; Mr. and Mrs. William
Jamieson of Fulton; Mrs. Judith L. Janous of Brandon; Mr.
Michael L. Jaudon and Mrs. Jeanna R. Jaudon of Caledonia;
Drs. Robert and Shirley Jones of Tyler, Tex.; Mr. and Mrs.
Ronald L. Jones of Holly Springs; Ms. Lelah M. Jones of
Ridgeland; Mr. and Mrs. William A. Kitchens of Vicksburg;
Mr. and Mrs. William Lancaster of Columbus; Dr. and Mrs.
J. Lauderdale III of Meridian; Mr. and Mrs. Tim Lawrence
of Jackson; Mr. Brandon S. Lee of Calhoun City; Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas P. Lewis of Liberty; Mr. Chuck Lewis of
Louisville; Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Lindley of New Albany; Mr.
and Mrs. Mark E. Lindsey of Houston, Tex.; Hon. Travis L.
Little of Corinth; Mr. Harry Mayer of Meridian; Mr. and
Mrs. Jerry D. McAlpin of Columbus; Mr. and Mrs. Z. B.
McAlpin Jr. of Florence; Mrs. Hardin T. McClendon of
Hattiesburg; Mr. and Mrs. C. L. McDonald, Jr. of Meridian;
Ms. Peggy McGraw of Ridgeland; Mr. Michael W. McGuire of
Birmingham, Ala.; Mr. and Mrs. Roy E. McLain of
Germantown, Tenn.; Mrs. Faye McNeill of Lucedale; Dr. and
Mrs. Alan Meierhoefer of West Hartford, Cont.; Mrs.
Katherine Merwine of Oak Harbor, Wash.; Mr. and Mrs. E.
Middlebrooks of Selma, Ala.; Hon. G. V. Montgomery of
Alexandria, Va.; Mr. Joey L. Moore of Belmont; Mrs. Vicki
L. Morgan and Mr. Avery L. Morgan Sr. of Clinton; Mr.
William D. Motsenbocker and Mrs. Maxine A. Motsenbocker of
Houston, Tex.; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mullins Sr. of Merigold;
Mr. And Mrs. W. Carroll Murphy of Brandon; Dr. and Mrs.
Robert P. Myers of Jackson; Mr. and Mrs. Tom Nance of
Noxapater; Dr. and Mrs. Phillip D. Nelson of Starkville;
Mr. and Mrs. M. Patrick Nelson of Southaven; Mr. Matthew
J. Norris and Mrs. Susan D. Norris of Houston, Tex.; Mr.
and Mrs. Charles T. Ozier of Brandon; Mr. and Mrs.
Clifford E. Pace of Columbus; Mr. and Mrs. John H. Pace of
Baton Rouge, La.; Mr. Billy Parham of Amory; Mr. and Mrs.
Rayburn Parks of Houston; Mr. and Mrs. Peyton Passons of
Starkville; Dr. Gwen Perkins of Starkville; Mr. and Mrs.
H. Pilkinton IV of Columbus; Mr. and Mrs. Hal M. Polk of
Starkville; Mr. Frank P. Portera of West Point; Mr. and
Mrs. Mike L. Ramsey of Winona; Mr. Glen A. Reeves of
Gautier; Ms. Barbara B. Rhoades of Starkville; Mr. Michael
E. Richardson of Starkville; Mr. and Mrs. William L. Riley
of American Embassy, Cairo; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ritter
Jr. of Kosciusko; Mr. Steve Rodgers of Inverness; Mr. and
Mrs. Kenneth R. Rogers of Jackson, Tenn.; Mr. and Mrs.
Ozzie Rogers of Louisville; Dr. and Mrs. Lloyd W. Rose of
Starkville; Dr. and Mrs. Jack B. Ross of Ridgeland; Mr.
and Mrs. James D. Rowe of Madison; Mr. Charles H. Russell
Jr. of Jackson; Mr. Dean Rutherford of Baldwyn; Mr. and
Mrs. Alfred M. Sears Jr. of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.; Mr. John
E. Seitz Jr. of West Point; Mr. and Mrs. Curtis L.
Sessions of Kingwood, Tex.; Mr. and Mrs. James A. Shaw III
of Jackson; Mr. and Mrs. James R. Shearer of Jackson; Mr.
David B. Sherer and Mrs. Nancy Janet Sherer of Clinton;
Mr. and Mrs. Billy F. Simmons of Magee; Mr. and Mrs. M.
Wade Sims Jr. of Meridian; Mr. and Mrs. John W. Smith of
Tupelo; Mr. Gregory C. Smith of Memphis, Tenn.; Mr. Robert
A. Smith of Starkville; Mr. William T. Smith of
Booneville; Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. Speltz of Germantown,
Tenn.; Mr. and Mrs. Jack Stacy III of Tupelo; Ms. Carolyn
R. Stanley of Huntsville, Ala.; Mr. and Mrs. William C.
Steen of Fredericksburg, Tex.; Mr. William R. Stewart of
Huntsville, Ala.; Dr. Boris J. Stojanovic and Dr.
Elisabeth J. Stojanovic of Starkville; Mr. and Mrs. Louis
Summer of Hattiesburg; Mr. Terry L. Taylor of Huntsville,
Ala.; Mr. and Mrs. Terrell W. Temple of Meridian; Mr.
Brent D. Trulove of Southaven; Mr. and Mrs. Allan H.
Tucker of Germantown, Tenn.; Mr. and Mrs. David B. Turner
of Franklin, Tenn.; Mr. and Mrs. Jett J. Turner of
Jackson; Mr. and Mrs. Carey P. Vanderford of Kosciusko;
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald C. Wade of Fairway, Kans.; Dr. Clinton
E. Wallace of Madison; Mr. Stanley H. Walters of
Demopolis, Ala.; Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie L. Walton of
Meridian; Mr. Jim E. Ward of Huntsville, Ala.; Mr. and
Mrs. Howard C. Waring of Vicksburg; Mr. Mark W. Warner and
Mrs. Cynthia Warner of Birmingham, Ala.; Mr. and Mrs. John
T. Watkins of Starkville; Mr. Kevin D. Webb of Walnut
Creek, Calif.; Mr. and Mrs. Jerry C. Welch of Flatwoods,
Ky.; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. West of Shannon; Mr. and Mrs.
Wayne West of Columbus; Mr. and Mrs. James White Jr. of
Madison; Mr. and Mrs. Victor Whitehead of Parker, Colo.;
Dr. and Mrs. David Whitfield of Starkville; Mr. William E.
Whittington of Prentiss; Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Wilbanks of
Trussville, Ala.; Mr. Richard E. Wilbourn of Jackson; Dr.
and Mrs. Thomas Wiley Jr. of Jackson; Dr. and Mrs. Billy
D. Williams of Pascagoula; Mr. and Mrs. Homer Wilson Jr.
of Conroe, Tex.; Mr. Bryan S. Wilson of Memphis, Tenn.;
Mr. and Mrs. Keith Winfield of Starkville; Mr. and Mrs. E.
G. Woods Sr. of Picayune; Mr. and Mrs. John Wright Sr. of
Jackson; Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Yarborough of Tupelo; Mr. and
Mrs. H. L. Yarbrough Jr. of Bainbridge, Ga.; and Mr. and
Mrs. Jeffrey A. Zachary of Brandon.
Patrons Society
Members
($2,500-$4,999)
Mr. and Mrs. Paul M. Barrett of Brandon; Dr.and Mrs. Gail
G. Boland s. Dorothy M. Brownlee of Madison; Dr. Michael
J. Boland and Mrs. Gail G. Boland of Leland; Dr. and Mrs.
Gary N. Bunner of Pheba; Mr. and Mrs. Carl Carver of
Meridian; Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Christian of Jackson; Dr.
Fred G. Corley Jr. of San Antonio, Tex.; Mr. and Mrs.
Jimmy Donahoo of Belzoni; Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Eaton Jr. of
Bakersfield, Calif.; Dr. and Mrs. Jesse C. Etheridge of
Jackson; Mr. and Mrs. David Evers Jr. of Germantown,
Tenn.; Mr. and Mrs. James C. Grafe of Hurley; Mr. and Mrs.
Elvin Graham of Fulton; Dr. and Mrs. Robert L. Harris of
Jackson; Mr. and Mrs. John W. Hartlein of Jackson; Dr. and
Mrs. Jeffrey D. Hartsog of Jackson; Mr. and Mrs. George
Hensarling of Gulfport; Mr. Timothy David Hogan and Mrs.
Jacqueline V. Hogan of Meridian; Mr. Thomas W. Hollomon of
Collierville, Tenn.; Mr. John L. Hyland III of Vicksburg;
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Johnson of Starkville; Mr. and Mrs.
Murphy Jones Jr. of Greenville; Mr. and Mrs. Mark S.
Jordan of Madison; Mr. and Mrs. D. L. (Bubba) Lott of
Booneville; Dr. and Mrs. John F. Marzalek of Starkville;
Dr. and Mrs. Samuel Mayfield of Pascagoula; Mr. and Mrs.
Kyle A. McCoy of Laurel; Mr. and Mrs. James L. Meeks of
Baton Rouge, La.; Mr. and Mrs. Alexander E. Morris of
Columbus; Mr. and Mrs. Walter Newell Jr. of West Point;
Lt. Col. Fred A. Nichols and Lt. Col. Joni P. Nichols of
Chester, Va.; Mr. Joseph E. Oaks and Mrs. Florence C. Oaks
of Lake Placid, Fla.; Drs. Samuel and Mary Pace of Tupelo;
Mrs. Carolyn W. Malone Phillips of Starkville; Mr. and
Mrs. Hugh Rogers II of Starkville; Mr. Robbie Russell of
Brownsville, Tenn.; Mr. and Mrs. Zachary Slaton of Canton;
Mr. and Mrs. Tommy E. Smith of Ocean Springs; Mr. Robert
St. John of Hattiesburg; Ms. Pamela A. Stennis of New
York, N.Y.; Mr. and Mrs. Quentin Stringer of Jackson; Mr.
and Mrs. Lee Thaggard of Meridian; Mr. James P. Thomson of
Hopkinsville, Ky.; Dr. and Mrs. E. Jerry Vardaman of
Starkville; Mr. David L. Watson of Atlanta, Ga.; Dr. and
Mrs. Jerry D. Williams of Cartersville, Ga.; Dr. and Mrs.
Jerry Lee Williams of Cartersville, Ga.; and Mr. John L.
Wyatt of Big Creek.
Patrons Council
Members
($5,000-$9,999)
Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Bailey of Shreveport, La.; Mr. and
Mrs. Johnny Baker III of Houston, Tex.; Mrs. Betty M.
Bassett of Birmingham, Ala.; Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Blount of
Calhoun City; Mr. and Mrs. George R. Carr III of Brandon;
Mr. Ray B. English of Vicksburg; Mr. Bruce Furrh of
Collierville, Tenn.; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ganss of West
Point; Mr. and Mrs. James Eron Green of Gulf Shores, Ala.;
Dr. and Mrs. Walter B. Newsom of Starkville; Mr. and Mrs.
James Sanders Jr. of Jackson; Mr. and Mrs. Harry C.
Simrall of Starkville; Mr. and Mrs. James Stuart Jr. of
Jackson; and Mr. and Mrs. Don Windham of Philadelphia.
Patrons with
Multi-Year Pledges
Mr. and Mrs. Walter D. Becker of Jackson; Mr. and Mrs.
Charles E. Brett of Laurel; Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Brock
of Baton Rouge, La.; Mr. Robert V. Chambers of Baton
Rouge, La.; Mr. W. Hunter Corhern of Starkville; Mr. and
Mrs. John F. D'Arcy of Atlanta, Ga.; Mr. and Mrs. Jack
C. Davis of Sardis; Mr. J. Doyle Sims of Brandon; Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Duckworth of Jackson; Drs. Joe and Beth
Duncan of Eupora; Mr. and Mrs. Russell V. Gatlin of
Jackson; Dr. and Mrs. Clifford E. George of Starkville;
Dr. Samuel P. Gillis of Birmingham, Ala.; Mr. and Mrs.
Clinton Hales Jr. of Meridian; Dr. Shirley Hastings and
Mr. Rod Hastings of Starkville; Dr. and Mrs. M. G. Hazard
of West Point; Dr. and Mrs. Barry Herring of Starkville;
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Hodges of Columbus; Dr. John J.
Hollister of Starkville; Mr. and Mrs. Louis R. King of
Owensboro, Ky.; Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. Lomenick of Iuka;
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Mashburn of Brandon; Mr. and Mrs.
Harold McGarrh Jr. of Greenville; Mr. and Mrs. Steve
Meadows Jr. of Clinton; Mr. and Mrs. William Sinclair of
Rockwall, Tex.; Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Summerford of Madison;
Mr. Andrew J. Szescila of Houston, Tex.; Mr. and Mrs. E.
Floyd Thomas of Chattanooga, Tenn.; Mr. and Mrs. Wade H.
Turnage of Newton; Mr. and Mrs. Dan J. Wray of Ocala,
Fla.; and Mr. and Mrs. Joel L. Yelverton of Clinton.
Corporations,
Foundations and Organizations
AmSouth Bank of Starkville; Austin and Webb, Ltd. Of
Starkville; Bell and Sons Trucking Co., Inc. of Aberdeen;
Bell South of Meridian; Boeing North American, Inc. of
Stennis Space Center; Brownsville Funeral Home Inc. of
Brownsville, Tenn.; Central Mississippi Alumni Chapter of
Ridgeland; Chevron Chemical Company of Belle Chasse, La.;
F. L. Crane and Sons, Inc. of Fulton; Delta Lambda of
Delta Gamma of Mississippi State; Dixie National Livestock
Show of Jackson; Dossett Big 4 of Tupelo; Engineering Plus
Inc. of Meridian; Ergon Inc. of Jackson; Fouche and
Associates of Jackson; Fox Auto Parts of Charleston;
Georgia Pacific of Jacksonville, Fla.; Guild Jaubert Hardy
Architects of Gulfport; Gulf Coast TAPPI of Prattville,
Ala.; Judge Little Inc. of Greenville; Kline Heating and
Air Conditioning Inc. of Fulton; Langston, Langston,
Michael, Bowen and Tucker, PA of Booneville; Laws
Construction of Jackson; La-Z-Boy Chair Foundation of
Monroe, Mich.; MACES of Brandon; MISSCO Corp. and Sheldon
Laboratory Systems of Jackson; Mississippi Agricultural
Industry Council of Mississippi State; Mississippi Arts
Commission of Jackson; Mississippi Nurserymen's
Assoc., Inc.; Mississippi Section of the American Society
of Civil Engineers of Vicksburg; Mississippi State
University Orientation Leaders; MMC Materials, Inc. of
Madison; Paul Moak Pontiac of Jackson; Moses Electric
Service, Inc. of Jackson; National Fisheries Institute of
Arlington, Va.; Neshoba County Alumni Chapter of Union;
North Mississippi Medical Center Foundation of Tupelo; PGA
of America; Pittman Family Partnership of Corinth; Pitts
Farm of Indianola; Poindexter Brothers of Inverness; Emily
Jones Pointer Trust; Professional Golf Management Club of
Mississippi State; Raytheon Aerospace Company of Madison;
Rogers Wood Sales of Indianola; Sanderson Construction
Company of Amory; SEC Today of Starkville; Sistrunk
Corporation of Dallas, Tex.; State Farm Companies of
Columbus; Stone Architecture of Ridgeland; Sullivan's
Office Supply of Starkville; Tigrett Steel of Tupelo;
Virginia Tech of Blacksburg, Va.; and Warren County Alumni
Chapter of Vicksburg.
