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Former Congressman G.V. "Sonny" Montgomery of
Alexandria, Va., has been honored with a dedication
ceremony held to name the House Prayer Breakfast Room of
the U.S. Capitol the G.V. "Sonny" Montgomery
Room.
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Joe G. Moss of Raymond has been honored by the dedication
of the Joe G. Moss Field at Hinds Community College.
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Frank Oakes of Hollandale received the lifetime
achievement award from the Mississippi Institutions of
Higher Learning's Office of Literacy. Oaks has
completed his work for Volunteers In Service To America,
known as VISTA.
Harry M. Wilson Sr. of Tupelo was elected a Fellow of the American Consulting Engineers Council.
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Fred S. Ladner Jr. of Baton Rouge, La., is the general
insurance agent at Ladner Insurance Agency.
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Wade H. Turnage Jr. of Newton has retired after 35 years
in the mechanical contracting business. Turnage is the
owner and president of Climatic Control Engineers Inc. The
April 2000 Newton Chamber of Commerce named Turnage its
Man of the Year.
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Lillie Carson Doty of Lyon, France, is serving as a
missionary with the Presbyterian Church at the American
School of Lyon. She is teaching physics and chem-istry in
the mission school and English as a second language in the
community.
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Robert H. Moore of Flower Mound, Texas, has retired as a
captain for American Airlines following 31 years of
service.
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Anse H. Barber Jr. (M.S. '69) of Kingwood, Texas, has
retired from Exxon after more than 33 years of service. He
is planning to move to Brandon in 2001.
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Kay Shirley of Atlanta, Ga., is a certified financial
planner and registered investment adviser for Financial
Development Corp. She is also a registered principal and
branch manager for Mutual Service Corp. Shirley was
featured in the "Upclose" section of The Atlanta
Journal-Constitution.
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James Morgan Jr. of Dallas, Texas, has been promoted to
assistant vice president and director of finance for the
Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and Student Living Divisions in
the Dallas, Texas, division of JPI.
Michael Stockstill (Ph.D. '70) of Norfolk, Va., is assistant vice president for higher education centers and continuing education at Old Dominion University.
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Michael D. Gilpin of Hattiesburg has been appointed United
States Property and Fiscal Officer for Mississippi by Gov.
Ronnie Musgrove.
Wayne Gressett (M.A. '74, Ph.D. '78) of San Antonio, Texas, is the CEO of ETS's first for-profit venture, ETS-K-12 Works.
Andy Rhoades (M.Ed. '71) of San Marcos, Texas, is the director of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Student Center at Southwest Texas State University. He is the former director of the Colvard Union at Mississippi State.
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Robert Smira of Hazlehurst is executive director of the
Copiah County Economic Development District.
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Neal Berryhill of Franklin, Tenn., has been named national
sales manager for the food service/fresh chicken division
of Perdue Farms Inc. of Salisbury, Md.
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Jay S. Nichols of Laurens, S.C., has been promoted to
senior vice president of Palmetto Bank. He will be
responsible for loan review, compliance, and credit cards.
John Thomas Pryor of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., is the director of accounting for Broward County, Fla.
Frances Sparks Roney of Laurel received her master's of education from William Carey College in Hattiesburg.
Tommy Saterfiel of Iowa City, Iowa, is the senior vice president of ACT.
Pat Welch (M.S. '79, Ph.D. '84) of Laurel is technical services manager for the Poultry Business Team of Kemin Industries Inc.
Dan Whitten of Baltimore, Md., is the director of field operations, Mid-Atlantic area, for the Criminal Investigation Division of the Internal Revenue Service.
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Thomas L. Hengst of Vicksburg is a senior projects
manager of the Demonstration Erosion Control Project for
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Patricia H. Willis of Bay St. Louis is president of the Russell-Blass-Walker Chapter of the American Inns of Court.
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Joseph A. Hendrix Jr. of Vicksburg is a senior projects
manager of the Yazoo River Basin for the U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers.
Paul J. Karre of Memphis, Tenn., has been named vice president of human resources for International Paper.
Homer C. Smith Jr. of Sumter, S.C., is currently serving as 363rd Air Expeditionary Wing vice commander at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia.
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Joe Weideman Armour Jr. (M.S. '79) of Franklin,
Tenn., is minister of education and outreach at Forest
Hills Baptist Church in Nashville.
Richard A. Harvey of Franklin, Tenn., completed certification for Six Sigma Black Belt program of process improvement.
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Laura Elizabeth Mabry Baird of Starkville received her
master's degree in education from William Carey
College in Hattiesburg.
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Richard T. Carson of San Diego, Calif., has been
appointed research director for international
environmental policy at the University of California's
Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation.
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W. Bruce Franklin of Franklin, Tenn., was named to the
American Capital Corp. President's Club, for
outstanding production and total professionalism for the
10th consecutive year. He is president and CEO of Franklin
Financial Services of Tennessee Inc.
Larry Fraser of Charlotte, N.C., has been named regional manager for the Charlotte office of Jordan, Jones and Goulding, an engineering and planning firm with 11 offices in six states. He was previously head of the firm's Urban Planning Group in Athens, Ga.
Louis Turcotte (M.S. '81) of Terre Haute, Ind., is the new vice president for administrative, instructional, and information technology at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.
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J. Marie Lewis of Gulfport received her master's
degree in business administration from William Carey
College in Gulfport.
Ron Michaels of Madison is controller for Direct Mail and Computer Services.
Henry W. Shurlds III of Slidell, La., has been named associate dean for academic programs at Tulane University's A.B. Freeman School of Business. He recently retired from Mobil Corp. following a 20-year engineering career.
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Diane M. Jackson of Jackson is surety manager at the St.
Paul Cos. and has been named one of Mississippi's 50
Leading Business Women.
William F. Long (M.B.A. '81) of Smyrna, Ga., has joined Needle & Rosenberg, an intellectual property boutique firm in Atlanta, Ga. Long specializes in patient litigation.
Robert E. Luke of Meridian was elected regional director of the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards. He represents the Southern Conference, which includes Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and the Virgin Islands. Luke is vice-president and treasurer of Luke & Kaye Architects.
Bebe Hayden Roberson of Meridian retired after teaching fifth- and sixth-grade social studies for 25 years at Clarksdale School in Lauderdale County.
Darrel Wayne Schmitz of Starkville has been elected president of the Mississippi State Board of Registered Professional Geologists. Schmitz also has been promoted to full professor in the Department of Geosciences at Mississippi State.
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Robert A. Green (M.S. '84) of Starkville is the
undergraduate coordinator for the College of Engineering
at Mississippi State. He also manages the college's
computer initiative, which requires all entering students
to have a personal computer.
Sheila Wallace Kassner of San Ramon, Calif., has been elected president of the American Women's Club in Lagos, Nigeria.
Earl Reynolds of Houston, Texas, has joined Ocean International Ltd. as senior vice president of operations.
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Carl Burnham of Clinton is web director of
Southpoint.com, an RV travel guide and campground
directory. His company also specializes in advanced web
site design and hosting. Burnham has recently co-authored
the book Professional JSP, and will have another book, Ace
the Technical Interview, released in the fall.
Kitty K. Rutledge of Collierville, Tenn., recently was promoted to incentive and adventure travel consultant for Travel Vacations of Memphis.
James L. Taylor Jr. of Madison, Ala., is deputy manager of program planning and development in the Space Transport Directorate of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.
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Michael Joseph Guarino of Orange Park, Fla., is chief of
operations for the Florida Air National Guard's 125th
Fighter Wing/Civil Engineering Squadron.
Sharon Devine Harris of Memphis, Tenn., was chosen as one of Memphis' Top 40 Under 40, an annual award given by the Memphis Business Journal.
Myrtis Leigh Lunsford of Huntsville, Ala., is an assistant professor of mathematics at Athens State University in Athens, Ala.
Donald Phillip Roy of Murfreesboro, Tenn., graduated from the University of Memphis with a doctoate in business administration. Roy is a member of the Department of Management and Marketing faculty at Middle Tennessee State University.
Ellen Elizabeth Young of Nashville, Tenn., is completing a residency in pharmacy practice at Saint Thomas Hospital.
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Mary Bell of Dallas, Texas, is the vice president of
investor relations for Blockbuster Inc.
Laney Roseberry of Katy, Texas, was awarded the President's Club award by FedEx Custom Critical Inc.
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B. Randall Dong and Bradford P. Simpson of Columbia,
S.C., have merged their law firm, Simpson & Dong, with
Suggs & Kelly Lawyers. Dong and Simpson have practiced
law together in Columbia, S.C., since 1992.
Alesia D. Rigdon of Lexington, Ky., was awarded the professional insurance designation Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter by the American Institute for CPCU.
Lance Rutledge Wilson of Greenville is a professional pharmaceutical sales representative for Schering Labs.
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Byron C. Green (B.M.E. '93) of Starkville is minister
of music and youth at Fellowship Baptist Church.
Timothy Joseph Horvath of Harvest, Ala., works for NASA's George C. Marshall Space Flight Center as a payload operations director for the international space station.
Daniel Beltzhoover Morrison of Berlin, Germany, recently was appointed visual communications manager for Rolls-Royce Deutschland GmbH in Berlin, Germany.
Robert Wilbourn of Starkville was promoted to Wal-Mart store manager in West Point.
Lucretia Day Winter of Natchez is a manager with Gillon and Co.
Mike Winter (M.P.A. '89) of Natchez was promoted to chief financial officer at Natchez Community Hospital.
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Leigh Mallette Ainsworth of Greenville graduated from the
Mississippi Economic Council's Leadership Mississippi
Program.
Lawrence Christopher Campany (M.P.A. '91) of Cragsmoor, N.Y., is an organizer with the National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture where he coordinates the organization's work on the Farm Bill.
Lance D. Dillon of Madison received his doctorate degree from U.M.C. School of Dentistry. He has a family dentistry practice in Madison.
Michael Hall of Rienzi is the director of quality assurance and food safety for Plumrose U.S.A.
Stacey Kauffman Kandlbinder of Hot Springs, Ark., has been hired as a fifth-grade teacher with Lake Hamilton School District in Pearcy, Ark.
James B. Kennedy (M.A. '93) of Raymond is serials librarian at the Raymond campus of Hinds Community College.
Michel B. Streiff of Gulfport received his master's of business administration from William Carey College in Gulfport.
Trent Watson of Ridgeland is quality engineer for the valve division of Parker Hannifin Skinner in Madison.
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Jennifer Lynch Burgess of Southampton, United Kingdom, is
pursuing a doctorate in animal behavior and welfare.
W. Keith Cranston of Franklin, Tenn., started his own real estate appraisal firm.
Beverly E. Harris of Ocean Springs received her master's of education from William Carey College in Gulfport.
Kerissa Hollis of Memphis, Tenn., passed the Tennessee and Mississippi bar exams after graduating from the University of Memphis Law School. She is chief administrative officer and general counsel at Lifestyle Ventures in Memphis.
Angela Brogdon Kennedy of Gulfport received her master's of education from William Carey College in Gulfport.
Cynthia Montgomery-McMinn of Ridgeland is the director of the Office of Leadership Development and Enhancement at the Mississippi Department of Education.
Paul S. Walker III of Brookhaven has been promoted to business director of Berry Network.
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Loren Sudduth Bell (M.Ed. '93) of Starkville is
assistant vice president for marketing and business
development at National Bank of Commerce.
Julie Wren Cranston of Franklin, Tenn., is a teacher at Liberty Elementary School.
April Crommett of Oxford received her doctorate in exercise science from the University of Mississippi. She is employed in the Health and Exercise Science Department of Centenary College in Shreveport, La.
Robert D. Gulbro of Athens, Ala., is the dean of the School of Business at Athens State University.
Kevin M. Gustin of Birmingham, Ala., was promoted to vice president of operations for Means Advertising Inc.
Karen Sistrunk Moorehead (M.E. '92, Ed.S. '00) of Sebastopol is working as a vocational counselor at Forest-Scott County Vocational Technical Center in Forest.
Randy Riddell of Killen, Ala., is a senior maintenance engineer for International Paper Corp.
Anthony Wayne Skaggs of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., was named data accounts manager with AT&T in Fort Lauderdale.
Jennifer Jacobs Wilson of Greenville is a professional pharmaceutical sales representative for the primary care division of Schering Labs.
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Jennifer Rapport Aldarondo (M.S. '94) of West
Lafayette, Ind., earned her doctorate in school psychology
from Indiana University. She is a licensed mental health
counselor for the Cummins Mental Health Center.
Stan Burcham of Augusta, Ga., graduated from the Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine. Burcham will complete a one-year internship at the college prior to beginning a residency at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn. He is a member of Alpha Omega Alpha National Medical Honor Society.
Laura Beth Davis (B.S. '93) of Moselle received her master's of education degree from William Carey College in Hattiesburg.
Charles Guest Jr. (Ph.D. '95) of Mobile, Ala., received the Special Merit-Scholar of the Year Award from the College of Education at the University of South Alabama. Guest is an assistant professor of behavioral studies at the University of South Alabama and a licensed professional counselor in the states of Mississippi, Alabama, and North Carolina.
Paige Crawley Haynes of Columbia, S.C., has earned certification from the National Council for Interior Design Qualification. Haynes is an interior designer with Health Care Interiors.
Marcus A. Irby (M.S. '97, Ed.S. '00) of Meridian was named assistant principal at Meridian High School in July 2000.
Kent Marshall of Denton, Texas, is the coordinator of student life at the University of North Texas.
Paul Jacob Megehee of Columbus, Ga., is an OB/GYN at Martin Army Community Hospital in Ft. Benning, Ga.
Tracey Machell Myers of Hattiesburg is pursuing her master's degree in education administration.
Billy Pate of Atlanta, Ga., has been named assistant men's tennis coach at the University of Notre Dame.
Luis Manuel Rincon of Barcelona, Spain, is an air traffic controller at Barcelona Air Traffic Control Center.
Kimberly Hobby Stoker (M.S. '94) of Winona has completed her fifth year as instructor of psychology, human growth and development, and honors forum at Holmes Community College. Stoker also directs the annual Parade of Beauties and coaches the Scholar's Bowl competition team.
Bernard Y. White of Baldwyn is working on Group One Executive Council for Mississippi Young Bankers.
Menissia Williamson of Columbus works as the marketing assistant and consumer awareness and education coordinator at Cash Distributing Co. Inc.
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Felito Aldarondo of West Lafayette, Ind., is an assistant
professor in the Department of Educational Studies at
Purdue University.
Don Lamar Horton II of South Yarra, Victoria, Australia, is UNIX systems administrator for ExxonMobil Australia Pty. Ltd. in Melbourne.
James L. Massey of Tuscaloosa, Ala., was promoted to superintendent of landscape and grounds at Indian Hills Country Club.
Paul McCoy of Monroe, La., is project manager in the engineering department at Willamette Industries Inc. in Ruston, La.
Adam B. Smith of Greenville, S.C., has finished his residency in internal medicine at Greenville Memorial Hospital and started a private practice in Easley, S.C.
Gae Watson of Birmingham, Ala., was promoted to assistant art director at Southern Living magazine.
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Madrina D. Bokenkamp (M.A. '97) of Houston, Texas, is
the new president of the Houston Chapter of the MSU Alumni
Association. She is a history, government, and economics
teacher at The Tenney School, a private high school.
Brad Holt of Acworth, Ga., is the lean blackbelt for the Valve Services business unit of Crane Co. in Kennesaw, Ga.
Kurt Kirton of Antioch, Tenn., released his first independent Christian dance/techno album under the band name "People in a Box." He works as ad master for the sales department of Gaylord Digital.
Lawrence Joseph Raines of The Woodlands, Texas, has been promoted to senior manager at Cap Gemini Ernst and Young.
Yong B. Shin (Ph.D. '00) of Worchester, Mass., is an assistant professor in the Department of Management at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
Thomas Steven Stoker of Winona recently has taken over his father's cotton farm.
Tracy Leon Whitehead (M.S. '97, Ph.D. '99) of Arkadelphia, Ark., is assistant professor of chemistry at Henderson State University. He is aiding the university in achieving ACS certification by developing a new biochemistry teaching and research program.
Noel C. Womack IV of Newport News, Va., is director of assessment and evaluation at Christopher Newport University.
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Bradley P. Burns of Starkville is a city carrier at the
Starkville post office.
Melanie Hartwig-Davis of Cheverly, Md., has taken the Architectural Registration Exam and is licensed in Maryland.
Apryl Miller of Birmingham, Ala., has been named staff accountant at Southern Progress Corp.
Damon J. Williams of Leeds, Ala., is a consumer banking analyst at AmSouth Bank.
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David T. Cook of North Little Rock, Ark., is a district
technical service manager with Delta and Pine Land Co.
C. Frank Davis of Madison is the district manager for the Mississippi and Louisiana areas of Novartis Pharmaceuticals.
Emily Claudette Freeman (M.S. '98) of Boiling Springs, S.C., is a doctoral degree candidate at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. Freeman works in the field of women's health and disability issues in Canada.
Robert Michael Gammill of Cambridge, Mass., has been accepted to Harvard University's Graduate School of Design. He is working toward a master's degree in landscape architecture. Gammill received his landscape architecture professional license in September 1999.
Summer Renee George received her master's of education from William Carey College in Hattiesburg.
Jennifer Hartwell of Collierville, Tenn., received a Distinguished Academic Honors Award after earning a master's degree in speech pathology from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. She is a speech pathologist for a private practice in Germantown, Tenn., and is on staff at Baptist Hospital System.
Phillip Herron (M.B.A. '98) of Huntsville, Ala., is an electrical engineer at Adtran.
Anneliese M. Jenkins (M.S. '98) of Hattiesburg is employed as an alcohol and drug therapist at Forrest General Hospital in Pine Grove.
Joy Smith Lewis is living in Singapore. She worked until recently at the Singapore American School in admissions.
Shellie Moore Lowden of Cleveland, Tenn., has received a master's degree in school guidance and counseling from the University of Tennessee. Lowden is employed as a school counselor with the Cleveland City School System.
Truenetta Warren of Ethelsville, Ala., is a children's therapist at Community Counseling Services in Columbus.
Victoria Stogner Williams of Leeds, Ala., is a drama, speech, and journalism instructor at Erwin High School.
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E. Ann Bailey of Starkville is the new director of
housing and residence life at Mississippi State
University.
Jason Baxley of Clinton is working for the Mississippi Department of Transportation.
Yvette Morris-Baxley of Clinton is teaching seventh grade at Clinton Junior High School.
Ericka McKay Clayton of Southaven is a customer service representative for BancorpSouth in Horn Lake.
Morgan Webb Files of Plantersville is associate merchandise manager in the marketing department of Action Lane Furniture in Tupelo.
Gary Green of Venice, Fla., is a professor at Manatee Community College in Venice, Fla. Green is the program manager for the arts and sciences degree in business.
Jeffrey W. Mosley (M.S. '00) of Marion, Ark., is technical representative for Rice Tec Inc. He is in charge of 1,000 acres of hybrid rice seed production in the North Mississippi Delta.
Angela Blake Streiff of Ocean Springs works for the Mississippi State Department of Health as a nutritionist at the Biloxi Health Department.
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Michael E. Batting of Williston, Vt., has been named
associate professor of computer science at Saint
Michael's College in Colchester, Vt.
Jonathan L. Bullock of Tulsa, Okla., is a second- year law student at the University of Tulsa College of Law and a restaurant manager at Grady's American Grill.
Stephanie Hill of Potts Camp has graduated from Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary with a master's degree in intercultural studies. She is serving overseas for the International Missions Board.
Montgomery C. Hughson of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, recently received his master's degree in military operational art and science from the 10-month Air Command and Staff College at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Ala. He is the deputy department head in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the Air Force Institute of Technology at Wright-Patterson AFB.
David S. Kelley of Lafayette, Ind., is assistant professor in the Department of Computer Graphics at Purdue University.
Mike Melohn (M.S. '00) of Jackson is a software engineer at Vention Inc. in Jackson.
Greg L. Perry of Birmingham, Ala., has joined Physiotherapy Associates of Birmingham. Perry is the clinic director at the Greystone location.
Richard Wade Phillips of Jackson is the director of social services for the Mississippi State Veterans' Home.
Donald S. Respess (M.S. '00) of Athens, Ga., is a research technician at ProLinia Inc., a biotech firm specializing in cattle and pig cloning.
Elizabeth Penn Stubbs received her master's of education from William Carey College in Hattiesburg.
Ronnie Bernard Tucker of Chambersburg, Pa., had his dissertation published, Affirmative Action, the Supreme Court and Political Power in the Old Confederacy. He is an assistant professor of political science and public administration at Shippensburg University in Shippensburg, Pa.
Bill West of Walls is a salesman for Hertz Equipment Rental in Memphis, Tenn.
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John Matthew Clark of Pittsburgh, Pa., is beginning a
doctoral program in economics at the University of
Pittsburgh.
Neil Henry Clayton of Southaven is an electrical production designer at Thyssen Dover Elevators in Horn Lake.
Darron Glenn Fouse of Cordova, Tenn., is a loan processor at Union Planters Bank National Administrative Center.
Jim Haffey (M.B.A. '00) of Jackson is executive director of environmental and taxation affairs for Mississippi Manufacturers Association.
Julie McGee Lemons of Starkville is a business banking assistant at AmSouth Bank.
Amy Owens of Brookhaven is special projects coordinator for Trustmark National Bank.
Girish K. Panicker of Lorman is the project coordinator of the USDA's Soil Conservation Research Project at Alcorn State University. Panicker was inducted into the biographical publication, Who's Who in the World.
Diane Williams of Ellisville passed the National Board for Certified Counselors Examination. She is a school counselor for South Jones Elementary School and Pine Belt Region Education Service Center. Williams is professional research chairman for the Mississippi School Counselor's Association and secretary of the Mississippi Vocational Counselor's Association.
Sara Whitten Withers of Tunica has been named marketing coordinator for the Tunica County Chamber of Commerce.
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Kiley Dukes of Brandon was hired as marketing specialist
with Community Bancshares of Mississippi, the holding
company for Community Banks across the state.
Charles Douglas Estes of Louisville received his commission into the United States Air Force as a second lieutenant.
Heather Michelle Malone of Biloxi is a graphic artist for The Ad Group Inc. advertising agency.
Lennie N. Young of Brandon is working as communication assistant for the Mississippi Forum on Children and Families.