Saluting History

Man in light khaki blazer speaking at microphone near painting of Ulysses S. Grant with man in checkered blazer in background.
Photo by Beth Wynn

May 8, 2018

Former Rhode Island Supreme Court Chief Justice Frank J. Williams, president of the Ulysses S. Grant Association, introduces Mississippi State President Mark E. Keenum during a Monday [May 7] reception at MSU. This week, MSU is hosting the Grant Association's annual meeting, which includes panel discussions and tours of the Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library and Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana. The Grant Association presented Keenum with the John Y. Simon Award, an honor given every year in memory of the former USGA executive director.