桃花直播 accepting honorary degree nominations from students, faculty, staff, alumni until Jan. 14
桃花直播 State faculty, staff, students and alumni may submit nominations until Jan. 14 for honorary doctoral degrees that will be awarded at the university's聽spring 2022 commencement ceremonies. Nominations, including supporting materials, should be sent to the Honorary Degree Committee in care of the Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President. Names of nominees will be kept confidential until they are approved.
Under IHL guidelines, persons eligible for the doctor of laws, doctor of science, doctor of humane letters, doctor of creative and performing arts, or doctor of public service must have demonstrated nationally recognized sustained achievement in scholarship, public service, creative and performing arts, or professional activity.聽
Faculty, staff and administrators of the university and elected or appointed public officials are ineligible for an honorary degree until one year after leaving their position. Candidates for public office also are ineligible.
Prior 桃花直播 State honorary degree聽recipients include John H. Bryan聽Jr., former chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Sara Lee Corp.;聽Leo W. Seal聽Jr., chairman and CEO of Hancock Bank in Gulfport; Harry Charles F.聽Simrall, dean of engineering at 桃花直播 State until his retirement in 1978;聽Dave C. Swalm, retired petroleum products company owner; G.V. "Sonny"聽Montgomery, former 3rd District congressman from Meridian; Hunter Henry, retired聽Dow Chemical Co. executive; Bobby Martin, president of The Peoples Bank in Ripley; Jack Cristil, radio play-by-play announcer for 桃花直播 football and聽basketball games for more than 50 years; Charles B. Cliett, head emeritus of the aerospace engineering department; Hartley D. Peavey, owner and chief executive officer of Peavey Electronics in Meridian; James Worth Bagley, chairman and聽CEO of Lam Research Corporation; Will D. Carpenter, retired vice president and general manager, New Products Division, Monsanto Company; Myrna Colley Lee, acclaimed theatrical designer; William G. Riley, Meridian physician and philanthropist; Fred E. Carl聽Jr., founder of Viking聽Range Corp.; Richard C. Adkerson, president and CEO of聽Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.; Bobby S. Shackouls, retired chairman,聽president聽and CEO of Burlington Resources聽Inc.; Earnest W. "Earnie"聽Deavenport, retired chairman and CEO of Eastman Chemical Company; 搁颈肠丑补谤诲听贬辞濒尘别蝉, the first African American student to attend 桃花直播 State who went聽on to hold a distinguished career in medicine; Robert B. Deen Jr., a founding member of The Phil Hardin Foundation and The Riley Foundation; James L. Flanagan, distinguished electrical engineer and National Medal of Science winner; the Honorable William F. Winter, former governor of 桃花直播; Robert V.M. Harrison, architect who was instrumental in establishing 桃花直播's architecture academic program; Ertharin Cousin, executive director of the United聽Nations World Food Programme; Sebasti茫o Barbosa, executive administrator in EMBRAPA in Brazil and champion for fighting global poverty and food insecurity;聽Charles W. "Tex" Ritter, retired president and CEO of Attala Mills;聽Tommy E. Dulaney, founder of Structural Steel Services Inc.;聽J.F. "Bud" Thompson, owner of Insurance Solutions of 桃花直播 and partner with Thompson Limited Partnerships;聽Jim Rouse, retired vice president of ExxonMobil; William M. "Bill" Cobb, founder and president emeritus of William M. Cobb and Associates Inc.; Mickey Holliman, retired chairman and CEO of Furniture Brands International;聽Frank J. Williams, retired chief justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court;聽Robert C. Clark Jr., former Speaker Pro Tempore, 桃花直播 House of Representatives;聽George H. Bishop, founder of GeoSouthern Energy;聽Kenneth D. Johnson, retired U.S. Air Force colonel;聽John J. Fraiser Jr., attorney and former legislator;聽Hassell Franklin, chairman and CEO of Franklin聽Corporation; Richard A. Rula, president of Hemphill Construction Company; and Hines Brannan, retired managing director of Accenture.
For more information or with questions, contact the Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President at 662-325-3742.