Mississippi State University

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'50

Gene Triggs of Yazoo City has retired from the Mississippi Chemical Corp. after 26 years. He was vice president for governmental affairs.

'51

H. Rouse Caffey (M.S. '55) of Baton Rouge, La., was selected Louisiana State University's 1993 Alumnus of the Year by its alumni association. He currently serves as chancellor of the LSU Agricultural Center. Sara Cagle Crawford of Marion, Ark., has been appointed to the Literacy Council board, as well as the board of the Family Life Center in West Memphis, Ark. In addition, she serves on the board of the Crittenden County American Cancer Society.

'52

Ernest Crawford Jr. of Marion, Ark., is now the building inspector for Marion after retiring from insurance adjusting in West Memphis, Ark., and Memphis, Tenn., after 33 years.

'54

Billy D. Nichols retired as marketing manager for Westinghouse after 32 years. He currently is vice president with Gregory-Salisbury Inc. in New Orleans, La. Dr. Francis S. Morrison of Jackson is president of the University of Mississippi Medical Alumni Chapter.

'56

Ernest H. Randall Jr. of Dallas, Texas, has been named to the board of directors of the National Association of Corporate Real Estate Executives. He is president of VCN Services Inc., a Vantage company. Roger Richardson of Maryland Heights, Mo., has retired after 36 years of teaching and coaching in Mississippi, Florida, and the St. Louis area. He now teaches at Missouri Scholars Academy and at the University of Missouri during the summer. Hugh B. Jacks of Shoal Creek, Ala., is the interim president and chief executive of Provident Life and Accident Insurance Co. He also operates a consulting firm.

'57

Columbus attorney Robert B. Prather represents the 16th Circuit Court District on the Board of Bar Commissioners of the Mississippi Bar.

'59

John C. Granger of Tallassee, Ala., has been promoted to president and director of the Bank of Tallassee. M.S. Bumpas of New Orleans, La., was promoted to executive vice president-health insurance operations for Pan American Life Insurance Co.

'60

William B. Harrison Jr. of Columbus, Ohio, was appointed general plant manager and vice president of operations, Multipress Division, Quality Products Inc. Troy Avert Street of Huntsville, Ala., recently completed a one-year research and study effort at the University of Alabama in Huntsville as the recipient of a Secretary of the Army Research and Study Fellowship. The fellowship was one of only sev en awarded and the first for the U.S. Army Space and Strategic Defense Command, where Street is employed as an engineer.

'62

Glenn Calloway of Clinton has been named engineering manager at the Jackson office of Michael Baker Jr. Inc., a subsidiary of Pittsburgh-based Michael Baker Corp.

'63

State Agriculture Commissioner Jim Buck Ross recently appointed Edwin G. Dyess (M.S. '76) of Starkville deputy director of the Bureau of Plant Industry, a division of the state Department of Agriculture and Commerce located on campus.

'64

Robert H. McCarty (M.A. '73) of Starkville was recently appointed by Mississippi Agriculture Commissioner Jim Buck Ross to be director and state entomologist of the Bureau of Plant Industry, a division of the state Department of Agriculture and Co mmerce located on campus.

'65

John P. Rankin of Huntsville, Ala., has been selected System Safety Manager of the Year by the System Safety Society, an international organization of some 1,000 system safety engineers. He is the system safety manager at Boeing's Missiles and Spa ce Division. Forrest D. Bogart of Lakeland, Fla., recently co-authored an article, "Linking the U.S. Engineering and Construction Industry to Higher Education," which was published by In Print Publishing of London, England. He is manager of engineering at Jaco b Engineering Group. Sammy Frank Carollo (M.S. '69) of Irving, Texas, was promoted with Thermal/Mechanical Test Laboratories. He is responsible for all electrical and instrumentation design in support of testing, as well as any radiography requirements. Charles Harmond of Columbus is the new general manager of The Commercial Dispatch.

'67

Jim Green of Jackson, Tenn., vice president of finance at Porter-Cable Corp., has earned the certified management accountant designation. Joseph L. Loviza (M.Ed. '71, Ed. S. '75) of Vicksburg was recently elected the city's mayor. He continues to serve as an adjunct faculty member of both Mississippi State and Alcorn State University. He is a member of the Governor's Education Tas k Force and the Governor's Economic Development Task Force. Jack E. Williams of Brandon is director of Mississippi Industries for the Blind.

'68

William J. Nanney of Phoenix, Ariz., has been named vice president of Three-Five Systems Corp. Prudential life insurance agent Julian B. Watson of Jackson was reelected president of the Hinds County Unit of the American Cancer Society for 1993-94. Dan Shackelford Shipp of Aspen, Colo., was awarded a master advocate certification from the National Institute of Trial Advocacy at the University of Notre Dame. In addition, he is listed in Who's Who in American Law for 1993-94. The American Institute of Floral Designers has named Ralph Null (M.A. '72) of Columbus the 1994 AIFD National Symposium Chairman. He will lead the association at its annual symposium this summer in Atlanta. Richard L. Seay of Port Arthur, Texas, has been appointed a member of the American Petroleum Institute's Subcommittee on Inspections. He was recently promoted to chief engineer-inspection, Engineering Services Department, of Star Enterprise.

'69

Texaco Exploration and Production Inc. promoted Ronnie A. Martin of Houston, Texas, to director of litigation services at its Houston headquarters. Richard C. Adkerson (M.B.A. '70) of Metairie, La., has been elected to the board of directors of Hi-Lo Automotive Inc. of Houston, Texas. He is senior vice president and chief financial officer of Freeport-McMoran Inc., a natural resources company based in New Orleans. David Powe (M.S. '75) was recently designated manager for the NASA education program through the John C. Stennis Space Center.

'70

Harmon M. Connell of Tulsa, Okla., is vice president of refining for Sinclair Oil Corp. Reuben E. Dilworth (M.Ed.) of Columbus is the 1993-94 superintendent of schools for the Columbus Municipal Schools. Monte Ladner (M.S., Ed. S.) of Carthage was elected president of the Leake County Chamber of Commerce for 1993-94.

'71

One of the principal owners of Griffin's Factory House Inc. in Greenville, Kenneth D. Griffin, has purchased the city's oldest furniture store, Clements Mattress & Furniture Co. Clay McWilliams of Grenada served on the Planning Committee for the American Bankers Conference which was held in November in Dallas, Texas. In addition, he will serve on the Executive Committee of the ABA Agricultural Bankers for 1993-94. McWilli ams is a senior lender at Sunburst Bank.

'72

David Wilson Turner Jr. of Hattiesburg is the new vice president of Methodist Hospital. Bill C. Mattox (M.A. '73) of Arlington, Va., is executive vice president of Mutual of Omaha Companies.

'73

Bob Williford (M.S. '81) of Columbus was named principal of Columbus High School-West. Wesley J.P. Westphal II of Palm Bay, Fla., graduated from the University of Alabama at Birmingham as a certified safety and health specialist. He was released from active duty with the U.S. Coast Guard in 1992 as a lieutenant and currently is work ing at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., as the chief, environmental protection, for the 45th Bioenvironmental Engineering Services Group. Westphal recently was named the Native American Employment Program Manager for the 45th Space Wing.

'74

John T. Andries of Jackson is general manager and vice president for SESCO Inc., a national wholesale welding equipment distributor. Joe Shelton of Columbus has accepted the position of color stylist with Gencorp Design Center of Salem, N.H. He is assigned to the Columbus facility. For the second time, Judy Lynn Sebren Williams (M.Ed. '76) of Vicksburg was named Teacher of the Year for Beechwood Elementary School--1990-91 and 1991-92. In addition, she was selected the Vicksburg Warren School District Teacher of the Year for 1991-92. She teaches first grade. Lt. Col. Roderick M. Adams of Ft. Sam Houston, Texas, completed a master of science degree this year at Southwest Texas State University. In addition, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel in the Army and began a new job as chief of programs and b udget, Health Services Command, Ft. Sam Houston. Thomas R. Runnels of Louisville, Ky., is senior vice president of PNC Bank, Kentucky. I.N. Henry of Jackson has opened his own real estate appraising and consulting office after receiving the MAI designation in 1992. Anita Norris Murray is the physician relations coordinator for Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle in Columbus. Andy Drummond of Greenville is vice president of quality control and foundation seed for Delta and Pine Land Co. Maj. Garry L. Brewer of Arlington, Va., has been selected as the senior litigation attorney for the Army's Environmental Law Division. G. Truett Roberts Jr. of Indianola was promoted to vice president of retail development at the Lewis Grocer division of Supervalu Inc.

'75

Fred Williams of Mulberry, Fla., is general manager of the Gulf Coast Area Purina Mills Inc. His wife, Sherry Gale Clark Williams, is a preschool teacher. Glenn A. Antee has been promoted to manager of industrial engineering at American Cast Iron Pipe Co. in Birmingham, Ala. Terry Cherry of Porterville recently received a first place in watercolor at the Prairie Arts Festival in West Point; a best in show for Oktoberfest in Heidelberg; held a one-man show at the gallery at Mississippi University for Women in Columbus; and was featured on "Artifacts," a program on Mississippi Educational Television. He also is a signature member of the Mississippi Watercolor Society.

'76

Phil Worley (M.S. '77, M.Ed. '81) of Booneville recently was named STAR Teacher at Thrasher High School, where he teaches science. Eliza N. Henderson of Jackson has been promoted to investment officer at Deposit Guaranty National Bank.

'77

Tom Rice of Standard, Calif., has been promoted to national panel products sales manager for Fibreboard Corp. Wood Products. Steven Dutro of Jackson was promoted to director of finance at KLLM Transport Services Inc. Financial consultant Robert L. Hand of New Orleans, La., was promoted to vice president at Smith Barney Shearson. He received the "Accredited Investment Consultant" designation for specializing in helping corporations invest their profit-sharing f unds. In addition, he recently had five investment articles published in national magazines. Ruthie Waas McAlpin Powell of Roswell, Ga., has been named human resources manager for Computone Corp. Randall L. Meador of Laurel recently was honored as Outstanding Professional Engineer of the Year by the Southeast Area Chapter of the Mississippi Engineering Society. Maj. Samuel Thomas Nichols Jr. (M.S. '79) of Fort Knox, Ky., recently was promoted to the rank of major in the U.S. Army. He serves in the Adjutant General Corps, AGR, and was recommended for commander of Headquarters and Headquarters Company.

'78

Patti Drapala (M.P.P.A. '85) of Starkville is director of public relations for the Bureau of Plant Industry, a division of the state Department of Agriculture and Commerce located on campus. Mississippi Agriculture Commissioner Jim Buck Ross made the recent appointment. Ronnie G. Rogers (M.S. '78) of Alexandria, Va., was selected by the Department of the Army Board for promotion to lieutenant colonel in "below the zone" consideration. He is currently serving as an assignment officer. Mickey P. Blackwell of Rome, Ga., was promoted to plant manager of the Huntsman Chemical Corp. plant. J. Holland Jordan (M.S. '80) of Burlington, Ontario, Canada, has been promoted to general manager for Sandoz Agro Canada Inc. Tommy McGlown (M.Ed.) of Martin, Tenn., is coordinator for qualified admission advising at the University of Tennessee at Martin. Peter C. Mistal of Madison was promoted to assistant controller/pricing at Beech Aerospace Services Inc.

'79

Mary Frances Nettles of Hattiesburg is research scientist with the National Food Service Management Institute at the University of Southern Mississippi. Joanne Pryor-Carter (Ed. S., Ed.D. '88) of Carrollton, Texas, was promoted to manager of family services for supervising the bereavement and volunteer programs at Family Hospice of Dallas. She also was appointed chairperson of the Standards and Et hics Committee of Texas Hospice Organization, 1993-94. Andy Dixon (M.S. '81) of Leland was recently named vice president at Greenville's Deposit Guaranty National Bank. He has been with the bank since 1987 as a commercial lender.

'80

Janet A. Levins Williams of Brentwood, Tenn., a teacher/curriculum coordinator for the Brentwood Montessori Academy, was elected president of the Tennessee Montessori Association for 1993-94. Johnny Johnson (Ed. S.) of Columbus was selected assistant superintendent for school services for the Columbus Municipal Schools. Audrey Petty Milbourne of Milwaukee, Wis., has accepted a senior service agent position with Federal Express. Dr. Roy Gene Bassett Jr. of Orlando, Fla., recently received a doctor of medicine degree from Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans. He is doing his residency at Florida Hospital in Orlando. Nathan U. and Trudy Dawkins Peacock ('81) of Atlanta, Ga., are the parents of a daughter, Rebecca Anne. Janet A. Levins Williams and her husband, Steve, of Brentwood, Tenn., are the parents of a daughter, Shayna Victoria, born Nov. 2, 1992.

'81

William P. Lampkin of Tallahassee, Fla., won first-place awards in front-page layout and local-page layout for the Tallahassee Democrat in the annual Florida Press Club contest. He is the news desk design director for the newspaper. Leslie Lyon Ertel of Jacksonville, Fla., was recently chosen to fill the position of coordinator of collateral activities at Jacksonville University. Kirk M. Purnell of Oklahoma City, Okla., has been promoted to branch manager of Ben E. Keith Foods of Oklahoma. Karen Atkins Amdall of Birmingham, Ala., recently graduated from the University of Alabama at Birmingham with a B.S. in nurse anesthesia. She has joined the anesthesia staff at the Children's Hospital of Alabama in Birmingham. Sheila Cummins Bennett of Murfreesboro, Tenn., completed her master's at Tennessee State University and is now on the faculty of Middle Tennessee State University in the human sciences department. Linda Leigh Miller of Baton Rouge, La., was named coach of the year after leading the girls' team at the Louisiana School for the Deaf to the 1993 Single A Power Lifting State Championship. Southwire Co. recently presented Rhonda Cotton (M.S. '82) of Whitesburg, Ga., with its 1993 Super Service Award. Cotton, training and development manager, has been with the Carrollton, Ga.-based company since 1990.

'82

Former basketball letterman Gregory M. Grim of Oak Ridge, Tenn., has accepted a job with Radian Corp., an environmental consulting firm, as director of programs for the U.S. Army. Judy Morrison Clark of Kingwood, Texas, has been named manager of agency administration at the Variable Annuity Life Insurance Co. of Houston, Texas. Dr. Sherry Gwin of Brandon is the new president of the Mississippi AGD. She has a dental practice in Pearl. Mack Deas (M.S. '84) is band director at Southern Baptist Educational Center in Olive Branch. In addition, he serves as the brass technician for the Magic Drum and Bugle Corps of Orlando, Fla. Doug Robertson of Columbus is now retail manager to the vice president at Deposit Guaranty National Bank-Columbus.

'83

After 12 years in the Air Force, William Jeff Bland of Memphis, Tenn., is now a pilot for Federal Express Corp. Muriel Seymour Hindman of Hermitage, Tenn., is executive assistant for Barbara Mandrell Country. Wanda "Alison" Taylor of New Augusta is the assistant principal at Perry Central High School. She also currently is pursuing a doctorate in teaching and administration pedagogy of physical education at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hat tiesburg. Bruce Blaise of Ridgeland was promoted to director of sales and marketing for Miller Transporters Inc. of Jackson. James D. "Doug" Grissom of Brookhaven was promoted to secretary-treasurer of Herring Gas Co. Inc. He has been with the company for six years as the controller and works in the Meadville corporate office. Howard Lester Triplett of Jackson was appointed director of activities and athletics for the Mississippi Private School Association. Rick D. Anderson and his wife, Jennifer, of Frederick, Md., are the parents of a daughter, Caroline Perry, born July 6, 1993.

'84

Dr. William Mark Molpus of Hattiesburg is a radiologist with the Hattiesburg Radiology Group. Ricky Easterling of Pensacola, Fla., has joined Mayflower Transit as a marketing consultant. Travis B. Moore (M.S. '86) of Olive Branch has been appointed to serve a four-year term on the City of Southaven Planning Commission. Moore is vice president of United Southern Bank in Olive Branch. Daniel Thomas of Jackson was promoted to controller for KLLM Transport Services Inc. R. Dean Prewitt (M.B.A. '85) of Jacksonville, Fla., has been promoted to manager of sterilization and packaging operations with Vistakor, a division of Johnson & Johnson. Navy Capt. Richard W. Munsell (D.V.M.) of Millington, Tenn., was recently promoted to his present rank while serving with Patron Squadron 67, Naval Air Station Memphis. Daniel Clifton Palmer of Chicago, Ill., recently was promoted to national account manager with Motorola for Reliance Comm/Tec Corp. David R. Campbell is vice president and chief financial officer at Chernoff/Silver and Associates, a Columbia, S.C.-based advertising and public relations agency. Katherine Butler Hord and her husband, Greg, of San Diego, Calif., are the parents of a daughter, Laura Katherine, born April 27.

'85

John Keith Cumberland (M.A. '86) has returned to Philadelphia to join the staff of the Choctaw Department of Education, Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, as an education planner. Ninth-grade English teacher Rebecca Cristil Newhall of Augusta, Ga., is the 1993-94 Teacher of the Year at Westside High School. Natalie J. Dollar of Corvallis, Ore., recently received her Ph.D. in cultural communication from the University of Washington and has taken an assistant professor position at Oregan State University. Stephen L. Timme (Ph.D.) of Pittsburg, Kan., is a member of the board of directors of the Amazon Center for Environmental Education and Research, and teaches some of the workshop courses--tropical plants, tropical biology, and tropical bryology. In addition, he is on the advisory board for research at the center. Timme is an associate professor of botany and tropical studies at Pittsburg State University. Jerry David Taylor of Cleveland has passed the professional engineers' exam for electrical engineers. He is an engineer with Mississippi Power and Light. Susan D. Ashmore of Memphis, Tenn., has joined Convention Display Services as manager of customer service. Billy Mack Stuart and his wife, Amy, of Brinkley, Ark., are the parents of a baby boy, William "Will" Maxwell, born Aug. 30.

'86

Meredith Eugene Miller of Dallas, Texas, was recently promoted to region sales assistant for General Mills Inc., Dallas Region Sales Force. Cindy Strong Harris (Ed.D.) of Columbus was named principal of Hunt Middle School. Navy Lt. Byron C. May of Norfolk, Va., recently completed a six-month Mediterranean Sea deployment aboard the combat ship USS San Diego. John Kendall Mowdy of Mobile, Ala., is the 1993 Teacher of the Year for the South Baldwin Center for Technology, where he teaches 11th- and 12th-grade marketing education. Joseph "Joey" Gray Whitfield of Braxton is a senior soil conservation field specialist with the Mississippi Soil and Water Commission. Dr. Walter Lewis Willis of Philadelphia has moved back to his hometown and operates his own family practice clinic, Cypress Creek Medical Clinic, along with his wife, Allison. Dr. Floyd Norman Ford recently moved to Columbus and opened an endodontic office after completing endodontic residency at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Marcus E. Killebrew of Forest was named a national sales representative for McCarty Farms-Forest Division. Dr. John A. Rochat of San Diego, Calif., is in subspecialty training for hematology/oncology at Naval Medical Center San Diego. James Owen Weston of Pass Christian is now a region supervisor for Jackson and George counties for the Mississippi Health Department. Nathan Coleman (M.S. '88) and Tracye Malone Prewitt of Crestview, Fla., are the parents of a son, Jacob Coleman, born Sept. 17, 1993.

'87

James Kraska of Woods Hole, Mass., will complete work this year as an Office of Naval Research Fellow at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. In 1994, the U.S. Navy lawyer will serve in Yokosuka, Japan. In addition, his essay, "Gatekeeper of the Gulf? The Iranian Navy and Persian Gulf Security Toward the 21st Century," won the top prize of $1,000 in the U.S. Naval Institute's International Navies Essay Contest for 1993. Robert J. Egley (M.Ed. '89) of Starkville was recently named an assistant principal at Starkville High School. He currently is working on his doctorate in educational leadership at Mississippi State. Dr. Steven M. Porter just completed his first year of general dentistry practice in Columbus after receiving his doctor of dental surgery degree at the University of Tennessee/Memphis in 1992. Jo Kellum of Birmingham, Ala., has joined Southern Living magazine as an assistant garden design editor. William H. French III of Columbus, Ga., is vice president and resident manager for Prudential Services. Patricia L. Delmas of Princeton, N.J., recently joined the staff of Berkowsky and Associates Inc. as a project architect. Gary Sparkman of Tupelo is president of The Peoples Bank & Trust Co. Wesley Craig and Ava Lacey Reed ('89) of Plano, Texas, are parents of a baby boy, Wesley Franklin, born April 12, 1993.

'88

Laura K. Sensenig of Ogden, Utah, recently formed Patterson, Barking & Sensenig, a law firm specializing in criminal defense, employment law, collections, and domestic and estate planning. Tracy Stebbins-Madar (M.S. '91) of West Point is the director of wellness at the Clay County Medical Center's new Wellness for Life program. Actor/screenwriter/director Roland A. Day (M.A. '89) of Bentonia currently is writing a screenplay about the Gulf War. Ray Palmer of Memphis, Tenn., has joined Nations Bank of Tennessee, North America, as assistant vice president and manager of the Forest Hill Branch in Germantown, Tenn. Quinn Smith of Jackson recently completed requirements for the certified public accountant designation. He is employed with Stockwell & Co. Capt. Otis B. Livingston of Oklahoma City, Okla., has been promoted to chief "AWACS" system/analyst programmer for the 552 Air Control Wing at Tinker Air Force Base. Robert Ashley is an intern architect in San Pedro, Calif. Trina Nichols Carruth of Baton Rouge, La., is an architect with Holden and Associates. William S. Wedgeworth of Memphis, Tenn., has joined the firm of Looney Ricks Kiss Architects. Mississippi's Business and Professional Women's Woman of Achievement this year is Jacque Tisdale of Starkville. She is an editor/writer for the Southern Rural Development Center. Steve Bennett of Chicago, Ill., was promoted to assistant vice president at the First National Bank of Chicago. Dickens Quin Fournet of Madison was named secretary of the Central Chapter of the Mississippi Society of CPAs for 1992-93 and will serve as vice president for membership of the chapter for 1993-94. He also is on the group's Accounting and Auditing Committee. Fournet is a CPA with May & Co. of Jackson. David B. Smith of Calhoun, Ga., was recently assigned as woodlands improvement program forester with Bowater Inc. Steve Brummett of Columbia, S.C., is a graduate student and a graduate assistant in student affairs at the University of South Carolina. Sid Salter of Forest will serve as president of the Mississippi Press Association for 1993-94.

'89

Enterprise Leasing Co. of Dallas/Fort Worth has promoted Melanie Silver Mayfield to human resources specialist. Ronald Andrew Rimmer of Augusta, Ga., is a resident in pediatrics at Medical College of Georgia. He received his medical degree from the college in June. E. Keith Albrecht of Brookfield, Ill., joined Midwest Mental Health Care Providers Inc. as program administrator. He also is currently serving as chairman of the Brookfield Centennial Festival Food and Beverage Committee. Arlon Glenn Beadles of Royston, Ga., has been named associate dean of students for Emmanuel College in Franklin Springs, Ga. Methodist Medical Center of Jackson has promoted Kevin L. Harvey (M.B.A. '91) to business manager of surgery. Capt. Andrew J. Hoke of Portales, N.M., has been assigned to the 524th Fighter Squadron at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M. Porter Richard Swann III of Starkville recently joined Mississippi State as an assistant auditor in the Office of Budget, Planning and Audit. Pamela Echols Keenan of Memphis, Tenn., was recently promoted to senior financial analyst for consolidated planning/accounting at Embassy Suites Inc. Harold A. Smith (Ed.D.) of Winchester, Va., is now professor of international studies and English as a second language at Shenandoah University in Winchester. Michel B. Streiff has been promoted to assistant vice president and assistant executive officer of The Peoples Bank & Trust Co.'s Water Valley offices. Hughes Aircraft Mississippi Inc. of Forest has tabbed Gaye Grant Crotwell of Morton as a senior accountant. Susan Culipher Ross, an instructor of mathematics and mathematics education at Berry College in Rome, Ga., receiveed her Ph.D. in math education from the University of Georgia in December. Tommy Glenn Miller of Texarkana, Ark., is now working as a procurement forester for Georgia-Pacific. John T. Arnold of Southaven was promoted to general accounting manager of VVP America Inc. VVP America Inc. is the Memphis-based corporate headquarters of Binswanger Glass, ACI Glass, and Super Sky. Rebecca Kelly (M.A.) of Thibodaux, La., won second place in the nutrition division of Graduate Paper Competition at the annual meeting of the Institute of Food Technologists in Chicago. Brett Charles Kruzan and his wife, Dee Dee, of Memphis, Tenn., are the parents of a son, Talbot Charles, born July 27, 1993.

'90

Mary Juanice Fluker Vega (M.B.A. '91) of Baton Rouge, La., has been promoted to assistant director of the Louisiana Business and Technology Center at Louisiana State University. Sandy Stewart Sisco of Livingston, Ala., is now a certified athletic trainer for Bryan W. Whitfield Memorial Hospital and Demopolis High School, both in Demopolis, Ala. Caroline Buffington Pugh of Tupelo is the new marketing director for the Mall at Barnes Crossing. Methodist Medical Center in Jackson has named Jana Barron Fuss of Brandon its marketing/public relations assistant. Laura Jenkins Powe (M.Ed. '93) of Philadelphia is a teacher for Pearl River Elementary School on the Choctaw Indian Reservation. Anne Barrow Lowery (D.B.A.) of Loxley, Ala., was promoted to associate professor of marketing and chair of the Department of Business Administration, School of Business, University of Mobile. Kevin Tyler Williams of Kansas City, Mo., is now an accounting supervisor for Continental Baking Co. Marvin's Building Materials of Tupelo has promoted David Allan Dicks to store manager. Robert R. Meacham III of Jackson is finishing medical school at the University of Mississippi School of Medicine. Maria C. Hough recently was promoted to operations manager of Shaw Industries' Chicago Service Center. Sarah Skelton of Jackson has joined St. Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital as comptroller. Miki Christy Smith and her husband, Cade, of Springdale, Ark., are the parents of a son, Hunter Cade, born March 2.

'91

William "Bill" L. McInnis III (M.B.A. '92) of Clearwater, Fla., recently joined Andersen Consulting's project team at Florida Power Corp. Jeff W. Sudduth (M.B.A. '92) of Oxford was named branch manager for Sunburst Mortgage Corp. Annette Browning Williams of Kansas City, Mo., recently began teaching third grade at Brookside Day School. Robert S. Hamblin of Pittsboro recently joined the staff of Peoples Bank and Trust Co. in Calhoun City. Joey L. Wray of Irving, Texas, was promoted to senior engineer with Microsoft-Dallas.

'92

Troy A. Jones of Corinth has joined the Dana Corp., MFPD, as an audit staff trainee. Mary Ann Combs of Tupelo is an internal auditor with the Bank of Mississippi. David W. Allen of Ocean Springs is assistant director of bands for the three campuses of Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. The Student Loan Marketing Association honored Necole Moore of Jackson with a 1992-93 Sallie Mae First-year Teacher Award. She is a second-grade teacher at Odell Clausell Elementary School. Betty Aultman (Ph.D.) of Brandon is the 1993 recipient of the Muscular Dystrophy Association Personal Achievement Award for Mississippi and was one of five finalists for the national award. She currently works for the state Department of Education as the state supervisor for home economics education. Daryl Dwayne Carruth of Baton Rouge, La., is an architect with the Baton Rouge Plan Service. Marsha Leigh Corey of Cordova, Tenn., recently joined the faculty at Memphis City Schools. She teaches at Vollentine Optional School. Capt. Warren J. "John" McChesney Jr. (M.A.) of Woodbridge, Va., recently was assigned to the U.S. Air Force Special Investigations Academy as an advanced course manager. Conway Computer Consultants, a Jackson-based company, has named Stephanie Prescott an administrative assistant.

'93

David Robert Reeves of Lafayette, La., is employed as a field engineer with Sperry-Sun Drilling Services. Michael Alexander Carter (M.A.) of Vicksburg is retail supervisor for Harrah's Hotel & Casino. Charles Thomas "Tommy" Dew Jr. of Baton Rouge, La., has joined the Post Architect Firm. Abhijit Pandey is a programmer analyst at Conway Computer Group of Jackson.

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