Eight honored as College and School Alumni of the Year

Eight Mississippi State alumni were honored as the College and School Alumni of the Year at the annual Alumni Awards Banquet in January.

The 1998 College and School Alumni of the Year include:

• Fred W. Bailey of Shreveport, La., College of Engineering. Bailey, who received his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering in 1948, is chief executive officer of Bailsco Blades and Casting Inc., and also president and owner of Sound Fighter Systems Inc.

  Alumni of the Year are (seated, l-r) W.G. "Mickey" Holliman Jr., Bobby P. Martin, Fred W. Bailey, and Dr. William H. Coltharp; (standing, l-r) Kenneth C. Stewart Jr., Dr. F. Keith Davis and Jim Brown. (Not pictured is Quincy C. Hilliard).

• Jim Brown of Washington, D.C., School of Architecture. Brown, who received his bachelor's degree in architecture in 1981, is an associate with RTKL Associates Inc.

• Dr. William H. Coltharp of Nashville, Tenn., College of Arts and Sciences. Coltharp, who received his bachelor's degree in general science in 1977, is clinical professor of cardiac and thoracic surgery at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and a member of the Division of Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery at St. Thomas Hospital.

• Dr. F. Keith Davis of Hattiesburg, College of Veterinary Medicine. Davis, who received his doctor of veterinary medicine degree in 1983, owns Davis Veterinary Hospital.

• Dr. Quincy C. Hilliard of Lafayette, La., College of Education. Hilliard, who received his bachelor's degree in music education in 1974, is the Heymann Endowed Professor of Music Theory and Composition at the University of Southwestern Louisiana.

• W.G. "Mickey" Holliman Jr. of Belden, College of Business and Industry. Holliman, who received his bachelor's degree in industrial management in 1960, is president and CEO of Furniture Brands International Inc., a parent company of Action Industries in Tupelo.

• Bobby P. Martin of Ripley, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Martin, who received his bachelor's degree in agronomy from Mississippi State in 1956, is chairman of the board and president of The Peoples Bank.

• Kenneth C. Stewart Jr. of Marietta, Ga., College of Forest Resources. Stewart, who received his bachelor's degree in general business and forestry from Mississippi State in 1972, is executive assistant to the president and CEO of Georgia-Pacific Corp.