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Delta State Alumni Association to host Past Presidents Reunion

By October 24, 2012General

 

PHOTO: From left, former Delta State National Alumni Presidents Russ Russell (1994), Donald Green (1995), John Alexander (1993), and Mickey Robinson (1997) at the 2009 Past Presidents Reunion.

The Delta State Alumni Association will welcome an important group back to campus this weekend for Homecoming. The Alumni Association will host  a social for former presidents of the Delta State National Alumni Association on Saturday, October 27 from 9:30 to 11 a.m. at the Hugh Ellis Walker Alumni Foundation House.

“We’ve been fortunate to have had great people in the past serve our National Alumni Association as President, so it is always great for us to get together in the name of Delta State,” said Past President John Cox. “I am looking forward to seeing some old friends this weekend.”

“It’s very important that the university continues to reach out to our former Presidents of the Alumni Association,” said Jeffrey Farris, director of Alumni Affairs. “Their commitment to their alma mater runs deep, and their legacy will live forever in the life of the university.”

Past presidents of the National Alumni Association include: Dorothy McLain Causey (1928), Robert Cagnell Bullock (1929), Elizabeth Zeigal Winter (1930), Eugenia Bachman Rutland (1931), Dr. Williams D. McCain (1932), Hal Carnes (1933), Gladys C. Castle (1934), Jack Barwick (1935), Maxine Boggan Holcombe (1936), Jack Barwick (1937), James Flack (1938), William Ferguson (1939), Dr. William D. McCain (1940), Edward L. Lowe (1946), Chandler Worley (1947-48), H.I. Nowell (1949), Paul Anderson (1950), Hyram Gerrard (1951), B.F. Smith (1952), Haltom Brown (953), Lamar Beevers (1954), Percy Funchess (1955), Ben Stallings (1956), Billy Stephenson (1957-58), Frank John Loyacono (1959), Leila Lyle Underhill (1960), Ruth Walters Bobo (1961-62), Dr. Kent Wyatt (1963), Martin T. King (1964), Hugh Ellis Walker (1965), Ed Kossman Jr. (1966), Wayne Anthony (1967), Alben N. Hopkins (1968), Robert M. Dearing (1969), Ken Lauderdale (1970), Jesse A. Barr (1971), Neil Thomas (1972), Clarence Wilkinson (1973), Bobby Barrett (1974), Alyce West Richardson (1975), Dr. Arthur Richter Jr. (1976), Peter Jernberg (1977), Dr. Clyde Muse (1978), Bobby Moore (1979), Hunter Cade (1980), Claude Porter (1981), William N. LaForge (1982), Dr. Anne Cross (1983), James Young (1984), Allen Burrell (1985), Jim Eidt (1986), Bradley Smith (1987), Harmon Boggs (1988), Sidney Runnels (1989), Wayne Smith (1990), Dr. William Alford (1991), Bobby Fahey (1992), John M. Alexander (1993), Glover “Russ” Russell (1994), Donald Green (1995), Harvey Tackett (1996), Mickey Robinson (1997), Jimmy Avery (1998-99), Charles W. Holmes (2000), Chris Kelley (2000-01), Arthur S. Johnson, III (2002-04), Bill Greenleaf (2004-06), Daye Dearing (2006-08), John Cox (2009-10), George Bassi (2011-12). The incoming President  is Richard Myers.
For more information, contact Jordan Thomas at 662-846-4712, jthomas@deltastate.edu.