1956

Aubrey Rozell, of Quitman, received the “Real Hero” Award at the Elliott Symposium.

 

1957

Dr. Wayne Lee, Jr., of Cleveland, received the “Real Hero” Award at the Elliott Symposium.

 

1960

Jet Rogers, of Pensacola, FL, received the “Real Hero” Award at the Elliott Symposium.

 

1976

Gary Fioranelli, of Cleveland, was elected president of the National Rice Growers Association.

 

1982

Celia Aguzzi Manley, of Jackson, is the client services representative with Smith Shellnut Wilson Company.

 

1983

Mary Frances Bassie Griffin, of Nashville, has accepted a position as training specialist with Echomusic, a Ticketmaster company in Nashville working with artists to know their fan base.

Griffin

 

1984

John B. Reed, of Olive Branch, is currently serving as Chief Executive Officer of INTEC Engineering.

 

1986

Gwen Lee, of Greenwood, was promoted to assistant cashier at the Bank of Commerce.

 

1987

Donny Kornegay, of Clarksdale, is a mortgage banking specialist with Mortgage Investors Group of Jackson in the CLarksdale office.

1988

Major Albert M. Chunn, of Huntsville, AL, has recently returned from a third tour of duty in Iraq.

 

1991

Richard Myers, of Nashville, a registered patent attorney was a guest speaker at the 16^th Annual Elliott Symposium held at Delta State University.

Myers

 

1993

Eunika Stevula Rogers, of Memphis, is an art instructor at Northwest Community College, a faculty show of her art work begins November 4^th in the art department there.

 

1997

Shawn Christopher Mackey, of  Cleveland, was appointed assistant director/program specialist within the Division of Career and Technical Education by the State Board for Community and Junior Colleges.

 

2000

Lylla Cooper Joe, of Madison, has been named investment manager with Mississipi Technology Alliance.

Leonia Johnson, of Clarksdale, has been inducted into the American Society for Public Administration.

 

2001

Heather Reno Robinson, of Cleveland, opened a new business in downtown Cleveland called Heidi's, featuring gifts and accessories.

2004

Jessica Epting, of Olive Branch, has been accepted to the nursing program at Northwest Mississippi Community College.

Justen M. Sherron, of Cleveland, Air Force Airman 1st Class has graduted from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, TX.

 

2006

Heath Ingram, of Durham, NC, is a perfusionist at Duke University Hospital.

2007

Mary Clair Thompson, of Schlater, recently graduated from DSU, where she received the diploma for having the highest grade point average.