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The following is a list of notable people associated with Mississippi State University, located in the American city of Starkville, Mississippi. Notable alumni [ edit ]
Hannah Roberts (born 1993), Miss University of Southern Mississippi 2015 (Mount Olive) Toni Seawright (born 1964), Miss Mississippi 1987; first African-American winner ; Naomi Sims (1948–2009), fashion model and author ; Ellen Stratton (born 1939), model and Playboy Playmate ; Amy Wesson (born 1977), fashion model
Mississippi City served as the county seat of Harrison County from 1841 to 1902. [5] In 1841, the Mississippi Legislature deliberated over prospective sites for a state university. Numerous Mississippi towns were considered, but in the final ballots, only Mississippi City and Oxford remained in contention.
Mississippi State is home to WMSV, the campus radio station. During the spring semester the Old Main Music Festival takes place, it is also free to the public, and is held on the Mississippi State Campus. [51] The city of Starkville and the Mississippi State campus have been a tour stop for many artists, [52] including a visit in 1965 by Johnny ...
Clower was born in Liberty, Mississippi and began a two-year stint in the Navy after graduating from high school in 1944. Upon his discharge, in 1946, he was a Radioman Third Class (RMN3) and had earned the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (with two bronze service stars), and the World War II Victory Medal.
The Mississippi University for Women honored former students Diane Hardy, Barbara Turner, Laverne Greene-Leech, Jacqueline Edwards, Mary Flowers and Eula Houser who integrated the institution in ...
1 Presidents of Mississippi A&M (1880–1932) 2 Presidents of Mississippi State College (1932–1958) 3 Presidents of Mississippi State University (1958–present)
Evers was memorialized by leading Mississippi and national authors James Baldwin, Margaret Walker, Eudora Welty, and Anne Moody. [37] In 1963, Evers was posthumously awarded the Spingarn Medal by the NAACP. [38] In 1969, Medgar Evers College was established in Brooklyn, New York, as part of the City University of New York.