List of Mississippi State University people

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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.

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Notable alumni[]

Politics and government[]

  • Sharion Aycock, first female federal district court judge in Mississippi
  • Marsha Blackburn, Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for Tennessee's 7th congressional district
  • Randy Boyd, forester who serves as a Republican in the Mississippi House of Representatives for District 19 in his native Itawamba County[1]
  • Jenifer Branning, Republican member of the Mississippi State Senate[2]
  • Videt Carmichael, Republican member of the Mississippi State Senate[3]
  • Cynthia Cooper, whistleblower, 2002 Time Person of the Year
  • Leonard B. Cresswell, major general in the Marine Corps; World War II Navy Cross recipient
  • Jess Dickinson, Mississippi Supreme Court Justice[4]
  • Charles D. Easley, Mississippi Supreme Court Justice[5]
  • Josh Harkins, Republican member of the Mississippi State Senate[6]
  • Horace Harned, former member of the Mississippi House of Representatives
  • Bill Hawks, former USDA Undersecretary, Marketing and Regulatory Programs
  • Mark Keenum, USDA Undersecretary, Farm and Foreign Agricultural Service
  • Rhonda Keenum, Assistant to President George W. Bush and director of White House Public Liaison
  • Billy McCoy, Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives[7]
  • Troy H. Middleton, World War II corps commander (lieutenant general) and president of Louisiana State University
  • G.V. "Sonny" Montgomery, former U.S. Representative and author of the Montgomery G.I. Bill
  • John C. Stennis, former U.S. Senator; "father of the Modern Navy"
  • Amy Tuck, Mississippi Lieutenant Governor
  • William Waller Jr., Mississippi Supreme Court Justice[8]
  • Albert H. Wilkening, Adjutant General of Wisconsin

Academia[]

  • James E. Cofer, Fulbright Scholar and former president of Missouri State University in Springfield, Missouri, and former president of the University of Louisiana at Monroe
  • Frances Lucas, vice president and campus executive officer of the University of Southern Mississippi-Gulf Coast
  • Malcolm Portera, former chancellor of the University of Alabama System
  • Priscilla Slade, former president of Texas Southern University

Business[]

Media and arts[]

Author John Grisham
  • Kevin Benson, meteorologist for WPXI in Pittsburgh
  • Turner Catledge, former vice president of The New York Times
  • Jerry Clower, comedian
  • Bill Evans, meteorologist for WABC-TV, ABC affiliate in New York City
  • John Grisham, author of more than two dozen novels, many of which have been made into screenplays
  • Matthew F. Jones, novelist
  • Gregory Keyes, author
  • Donna Ladd, journalist
  • Sean McLaughlin, MSNBC Chief Meteorologist
  • Lewis Nordan, author
  • Audrey Puente, New York City meteorologist; daughter of salsa singer Tito Puente
  • Frank K. Spain, founder of Tupelo television station WTVA; broadcasting pioneer
  • Joe M. Turner, magician, mentalist, professional speaker
  • Brad Watson (born 1955), author

Athletics[]

All-Star Buddy Myer

Other[]

  • Machine Gun Kelly, notorious criminal; studied agriculture at MSU for two years[14]
  • Jaelyn Young and Muhammad "Moe" Dakhlalla, pleaded guilty to offenses related to their attempts to join ISIS in Syria[15]

Notable faculty[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Randy Boyd". Ballotpedia. Retrieved March 4, 2015.
  2. ^ "Jenifer B. Branning". Mississippi State Senate. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
  3. ^ "Videt Carmichael". Mississippi State Senate. Retrieved January 22, 2016.
  4. ^ Supreme Court of Mississippi. "State of Mississippi Judiciary – Supreme Court". Retrieved 2010-05-08.
  5. ^ Soylent Communications. "Charles D. Easley". Retrieved 2010-05-08.
  6. ^ "Josh Harkins". Mississippi State Senate. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
  7. ^ "William McCoy's Biography – Project Vote Smart". Votesmart.org. 1942-08-14. Retrieved 2014-08-14.
  8. ^ "State of Mississippi Judiciary – Supreme Court". Courts.ms.gov. Retrieved 2014-08-14.
  9. ^ "Nine named BCoE Distinguished Alumni Fellows". Mississippi State University. 31 March 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  10. ^ "Michael Connell – Career Earnings, Tournament Wins, Stats, Awards and more". databaseGolf.com. 1975-02-07. Retrieved 2014-08-14.
  11. ^ "Brandon Davis | UFC". 14 September 2018.
  12. ^ Maraniss, Andrew (31 August 2017). "Frank Dowsing, Mississippi State's first black football player, is almost unknown today". Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  13. ^ "Victoria Vivians". WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
  14. ^ "The story behind Starkville". Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  15. ^ Green, Emma (2017-05-01). "How Two Mississippi College Students Fell in Love and Decided to Join a Terrorist Group". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2017-09-15.
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