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Mississippi State University
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Location:
Starkville, MS
Founding Date:
1878 Motto:
Learning, Service, Research Mascot:
Bulldog Enrollment:
16,000 Official Website:
http://www.msstate.edu/ STUDENTS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Richard C. Adkerson |
Business |
c. 1947 |
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CEO of Freeport-McMoRan |
| James W. Bagley |
Business |
c. 1939 |
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CEO of Lam Research, 1997-2005 |
| Marsha Blackburn |
Politician |
6-Jun-1952 |
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Congresswoman, Tennessee 7th |
| John Brady |
Basketball |
17-Sep-1954 |
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LSU Tigers Head Coach |
| George W. Bryan |
Business |
c. 1946 |
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Old Waverly Investments |
| John H. Bryan |
Business |
5-Oct-1936 |
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CEO of Sara Lee, 1975-2000 |
| C. Coney Burgess |
Business |
c. 1938 |
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Burgess-Herring Ranch Company |
| George C. Carlson, Jr. |
Judge |
23-May-1946 |
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Justice, Mississippi Supreme Court |
| Earnest W. Deavenport, Jr. |
Business |
c. 1938 |
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CEO of Eastman Chemical, 1994-2001 |
| Jess H. Dickinson |
Judge |
1947 |
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Justice, Mississippi Supreme Court |
| Charles Easley |
Judge |
c. 1950 |
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Justice, Mississippi Supreme Court |
| John D. Ferguson |
Business |
c. 1945 |
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CEO, Corrections Corp of America |
| H. Devon Graham, Jr. |
Business |
c. 1935 |
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President, R.E. Smith Interests |
| John Grisham |
Novelist |
8-Feb-1955 |
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A Time To Kill and The Firm |
| William J. Johnson |
Business |
c. 1934 |
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President of Apache Corporation, 1991-94 |
| Machine Gun Kelly |
Criminal |
18-Jul-1895 |
18-Jul-1954 |
Notorious bank robber, kidnapper |
| Miles O'Keeffe |
Actor |
20-Jun-1954 |
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Tarzan, the Ape Man |
| Rafael Palmeiro |
Baseball |
24-Sep-1964 |
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Baltimore Orioles hitter |
| Jonathan Papelbon |
Baseball |
23-Nov-1980 |
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Closing pitcher, Boston Red Sox |
| Mark C. Rohr |
Business |
c. 1951 |
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CEO of Albemarle |
| Bobby S. Shackouls |
Business |
c. 1950 |
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CEO of Burlington Resources, 1995-2006 |
| J. Patrick Spainhour |
Business |
c. 1950 |
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CEO of Servicemaster |
| Mary Alice Taylor |
Business |
c. 1950 |
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CEO of HomeGrocer.com, 1999-2000 |
| Amy Tuck |
Politician |
8-Jul-1963 |
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Lt. Governor of Mississippi |
| William L. Waller, Jr. |
Judge |
c. 1952 |
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Justice, Mississippi Supreme Court |
| Don Wildmon |
Activist |
18-Jan-1938 |
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Moral crusader |
| Danny J. Windham |
Business |
c. 1959 |
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CEO of Digium |
TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| John C. Stennis |
Politician |
3-Aug-1901 |
23-Apr-1995 |
US Senator from Mississippi, 1947-89 |
COACHES
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| John Brady |
Basketball |
17-Sep-1954 |
|
LSU Tigers Head Coach |
| Sylvester Croom |
Football |
25-Sep-1954 |
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Mississippi State Head Coach |
| Ray Perkins |
Football |
6-Dec-1941 |
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NFL and NCAA head coach |
| Darrell Royal |
Football |
6-Jul-1924 |
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UT-Austin Head Coach, 1957-76 |
| Jackie Sherrill |
Football |
28-Nov-1943 |
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MSU Head Coach, 1991-2003 |
| Rick Stansbury |
Basketball |
23-Dec-1959 |
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Head Coach, Mississippi State |
| Murray Warmath |
Football |
16-Oct-1912 |
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Minnesota Head Coach, 1954-71 |
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