Bill Dabney

The Stamps Family Charitable Foundation has partnered with the University of Mississippi to launch one of the top scholarship programs in the Southeast at the university. Valued between $98,000 and $138,000 each, the Stamps Leadership Scholarships at Ole Miss become the most comprehensive, full scholarship packages for in-state and out-of-state students identified for their strong…

  Two couples who chronicled the life of Charleston and the lives of its residents by publishing the local weekly newspaper were honored in 2010 when Ed and Becky Meek of Oxford established two journalism scholarships in their names at the University of Mississippi.   This fall, three Ole Miss students, all enrolled in the…

When Karen and Bruce Moore of Nashville talked with University of Mississippi Chancellor Dan Jones and Dean of Business Ken Cyree to determine where their investments would have the greatest impact, the answer was straightforward: faculty support. The Moores took that to heart and committed $1 million to endow a named faculty position, the Bruce…

  As a young boy, Harry Sneed of Oxford sat on a stool selling popcorn outside his father's hardware store on the northwest corner of the Courthouse Square. Vicki Sneed started working at part-time jobs as soon as she was "tall enough to see over the counter." The Sneeds—fifth-generation Lafayette countians—believe in individuals developing strong…

Margaret Murphree was a firm believer in the importance of education. "My mother believed in education, both as a means of improving one's self and as a way to get ahead in life," said Robert Murphree, Margaret's son and a University of Mississippi alumnus. "I largely owe my own education to my mother's persistence and…

  In the mid-1930s when money was tight and few part-time jobs were available, Lucian Minor struggled financially as a University of Mississippi student. The Ole Miss cafeteria had to rearrange its food line, in fact, because the creative young student would choose a five-cent bowl of soup and load it up with vegetables before…