Bill Dabney

  Susan Barksdale Howorth of Oxford had decided to pursue a master's degree in art when her life was cut short. Her great interests and passions in both creating art and providing educational opportunities for others will live on through University of Mississippi students who receive scholarships in her name.   The Susan Barksdale Howorth…

Like many University of Mississippi students, Mason Wilbanks, Sam Clayton Kelly and Walker Kelly enjoyed the Grove on football Saturdays. All three graduated from Madison Central High School, attended Broadmoor Baptist Church and pledged the same fraternity.   But on the morning of Oct. 30, 2011, the three friends were killed as they headed back…

A hand shake. A pat on someone's shoulder. A wave "hello." An individual's hands help in social interactions, not to mention the critical role they play in defining skill level. Hands are instrumental for work, protection, sustenance, play and expression.   Think of the hand functions of surgeons, rescue personnel, musicians, artisans, chefs, farmers, builders, dentists,…

James McMullan of Lake Forest, Ill., embraced his Southern roots, even when his career took him to Chicago for most of his adult life. The legacy he built at the University of Mississippi reflected the value he placed on his vision for the study of the South within liberal arts and higher education. McMullan passed…

A newly established endowment to secure the future of the Oxford Conference for the Book (OCB) – an annual event bringing together authors, publishers, editors, agents, scholars, book retailers and readers – and honor its founder has grown to more than $130,000. Past and present advisory committee members of the University of Mississippi Center for…

As a professor of biology at the University of Mississippi from 1976 to 2005, Edmund Keiser loved the traditional classroom setting – with its blackboards, books and attentive students at their desks – as much as he enjoyed his field research, trudging through bayou swamps and hiking verdant forests in search of unique specimens of…

An anonymous planned gift to the Meek School of Journalism and New Media at the University of Mississippi will help prepare the next generation of journalists for the rigors of in-depth reporting, as the newsgathering profession evolves rapidly due to the Internet and the soaring popularity of mobile devices. The majority of the gift is…