Bill Dabney

April Taylor remembers the evening she broke down sobbing to her mother. Her high school graduation was nearing, the family could not afford to send her to college, and anticipated scholarships were not materializing. April had lost all hope The next morning, April found a package from the University of Mississippi that the postman apparently…

The children of the late philanthropist Sally McDonnell Barksdale of Jackson, Miss., have created a scholarship at the University of Mississippi to follow her lesson: Give back to your community by choosing wisely where you will make the greatest impact. Susan Barksdale Howorth, Betsy Barksdale Pokorny and David Barksdale chose education by endowing a $100,000…

The first Ole Miss Women’s Council Scholarship endowed by a mother in honor of her daughter also lauds a popular professor and English department chair. The $100,000 scholarship comes from Columbus, Miss., native Martha Kirkley, a 1967 UM graduate with an English degree, to create the Lindsay McCauley Kirkley Scholarship. In turn, she and daughter…

OXFORD, Miss. – A Batesville attorney is recognizing his mother’s unselfish devotion to her family and lauding the University of Mississippi’s support of her by endowing an Ole Miss First Scholarship in her honor. Richard "Flip" Phillips, who received a bachelor’s degree and juris doctorate from UM in 1969 and 1972 respectively, has founded the…

OXFORD, Miss. – After two months at the University of Mississippi, freshman Seth Walley said he "couldn’t see (himself) at another place." In fact, Walley was considering a couple of universities closer to his Moss Point home until he learned last February that he’d received the Robert C. Khayat Ole Miss First Scholarship. Still, though,…

Anew $100,000 Ole Miss Women’s Council Scholarship comes from an unlikely source: a senior engineering major who has paid her own way through college. Usually considered out of range for a typical college student, this philanthropy is possible for honors student Margaret Bardwell through the option of a life insurance policy naming the university as…

When Nancy Harrelson Stumberg talks about Ole Miss, it is with incredible confidence, optimism and above all, gratitude and affection. The 1975 graduate demonstrates her understanding of the mission of the University of Mississippi Foundation and the vision established by Chancellor Khayat. “Ole Miss is one of the most meaningful places in my life,” says…

W hen Prescott “Peck” Sherman attended Ole Miss during the Depression, he held down several jobs: one, a morning paper route, which was early enough not to interfere with his classes; and another at a local clothing store that enabled him to buy his own clothes. The third job, which was cleaning the cement lab…

R ecognizing the need for talented young people in today’s high-quality and complex field of health care, Baptist Memorial Health Care Foundation of Memphis has become the first corporate sponsor of an Ole Miss Women’s Council Scholarship. The foundation’s $125,000 endowment produces the Baptist Memorial Health Care Corp. Council Scholarship designated for students interested in…

Four years ago when the idea of involving women more directly with the University of Mississippi Foundation was first conceived, it was merely a dream that major corporations would ultimately play a part in the Ole Miss Women’s Council for Philanthropy. Recently the FedEx Corp. of Memphis established the Fedex Council Scholarship Endowment fund with…