Supporting Health Care
From the time she was a teenager, Dr. Diane Beebe gave much of herself to the University of Mississippi Medical Center, and it gave back to her. Now, in retirement, she is still giving. Beebe and her husband, Bill King,…
A Home for the MIND
The Memory Impairment and Neurodegenerative Dementia Center, commonly known as The MIND Center, is making significant progress in its plan to build a new centralized facility with a $1 million donation from longtime supporter Michael E. Johnson of Madison. His…
Encouraging Independent Pharmacists
Jenny and Lee Atkins hope to help sustain the practice of independent, community pharmacy with a new scholarship at the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy. The two pharmacists of Madison, Mississippi, made a $100,000 gift to create the Burgess…
New Chair Named to OMWC Scholarship Program
Members of the Ole Miss Women’s Council for Philanthropy (OMWC) named Roane Grantham of Oxford, Mississippi, as their chair for the next two years and welcomed Susan Grice of Gulfport, Mississippi, as the latest addition to their 36-member board. These…
A Quarter Century of Transforming Lives
Seeds were planted a quarter century ago to grow the Ole Miss Women’s Council for Philanthropy (OMWC). Today, this scholarship program has blossomed into one of the most innovative in the United States. The Women’s Council celebrated its 25th anniversary…
Encouraging Art Students
When Kay Webber Cochran moved to Washington, D.C., in 1981, she promised herself she would explore a different arts and cultural facility or event every weekend. After amassing 37 years of experiences in the nation’s capital, she is expanding that…
Supporting a Cultural Destination
Oxford champions Patty and Will Lewis are giving to the Greenfield Farm Writers Residency project, the stipend-supported writers residency being developed by the University of Mississippi. Their $100,000 gift will help build Greenfield Farm on a 20.4-acre site between Oxford…
Accounting for the Future
The University of Mississippi’s accounting program launched Gerard Gibert’s career after he graduated in 1980, and now he’s returning the favor in a big way. With a $100,000 gift to the new building fund for the Patterson School of Accountancy,…
Marking a Milestone
January 2025 marked the 25th anniversary of the landmark contribution of $100 million by University of Mississippi School of Business Administration alumnus Jim Barksdale to improve reading skills in Mississippi. Standing with state education officials on Jan. 20, 2000, in…
Patterson Surprises Wife with Endowment
As a University of Mississippi undergraduate, Libbie Kakales Patterson of Oxford, Mississippi, studied for a year at the Aristotle University in Thessaloniki, Greece, and as a law student, spent a summer term at Downing College in Cambridge, England. A new…