Bill Dabney

OXFORD, Miss. – Rebecca and Robert Parker, of Atlanta, Ga., said that watching their daughter thrive at the University of Mississippi led them to make a gift to the Chancellor’s Trust.      The Chancellor’s Trust addresses the University’s greatest needs and requires a minimum gift of $25,000.   “I get text messages from her saying,…

OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi alumnus Davis Love Fair, Jr. of Louisville, died on March 13, 2009, at the age of 95. Fair was a longtime supporter of the University and built an extraordinary legacy of service to Ole Miss.   “He was the best example of what it means to be a loyal…

OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi alumnus John “Chip” Crunk, of Nashville, Tenn., established the Crunk Family Scholarship Endowment with a gift of $100,000. The scholarship will be awarded to UM students pursuing degrees in business who are from the middle Tennessee area.   Crunk, who was the first person in his family to attend…

OXFORD, Miss. – Promoting dialogue and community building around improved race relations throughout Mississippi is the goal of the Welcome Table: An Era of Dialogue on Race, an initiative of the William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation at the University of Mississippi. The specific goals of the Welcome Table project vary from place to place,…

OXFORD, Miss. – Denson Hollis has joined the University of Mississippi Office of Development as a development officer for the Ole Miss First and Ole Miss Women’s Council scholarship programs. Hollis is responsible for securing financial support for Ole Miss First and the Ole Miss Women’s Council, scholarship initiatives implemented to address the critical need…

OXFORD, Miss. – Even though he wasn’t an Ole Miss alumus, Lewis Adolphus Graeber, Jr., of Marks, will be remembered as one the university’s biggest fans. He was a member of the Chancellor’s Trust and the UM Loyalty Foundation, and he and his wife, Frances, who graduated from UM in 1941, established a scholarship in…

OXFORD, Miss – University of Mississippi alumnus Roland Burns is a man dedicated to education. In 1999, with what started as an interest in his own children’s school, Burns, along with his wife, Sheryl, took on the responsibility for helping open what is now Legacy Christian Academy in Frisco, Texas. The school now has 725…

JACKSON, Miss. – University of Mississippi alumnus James M. Brock has made a planned gift to the Arthur C. Guyton Research Center at the University’s Medical Center. Brock and Guyton were friends and classmates at Ole Miss and later roommates at Harvard Medical School.   “Arthur Guyton was an outstanding individual,” Brock said. “He was…

OXFORD, Miss. – As dean of the School of Education at the University of Mississippi, Tom Burnham places a high priority on helping students attend Ole Miss.    With a new scholarship, named to honor the memory of his son, Burnham is doing just that. The Tom Burnham, Jr., Memorial Scholarship Endowment will assist full-time UM…