Bill Dabney

OXFORD, Miss. – The chair of the Risk Management and Insurance Program in the School of Business Administration at the University of Mississippi has honored his parents with a bequest that will create an endowment to support faculty in his department. Larry Cox, who also holds the Robertson Chair of Insurance, has established the C.…

OXFORD, Miss. – To honor the memory of his father, a longtime public school administrator, University of Mississippi alumnus Joseph C. Todd of Cincinnati has created the Lindsey O. Todd Scholarship Endowment at his alma mater with a gift of $100,000. The elder Todd, who died in 1973, dedicated his life and career to improving…

OXFORD, Miss. – Medical Marketing Economics, LLC, a consultancy group based in Oxford, has committed $350,000 to support the University of Mississippi’s School of Pharmacy. “Faculty, staff and students of the School of Pharmacy are grateful for the generous support of Dr. Kolassa and the MME partners,” said Barbara Wells, the school’s dean. “This gift…

OXFORD, Miss. – Retired Florida attorney Jerry Center believes the University of Mississippi spirit is personified by its chancellor, Robert Khayat. That’s why Center and his wife, Susan, have made a gift to the Chancellor’s Trust in Khayat’s honor. "Robert Khayat has been a professor, classmate and friend," Center said. "He was one of the…

OXFORD, Miss. – Eli Manning, right, New York Giants quarterback and Super Bowl XLII MVP, autographs a football for Justin Scruggs of Ellisville, left, while Dr. Dan Jones, vice chancellor for health affairs, shows Manning a 2004 photograph of Scruggs from Manning’s first visit to Children’s Hospital. Scruggs was undergoing treatment for cancer at the…

OXFORD, Miss. – Each day at the University of Mississippi, students are impacted by words and actions of many faculty and staff who know their work extends beyond classrooms, labs and offices. For the 14th year, two UM members who personify such extraordinary service have been selected for special recognition. Aileen Ajootian, chair and associate…

The Barksdale family will continue to fund full-ticket scholarships to medical students at the University of Mississippi Medical Center indefinitely. The Bryan Barksdale, MD, Scholarship, the Fred McDonnell, MD, Scholarship and the Don Mitchell, MD, Scholarship will be extended to attract more students to the Medical Center, according to David Barksdale, director of the Barksdale…

OXFORD, Miss. – The employees of Bryson & Company Insurance, headquartered in Ridgeland, have honored the company’s past president, Bill Bryson, by creating the William M. “Bill” Bryson Fund for Insurance Excellence at the University of Mississippi. Seeded with a gift of $25,000 from Bryson & Company, the fund will support faculty in UM’s Risk…