Bill Dabney

Fourteen outstanding high school graduates from Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana and Tennessee have been chosen to receive prestigious scholarships from the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College at the University of Mississippi. The Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors Scholarships, Donald S. Pichitino Scholarships and Harold Parker Memorial Scholarships, ranging from $24,000 to $32,000, are attracting top-notch students to…

OXFORD, Miss. – When Larry Bryan sees his younger son graduate from the University of Mississippi this weekend, he relinquishes his parental responsibility for educating his children. However, the UM alumnus says he is committed to helping other young men and women realize their dreams. "It’s a great thing to take advantage of opportunities and…

OXFORD, Miss. – Brittany Jones of Moss Point is the recipient of the inaugural Gregory and Mary Alice Wood Ole Miss First Scholarship Award at the University of Mississippi. She is to be recognized May 11 at her high school’s awards day activities. David Wood, who grew up in Moss Point, established the scholarship to…

OXFORD, Miss. – Two traditions run deep in the family of Robert Gage IV: banking and attending the University of Mississippi. Gage’s love for his alma mater and his desire to share the rewards of a successful career in banking have inspired him to pledge $25,000 to establish a scholarship in the Ole Miss First…

OXFORD, Miss. – A University of Mississippi engineering alumnus has donated $100,000 to his alma mater to be divided between an endowment and two Ole Miss First Scholarships. by Edwin Smith Michael T. "Mike" McRee of Jackson has pledged $50,000 to be paid over four years to support the scholarship fund bearing his name; he…

OXFORD, Miss. – George P. Hewes III lived unselfishly, sharing his time and money to help others. His service ranged from co-chairing a major fund-raising campaign at the University of Mississippi to heading the Stewpot Community Services in Jackson. The late Jackson attorney placed great value on education and throughout his long career gave generously…

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…