Editing University of Mississippi (section)

==Notable people==

===Faculty===
[[File:Robert Marston 4.jpg|thumb|right|upright=.6|[[Robert Q. Marston]], Director of the [[National Institutes of Health]], served as medical school dean.]]

As of the 2020–2021 academic year, there were—excluding those of UMMC—1,092 professors, of whom 424 were tenured. At this time, there were 592 male and 500 female professors.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://irep.olemiss.edu/fall-2020-2021-enrollment/ |title=Fall 2020-2021 Enrollment |website=Office of Institutional Research, Effectiveness, and Planning |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=July 22, 2021 |archive-date=January 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127032227/https://irep.olemiss.edu/fall-2020-2021-enrollment/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

With the early emphasis on classical studies, multiple notable classicists including [[George Tucker Stainback]], [[Wilson Gaines Richardson]], and [[William Hailey Willis]], have held teaching positions at the University of Mississippi.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://classics.olemiss.edu/history/the-early-years/ |title=From the Beginning to 'The War' |website=Department of Classics |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=July 22, 2021 |archive-date=June 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210604170429/https://classics.olemiss.edu/history/the-early-years/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://dbcs.rutgers.edu/all-scholars/9241-willis-william-hailey |title=Willis, William Hailey |website=Database of Classical Scholars |publisher=Rutgers School of Arts and Science |access-date=July 23, 2021 |archive-date=July 15, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190715150442/https://dbcs.rutgers.edu/all-scholars/9241-willis-william-hailey |url-status=live }}</ref> Archeologist [[David Moore Robinson]], who is credited with discovering the ancient city [[Olynthus]], also taught classics at the university.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dbcs.rutgers.edu/all-scholars/9064-robinson-david-moore |title=Robinson, David Moore |website=Database of Classical Scholars |publisher=Rutgers School of Arts and Science |access-date=July 22, 2021 |archive-date=May 26, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526130412/https://dbcs.rutgers.edu/all-scholars/9064-robinson-david-moore |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://classics.olemiss.edu/videocast-david-moore-robinson-the-archaeologist-as-collector-news-the-american-school-of-classical-studies-at-athens/ |title=Videocast – "David Moore Robinson: The Archaeologist as Collector" / News / The American School of Classical Studies at Athens |website=Department of Classics |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=July 23, 2021 |archive-date=November 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127135048/https://classics.olemiss.edu/videocast-david-moore-robinson-the-archaeologist-as-collector-news-the-american-school-of-classical-studies-at-athens/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Former Mississippi Governor [[Ronnie Musgrove]] was a political science lecturer,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://umfoundation.com/main/2013/09/09/musgroves-expand-legacy-with-gift/ |title=Musgroves Expand Legacy with Gift |date=September 13, 2013 |website=The University of Mississippi Foundation |access-date=July 23, 2021 |archive-date=July 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723182002/https://umfoundation.com/main/2013/09/09/musgroves-expand-legacy-with-gift/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Kyle Duncan (judge)|Kyle Duncan]] was an assistant law professor prior to his appointment to the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Severino |first=Callie Campbell |date=September 28, 2017 |title=Who is Kyle Duncan? |url=https://www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/who-kyle-duncan/ |work=National Review |access-date=July 22, 2021 |archive-date=March 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210326070033/https://www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/who-kyle-duncan/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Thompson |first=Jake |date=March 6, 2020 |title=Now in Session: U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals hears cases at Ole Miss |url=https://www.oxfordeagle.com/2020/03/06/now-in-session-u-s-fifth-circuit-court-of-appeals-hears-cases-at-ole-miss/ |work=The Oxford Eagle |access-date=July 22, 2021 |archive-date=January 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126030130/https://www.oxfordeagle.com/2020/03/06/now-in-session-u-s-fifth-circuit-court-of-appeals-hears-cases-at-ole-miss/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Landon Garland]] taught astronomy and philosophy before becoming the first president of [[Vanderbilt University]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6ns1ck6 |title=Garland, Landon C. (Landon Cabell), 1810-1895 |website=Social Networks and Archival Context |access-date=July 23, 2021 |archive-date=December 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191201080713/https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6ns1ck6 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vanderbilt.edu/chancellor/history/ |title=History of the Office |website=Office of the Chancellor |date=February 2, 2010 |publisher=Vanderbilt University |access-date=July 23, 2021 |archive-date=December 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222051115/https://www.vanderbilt.edu/chancellor/history/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Actor [[James Best]], who is best known for his work on ''[[The Dukes of Hazzard]]'', was an artist in residence.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.olemiss.edu/wtva-former-um-artist-residence-passes-away/ |title=WTVA: Former UM Artist-in-Residence Passes Away |last=Whittington |first=Ryan |date=April 7, 2015 |website=Ole Miss News |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=July 23, 2021 |archive-date=August 27, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827081405/http://news.olemiss.edu/wtva-former-um-artist-residence-passes-away/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Robert Q. Marston]], director of the [[National Institutes of Health]], served as the dean of the medical school,<ref>{{cite journal |last=McGuigan |first=James W. |date=2005 |title=Robert Quarles Marston, M.D. 1923–1999 |journal=Transactions of the American Clinical & Climatological Association |volume=116 |pages=lx-lxiii |pmid=16555601 |pmc=1473135 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/spotlight/rm/feature/biographical-information |title=Brief Chronology |website=Regional Medical Programs |date=March 12, 2019 |publisher=US National Library of Medicine |access-date=July 22, 2021 |archive-date=March 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210318085806/https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/spotlight/rm/feature/biographical-information |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Eugene W. Hilgard]], considered the father of [[soil science]], taught chemistry at Ole Miss.<ref>[[#Pittman Jr.|Pittman Jr. (1985)]], p. 26.</ref> Other notable scientific faculty include psychologist [[David H. Barlow]] and physicist [[Mack A. Breazeale]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bu.edu/psych/profile/david-h-barlow/ |title=David Barlow |publisher=Boston University |access-date=July 22, 2021 |archive-date=February 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210223061118/http://www.bu.edu/psych/profile/david-h-barlow/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.olemiss.edu/breazeale-obit/ |title=Acoustics Scientist Mack Breazeale Dies at 79 |date=September 18, 2009 |website=Ole Miss News |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=July 22, 2021 |archive-date=July 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723045836/https://news.olemiss.edu/breazeale-obit/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Alumni===
{{Main|List of University of Mississippi notable alumni}}
[[File:Carl Van Vechten - William Faulkner.jpg|thumb|upright=.7|alt=William Faulkner, Nobel Prize-winning novelist.|[[William Faulkner]], novelist who won the 1949 [[Nobel Prize in Literature]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1949/summary/ |title=The Nobel Prize in Literature 1949 |website=The Nobel Prize |publisher=Nobel Foundation |access-date=July 22, 2021 |archive-date=June 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200602015135/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1949/summary/ |url-status=live }}</ref>]]

In addition to William Faulkner,<ref>{{cite news |last=Harpaz |first=Beth J. |date=April 19, 2017 |title=Exploring Oxford, Mississippi, from Faulkner's Rowan Oak to the Ole Miss campus |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2017/04/19/oxford-mississippi-william-faulkner-ole-miss/ |work=The Denver Post |access-date=March 21, 2021 |archive-date=April 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424204159/https://www.denverpost.com/2017/04/19/oxford-mississippi-william-faulkner-ole-miss/ |url-status=live }}</ref> notable writers who attended the University of Mississippi include [[Florence Mars]],<ref>[[#Dollar|Dollar (2015)]], p. 28.</ref> [[Patrick D. Smith]],<ref>[[#Lloyd|Lloyd (1980)]], p. 414.</ref> [[Stark Young]],<ref>[[#Lloyd|Lloyd (1980)]], p. 485.</ref> and [[John Grisham]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Maslin |first=Janet |date=May 31, 2017 |title=Plot Twist! John Grisham's New Thriller Is Positively Lawyerless |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/31/books/review/john-grisham-camino-island.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=July 1, 2021 |archive-date=November 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112013046/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/31/books/review/john-grisham-camino-island.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Alumni in film include [[Emmy Awards|Emmy Award]]-winning actor [[Gerald McRaney]] and [[Tate Taylor (filmmaker)|Tate Taylor]], director of ''[[The Help (film)|The Help]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.olemiss.edu/blog-ole-miss-gerald-mcraney-jack-pendarvis-take-home-emmy-awards/ |title=Ole Miss' Gerald McRaney and Jack Pendarvis Take Home Emmy Awards |last=Hector |first=Emily |date=September 20, 2017 |website=Ole Miss News |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=July 4, 2021 |archive-date=July 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210704191249/https://news.olemiss.edu/blog-ole-miss-gerald-mcraney-jack-pendarvis-take-home-emmy-awards/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Dodes |first=Rachel |date=August 5, 2011 |title=An Unknown, With Leverage |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424053111903366504576486460342694934 |work=The Wall Street Journal |access-date=July 4, 2021 |archive-date=October 12, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012125837/http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424053111903366504576486460342694934 |url-status=live }}</ref> Musicians who studied at the university include [[Mose Allison]] and [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]]-winner [[Glen Ballard]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Chinen |first=Nate |date=November 15, 2016 |title=Mose Allison, a Fount of Jazz and Blues, Dies at 89 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/16/arts/music/mose-allison-a-font-of-jazz-and-blues-dies-at-89.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=April 25, 2021 |archive-date=April 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210425223817/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/16/arts/music/mose-allison-a-font-of-jazz-and-blues-dies-at-89.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://libarts.olemiss.edu/grammy-winner-glen-ballard-inducted-into-um-hall-of-fame/ |title=Grammy Winner Glen Ballard Inducted into UM Hall of Fame |website=College of Liberal Arts |date=March 16, 2009 |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=July 4, 2021 |archive-date=August 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809110310/https://libarts.olemiss.edu/grammy-winner-glen-ballard-inducted-into-um-hall-of-fame/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Athlete graduates include 12-time [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] tennis champion [[Mahesh Bhupathi]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://olemisssports.com/sports/2018/7/20/sports-m-tennis-archive-bhupathi-champion-html.aspx |title=Mahesh Bhupathi |website=Ole Miss Sports |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=July 1, 2021 |archive-date=March 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307191624/https://olemisssports.com/sports/2018/7/20/sports-m-tennis-archive-bhupathi-champion-html.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> [[New York Yankees]] catcher [[Jake Gibbs]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Anderson |first=Seph |date=May 21, 2013 |title=Exclusive: Ole Miss Football, Baseball Great Jake Gibbs Shares Memories |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1645632-exclusive-ole-miss-football-baseball-great-jake-gibbs-shares-memories |work=Bleacher Report |access-date=August 11, 2021 |archive-date=August 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210812002044/https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1645632-exclusive-ole-miss-football-baseball-great-jake-gibbs-shares-memories |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Michael Oher]], NFL offensive lineman and subject of the film ''[[The Blind Side (film)|The Blind Side]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Scott |first=A.O. |date=November 18, 2009 |title=Two Films, Two Routes From Poverty |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/22/movies/22scott.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=April 26, 2021 |archive-date=April 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427010433/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/22/movies/22scott.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Three [[Miss America]]s and one [[Miss USA]] are also among its alumni.<ref>{{cite news |last=Watkins |first=Billy |date=December 9, 2014 |title=Mary Ann Mobley, Mississippi's first Miss America, has died |url=https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2014/12/09/mary-ann-mobley-dies/20163687/ |work=The Clarion Ledger |access-date=March 21, 2021 |archive-date=December 10, 2014 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141210012458/http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2014/12/09/mary-ann-mobley-dies/20163687/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=McGrath |first=Anne |date=September 10, 1986 |title='More Nervous This Year': Miss America 1986 |url=https://apnews.com/article/cb1a293ee330444819add1b1c0116037 |work=Associated Press |access-date=March 21, 2021 |archive-date=April 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424204155/https://apnews.com/article/cb1a293ee330444819add1b1c0116037 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Guizerix |first=Anna |date=November 10, 2020 |title=Ole Miss graduate Asya Branch crowned Miss USA 2020 |url=https://www.oxfordeagle.com/2020/11/10/ole-miss-graduate-asya-branch-crowned-miss-usa-2020/ |work=The Oxford Eagle |access-date=March 21, 2021 |archive-date=April 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424204203/https://www.oxfordeagle.com/2020/11/10/ole-miss-graduate-asya-branch-crowned-miss-usa-2020/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The University of Mississippi's alumni include five [[United States Senate|US senators]] and ten [[Governor (United States)|governors]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.olemissalumni.com/notablealumnilawandpolitics/ |title=Notable Alumni: Law and Politics |website=Ole Miss Alumni Organization |access-date=April 5, 2021 |archive-date=April 25, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160425091134/http://www.olemissalumni.com/notablealumnilawandpolitics/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Other public servant graduates include [[Supreme Court of Mississippi|Mississippi Supreme Court]] Chief Justices [[Sydney M. Smith]] and [[Bill Waller Jr.]],<ref name="Smith-OSR">{{Cite book |last=Rowland |first=Dunbar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z8sGAQAAIAAJ&q=sydney |title=The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi, Volume 5 |date=1923 |publisher=Department of Archives and History |language=en |pages=87–89 |access-date=February 8, 2022 |archive-date=February 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220208212106/https://books.google.com/books?id=z8sGAQAAIAAJ&q=sydney |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://law.olemiss.edu/um-law-alum-chief-justice-waller-retires-after-21-years-on-ms-supreme-court/ |title=UM Law Alum, Chief Justice Waller Retires after 21 Years on MS Supreme Court |date=March 4, 2019 |website=University of Mississippi School of Law |access-date=July 4, 2021 |archive-date=July 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210705010207/https://law.olemiss.edu/um-law-alum-chief-justice-waller-retires-after-21-years-on-ms-supreme-court/ |url-status=live }}</ref> US Secretary of the Navy [[Ray Mabus]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Boyer |first=Peter J. |date=February 28, 1988 |title=The Yuppies of Mississippi; How They Took Over the Statehouse |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/02/28/magazine/the-yuppies-of-mississippi-how-they-took-over-the-statehouse.html |work=The New York Times Magazine |access-date=July 4, 2021 |archive-date=March 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309031211/https://www.nytimes.com/1988/02/28/magazine/the-yuppies-of-mississippi-how-they-took-over-the-statehouse.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Schmidt |first=Michael S. |date=July 17, 2016 |title=Navy Secretary Ray Mabus Knows a Thing or 30 About First Pitches |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/18/sports/baseball/navy-secretary-ray-mabus-first-pitches.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=July 4, 2021 |archive-date=July 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210705010217/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/18/sports/baseball/navy-secretary-ray-mabus-first-pitches.html |url-status=live }}</ref> White House Press Secretary [[Larry Speakes]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Well |first=Martin |date=January 10, 2014 |title=Larry Speakes, former Reagan deputy press secretary, dies at 74 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/reagan-spokesman-larry-speakes-dies-at-74/2014/01/10/2e113276-7a4f-11e3-8963-b4b654bcc9b2_story.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=July 4, 2021 |archive-date=November 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128041552/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/reagan-spokesman-larry-speakes-dies-at-74/2014/01/10/2e113276-7a4f-11e3-8963-b4b654bcc9b2_story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and Dominican Prime Minister [[Roosevelt Skerrit]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dominicaconsulategreece.com/roosevelt-skerrit-prime-minister-of-dominica/ |title=The Honourable Roosevelt Skerrit – Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Dominica |publisher=Commonwealth of Dominica Consulate of Greece |access-date=August 29, 2021 |archive-date=January 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128092357/https://dominicaconsulategreece.com/roosevelt-skerrit-prime-minister-of-dominica/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Notable academics include [[Pomona College]] president [[E. Wilson Lyon]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Arnold |first=Roxanne |date=March 5, 1989 |title=E.W. Lyon, 84; Ex-President of Pomona College |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-03-05-mn-509-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=July 4, 2021 }}</ref> [[Pulitzer Prize for History|Pulitzer Prize]]-winning [[Harvard]] professor [[Thomas K. McCraw]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Weber |first=Bruce |date=November 6, 2012 |title=Thomas K. McCraw, Historian Who Enlivened Economics, Dies at 72 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/07/business/thomas-k-mccraw-historian-who-enlivened-economics-dies-at-72.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=July 4, 2021 |archive-date=January 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126103932/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/07/business/thomas-k-mccraw-historian-who-enlivened-economics-dies-at-72.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Mercer University]] president [[James Bruton Gambrell]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/gambrell-james-bruton |title=Gambrell, James Bruton |website=Handbook of Texas |publisher=Texas State Historical Association |access-date=July 4, 2021 |archive-date=July 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210705010148/https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/gambrell-james-bruton |url-status=live }}</ref> Notable physicians include [[Arthur Guyton]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Lavietes |first=Stuart |date=April 14, 2003 |title=Dr. Arthur Guyton, Author and Researcher, Dies at 83 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/14/us/dr-arthur-guyton-author-and-researcher-dies-at-83.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=July 10, 2021 |archive-date=July 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210710185648/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/14/us/dr-arthur-guyton-author-and-researcher-dies-at-83.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[American Medical Association]] head [[Edward Hill (physician)|Edward Hill]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.olemissalumni.com/alumni-spotlight-dr-ed-hill/ |title=Alumni Spotlight: Dr. Ed Hill |website=Ole Miss Alumni Association |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=August 12, 2021 |archive-date=August 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210812201205/https://www.olemissalumni.com/alumni-spotlight-dr-ed-hill/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Thomas F. Frist Sr.]], co-founder of [[Hospital Corporation of America]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Kenneth N. |last=Gilpin |date=January 8, 1998 |title=Dr. Thomas Frist Sr., HCA Founder, Dies at 87 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/01/08/business/dr-thomas-frist-sr-hca-founder-dies-at-87.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=July 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200907232721/https://www.nytimes.com/1998/01/08/business/dr-thomas-frist-sr-hca-founder-dies-at-87.html |archive-date=September 7, 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> Alumnus [[William W. Parsons (NASA)|William Parsons]] served as director of [[NASA]]'s [[Stennis Space Center]] and later that of [[Kennedy Space Center]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/about/biographies/parsons.html |title=William W. (Bill) Parsons |publisher=NASA |access-date=August 28, 2021 |archive-date=August 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210829011012/https://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/about/biographies/parsons.html |url-status=live }}</ref>