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===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>
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