EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Starkville, MS

Founding Date:
1878

Motto:
Learning, Service, Research

Team:
Bulldogs

Mascot:
Bulldog

Enrollment:
16,000

Official Website:
http://www.msstate.edu/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Richard C. Adkerson	Business	c. 1947		CEO of Freeport-McMoRan
James W. Bagley	Business	c. 1939		CEO of Lam Research, 1997-2005
Marsha Blackburn	Politician	6-Jun-1952		Congresswoman, Tennessee 7th
John Brady	Basketball	17-Sep-1954		LSU Tigers Head Coach
George W. Bryan	Business	c. 1946		Old Waverly Investments
John H. Bryan	Business	5-Oct-1936		CEO of Sara Lee, 1975-2000
C. Coney Burgess	Business	c. 1938		Burgess-Herring Ranch Company
George C. Carlson, Jr.	Judge	23-May-1946		Justice, Mississippi Supreme Court
Will Clark	Baseball	13-Mar-1964		SF Giants 1st Baseman, 1986-93
Earnest W. Deavenport, Jr.	Business	c. 1938		CEO of Eastman Chemical, 1994-2001
Jess H. Dickinson	Judge	1947		Justice, Mississippi Supreme Court
John Dye	Actor	31-Jan-1963	10-Jan-2011	Andrew on Touched by an Angel
Charles Easley	Judge	c. 1950		Justice, Mississippi Supreme Court
John D. Ferguson	Business	c. 1945		CEO of Corrections Corp of America
H. Devon Graham, Jr.	Business	c. 1935		President, R.E. Smith Interests
John Grisham	Novelist	8-Feb-1955		The Firm
William J. Johnson	Business	c. 1934		President of Apache Corporation, 1991-94
Machine Gun Kelly	Criminal	18-Jul-1895	18-Jul-1954	Notorious bank robber, kidnapper
Lamar McKay	Business	c. 1957		President of BP America
Alan Nunnelee	Politician	9-Oct-1958	6-Feb-2015	Congressman from Mississippi, 2011-15
Miles O'Keeffe	Actor	20-Jun-1954		Tarzan, the Ape Man
Rafael Palmeiro	Baseball	24-Sep-1964		Steroid-tainted baseball legend
Jonathan Papelbon	Baseball	23-Nov-1980		All-Star closer
Mark C. Rohr	Business	c. 1951		CEO of Albemarle
Bobby S. Shackouls	Business	c. 1950		CEO of Burlington Resources, 1995-2006
J. Patrick Spainhour	Business	c. 1950		CEO of Servicemaster
Mary Alice Taylor	Business	c. 1950		CEO of HomeGrocer.com, 1999-2000
Amy Tuck	Politician	8-Jul-1963		Lt. Governor of Mississippi
William L. Waller, Jr.	Judge	c. 1952		Justice, Mississippi Supreme Court
Don Wildmon	Activist	18-Jan-1938		Moral crusader
Danny J. Windham	Business	c. 1959		CEO of Digium

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
James F. Barker	Educator	c. 1947		President of Clemson University
John C. Stennis	Politician	3-Aug-1901	23-Apr-1995	US Senator from Mississippi, 1947-89

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
James F. Barker	Educator	c. 1947		President of Clemson University

COACHES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
John Brady	Basketball	17-Sep-1954		LSU Tigers Head Coach
Sylvester Croom	Football	25-Sep-1954		Mississippi State Head Coach
Ray Perkins	Football	6-Dec-1941		NFL and NCAA head coach
Darrell Royal	Football	6-Jul-1924	7-Nov-2012	UT-Austin Head Coach, 1957-76
Jackie Sherrill	Football	28-Nov-1943		MSU Head Coach, 1991-2003
Rick Stansbury	Basketball	23-Dec-1959		Head Coach, Mississippi State
Murray Warmath	Football	16-Oct-1912	16-Mar-2011	Minnesota Head Coach, 1954-71

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