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Ed Meek is former assistant vice chancellor for public relations and marketing and president and CEO of Oxford Publishing Inc.
A native of Charleston, at age 24 Meek was the youngest person ever to be appointed to head a department, University News Service, at Ole Miss.
After receiving undergraduate and master's degrees from Ole Miss, Meek received the first Ph.D. in Communications awarded by the University of Mississippi. He was a member of the faculty of the Department of Journalism and served as director of public relations and resource development for many years. As resource development director he secured millions of dollars in federal grants, including some $26 million to establish a satellite based literacy educational program.
He chartered the student chapter of the Public Relations Society of America at Ole Miss, was one of the founders of Mississippi College Public Relations Association and the Mississippi Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, Sigma Delta Chi.
In 1983 Meek formed Oxford Publishing, which founded and published eight trade magazines primarily in technology and hospitality, and established the largest beverage and food show in the Western Hemisphere held annually in Las Vegas. He also founded the Tupelo Furniture Market, which became one of the nation’s largest market centers.
Meek is the author of numerous articles and professional papers on public relations, marketing and technology and is author or co-author of several books on Mississippi artist Theora Hamblett. Meek has been active in a wide range of civic and community events including president of the Oxford Jaycees, Civic Council, and director of the Oxford-Lafayette Chamber of Commerce. He is an Eagle Scout and has been active in fundraising programs supporting Scouting. He also serves on the Board of the Sky Ranch for Boys and was named to its Hall of Fame.
Meek and his wife Becky, also a UM alum, reside in Oxford and have two daughters, Cindy Sinervo and Kelleye Houston and five grand children.
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