Alumni Association Names 2022 Distinguished Award Recipients

Aug 8, 2022

Ten to be Honored at Homecoming for Achievement, Service

The Ole Miss Alumni Association will recognize 10 distinguished alumni with its highest annual awards as part of Homecoming 2022.

University of Mississippi Alumni Hall of Fame inductees for 2022 are: Teri G. Fontenot (BBA 79) of Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Dr. Dan Jones (MD 75) of Hazlehurst; Don Kessinger (BBA 65) of Oxford; James Mattox Reed (BPA 76) of Grayson, Georgia; and Curtis Wilkie (BSJ 63) of Oxford.

Created in 1974, the Hall of Fame honors select alumni who have made an outstanding contribution to their country, state or the University of Mississippi through good deeds, services or contributions that have perpetuated the good name of Ole Miss.

Edith Hickonbottom Kelly-Green (BBA 73) of Memphis will receive the Alumni Service Award for service to the university and the Alumni Association over an extended period.

Nicole Tisdale (BA 06, JD 09) of Washington, D.C., will receive the Outstanding Young Alumni Award, which honors alumni who have shown exemplary leadership throughout their first 15 years of alumni status in both their careers and dedication to Ole Miss.

Robert Dorsey of Tucson, Arizona, William B. Rayburn of Oxford and Dennis S. Tosh of Oxford will each receive the Honorary Alumni Award, which recognizes individuals who, though not graduates of the University of Mississippi, have consistently demonstrated extraordinary commitment, support, dedication, loyalty, leadership or service that has enriched the substance of and contributed to the advancement of the university’s or Alumni Association’s missions, reputation or prestige.

“We are excited to have the opportunity to recognize and honor some of the university’s most successful and notable alumni and friends,” said Ole Miss Alumni Association CEO Kirk Purdom (BA 93). “This is the largest group of inductees we’ve ever had, and they have all made Ole Miss proud with their accomplishments in their careers and their service to Ole Miss and their communities.”

The Alumni Association will host a gala for the honorees on Thursday, Sept. 29, in the Gertrude C. Ford Ballroom at The Inn at Ole Miss. Those interested in attending the dinner must register in advance by calling the Alumni Association office at 662-915-7375.

Those interested in attending the dinner should register in advance by calling the Alumni Association office at 662-915-7375. Individual seats are $150 per person and reserved tables of 10 are available for $1,500 while space is available. $25 from the sale of each individual seat, and $250 from the sale of each reserved table will go toward the Herb Dewees Alumni Association Scholarship.

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