Alumni Association Announces 2023 Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients

July 11, 2023

Eight to be Honored at Homecoming for Achievement, Service

By Jim Urbanek

The Ole Miss Alumni Association will recognize eight distinguished alumni with its highest annual awards as part of Homecoming 2023.

University of Mississippi Alumni Hall of Fame inductees for 2023 are: Charles C. Clark (BBA 72) of Birmingham; Carlyle “Smitty” Harris (JD 81) of Tupelo; Mary Donnelly Haskell (BM 81) of Oxford; Stephanie J. Hickman (JD 91) of Chicago; and William Young (BBA 82, JD 84) of Dallas.

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.

Rose Jackson Flenorl (BAEd 79) of Cordova, Tennessee, will receive the Alumni Service Award for service to the university and the Alumni Association over an extended period.

Dr. Lauren Lyles-Stolz (BSPhSc 13, PharmD 16) of Alexandria, Virginia, 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.

Langston Rogers of Oxford will 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.

“These inductees have all made Ole Miss proud with their accomplishments in their careers and their service to the university and their communities,” said Ole Miss Alumni Association CEO Kirk Purdom (BA 93). “We are happy to have the opportunity to recognize and honor them as part of Homecoming.”

The Alumni Association will host a gala for the honorees on Thursday, Oct. 26, 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.

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