Alumni Association Announces 2024 Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients

July 9, 2024

Seven to be Honored at Homecoming for Achievement, Service

By Jim Urbanek

The Ole Miss Alumni Association will recognize seven distinguished alumni with its highest annual awards as part of Homecoming 2024.

University of Mississippi Alumni Hall of Fame inductees for 2024 are: Robert R. “Bobby” Bailess (BBA 73, JD 76), of Vicksburg; David Ward Kellum (BA 80), of Water Valley; John Maxwell (BA 66, MA 68), of Jackson; Suzan Brown Thames (BA 68), of Ridgeland; and William G. Yates III (BBA 93), of Biloxi.

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 philanthropies that have perpetuated the good name of Ole Miss.

Jon C. Turner (BBA 78), of Jackson, will receive the Alumni Service Award for service to the university and the Alumni Association over an extended period.

Mallory McCormack (MBA 15), of Huntsville, Alabama, 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.

“We are excited for this opportunity to celebrate some of the university’s most successful and notable alumni,” said Ole Miss Alumni Association CEO Kirk Purdom (BA 93). “These inductees stand out both with their career accomplishments and with their service to Ole Miss and their communities.”

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