By Jim Urbanek
The Ole Miss Alumni Association recognized seven distinguished alumni with its highest annual awards on Thursday, Sept. 26, as part of Homecoming 2024.
Inductees into the 2024 University of Mississippi Alumni Hall of Fame included: 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, received the Alumni Service Award for service to the university and the Alumni Association over an extended period.
Mallory McCormack (MBA 15), of Huntsville, Alabama, received 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.
“It was a great evening celebrating some of our 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.”
