Porter Lee Fortune Jr.
Chancellor of the University of Mississippi
Porter Lee Fortune Jr. (July 2, 1920 – September 14, 1989)[1][2] was the Chancellor of the University of Mississippi from 1968 to 1984.[3]
Biography
He was born in 1920.[3] He served as a US naval officer in the Second World War.[3] He received a PhD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.[3] He taught at Mississippi Southern College, now known as the University of Southern Mississippi, and later served as dean of the university and graduate school.[3] He served as chancellor of the University of Mississippi from 1968 to 1984.[3][4]
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Chancellors of The University of Mississippi
- Holmes (1848–1849)
- Longstreet (1849–1856)
- Barnard (1856–1861)
- Waddel (1865–1874)
- Stewart (1874–1887)
- Mayes (1887–1891)
- Fulton (1892–1906)
- Kincannon (1907–1914)
- Powers (1914–1924)
- Hume (1924–1930)
- Powers (1930–1932)
- Hume (1932–1935)
- Butts (1935–1946)
- Williams (1946–1968)
- Fortune (1968–1984)
- Turner (1984–1995)
- Khayat (1995–2009)
- Jones (2009–2015)
- Vitter (2016–2019)
- Sparks # (2019)
- Boyce (2019– )
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