DONOR HONOR ROLL Mississippi Valley State University is immensely grateful to the many donors who have generously offered their financial support to the University. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this report and to include each donor who supported Mississippi Valley State University from January 1, 2009 to June 30, 2012. Should you find any errors or omissions in this publication, we offer our deepest apologies and encourage you to submit your corrections by email to [email protected] so that the necessary corrections can be made in future publications and in our records. 32 MVSU UNIVERSITY REPORT | 2011-2012 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY 33 $50,000-$99,999 $1,000-$2,499 Jessie Ball duPont Fund 100 Black Men of Jackson, Inc. MVSU Foundation J. C. Allen Charles Victor & Mercidees McTeer AllStar Trophies Robert M. Hearin Support Foundation Alpha Kappa Alpha, Nu Sigma Omega Chapter American Honda Motor Company, Inc. $10,000- $49,999 Howard ’55 & Ernestine ’55 Austin Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Barnes Paper & Janitorial State of Mississippi Rodney ’64 & Gracie ’64 Buford, Sr. NIKE Corporation Byas Funeral Home, Inc. Southern Heritage Foundation, Inc. Cannon Chevrolet Thompson Hospitality Corporation Caterpillar Foundation Thurgood Marshall College Fund Citibank Delaware Coca-Cola Bottling Greenwood $5,000- $9,999 Marva Coffie ‘60 Cellular South Charitable Foundation Delta Electric Power Association Clara T. Reed ’70 Phoebe B. Dixon MVSU Jackson-Hinds Alumni Chapter Double Quick, Inc. Planters Bank & Trust Company of Indianola Richard Dunbar ‘94 Fred & Shanta Gray $2,500- $4,999 Green And White Connection Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Greenwood Leflore Carroll Economic Kappa Alpha Omega Chapter Development Foundation DONOR ROLL Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Greenwood Leflore Hospital Eta Theta Omega Chapter Rickey Hill AT & T Mississippi Donald Hopkins ‘78 FISCAL YEAR Christ Universal Temple Howard Industries Don V. Ruck Productions, Ltd. Robert Howell Entergy Corporation, Inc. HSBC General Electric Company Indianola Volleyball Team Rekesha Harrell Samuel ’70 & Linda Jackson Holland Insurance, Inc. Johnson Construction Company J. E. Vance & Company, P. A. Leflore County Board of Supervisors Land Bank of North Mississippi/Farm Credit Bank Mid-Delta Health Systems 2009 Lawrence Printing Company, Inc. MVSU Bolivar County Alumni Chapter Dorothy Smith Nelson ‘73 MVSU Humphreys County Alumni Chapter Charles* ‘70 & Anna ’69 Prophet MVSU National Alumni Association, Inc. Berley ’61 & Delores ’58 Pruitt Nelson and Frisby Carver ’65 & Rosie ’64 Randle, Sr. New Green Grove Church of Faith Staplcotn Walter ’66 & Louise ’63 Nichols Terry Trane James & Donna H. Oliver Viking Range Corporation Providence Missionary Baptist Church Walmart Foundation Pryor & Morrow Architects Cliff ’60 & Catherine ’60 Williams, Sr. Regions Bank YOR-WIC Construction Co., Inc. Clarence & Ella Revnell 34 MVSU UNIVERSITY REPORT | 2011-2012 Rissah Temple #130 Pepsico Foundation Matching Gifts Program Tobey Bartee Dale & Associates Architects Lester J. Smith ‘94 Claude ’64 & Cheryl Perkins J. G. & Sharron Bautista William Darden ‘66 Ramona Stafford Shemica Pitts ‘00 Beck Funeral Home Rikeshia Davidson ‘07 State Bank and Trust Company Alix & Betty Sanders Joseph & Thelma ’64 Bissett Eddie ’84 & Sarah ’85 Davis Robert ’67 & Gwendolyn ’69 Strong Cynthia Shelby Sam & Lucinda Blissitt Joe Davis ‘67 SWAC Alumni Sherwin Williams Edgar & Constance Bland John Davis ‘66 Archie ’79 & Beryl Tucker, Sr. Marcellus ’69 & Earnestine’69 Singleton Joyce Bolden Daniel Dawson ‘62 Vernell Barnes, Architect State Farm Companies Foundation Matching Gift Preston Boles ‘85 Delta Sigma Theta, Inc., Itta Bena/Greenwood Susie Warren Program Linda Bourgeois Alumnae Chapter W. A. ’53 & Dorothy Williams Ronald Stevenson ‘83 Mary Boxx Marshall ’77 & Eunice ’72 Dezell Cliff ’94 & Patricia ’94 Williams, Jr. Strangers Home Missionary Baptist Church Samuel ’81 & Stephanie Boyd Mr. & Mrs. John Dickerson Purvis Young ‘73 Everett ’80 & Melody Thomas Ted Brackett ‘80 Parnell ’76 & Ernestine ’72 Dickinson Thomas S. Elmore Foundation Joseph Bradley ‘66 Julius & Veronica Dixon $500-$999 Carl Toole Howard ’79 & Deborah Branch Murray Dixon ‘65 Ezzard ’99 & Sylvia Beane Ned ’67 & Dorothy ’67 Tolliver, Jr. Dennis ’79 & Glenda Brandon Walter & Irene ’59 Dixon Marshall ’78 & Kinlock Bell Verizon Foundation Timothy ’84 & Glenda ‘84 Brinkley William ’68 & Mary ’64 Dodd Bell Grove Missionary Baptist Church Wesley United Methodist Church Ernest & Fannie ’59 Brothers Roy Doty Ann Bias ‘56 Whittington, Brock & Swayze Jonathan Brown ‘84 Darious ’61 & Fannie ’62 Edmonson Darryl & Cheryl Boykins Wilbert Williams Martha Brown ‘63 O’neal ’67 & Sandra Edwards Wilbert ’89 & Angeline ’86 Brownlow Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Mildred Brown ‘69 Thomas Edwards ‘78 Marino & Betty Casem Mallory Brush Dale Emery-Chapman ‘59 Fred & Margaret Clark $100-$499 Barbara Bryant ‘86 Fred Esco ‘C77 Robert G. Clark, Jr. 100 Black Men of the Mississippi Delta Thelma Bryant ‘75 Richard & Maria Erickson Johnny ’72 & Thelma ’66 Collins AEA Heating and Cooling-Mechanical Cherrie Buchanan ‘58 Elizabeth Evans ‘79 Vincent ’80 & Helen ’85 Copeland Chukwuma Ahanonu Efford ’88 & Tonya Buchanan Ephram Faggett Herbert L. Deiw ‘77 Christopher Alexander Samuel Buchanan ‘79 Jimmy Faggett Craig ’84 & Sara ‘85 Dent Perry Alexander Benjamin Bufkin Bradford Fair Edmund’s Traditional Toy Soldiers Leo Allen Ella Bullins ‘59 Edmund & Jutta Fangonilo Cherae Farmer-Dixon ‘86 Mona Allen ‘88 John & Wanda Burn Charles ‘59 & Jessie ’60 Featherstone Stan Gaines Anthony Anderson Elsie Caldwell ‘74 Margaret Johnson Fields ‘67 Darrick ’91 & Cassandra Hawkins Charles ’62 & Mary ’59 Anderson Cardiovascular Physicians, PA James Fink Mary Ann Hollerman ‘54 Anonymous Donor Montez Carter First Presbyterian Church Humphreys County 4-H Program Shirley Armstrong Gwendolyn Catchings-Castello Henry Flowers Marisa Jackson ‘78 Rose Mary Autmon ‘74 David & Sheryl Chalupa J. B. ’61 & Hattie ’71 Flowers Leo W. Seal Family Foundation Autozone Church’s Chicken Stanley Flowers ‘59 Erica McGowan ‘95 Jerry Axton Clara Clark ‘67 Riddell Flowers, Sr. ‘73 Geoffrey & Marie Moore Michael Axton Bobby Clayton ‘82 Jefferson & Dorothy Fluker Morning Star M. B. Church Ethel Bailey ’69 Henry Cobb ‘67 Billy ’74 & Lelia Fox Morris Peterson, Jr. Foundation Paul Bailey Kathy Comer Vaughn ’88 & Christene ’88 Franklin MVSU Carroll/Montgomery County John ’56 & Doris ’61 Banks Inez Cook ‘63 Willie ’66 & Katie Gilleylen Alumni Chapter Frances Barnes ‘66 Donnell & Karen Cooper Calvin* & Bettye Gipson MVSU Hall of Fame Noel Barrett William Cothran, Jr. Milton & Rosie Glass MVSU Leflore County Alumni Chapter Arieane Barrs ‘79 Edward ’74 & Linda ’73 Course Mudiagiri Goli MVSU Oktibbeha County Alumni Chapter Tommie ’77 & Georgia ‘76 Barry Amy Courtney Donald & Shirley Goodman Mario Parson ‘94 Otis Barry* ‘61 Andre’ & Vickie Curry Janice Goodman 34 MVSU UNIVERSITY REPORT | 2011-2012 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY 35 James & Deborah ’70 Graham Elnora James ‘59 Douglass Lyles Beverly Overstreet ‘72 Herman Gray ‘64 John & Irene James Robert & Ruth Lynch Ronald Parks ‘83 Greater Pine Hill M. B. Church George Jarman John Maddox ‘61 Mary Patterson-Patton ‘66 Edgar Green ‘73 A. C. ’71 & Dorothy ’71 Jernigan Thelma MaGee Annie Mae Payton Greenwood Commonwealth John-Richard Shane Malouf Cassie Pennington Annie Greer’ 59 Ruby Johns L’Vee Martin ‘59 Daniel ’68 & Erma Perkins Hallmark Cards Inc. Matching Gifts Program Arnetha Johnson ‘69 Richard Maxwell Isaiah ’67 & Barbara ’69 Peterson William Hamilton Lawrence Johnson Veda Mayes ‘98 Howard & Shirley ’69 Phillips Randy & Anita Hammett Valerie Johnson Billy* ’60 & Sylvia ’58 McCain John Pleasant Anna Hammond Jack Joiner Willie ’68 & Louelle McDaniel Keith ’97 & Ingrid Poindexter Christopher Hand Arlington ’55 & Vivian ‘57 Jones Karen McDowell ‘94 Frederick & Crystal Pruitt Elijah’75 & Lisa Handy Edmund Jones ‘98 Joe Lewis ’86 & Demarius McFadden Glenell Lee Pruitt Badrae Hannah ‘61 Harvey Jones Carolyn McGee ‘80 Ira Pruitt Frank ’66 & Earnestine Hardmon Jim ’65 & Kathy Jones Benita McKenzie Russell ’76 & Willie Mae ’74 Pruitt Alice Hardwick-Shields ‘91 Kemp Jones ‘71 Samuel & Vonda ’88 McLean Alvis ’66 & Pambula ’04 Pryor Lonza Hardy, Jr. Lewis Jones James ’77 & Mary ‘60 McSwine Eddie ’81 & Evelyn Ragland George ’65 & Claudia Harris Otha & Janette Jones Charles Meeks Kevin Randle Lillian Barksdale Harris William & Josie Jopson Tedesse Mengistu Steve & Jennifer Randle Rosie Harris ‘63 David ’59 & Christine Jordan Merrick Realty James ’73 & Karen Ray W. C. & Edith Harris James Jordan ‘63 James ’62 & Mary Micou Edmond ’62 & Melissa Reed George Hays James ’62 & Mattie ’67 Joyce Allen Miller ‘59 Otha Richardson ‘73 Robert & Cynthia Hefflinger Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., Zeta Zeta Chapter W. S. & V. A. Mills Emmitt Riley ‘08 William & Holly Hefflinger Lloyd ’78 & Dianne ’80 Kilgore George Mitchell Robert D. Stearnes Memorial Foundation Jesse ’80 & Rosa ’65 Henderson Kimberly Clark Foundation Doris Moody Gloria Roberts Reginal ’58 & Melverta ‘78 Henderson Arthur* & Ouida* Kinnard Lawrence Morris ‘78 Jack & Patricia Robey Rosalyn Henderson ‘87 Leonard ’76 & Annie Knight Shadrach & Mary Morris Percy Robinson ‘88 Darrell Lee Hendrix ‘91 Billy 63 & Lois ’63 Knight, Sr. Eric Murphy Gonzalo & Lisa ’85 Rodriguez Willie Hickman ‘72 James Lampkin ‘76 MVSU DC Metro Alumni Chapter Bruce Rose Alma Hill ‘63 Virginia Lampton MVSU Grenada County Alumni Chapter