Millsaps College - Bobashela Yearbook (Jackson, MS)

James Livesay When then-President Ellis Finger hired Jim Livesay in 1952, he said, " We need somebody to do a lot of jobs and we don ' t have a lot of resources. " " So, " recalls Jim, " I rushed in where angels feared to tread. " Jim Livesay was the departments of public relations, alumni affairs and student recruitment. He was responsible for pro- ducing alumni publications. He was the campus photogra- pher, started the regular alumni fund and handled church relations. For the past 10 years, his primary responsibilities have been in church relations. Many people have loved and do love this college. It ' s doubtful, though, that anyone in its history has been more devoted, or more proud of it, than Jim Livesay (Class of ' 47). " I knew what Millsaps was, what it stood for, what it meant to the community. I saw Millsaps as an institution that Missis- sippi urgently needed, and I came here out of the feeling that all of us have — that we want to make a difference with our lives. " There is an urgent necessity, " he continues, " for schools like Millsaps to communicate values. When I think of the influence our alumni have had in their communities, their churches— that ' s the ultimate judgment of a college, the ef- fect it has on others. " The ultimate tribute that can be paid to an institution is the loyalty of a man like James Livesay. He retired at the end of the 1987 school year. 133