Coahoma Community College - Coahoman Yearbook (Clarksdale, MS)

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77 yrzgufe fo 15.69 Wcgaurzhs . , . ....---'- M,,,,.w--H ' . .ce-i.,,3:N: as sgis i ' . 'QRS ' ' , u.S,.'1 buf' ., . ,Q g J J . X W A he . V , .--......?' Q WM. W 'V During the February 1966 Board Meeting of the Board of Trustees for Coahoma Junior College and Agricultural High School, Benjamin Franklin McLaurin, Senior submitted his resignation as President of the College he has guided since its conception. Meanwhile, he promised to stay on with the institution in a capacity that would be less taxing. This was a voluntary move dictated by his physical condition at that time. Mr. McLaurin has been more to CoahomaJunior College than an administrator and we believe Coahoma Junior College has been more to the McLaurin family than an educational institution. lt has been a home for Mr. and Mrs. McLaurin and their two, Q25 sons, B. F. McLaurin, Jr., Baby Mac , and Johnny McLaurin. The McLaurin children were always campus favorites. They made so many feel so close to the McLaurin family. In fact it has been a campus family for all of us as both Mr. and Mrs. McLaurin have taken a parental interest in students and provided them with everything from food and cash money to items of clothing. Aside from Mr. McLaurin's attainments as a school administrator, he has proven to be a successful businessman and a true friend of the community. The above is attested by the fact that he was chosen as a member of the Clarksdale Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Executive Committee of the local Community Action Program.

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57 mzhzkfrafzbe Qsfcyff f at 5-......ie-tf5'a AM PRESIDENT B. F. MCLAURIN, Adminstrative Assistant MRS. CLEOPATRA DAUGHERTY Secretary - Bookkeeper Coordinator of Student Financial Aid and Defense Loan Fund MR. LEE ROY GORMAN

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iz 92010149 CICZZICIQ Qui-sv B. F. MCLAURIN, JR, JOHNNY W, MCLAURIN lst LI. U. S. Army Although retired from the office of President, Mr. McLaurin is far from inactive. He still has an active obligation to the school and is just as concerned about its welfare as always. Mrs. McLaurin remains a dedicated Home Economic's teacher in the High School Department. Their sons are both presently in foreign countries. Baby Mac is a First Lieutenant serving in Viet Nam. He received both his Bachelors' and Masters' Degrees from Kansas State University before entering the Army. Johnny is now working on his Masters' Degree in Switzerland where he is an exchange student. He received his Bachelors' Degree in Mathematics from the University of Kansas. The staff gladly submits this space and proudly salutes a true Coahoma Family.