University of Mississippi - Ole Miss Yearbook (Oxford, MS)

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m m II .; 101 ked by the passing of Dean Louis Westerfield, the 1996-1997 school year began as the University mourned one of its finest leaders. Chancellor Robert Khayat began his second year as chief executive of the University of Mississippi with Dr. Gerald Walton serving in the newly created position of University Provost, a role which the school year saw him perform with integrity and effectiveness. Vice Chancellor for Student Life Richard Mullendore entered his first fall semester at the University with vibrant ideas to improve student living conditions and the academic atmosphere on campus. New administrators were sought as a national search yielded a Director for the McDonnell-Barksdale Honors ii m College, and the positions of Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Associate Provost for Information Technologies were advertised. In a year characterized by unprecedented opportunities for campus progress, Ole Miss administrators, faculty, and staff led the way with extraordinary vision and concern for students. Guided by greatness, the University of Mississippi looked to the twenty-first ■ ' ■I century with confidence in its leaders, an indomitable spirit, and a thrilling sense of unity 5 dministration Administration 17

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Hi . to Sfl Chancellor Robert C. Khayat Robert C. Khayat received his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Mississippi. Later, as a Sterling Fellow in Law, he received the LL.M. Degree from Yale University. An Academic Ail-American in football, Dr. Khayat has demonstrated that leadership as a student athlete can provide the foundation for future suc- cess. He is a member of Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Delta Phi, and Phi Kappa Phi honorai y societies. Chancellor Khayat began his career at the University of Mississippi in 1969 as Professor of Law. He has also served as Associate Dean of the Law School, Vice Chancellor for University Affairs, and Executive Director of the Sesquicentennial Celebration prior to being named Chancellor at Ole Miss in July, 1995. He was named Outstanding Law Professor for 1993-1994, and in 1994, members of the Mississippi Law Journal endowed a scholarship in his honor. Dr. Khayat was President of the NCAA Foundation from 1989-1992 and has been a practicing attor- ney and municipal judge. Active in professional and civic affairs. Dr. Khayat has served as President of the Chamber of -Ty-ent Thompson Commerce and as a member of the Mississippi Bar Foundation. He is a member of the Board of Directors for the Institute for Technology Development and the Mississippi Valley Title Insurance Company. His leadership in higher edu- cation was recently recognized by his appointment to serve as a member of the National Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance, and on the College Presidents Steering Committee for the America Reads Challenge Program. I of student ' ' ' ' kasledwl Dunn laie continue sinofiiudf meet the ctal Recof luihe world. «sior couipuienW aswll •CJmel ' to . sa( safe campus I mierest a kamemore ai(ding a v (iiircommuu .y online r Even litre not the fntndly as p seniff 10 turn the { tomluiiion olthcpresu Our i« enhance •koihOleM impacted ou Sfliolars, as itfelingoii Will pwped int( wenttha We( ' I ' iriinijndj ™llion. Tit ' I :! ' !eniii ' ■tiiiiinns aticin. Tot ' Acted in lHn§we mllem The l- ' tvergt, ' . L 18 Administration