Facts
Services Available
- Access to Rebel Network, a social networking site that has helpful career networking and job site engine built in
- E-mail forwarding
- E-Newsletter
Major Events
- Homecoming: A big event where alumni come in and relive their youth through those crowned on the field as Homecoming Queen or riding in the parade the Friday afternoon before the game.
- Ole Miss Band Reunion: Each year, old band members get together with the Pride of the South Band. They play in the halftime show and sometimes in the stands.
- Red and Blue Weekend: Each spring, the football team divides into two teams that scrimmage one another. After that, there’s a baseball game. Alumni love coming in for this event to do double sports duty and to enjoy the Grove.
Publications
- The Alumni Review is published quarterly and mailed out as part of your alumni dues.
- The Rebel Insider is an electronic newsletter that helps keep alumni members up-to-date.
Did You Know?
Famous Ole Miss Alumni
• Stark Young (Class of 1901) – Novelist
• John S. McCain (Class of 1904) – Admiral of USN
• Harold Burson (Class of 1940) – Chairman of Burson-Marsteller, world’s second-largest public relations firm
• Charlie Conerly (Class of 1948) – New York Giants Quarterback
• Lenore L. Prather (Class of 1955) – First woman on the Mississippi Supreme Court
• Larry Speakes (Class of 1959) – Former Press Secretary to the President of the United States
• Thad Cochran (Class of 1959 and 1965) – U.S. Senator
• James Meredith (Class of 1963) - First black student to enroll at the University of Mississippi
• Reuben Vincent Anderson (Class of 1967) – First black justice on Mississippi’s Supreme Court
• Trent Lott (Class of 1963, 1967) – Former Senate Majority Leader
• Archie Manning (Class of 1971) – Quarterback of the New Orleans Saints
• Gail Pittman (Class of 1971) – Known worldwide for her hand-painted china patterns
• Haley Barbour (Class of 1973) – Mississippi’s Governor
• Jeanne Shaheen (Class of 1973) – First female Governor of New Hampshire
• Jim Barksdale (Class of 1974) – Netscape CEO
• Bill Parsons (Class of 1979) – Head of NASA’s spaceship programs
• John Grisham (Class of 1981) – Author
• Shepard Smith (Class of 1983) – News anchor and host of Fox Report with Shepard Smith
• Jennifer Gillom (Class of 1986) – Olympic Gold Medalist and professional basketball player
• David Dellucci (Class of 1995) – Arizona Diamondbacks and Texas Rangers Leftfielder
• Roosevelt Skerrit (Class of 1997) – Prime Minister of Dominica, and one of the youngest heads of state
• Deuce McAllister (Class of 2002) – Running back for the New Orleans Saints
• Eli Manning (Class of 2004) – Quarterback for the New York Giants
• Leonard McCoy (Class of 2249 and medical school 2253) – Fictional character from Star Trek series, served on the Starship Enterprise under Captain James T. Kirk
• Susan Sugarbaker – Fictional character from Designing Women, also (in that series) was crowned Miss Georgia
Other famous Ole Miss Alumni:
Robert Khayat (Washington Redskins kicker and current Ole Miss Chancellor), Gerald McRaney (Actor), Mike Moore (Former Mississippi Attorney General, began the major lawsuit against the tobacco industry), Lieutenant General James E. Sherrad III (Chief of the Air Force Reserves), Eddie Fritts (President of the National Association of Broadcasters), Cynthia Geary (Actress), Lynda Meed Shea (Miss America 1950), Mary Ann Mobley Collins (Miss America 1959), Ron Franklin (ESPN Broadcaster), David Molpus (Reporter on National Public Radio), Mose Allison (Jazz and blues pianist), Susan Alan-Lynch (Miss America 1986)
Famous People Who Attended but Did Not Graduate:
• Kate Jackson – Actress, Charlie’s Angels
• William Faulkner – Author
Most Recent Contributing Author
Name: Janna Jones
Hometown: Booneville, Miss.
Major: Print Journalism
Janna graduated high school with exactly 50 people?and that was a BIG class for New Site High!
Contributing Author Internship
College Prowler is actively seeking talented students to be "Contributing Authors," and assist with updating
the College Prowler guide to their school. This is a great opportunity for a student to gain internship experience, be a part of a nationally
recognized company, gain tremendous exposure, utilize new media techniques, and share advice with high school students about what life is
really like at your college. Read more about the internship.
