MCC Hall of Fame
Each year, MCC honors a group of servant-leaders who have distinguished themselves in their professions and their community service with the Highest Flying Eagles Hall of Fame award.
Honorees are alumni who have excelled in their careers and life missions and have elevated MCC's esteem through their achievements, service and association with the institution.
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Randy E. Carroll
East Mississippi Electrical Power Association, Chief Executive Officer -
Pamela Speights Harrison
Retired, Meridian Community College, Chief Financial Officer -
Debroah Bourrage Stokes
Retired, Meridian Community College Associate Degree Nursing Program Instructor
- Wilhelmine Streater Tew Damon
Retired, Physical Education Instructor, MCC - Ray Denton, Ph.D.
Retired, Dean of Learning Resources, MCC - Anne Dowdle
Retired, Director of Institutional Advancement - Tajudeen Olarotimi Soyoye, MD
Emergency Room and Family Physician
- Neil Henry
Regional President, Citizens National Bank - Wanda McPhail
MCC Tennis Coach, Retired - Michele Smith
MCC Athletic and Fitness Center Director, Retired - Dr. Reginald Sykes
President, Bishop State Community College
- Betty Young-Cryer
RN, MSN, NE-BC, CRRN at Anderson Regional Medical Center - McKenzie Corey Dickerson
Miami Marlins National Baseball player - Justice Kenny Griffis
Mississippi Supreme Court Justice - Joseph Michael Ponds
Paul Broadhead & Associates, construction coordinator
- Dr. Cedric Bradley
Vice President, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College -
Dusty Culpepper
Air National Guard -
Debbie Galyean Mathis
East Mississippi Business Development Corporation -
Dr. Richie McAlister
Associate Vice President for Workforce Education, MCC -
Michael Thompson
Dean of Academic Affairs, Meridian Community College -
Soraya Welden
Vice President of Operations, Meridian Community College
- Billy Beal
MCC Associate VP Learning Resources (Posthumously) - Jimmie Evans
Retired MCC Social Science Instructor - Rev. Scotty Cole
MCC Gospel Choir Instructor/Director - Dr. Kathy Baxter
Retired MCC Associate Vice President, Research, Development, and Governmental Affairs Instructor - Dr. Daniel Newell
Veterinarian - Richie McAlister, III
City of Meridian, Chief Administrative Officer - Shirley Nell Goodman
Retired Associate VP Workforce Education Instructor - Janet Heggie
Retired Workforce Instructor
- Rhonda Burrage
Math Teacher/MPS and Milken Award Winner - Dr. Betty Davis
MCC Nursing - Dr. Miles Shirley
Dentist - Joe Clay Hamilton
Attorney
- Dr. Joe Anderson
Chaplin, Anderson Regional Medical Center - Dr. LaBaron Hedgemon
Pastor of Freedom Rock Church - Ret. Col. Howard Malone
Retired United States Army - Ben Scaggs
Associate Deputy for the US Environmental Protection Agency - Dr. Jamie Osby Williams
Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy
- Dr. Lana Jackson
Mississippi Medical Center Jackson - Dr. Ben Rush
Rush Foundation Hospital - Dr. Shawn Anderson
Anderson Regional Medical Center - Dr. Lavon Fluker Reed
Retired Superintendent of Ackerman MS School District - Fannie Johnson
Love’s Kitchen - Dan Hollingsworth
Retired Mayor of Rustin, Louisiana
- Dr. Kim Benton
Doctor of Education - Kathy Brookshire
MCC Associate Vice President for Development - The Hon. Dustin Markham
City Council/Attorney - Joe McCraney
Certified Public Accountant - Mark Porter
Insurance
- Jamie Cater
Owner of Cater’s Market - Joyce Frank
Real Estate - Roscoe Jones
Civil Rights Activist - Joe Charles Sanders
Sanders Gas - Robert Sanford
Benefits Management Insurance
- Ricardo Gillispie
Psychologist - Donald R. Massey
Contractor - Gary Wilkinson
Investment Broker - Leigh Adams White
Podiatrist
- Jennifer Avara Lott
Dentist - David Batarseh
Physician - Von Burt
Banker - Randy Nance
Physician - Syria Sturdivant
Attorney
- Gene Goldman
Director, NASA John C. Stennis Space Center - J.F. “Bud” Thompson, Jr.
Insurance Executive - F.E. “Eddie” Holladay
Radio Station Owner/Entrepreneur - Pam Tvarkunas
Riley Hospital Administrator - Terry Williams
MCC Physical Plant Director
- E.M. “Hoot” Gipson
Owner of Gipson Steel - Larry Love
Owner & CEO of Specialty Roll Products - Tony Pompelia
Owner of Leading Edges Advertising & Marketing Firm - Gerry Purvis
Owner of Purvis Business Machines - Jack Shank
Former Director of Adult Education & Dean of Continuing Education (MCC)
- B.B. Archer
Archer Architects, PLLC - Jacquelyn Van Zyverden Hogan
Van Zyverden, Inc. Chief Executive Officer - Leslie Usher
Great Southern National Bank President & Chief Financial Officer - Charles Frank Winstead
Retired Educator; Founder, Advocate for Excellence in America’s Classrooms
- Norma Bourdeaux
Former State Representative - Mark McPhail
Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center Chief Executive Officer - C.D. Smith
(A T & T) Regional Manager/MCC Board of Trustees (Member)
- Wallace Strickland
Rush Health Systems Chief Executive Officer - Ralph E. Young, Jr.
Local Attorney / MCC Board of Trustees Chairman
- Barbara Jones
MCC Dean of Academic Affairs /Lauderdale Co. School Board Member - Richard Kelly
Northeast Lauderdale Middle School Principal - Dr. Tommy McDonald
MCC Vice President for Operations - Dr. Clarence W. Roberts
Longtime MCC Vice President for Instruction - Ed Skipper
Chief Fiscal Officer for the City of Meridian
- Sylvia Autry
Superintendent of Meridian Public Schools - Videt Carmichael
State Senator and longtime Clarkdale educator - David Little
Superintendent of Lauderdale County Schools - Billy Sollie
Sheriff of Lauderdale County - Vel Young
Assistant District Attorney
- Phillip Martin
Head of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians
- Ronnie Miller
MCC Fine Arts Division Chair and major promoter of the arts in the community
- Dr. William F. Scaggs
MCC President Emeritus - Tommy Dulaney
Owner of Structural Steel Services - Lou Weddington Hart
Six-time champion of the Mississippi Women’s State Amateur Golf Tournament
For more information:
Courtney Pitts, Lifetime Quest & Alumni Association Coordinator
courtney.pitts@meridiancc.edu
601.484.8696