Porter Lee Fortune Jr.

Porter Lee Fortune Jr. (July 2, 1920 September 14, 1989)[1][2] was the Chancellor of the University of Mississippi from 1968 to 1984.[3]

Biography

He was born in 1920.[3] He served as a US naval officer in the Second World War.[3] He received a PhD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.[3] He taught at Mississippi Southern College, now known as the University of Southern Mississippi, and later served as dean of the University and Graduate School.[3] He served as Chancellor of the University of Mississippi from 1968 to 1984.[3][4]

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