Fred Tom Mitchell (July 4, 1891 – December 5, 1953) was the President of the Mississippi State College (now
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State University for Agriculture and Applied Science, commonly known as Mississippi State University (MSU), is a public land-grant research university adjacent to Starkville, Mississippi. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Unive ...
) from 1945 to 1953. He was an alumnus of
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State University for Agriculture and Applied Science, commonly known as Mississippi State University (MSU), is a public land-grant research university adjacent to Starkville, Mississippi. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Unive ...
. He received a master's degree from
Peabody College
Vanderbilt Peabody College of Education and Human Development (also known as Vanderbilt Peabody College, Peabody College, or simply Peabody) is the education school of Vanderbilt University, a private research university in Nashville, Tennessee. ...
(now part of
Vanderbilt University
Vanderbilt University (informally Vandy or VU) is a private research university in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 1873, it was named in honor of shipping and rail magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided the school its initial $1-million ...
) and a PhD from
Penn State University
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Honors
The Mitchell Memorial Library at Mississippi State is named in his honor.
References
External links
Mississippi State University General InformationGallery of the Presidents
Presidents of Mississippi State University
1891 births
1953 deaths
20th-century American academics
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