George Duke Humphrey (August 30, 1897 – September 10, 1973) 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 1934 to 1945. He then became the president of the
University of Wyoming
The University of Wyoming (UW) is a public land-grant research university in Laramie, Wyoming. It was founded in March 1886, four years before the territory was admitted as the 44th state, and opened in September 1887. The University of Wyoming ...
from 1945 to 1964.
Honors
The University of Wyoming has an annual faculty teaching award named in his honor.
The
Humphrey Coliseum
Humphrey Coliseum is a 10,575-seat multi-purpose arena located on the campus of Mississippi State University, just outside Starkville, Mississippi, that opened for the 1975-76 basketball season. Nicknamed The Hump, it is home to the Mississippi S ...
at Mississippi State is named in his honor.
See also
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University of Wyoming
The University of Wyoming (UW) is a public land-grant research university in Laramie, Wyoming. It was founded in March 1886, four years before the territory was admitted as the 44th state, and opened in September 1887. The University of Wyoming ...
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List of presidents of Mississippi State University
The following persons are, or were, the president of Mississippi State University.
Presidents of Mississippi A&M (1880–1932)
Presidents of Mississippi State College (1932–1958)
Presidents of Mississippi State University (1958–present)
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References
External links
Gallery of the Presidents
University of Wyoming
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Presidents of Mississippi State University
1897 births
1973 deaths
Presidents of the University of Wyoming
20th-century American academics