Joseph Neely Powers (March 15, 1869 – October 4, 1939) was Superintendent of Education in Mississippi and served as the Chancellor of the

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from 1914 to 1924, and from 1930 to 1932.David G. Sansing, ''The University of Mississippi: A Sesquicentennial History'', Oxford, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi, 1999, p. 19

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Biography

He was born in

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in 1869. He attended the

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, now known as the University of Louisville School of Medicine, the

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, and the

. He was appointed as Superintendent of Education in Mississippi by Governor

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. As such, he established agricultural high schools, later known as

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s. He served as Chancellor of the

from 1914 to 1924, and from 1930 to 1932. As chancellor, he enabled

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to enroll without a high school diploma. He also helped found the

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. He died in

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.http://www.mocavo.com/Ole-Miss-University-of-Mississippi-1940/768232/16

References

1869 births People from Mississippi People from Hale County, Alabama University of Louisville School of Medicine alumni University of Chicago alumni University of Mississippi people 1939 deaths {{ULouisville-stub