Porter Lee Fortune Jr. (July 2, 1920 – September 14, 1989) was the Chancellor of the

University of Mississippi The University of Mississippi ( byname Ole Miss) is a public research university that is located adjacent to Oxford, Mississippi, and has a medical center in Jackson. It is Mississippi's oldest public university and its largest by enrollment ...

from 1968 to 1984.Ole Miss biography

Biography

He was born in 1920. He served as a US naval officer in the

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. He received a PhD from the

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States ...

. He taught at Mississippi Southern College, now known as the

University of Southern Mississippi The University of Southern Mississippi (Southern Miss or USM) is a public research university with its main campus located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. It is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award bachelor's, ma ...

, and later served as dean of the university and graduate school. He served as chancellor of the

from 1968 to 1984.Ole Miss alumni webpage
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1920 births 1989 deaths People from Mississippi United States Navy personnel of World War II University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni University of Southern Mississippi faculty Chancellors of the University of Mississippi United States Navy officers 20th-century American academics {{US-academic-administrator-1920s-stub