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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