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Joseph Neely Powers (March 15, 1869 – October 4, 1939) was Superintendent of Education in Mississippi and served as the Chancellor of the University of Mississippi from 1914 to 1924, and from 1930 to 1932.[1][2]

Powers

Biography

He was born in Havana, Alabama in 1869.[1][3] He attended the Louisville Medical College, now known as the University of Louisville School of Medicine, the University of Chicago, and the University of Mississippi.[2] He was appointed as Superintendent of Education in Mississippi by Governor James K. Vardaman.[1] As such, he established agricultural high schools, later known as community colleges.[1] He served as Chancellor of the University of Mississippi from 1914 to 1924, and from 1930 to 1932.[1] As chancellor, he enabled William Faulkner to enroll without a high school diploma.[1] He also helped found the University of Southern Mississippi.[2] He died in Jackson, Mississippi.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Joseph Neely Powers". Archived from the original on 2010-05-31. Retrieved 2010-07-24.
  2. ^ a b c David G. Sansing, The University of Mississippi: A Sesquicentennial History, Oxford, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi, 1999, p. 195 [1]
  3. ^ Mississippi (1922). "School Laws of the State of Mississippi Enacted by the Legislature".
  4. ^ http://www.mocavo.com/Ole-Miss-University-of-Mississippi-1940/768232/16


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