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
[edit | edit source]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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- 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
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