List of University of Southern Mississippi people

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The following is a list of notable people associated with the University of Southern Mississippi, located in the American city of Hattiesburg, Mississippi.


Notable alumni

Politics and government

Media and the arts

Military

  • Major General Jeffery Hammond 1978, 1986 - led one of the initial battalions into Bosnia in enforcement of the Dayton Peace Accords, served as the commander of U.S. forces in Baghdad, where he served 33,000 troops of the U.S. Army 4th Infantry Division and Multi-National Division Baghdad
  • Rear Admiral Francis D. "Bill" Moran 1961, third director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps
  • Colonel Ronald J. Rabin - commissioned as a second lieutenant of infantry from the ROTC program at Mississippi Southern College (now the University of Southern Mississippi)
  • Major General Walter H. Yates, Jr. - military decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit with Oak Leaf Cluster, Distinguished Flying Cross, Bronze Star Medal, Meritorious Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, numerous Air Medals, Army Commendation Medal, and the Purple Heart

Science and technology

Athletics

Others

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