George Duke Humphrey Explained

George Duke Humphrey (August 30, 1897  - September 10, 1973)^[1] was the President of the Mississippi State College (now Mississippi State University) from 1934 to 1945.^[2] He then became the president of the University of Wyoming from 1945 to 1964.^[3]

Honors

The University of Wyoming has an annual faculty teaching award named in his honor.^[4]

The Humphrey Coliseum at Mississippi State is named in his honor.^[5]

See also

• University of Wyoming
• List of presidents of Mississippi State University

External links

• Gallery of the Presidents
• George Humphrey, University of Wyoming

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=EbceAQAAIAAJ&q=%22George+Duke+Humphrey%22+Mississippi+1897 Who's who in American education
2. http://www.msstate.edu/president/timeline/ Presidents at Mississippi State University
3. http://www.uwyo.edu/president/past-presidents/george-humphrey.html George Humphrey
4. Web site: Humphrey Award Information . 2013-06-11 . 2013-06-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130624045225/http://www.uwyo.edu/acadaffairs/awards/humphrey.html . dead .
5. Web site: Humphrey Coliseum . 2013-06-11 . 2013-05-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130523202511/http://www.hailstate.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=16800&ATCLID=925409 . dead .