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]
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]