The Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning Board of Trustees approved renaming the department of political science at the University of Mississippi to the Ray Mabus Department of Political Science after former Gov. Ray Mabus on April 16.
University of Mississippi alumnus Mabus was elected the youngest governor in Mississippi in 150 years in 1988. He was also named one of America’s top 50 CEOs by Glassdoor.
Mabus also served as the 75th U.S. Secretary of the Navy in 2009-17 during the former president Barack Obama’s administration.
“Very few Mississippians have achieved Secretary Mabus’ level of success in both state and
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