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Dr. David S. Pankratz, 1955–61; dean, School of Medicine and Medical Center director; Dr. Robert Q. Marston, 1961–66; dean, School of Medicine, Medical Center director and vice chancellor for health affairs; Dr. John Gronvall, 1966–1967; acting dean, School of Medicine and acting Medical Center director
Jackson Academy is a private school in Jackson, Mississippi founded by Loyal M. Bearrs in 1959. [2] Bearrs claimed he established the school to teach using an accelerated phonics program he developed, [3] [4] but the school remained completely racially segregated until 1986, even forgoing tax exemption in 1970 to avoid having to accept Black students.
The mall officially opened on September 12, 1984 [2] with four anchors — Jackson-based McRae's, Gayfers, D.H. Holmes, and JCPenney.The mall also has a cinema located in the back of the mall, originally a 10-screen operation, which later expanded to a 14-screen state-of-the-art setup under Regal Entertainment Group's United Artists Theatres brand, but was sold in September 2018 and closed in ...
The law school was founded in 1930 as the Jackson School of Law. In 1975, the law school was acquired by Mississippi College. In 1980, MC Law gained full ABA accreditation. [7] MC Law is one of two law schools in the state of Mississippi, and the only law school in the capital, Jackson.
The Diocese of Jackson is a Latin Church diocese in Mississippi in the United States. Its ecclesiastical jurisdiction includes the northern and central parts of the state, an area of 97,458 square kilometers (37,629 sq mi).
The 1996 Jackson firehouse shooting was a mass murder that took place on April 24, 1996, at a firehouse in Jackson, Mississippi in the United States. Firefighter Kenneth Tornes fatally shot four of his supervisors, after killing his wife earlier that day.
There are 82 counties in the U.S. state of Mississippi. Mississippi is tied with Arkansas for the most counties with two county seats, at 10. Mississippi's postal abbreviation is MS and its FIPS state code is 28.
Meridian is the eighth most populous city in the U.S. state of Mississippi, [2] with a population of 35,052 at the 2020 census. [3] It is the county seat of Lauderdale County and the principal city of the Meridian, Mississippi Micropolitan Statistical Area.