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STARKVILLE, Miss.--The Association of Retired Faculty at Mississippi State is honoring one of its members with a new scholarship at the university.
The Charles N. Moore Exemplary Service Award is a tribute to the 22-year-old organization's 1995-96 president who helped develop the annual student awards program that has become its most important activity.
Moore, a Starkville resident, is professor emeritus and department head emeritus of business information systems and quantitative analysis. He also served the ARF as treasurer, board of directors member and publicity committee chair.
"In addition to initiatives undertaken as an ARF officer, Dr. Moore has been tireless in his efforts to make retired Mississippi State faculty members aware of the rewarding aspects of participation in our organization," said current member Diane Wall, a professor emerita of political science.
Wall said membership dues help support the scholarships, which, with the addition of the Moore Award, now go to five top students. The other honors are memorials to former members, including William L. Giles, MSU's 13th president; Charles E. Lindley, dean emeritus of agriculture; Harry C.F. Simrall, dean emeritus of engineering; and Peyton W. Williams, professor emeritus of English.
The inaugural Moore Award went to Sammie Jo Bailey of Lithonia, Ga., a junior business information systems major, President's Scholar and member of the MSU softball team.
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