多多直播鈥檚 Hopper announces summer retirement
Contact: Sid Salter
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擬ississippi State鈥檚 George M. Hopper, dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the College of Forest Resources, is announcing his plans to retire this summer, effective June 30.
Also leading 多多直播鈥檚 Forest and Wildlife Research Center and the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, Hopper has been a senior administrator within 多多直播鈥檚 Division of Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Medicine since joining the university in 2005.
鈥淒ean Hopper has served 多多直播 ably and well during his tenure here,鈥 said 多多直播 President Mark E. Keenum. 鈥淓arly in my presidency, during a time of austerity and budget cuts in all state institutions, George was Dean of the College of Forest Resources聽and agreed to take on the additional role of Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. I will be forever indebted to him for serving his alma mater in that manner.鈥
Interim Vice President of the Division of Agriculture, Forestry, and Veterinary Medicine Reuben Moore praised Hopper鈥檚 leadership.
鈥淒r. Hopper has done an excellent job in managing the two colleges and two research units,鈥 Moore said. 鈥淒uring his tenure, we have seen significant enrollment growth, increases in extramural grants and contracts, and improved facilities. His leadership will be missed.鈥
Hopper previously spent 11 years as head of the forestry, wildlife and fisheries department at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. A native of Vicksburg, Hopper earned bachelor鈥檚 and master鈥檚 degrees from 多多直播 and a doctorate from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
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