The Mississippi State University Libraries have created Podcasts to keep our patrons informed about our services and current events here in Mitchell Memorial Library and other branch libraries on the MSU campus. The Morris W. H. (Bill) Collins Speaker Series brings leading figures of the day to the Mississippi State University campus to engage in close and personal discussions about their lives and careers. Each meeting takes place at the Mitchell Memorial Library in The John Grisham Room. Sponsored by Stennis Center for Public Service, The John C. Stennis Institute of Government, The Congressional and Political Research Center at the MSU Library, and the Stennis Montgomery Association. Visit http://library.msstate.edu/collins for more information. http://library.msstate.edu/collins en-us Copyright 2007 Mon, 20 Aug 2007 Mon, 20 Aug 2007 tlafoe@library.msstate.edu Mississippi State University Libraries The Mississippi State University Libraries have created Podcasts to keep our patrons informed about our services and current events here in Mitchell Memorial Library and other branch libraries on the MSU campus. The Morris W. H. (Bill) Collins Speaker Ser The Mississippi State University Libraries have created Podcasts to keep our patrons informed about our services and current events here in Mitchell Memorial Library and other branch libraries on the MSU campus. The Morris W. H. (Bill) Collins Speaker Series brings leading figures of the day to the Mississippi State University campus to engage in close and personal discussions about their lives and careers. Each meeting takes place at the Mitchell Memorial Library in The John Grisham Room. Sponsored by Stennis Center for Public Service, The John C. Stennis Institute of Government, The Congressional and Political Research Center at the MSU Library, and the Stennis Montgomery Association. Visit http://library.msstate.edu/collins for more information. Thomas La Foe tlafoe@library.msstate.edu no Copyright 2007Education/Higher Education http://library.msstate.edu/collins http://library.msstate.edu/podcast/collins/collins11-2-06.M4V The Morris W. H. (Bill) Collins Speaker Series brings leading figures of the day to the Mississippi State University campus to engage in close and personal discussions about their lives and careers. Each meeting takes place at the Mitchell Memorial Library in The Grisham Room between the hours of 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM. Visit http://library.msstate.edu/content/collins for more information. Podcasts Mon, 20 Aug 2007 MSU Libraries No Collins Speaker Series - November 2, 2006 Greenville, Mississippi native and veteran of over 70 legislative campaigns, Jere Nash is co-author of Mississippi Politics: The Struggle for Power, 1976-2006. Mr. Nash is a consultant on matters ranging from political campaigns, issue referenda, public relations for businesses and law firms, research and writing, and producing radio and television commercials. Mr. Nash served as campaign manager, director of policy, and chief of staff for Governor Ray Mabus in the 1980s. From 2001 to 2003, Mr. Nash held the position of chief operating officer of Stewpot Community Services, Inc., a program organization for low-income and disadvantaged men, women, and children. A resident of Jackson, Mississippi, Jere Nash holds a Masters degree in public administration from Louisiana State University and a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering Louisiana Tech University. A long-time presence in Mississippi's governmental, policy, and political arenas, Andy Taggart is currently a member of the Madison County, Mississippi Board of Supervisors and of a number of other boards and committees throughout Mississippi. A graduate of Mississippi College and the Tulane University School of Law, Mr. Taggart served as executive director of the Mississippi Republican Party in 1984 and later as Chief of Staff for Governor Kirk Fordice. During the 1990s, Mr. Taggart taught as an adjunct professor of history and political science at Mississippi College and in 1992 was named MC's Distinguished Alumnus in Political Science. From 2002 to 2005, he was president and chief executive officer of the Mississippi Technology Alliance, a non-profit economic development company devoted to the creation and enhancement of more and higher-paying jobs in Mississippi's technology and innovation sectors. 01:09:33 MSU, Mississippi State University, Morris W. H. (Bill) Collins Speaker Series, Politics, Stennis Center for Public Service, The John C. Stennis Institute of Government, The Congressional and Political Research Center at the MSU Library, The Stennis Montgomery Association http://library.msstate.edu/collins http://library.msstate.edu/podcast/collins/collins-herring_9-30-04.M4V The Morris W. H. (Bill) Collins Speaker Series brings leading figures of the day to the Mississippi State University campus to engage in close and personal discussions about their lives and careers. Each meeting takes place at the Mitchell Memorial Library in The Grisham Room between the hours of 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM. Visit http://library.msstate.edu/content/collins for more information. Podcasts Mon, 30 Sep 2004 MSU Libraries No Collins Speaker Series - September 30, 2004 James H. Herring of Canton, Mississippi is currently serving as the Chairman of the Mississippi Republican Party. After receiving his Bachelor of Arts and Law degree from the University of Mississippi, Chairman Herring then did his graduate study in tax law at New York University. He has also attended The Judge Advocate General's School in Charlottesville, Virginia and completed prerequisite courses which enabled him to attain the rank of Colonel in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps. He served three years on active duty and twenty-one years in the U.S. Army Reserves. His thirty-two years of legal practice include extensive experience in criminal law, general trial practice in State and Federal Courts in Mississippi and elsewhere; Public Service Commission litigation involving franchise rights and rates charged by utilities, and municipal annexation litigation. He is also an acknowledged expert in litigation involving public and private water and wastewater companies. After being appointed by Governor Fordice to the Mississippi State Personnel Board in 1996, Governor Fordice then appointed him to the Mississippi Court of Appeals in 1997. While serving on the Court of Appeals, Judge Herring participated in over 1,000 decisions on the merits and personally authored numerous majority opinions, a number of which were published. Chairman Herring currently maintains his legal practice, Herring, Long and Crews, P.C., in Canton, Mississippi. Chairman Herring is a native of Canton, Mississippi where he resides with his wife, Beverly. Chairman and Mrs. Herring have a son, James, and two daughters, Caroline and Christine. He is also currently serving as an Elder and Trustee at the First Presbyterian Church of Canton and is a member of the Presbytery Judicial Council. 01:00:14 MSU, Mississippi State University, Morris W. H. (Bill) Collins Speaker Series, Politics, Stennis Center for Public Service, The John C. Stennis Institute of Government, The Congressional and Political Research Center at the MSU Library, The Stennis Montgomery Association http://library.msstate.edu/collins http://library.msstate.edu/podcast/collins/collins-baker_10-31-02.M4V The Morris W. H. (Bill) Collins Speaker Series brings leading figures of the day to the Mississippi State University campus to engage in close and personal discussions about their lives and careers. Each meeting takes place at the Mitchell Memorial Library in The Grisham Room between the hours of 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM. Visit http://library.msstate.edu/content/collins for more information. Podcasts Mon, 31 Oct 2002 MSU Libraries No Collins Speaker Series - October 31, 2002 Richard A. Baker has directed the nine-member staff of the U.S. Senate Historical Office since that office was created in 1975. He holds a doctorate in history from the University of Maryland and masters degrees from Columbia University and Michigan State University. He has taught courses in congressional history for Cornell University's Washington semester program and the University of Maryland. Before joining the Senate's staff, he served as a specialist in American history at the Library of Congress. Baker is the author of numerous articles related to congressional history and several books, including Conservation Politics: The Senate Career of Clinton P. Anderson and The Senate of the United States: A Bicentennial History. He has also edited collections of biographical essays on major Senate leaders and vice presidents. He is a former president of the Society for History in the Federal Government. 01:00:14 MSU, Mississippi State University, Morris W. H. (Bill) Collins Speaker Series, Politics, Stennis Center for Public Service, The John C. Stennis Institute of Government, The Congressional and Political Research Center at the MSU Library, The Stennis Montgomery Association http://library.msstate.edu/collins http://library.msstate.edu/podcast/collins/collins-anderson_2-21-02.M4V The Morris W. H. (Bill) Collins Speaker Series brings leading figures of the day to the Mississippi State University campus to engage in close and personal discussions about their lives and careers. Each meeting takes place at the Mitchell Memorial Library in The Grisham Room between the hours of 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM. Visit http://library.msstate.edu/content/collins for more information. Podcasts Mon, 21 Feb 2002 MSU Libraries No Collins Speaker Series - February 21, 2002 Reuben V. Anderson is a past president of the Mississippi Bar Association. He is a partner in the Phelps Dunbar firm in Jackson. A graduate of Tougaloo College, Anderson received a juris doctor degree from the Ole Miss law school in 1967. He returned to the law school in fall 1995 as a visiting professor, holding the Jamie L. Whitten Chair of Law and Government. Anderson served as a justice on the Mississippi Supreme Court from 1985-1991. Prior to that, he spent three years as a circuit court judge for the 7th Circuit Court District, four years as a county court judge for Hinds County and two years as a municipal judge for the City of Jackson. In Jackson, Mississippi, Mr. Anderson is on the board of directors of Trustmark National Bank, Jackson Chamber of Commerce, Jackson Enterprise Center, Jackson Zoo Inc., Mississippi Food Network, United Way of Capitol Area Inc., Nature Conservancy, and Metro Crime Commission. Anderson is also a fellow of the Mississippi Bar Foundation and a trustee with the Ole Miss Alumni Association, Piney Woods Country Life School, R.H. Green Foundation, Tougaloo College, Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, and Rhodes Scholarship Selection Committee for Mississippi. Mr. Anderson is married to the former Phyllis Wright and they have two children, Vincent and Raina Anderson-Minor. 00:43:58 MSU, Mississippi State University, Morris W. H. (Bill) Collins Speaker Series, Politics, Stennis Center for Public Service, The John C. Stennis Institute of Government, The Congressional and Political Research Center at the MSU Library, The Stennis Montgomery Association http://library.msstate.edu/collins http://library.msstate.edu/podcast/collins/collins-barbour_03-23-01.M4V The Morris W. H. (Bill) Collins Speaker Series brings leading figures of the day to the Mississippi State University campus to engage in close and personal discussions about their lives and careers. Each meeting takes place at the Mitchell Memorial Library in The Grisham Room between the hours of 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM. Visit http://library.msstate.edu/content/collins for more information. Podcasts Mon, 23 Mar 2001 MSU Libraries No Collins Speaker Series - March 23, 2001 From 1993 to January 1997 Haley Barbour served two terms as Chairman of the Republican National Committee. In November 1994, under Mr. Barbour's chairmanship, Republicans won the greatest midterm majority sweep of the twentieth century, winning GOP control of both houses of Congress for the first time in forty years. In 1996, Republicans maintained their majorities in both the House and Senate, winning control of Congress in back-to-back elections for the first time in 68 years. In 1997 Barbour rejoined the firm of Barbour Griffith and Rogers, with offices in Mississippi and Washington, DC. Mr. Barbour had taken a hiatus from his law practice in 1985 to serve Ronald Reagan for two years as Director of the White House Office of Political Affairs. In 2000 Barbour chaired the Bush for President Washington, DC Campaign Advisory Committee. He was one of ten members of Governor Bush's National Presidential Exploratory Committee in 1999. Mr. Barbour's leadership extends into international affairs as well. He serves as Vice Chairman of the International Democrat Union (IDU), the organization founded by President Reagan and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, which unites center-right, free-enterprise, democratic parties around the world. In addition to his role with the IDU, Mr. Barbour is Chairman of the Union for Freedom and Democracy in the Americas (ADU). ADU, which is the regional organization of IDU in the Western Hemisphere, was founded in 1996 and coordinates greater cooperation among conservative, free-market, democratic political parties in the region. A seventh-generation Mississippian, Barbour was the Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate in 1982; he lost to the 35-year incumbent, Senator John Stennis. He served as Republican National Committeeman for Mississippi from 1984 until 1998. Currently, Mr. Barbour serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Barbour Griffith and Rogers, a division of Golin-Harris, and a member of the Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG), a New York Stock Exchange holding company. Mr. Barbour, 52, also is the Chairman of Policy Impact Communications, a Washington, DC-based public relations firm specializing in communications that affect public policy issues. Additionally, Mr. Barbour is a member of the Board of Directors of Mississippi Chemical Corporation, a leading fertilizer manufacturer. From 1989 to 1993, Mr. Barbour served as a Director of Amtrak. Barbour received his law degree from the University of Mississippi in 1973. He and his wife, Marsha, have two sons and live in Yazoo City, Mississippi. He is a deacon in the First Presbyterian Church of Yazoo City, where he has also taught Sunday School. 01:41:03 MSU, Mississippi State University, Morris W. H. (Bill) Collins Speaker Series, Politics, Stennis Center for Public Service, The John C. Stennis Institute of Government, The Congressional and Political Research Center at the MSU Library, The Stennis Montgomery Association http://library.msstate.edu/collins http://library.msstate.edu/podcast/collins/collins-clark_10-26-00.M4V The Morris W. H. (Bill) Collins Speaker Series brings leading figures of the day to the Mississippi State University campus to engage in close and personal discussions about their lives and careers. Each meeting takes place at the Mitchell Memorial Library in The Grisham Room between the hours of 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM. Visit http://library.msstate.edu/content/collins for more information. Podcasts Mon, 26 Oct 2000 MSU Libraries No Collins Speaker Series - October 26, 2000 Robert George Clark, Speaker Pro Tempore of the Mississippi House of Representatives, is serving his ninth straight term in the House. First elected in 1967, he is presently the longest serving member in continuous House service. Clark, who has always had a primary interest in education initially sought election with the hopes of providing adequate education for students in the rural hamlets of Mississippi. He was the first black elected to the state legislative body since the Reconstruction era. In January 1992 he was elected as Speaker Pro Tempore an office established in 1987 by House members. He was re-elected to this position at the start of the 1996 session and again re-elected at the start of the 2000 session. Clark, a native of Holmes County, who resides in the Ebenezer Community, represents House District 47. Additionally, he, an avid church member since early childhood, is also a Baptist minister. Formerly a classroom teacher, coach and principal, Clark has an undergraduate degree from Jackson State University and a Master's Degree in Administration and Educational Services from Michigan State University. Additional studies include Michigan State University, Mississippi Valley State University, Florida A and M University and Western Michigan University. In 1979 he was a teaching fellow of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He is particularly proud of the passage of the Education Enhancement Act. His monumental role in the passage of this Act provided Mississippi's schools with the funds to repair schools in numerous school districts across the state. Because of this Act, dangerously outdated school buildings were able to get new roofs, buses with more than 200,000 miles on the odometer were discarded, and fifteen-year-old well-worn and academically obsolete textbooks were replaced with more modern ones. Additionally, he served as Chairman of the Howe Ethics Committee arid Vice Chairman of the Apportionment and Elections Committee. As Speaker Pro Tempore, he serves as Chairman of the House Management Committee, which oversees internal business affairs, and personnel of the Mississippi Home of Representatives. He is also the senior ranking member of the Mississippi's Legislative Black Caucus. Clark is a very active member of the legendary Freedom Democratic Party of Holmes County Mississippi. Presently it is the only fully FDP group which was born during the turbulent era of the sixties civil rights movement. In fact it still exercises its political strength to right racial wrongs and injustices. He is married to the former Jo Ann Ross and they have a daughter, LaLeche and two sons, Robert George III and Bryant Wandrick. 01:01:28 MSU, Mississippi State University, Morris W. H. (Bill) Collins Speaker Series, Politics, Stennis Center for Public Service, The John C. Stennis Institute of Government, The Congressional and Political Research Center at the MSU Library, The Stennis Montgomery Association Mississippi State University LibrariesnonadultThe Mississippi State University Libraries have created Podcasts to keep our patrons informed about our services and current events here in Mitchell Memorial Library and other branch libraries on the MSU campus. The Morris W. H. (Bill) Collins Speaker Ser