MSU students to learn from returning distinguished graduates

Contact: Sammy McDavid

The eight members of Mississippi State's 2001 Alumni Fellows group include leaders in business, education, law, and government located from New York to Vicksburg to California.

Sponsored and organized by the university's alumni association, the 12th annual fellows program features graduates of distinction who return to campus to share experiences and offer career guidance to current students and faculty members. Chosen by each college and school, the men and women carry the honorary title permanently.

John V. Correro, executive director of the Mississippi State University Alumni Association, said this year's group will be on campus Oct. 25 and 26. They include:

--Judge William Alsup of San Francisco, College of Arts and Sciences;

--Bruce J. Brumfield of Inverness, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences;

--Angela Roberts Cavaluzzi of New York City, School of Architecture;

--Sally R. Cook of Kenora, Ontario, Canada, College of Forest Resources;

--Charles D. Fowler of Jackson, Tenn., College of Education;

--Steve D. Golding of Vicksburg, College of Business and Industry;

--Dr. Darrell Phillips of Lyons, Colo., College of Veterinary Medicine; and

--Douglas T. Terreson of Houston, Texas, College of Engineering.

"The fellows program serves to recognize the ultimate measure of a university, the quality of its alumni," Correro said. "By sharing the many competencies, attitudes and efforts necessary for success, they enrich the learning experiences of both our students and faculty."

Alsup, a Jackson native and 1967 mathematics graduate, is a United States District Judge for the Northern District of California. He also holds degrees from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government and law school. A former member of the Pyles, Tucker and Cupit firm in Jackson, he was a law clerk to Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas and an assistant to the Solicitor General of the United States.

Brumfield, an Inverness native and 1960 animal science graduate, is a partner in Brumfield Plantation and FTB Farms. He also is chairman of the board of the Community Bank in Indianola and vice president and member of Duncan Gin Inc.'s board of directors. In 1999, he was Progressive Farmer magazine's Mississippi Man of the Year in Agriculture.

Cavaluzzi, one of New York's 12 planning commissioners, is a former Long Beach resident and 1982 architecture graduate who began her career with the Gulfport firm of Philip W. Shaw Architects. She holds a master's degree from Columbia University and also was earlier associated with professional firms in Dallas and New York.

Cook, a Canton native and 1980 forestry graduate, is project manager for Weyerhaeuser Engineering Services. She also holds a master's degree in business administration from MSU. Since joining Weyerhaeuser as an intern in 1979, Cook has gone on to hold various managerial positions, most in North Carolina. Before recently moving to Canada, she was a longtime resident of Ayden, N.C.

Fowler, a Corinth native and 1995 doctoral graduate in educational administration, is vice president for development at Union University. He holds bachelor's degrees from Union and Blue Mountain College, and a master's from the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. An ordained Baptist minister, he joined the Union administration in 1995 as vice president for student services.

Golding, a Greenville native and 1972 transportation graduate, is president and owner of Golding Barge Co., which operates a tank barge fleet serving the entire United States inland waterway system. After graduation, he began work as a deck hand with Ole Man River Towing Inc. and became its president at age 27. He has served as regional chairman and member of the national board of directors of American Waterways Operators, a business advocacy organization.

Dr. Darrell Phillips, an Aberdeen native and 1983 College of Veterinary Medicine graduate, is administrator and medical director for Banfield, The Pet Hospital, a professional organization employing more than 600 doctors. He was a private practitioner in Monroe County during the 1980s and 1990s before relocating to the West.

Douglas T. "Doug" Terreson, a former Pascagoula resident and 1984 petroleum engineering graduate, is managing director for global energy research at Morgan Stanley, an international financial services firm. Previously a Gulf Coast engineer with Schlumberger Limited, he also holds a master's degree in business administration from Rollins College.