Michael C. Bates (r), consul general of Great Britain to Atlanta and the Southeast, is visiting Mississippi as a special guest of MSU's Janos Radvanyi Chair in International Security. Before traveling to Jackson today to address a leadership luncheon, the veteran diplomat was on campus Wednesday for a student-faculty lecture and meetings with MSU President Charles Lee and others. Welcoming him was Radvanyi, professor emeritus of history and namesake of the endowed professorship.