Sonny Montgomery b'day remembrance - Presidential Medal

Sonny Montgomery b'day remembrance -  Presidential Medal
Photo by Russ Houston

August 7, 2006

To commemorate the 86th anniversary of G.V. "Sonny" Mongtomery's birth, Mississippi State on Saturday received a number of items belonging to the former Mississippi congressman and MSU alumnus. Robert J. "Bob" Bailey (left) of Meridian, president of the Montgomery Foundation, presented to MSU President Robert H. "Doc" Foglesong the Presidential Medal of Freedom, awarded to Montgomery in 2005.