{"id":805,"date":"2008-09-05T16:36:53","date_gmt":"2008-09-05T21:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ezing.me\/transfer\/?p=805"},"modified":"2016-07-28T14:31:43","modified_gmt":"2016-07-28T19:31:43","slug":"georgehopkins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/georgehopkins\/","title":{"rendered":"Gift for Engineering Scholarship Honors Alumnus’ Dedication, Legacy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nGeorge Hopkins\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

OXFORD,
\nMiss. – To honor her father’s lifelong dedication to the University of
\nMississippi, a commitment that has spanned four generations, Ann H.
\nGresham of Indianola has given $100,000 to establish the George P.
\nHopkins Engineering Scholarship Endowment.<\/p>\n

Scholarship
\nrecipients will be full-time freshmen who are pursuing degrees in
\nengineering. First preference will go to students from Sunflower
\nCounty, where Indianola is located, and Harrison County, where Hopkins’
\nhometown of Gulfport is located.
\n

“The School of Engineering is profoundly grateful for this gift from Ann Gresham,” said Kai Fong Lee, engineering dean. “The amount of scholarship we can offer a student is an important factor in the student’s decision of which university to attend. We have been blessed with the generosity of many donors and the Hopkins Scholarship will enhance the school’s competitiveness in attracting outstanding students.”<\/p>\n

Gresham said she hopes the scholarship helps send deserving students through UM’s engineering school, which has played a large role in her family’s life. After her father earned his degree in civil engineering in 1917, his son George P. Hopkins Jr., a 1950 graduate, and great-grandson George P. Hopkins IV, a 2008 graduate, also earned engineering degrees. Another of Hopkins’ great-grandsons, Michael Gresham, is currently enrolled in the school.<\/p>\n

“We are big Rebel fans,” said Gresham, who also attended Ole Miss. “I mainly wanted this scholarship to be in memory of my father and to recognize his sons and grandsons who have pursued civil engineering. I just hope it will help smart, young engineers to go out into the world and be better citizens.”<\/p>\n

Hopkins, who died in 1964, was an avid follower of Ole Miss athletics, and he especially enjoyed attending football and baseball games. He was the founder of the Gulfport-based George P. Hopkins Inc., a contracting and engineering company that remains in the Hopkins family.<\/p>\n

Gresham’s gift is part of the university’s MomentUM campaign, a four-year initiative to raise $200 million for the university. Funds raised through the campaign, which ends in December 2008, will support scholarships, graduate fellowships, faculty support, a basketball practice facility, residential colleges and a new law school on the Oxford campus. Also in the plans are a cancer center at the UM Medical Center and a new building to house the School of Pharmacy, both in Jackson.<\/p>\n

For more information on making a gift to the University of Mississippi, visit http:\/\/www.umf.olemiss.edu\/makeagift<\/a> .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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