George Duke Humphrey
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| was | Academic | |||||||||||||||
| Work field | Education | |||||||||||||||
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| Birth | 30 August 1897, Tippah County, USA | |||||||||||||||
| Death | 10 September 1973 (aged 76 years) | |||||||||||||||
| Star sign | Virgo | |||||||||||||||
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Biography
George Duke Humphrey (August 30, 1897 – September 10, 1973) was the President of the Mississippi State College (now Mississippi State University) from 1934 to 1945. He then became the president of the University of Wyoming from 1945 to 1964.
Honors
The University of Wyoming has an annual faculty teaching award named in his honor.
The Humphrey Coliseum at Mississippi State is named in his honor.