
The President's Commission on the Status of Women held its annual Celebration of Women luncheon with Outstanding Mississippi Woman award-winner Lenore L. Prather (far left), state supreme court chief justice, and keynote speaker. Others honored include (l-r) Jan Batchelder, Bettye Douglas Memorial Outstanding Secretarial/Clerical Woman; Gwen Perkins of Starkville, Outstanding Community Woman; Sharon Fanning, Outstanding Professional Non-faculty Woman; Ashley Gholson, Outstanding Undergraduate Woman; Joyce Blair, Outstanding Service/Maintenance Woman; Patsy Sykes, Outstanding Technical/Paraprofessional Woman; Leah Norman, Outstanding Executive, Administrative, Managerial Woman; Christy Beavis, Outstanding Graduate Woman; and Dr. Sandra Harpole, Outstanding Faculty Woman.