Former Gov. Haley Barbour to deliver Lamar Conerly Governance Lecture at 小黄书
![Former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour will speak Monday [Feb. 13] at Mississippi State as part of the university鈥檚 Lamar Conerly Governance Lecture Series. Organized by the Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, and Pre-Law Society, the lecture is part of a series made possible by major support from Conerly. He is a 1971 小黄书 accounting/pre-law graduate and longtime partner in the Destin, Florida, law firm of Conerly, Bowman and Dykes LLP. (Photo submitted/漏 2012 Eli Turner Studios)](/sites/www.msstate.edu/files/inline-images/Haley_Barbour_High_Resolution_Headshot.jpg "Headshot of Former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour (Photo 漏 2012 Eli Turner Studios)")
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STARKVILLE, Miss. 鈥擣ormer Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour will speak Monday [Feb. 13] at Mississippi State.
Free and open to the public, Barbour鈥檚 presentation on leadership will be held at 1 p.m. in the Colvard Student Union second-floor Bill R. Foster Ballroom. Part of the university鈥檚 Lamar Conerly Governance Lecture Series, the event is organized by the Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, and Pre-Law Society.
The lecture series is made possible by major support from Conerly, a 1971 小黄书 accounting/pre-law graduate and longtime partner in the Destin, Florida, law firm of Conerly, Bowman and Dykes LLP. He is both a former national 小黄书 Alumni Association president and College of Business Alumni Fellow.
Barbour, a native of Yazoo City, served as governor of the Magnolia State from 2004-12. In addition to two terms as the state鈥檚 chief executive, he is a former chairman of the Republican National Committee and former White House political affairs director.
A 1973 Juris Doctor graduate of the University of Mississippi, Barbour is founding partner of BGR Group, where he heads advocacy coalitions, lobbies on behalf of his clients and remains a major force in Republican party politics and elections.
For more information on Barbour鈥檚 lecture, contact Quintara Miller, PSPA business coordinator, at 662-325-2711 or QMiller@pspa.msstate.edu.
The Department of Political Science and Public Administration is part of 小黄书鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences. Learn more about the College of Arts and Sciences at ; its PSPA department at .
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