Mark E. Keenum
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| President of Mississippi State University |
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Assumed office January 5, 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Roy Ruby |
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| Born | Starkville, Mississippi |
| Spouse(s) | Rhonda Keenum |
| Children | Rett Keenum, Mary Phillips Keenum, Katie Keenum, Torie Keenum |
| Alma mater | Mississippi State University |
| Profession | University President |
| Website | Office of the President |
Mark Everett Keenum is the 19th and current president of Mississippi State University.
Born in Starkville, Mississippi, Keenum graduated from Corinth High School in Corinth, Ms. Keenum earned an Associate of Arts degree from Northeast Mississippi Community College in Booneville and was a member of the Northeast Tigers football team. Keenum holds a bachelor's degree in agricultural economics (1983), a Master of Science in Agricultural Economics (1984), and a Ph.D in Agricultural Economics from Mississippi State University (1988)
After completing his bachelor's and master's degrees, Keenum joined the MSU faculty as a marketing specialist with the Mississippi Cooperative Extension Service at MSU in 1984. Two years later, he accepted a position as a Research Associate with the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station at MSU. After receiving his Ph.D in agricultural economics in 1988, Keenum joined the faculty as an assistant professor/economist in Mississippi State's Department of Agricultural Economics Keenum served on the staff of U.S. Senator Thad Cochran in Washington, DC from 1989-2006, first as a legislative assistant for agriculture and natural resources and then as chief of staff.
From 1997-2006 Keenum served Mississippi State as an adjunct professor in agricultural economics.
In 2006 Keenum was named the Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services for the United States Department of Agriculture. In this role Keenum provided leadership and oversight for the Farm Service Agency, the Risk Management Agency, and the Foreign Agricultural Service.
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