Tupelo Attorney Selected
Law Alumnus of the Year
William P. "Pete" Mitchell ('37) of Tupelo has been chosen the
2002 Law Alumnus of the Year by The Law Alumni Chapter of The University
of Mississippi Alumni Association. Mitchell is a member of the Mitchell,
Voge, Corban & Morris law firm in Tupelo, where he has practiced since
graduating from the UM Law School.
The honor "recognizes Mr. Mitchell's lifetime of support for the
Law School," said Tim Walsh, associate director of alumni affairs.
Last year, Mitchell endowed a $1 million scholarship fund honoring his
late wife, Mary Annis Clayton Mitchell. The William P. and Mary Annis
Clayton Mitchell Scholarship in Law provides deserving law students with
financial support, which Mitchell said was not available when he attended
law school during the Depression. "The legal profession has been
good to me, and I think our responsibility as members is to give back,"
he said at the time the gift was made.