1954 MSU graduates and Trenton , Tenn. natives, Margaret Ford Evans and Billy Evans, enjoy festivities.

                          

Dr. F. King Alexander, MSU President, inducts Jean Brooks Corn Cooper '54 of Murray, Ky., into the Emeritus Club at the luncheon held in the Regional Special Events Center Murray Room.

                  

The Golden Anniversary Class of 1954.

                    

A MSU family tradition continues with Terry and Pam Ark from Nashville , Tenn. Family members, Terry ‘75, and Pam ’74 are pictured with their daughter, Kim , a 2004 graduate, and their son, Chris, a future MSU 2008 graduate who will enroll this fall at MSU. The reception was held Friday evening in the MSU Alumni Center to honor MSU’s 2004 graduates, the golden 1954 class, and Rex Geveden, the 2004 MSU Distinguished Alumnus recipient.

                          

Tervis and Reggie Shaw, with their son, Reggie, Jr., a 2004 MSU graduate, at the reception. Shaw is a native from Paducah , Ky. , and plans on attending MSU to receive his masters degree.

                        

2004 Outstanding MSU senior man and woman, Amanda Miller, Metropolis, Ill., and Conner Cantrell, Oklahoma City, Okla., pose with Rex Geveden, the 2004 Distinguished Alumnus recipient at the Friday evening reception. Geveden, the Deputy Director of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville , Ala. , is jointly responsible for managing one of NASA’s largest field installations, with more than 6,500 civil service and contract employees and an annual budget of $2.3 billion. Geveden began his NASA career at Marshall Space Flight Center in 1990 after completing his bachelor’s degree in engineering physics and master’s degree in physics at Murray State University .

          

Geveden, ’83 ’84, and his wife Gail, of Huntsville, Ala., chat with Leigh Perry, associate director of MSU Development.

             

The Distinguished Alumnus Dinner was held Friday evening in Pogue Library to honor the 2004 recipient, Rex Geveden.  Seated at the head table from left to right, Darvin Towery '82 '91 Murray State Alumni Association President, Gail Geveden, Rex Geveden '83 '84, and Dr. F. King Alexander, MSU President.