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Former Head Of Ole Miss Dies At 73
Dr. Benjamin Franklin Hilbun Sr., president emeritus of Mississippi State University, died at University Hospital in Jackson at 73. He led state education efforts as chair of the State Research Commission and lived in Starkville after studying at Mississippi State starting in 1920. He married Jessie Rosamond in 1927 and served in Europe in World War I.
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