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Rust alumnus joins Hall of Fame  | | Marvin Hogan |
Rust College
alumnus Dr. Marvin Hogan was inducted into the Mississippi Community
and Junior College Sports Hall of Fame April 27. ‘By
Their Fruits Ye Shall Know Them,’ is the motto of Rust. Dr. Hogan has
distinguished himself by his remarkable civic contributions and career
achievements,” said Dr. David L. Beckley, president of Rust College. Dr.
Hogan, a native of Waynesboro, played guard and linebacker for the
Coahoma Community College Tigers in 1959 and 1960 and served as
Coahoma’s head football coach from 1964 to 1968. He was a teammate of
Dr. McKinley Martin, who became president of Coahoma Community College. For
43 years Dr. Hogan has served as executive director of the
award-winning Friends of Children of Mississippi Inc. – the first human
services agency providing Early Head Start and Head Start services to
receive national accreditation. Directing FCM’s 945 employees in a 15-county area that has transitioned over 136,000 children into Mississippi Public Schools, Dr. Hogan has been honored for his focus on breaking the cycle of generational poverty. He
served as a high school football and basketball official in the
Mississippi High School Activities Association (MHSAA), and was the
first African-American to become a member of the Mississippi Junior
College Association. For 30 years he was a
football and basketball official (referee) in the Southwestern Athletic
Conference; a basketball official in the Gulf South Coast Basketball
Association 1968-1980; and was a supervisor for the officials of the
Middle Mississippi High School Officials Association for three years. Dr.
Hogan received a B.S. degree in economics and social studies at Rust
College in 1962 and completed graduate work in management from John E.
Anderson Graduate School of Management at UCLA and Texas Tech
University. He is married to Dr. Beverly Wade
Hogan, president of Tougaloo College, and they are the parents of two
sons and grandparents of two grandsons and two granddaughters. |
