Name: Robert C. Khayat
Age: 70
Hometown: Moss Point, Miss.
Education:
B.A., Ole Miss, 1962 (Academic All-American, Academic All-SEC)
J.D., Ole Miss, 1966 (graduated third in his class)
Master of Laws, Yale University, 1981 (Sterling Fellowship)
Career:
Placekicker, Washington Redskins, 1960-63 (Pro Bowl, 1961)
Practicing attorney, 1967-77
Law faculty, Ole Miss, 1969-present
Vice chancellor for university affairs, Ole Miss, 1984-89
President, NCAA Foundation, 1989-92
Executive Sesquicentennial director, Ole Miss 1992-95
Chancellor, Ole Miss, 1995-present
Honors:
Oxford Citizen of the Year, 1989
Distinguished American Award, NFL, 1987, 1989
Team of the Decade, Ole Miss, 1993
Outstanding Law Professor, Ole Miss, 1993-94
President Clinton's America Reads Challenge Steering Committee, 1996
Oxonian of the Year, Oxford Town's annual readers poll, 1997
National Student Financial Aid Committee, U.S. Senate, 1997
Career Achievement Award, NFL, 1998
SEC President, 2001
SACS President, 2001
Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame, 2002
NCAA Presidential Task Force on Division I Athletics, 2005
Personal:
Episcopalian
Married to the former Margaret Denton, an Ole Miss alumna
Has two children (Margaret Bratt and Robert Khayat Jr.) and three grandchildren
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