12/3/2009 - MMA 2008-09 Chairman Tony Stringer presents gift to Mississippi College

Tony Stringer, president of Stringer Industries, Inc. in Tylertown and immediate past chairman of the Mississippi Manufacturers Association,  presented his MMA Chairman’s Award to the Mississippi College School of Business. Stringer presented the $10,000 gift to Dr. Marcelo Eduardo, Dean of the School of Business, Wednesday, Dec. 2, at the Clinton campus. The MMA Chairman’s Award is presented at the end of each chairman’s term and is to be presented to an educational institution chosen by the outgoing chairman.
 

“The MMA Chairman’s Award represents the MMA’s commitment to education in Mississippi,” said Jay C. Moon, CEcD, FM, MMA president and CEO. “We recognize that a well-educated, well-trained workforce is the key to bringing industry to the state and remaining competitive in our global economy. We hope this gift will enable Mississippi College to offer students a professional business education that emphasizes ethical values in business, providing the marketplace with business leaders who will continue to improve Mississippi industry as a whole.”
 

Stringer is a 1983 graduate of Mississippi College, where he received a bachelor’s degree in business administration. He was selected the1998 Distinguished Alumnus for the Mississippi College School of Business, and in 1999, he was named the Mississippi College Young Alumnus of the Year.
 

Stringer has served on the MMA board of directors since 1996 and as a member of the MMA executive committee since 2005. He also has served on the MMA Vocational Educator Award selection committee since 1994, as well as the MMA Public Relations/Convention Committee.
Stringer is married to the former Carla Morris of Clinton. They have two children, Taylor, who is a sophomore at Mississippi College, and Mary Elizabeth, a 9th grader at Parklane Academy.

As the Voice of Industry, the mission of the Mississippi Manufacturers Association is to provide high quality goods and services to its members and to identify, disseminate and utilize information necessary to promote a strong manufacturing environment within Mississippi. For more than 50 years, the MMA has represented the interests of Mississippi’s manufacturers at both the state and national levels. To learn more about MMA and manufacturing in Mississippi, visit www.mma-web.org.
 

Mississippi College, affiliated with the Mississippi Baptist Convention, is a private, co-educational, Christian university of liberal arts and sciences serving nearly 4,900 students from 41 states and 26 countries. Founded in 1826, Mississippi College is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of Mississippi and second oldest Baptist university in the nation. With more than 80 areas of study, 12 graduate degree programs, a doctor of jurisprudence degree, and a doctor of education leadership degree, Mississippi College seeks to be a university recognized for academic excellence and commitment to the cause of Christ.
 

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