{{Short description|American academic (1891–1953)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} '''Fred Tom Mitchell''' (July 4, 1891 &ndash; December 5, 1953){{citation needed|date=January 2017}} was the President of the Mississippi State College (now Mississippi State University) from 1945 to 1953.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.msstate.edu/president/timeline/ |title=President's Office (Mississippi State University) |accessdate=2010-12-26 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101226172528/http://www.msstate.edu/president/timeline/ |archivedate=2010-12-26 }}</ref> He was an alumnus of Mississippi State University. He received a master's degree from Peabody College (now part of Vanderbilt University) and a PhD from Penn State University<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1604733101 |title=Maroon and White: Mississippi State University, 1878-2003 Chapter 6 Humphrey and Mitchell: War and Peace, 1934-1953 pp.106-125}}<br>- {{cite book|title=Proposed plan for training negro teachers of vocational agriculture : a study based on the conditions in the state of Arkansas - thesis presented to the faculty of Graduate School of Cornell University for the degree of doctor of philosophy|oclc=61036131}}</ref>

==Honors== The Mitchell Memorial Library at Mississippi State is named in his honor.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mississippi State University|url=http://map.msstate.edu/?id=233|access-date=2021-02-15|website=map.msstate.edu|language=en}}</ref>

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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20140104004737/http://www.msstate.edu/web/gen_info.htm Mississippi State University General Information] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20101226172528/http://www.msstate.edu/president/timeline/ Gallery of the Presidents]

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