Mitchell Palmertree Receives Highest UM Academic Award, Taylor Medal

April 19, 2021

Mitchell Reed Palmertree, of Winona, Mississippi, was among the more than 60 University of Mississippi students to receive a 2021 Marcus Elvis Taylor Memorial Medal, the university's highest academic award

The honorees were recognized for their achievements on Thursday, April 8, at The Pavilion at Ole Miss.

Palmertree is a Senior Public Policy Leadership and Economics major in the College of Liberal Arts.

The Taylor Medals were established at UM in 1904 by Dr. William A. Taylor of Booneville in memory of his son, an honored 1871 alumnus of the university. The award recognizes no more than 1 percent of the student body each year.

This article was copied from the University's web site.

We are so proud of you, Mitchell!