Barry Lee Mellinger

Background

Mellinger, Barry Lee was born on December 19, 1939 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. Son of Paul Diffenbach and Edna R. (Detwiller) Mellinger.

Education

AS, Perkinston (Mississippi) Junior College, 1960; Bachelor of Science, Mississippi State University, 1962; Master of Education, Mississippi State University, 1963; Doctor of Philosophy, Purdue University, 1973.

Career

Assistant director vocational-technical education, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, Perkinston, 1963-1965; director vocat-technical education, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, Perkinston, 1965-1967; instructor, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1967-1968; assistant executive secretary, Commision on Colls., Southern Association Colleges Schools, Atlanta, 1968-1972; associate executive secretary, Commision on Colls., Southern Association Colleges Schools, Atlanta, 1972-1977; director vocat-technical school, dean occupational education, Dekalb Community College, Clarkston, Georgia, 1977-1979; vice president institutional affairs, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, 1979-1985; president, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, since 1986. Consultant Nunez Community College, Chalmette, Louisiana, 1993, Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, Louisiana, 1993.

Achievements

• Barry Lee Mellinger has been listed as a noteworthy Community college president, vocational educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Mississippi Higher Education Assistance Corporation, Jackson, 1984-1997. Board directors Kids Voting Mississippi, 1996, 97. Member Executive Board Mississippi Public Education Forum, since 1993.

Member Harrison County Development Commission, Economics Development Network, 1988-1989. Member information resource county, Mississippi Department Information Technology Superior vena cava syndrome, 1996, 97. Member American Association Cmty. and Junior Colls.

(board directors 1987-1990), National Alliance Cmty. and Technology Colls. (president 1985-1986), Southern Association Colleges Schools (member executive county 1994-1996, commission on colleges 1994-1996, criteria review committee 1994, chairman's corps. Chairman reaffirmation commission to Patrick Henry Community College, Martinsville, Virginia 1997, Delgado Community College, New Orleans 1996, Texas StateTech.

College, Amarillo 1995, Daytona Beach Community College 1993, Santa Fe Community College, Gainesville, Florida 1993), Mississippi Association Colls. (member audit committee 1992, president 1990), Mississippi Community College and Junior College Association (chairman since 1996), Southern Association Cmty., Junior, and Technology Colls. (vice president 1988), Rotary Club (Wiggins, Mississippi), Phi Delta Kappa, Iota Lambda Sigma.

Interests

• Avocations: woodworking, antique cars.

Connections

Married Dorothy Bugg, June 20, 1964. Children: Mim Hatten, Debbie (deceased), Sharon Sanders, Jay, Christa.

Father:

Paul Diffenbach Mellinger

Mother:

Edna R. (Detwiller) Mellinger

Spouse:

Dorothy Bugg

child:

Christa Mellinger

child:

Jay Mellinger

child:

Mim Hatten Mellinger

child:

Debbie Mellinger (deceased)

child:

Sharon Sanders Mellinger