Background
Thrash, Edsel E. was born on August 28, 1925 in Lake, Mississippi, United States.
Thrash, Edsel E. was born on August 28, 1925 in Lake, Mississippi, United States.
Bachelor of Science in Business Adminstrn, Louisiana State University, 1950; Master of Business Administration, Louisiana State University, 1951; Doctor of Philosophy, Louisiana State University, 1963.
Accountant, Esso Standard Oil Corporation, 1951-1955; director alumni affairs, Louisiana State University, 1957-1968; member department economics, Louisiana State University, 1966-1968; executive secretary, director board of trustees, State Institutions Higher Learning in Mississippi, Jackson, 1968-1987; Distinguished professor health care economics, U. Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, since 1987.
Board of directors Mississippi Heart Association, 1970-1976. Member executive council Andrew Jackson council Boy Scouts American. Member of council on ministries United Methodist Church, Raymond, Mississippi, since 1973.
Member State Higher Education Executive Officers (national president 1984-1985), Omicron Delta Kappa, Alpha Kappa Psi.
Married Jessie McLendon, April 16, 1949. Children– Jane, Catherine, George.