President's Message!

Bishopites,

"After reading the message below, please visit the Announcement page to view a very important event"

Gear-Up! This message is to inform you that our reunion date has been set. The dates are November 5-7, 2010.

The reunion will be held at the MCM Grande FunDome located at 1515 N. I-35E, Desoto, TX 75115, phone number is (972) 224-9100. This is the same hotel we held our 2008 reunion. Room rates are $10 dollars cheaper than the last reunion at a whooping $79.00 per night plus tax. This rate will be honored for a room with a single king bed or two queen beds and up to (4) people per room. Additionally, this rate includes a full American Breakfast Buffet and (2) complimentary cocktails per room each night. All the specifics of the reunion have not been set, but will be provided at a later date. Get ready for the fun to begin!

The registration cost for the reunion per couple is $325.00 and $175.00 for single registration. After September 15th the registration is non-refundable. The actual registration form should be posted online by January 31st. We will have a wide variety of Bishop College paraphernalia for you to purchase. This notice gives you 10 months to prepare for the next best time of your life with old friends and colleagues.

Yours in the Blue,
Bobby E. Moten, Sr.
President, Bishop College Alumni Association

Beginning of the Alumni Association

The general Alumni Association of Bishop College is dated back to May 19, 1913 in the Bishop College Catalog (192-13).   An annual meeting and an alumni banquet was held during the closing week of school commencement.

The Bishop College Yearbook "THE BEAR" was published in 1926, states the The Alumni Association of Bishop College was organized about the year 1891.   W. F. Bledsoe served as the organization's first president and Christine Benton Cash served as secretary.   During the 93-year history of the Alumni Association, there have been sixteen presidents of record.   Among them are Phineas Gray, Reverend E. M. Griggs, Sam Jones, Professor M. E. Butler, Thomas Downs, Dr. O. W. Phillips, Reverend Earl Harrison, Sr., T. C. Calhoun, A. S. Hawkins, Dr. C. O. Searcy, Dr. William Shaw, Reverend S. M. Wright, Freddie Gaines, Dr. William C. Young and Estelle Adams.

Officers listed in 1926 were Professor T. J. Downs, President (Marshall, Texas); Reverend E. J. Campbell, Vice President (Marshall, Texas); Ms. Marjorie Humble, Secretary (Cameron, Texas); and O. W. Phillips, Treasurer (Marshall, Texas).

These were the notes found and recorded regarding the beginning of the Alumni Association.   In 1988 Bishop College closed it's doors, in 1991 under the leadership of Bobby E. Moten, Sr. as President and Rebecca Harrison as Vice-President, the Alumni Association sprang back to life.

The account in 1925-1926 record stated that "the purpose of this association is to develop and nurture the loyalty of former students, and to further the interests of the College in every way."   In 2007 this statement still applies as the present alumni's purpose.

Committee

Bobby E. Moten, Sr.
President

Jesse Williams
Vice President

Frances Ross-McNeal Treasurer

Karen Young
Secretary

Cecil Moten
Asst. Secretary

Lessie Yates
Parliamentarian

Board Members

Earl Melebeck

Maynard Yates

Jonnie Lydia

Andre Turner

Teddie Lewis

Rebecca Harrison

Frankie Ross