TUPELO, Miss., July 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Officials of
BancorpSouth, Inc. (NYSE: BXS), a $13.2
billion-asset financial holding company headquartered in
Tupelo, Miss., said today that
Steve Nipper, community bank
president of BancorpSouth in Magnolia,
Ark., has taken the helm of the University of Arkansas Alumni Association Board of
Directors on July 1, 2010, for a
two-year term.
A Magnolia native, Nipper
graduated from the University of
Arkansas in 1971 with an undergraduate degree in finance and
banking and a master's degree in business administration. He
is also a graduate of the Southwestern Graduate School of Banking
and the national Commercial Lending School.
Nipper's professional and community service leadership roles
have been exemplary. He has served in numerous leadership roles
including service as president of the Little Rock Jaycees, a member
of the Magnolia Regional Medical Center Board of Commissioners, a
member of the Magnolia Arts Council Board, president of the
Magnolia United Way and president of the Magnolia/Columbia
County Chamber of Commerce. Additionally, he has worked with
Leadership Magnolia and served the Columbia County Community
Foundation Board. He has been appointed twice by Arkansas governors in state leadership
positions (Commission for Arkansas's Future appointed by Gov.
Bill Clinton and the Arkansas
Science and Technology Authority appointed by Gov. Jim Guy Tucker). Nipper was recognized as
Magnolia's 2004 Citizen of the
Year.
"I am humbled and honored to be elected president of the Alumni
Association," he said. "I am certainly proud to be able to serve.
It is gratifying to find a way to give back to my university, which
has given me the foundation for my career."
BancorpSouth, Inc. is a financial holding company headquartered
in Tupelo, Mississippi, with
approximately $13.2 billion in
assets. BancorpSouth Bank, a wholly-owned subsidiary of
BancorpSouth, Inc., operates approximately 314 commercial banking,
mortgage, insurance, trust and broker/dealer locations in
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee and Texas. BancorpSouth Bank also operates
an insurance location in Illinois.
BancorpSouth's common stock is traded on the New York Stock
Exchange under the symbol BXS.
SOURCE BancorpSouth, Inc.