Annual Report 2010.pdf - Mississippi Department of Transportation

Mississippi Transportation Commission
Bill Minor
Northern District Transportation Commissioner, Chairman
Bill Minor served as Chairman of the Mississippi Transportation Commission
during FY 2010. He passed away unexpectedly on November 1, 2010.
Minor will long be remembered for helping to orchestrate the passage of the
1987 Four-Lane Program as Chairman of the Mississippi Senate Highway Committee.
He served in the Mississippi Senate for 20 years representing Marshall,
Benton, and DeSoto counties. Minor also chaired the committees on Finance
and Public Utilities. Previously, Minor and his brother established Minor Brothers
Plumbing which grew into a chain of successful hardware stores in North
Mississippi. Minor had served on the Mississippi Transportation Commission
since 2003.
Dick Hall
Central District Transportation Commissioner
Hall served six terms as a member of the Mississippi Legislature—three in the
House and three in the Senate. He chaired the Environment Committee in
both the House and Senate and the Senate Committee on Public Health and
Welfare. Most recently, he chaired the Senate Appropriations Committee. He
was the first recipient of the Hugh L. White Free Enterprise Award. Commissioner
Hall owns a company which represents manufacturers and also has
commercial real estate holdings.
Wayne Brown
Southern District Transportation Commissioner
In 1966, Brown co-founded Batson and Brown Consulting Engineers, and in
1967, TAB Map Company. He has served as county engineer in George, Green,
and Jackson counties. He served as president of the Mississippi Association of
Professional Land Surveyors, president of the Mississippi State Board of Registration
for Engineers and Land Surveyors, president of the Mississippi Consulting
Engineers Council, and is an American Consulting Engineers Council fellow.
Commissioner Brown serves as a Director for Century Bank and is engaged in
timber farming. He also serves as a Director on the Region XIV Singing River
Mental Health Commission.
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