COLUMBUS, Miss. – Dr. J. Walt Starr, Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning Board of Trustees member, will speak at the fall meeting of the Town & Tower Club Thursday, Aug. 3.
Lunch is scheduled at 11:30 a.m. on the campus of Mississippi University for Women in the Pope Banquet Hall, Hogarth Dining Center. The cost is $15, payable at the door. Please RSVP by Monday, July 31 to http://www.muw.edu/towntower.
A native of Starkville, Starr was appointed to the Board by Gov. Phil Bryant in May 2015 to represent the Third (Northern) Supreme Court District for a term to expire May 7, 2024.
He graduated from Mississippi State University in 1980 with a bachelor's degree in chemistry, from the University of Mississippi Medical Center School of Dentistry in 1984 and completed a periodontal residency from the University of Alabama Birmingham in 1988.
Dr. Starr practiced general dentistry from 1984-86 in Starkville and Macon at which point he entered his residency for periodontics from 1986-1988. He has practiced periodontics in Columbus and Starkville since 1988 and has served the dental community for the past 29 years.
He is a member of the American Dental Association, Mississippi Dental Association, American Academy of Periodontology, American College of Dentists, past president of the Pierre Fauchard Academy, past president of the Columbus Dental Society, past president of the District 1 Dental Society, past member of the Mississippi Dental Association Board of Trustees and volunteers his services for the Donated Dental Services (DDS). Dr. Starr was appointed to the Mississippi State Board of Dental Examiners by Gov. Haley Barbour and served from 2004-2010.
Dr. Starr is actively involved in the community. He is a past president of Columbus Rotary Club, past president of Columbus GirlChoir and past member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church Vestry. He also served on the Mississippi State University Development Foundation Board for three terms.
Starr and his wife, Lee Ann, have two daughters, Breland and Georgia Grace. He is an active member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Columbus.
Town & Tower’s purpose is to promote the mutual interests of Columbus and The W. Town & Tower invites your membership into this organization. Dues are $20.
For additional information, please call (662) 329-7119 or visit the organization’s Facebook page.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 27, 2017
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