Dr. Bones McCoy from Star Trek fame is a Mississippi grad? Well, not for another 200+ years. Was doing a search on Bones (Phil's caddy) and came across this fact:
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Leonard Horatio McCoy was born in 2227 in North America, Earth. His father was David McCoy. He graduated from the University of Mississippi with a degree in physiology in the late 2240s. During his university studies he briefly met Emony Dax. Eventually he became a Starfleet surgeon.
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