Columbia High School (Mississippi)

Columbia High School is a secondary school located in Columbia, Mississippi, United States. It is in Columbia School District.

Columbia High School

The principal is Braxton Stowe.

The architecture of the building is an example of European-inspired modernism, and was featured in the French architectural journal l'architecture d'aujourd'hui.[1] It was built in 1937 as part of the Works Progress Administration.[2]

Notable alumni
  • Ernest Duff (1931-2016), businessman, lawyer and Mormon bishop[3]
  • Walter Payton, hall of fame former Chicago Bears running back who died in 1999, and the namesake for the Walter Payton Award
  • Gus Hunt, American cybersecurity expert, and former intelligence officer. He is the managing director and cyber strategy lead for Accenture Federal Services. He formerly served as the Chief Technology Officer for the Chief Information Officer at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

References
  1. http://home.nctv.com/mfazio/mhs_columbia.htm
  2. Hines, Thomas S., William Faulkner and the Tangible Past: The Architecture of Yoknapatawpha, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996, ch. 8, p. 106 accessed Oct. 20, 2012
  3. "Southern Tire Mart founder Ernest Duff dies". Tire Business. 1 June 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2018.


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