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"Using Power To Empower" with Robert Khayat

March 20, 2025 • Oxford University United Methodist Church • Season 6 • Episode 4

Show Notes:

It’s not always easy to treat the people and world around us with respect, but Dr. Robert Khayat seemingly does it with ease. His parents showed him how to live a life respectful of people, places, and institutions, and the importance of respect followed him into his professional life.

Robert’s list of professional accomplishments is long: former NFL player with the Washington Redskins, a graduate of the University of Mississippi Law School and Yale Law School, a successful lawyer and professor, and the fifteenth chancellor of the University of Mississippi. Robert’s mission while chancellor was for Ole Miss to be, and to be perceived as one of America’s great public universities, and his legacy of greatness continues to impact the school and the state of Mississippi today.

Resources:

Buy Robert’s book, The Education of a Lifetime