Not all famous people are important; a cursory glance of pop culture landscape will confirm that.
Nor are all important people famous. Dr. Doris Taylor, who will give the commencement address Saturday at Mississippi University for Women, is evidence of that.
Certainly The W has had commencement speakers with far greater name recognition than Taylor, herself a MUW alumnae, who lived in Columbus from age 6 until she graduated from The W.
Yet among her peers in the scientific community, Taylor i
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