NORMA LEA O'QUIN FOREST - PIKE COUNTY, 127 ACRES
Wayne O'Quin of Galveston owns the approximately 127-acre Pike County farm located five miles east of Osyka. The property is becoming part of MSU's Bulldog Forest Program to be managed as a wildlife habitat by the College of Forest Resources.
A Mississippi State alumnus, the South Mississippi farmland that has been in his family since 1900.
Earnings from the wise management of the land will be placed in an endowed fund to benefit the college. A 1959 chemical engineering graduate, O'Quin long has supported his alma mater with volunteered time and financial resources. In addition to serving as a member of the advisory board for the Swalm School of Chemical Engineering, he has contributed to MSU athletics.
As part of the agreement, funds generated from the property in excess of required management costs will be placed in the Norma Lea O'Quin Endowed Bulldog Forest Fund of the MSU Foundation.