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Renowned New York City advertising executive and Hattiesburg native Peter Rogers will return home Nov. 20 to be inducted into the School of Mass Communication and Journalism's Hall of Fame.

Rogers, widely known for placing classic one-liners with luxury products such as Vidal Sassoon and Blackgama Mink, will be one of 12 outstanding Southern Miss graduates inducted for their distinguished work in advertising and public relations. Other inductees include a California-based entertainment producer, a former Coca-Cola executive, a former standout Mississippi Power executive and a former Southern Miss professor.

The School's Hall of Fame was created in 2006 to honor its most distinguished graduates, as well as other Mississippians who have contributed to the school or to the field of mass communication and journalism in Mississippi. This year’s symposium is titled “Universal. Strategic. Modern. Southern Miss' Leadership and Legacy in Advertising and Public Relations.”

The morning session of the symposium will feature discussions with each of the graduates about their work and careers to be held in the Thad Cochran Center, room 216, from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. The panel sessions are free and open to the public.