James R. Crockett

James is an accounting professor emeritus from the University of Southern Mississippi. He has held various types of teaching and administrative positions at six universities including Ole Miss. Crockett is a CPA and he has published several accounting-related articles and monographs. The University Press of Mississippi published four of his books: Operation Pretense, Hands in the Till, Power Greed Hubris and Rulers of the SEC. Nautilus published his latest book When Mississippi Schooled America in Baseball. He and his wife Dorothy live in Madison where they are active members of First Baptist Church. The Crocketts have two sons four grandchildren and a great grandson. Jim is a huge baseball fan and attempts to golf occasionally. These days his primary activities are reading and writing.