▁was ▁President ▁of ▁Mississippi ▁State ▁University ▁from ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁to ▁ 3 1 ▁March ▁ 2 0 0 8 . ▁ ▁F og les ong ▁was ▁the ▁second ▁retired ▁general ▁to ▁hold ▁the ▁office ▁of ▁president ▁at ▁the ▁university ; ▁Confeder ate ▁lieutenant ▁general ▁Stephen ▁D . ▁Lee ▁was ▁the ▁first . ▁ ▁F og les ong ▁tack led ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁compet ing ▁internal ▁and ▁external ▁ag end as ▁that ▁he ▁saw ▁as ▁und erm ining ▁the ▁school ' s ▁purpose ▁of ▁deliver ing ▁a ▁quality ▁education ▁to ▁its ▁students . ▁ ▁Under ▁pressure ▁from ▁polit icians , ▁students ▁and ▁fac ulty , ▁he ▁res igned ▁in ▁March ▁ 2 0 0 8 . ▁During ▁his ▁ten ure ▁en roll ment ▁rose ▁ 6 % ▁from ▁ 1 6 , 2 0 6 ▁ ▁to ▁ 1 7 , 1 2 7 ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 8 . ▁ ▁He ▁also ▁o vers aw ▁a ▁significant ▁change ▁to ▁the ▁school ' s ▁facil it ites ▁and ▁grounds ▁involving ▁removal ▁of ▁long standing ▁traditional ▁land sc aping ▁including ▁removal ▁of ▁da ff od il ▁bul bs ▁which ▁had ▁been ▁on ▁the ▁campus ▁for ▁dec ades . ▁ ▁Much ▁of ▁this ▁land sc aping ▁was ▁seen ▁as ▁destruct ive ▁and ▁short s ight ed ▁in ▁nature ▁by ▁students ▁and ▁fac ulty . ▁F og les ong ▁founded ▁a ▁scholar ship ▁program ▁in ▁West ▁Virginia ▁called ▁the ▁App al ach ian ▁Le ad ership ▁and ▁Edu c ational ▁Foundation ▁in ▁