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Dallas County District Attorney Michael Jackson was recently named President of the Centre College Alumni Board.

Jackson will be President for three years and automatically becomes a member of Centre Board of Trustees.

Jackson graduated from Centre College in 1985 with a double major in economics/management and government.

Centre College, located in Louisville, Kentucky, is known for having two Vice-President debates over the years: Republican Dick Cheney and Democrat Joseph Lieberman (2000) and Democrat Joe Biden and  Republican Paul Ryan (2012).

“I am very honored to receive this appointment,” Jackson said. “It shows that good things come out of the Black Belt. Centre College helped me get a good  education and I am very happy to be giving back.”