Ingalls VP: Distinguished alum

Five people are going to be inducted into Southwestern Oklahoma State University’s Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame during graduation ceremonies May 5-6 on the Weatherford, Okla., campus. Among the five is Lori Wallace-Harper of Pascagoula, Miss. Harper is vice president of Supply Chain Management at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula. Harper joined Ingalls in 2002. She received a bachelor’s degree in business administration from SWOSU in 1993; and an MBA from William Carey College in Mississippi. Harper has also held leadership positions with multiple Fortune 500 companies in the aerospace and defense, petrochemical, and services industries. In 2015, Harper was named one of Mississippi’s Top 10 Business Women by Mississippi Business Journal. (Source: Frederick Post-Leader 04/25/17)