Biloxi businessman Chevis C. Swetman on Friday was named the 2005 Distinguished Alumnus for the College of Business at the University of Southern Mississippi.
Swetman, who is chairman, president and chief executive officer of The Peoples Bank of Biloxi, was honored at a reception and dinner in Gulfport.
A 1969 graduate of Southern Miss with a bachelor's degree in finance, Swetman spent two years in the military before joining The Peoples Bank in 1971. He then earned an MBA from Southern Miss in 1975. Swetman and his wife, Marcia, have one son, Tanner.
While at Southern Miss, Swetman was president of Sigma Phi Epsilon, a member of Omicron Delta Kappa honorary fraternity, and a four-year varsity letterman on the tennis team.
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