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he entered the service. He holds ' a Bachelor's degreo in Business Adminstration and Sociology from Benedictine College in Atchison. Kan. Since moving to Meridian. he has been pursuing a Master's degrt:e from Mississippi State University. Lawson's assignments ~ave been in Korea. Germany and Vietnam. His wife. Sharon is from Atchison. Kan. and thcv have three daughters. Shannon. age 6. Jenette. age 4 and Erica. age 2.

Ariwna. Prior to coming to– Mississippi he was assigned to the Armv Operation Center in the Pentagon . Tennimon received his Master of Education degree from Boston University. His wife. Kathy is from Independence. M·o.. .and they have three children. Ta;a, age 8: Brandi. age 6: and Shan.don. age 4. Lawson is the instructor for first vcar ROTC students and has been in the Armv for over 18 years . Following graduation from high school in Detroit. Michagan in 1961

New ROTC Instructors At East Central

gence Officer after graduating from Auburn UniversitY. Following Infan– try and Intelligence Schc~ols. he served.. in Victna1~1. Germany and

Two Armv ROTC instructors arc new on the facult~· at East Central Junior College this vcar. The new instructors arc Sgt. I st Class Ewing b . Lawson and Capt. Dannie J;:. tennimon. Both are stationed at the Meridian Naval Air Station and also teach ROTC at East M : ~sissippi Junior College and Meridian Junior College. Army ROTC at the thrc.e colleges comprise the .Meridian Extension Center of Mississippi State University in Starkville . Tennimon is the primary instruc– tor for teaching second year Military Science. He has been in the Army for ten years and received his commission as a Military lntelli-