1998

Board to raise money for portraits

Harvey Trapp (secretary-treasur– er), ECCC business manager; Randall E. Lee, ECCC dsean of students; Board member George Taylor, Forest; Dr. Eddie M. Smitb , ECCC president; and Larry Hogue, ECCC director o( development and alumni relation. Not pictured is Jimmy Prince of Ph iladelphia. For more informa– tion contact the ECCC Alumni Office, Ph 635-2111 or call free, 1-877-G0-2-ECCC (1-877-462- 3222), EXT. 323.

ECCC Board of Directors plan to raise money for portraits oi those who ha\ e buildings named a(ter them on the ECCC campus.

made of all individuals for whom buildings have been named. To date, 14 people have had bui ld– ings named in their honor since the college was founded in L928, with portraits of only four indi– viduals currently on display. Total cost of the project is esti– mated at over $3000. Board members inc lude (seated from left) Dr. John Gipson, of Newton; Dr. Pam Kirk (v1ce chairman), of Louisv ille; and David Howell (chairman), Carthage; Prentice Copeland of Philadelphia, ECCC Board of Trustees Chairman; and Ann Burkes, ECCC head Librari– an; and (standing from left)

Member:- of the Board of Directors of the East Central Community College Foundiation, I nc. recently met on the Decatur campus and received an update on Foundation and College matters. Overall. rhe Foundation has secured S598.616.28 in cash and in-kind contribution over the past two years. since its activiation in September. 1996. Overall multi– year pledges total some $850,000 over the past five years, with cash and long-term pledges expected to total some $1 million in the near future. The Board is current– ly raising funds to have portraits

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