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Reception will honor retiring ECCC president East Central Community Col· lege will honor retiring president Dr. Eddie M. Srrtith during cere– monies scheduled at 2 Satur–

day, May 6 on the Decatur campus. A convoca· tion for the longtime edu· cator begins at 2 p.m. in Huff Audito– rium, fol·

lowed by a dedication ceremony at the college's newStudent Union Building, earli· er named in Dr. Smith's honor. Among participants in the spe– cial program include H.B. "Bubba" Hudspeth of Louisville, former ECCC Board of TQ.tstees Chairman and current member of the State Board for Community and Junior Colleges; Prentice Copeland of Philadelphia, current ECCC Board Chairman; Dr. Phil Sutphin, ECCC Dean of Instruction and President– elect; State Representative Billy Nicholson of Union; and former ECCC faculty member Ovid S. Vicker:... Dr. Smith has Jed his alma mater since 1985. His retirement is I effective June 30, 2000, and comes I following almost 36 years of ser– vice m the field of education.

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