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retire at ECCC following fall term

East Community College's Mary Hanson. who has spent the past 7 I '2 years as lht.. D.rn tor of the Learning Skills Center, said truvcli1!g und voluntecnng will lill h(·r time when 11hc retires at the cncl of the 200il f.'\ II tcnn South America," she snid ' ''I plun to 11'11\'CI lll(II C bpecially in the U.S. Since I have llll!Vt~

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lill' Sill· dctll s wh1> needed 111 impt'ovc reading skilis II. )I' ·cullcvc l·,vci wor~ Hanson sard it was her own teach– ers that lead her to a career 111 education. ''I admired my own teachers and my instructors at Baylor and SMU (Southern Methodist University) were an insp1rat10n,'' she said. ·\s she i~ nearing retirement, !Janson said she kavcs with rn.my rh. .:as-

camunttkrie with instructors.

I have also enjoyed my seven years in Decatur because of the friendly people and small-town atmosphere." Hanson is a graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School in Dallas, Texas. She received her bachelor's degree from Baylor Umversity and her master's degree from Southern Methodist University. She has two sons and one grandchild.

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