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0 e n t c 1· , S t r i<· k I a n d received an Associate of Arts degree from Eust Central Junior College, a Bachelor of Science degree f r . o m Mississippi

Scholar hips honoring the late Rush Hospital Admi ni,trator Dan Harrison and current Rush Health Sy,tem President/CEO Wallace Strickland were recently estab– lished by the ~ewton Commun ity Heal th

The Strickland scholarship pro– 'ide» two annual awards of $500 each to desel'\jng district students who are pursing degrees in ltealthca re edu– cation at EOCC. For more information. con– tad th«' Vice PJ·csident for

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Foundation and Rush Health Systems for qual– ified students attending East Central Community College in Decatur. The Dan Harrison Rush Health Systems Endowed Scholarship honors the Scott County native and ECCC alum- nus "for his dedicated servicc to the delivery of quality healthcare." Harrison served 25 years in several posi- tions with Rush Health Systems until his untime- ly death in 2006. His career in healthcare ranged from staff regis- tered nurse to executive vice president of Rush A graduate of Scott Central High School. Harrison received an Associate Degree in Science from ECCC. an AsE>ociate Degree in Nursing from Meridian Community College, a Bachelor of Business Administration from the Health Systems.

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Scholarship was estab- lished "in honor and recognition" of the long- time hospital adrnmistra- tor and ECCC alumnus who began his employ- ment with Rush in 1970. In 1997, Strickland was appointed as the Assistant Secretary for the Board of Trustees of Rush Health Systems and in 1999 be assumed his cunent dutie:s as President of Rush Health Systems, Inc., and sub- He serHe is a past chairman of the East sidiaries.

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