News-journal.com September 6, 2011 Wiley College plans tribute to ex-president MARSHALL - Wiley College will pay tribute to its 12th president, Dr. David L. Beckley, by renaming its enrollment center in his honor. At its July 2011 summer meeting, the college's board of trustees authorized that the former Atlanta Life Building be named the David L. Beckley Enrollment Services Center. The naming ceremony is set for Nov. 4. The naming opportunity was the result of the nomination by Trustee Richard Foppe Hodge, chairman of the board's building and grounds committee. It was unanimously approved by trustees. "Dr. Beckley served Wiley with passion and determination to ensure the college's viability and return to stability," said Dr. Haywood L. Strickland, Wiley president and CEO. In his six years of service to Wiley College, from 1987 to 1993, Beckley retired more than $2 million in federal debts, increased the endowment, and restored Wiley to sound fiscal health, he said. Beckley currently serves as president of Rust College in Holly Springs, Miss. The public is invited to attend the naming ceremony. For more information, contact Dr. Joseph L. Morale at (903) 927-3232. SANDRA M. PHOENIX Program Director HBCU Library Alliance sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org/> 404.592.4820 Skype:sandra.phoenix1 1438 West Peachtree Street NW Suite 200 Atlanta, GA 30309 Toll Free: 1.800.999.8558 (Lyrasis) Fax: 404.892.7879 www.lyrasis.org<http://www.lyrasis.org/> Honor the ancestors, honor the children.