FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

WYATT BUILDING TO BE RE-DEDICATED                    

            DANVILLE, VA, March 11, 2004 -- Danville Community College’s Landon R. Wyatt Building will be formally re-dedicated on Monday, March 15, beginning at 3:30 p.m. The ceremony will include remarks by local and state governmental and educational leaders, as well as the family of former Senator Landon Wyatt, Sr., for whom the building was named.

            Participating on the program include DCC President Dr. Carlyle Ramsey; DCC Board Chair Mattie Cowan; DCC Educational Foundation Board President Shirley Priminano; Danville Mayor John Hamlin; Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors Chair Coy Harville, and Halifax County Board of Supervisors Chair William I. Fitzgerald. Following the ceremony, there will be a reception and tours of the building.

            Plans for the Wyatt Building began in the spring of 1948 as a location for the Danville branch of Virginia Polytechnic Institute. With the assistance of then-Delegate Landon R. Wyatt Sr., who was a member of the House Appropriations Committee, funds were obtained to construct the building in 1949-50. Later as Senator, Wyatt was instrumental in obtaining additional funds for the expansion of the facility. The building was formally designated the Landon R. Wyatt Building on June 28, 1971 in recognition of his commitment to academic excellence in the development of Danville Community College.

            Wyatt served as a member of Danville City Council from 1934 - 1944; a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, from 1944-1954; and the Virginia Senate, from 1954-1967. For more information about the re-dedication ceremony, contact the college at (434) 797-2222.