OCTOBER 19, 2006
East Central University First Lady Tommye Rafes (center) is greeted by former first ladies Sondra Cole (left) and Diana Wagner at a reception for Rafes hosted by the ECU Women’s Club. Cole is the wife of Dr. Bill Cole, who retired June 30 after 17 years as president of ECU. Wagner’s husband, Dr. Stanley Wagner, was ECU’s president from 1969 to 1989. Dr. Richard Rafes became ECU’s seventh president on July 1.