The Richard L. Fallin Career and Technology Center at Natchez High School was officially dedicated Sunday afternoon as friends, family and coworkers of the late Richard Fallin looked on.

&uot;It’s just beautiful,&uot; said Georgia Fallin, wife of the late Richard Fallin.

&uot;The family is overjoyed that enough people loved him enough to name this building for him. His coworkers got this together,&uot; Georgia Fallin said.

Jack Lann, principal of the Vocational School at Natchez High School, opened the dedication program before a crowd of about 50 gathered in the Vo-Tech parking lot.

&uot;Richard was my mentor,&uot; Lann said.

&uot;In everything Richard did, there was one common element – the youth of our community.&uot;

Naming the career and technology center in Fallin’s honor is an appropriate tribute to a man who left his mark on education in the state of Mississippi, said Bill Blasingame, Director of Vocational Development and Student Organization at the Mississippi State Department of Education.

&uot;Richard Fallin touched so many lives, it’s only appropriate that this facility be named in his honor,&uot; Blasingame said.

The Richard L. Fallin Career and Technology Center was completed in 1995.

Fallin, a long-time Natchez educator and former Assistant Superintendent of the Natchez-Adams County School District, died in February.