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Hill lauds retiring ASU-Beebe leader

Arkansas' 2nd District U.S. Rep. French Hill gave a speech in the House of Representatives on Tuesday honoring Eugene McKay.

McKay, the Arkansas State University-Beebe chancellor, is retiring in January after nearly a half-century in education.

"For the past five decades, Chancellor McKay has displayed an unrelenting commitment to education in Arkansas and has been a beacon for quality higher education at Arkansas State University," Hill said.

The speech by Hill, a Republican from Little Rock, was beamed live on C-SPAN....