TOPPING OUT CEREMONY: Left to right, Dr. Dean Patton, former chair of family medicine at ECU; Dr. Phyllis Horns, ECU vice chancellor for health sciences; Rep. Marian McLawhorn (D-Grifton); Rep. Edith Warren (D-Farmville); and Sen. Don Davis (D-Snow Hill) sign the beam at the ECU Family Medicine Center topping out ceremony March 2. Behind them are ECU Chancellor Steve Ballard and David Brody, chair of the ECU board of trustees. (Photo by Cliff Hollis) Read more.