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Tommy Dulaney Center
Tommy Dulaney, CEO and President of Structural Steel Services, has been a member of the Board of Trustees at his alma mater, Meridian Community College, for more than three decades. In 2014, the college honored his contributions by naming its new multipurpose meeting and event building the Tommy E. Dulaney Center.
The facility offers multimedia capabilities and a large expanse of flexible, open space. Its usage is an apt reflection of the wide-ranging interests of Dulaney himself. The center hosts everything from conferences and community meetings to gift shows and job fairs.
MCC Structural Steel Services Scholarships
Structural Steel Services employees have received assistance with college expenses for many years. Meridian Community College students whose parents or spouses work at SSS also can receive scholarships. The $1,000 awards come through the MCC Foundation from an endowment established by Tommy Dulaney, CEO and President of SSS. Dulaney is a strong advocate of education and wanted to extend the educational benefit to employees’ families. In the two decades since the program’s inception, it has awarded more than 65 scholarships.
Dulaney graduated from MCC when it was called Meridian Junior College. Mississippi State University has bestowed on him an honorary doctorate in public service for his lifetime achievements and longtime support of MSU programs.
MCC Structural Steel Services Welding Technology Center
Meridian Community College offers a top-flight welding program, thanks partly to its Structural Steel Services Welding Technology Center. Tommy Dulaney, CEO and President of SSS, donated the $1.5 million building. Tony Dean, General Manager at SSS, helped design the facility so that it would reflect real-world working conditions.
The 11,500-square-foot center has 30 welding booths and a three-ton overhead crane, which allows instructors to teach rigging. When it opened in 2015, it enabled MCC to more than triple its capacity to train welding students.