Dorothy W. Dot Harrison, age 75, passed away the evening of September 8, 2010. She was born July 29, 1935, in Pleasant Hill, TN. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Sunday at St. Pauls Episcopal Church, Fr. Gene Wise and Polk Van Zandt will officiate. Visitation will follow the service. She was preceded in death by her parents, Eugene J. and Sybil Wood. She is survived by her husband, Kendrick Sloan; son and daughter-in-law, Lance and Donna Harrison; daughter and son-in-law, Pam Harrison and Robbie Calvo; stepson Bruce Sloan; grandchildren Chanda Boese, Joel Harrison and Emily Calvo; great-grandchild Caleb Boese; sister, Barbara (Luc) Novovitch; brother Jim (Pam) Wood. Dot was appointed the Director of Public Relations at MTSU in 1976 and continued to serve MTSU until her retirement in 2000. During her distinguished career, she received an international award from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education for establishing a program for retired faculty members at MTSU; the Otis Floyd Award from the Tennessee College Public Relations Association; and she was the first MTSU staff member to receive the Outstanding Public Service Award from the MTSU Foundation. From 1972-1976 she was the People in Focus editor at the Daily News Journal and after retirement wrote a column for the DNJ. She was active for more than 30 years with the Murfreesboro Little Theater for many years in all areas of production. She was a founding member of the Cultural Arts commission and Center for the Arts. She had been honored as a DNJ Five-Star Womens Trailblazer Award. She was a member of the St. Pauls Episcopal Church. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Alzheimers Association; The Center for the Arts; or the St. Pauls Episcopal Church Building fund. Woodfin Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements. 615-893-5151. www.woodfinchapel.com.