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PCC 50th Anniversary Digital Photo Collection

In preparation for the 50th Anniversary, the historical photos from the Records Center were digitized. These photos help describe the rich history of the college, and the hard work it took to get PCC where it is today. This digital repository was created by the Records Center in collaboration with the Library.

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  • Collection: PCC 50th Anniversary Digital Photo Collection
https://www.pcc.edu/library/digital-collections/p16094coll2221.jp2

Lewis Nickerson, Board Member (1968-1979)

https://www.pcc.edu/library/digital-collections/p16094coll2222.jp2

Hugh McGilvra, Board Member (1968-1979), Zone 7

https://www.pcc.edu/library/digital-collections/p16094coll2223.jp2

Lewis Nickerson, Board Member (1968-1979)

https://www.pcc.edu/library/digital-collections/p16094coll2224.jp2

Carl R. Neil, Board Member (1968-1973), Zone 5

https://www.pcc.edu/library/digital-collections/p16094coll2225.jp2

Lewis Nickerson, Board Member (1968-1979), Zone 3

https://www.pcc.edu/library/digital-collections/p16094coll2226.jp2

Robert E. Thompson, Board Member (1968-1976)

https://www.pcc.edu/library/digital-collections/p16094coll2227.jp2

Manley Bakkensen, Board Member (1968-1976)

https://www.pcc.edu/library/digital-collections/p16094coll2228.jp2

"It was in 1961 that Portland Community College was launched by Portland School Board members Howard Cherry, R.W. "Bill" deWeese, Ted Yaw, Mary Rieke, Edmund Jordan, William Wyse, and William Hutchinson. The Portland superintendent of schools at the time was Melvin Barnes. The school board members had varying ideas about what the infant college should or would be. But few of them foresaw that what they were creating would grow into what PCC has become. Leading the board into the community college age were deWesse and Cherry." -- p. 106 from the book "They Just Did It"

https://www.pcc.edu/library/digital-collections/p16094coll2229.jp2

"By 1964 community college business was taking too much of the Portland School Board's time, and the board named an advisory council to help steer the fast-growing college and to recommend policies for the college. The advisory council continued to function until 1968-69 when the college was separated from the school district and got its own elected board of directors." -- p. 108, from the book, "They Just Did It" Harry A. Thompson served on the first advisory council.

https://www.pcc.edu/library/digital-collections/p16094coll2230.jp2

This picture when Randy McEwen was the Physical Plant Director. He is currently the District Vice President.