FIRST LCC LEADER CONNECTED COMMUNITIES, COLLEGES.Byline: WHERE ARE THEY NOW? By Bob Welch There are a number of famous people of this name including:
EDITOR'S NOTE Editor's Note (foaled in 1993 in Kentucky) is an American thoroughbred Stallion racehorse. He was sired by 1992 U.S. Champion 2 YO Colt Forty Niner, who in turn was a son of Champion sire Mr. Prospector and out of the mare, Beware Of The Cat. Trained by D. : "Where Are They Now?" is a Monday column that updates readers on local newsmakers from the past. Have ideas? E-mail Bob Welch at bwelch@guardnet.com. THEN: Dale Parnell was a former Springfield High principal who, with a few others, spearheaded the founding of Lane Community College in 1965, and was its popular first president. NOW: Parnell, 79, who left Eugene three years later, has followed the community college trail to all sorts of educational adventures, including a stint as president of the American Association American Association refers to one of the following professional baseball leagues:
His first post-LCC stop was Salem, where then-Gov. Tom McCall Thomas Lawson McCall (March 22, 1913 – January 8, 1983) was an American politician, a Republican, and the 30th governor of Oregon from 1967 to 1975. McCall's two terms as Oregon's governor were notable for many achievements in the environmental sphere, including the had appointed him state superintendent of public instruction. During Parnell's tenure, a handful of other community colleges were launched - at a time when such schools were beneath the superintendent's jurisdiction. `Community colleges have been my baby for a long, long time." Six years later, it was off to San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. , where he became chancellor of San Diego's community colleges, then to Stockton, Calif., where he helped launch San Joaquin Delta Community College and served as president for five years. While heading up the association in Washington, D.C., for a decade, Parnell helped start a tech-prep associate degree program that Congress funded to the tune of $110 million. After Washington, he served a one-year stint as commissioner of community colleges in Oregon, then launched a community-college leadership program at Oregon State of which current LCC (Leadless Chip Carrier, Leaded Chip Carrier) See leadless chip carrier, CLCC and PLCC. 1. LCC - Language for Conversational Computing. Written at CMU in the 1960's. president Mary Spilde was part. And wrote a book, "The Neglected Majority," that addressed the needs of the 75 percent of students who won't graduate from four-year colleges. He tried to retire, but the University of South Florida • • [ wooed him to Tampa Bay. Seven years ago, he retired for good. He and wife Beverly now live at Capital Manor, a retirement community in Salem, where his fires still burn for community colleges. "How fortunate we are in Oregon for all the good that's come out of those who attended community colleges," he says. |
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