Glendale Community College - El Ano Yearbook (Glendale, AZ)

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Prince reigns as First AdminisTraTive Decm Well versed in The Traditions and prob- x 4 Iems of The junior college, Dr. John F. - 157 Prince has broughT To Glendale Commu- I i m: niTy college The experience of over TwenTy years' associaTion wiTh higher educaTion in Maricopa CounTy. As ExecuTive Direc- Tor of The STaTe Junior College Board, Dr. Prince worked enThusiasTically in The formaTion of The MCJC DisTricT. AfTer resigning from his sTaTe position in July of 1965, he was appoinTed as The AdminisTraTive Dean of G.C.C. Dr. Prince began his new duTies immediaTely, plan- ning for The operaTion of Two separaTe campuses and The building of a new one. He has provided The sTimulus and new ideas which have resulted in The creaTing of a Truly unique American advenTure in public educaTion: The communiTy junior college. Gem GuesTs at a luncheon spon- sored by The Glendale Chamber of Come merce, G.C.C. adminisTraTors and faculty goT To know local officials. PicTured wiTh Dr. Prince are Dean Pierson, The Mayor of Glendale, Carl STockland; The Presi- denT of The MCJCD Governing Board, Dr. RoberT F. Easley; The Glendale Chamber of Commerce PresidenT, ArT Johnson; and Deans BUTIer, Capper and Hanhila. ACADEMICS - 17

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Governing board seTs M Mr. Robert M. Jaap and Dr. C. LesTer Hogan. 16 - ACADEMICS Maricopa CounTy Governing Board: Seaied: Mr. W. J. Miller, Dr. RoberT F. Easley, Mr. DwighT PaTTerson. Standing: goals For counTy JC program Members of The first Maricopa CounTy Governing Board were appoinTed by The STaTe SuperinTen- denT of Public EducaTion in December of 1962. In 1963, all original members of The Board were reTained by The voTers of Maricopa CounTy. As STU- denT enrollmenT in Maricopa CounTy soared, The working budgeT which is handled by The Board has done The same. This pasT year, nine million dollars was spenT for salaries, insTrucTional ma- Terials, planT operaTions and mainTenance. While They are noT dedicaTing Their Time To higher educaTion in Maricopa CounTy, Mr. W. J. Miller is Treasurer for The Del Webb CorporaTion, Dr. Robert F. Easley is a physician and surgeon in Glendale, Mr. Dwight Patterson is a rancher in Mesa, Mr. Robert M. Jaap is a vice-presidenT of The FirsT NaTionaI Bank of Arizona, and Dr. C. Lester Hogan is Vice-presidenT of MoToroIa ln- corporaTed. Board members serve Through The year in carrying ouT Their educational duTies. They enforce The course of sTudy and The use of TexT- books prescribed and adopTed by The sTaTe,- visiT The junior colleges of Maricopa CounTy and ex- amine carefully Their management, condiTion and needs. Dr. Robert J. Hannelly serves as The Presi- denT of The Maricopa CounTy Junior College Dis- TricT. He works closely wiTh The governing board in The adminisTraTion of The junior college pro- gram.

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Deans Hanhila and Heuser ioin G.C.C. administration i Dr. MattO. Hanhila Mr. Robert B. Heuser 5 Assistant Dean of College Dean of Admissions f Supervising the purchase of equipment and supplies for the new campus, Dean Hanhila has brought over thirty years administrative experience to make him the ideal man for the iob. As a high schooi principal within the Phoenix Union system, Dr. Hanhila was selected to open two new urban schools within a five year period. Before coming to Glen- dale Community College, he was superintendent of schools for the Paradise Valley District. Mathematics, science and physical education comprise his teaching background. As the first full time Dean of Admissions, Robert B. Heuser has been very much a traveling man. Coordinating the ad- missions and registration policies of the branch schools, he has worked with faculty and students alike to ease the burden and confusion of necessary paper work. Visiting local high schools and carrying the word forth, Dean Heuser has done much to publicize Glendale Community While examining blueprints of the new campus, Dr. Hanhila acquaints College. Dean Heuser with the location of the administrative building. .351 $335!- Mr. Robert A. Taylor, District Business Manager, chats with Dean Hanhila during the intermission of a G.C.C. versus P.C. basketball game. 18 - ACADEMICS