Broome Community College - Citadel Yearbook (Binghamton, NY)

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Broome Community College celebrates — silver anniversary Broome Community College, known nationwide as an outstanding example of a comprehensive community college, was established in 1946 as The New York State Institute of Applied Arts and Sciences at Binghamton. Housed in the old State Armory on Washington Street in Binghamton, it offered four technical curricula. When the Armory burnt down in 1951, the facilities were moved quickly into Kalaruh Temple on Washington Street in Binghamton, and they overflowed into two other buildings in the city. Broome County became the spon- sor of the college in 1953, and the school’s name was changed to Broome County Technical Institute. It became the first two year college in the State University of New York to have its own campus in 1956. Along with the campus came another new name, Broome Technical Community College. The name was changed again in 1971 to Broome Community College to reflect the college’s ex- panding program with Liberal Arts. In 25 years Broome County has developed from an area where only 10% of the high school graduates went to college to become one in which 34% of it’s graduates attend College and more than 60% have gone to college in 1971. Broome Community College has grown from 215 full time students in its first year (1947) to 2380 in 1971; from four curricula into a comprehensive college which offers 20 degree- granting programs in the areas of Liberal Arts, Health Sciences, Business, Engineering Science and the technical areas. In addition, the Division of Continuing Education has enrolled about 3100 ‘‘part- time’’ students in credit and non-credit evening courses, as well as another 1200 students in the Summer Session. Thus, the college has grown from its original enrollment of 215 studentsto a new total of more than 6500 part-time or full-time students. Present Past

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Dedication to President Tyrrell President Tyrrell came to Binghamton in 1946 to assume responsibilities in an experiment with a new type of higher education--the two year college. He was named President of The New York State Institute of Applied Arts and Sciences, which was the forerunner of Broome Community College. Along the way, he introduced (at the college) many edu- cational innovations in Engineering, Secretarial Sci- ence, and Liberal Arts and Science, Health Science Technology, as well as collegiate studies. If running a college was not enough to keep him busy, President Tyrrell also found time for other activities. On the national scene, he has served on many evaluating teams for such accrediting bodies as the Middle States Association and the Engineers Council for Professional Development. In addition, he has been a consultant to many colleges when they were developing their technical programs or when they were to be evaluated for accreditation. President Tyrrell received the coveted James H. McGraw Award in 1967 for his outstanding contri- butions to the field of technical education. He served as Chairman of the Committee of the American Society for Engineering Education, when it prepared the report that became the ‘“‘bible’’ for technical education in America. Locally, President Tyrrell was apast President of the former Binghamton Chamber of Commerce, The Sheltered Workshop, Broome County’s Social Planning Council and United Fund. He has also been an officer or aboard member with such organizations as Marine Midland Trust Company, Roberson Center Growth Fund and the State Labor Department’s Advisory Manpower Panel. The American Legion Post 80 named him ‘‘Man of the Year’’ in 1965, and he was cited as the ‘‘Engi- neer of the Year’’ in 1966 by Broome Area Chapter of the New York Society of Professional Engineers. President Tyrrell was born in Crown Point, New York and attended school in Scotia, and subse- quently received his B.A. and M.A. from Purdue University. He taught mechanical engineering for three years at the University of Maine, for five years at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn for two years at Rutgers University. Prior to coming to Binghamton, he worked as a senior mechanical engineer at the Anthracite Institute, in Primas, Pa., from 1944 to 1946. Looking back with some pride and satisfaction over his past twenty-five years as President of Broome Community College, President Tyrrell noted that he has enjoyed a privilege ‘‘That does not come to many-- the creation of a new college in what was a higher education wasteland when we undertook the job back in 1946’’. These are the kinds of accom- plishments Cecil C. Tyrrell has made to the College and the Community. On behalf of the student body, we wish President and Mrs. Tyrrell a happy retire- ment in sunny Florida.

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Future ORIGINAL FACULTY Richard E. Baldwin......-- Phys. Ed. Axford L. Beagle, Jr. . Collegiate Studies Clyde E. Chauncey . . Emeritus - Med. Off. George A. Elliott ......-.- Lib. Arts oar DM Rolevinnice ss ei eas eer OL ary. Marion A. Forbes......-.- Mech. Tech. Lloyd W. Hartman. Emeritus-Lib. Arts A. James Kalbaugh........- Business Michael J. Kapral, Jr..... Mech. Tech. Dr. John Kushner ...... . Chem. Tech. Mrs. Kushner......-.-- Chem. Tech. Michael T. Orinik...... Chem. Tech. Lawrence J. Sitterlee .. . Elect. Tech. On