Butler Community College - Grizzly Growl Yearbook (El Dorado, KS)

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President Edwin J. Walbourn

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The campus . . gives oil, takes blood ■9HH

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Edwin J. Walbourn, President of Butler County Com- munity College, resigned at the end of the fall semester to become executive director of the Kansas Association of Community Colleges. Mr. Walbourn has been involved in the growth of the college since he came to the campus in 1952 as an instructor. At that time the school had an enrollment of 265 compared to over 1400 this year. He began his work in the administrative branch in 1959 when he succeeded the dean to become acting dean of the then El Dorado Junior College. He remained in that position until 1963 when he was named the first president of the new coun- ty college. Mr. Walbourn was instrumental in the action that helped make El Dorado Junior College the first county college in the state. In his new capacity, Mr. Walbourn will continue to be closely allied with the progress of the college. Because of his long devoted service to BCCC, and for his special interest in and understanding of journalism, the staff of the 1976 Grizzly wishes to dedicate this yearbook to President Edwin J. Walbourn.