Guilford Technical Community College - Whispering Pines Yearbook (Jamestown, NC)

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From the bottom to the top.... in six short, progress-packed years. From 798 campus curriculum students to 2,722. From the buildings of an abandoned tuberculosis sanatorium to a multi-million UPPER LEFT, Board of Trustees: (First Row) Gordon T. Saddler, John R. Foster, George A. Covington, William L. Beerman, James L. Williams. (Second Row) Percy H. Sears, H. Franklin Starling, John W. Thompson, Jr., Sidney Low. (Third Row) William P. Hinson, James B. Millikan, John T. Davis, Jr. UPPER RIGHT: Dr. Luther R. Medlin, president. LOWER LEFT: Nelson R. Wallace, vice-president for administration. LOWER CENTER: N. J. Owens, Jr., vice-president for instruction. LOWER RIGHT: Preston A. Williams, director of finance. dollar construction program featuring well-equipped facilities of contemporary ‘design. So reads the story of Guilford Technical Institute’s climb from its 1967 existence as one of the smallest members of the Community College System to its present status as the largest of the technical institute members. The 1973-74 academic year, like its predecessors, was filled with continuous examples of progress. Nearly 20,000 individuals enrolled in at least one GTI program of instruction.

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ADMIN ISTRATION FACULLY polar

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A 47,000 square foot Greensboro Division was purchased, and additional classroom space was rented in High Point and at the Regional Airport. Plans were begun for a 30,000 square foot Health Careers Building on the Jamestown capmus to compliment the $3.24 million Campus Center Learning Resource Center complex under construction. It was a year of expansion and development... a year of continued service to individuals seeking knowledge as well as business and industry who seek well- trained, highly qualified employees. And for GTI, it was was a year of challenge to maintain the Institute’s high status. 165