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RESEARCH . . . In 1967 the Smithfield Chamber of Commerce appointed a steering committee, headed by the late M. Brack Wilson, Sr., a prominent Smithfield businessman and civic leader, to study the need for a post-secondary educational institution for Johnston County and surrounding areas. This study led to the establishment in 1969 of Johnston County Technical Institute, the fifty-first institution in the North Carolina Community College System. M. Brack Wilson, Sr. was elected Chairman of the Institute ' s newly -appointed Board of Trustees, and William R. Britt, Vice-Chairman. Dr. John L. Tart was chosen by the board to serve as the Institute ' s President. In September, 1969, under his leadership, Johnston County Technical Institute enrolled its first students in 29 evening courses at the former Forest Hill School, located on Highway 301 South near the town of Four Oaks. 8
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GROWTH . . . Adult high school classes were offered and a new industry training program was initiated at Chicopee Manufacturing Company in Benson in December, 1969. General Office Technology was the Institute’s first full-time, on-campus program. The Institute climaxed its first year of operation by holding Adult High School Graduation exercises on August 26, 1970 with b-8 graduates. Johnston County Technical Institute was changed by the Board of Trustees to Johnston Technical Institute in January, 1971. That August, the Institute held its first graduation of 31 curriculum students. Dramatic growth in student population increased the need for a permanent campus. On December b, 1971 a one-hundred acre tract of land, located near the intersection of Interstate 95 and U.S. Highway 70 was purchased. The first major building provided 51,000 square feet and was named the Wilson Building for the Institute’s first Chairman of the Board of Trustees. U
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