Orange Coast College - Log Yearbook (Costa Mesa, CA)

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mew prQQicoletaf fete QQQ The spring semester saw a new face occupying the OCC presi- dentis chair. The new face be- longed to Dr. Norman Watson who replaced Dr. Basil H. Peter- son as the college president and district superintendent. D1: Peterson was the colleges first president and founder of the campus as well as the new Golden West Campus in Hunt- ington Beach. The new campus is scheduled to open in Septem- ber of 1966. Dr. Watson is a native Orange Countian. He was born in Santa Ana 49 years ago. NOrange County has been one Of my fav- orite places and it always has been? Dr. Watson said. Watson was graduated from Tustin Un- ion High School and he served as ASB president. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in English and speech from P0- mona College and he received his 'Mastei's from USC in English and education. He later attended Clalteant Graduate School and was awarded his Doctorate in Education from Stanford in 1951. During his 12 years at Orange Coast, Dr. Watson has served as dean of student personnel, coun- selor, instructor and more re- cently Vice-president. He also served the school as sailing coach. The Coast sailors wei'e un- defeated for two consecutive years While he was coaching. His main responsibility as Vice-president was to develop the educational program at OCC. HI was very happy to have had an opportunity to participate in the educational development of the Orange County area? Dr. Wat- son observed. Hl hope to carry out the plans now under way for expansion of the present campus and the con- struction of the new campus in Huntington Beach, he com- mented. HI am particularly in- terested in the students? he continued. When he was teaching and counseling he was very Close to the students and he still enjoys working with them as much as possible. Dr. Watson summed up his feelings on the new position when he said to the Board Of Trustees: t1 realize the great re- sponsibility 0f the position, but with the cooperation of all the students, staff and the continued support of the community, I look forward to the progress and eX- pansion 0f the junior college pro- gram in the coastal area.H He then added. 1 am an avid rooter of the football teamW He said he would move down 011 to the line with the team next se- mester. He then jokingly added, That is why I took the job, so I can get a better View Of the game? sixty-nme

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Orange C06 st doors on Septenber , 515 studentsi At first? were held in a few can e.1 Army buildings which . tutecl 2. part Of the old Santa Ana Lighter-than-air Base Through the years the campus has grown? both in buildings and in popula- tion. Today there are over :25 buildings composing what is now Orange Coast. The latest buildings to be com- pleted in the Orange Coast story are the Science Hall and the Data Processing Building. Both of these were completed this year and are highlights of the Coast campus. Included in the building pros gram for the future is the addi- tion of an enlarged Art Center. Included in the enlarged Art Cen- ter will be expanded dark room facilities and a second floor on top of the dark room housing new quarters for the BAR- NACLE and another dark room for color photography. An addi- tional building will be built Close to this, housing faculty offices for the art teachers and Classrooms for art instruction. The new fa- cilities are scheduled to be corn- pleted in time for the fall semester. Other buildings sched- uled to open next year are a general purpose classroom build- ing, a Piano-Music Theory Lab- oratory and a new bookstore. Included in the bookstore wing will be a new enlarged bookstore and facilities for the audiO-Visual and instructional materials cle- paiitments. The new wing will be ready in time for the spring semester, 1965. In addition to expansion of the present campus, the new campus in Huntington Beach will offi- cially begin construction next year. lt is scheduled to be com- pleted in time for Classes to be- gin in September of T966. The campus will be built to ac- commodate approximately .3000 students and it can be enlaiiged later to meet a student body Of 10,000 it it seems necessary to do this in later years. Orange Coast has come a long way since its beginning back in 1947. it still has a long way to go before it is considered finished. u L y wig; W4 g $ A