Lane Community College
4000 East 30th Avenue
Eugene, Oregon 97405
Phone: 541-463-5466
Fax: 541-463-3996
E-mail: archives@lanecc.edu
Web: http://www.lanecc.edu/archives/
A-033
Lane Community College
(Eugene, Or.)President's Office
President's Office (Dale Parnell)
Records
1964-1969
1.6 cubic feet
4 document boxes
Dale P. Parnell was the first president
of Lane Community College, 1965-1968. This collection includes correspondence
and subject files.
Collection materials are in
English
Eugene Mayor Edward Cone and LCC President Dale Parnell in parade to
support funding of higher education, 1968. Lane Community College Archives,
A-033.
Biographical Note
Dale Parnell was educated at Willamette University (B.A., 1951) and at
the University of Oregon (M.Ed., 1956, D.Ed., 1964) and served as principal of
Springfield High School and superintendent of Lane Intermediate Education
District.
He was instrumental in founding Lane Community College and served as
its first president from 1965-1968. He was appointed Oregon Superintendent of
Public Instruction in 1968 by Governor Tom McCall.
In 1974 he became chancellor of San Diego Community College and in
1976 he became president of San Joaquin Delta Community College. He was
president of the American Association of Community Colleges from 1981-1991,
followed by a year as Oregon's community college commissioner.
He helped establish the Western Center for Community College
Development at Oregon State University in 1992 where he taught before retiring
in 1997. After retiring, he was a visiting professor at the University of South
Florida in Tampa. His many publications include the book The Neglected
Majority, published in 1985.
The records document the tenure of Dale Parnell, the first president
of Lane Community College, 1965-1968. The collection contains administrative
correspondence, which is arranged chronologically; and correspondence between
Parnell and I.S. Hakanson, Dean of Students. The collection also contains
subject files, arranged alphabetically, which include a limited selection of
files on administrative topics.
The collection is divided into two series.
Series A. Correspondence, 1965-1968
Series B. Subject Files, 1964-1969
There are no access restrictions. The collection is open for
research.
There are no use restrictions.
President's Office (Dale Parnell) Records, 1964-1994 (A-033), Lane
Community College Archives, Eugene, Oregon
Records were transferred from the President's Office to the archives
in eight accessions between 1978 and 1980.
The collection was transferred by the President's Office to the
Archives in eight accessions between 1978 and 1980. The records in these eight
accessions were consolidated into one collection when they were processed by
Elizabeth Uhlig in 1997 and 2000.
Assistant to the President
(Bert Dotson) Records, 1960-1975 (A-032). This collection documents
the founding and early years of the college. The records include correspondence
and other administrative records from the office of Bert Dotson, assistant to
the president, 1965-1982, as well as records from the office of Dale Parnell,
president, 1965-1968.
Student Services Office
(Hakanson, Carter) Records, 1965-1987 (A-024). The collection includes
administrative records from the tenure of Dean of Students I.S. (Bud) Hakanson,
1965-1969, and Dean of Students/ Vice President for Student Services John
(Jack) Carter, 1969-1988.
Oral History: Dale
Parnell. In an oral history interview on September 24, 2003, Dr.
Parnell talked about his role in establishing the college, the mission of
community colleges, and his career as an advocate of community colleges in
Oregon and Washington, D.C.
Lane Community College: The
Parnell Years. This online exhibit is based on the book by Larry
Romine which tells the history of the founding and early years of the college
while Dale Parnell was president.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online
catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or
places should search the catalog using these headings.
Parnell,
Dale P.
Case,
Lewis
Cox, William W.
Romine,
Larry
Hakanson, Irving S. (Bud)
Lane
Community College (Eugene, Or.)--President's Office
Lane
Community College (Eugene, Or.)
Universities and
colleges--Oregon
Community
colleges--Oregon
Lane Community College (Eugene,
Or.)--Administration
Lane Community College (Eugene, Or.)--Vocational
education
Vocational education
Colleges and universities
Oregon
Eugene (Or.)
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection.
Series A
Correspondence
1965-1968
This series contains administrative correspondence, which is
arranged chronologically, and correspondence between Parnell and I.S. Hakanson,
Dean of Students.
Collection is open to the public.
1/1-13
Chronological File
1966-1968
2/1-2
Correspondence, With I.S. Hakanson
1965-1967
Series B
Subject Files
1964-1969
The series contains subject files, arranged alphabetically, which
include a limited selection of files on administrative topics, such as
curriculum, the Educational Coordinating Council, staff handbook revisions, and
vocational education.
Collection is open to the public.
2/3
Advisory Committees, Annual Report
1968
2/4
Agreements
1966-1968
2/5
Apprenticeship Program
1965-1969
2/6
Articulation Committee
1965-1967
2/7
Bids, Instructional equipment, furnishings, color
1968
2/8
Business Services Advisory Committee
1966
2/9
Committee on Enrollment; Enrollment Projections
1968
2/10
Committee on Research and Management Data
1967-1968
2/11
Community College Statistics
1964-1965
2/12
Construction - Change Orders
1967-1968
2/13
Construction - Inspection Report
1967-1968
3/1
Curriculum
1965-1966
3/2
Curriculum - Class Schedules
1966-1967
3/3
Division Council Meeting
1968
3/4
Educational Coordinating Council - Federal
Funding
1968-1969
3/5
Educational Coordinating Council - Committee on
Financial Aid
1968
3/6
Educational Coordinating Council - Post-High School
Education
1967-1968
3/7
Educational Specifications for LCC
1966
3/8
Fact Sheet on LCC, Institutional Research
1968
3/9
Fire Protection
1966-1968
3/10
Florence, Educational Center
1967-1968
3/11
Human Relations Committee/Race Relations
Council
1968-1969
3/12
On-the-Job Training
1967-1968
3/13
Presidential Search Screening Committee
1968
4/1
Staff Handbook Revisions, I-III
1967
4/2
Staff Handbook Revisions, IV-VIII
1967
4/3
Study Skills Center
1966-1968
4/4
Technical-Vocational Education in Lane County - Job
Cluster Curriculum
1965
4/5-6
Vocational Education in Oregon Advisory Committee
1968