Robert E. Hamill served as interim president of Lane Community College from 1968 to 1969.
Robert Hamill was born in 1926 in Merced, California. He was educated at the University of Redlands in California (B.A., 1948) and at the University of Oregon (M.S., 1956; D.Ed., Educational Administration, 1967). He taught in the Eugene public schools and served an administrative internship at Lane Community College before being named interim president in 1968.
He served as vice-president of Highline Community College, Midway, Washington, 1969-1972, and as president of Whatcom Community College, Bellingham, Washington, 1972-1977. He was associate superintendent for community colleges in the Oregon Department of Education, 1977-1986. He died in 1989 following a long illness.
The records document the tenure of Robert Hamill, interim president of Lane Community College, 1968-1969. This collection contains only a small part of the records from Hamill's administration. The collection contains administrative correspondence, arranged chronologically, and subject files, arranged alphabetically, which include a limited selection of files on administrative topics.
The collection is contained in one series.
Series A. Correspondence and Subject Files, 1968-1970
There are no access restrictions. The collection is open for research.
There are no use restrictions.
President's Office (Robert E. Hamill) Records, 1968-1970 (A-034), Lane Community College Archives, Eugene, Oregon
Records were transferred from the President's Office to the college archives in seven accessions between 1978 and 1987.
The collection was transferred from the President's Office to the Archives in seven accessions between 1978 and 1987. The records in these accessions were consolidated into one collection when they were processed Elizabeth Uhlig in 1997 and 2000.
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.
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.
The series contains administrative correspondence, arranged chronologically. This subject files, arranged alphabetically, include records pertaining to the Gonyea Property, Manpower Development and Training Program, and President's Cabinet Meetings.
Collection is open to the public.