President's Office (Dale Parnell) Records
Scope and Contents note
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.
Dates
- Creation: 1964-1969
Creator
- Lane Community College (Eugene, Or.) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access note
There are no access restrictions. The collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use note
There are no use restrictions.
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.
Extent
4 Containers (1-4: document boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Dale P. Parnell was the first president of Lane Community College, 1965-1968. This collection includes correspondence and subject files.
Arrangement note
The collection is divided into two series.
Series A. Correspondence, 1965-1968
Series B. Subject Files, 1964-1969
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Records were transferred from the President's Office to the archives in eight accessions between 1978 and 1980.
General note
Eugene Mayor Edward Cone and LCC President Dale Parnell in parade to support funding of higher education, 1968. Lane Community College Archives, A-033.
Processing Information note
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.
Subject
- Parnell, Dale P., 1928- (Person)
- Lane Community College (Eugene, Or.) (Organization)
- Lane Community College (Eugene, Or.). President's Office (Organization)
- Cox, William W. (Person)
- Case, Lewis (Person)
- Romine, Larry (Person)
- Title
- Guide to President's Office (Dale Parnell) Records 1964-1969
- Author
- Elizabeth Uhlig
- Date
- 1997, 2000
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Repository Details
Part of the Lane Community College Archives Repository