Wednesday, October 3, 1984
Clackamas Community College
Vol. XVIII, No. 1
Retirement nears for president
Dec. 31 last day for Hakanson
By Shelley Ball
Of The Print
He has been with Clackamas Com­
munity College for nearly 18 years, but
now College President Dr. John
Hakanson plans to vacate the Barlow
Hall office he has worked in since
1971, when he officially retires Dec.
31.
Hakanson, 64, originally announced
his retirement at a press conference in
early July. He has been College presi­
dent since 1969, or nearly 16 years, and
he said he is retiring at the end of this
year because he is “ready to take it a
little easier.”
Hakanson first joined the College in
1967, when he served as dean of in­
struction. He has also served as acting
president on two occasions for a total
of six weeks before he took over as
president in 1969.
Since he has been with the College
from its earliest beginnings to now,
Hakanson has had the oportunity to
see the campus change and expand. He
explained that when he started working
for the College he did so out of two
rented offices at the North Clackamas
Chamber of Commerce Building. The
first College course were being taught
in a number of places, including a
Predsbyterian Church and Gladstone
and Oregon City High Schools.
Eventually, building took place on
the present campus site. Barlow Hall
was the first of the core buildings on
campus to be completed in 1971,
Hakanson said, and it was at this time
he moved into the office he currently
occupies.
What is know as Clackamas Com­
munity College today has only been
completed for about three years,
Hakanson explained. “It’s been a
gradual process that took about 15
years,” he said.
Throughout his near 18 years at the
College, Hakanson listed the develop­
ment of the rate-based serial levy, for­
ming a comprehensive community
school program and gathering money
for the construction of the Pauling
Center as someof the major
achievements he said “happened while
I was present.”
Hakanson added the College was tne
first agency in Oregon to use the rate­
based levy, and the nearly $2.5 million
need to build the Pauling Center ws ob­
tained through a “broad, widespread
community undertaking.”
The College’s record of levy elec­
tions was one area Hakanson said was
not so positive for the institution.
AT THE HELM—Clackamas Community College President Dr. John
Hakanson explained that during the
Hakanson stands in front of Barlow Hall. The building houses Hakan-
first 12 years of the College’s existence,
son’s office, which he first moved into back in 1971. „. . . T ,
a total of 33 elections took place, an
Photo by Joel Miller
event he described as “agonizing.” He
also said he is a little disappointed the
As for the selection of the new presi­ will also be involved in economic
College hasn’t been able to obtain an
auditorium and a new and improved dent, a schedule has been set up outlin­ development programs, reforming
ing the process. Hakanson said the school finance systems and the issues
library up to now.
College’s Board of Education members and problems faced by aging people.
As for the future of the College,
will be looking for an “outside” per­
But in looking back on how far the son to fill the job, and he said he will Hakanson said he felt positive about it.
College has come, Hakanson said, not be involved in helping to choose his He siad he has enjoyed being able to
“the first time I saw this (College site) successor. The new president will take make things happen at the College, and
he looks forward to the College expan­
it was a cow pasture with a semi­ over in July 1985.
Although Hakanson has no im­ ding futher as a result of growth in in­
swamp; it has felt good to be here.”
mediate plans made following his dustry and business. “The county will
retirement, he said he and his wife get its act together and be in a postition
Helen will do some traveling and he to attract more industries; it (the Col­
will continue to follow his interest in lege) will be twice its size someday,” he
music and singing. Hakanson said he said.
Picking a new president
Community members voice
opinions at selection meeting
Although Clackamas Com­
munity College’s Board
members will make the final
decision in choosing a suc­
cessor to current College
President John Hakanson, re­
cent meetings were held in
which community members
had an opportunity to express
[their views on the subject.
The meetings were held on
Sept. 24, 27 and Oct. 2, and
were designed as a way for
the College’s Board to
receive input from the com­
munity in selecting a new
president. The following is a
list of dates scheduled for the
selection process:
1 Participants at these
meetings included city coun­
cil members, superinten­
dants, city managers,
business
leaders
and
chamber presidents and
managers, in addition to the
general public.
Nov. 1—Notice of vacan-
cy, College brochure mailed
nationwide
Oct. 23—Board will
finalize criteria for selection
president
Jan. 31—Last day for ap­
plications to be accepted
Feb. 26—Finalists sent to
Board
Feb. 27-March 30—Inter­
view finalists, visits made to
their previous place of
employment to conduct
character interviews.
April 1—Hiring .of new
president
What's inside
Smuckers building
damage update Page 3
Shields recaptures
foreign art world
through trip
Page 4
July 1—New president on
campus
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