His Bl ® Print Clackamas Community College Wednesday, April 10, 1985 Vol. XVIII, No. 19 Keyser named College president Hakanson successor takes over July 1 By Shelley Ball Of The Print Clackamas Community College’s Board of Directors ended their presidential search by choosing Dr. John S. Keyser, vice president for in struction at Linn-Benton Com munity College in Albany, to be College president. Keyser, 40, was one of three final candidates to be inter viewed a second time by the Board on campus between April 1-3 before a decision was made. The other two finalists, Dr. Kenneth J. Minnaert from South Puget Sound Communi ty College was on campus April 1, Dr. Marvin W. Weiss from Northeastern Junior College in Sterling, Colo, was on campus April 3 and Keyser on April 2. “It took us about until 11 (at night),” Bonnie Robert son, chairperson of the Board said of the time it took for them to decide between the three finalists. Board members met after the April 3 interview in the evening and stayed until a decision was reached. The selection of Keyser was an nounced April 4. Earlier that morning, Keyser signed a con tract. Although Robertson said choosing a new president was difficult because the finalists were all qualified, she said the most important qualification to the Board was the new president be able to “work well with the •community and the College.” • “We think he’s (Keyser) an i ■LSI JOHN S. KEYSER (center), Clackamas Com* munity College’s new president reads statement at April 5 press conference on campus. Also at the conference were Dean of Instruction Lyle excellent leader and will do a very good job for the school. We òbviously felt he was the best person for the job, and will be an asset to the internal and external community,” Robertson said. Following the Board’s an nouncement, a press con ference was held April 5 in room CC 101 of the Com munity Center to introduce the new president. At the con ference Keyser expressed ex citement at being chosen the fourth president to serve the College. “This College has a wonder ful tradition of delivering Reese (left), who has been serving as interim president at the College, and Chairperson of the College’s Board of Directors Bonnie Robertson (right). , , , , Photo by Joel Miller quality education through its lower-division transfer pro grams, its vocational/ technical programs and its community-based programs and services. I applaud all those College and community people who are responsible for developing and maintaining this tradition,” he said. Also present at the con ference were several College deans, Robertson and Dean of Instruction Lyle Reese, who has been serving as interim president every since former president Dr. John W. Hakan son retired Dec. 31 after serv ing 16 years in that position. Reese said he was “delighted with the choice” the Board made. Although he won’t take command on campus until Ju ly 1, Keyser said he will “try to do as much preparation as I can” in the months ahead. “I think I’ll do a lot of listening,” he added in regards to learning about the focus of the College. Keyser’s educational background includes holding a doctorate in community col lege administration and a master’s degree in coliege stu dent personnel administration at the University of Colorado. He has been vice president at Linn-Benton since 1982, but has previously served as dean of student relations at Mount Hood Community College and has held adminstrative posi tions at Western Wyoming College, Mesa College in Col orado and the University of Colorado. Keyser currently lives in Wilsonville with his wife Marilynne. They have two children, a daughter, Amber, who lives with them and a son, Brandan, who attends high school in Hawaii. One of the things that im presses Keyser about the Col lege is that it is in a “very ex citing” area. Located in Clackamas County, an area which Keyser sees as having economic growth potential in the future, he said he realizes the importance of working with business and industry in the hope the College can benefit. “I share the Board’s deep sense of responsibility to pro tect the public’s investment and to deliver efficient and ef fective educational programs and services. We all have a vested interest in developing the human resource of Clackamas County. “We need to be a strong, willing and flexible partner with business, industry, government, schools and other groups where vitality depends on the training, growth and development of people,” Keyser said. What ’s: insiidp Cougar baseball team battles double-headers Films of crime series underway Students to vote on constitution changes Page 2 Page 3 Page 4