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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
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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).
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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
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