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  Sara Combs, August 20, 2004

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  Richard Ernst Cooper, August…

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  Charles F. Haywood, June 19,…

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  Donald R. Mills, July 1, 2004

  In this interview, Don Mills, the press secretary for Governor Edward Breathitt during his gubernatorial tenure, discusses the creation of the University of…
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  Robert Cornett, July 6, 2004

  In this interview, Robert Cornett, former Kentucky state budget director, discusses the inception of the University of Kentucky Community College System in…
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  James M. Collier, July 7,…

  In this interview, James Collier, an advocate for a four-year liberal arts college in Elizabethtown, Kentucky in 1955, relates how the town became part of the…
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  Walter D. Huddleston, July 7,…

  In this interview, Former U.S. Senator Walter D. Huddleston, a key figure in Elizabethtown, Kentucky's drive for a local college in the early 1960s, gives his…
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  William B. Sturgill, July 9,…

  In this interview, William Sturgill, a member of the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees, discusses the evolution of the statewide community college system…
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  A. D. Albright, July 13, 2004

  In this interview, former Northern Kentucky University president and longtime University of Kentucky administrator, A.D. Albright, reflects on the evolution of…
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  Frank G. Dickey, July 15, 2004

  In this interview, former University of Kentucky president, Frank Dickey, remembers how the state's modern community college system began to develop in the…
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  Charles D. Wade, July 16, 2004

  In this interview, Charles Wade, an educator and former employee of the Kentucky Department of Education, discusses both his own personal history as an educator…
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  William L. Sullivan, August …

  In this interview, William Sullivan, a former Kentucky state senator, discusses the creation of the University of Kentucky Community College System. He…
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  Richard L. Frymire, August 6,…

  In this interview, attorney Richard L. Frymire (Kentucky State Senator for the Tenth District 1962-1964, and the Sixth District 1966-1968), elucidates the…
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  Marvin Jolly, August 11, 2004

  In this interview, longtime high school educator, Marvin Jolly, recalls the first time he heard of the Kentucky's community college system. He remembers his…
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  Wendell H. Ford, August 4,…

  Former U.S. Senator Wendell Ford served as chief administrative assistant to Kentucky Governor Bert Combs in the early 1960s. In this interview, Ford remembers…
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  Lowell Webb, October 16, 2006

  Oral history with Lowell Webb, business officer at Maysville Community College (MCC) from 1968 to 1992. Highlights include descriptions of early work life at…
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  James C. Shires, October 17,…

  Oral history with Dr. James Shires, president of Maysville Community College from 1969 to 1999. Shires discusses his educational background in West Virginia and…
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  A. D. Albright, October 26,…

  Oral history with A.D. Albright, president of Northern Kentucky University from 1976 to 1983. Interview covers his work at the University of Kentucky and the…
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  Ernest M. Tucker, October 27,…

  Oral history with Ernie Tucker, history faculty at Ashland Community and Technical College since 1968. Tucker discusses the formative years of the college in…
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  Carl W. Lively, October 27,…

  Oral history with Carl Lively, beginning counselor of students at Ashland Community College in 1967. His twenty-five years at Ashland included his job as…
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  Darrell H. Abney, October 30,…

  Oral history with Darrell Abney, math faculty at Maysville Community and Technical College. Interview highlights include the construction and dedication of the…
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  Charles Derrickson, November …

  Oral history with Charles Derrickson, president of Lees Junior College in Jackson, Kentucky. Interview covers the dissolution of Lees College and the college's…
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  J. Edward Maddox, November 16,…

  Oral history with Ed Maddox, board member at Ashland Community and Technical College. Maddox recalls his early life in Ashland, Kentucky; his work at Armco…
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  William D. Gorman, December …

  Oral history with Bill Gorman, mayor of Hazard, Kentucky. Gorman discusses the history of Hazard and the growth of higher education in eastern Kentucky. He…
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  Joanne B. Hogue, December 6,…

  Oral history with Joanne Hogue, business faculty at Southeast Community College. Hogue discusses her early life in Harlan County, Kentucky; her faculty life at…
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  Glenn Freeman, December 6,…

  Oral history with Senator Glenn Freeman, representing the Harlan County district from 1973 to 2000. Freeman discusses early life in Cumberland and Lynch,…
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  W. Bruce Ayers, December 6,…

  Oral history with W. Bruce Ayers, president of Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College since 1987. Ayers recalls his early life in a coal camp in…
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  John Keith, January 12, 2007

  Oral history with John Keith, history faculty at Maysville Community College (MCC). Keith discusses his early life and education; his teaching career at MCC;…
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  Paul Graham, December 6, 2006

  Oral history with Paul Graham. Graham discusses his work with coal mining; the history of Lynch, Benham, and Cumberland, Kentucky; and the economic impact of…
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  John S. Hager, September 27,…

  Oral history with John Hager, editor and publisher of the Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer. Hager was an early advocate of Owensboro Community College, and…
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  Sandra Gary, November 30, 2006

  Oral history with Sandra Gary, business officer at the Fort Knox campus of Elizabethtown Community College. Gary explains the role of the campus in educating…
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  Ronald Horvath, January 3,…

  Oral history with Dr. Ronald Horvath, third president of Jefferson Community College (JCC). Horvath recalls his family and early work history in Pennsylvania,…
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  Charles Shearer, January 10,…

  Oral history with Charles Shearer, accounting professor, Henderson Community and Technical College. Interview discusses Shearer's start at Henderson Community…
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  Warren Weil Rosenthal, January…

  Oral history with Warren Rosenthal, whose father was instrumental in the founding of Paducah Junior College (later to become Paducah Community College).…
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  Eleanor Coffman, February 1,…

  Oral history with Eleanor Coffman, administrator at Paducah Community College from the 1950s to the 1990s. Coffman recalls the founding of the college,…
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  James Kerley, February 13,…

  Oral history with Jim Kerley, administrator at Madisonville and Hopkinsville Community Colleges in the 1980s and 1990s. Interview highlights include campus…
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  Nancy Lea Owen, March 8, 2007

  Oral history with Nancy Owen, wife of Dr. James S. Owen, first president of Elizabethtown Community College. Interview highlights include construction history…
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  Linda N. Mayhew, March 10,…

  Oral history with Linda Mayhew, math faculty at Elizabethtown Community and Technical College. Interview highlights include her hire in 1964 and the subsequent…
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  Sherman Bush, March 11, 2008

  Oral history with Sherman Bush, counselor at Jefferson Community and Technical College. Bush describes his thirty year history with the community college,…
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  Tony Newberry, March 10, 2008

  Oral history with Dr. Tony Newberry, president of Jefferson Community and Technical College, Louisville Kentucky. Interview discusses his early work at the…
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  Martin Brown, March 12, 2008

  Oral history with Martin Brown, math instructor at Northern Kentucky University and Jefferson Community and Technical College. Interview discusses campus…
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  Charles T. Wethington Jr.,…

  Oral history with Dr. Charles Wethington recalling his time as director of Maysville Community and Technical College, 1967-1971. Interview begins with…
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  Clay Davis, March 22, 2007

  Oral history with Clay Davis, member of the advisory board of Somerset Community College. Davis recalls the programs the college has added since the 1970s,…
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  Ruby Kelley, March 22, 2007

  Oral history with Ruby Kelley, wife of Dr. Roscoe D. Kelley, Somerset Community College's second president. Interview includes remembrances of campus…
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  Barbara Veazey, May 22, 2007

  Oral history with Dr. Barbara Veazey, president of West Kentucky Community and Technical College. Interview highlights include the educational reform movements…
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  John Robertson, May 23, 2007

  Oral history with John Robertson, associate director of Paducah Community and Technical College. Interview highlights include being history of Paducah Junior…
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  John Adams, June 13, 2007

  Oral history with John Adams, beginning bursar at Hopkinsville Community College. Interview begins history of college formation in the mid 1960's. Adams…
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  William Turner, June 13, 2007

  Oral history with William Turner, history professor at Hopkinsville Community College from 1971 until 2003. Interview begins with Turner summarizing history of…
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  G. Edward Hughes, April 11,…

  Oral history with Dr. Ed Hughes, current president of Gateway Community and Technical College. Interview begins with Dr. Hughes' educational history and work…
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  Barkley Sturgill, May 9, 2007

  Interview with Barkley Sturgill, lawyer and politician who helped in the establishment of Big Sandy Community and Technical College. Interview begins by…
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  John Herald, May 9, 2007

  Oral history with John Herald, business affairs officer at Big Sandy Community and Technical College. Interview highlights include history of Prestonsburg,…
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  Robert Cetrulo, May 10, 2007

  Oral history with Robert Cetrulo, political science instructor at Northern University from 1957 until 1968. Interview discusses his work at the University when…
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  Nona Rhodes, May 10, 2007

  Oral history with Nona Rhodes, student at Northern Center (NKU) in the mid 1950's. Recollections of student life include early faculty and programs, student…
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  Bruce Leslie, November 13,…

  Oral history with Bruce Leslie, 31 year board member of Ashland Community and Technical College. Leslie discusses his law career in Greenup beginning in 1973. …
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  J. Phil Smith, June 11, 2007

  Oral history with J. Phil Smith, banker and president of Lees College, currently a branch campus of Hazard Community and Technical College. Interview begins…
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  John S. Palmore, October 19,…

  Oral history with John Palmore, lawyer and judge from Henderson Kentucky. Interview recounts his involvement in the implementation of Hazard Community and…
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  Troy Welch, June 3, 2008

  Oral history with Troy Welch, two term mayor of Middlesboro, Kentucky. Welch discusses Southeast Community College's campus in Middlesoboro. Interview begins…
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  William M. Cox, May 21, 2008

  Interview with Bill Cox, former mayor and state representative of Madisonville, Kentucky. Cox begins with his family biography and educational history at…
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  Allan Steinberg, May 19, 2008

  Oral history with Allan Steinberg, counselor at Jefferson Community College, 1967-1997. Interview discusses childhood in Louisville, education at University of…
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  Bob Vaughn, June 3, 2008

  Oral history with Bob Vaughn, engineer and representative on Middlesboro's Southeast Community and Technical College campus board of directors. Interview…
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  Pauline Ritter "Penny" Combs,…

  Oral history with Pauline Ritter Combs founder of Southeast Scholars endowment and fundraiser for the Whitesburg campus of Southeast Community and Technical…
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  Henry G. Lackey, March 28,…

  Oral history with Henry Lackey, Kentucky Senator from Henderson County. Lackey discusses his family's political history and work in helping establish Henderson…
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  Patrick Lake, March 29, 2007

  Oral history with Patrick "Pat" Lake, past director of Southwest campus of Jefferson Community and Technical College and current President of Henderson…
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  Patrick Lake, March 29, 2007

  Continued oral history with Patrick "Pat" Lake, President of Henderson Community and Technical College since 1986. In this interview Lake details the…
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  William L. Sullivan, March 29,…

  Oral history with William Sullivan, State Senator from Henderson Kentucky. Sullivan details his work with state legislature in helping establish Henderson…
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  Joan Hoffman, March 29, 2007

  Oral history with Joan Hoffman, one time mayor of Henderson, Kentucky and one of the first graduates from Henderson Community College in 1962. Interview begins…
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  Judith Rhoads, March 30, 2007

  Oral history with Judith Rhoads, president of Madisonville Community and Technical College since 1998. Rhoads begins interview discussion her hire at the…
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  Tom Alvey, May 1, 2007

  Oral history with Tom Alvey, labor representative on Citizens Committee for Higher Education, local community group which helped establish Owensboro Community…
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  George Dudley, May 1, 2007

  Oral history with George Dudley, lawyer and appointed to Jefferson Community College advisory board on which he served for twenty years. Highlights include…
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  Billy N. Chandler, May 2,…

  Oral history with Bill Chandler regarding the formation of Owensboro Community College in the early 1984. Chandler discusses the acquisition of land and campus…
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  Robert R. Allen, March 19,…

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  Donald J. Blandford, February…

  Oral history with Don Blandford, Kentucky state representative from Daviess County, regarding the politics surrounding the establishment of Owensboro Community…
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  Jenny M. Bottoms, March 19,…

  Oral history with Jenny Bottoms, nursing faculty at Big Sandy Community and Technical College. Bottoms describes her childhood and education in Prestonsburg,…
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  Larry Miller, February 28,…

  Oral history with Larry Miller, who started in student affairs at Owensboro Community College in 1986. Interview highlights the initial tensions among the…
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  Michael B. McCall, January 5,…

  In this interview, founding president and Chief Executive Officer of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS), Michael B. McCall, discusses…
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  Thelma J. White, July 23, 2014

  Dr. White discussed how she became president of Elizabethtown Community College and the early days of her presidency; the KCTCS presidential search; her early…
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  Roy M. Palk, July 23, 2014

  Mr. Palk offered an assessment of Michael McCall?s presidency. He then discussed his early, nontraditional education, his work with the TVA and the energy…
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  Robert L. King, August 4,…

  Dr. King discussed his early political career in New York State, and how it led him first to be chancellor of the SUNY system and then president of the Kentucky…
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  Tim Mosher, August 6, 2014

  Mr. Mosher discussed his career with American Electric and its subsidiary, Kentucky Power; his views on HB1 from the industry standpoint; his founding…
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  Beverly H. Haverstock, August …

  Mrs. Haverstock discussed her role in the drafting of House Bill 1; her work in the Workforce Development Cabinet that led to her position as first KCTCS…
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  Anthony Newberry, August 7,…

  He discussed his early teaching career at Jefferson Community College (of which he is now president), and briefly outlined his presidencies at Southeast and…
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  Paul E. Patton, August 8,…

  Former Governor Patton discussed his early understanding of the relationship between education and workforce development; his service as lieutenant governor and…
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  Crit Luallen, August 14, 2014

  Mrs. Luallen discusses her entry into politics working on the U.S. Senate campaign of then-Governor Wendell Ford; Ford's influence on her decision to enter a…
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  Charlie Borders, August 19,…

  In this wide-ranging interview, former Senator Borders discusses his impoverished background; early education in a one-room schoolhouse; work as a laborer in a…
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  Jeff Hockaday, August 20, 2014

  Dr. Hockaday, the second interim president of KCTCS, discussed his background and education; the conversations with Paul Patton and Gordon Davies that brought…
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  Richard A. Bean, August 20,…

  A founding member of the KCTCS Board of Regents, and later its chair, Mr. Bean described his childhood in Lexington, during which he played neighborhood…
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  G. Edward Hughes, August 22,…

  Hughes, founding president and CEO of Gateway Community and Technical College, discussed his childhood in Gettysburg, Pa. (including memories of President…
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  David Adkisson, August 26,…

  The president & CEO of the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce recounted his days as an aide to Senator Wendell Ford; his tenure as mayor of Owensboro; the transition…
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  Greg Higdon, August 26, 2014

  Higdon, president and CEO of the Kentucky Association of Manufacturers, discussed his life in Fancy Farm, Kentucky; the famous picnic there; his education and…
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  Rocky Adkins, August 26, 2014

  Adkins discussed his childhood in Eastern Kentucky; his basketball career at Morehead State University; his election in 1986 as one of the youngest members ever…
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  Lee T. Todd, Jr., August 28,…

  The former UK president discussed his close association with Governor Paul Patton and his consultations with the governor preceding HB1; his testimony about the…
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  Cynthia Read, August 29, 2014

  Read was a founding member of the KCTCS Board of Regents and served as its second chair from 2001-2005. Her interview recounted her work with KERA and the…
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  Thomas O. Zawacki, September …

  Zawacki was a founding member of the KCTCS Foundation board and also was a member and chair of the system Board of Regents. In his interview, he discussed what…
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  Aims McGuinness, September 4,…

  McGuinness, as a consultant with the National center for Higher Education Management Systems, worked with Gov. Paul Patton and his administration to craft the…
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  Martha C. Johnson, September …

  The first Chair of the KCTCS Board of Regents, Johnson details her education and professional background; her business associations that led her to join the…
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  Keith Bird, September 8, 2014

  Bird, Chancellor emeritus of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System, served from 1999-2009. In this interview, he discussed his relationship with…
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  Kathy Love, September 8, 2014

  A member of the KCTCS Foundation Board, Love briefly discussed the system's impact on Kentucky's healthcare sector, the location of the system's permanent…
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  Candace Gosnell, September 24,…

  Gosnell was one of two South Carolina educators Dr. Michael B. McCall recruited to join his leadership team at the newly formed Kentucky Community and Technical…
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  Jon Hesseldenz, December 8,…

  Dr. Jon Hesseldenz, the former vice president for information technology, discussed his education; his service with the UK Community College System; his…
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  Porter G. "PG" Peeples, Sr.,…

  The fifth chairman of the KCTCS Board of Regents and longtime president and CEO of the Lexington Fayette County Urban League discussed his childhood in Lynch,…
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  Michael B. McCall, September…

  In this interview, the founding president of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System discusses his childhood, education, teaching career, his…
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  George D. Edwards, October 9,…

  The president of Big Sandy Community and Technical College discusses his childhood in Appalachia, his education at Berea College and Murray State University,…
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  Michael B. McCall, November…

  In this second installment, Dr. McCall discusses his tenure as director of the South Carolina Board for Technical Comprehensive Education; the successes of that…
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  James R. Ramsey, November 12,…

  Dr. James R. Ramsey discusses his impressions of Paul Patton during Patton's campaign for governor; his decision to join the Patton administration as budget…
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  Nathan Hodges, November 21,…

  The retired president of Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College in Bowling Green discussed his career in education, which included stints as a…
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  Dr. Michael B. McCall,…

  This interview focused on the chaotic first years of Dr. Michael B. McCall's tenure as KCTCS president; his interpretations of House Bill 1; his plan to…
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  Michael B. McCall, January 8,…

  In this final installment, McCall focuses on his legacy as KCTCS's founding president; his characterizations of good and bad leadership; his expectations for…
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  Ken Walker, January 16, 2015

  Ken Walker, the retiring Kentucky Community & Technical College System (KCTCS) vice president, discusses his childhood in rural Nelson County, Kentucky; his…
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  Ken Walker, January 26, 2015

  In this second interview, Walker discusses the effects of the Kentucky Postsecondary Reform Act [House Bill 1] on what is now the Council on Postsecondary…
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  Jay Box, May 28, 2015

  Dr. Box, the second president of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System, discussed his childhood in Crane, Texas; his early musical and athletic…