Interview with J. Phil Smith, June 11, 2007
Project: Community Colleges of Kentucky: History of Kentucky's Community Colleges Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Oral history with J. Phil Smith, banker and president of Lees College, currently a branch campus of Hazard Community and Technical College. Interview begins with Smith recounting his educational history in Eastern Kentucky. He discusses the town and gown relationship between the Lee campus and Jackson. Discusses the dissolution of Lee's College in 1996 and its incorporation into KCTCS. Concludes with recount of his political life as mayor of Jackson, Kentucky and his run for lieutenant governor.Interview Accession
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Community colleges--Administration Community colleges--History Community colleges--Kentucky Education, Higher Hazard Community & Technical College Jackson (Ky.) Lees Junior College Morehead State University Smith, J. Phil Smith, J. Phil--Interviews Wethington, Charles T. (Charles Turner), Jr.Interview Rights
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Smith, J. Phil Interview by John Klee. 11 Jun. 2007. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Smith, J.P. (2007, June 11). Interview by J. Klee. Community Colleges of Kentucky: History of Kentucky's Community Colleges Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Smith, J. Phil, interview by John Klee. June 11, 2007, Community Colleges of Kentucky: History of Kentucky's Community Colleges Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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