Interview with Bruce Bailey, Fred Siegelman, October 31, 2007

Project: Community Colleges of Kentucky: Metamorphosis, 1998-2008, Decade of Progress of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) Oral History Project

Interview Summary

Fred Siegelman (Mayor of Versailles, Kentucky, 1998- ) and Bruce Bailey (Kentucky Community and Technical College System Facilities Management Director) discuss the acquisition of the old Texas Instruments building in Versailles, Kentucky for use as system headquarters for the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS). They relate the negotiations between Texas Instruments, KCTCS and the city of Versailles to structure a lease-purchase agreement and the process by which that agreement was approved by the Kentucky legislature. A long discussion follows of the actual renovation of the building and its grand opening. Plans for additional work are briefly discussed.

Interview Accession

2010oh042_cc069

Interviewee Name

Bruce Bailey

Fred Siegelman

Interviewer Name

Margaret Lane

Interview Date

2007-10-31

Interview Keyword

Committees Community College community college history community college system Higher education Joe Barrows KCTCS Kentucky Community and Technical College System Lease-purchase Michael McCall Technical Colleges Texas Instruments Versailles

Interview LC Subject

Bailey, Bruce Bailey, Bruce--Interviews Community colleges--Administration Community colleges--History Community colleges--Kentucky Education, Higher Siegelman, Fred Siegelman, Fred--Interviews

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Bailey, Bruce Interview by Margaret Lane. 31 Oct. 2007. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Bailey, B. (2007, October 31). Interview by M. Lane. Community Colleges of Kentucky: Metamorphosis, 1998-2008, Decade of Progress of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.

Bailey, Bruce, interview by Margaret Lane. October 31, 2007, Community Colleges of Kentucky: Metamorphosis, 1998-2008, Decade of Progress of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

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