Guide to President's Office (Robert E. Hamill) Records, 1968-1970
Title: President's Office (Robert E. Hamill) Records
Dates: 1968-1970
Collection number: A-034
Size: 1 document box (.4 cubic feet)
Description: Robert E. Hamill was interim president of Lane Community College, 1968-1969. This collection includes correspondence and subject files.
Access Restrictions: None, collection is open for research.
Provenance: Administrative transfer
Processed by: Elizabeth Uhlig, 1997, 2000.
Citation: President's Office (Robert E. Hamill) Records, 1968-1970 (A-034), Lane Community College Archives, Eugene, Oregon
Repository:
Lane Community College
Archives and Records Management
Elizabeth M. Uhlig, Archivist
4000 East 30th Avenue
Eugene, Oregon 97405 USA
Telephone: (541) 463-5466
Fax: (541) 463-3996
Email: archives@lanecc.edu
Biography: Robert E. Hamill
Robert E. Hamill served as interim president of Lane Community College from 1968 to 1969.
Robert Hamill was born in 1926 in Merced, California. He was educated at the University of Redlands in California (B.A., 1948) and at the University of Oregon (M.S., 1956; D.Ed., Educational Administration, 1967). He taught in the Eugene public schools and served an administrative internship at Lane Community College before being named interim president in 1968.
He served as vice-president of Highline Community College, Midway, Washington, 1969-1972, and as president of Whatcom Community College, Bellingham, Washington, 1972-1977. He was associate superintendent for community colleges in the Oregon Department of Education, 1977-1986. He died in 1989 following a long illness.
Scope & Content Note
The records document the tenure of Robert Hamill, interim president of Lane Community College, 1968-1969. This collection contains only a small part of the records from Hamill's administration. The collection contains administrative correspondence, arranged chronologically, and subject files, arranged alphabetically, which include a limited selection of files on administrative topics.
Finding Aid
For a detailed finding aid which includes a complete list of the contents of this collection, refer to:
- Guide to the President's Office (Robert E. Hamill) Records (NWDA Web site)
- Guide to the President's Office (Robert E. Hamill) Records
- Guide to the President's Office (Robert E. Hamill) Records
Related Resources
Assistant to the President (Bert Dotson) Records, 1960-1975 (A-032). The bulk of the administrative records from Hamill's tenure as college president can be found in the records from the office of Bert Dotson, Assistant to the President, 1964-1971.