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Dr. Edmund J. Gleazer, president of the American Association of Junior Colleges

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Date Issued:
1961
Abstract:
Dr. Edmund J. Gleazer, president of the American Association of Junior Colleges, was the speaker at JCBC's 1961 commencement ceremonies. The first class to begin JCBC as freshmen graduated June 10, 1962. Dr. John Allen, president of the University of South Florida, addressed 73 graduates at commencement ceremonies at War Memorial Auditorium in Fort Lauderdale. The first student to receive a diploma was Judith Abel of Fort Lauderdale. Also, in the first graduating class was Central Catholic High graduate Parris Nelson Glendening, who went on in 1967 to become the youngest recipient of a doctorate in political science at Florida State University. In 1994, Glendening was elected Maryland's 59th governor.
Title: Dr. Edmund J. Gleazer, president of the American Association of Junior Colleges.
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Name(s): Thuma, Cynthia, creator
Type of Resource: still image
Genre: Black & White Photographs
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Date Issued: 1961
Physical Form: photograph
Extent: 5 x 7 in.
Language(s): English
Abstract: Dr. Edmund J. Gleazer, president of the American Association of Junior Colleges, was the speaker at JCBC's 1961 commencement ceremonies. The first class to begin JCBC as freshmen graduated June 10, 1962. Dr. John Allen, president of the University of South Florida, addressed 73 graduates at commencement ceremonies at War Memorial Auditorium in Fort Lauderdale. The first student to receive a diploma was Judith Abel of Fort Lauderdale. Also, in the first graduating class was Central Catholic High graduate Parris Nelson Glendening, who went on in 1967 to become the youngest recipient of a doctorate in political science at Florida State University. In 1994, Glendening was elected Maryland's 59th governor.
Identifier: BC301 (IID), 26B (CTIID)
Note(s): Abstract based on Cynthia Thuma's Broward Community College (2002).
Subject(s): Broward Community College -- Pictorial works
Community colleges -- Florida -- Broward County
Central Campus
Commencement ceremonies
Gleazer, Edmund J.
Allen, John S.
Abel, Judith
Glendening, Parris Nelson
1961
1962
American Association of Junior Colleges
War Memorial Auditorium
Junior College of Broward County
Broward Community College
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