Interview with Thomas O. Zawacki, September 2, 2014

Project: Community Colleges of Kentucky: History of Kentucky's Community Colleges Oral History Project

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Interview Summary

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 led him to join the foundation board; building the Foundation and selling KCTCS to business and industry; the relationship between KCTCS and the industrial sector, especially Toyota of Georgetown; the Center for Excellence in Automotive Manufacturing; the relationship between KCTCS and federal legislators; the differences between serving on the regents and the foundation board; the fight over tenure during his time as chair of the Board of Regents and the board?s decision to rescind the policy change; his personal reflections on Dr. Michael McCall; and his views on the role KCTCS plays in the state?s workforce and economic development.

Interview Accession

2014oh235_cc105

Interviewee Name

Thomas O. Zawacki

Interviewer Name

James Savage

Interview Date

2014-09-02

Interview LC Subject

Education, Higher--Kentucky

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Zawacki, Thomas O. Interview by James Savage. 02 Sep. 2014. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Zawacki, T.O. (2014, September 02). Interview by J. Savage. 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.

Zawacki, Thomas O., interview by James Savage. September 02, 2014, 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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