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In this interview, Don Mills, the press secretary for Governor Edward Breathitt during his gubernatorial tenure, discusses the creation of the University of Kentucky Community College System in 1962. He elaborates on the legislative acts that enabled the University of Kentucky to take over governance of the existing community colleges, as well as the legislation that called for new colleges to be built. Mills also details the role of Governor Breathitt and his predecessor, Governor Combs in the genesis of the community college system before theorizing about what Governor Breathitt would have thought about the recent development that merged Lexington Community College (LCC) with the overarching Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS).

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2004oh100_kh685

Interviewee Name

Donald R. Mills

Interviewer Name

Adina O'Hara

Interview Date

2004-07-01

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Mills, Donald R. Interview by Adina O'Hara. 01 Jul. 2004. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Mills, D.R. (2004, July 01). Interview by A. O'Hara. 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.

Mills, Donald R., interview by Adina O'Hara. July 01, 2004, 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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