Local Leaders

ID: 3378 ~ Source: Image courtesy of McLennan Community College Student Publications Group, “The Clan, Vol. 1, No. 2,” MCC Archives (MCC Library), https://mccarchives.omeka.net/items/show/411.
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Unlike most junior colleges, MCC’s governing board is elected by local voters. The original members of the board included (from bottom left) Henry Griffin, R.K. Moore, Goldena Ware, W.C. David, Earl Harrison, Dr. G.W. Henderson, and Bob Sheehy. They are shown here with Dr. Wilbur Ball (top center), MCC’s first president.

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By Maria Petrolia
Since the nineteenth century, Waco has been renowned for the quality and number of higher education institutions in the city and surrounding area. Despite this reputation, the Waco area did not boast…