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Archives: Guide to President's Records:
Eldon G. Schafer (1970-1985)
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Title: President's Records: Eldon G. Schafer (1970-1985)
Dates: 1964-1985
Collection number: A-036
Size: 82 document boxes (32.8 cubic feet)
Access Restrictions: Collection is open for research.
Description: Correspondence and other administrative records from the administration of Eldon G. Schafer, president of Lane Community College, 1970-1985.
Provenance: Administrative transfer
Processed by: Elizabeth Uhlig, 2002
Citation: President's Records: Eldon Schafer, A-036, Lane Community College Archives, Eugene, Oregon |
Biography
Eldon Guy Schafer (1922-1985) was president of Lane Community College for fifteen years, 1970-1985.
Schafer was born in Molalla, Oregon, to Lillian M. and Guy F. Schafer on February 27, 1922. He attended rural elementary and secondary schools in the Canby and Molalla area, and after high school graduation in 1939, he attended Oregon State University in 1941. In 1942 he joined the U.S. Army and entered an engineering program at Pomona College in California. He was sent to Europe in 1943 and served with the 124th Armored Engineers and 13th Armored Division in France, Germany, and Austria.
After the war he returned to Pomona College, where he was active in sports, and graduated with a B.A. in 1948. He continued his education in California, receiving an M.A. (1960) and a Ph.D. (1965) in Education Administration from Claremont Graduate School.
He married Lucy Jane Brokaw in Los Angeles in 1947; their son, Kenneth, joined the family in 1961.
He began his teaching career at Capistrano High School in California where he taught and coached sports between 1950-1952 and served as dean of students, principal, and district superintendent, 1957-1966. He was associate dean of instruction at Riverside City College, 1966-1967.
Schafer moved to Oregon in 1967 to become the founding president of Linn-Benton Community College, 1967-1970. From there he moved to the presidency of Lane Community College, 1970-1985.
Schafer was active in many regional and national educational organizations and served as officers for the Oregon Community College Association, the Northwest Association of Community and Junior Colleges, the League for Innovation in the Community College, the Commission on Colleges of Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges, and the Oregon Community College Presidents’ Council.
He traveled to China twice, in 1982 and 1984, as a member of the International Visiting Team of the World Bank Educational Advisory Group. The group assisted China in restructuring its vocational education.
Dr. Schafer resigned as president of the college on April 30, 1985. He died on August 6, 1985 following a long battle with leukemia and multiple myeloma (cancer of the bone marrow).
Scope & Content Note
The records document the tenure of Eldon G. Schafer, president of Lane Community College, 1970-1985. The records are organized into the following categories:
- Correspondence: Chronological correspondence, correspondence with individuals and departments, and drafts of correspondence.
- Internal Organizations: Reports, correspondence, and other administrative records of college departments and committees.
- External Organizations: Reports and correspondence with organizations outside of the college.
- Topics: Administrative records arranged alphabetically according to topic.
- Speeches and Writings: Drafts and transcripts of speeches and articles written by Schafer.
- Personal Records: Curriculum vitae, oral history, newsclippings, and awards and plaques.
Related Collections
The Eldon G. Schafer Papers I (M-001) contain the personal and professional papers of Eldon Guy Schafer. Records include biographical features, correspondence, speeches and writings, project files, news clippings, subject files, scrapbooks, photographs, video and audio tapes, and memorabilia.
The Eldon G. Schafer Papers II (M-002) contain personal and professional papers of Eldon Guy Schafer. Records include biographical features, correspondence, news clippings, subject files, photographs, audio and video tapes, and memorabilia. The bulk of the records are letters of condolence following his death, family history, and records of Schafer's military service during WWII.
Container Listing
Box
1 Correspondence, Chronological, 1970 - 1973
2 Correspondence, Chronological, 1974 - 1981
3 Correspondence, Chronological, 1982 - 1983
4 Correspondence, Chronological, 1983 - 1984
Correspondence, Alphabetical by Name, A-D
5 Correspondence, Alphabetical by Name, E-R
6 Correspondence, Alphabetical by Name, S-W
7 Correspondence, Business Manager, 1969-1975
Correspondence, Business Operations, 1976-1980
8 Correspondence, Business Operations, 1978-1979
Correspondence, Complaints & Praise, 1972-1979
Correspondence, Department Chair, 1972-1977
Correspondence, Drafts, 1971 - 1971
9-14 Correspondence, Drafts, 1972-1982
15 Internal Organizations, Academic Council - Adult Basic Education
16 Internal Organizations, Affirmative Action - Board of Education
17 Internal Organizations, Board of Education
18 Internal Organizations, Board of Education - Clerical Assistance
19 Internal Organizations, College Cabinet - Committees
20 Internal Organizations, Development - KLCC
21-22 Internal Organizations, KLCC - KVDO
23 Internal Organizations, KVDO - LCC-Cottage Grove, DTC, Florence
24 Internal Organizations, LCC-Florence, Library, Long-Range Planning
25 Internal Organizations, Long-Range Planning - President's Council
26 Internal Organizations, Productivity
27 Internal Organizations, Productivity - Sta Staff Association
28 Internal Organizations, Staff
29 Internal Organizations, Staff
30 Internal Organizations, Student, Women, Word Processing
31 Topics, Academic - Accreditation
32 Topics, Accreditation
33 Topics, Administrative, Adult High School, Affirmative Action, Art on Camus, ASHLane
34 Topics, Athletics, Audit, Banking, Budget
35 Topics, Budget
36 Topics, Budget, Business Assistance Center, Calendars
37 Topics, Calendars, Child Care, China, Classification Study
38 Topics, CClassified Staff, College Planning, Commencement, Computers
39 Topics, Construction, Continuing Education, Cost/FTE
40 Topics, Cost/FTE, Curriculum
41 Topics, Curriculum, Data Processing
42 Topics, Development Fund, Downtown Center, Economic, Educational
43-45 Topics, Elections
46 Topics, Elections, Employees, Enrollment, Ethnic Studies
47 Topics, Evaluation, Facilities, Faculty
48 Topics, Financial AId, Flight Technology, Forestry, Foundation, FTE
49 Topics, GPA, Health, Heceta House, High School
50 Topics, Inservice, Institutional Goals,
51 Topics, LCC Anniversary, Legislation, Legislative Records
52 Topics, Legislative Records, Long-Range Planning, Management
53 Topics, Management
54 Topics, Management, Minorities, News Releases, Organization, Dale Parnell, Personnel
55 Topics, Personnel
56 Topics, Planning, President, Property
57 Topics, Reorganization, Research & Planning, Retirement, Eldon Schafer, Sewage Lagoons
58 Topics, Sewage Lagoons, Spring Arts Festival, Strike Plan, Television Courses, Torch
59 Topics, Unemployment, Vietnam, Vocational, Women, Word Processing
60-61 External Organizations, ACCESS
62 External Organizations, American Assoc. of Community & Junior Colleges, Community College
President's Council, Cooperative Museum Commission
63 External Organizations, Government Officials & Politicians, Lane County, League for Innovation
64-68 External Organizations, League for Innovation
69-73 External Organizations, Oregon Community College Association
74 External Organizations, Oregon Department of Education
75 External Organizations, Oregon Educational Coordinating Council, University of Oregon
76-79 Speeches & Writings
80-82 Personnal, Biographical Information, Oral history, Newsclippings, Awards & Plaques
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