Introductory Notes

Notes Acknowledgements A number of people provided great assistance in this project and deserve special acknowledgement. To Shelby Foster in the Ohlone College President’s Office for her general interest in this project and her help in locating historical documents, especially early Board minutes. Shelby also provided invaluable editing work. To Alma Collopy who worked in the President’s Office for a time and helped digitized Board minutes from 1966, 1967 and 1968. To Jenny Schmidt in the Ohlone College Library for her enthusiastic work to organize the college archive and make it accessible to all; and her great interest in and assistance with this project, which has been source of inspiration to finish it. And to three individuals who offered review and insight for this work. Gloria Fuerniss was a freshman student during the first year of classes. She later became a successful businesswoman at Fremont Bank and served on the Ohlone College Board for years. Jim Klent, Professor of Chemistry, was a member of the full time faculty at Ohlone during the first year of classes and went on to have a distinguished 40-year career at the college. Mr. John Weed, a lawyer and local businessman was a member of the college Board for 33 years, and lent his encyclopedic knowledge of Fremont and the college to this effort.