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From Phoenix Junior College to Phoenix College

By mike.serna

  • Phoenix Junior College Founded

    Phoenix Junior College Founded
    Weston W. Carpenter, a Phoenix Union High School board member, founded the school.

  • First Graduating Class

    First Graduating Class
    The first graduating class of Phoenix Junior College was 5 student but it was the first time students graduated from the institution.

  • Legal Entity

    Legal Entity
    In 1926, the Arizona State Legislature finally passed a law that legalized the creation and maintenance of Junior Colleges.

  • New Buildings

    New Buildings
    The Phoenix Union High School board approved the construction of new buildings for its school and for the Phoenix Junior College.

  • New Student Body President

    New Student Body President
    Phoenix College was never a segregated school so the student population was always diverse. Eldridge Gonaway was the first African American to be elected Student Body President of Phoenix Junior College.

  • Board Member Retires

    Board Member Retires
    E. W. Montgomery was a prominent educator in Arizona for many years and became a board member for both PUHS and PJC.

  • It's Finally On Its Own!

    It's Finally On Its Own!
    The board members of the Phoenix Union High School District vote to establish the Maricopa Junior College District. This would later become the MCCCD we know today.