The Evelyn Collins Memorial Endowment For nearly five decades, Evelyn Collins changed lives in NE Portland, providing daycare, encouragement, nurturing, recreation, and social and spiritual guidance to African-American families. Evelyn and her mother, Grace, moved to...

Gary Dirrim Endowment Growing up in Sellwood during the early 1950s, Gary Dirrim often rode his bike out to old Highway 99E and the new Milwaukie gas station land mark, a B 17 bomber. Climbing in to that plane, Gary and his friends would refight World War II. Some 45...

A business owner, father and friend, Gary Smith believed in the potential of the people around him, working to bring out the best in everyone. As a founder of Clackamas Community College’s Corporate Challenge Golf Tournament, Gary convinced others that they could put...

Geraldine Harrington epitomized the true art and science of nursing. One of the first instructors in the CCC nursing program, Gerry taught from 1968 until her retirement in 1987. Her colleagues remember her unique ability to apply theory to the actual delivery of...

Gwen Dickson Memorial Endowment Gwendolen Schneidler Dickson revered education and public service. She received her Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Minnesota in 1940 and served as a Naval lieutenant during WWII. In 1945, Gwen became Chief of the...

Harriet Hinton Bretz began teaching business office classes at Clackamas Community College in 1979, guiding her students through the difficult transitions from typewriters to computers, from shorthand to laptops, before retiring in 1994. Harriet’s dedication to...

Henry Klossen founded Oregon City Auto Parts in 1931. He and his brother also owned and operated the old Oregon City Cold Storage, which stood on the site now occupied by the Oregon City Elks Club. Henry and his wife Lenore lived in West Lin n until their deaths in...

Reverend Herb Morris was a member of the committee established to create the Clackamas Community College District and served as chairman of the college’s first Board of Education from 1966 to 1968. Herb was pastor of several churches in the community, most recently...

The James A. Streeter Memorial Scholarship was established in 1989 to honor the memory of CCC math teacher and department chair Jim Streeter. More than 5,000 students passed through Jim’s classes from 1967 until his death in 1989. Besides being a dedicated teacher...

Janet Meister has worked at Clackamas Community College since 1999. In 2005 her son Curtis Meister died unexpectedly by fallling off a cliff. Since then she wanted to find a way to honor his memory, so she created the Curtis Meister Tool Award.

Mr. Jerry Stone was a long-time lineman for PacifiCorp and one of the foundational employee’s involved with the UTA partnership. His role at PacifiCorp evolved to Environmental Safety Director. He was well respected, always a strong advocate for improvement and...

Jilda B. Danielson Endowment As a young girl growing up in Tillamook, Jilda knew she wanted to be a teacher. She was the first of her family to earn a college degree and feels that “Every child should be excited to go to school and learn.” Jilda believes that...

Jim “Rusty” Painter came to Clackamas Community College to teach in 1969. Rusty had received undergraduate and graduate degrees in Business Administration from Southern Oregon State College, spent four years working for U.S. Bank and was now ready to share his...

Owner / operator of several local McDonald’s Restaurants. Jo was the first African-American to serve as the president of the local Rotary Club and holds the same distinction with the CCC Foundation Board. She was the thirteenth of 16 children growing up in...

John and Ginger Niemeyer say they don’t believe in giving; they believe in helping. John started his career in real estate development as a home builder, and he believes strongly in helping others gain the skills they need to be successful in life. Their philosophy...