Federal City College;
Seals (Numismatics) -- Washington (D.C.) -- Federal City College
College seal of the Federal City College (FCC). Federal City College was formed in 1968 as a college of liberal arts and sciences to provide affordable education to any DC resident who graduated from high school or had a GED. FCC was the first...
Federal City College was housed in some 16 temporary facilities in DC. In the early 1970s, FCC was attempting to find permanent campus for FCC to be located at Mt. Vernon Square, home of the DC Public Library. A second permanent campus was sought...
Farner, Frank;
Federal City College;
Horsky, Charles;
Johnson, Lyndon, 1908-1973.
Legislation – District of Columbia – Federal City College;
Morse, Wayne, 1900-1974;
School lands – District of Columbia – Federal City College;
Weigman,...
President Lyndon Johnson signed legislation officially designated Federal City College land grant status on June 20, 1968. FCC became the first urban land grant college, and the first new land grant institution in the United States in 50 years
Federal City College -- Presidents;
Russell, Wendell R.
Wendell R. Russell (1926- ) was the fourth president of Federal City College. He served from 1974 through 1977, when Federal City College merged with DCTC and WTI to form the University of the District of Columbia. From 1970 through 1974, Dr....
College presidents – Washington (D.C.) -- Federal
City College;
Dickson, David;
Farner, Frank;
Federal City College
FCC President Frank Farner and FCC Vice president of Academic Affairs, David Dickson, at a construction site for one of the sites for FCC planned to use for instruction.
Federal City College;
Johnson, Lyndon, 1908-1973;
Morse, Wayne, 1900-1974
Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore) was the author of the legislation that led to the creation of Federal City College. This is a text of his address on the US Senate floor explaining the purpose of the legislation and the purpose of Federal City College....
The DC Board of Higher Education appointed Dr. Frank Farner as the first President of Federal City College. Dr. Farner had been recruited by Sen. Morse. Dr. Farner served from September 1968 through 1969. After leaving FCC, he went on to become...
In 1965, Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Or) introduced legislation in the US Senate to authorize the establishment of a public four-year and master’s degree level college; Rep. Ancher Nelsen (R-MN) introduced a similar bill in the US House. After a...
Dennard, Cleveland
Farner, Frank
Federal City College
Johnson, Lyndon
School lands – District of Columbia – Federal City College
Washington, Walter
Weigand, Max
President Lyndon Johnson signing legislation granting land grant status to Federal City College and Washington Technical institute. Standing are FCC officials such as FCC President Frank Farner, FCC head of the Cooperative Education Program, Max...
