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Edward Muhl Peter Huntsinger
Bruce Fortme, President
Board
of
Trustees
Francis Claffey John Hackney
Just what does a Board of Trustees do?, asks the student. The board represents the citizens of the Santa Clarita
Commumty College D1stnct who provide the money to run College of the Canyons. The board governs, develops,
operates, and improves College of the Canyons In 1972, the board acqmred a new member, Francis Claffey,
Newhall postmaster, who filled the post made vacant by the death of Dr William G Boneih. Later m the spring
(1973), two other trustee seats were up for elect10n, that of Bruce Fortme, who filed for reelect10n, and that of John
Hackney, who did not. The year was particularly s1gmficant because of the Feb. 6 bond election, which the board
had authorized. The d1stnct electorate approved the bonds and College of the Canyons was assured of steady growth
parallelmg the needs of the burgeomng ~rea 1t served.
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