OCCC Graduates 320 in 19th Annual Commencement
Orange County Community College held its 19th annual graduation with 2,400 family and friends watching as 320 graduates processed from the Alumni Green to front seating. Trustee chairman Samuel M. Caddeback Jr awarded the Trustees' Medal to Albert C. Howell, longtime county board chair. Sandra Sue Roe won Faculty Honors for nursing. President Dr Robert T. Novak urged graduates to tackle global crises with learning and sound judgment as the new county government replaces the board on Jan 1, 1970. The ceremony included invocation by Rev Dennis J. Cummins and banner processional led by Dean George F. Shepard.