1972-1977

ECJC Receives Chevrolet

East Central Junior College has received a Caprice Classic from Chevrolet to further studen– ts' automotive mechanical careers . Don Goolsby (right), GM representative, is shown presenting the papers on the car to Wayne Hill (center), EC– JC Auto Mechanics instructor, as 0. L. Newell (left) , ECJC Vocational and Technical Director, looks on. According to Hill, the car is extremely impor– tant to the automotive program at East Central because the immediate job demand is for automotive mechanics who are trained to work on the current model cars. The car is equipped with the latest electro~ic computer command controls thus enabling the automotive students to get the desired training . In addition to the areas normally covered in the automotive mechanic progr~m,

students will be given training in the repairs o f air conditioning , cruise control, and electrical ac– cessories including electrical windows and locks . Richard E. Lannen, Chevrolet's national direc– tor of service operations, said that in the past nine years most of the 50 states have received these free vehicles for their vocational educational programs . Lannen , any non-profi t educational institution may qualify for the donation of a vehicle or component. The vehicles must never be operated agai n and recipients must sign an affidavit that they ,will not be driven. Donation tags are then fas tened to the vehicles and Chevrolet removes vehicle iden– tification numbers. According to

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