HIGHLINE COMMUNITY COLLEGE GRIEVES LOSS OF FORMER LEADER
September 29, 2008
September 29, 2008
DES MOINES, Wash., Sept. 29 -- Highline Community College issued the following news release:
Dr. Shirley B. Gordon, an important figure in the development of Highline Community College and the first female president of a publicly funded college district in the state of Washington, died Saturday, Sept. 20 in Burien, Wash., at the age of 86.
Dr. Gordon, along with other local leaders, was successful in establishing the college in 1961. She later served as Highline . . .
Dr. Shirley B. Gordon, an important figure in the development of Highline Community College and the first female president of a publicly funded college district in the state of Washington, died Saturday, Sept. 20 in Burien, Wash., at the age of 86.
Dr. Gordon, along with other local leaders, was successful in establishing the college in 1961. She later served as Highline . . .