After a national search, Kirkwood hired it's second leader, Bill F. Stewart from Anchorage Community College in Alaska where he served as president. He assumed duties on July 1, 1978.
A summary of the law (SF 550) passed by the Iowa legislature on May 29, 1965 which was the enabling legislation to create community colleges in Iowa. This document, commonly referred to as the "Ten Point Law", stipulates those educational services…
Mr. Tyden invented this table lock after noticing a pedestal table badly spread at the base in a store. When he asked the clerk about it, she said "These tables all spead at the bottom. It can't be helped". Tyden proeeded to invent a lock which holds…
The Board of Directors of the Area Ten Vocational Technical School held its first organization meeting fortuitously in the Kirkwood Room at the Roosevelt Hotel on May 18, 1966. The newly elected Board of Directors was sworn in prior to the meeting by…
