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Deep Roots, Strong Branches:
The Establishment of a Campus for Monroe Community College
(November 1998 to February 26, 1999)

Not many students now attending Monroe Community College
realize that the Brighton Campus was not the original MCC campus. For
about six years, until 1968, all MCC classes were held in the former Rochester
East High School building on Alexander Street. Though cramped and antiquated,
the location provided MCC with a solid start as one of the community's
most innovative institutions.
Founding president, LeRoy V. Good, saw the promise in
the then-new community college movement, and was a clear-voiced proponent
in the community. Right from the start he proposed a proper campus for
Monroe Community College. |