Lane Community College. Administrative Services

Anthony (Tony) Birch

Anthony Birch served as dean of Business Operations, 1974-1978, and dean of Administrative Services, 1978-1980.

Birch has a BS in Business Administration from Oregon State University, 1962; an MBA in Policy and Administration from the University of Washington, 1964; and a MS in Education and Business Administration from OSU, 1969. Prior to coming to Lane, he was director of budgets and personnel services at OSU, 1965-1973, and assistant director of budget and fiscal policy at the Oregon Department of Higher Education, 1973-1974. After leaving Lane, he was controller at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington.

William (Bill) Berry

William A. Berry was dean of Administrative Services, 1980-1983, and vice president for Administrative Services, 1983-1987.

Berry has a BS/BA from Ft. Hays State University in Hays, Kansas, 1961, and an MBA from the University of Missouri-Kansas City (1972). Prior to coming to Lane, he was business officer for Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, Kansas, 1976-1980, and assistant business officer for the Health Sciences at the University of Missouri at Kansas City. He left after six years at Lane to become business manager at St. Charles County Community College in St. Peters, Missouri.

Richard (Dick) Hillier

Richard A. Hillier was vice–president for Administrative Services from 1987-1993.

Hillier, a native of Rhode Island, held a bachelor of science degree in engineering mathematics from the University of Rhode Island, 1965, a master of science degree in higher education from Indiana University, 1967, and a doctorate in education from Nova University, 1987. Before coming to Lane, he was business services administrator at Orange County Community College in Middletown, New York. He left Lane in 1993 to become dean of finance and administration for Hudson County Community College in Jersey City, New Jersey. More recently he was dean of administrative services at Greenfield Community College in Greenfield, Massachusetts.

Carol Beckley

Carol Beckley was budget specialist, 1977-1981, and budget analyst, 1981-2001.

Beckley spent her entire career at Lane, first as a student and then as an employee specializing in budget matters. She received an associate of arts degree from Lane Community College and began working for the college in 1966 as secretary to the president and the Board of Education. She became secretary to the Business Manager in 1969 and later Budget Specialist in 1975. She retired as Budget Analyst in the Budget Office in College Operations in 2001.

Administrative Services was established at Lane Community College when the college was founded in 1964. For the first several years, the department had various names: Administrative Services, Business Affairs, College Services, and Business Services. Between 1974-1978 it was called Business Operations, and from 1978-1994 it was known as Administrative Services.

The function of the department has remained consistent – it oversaw budgeting and financial functions, personnel, facilities, data processing and later information technology, archives and records management, the bookstore, and food services. In 1974, the main divisions of Business Operations were the Business Office, Data Processing, College Facilities, Bookstore, and Food Services. In 1978, the main divisions were Support Services, Purchasing Services, Personnel Services, Financial Services, Facilities, Information Services, Data Processing, Records Management, and the Budget Office. In 1994, the main service departments were the Budget Office, and Campus, Computer, Financial, Personnel, and Purchasing Services.

Upon Richard Hillier’s resignation as vice-president in 1993, President Jerry Moskus announced that the position would be unfilled until the college completed its budget reduction planning for 1993-1994. That planning began in anticipation of reduced state funding due to Ballot Measure 5 and included the possibility of administrative restructuring. In 1994, the department was reorganized as College Operations and Marie Matsen served as vice-president from 1994 -2006.

From the guide to the Administrative Services Office (Birch, Berry, Hillier) Records, 1968-1993, (Lane Community College Archives)