First Navy WAVE (Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service) enrolls in ADCOP.
1973 Del Mar is one of 33 colleges to introduce work-study, the “Mid-Management Program.” Mental Health Program is added. Faculty and students debate dredging the Port of Corpus Christi.
1974 Frances Dushek, mathematics, is fifth instructor to receive Piper Award. Real Estate Program established at request of Real Estate Education Foundation of South Texas. Fire sweeps Harvin Center, causing $150,000 in damages. Baldemar Huerta enrolls for a second year. Using the name Freddie Fender, he later signs with CBS Records singing such hits as “Wasted Days” and “When the Next Tear Drop Falls.” Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI) begins.
1975 Senior Citizens Program is implemented. College’s first “grandma,” Gayle Cooper, age 70, enrolls in typing class after being out of school 40 years! First Fall Carnival is organized to help student clubs raise money. Coleman Center is built on the West Campus. English Learning Center is established. Operating Room Technology is new one-year program. West Campus fills oil industry’s need for qualified field hands by providing classroom instruction and on the job training at local oil rig sites.
1976 Local chapter of the Daughters of the American Colonists presents Bicentennial gift of a framed copy of the Declaration of Independence. Carnegie Hall performer Javier Calderon is hired to head guitar program. Early Childhood Specialist program begins. A coed physical education department is created as result of Title IX federal regulation mandating equity in women’s athletics.
Prospective Graduates - May 2011 Diana Lisa Martinez Jessica Ann Martinez Buffy Teresa Mchaney PTK Margret Monsivais Christine Lea Montano Megan D’Lynn Morelock Mi Khine Myint Alma Leticia Luna Noland Kelli Suann Page Kristi A. Pape Leslie Cantu Poses Steven Michael Price Deborah Danielle Pulido Angela Nichole Ramon Sylvia Perez Reed Audrey Garcia Reyes Karen Parsley Richey Clarissa Yvette Salazar China Santamaria Celia Jaime Scott Sonia Marie Soliz James R. Spiering PTK Judith Giraldo Stacy LaTosha Re’vee Tanner Melissa Ann Teed Julie Anderson Tong Adele Marie Torres Christina Torrez Jennifer Cardenas Troup Sandra Van Meter Nina Ann Villarreal Jennifer Allphin Wade Heidi M. Webb Danielle N. Wymore Jacob Michael Zamora Certificate Stacy Rene Anderson Linda S. Bustamante Janet M. Newcomb Eliseo O. Torres III PUBLIC SAFETY
Associate in Arts Belinda Jean Arredondo Bill Martin Boss James A. Caro Heather Nicole DeLeon Malory Alyssa DeLeon Albert Anthony Garcia Daniel G. Guajardo PTK
Member, Phi Theta Kappa - International Honor Society of the Two Year College
Yareli Y. Guzman David C. Homan Yezeniah R. Limas Angelica Maria Maldonado Martha Jane Moore Fernando David Perez Jennifer Ramon Robert A. Ramos Sumer Ray Merissa Yvonne Rodriguez Shauna Lynn Roper Jennifer Lynn Saenz Gabrielle R. Salcido Cynthia Santos Robert Valdez Natalie Vasquez
Associate in Applied Science Glynn Ray Brown Carrie Lynn DeLeon Edelmiro Garcia, Jr. Rodney Joseph Greenwood Gaston Gutierrez Jose A. Hernandez Lonnie Alfred Jackson PTK Mario Librado Lopez PTK Roxanne Savedra Lopez PTK Pedro R. Maldonado Joe W. McQuary Jacque Winn Nash Gabriel Ramon Ortega Gloria Hinojosa Reyna Mario Alberto Rodriguez Chris T. Santos Heidi Stewart Stefanie Jo Terry PTK Larry Donnell Young Certificate Joey F. Allenger Alejandro J. Almendarez Matthew Chase Andrews Leroy Barrera, Jr. Wesley Allan Belcher Nicholas R. Beseda Phil Joseph Bradshaw Austin Blaine Carter Jeffery B. Casey Jarred J. Copley Stephen Eric Cumberledge Christian J. Esparza Alfredo Franco ABG
Member, Alpha Beta Gamma® - International Business Honor Society