(L.D. 1542) establishing the institution in the deactivated over the years. The name of the institution has changed—to
buildings of the missile base in Presque Isle on June 17, Northern Maine Vocational Technical Institute (NMVTI)
in 1964, Northern Maine
1961. The U.S. government
Technical College (NMTC)
turned over 87 acres of land and
in 1989 and Northern Maine
over 36 buildings to the State of
Community College in 2003.
Maine for this purpose.
Nearly all of the old base
buildings have been razed over
Befitting of their roles,
the years, to be replaced by more
buildings on the NMCC campus
modern facilities. Programs have
are already named after Augusta
been added and discontinued in
K. Christie, E. Perrin Edmunds,
response to community needs.
and John H. Reed. During a
Through it all, the College has
50th anniversary luncheon on
never lost focus on its mission to
June 17 honoring local and
its students and its community.
past legislators from the region,
plaques were unveiled honoring
“I really enjoyed the actual
both Harding and Stewart
shop work. It offered me real
which will hang alongside E.
Perrin Edmunds’ plaque in the
hands-on experience, and I
think that’s what I enjoyed most.
Edmunds Building.
They provided me with the skills I needed to be successful
The hands-on education that these individuals brought to throughout my career,” said Gary Cleaves, a 1965 graduate
The County made a difference in the lives of the students from the automotive technology program. Cleaves went on
and graduates of the institution, as attested to by alumni spend 37 years full service with the Maine National Guard
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