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Former Lanier Tech presidents discuss school's growth
College's programs continue to expand
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Lanier Technical College President Russell Vandiver, left, honors the college’s past presidents. From right, past presidents are Mike Moye, Joe Hill and Ken Breeden. Breeden died in December in Dawsonville.
In 1975, Lanier Technical College, then known as Lanier Area Vocational-Technical School, served about 200 students in two buildings. Then-President Ken Breeden, who served from 1975 to 1984, remembers when then-Gov. George Busbee was slated to come for the grand opening of the school’s third building, currently housing the Quick Start program.