OAKWOOD — Telling stories and giving gifts, friends, colleagues and former bosses of Lanier Technical College President Russell Vandiver paid homage Thursday to the longtime campus leader and economic development guru. Kenneth Breeden, who led the school from 1975 to 1984, said that when he heard that Vandiver had been named president in September 2010, he thought “lucky Lanier Tech.” “He knows his business and he knows your customers, which is the business community,” said Breeden, who went on to become the first commissioner of the state Department of Technical and Adult Education, which is now the Technical College System of Georgia.