Richard J. Daley College
Public two-year college in Chicago, Illinois, US / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Richard J. Daley College is a public, two-year community college in Chicago, one of the seven City Colleges of Chicago. The college was founded as William J. Bogan Junior College in 1960 and utilized classrooms in the evenings provided by William J. Bogan High School in the Ashburn neighborhood on the southwest side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. In 1970, the college moved to an interim campus, made of prefab buildings, in the West Lawn neighborhood at 7500 S. Pulaski Road, until the present campus was completed in 1981.
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Former names | William J. Bogan Junior College (1960–1977) |
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Motto | "Education that Works" |
Type | Community |
Established | 1960 |
Affiliation | City Colleges of Chicago |
Chancellor | Juan Salgado |
President | Janine E. Janosky |
Students | 8,250 |
Location | , Illinois , U.S. |
Campus | Large City |
Nickname | Bulldogs |
Website | ccc |
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In 1976, a week after the death of Richard J. Daley, the college was renamed in honor of the late mayor.