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2008 Award Recipient:
Dr. Peter MacDougall
 Peter
MacDougall, President Emeritus of Santa Barbara City College.
Peter
served as President of SBCC from 1981 to 2002. During his 21 years
at the helm, the college grew in both size and prestige. The number
of students increased from 9,700 to more than 15,000 and the college
was continually ranked among the top three transfers to the University
of California. The West Campus was developed and two Adult Education
centers were established.
Peter
was also a powerful and effective leader in higher education at
the state and national levels. He served as President of the Community
College League of California, California Community College Chief
Executive Officers, California Association of Community Colleges
and Californians for Community Colleges. He was also a member
of numerous task forces and professional committees, and was Chairman
of the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges.
Peter
has served as President of the boards of Cottage Hospital, Santa
Barbara County’s United Way and Santa Barbara Partners in
Education. He was, or is, also on the boards of the Channel City
Club, Fighting Back, the Santa Barbara Foundation, Nuclear Age
Peace Foundation, Community Advisory, Beyond Tolerance, the Santa
Barbara Chamber of Commerce, the board of Santa Barbara Bank and
Trust. He is currently serving as president of the County’s
Board of Education.
The
recipient of numerous awards, Peter named One of Twelve Most
Influential People in Santa Barbara by the Chamber of Commerce
in 1991. He received the News-Press Lifetime Achievement Award
in 1992 and was selected as KEYT-Santa Barbara Foundation’s
Man of the Year in 2000. In 1989, he was selected as
one of the Top 50 Community Leaders in the Nation by the University
of Texas Community College Leadership Program.
More
recently, Peter has received honors that include the Westmont
Medal, the Robert J. Lagomarsino Award from CSU at Channel Islands,
the Chamber of Commerce Volunteer of the Year Award, and the Excellence
in Education Award from the College of Education at Pennsylvania
State University.
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