Metropolitan Community College (Missouri)
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| Formation | 1915 |
| Headquarters | Missouri |
| Community college system in the U.S. state of Missouri | |
Metropolitan Community College (MCC) is a public community college system in the U.S. state of Missouri. The system consists of five separate campuses in Kansas City, Independence, and Lee's Summit. The campuses had a total enrollment of 15,770 in 2019.[1]
Notable alumni
- Edward F. Arn, Kansas governor
- William M. Boyle, Democratic National Committee chairman
- George H. Clay, president of Kansas City Federal Reserve
- Blevins Davis, theatrical producer
- David F. Duncan, drug policy advisor to President Bill Clinton; professor at Brown University
- S. George Ellsworth, LDS historian
- Jack Gentry (entrepreneur), founder of Positronic
- Ewing Marion Kauffman, founder of Marion Laboratories, original owner of the Kansas City Royals, and philanthropist
- Brent Lasater, Republican member of the Missouri House of Representatives
- Robert L. J. Long, four-star admiral
- Dale D. Myers, NASA administrator
- Irene C. Peden, engineer who was the first woman to live and work in interior Antarctica
- Maxwell D. Taylor, United States Army officer and diplomat
- Mort Walker, creator of Beetle Bailey cartoon (1942)[2]
- Charles Wheeler (politician), Kansas City mayor
- Brian C. Wimes, federal judge