Highlights from Honolulu Community College’s first 90 years.

This is the text of the timeline narrated in this multimedia slide show.

• 1920

  Territorial Trade School opens with 42 students in the buildings of the Old Chinese Hospital in Pālama. Subjects included auto mechanics, machine shop and carpentry.

• 1925–27

  To take advantage of federal legislation, the name changes to Smith-Hughes Department of McKinley High School, and then to Honolulu Vocational School.

• 1929

  The Territorial Legislature appropriates $40,000 for improvements on campus.

• 1941–45

  Students help make machine gun mounts, landmines, water tanks, search lights and other war items.

• 1946–48

  Cosmetology, refrigeration, drafting and radio programs are added, followed by a baking program.

• 1950–52

  Masonry is added, followed by auto body and repair.

• 1953

  The name is changed to Honolulu Technical School. Enrollment expands once the Korean War ends.

• 1958

  The Foods Building opens, housing a bake shop and cafeteria.

• 1962–63

  Automotive and Electronics Buildings are completed, followed by a two-story science building.

• 1965

  State law transfers the school from the Department of Education to the new University of Hawaiʻi community college system.

• 1966-69

  Honolulu Community College offers the associate of arts degree and transfer-level courses in English, mathematics and social and natural sciences.

• 1972–74

  A a construction boom begins with the Fashion and Cosmetology Building, followed by a six-story Liberal Arts and Library and the Administrative and Student Services Buildings.

• 1975

  Apprentices of the Pearl Harbor Shipyard Apprentice School start classroom instruction at the college as part of a four-year program in ship repair and maintenance.

• 1977–79

  The Trade Industry Complex is completed, and a six-story Campus Center is built.

• 1986–88

  Off-campus sites are established for automotive technology and diesel mechanics on the makai end of Kōkea Street.

• 1995–98

  The college opens the Airport Training Center at Honolulu International Airport, Marine Education and Training Center on Sand Island and Pacific Aerospace Training Center at Kalaeloa.

• 2001

  The Pacific Center for Advanced Technology Training, a consortium of the UH Community Colleges, opens administrative headquarters at Honolulu Community College.

• 2005

  The college establishes the Construction Academy in partnership with eight Hawaiʻi high schools; participation grows to 35 schools statewide.

• 2007

  The Music and Entertainment Learning Experience (MELE) program opens with associate’s degrees in music business or audio engineering.

• 2009

  The college enrolls 4,585 credit students and another 2,991 apprentice students.

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