Jefferson Community College
In 1961, the County Board of Supervisors voted to establish a junior college under the University System of the State of New York (later [1]]). Five trustees were appointed by Governor Rockefeller to oversee the project. They appointed a president, James E. McVean, in 1962. In September of 1963, the Jefferson Community College opened in Watertown with a hundred-sixteen freshman for the day program and two-hundred students for the evening.