As she takes the helm of Foothill College,Judy Miner will leave behind a legacy at De AnzaCollege that helped shape it to the safe and vibrantplace of learning it is today.

Having served as vice president of instructionfor De Anza, she looks forward to the challengesthat await for her.

Miner, who grew up attendng Catholic school,was the only one of five children in her family toattend college.

Miner graduated summa cum laude with abachelor’s degree in history and French from LoneMountain College in San Francisco in 1973.She continued to further her education, earning amaster’s degree in history in 1977 while teaching.

She has continued to work with other collegesin and out of California, including Imperial ValleyCollege in Arizona.

She started at De Anza in 1988 and has beenworking in a variety of positions ever since.During her 19 years service at De Anza, hertime as the VP of instruction, she says, is themost memorable “because of the quantity and thequality of the people” she worked with.In the De Anza’s President’s Report in 2003,Miner said, “De Anza’s groundwork has alreadybeen laid with sound practices and principles thathave carried us through other difficult times …I believe we can and should be as creative andforward thinking as ever.”

De Anza still holds the record for one of themost successful colleges in terms of studenttransfers to other four-year universities.Miner always loved to teach, which will be oneof the things she will miss doing. “I have beenblessed to be part of De Anza over the years,” shesaid.