The College of Lake County (CLC) is a community college in Grayslake, Illinois. In 1967, a referendum passed establishing the CLC community college district The College of Lake County serves over 18,000 students in transfer programs, career programs, GED and adult basic education, non-credit and career development, and training for businesses. In 1968, A. Harold Anderson and Paul W. Brandel donate 181-acre (0.73 km) parcel of land for Grayslake Campus. Dr. Richard G. Erzen is named first president; serves until 1978. First classes are held on the Grayslake campus on September 25, 1969, drawing an enrollment 2,360 students, taking 224 courses. Tuition is $7 per semester hour. Classes are offered in a six-building pre-fabricated complex, constructed at a cost of approximately $1 million. Referendum passes in December authorizing construction of a permanent campus. In 1974, the A and B wings are completed on the Grayslake Campus and CLC receives its first five-year accreditation from the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. CLC opens an outreach center in Waukegan in 1978. By 1981, the Lakeshore campus is opened in Waukegan.