On March 23, 1964, Dr. Samuel D. Marble from Wilmington, Ohio was appointed Saginaw Valley College's first president. Before coming to SVC, Dr. Marble served as President of Delta College from the fall of 1961 until March of 1964.

On July 6, 1964, President Marble recommended to the Board of Directors that a campus site be purchased with minimum liability and maximum potential to the communities of Saginaw, Bay City and Midland.

On September 8, 1964, the first class of 119 students completed their first two years at Delta College and then enrolled as juniors and seniors at Saginaw Valley College. However, for the first semester these students met in the basement of Delta College until the current Saginaw Valley College facilities were constructed. Freshmen were not permitted to Saginaw Valley College until the fall of 1965 because of the college lacked facilities.

It was decided that Saginaw Valley College would offer three core courses to be known as the foundation courses; freshman English, social studies and natural science. These three core subjects were felt to be the building blocks for communication and grammar skills, developing and respecting diversity among human kind, and assisting in logical reasoning though the wonders of chemistry and biology.

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