Teaching experience drew newest LCC president to career in education

By the time Chris Bailey taught his first class at Centralia College's main campus in the early 1990s, he'd already made partner at a law firm, become president of a gravel company and narrowly lost a race for a seat in the State Legislature.

But what began as a part-time instructor gig at a branch campus soon developed into a career in higher education for the Lewis County native.

"I just loved the teaching," he said.