VOL UME 6 ISSUE 3
MARCH 27, 20 15
We Keep the College Going
EPCC Physical Plant
Special Edition
in Tribute to
Dr. Ernst E. Roberts II
The Physical Plant was going to publish a short issue of our monthly newsletter due to the
Spring Break time we were off and the reduced activity during this period. As a result of
Dr. Robert’s passing, we are publishing this two page edition to concentrate on Dr.
Roberts and the affect his work, friendship, and passing has had on us.
Join us in remembering Dr. Roberts and what he meant to all of us.
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EPCC PHYSICAL PLANT
MARCH 27, 2015
EPCC Without Dr. Ernst E. Roberts II
As all of you already know, we lost Dr. Ernst E.
Roberts II on the night of Thursday, March 5th after
an extended period of illness and treatment.
The EPCC employees who have worked at the
College since the Logan Heights Campus was in
use have known Dr. Roberts as a teacher, a
departmental Director, and in other roles in the
President’s Office, including Interim President.
For the rest of us, it seemed as if Dr. Roberts had
always been here, His tenure at EPCC covered
over 40 years. Even if you seldom had the chance
to interact with Dr. Roberts, you could not help but
be aware of his influence and other work at the
College.
This included his successful participation in the efforts to secure the Lease Agreement
with the US Army for the construction of our next campus on Fort Bliss. He also served as
the Chair of the Board for KCOS Public Television, which broadcasts from its location in
the “A” building of the EPCC Administrative Service Center.
If you were lucky enough to know Dr. Roberts, you could see the love he had for his wife,
children, and grandchildren. You could also recognize his smile was sincere and his
concern was genuine. It is difficult to express the feelings that arose at the news of Dr.
Roberts’ passing, but it helped to clearly see that the headline for this article (EPCC
Without Dr. Ernst E. Roberts II) is actually wrong. EPCC will never be without Dr. Roberts,
since we are surrounded by his legacy, which is visible in all the work he did for the
College for more than 40 years.
We liked and loved Dr. Roberts, and he
made us feel that he was not just another
administrator, but that we had a friend in
high places at the College.
We want the Roberts family to know that
we share in their feeling of loss, and that
Dr. Roberts will live on at this institution,
which he helped build, with his EPCC
extended family, as he lives on in his
immediate family.
The Physical Plant bowling teams and Dr.
Roberts at the 2014 EPCC Scholarship
Bowling Tournament.
We love you an we will miss you deeply,
Ernie.