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INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT COLT GILL

Interim Superintendent

The superintendent provides leadership for the district and is ultimately responsible for all areas of the district’s operation. The superintendent provides executive leadership and administrative direction for all departments, services and programs, and is responsible for proposing and implementing long-range plans.

Colt Gill has served as the interim superintendent of Eugene School District 4J since April 1, 2024.

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A man in a suit and tie smiles warmly at the camera.Contact Information
gill_c@4j.lane.edu 
541-790-7706

Executive Assistant Debbie McKim

  •  2024– Colt Gill Interim Superintendent
     2022–2024  Andy Dey  
     2020–2022  Cydney Vandercar  Interim Superintendent
     2015–2020  Gustavo Balderas  
     2011–2015  Sheldon (Shelley) Berman  
     1999–2011  George Russell  
     1998–1999  George Russell  Interim Superintendent
     1985–1998  Margaret Nichols  
     1984–1985  Margaret Nichols  Interim Superintendent
     1982–1984  Terry Lindquist  
     1981–1982  Terry Lindquist  Acting Superintendent
     1979–1981  L.T. (Thomas) Dorland  
     1979  Vernon Smith  Acting Superintendent
     1973–1978  Thomas Payzant  
     1973  Vernon Smith  Acting Superintendent
     1959–1973  Millard Pond  
     1958–1959  Lloyd F. Millhollen  Acting Superintendent
     1946–1958  Clarence Hines  
     1944–1946  Henry M. Gunn  
     1943  Wilbur Dutton  Acting Superintendent
     1937–1944  John F. Cramer  
     1928–1937  Howard R. Goold  
     1925–1928  David John Jones  
     1923–1925  Joseph T. Glenn  
     1920–1923  E.F. Carleton  
     1919–1920  Charles A. Howard  Acting Superintendent
     1915–1919  W.R. Rutherford  
     1913–1915  C.I. Collins  
     1908–1913  Guy C. Stockton  
     1907–1908  L.R. Alderman  
     1904–1907  Mott H. Arnold  
     1901–1904  Adolph F. Bechdolt  
     1897–1901  Edward D. Ressler  
     1891–1897  D.V.S. Reid  District’s first superintendent
     1891  J.M. Williams  Selected to be superintendent but never served
     1890–1891  J.M. Williams  Served as principal of both schools
     1890  School District No. 4 became a two-school public school district
     1854  School District No. 4 founded

     

    Source for 1854–1985 span: A System of Uncommon Schools: The History of Eugene School District 4J 1854–1985, by Herman Lawson, published by Eugene School District 4J in 1985