Cecil Groves became Austin Community College’s third president, following founding president Thomas M. Hatfield and president ad interim Marvin Shwiff. Groves came to ACC from Delgado Community College in New Orleans, a school comparable in size to ACC and where he had been vice-president for campus operations and academic affairs since 1971. At Delgado, Groves successfully dealt with institutional accreditation, a vitally important issue that he would have to face at ACC as he and his family settled into Austin’s famously easy-going lifestyle.
Source: Speak-easy, February 17 and September 20, 1977