in 1962, a new jersey state law enabled the establishment of colleges by counties. camden county created a college board in 1964 and a voter referendum, in 1965, approved the creation of a county college. in 1966, the freeholders of camden county charged harry benn, then secretary of the camden county college board, and a small commission to find land capable of maintaining a college in the central part of the county. the salvatorian fathers, who ran the mother of the savior seminary, were looking to sell the land and close down the facility. camden county college was established in 1967 on of land which had belonged to the mother of the savior seminary.