Colvard, Dean W., 1913-2007

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First Chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (1967-), Colvard received a B.S. from Berea College, an M.A. from the University of Missouri, and a Ph.D. from Purdue University. He was a professor and Head of the Department of Animal Science (1948-1953) and Dean of the College of Agriculture (1953-1960) at North Carolina State College. Colvard was also Superintendent of the Mountain Branch Agricultural Research Station, Waynesville, (1938-1946). He left North Carolina State University to serve as President of Mississippi State University (1960-1966).

From the description of Dean Wallace Colvard papers, 1945-1959 [manuscript] (North Carolina State University). WorldCat record id: 493324664

Ashe County, N.C., native Dean Wallace Colvard (1913 - ) received a bachelor's degree from Berea College (Ky.) in 1935, a master's degree from the University of Missouri in 1938, and a Ph.D. from Purdue University in 1950. He was an instructor and farm manager at Brevard College (N.C.) from 1935 to 1937 and the general manager and coordinator of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture Mountain Experiment Stations from 1938 to 1946. He joined the North Carolina State College (now North Carolina State University) faculty as the head of the dairy husbandry section in 1947, and became the dean of agriculture in 1948. He remined in this position until 1960, when he left N.C. State to become the president of the University of Mississippi. He became the first chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 1967. After his retirement in 1978, Colvard helped develop the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics. He is the author of Mixed Emotions (1985) and coauthor of Knowledge is Power (1987) and University Research Park (1988).

From the guide to the Dean Wallace Colvard papers, 1945 - 1959, (Special Collections Research Center)

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creatorOf Colvard, Dean W., 1913-2007. Papers, 1960-1992 (bulk 1966-1988). University of North Carolina, Charlotte, J. Murrey Atkins Library
creatorOf Dean Wallace Colvard papers, 1945 - 1959 North Carolina State University. Special Collections Research Center
referencedIn Gus's Original Forty Niner Restaurant (Charlotte, N.C.) memorabilia, 1971-1996. University of North Carolina, Charlotte, J. Murrey Atkins Library
referencedIn Weaver, David Stathem, 1896-1966. David Stathem Weaver papers, 1862, 1917-1968 [manuscript]. North Carolina State University, NCSU Libraries
referencedIn Friday, William C. (William Clyde). William C. Friday photographic collection, 1951-1980s. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn Caldwell, Ronald R. (Ronald Ranord). Interview with Ronald Caldwell [electronic resource] 2005 May 31 / interviewer: Lois Stickel [i.e. Stickell], Bridgette Sanders ; transcriber: Ruth F. Griffin. University of North Carolina, Charlotte, J. Murrey Atkins Library
creatorOf Colvard, Dean W., 1913-2007. Dean Wallace Colvard papers, 1945-1959 [manuscript] North Carolina State University, NCSU Libraries
creatorOf North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. Robert Earle Jones records, 1960-1985. North Carolina A&T State University, F.D. Bluford Library, Ferdinand Douglass Bluford Library
referencedIn University Research Park (N.C.). Collection, 1966-1988. University of North Carolina, Charlotte, J. Murrey Atkins Library
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associatedWith Bostian, Carey Hoyt, 1907-2000 person
associatedWith Caldwell, John T. (John Tyler), 1911-1995 person
associatedWith Caldwell, Ronald R. (Ronald Ranord) person
associatedWith Friday, William C. (William Clyde) person
associatedWith Mississippi State University. corporateBody
associatedWith Mountain Branch Agricultural Research Station. corporateBody
associatedWith North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. corporateBody
associatedWith North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics. corporateBody
associatedWith North Carolina State College. corporateBody
associatedWith St. Andrew's Presbyterian College. corporateBody
associatedWith Tate, Alice Lindsay, 1916-1987. person
associatedWith University of North Carolina at Charlotte. corporateBody
associatedWith University Research Park (N.C.) corporateBody
associatedWith Weaver, David Stathem, 1896-1966. person
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Swannanoa (N.C.)
Southern States
University City (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Agricultural experiment stations
Agriculture
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Birth 1913-07-10

Death 2007-06-28

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