North Carolina State University. Office of the Chancellor.

The Chancellor is the chief administrative and executive officer, leader and spokesperson of North Carolina State University. John Tyler Caldwell was Chancellor from 1959 to 1975. Caldwell had taught political science at Holmes Junior College from 1932 to 1936 and at Vanderbilt University from 1939 to 1947; served in the United States Navy during World War II; served as president of Alabama College (now the University of Montevallo) , 1947-1952; and served as President of the University of Arkansas from 1952 to 1959. Caldwell accepted the chancellorship at North Carolina State College (later, North Carolina State University) in 1959 and continued as chancellor until 1975. After retiring, Caldwell taught political science and education courses at North Carolina State University until 1985, and was president of the Triangle Universities Center for Advanced Research ( 1975-1982). Under his leadership, the student and faculty population nearly doubled, the School of Physical Sciences and Applied Mathematics was established, and for the first time the university offered a full range of degree programs in the humanities and social sciences.