University of Minnesota. College of Forestry

At its May 13, 1910, meeting, the Board of Regents voted to establish "a new special department, to be known as the Department of Forestry; to be presided over by a person to be known as the Dean of the Forestry Department, who shall be in charge of the forestry instruction and experiment work at the University." Terms for academic units were often interchanged during this time, so the Department of Forestry is also referred to as the College of Forestry in University publications. Within the academic organizational structure, Forestry, whether referred to as a department or college at this time, was a part of the Department of Agriculture. In 1918, R.W. Thatcher became Dean of the Department of Agriculture and enacted several administrative changes. The collegiate-level instruction in the Department of Agriculture was grouped into one college within the Department - College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Home Economics - so Forestry became a Division of the newly formed College. After several other name and administrative changes, in 1988, the Board of Regents approved the name of the College of Forestry to the College of Natural Resources. On July 1, 2006, as part of the "strategic positioning" initiative, the College of Natural Resources merged with COAFES and the College of Human Ecology's Department of Food Science and Nutrition to form the new College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences and ceased to exist as an independent collegiate structure.

From the description of College of Forestry records, 1898-2005 (bulk 1945-1973). (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 749855833

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