Nicholas School of the Environment (Duke University)
Variant namesForestry studies at Duke University can be traced to 1931, when several of the nearby small farms and forestlands the university had been purchasing since the mid-1920s were formally named as Duke Forest. When the School of Forestry was established in 1938, it was the first graduate school in its field in the South. A chronology of its history follows below.
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1930:
Clarence F. Korstian appointed as first Director of Duke Forest -
1931:
Duke Forest formally named -
1932:
First classes in forestry taught at Duke University -
1938:
School of Forestry founded, with Korstian appointed as Dean -
1970s:
Curriculum expanded to include broader range of ecological sciences -
1974:
Renamed School of Forestry and Environmental Studies -
1991:
Merged with the Duke Marine Laboratory (founded 1938) and renamed School of the Environment -
1995:
Renamed Nicholas School of the Environment following upon gift of Peter and Virginia Nicholas -
1997:
Division of Earth and Ocean Sciences created when the former Department of Geology (founded 1936) joins school -
2000:
School re-named Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences -
2008 -2009 :Name reverted to Nicholas School of the Environment
From the guide to the Nicholas School of the Environment records, 1916-2010, (University Archives, Duke University)
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| referencedIn | Duke University. School of the Environment. Center for Continuing Education. School of the Environment, Center for Continuing Education records, 1992-1999. | Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library | |
| creatorOf | Nicholas School of the Environment records, 1916-2010 | University Archives, Duke University. |
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