R. C. Bryant was the first person to receive a forestry degree in the United States. His son, Ralph Clement Bryant (1913 - 1994), was a Professor of Forestry at North Carolina State University for more than 25 years. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees from Yale University, and his Ph.D. from Duke University. He joined the North Carolina State University faculty in 1952. In 1970, the university recognized Bryant as an outstanding teacher of the year. He was also a member Sigma Xi, Xi Sigma Pi, Alpha Zeta, the Society of American Foresters, the Canadian Pulp and Paper Association, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
From the guide to the R. C. Bryant Silviculture Notebook and Materials, 1899, undated, (Special Collections Research Center)
