University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. College of Arts and Sciences. Office of the Dean.

The dean has administrative responsibility for the university's College of Arts and Sciences and its constituent, the General College, which together provide the curricula leading to most baccalaureate degrees. The College of Arts and Sciences was created in 1935 by the merger of the College of Liberal Arts and the School of Applied Science. The General College was a separate entity until 1961, when it was merged into the College of Arts and Sciences.

From the description of Records of the Office of the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, 1917-2002 (bulk 1960-1997). WorldCat record id: 26683397

The College of Arts and Sciences grew out of the College of Liberal Arts (1909-1935) and the School of Applied Science (1908-1935). The former was established in 1909 by President Venable, who separated the duties of administering what was known then as The College from those of the dean of the university. The previous year, 1907-08, the Department of Applied Science, which had grown out of the School of Mines, had been renamed School of Applied Science. In 1922 the School of Engineering was established; it maintained close academic ties to the School of Applied Science, though it was administered separately.

Following the appointment of Frank Porter Graham as president of the university in 1930 and the Act of Consolidation in 1931, the faculty undertook a major review of the undergraduate curriculum, especially the freshman-sophomore portion of it. In 1935, simultaneous with the transfer of the School of Engineering to North Carolina State College in Raleigh (Sanitary Engineering remained in Chapel Hill at the School of Public Health), the General College was established at Chapel Hill. It was administratively and academically responsible for the freshman and sophomore curriculum. The General College was a separate academic and administrative entity until 1961, when it was merged into the College of Arts and Sciences. Entering freshmen, except those in the Dental Hygiene curriculum, are still enrolled in the General College.

Also in 1935, following the transfer of the School of Engineering, the College of Liberal Arts and the School of Applied Science were merged to form the College of Arts and Sciences. The faculties within the College were organized into divisions based on academic discipline: humanities, natural sciences and social sciences. In 1963 the Division of Fine Arts was added.

Below is a list of the individuals who have served as Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, the General College, the College of Arts and Sciences, the School of Applied Science, and the School of Engineering.

• 1904 - 1907 : Joshua Walker Gore

• 1907 - 1908 : Joshua Walker Gore
• 1908 - 1911 : Charles Holmes Herty
• 1911 - 1928 : Andrew Henry Patterson 1911-1928
• 1928 - 1929 : James Munsie Bell, Acting
• 1929 - 1934 : James Munsie Bell
• 1934 - 1935 : Ralph Walton Bost, Acting

• 1922 - 1930 : Gustave Maurice Braune
• 1930 - 1931 : Herman Glenn Baity, Acting
• 1931 - 1933 : Herman Glenn Baity
• 1933 - 1936 : William Jasper Miller, Acting

• 1909 - 1913 : Edward Kidder Graham
• 1913 - 1914 : Marvin Hendrix Stacy, Acting
• 1914 - 1919 : Marvin Hendrix Stacy
• 1919 - 1922 : George Howe
• 1922 - 1925 : James Finch Royster
• 1925 - 1926 : Addison Hibbard, Acting
• 1926 - 1930 : Addison Hibbard
• 1930 - 1935 : Allan Wilson Hobbs

• 1935 - 1946 : Allan Wilson Hobbs
• 1946 - 1951 : William Smith Wells
• 1951 - 1952 : Cliford Pierson Lyons
• 1953 - 1955 : C. Hugh Holman, Chairman
• 1955 - 1961 : Joseph Carlyle Sitterson

• 1935 - 1955 : Corydon Perry Spruill
• 1955 - 1961 : Cecil Slaton Johnson

• 1961 - 1966 : Joseph Carlyle Sitterson
• 1966 - 1967 : Frank Marion Duffey, Acting
• 1967 - 1968 : John Charles Marrow III
• 1968 - 1972 : Raymond Howard Dawson
• 1972 - 1977 : James Reuben Gaskin
• 1977 - 1985 : Samuel Ruthven Williamson
• 1985 - 1991 : Gillian Townsend Cell
• 1991 - 1992 : Stephen S. Birdsall, Acting
• 1992 - 1997 : Stephen S. Birdsall
• July 1997: Thomas B. Clegg, Acting
• August 1997 - June 2003 : Risa Ileen Palm
• July 2003 - March 2004 : Richard Solaway, Acting
• March 2004 - June 2006 : Bernadette Gray-Little
• July 2006 - June 2007 : Madeline G. Levine, Acting
• July 2007 - June 2008 : Holden Thorp
• July 2008 - : Bruce W. Carney, Acting

From the guide to the Office of the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records, 1917-2002, (bulk 1960-1997), (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. University Archives.)