Paulson, Jehu Dewitt, 1893-1972.

Jehu Dewitt Paulson (1893 - 1972), an artist and educator, served on the faculty of the Department of Architecture at North Carolina State College from 1925 to 1961.

From the description of Jehu Dewitt Paulson papers, 1922-1972. (North Carolina State University). WorldCat record id: 466915283

• December 20, 1893: Born in Council Bluffs, Iowa (At some point in his childhood he moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he attended public school.)
• 1911 - 1913 : Attended Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania
• 1913 - 1914 : Completed Business Course at Meadville Commercial College, Meadville, Pennsylvania
• 1914 - 1915 : Attended Yale College, New Haven, Connecticut
• 1915 - 1918 : Employed as a stenographer and statistical draftsman for the Winchester Repeating Arms Co.
• 1918: Became a statistical draftsman for the Ordnance Department of the U.S. War Department
• 1918 - 1919 : Served in the U.S. Army with Infantry in France as a private, first class
• 1919 - 1921 : Employed as a statistician with the U.S. Rubber Company
• 1921 - 1924 : Employed as clerk at Witlock's Book Store, New Haven, Connecticut while in school
• 1920 - 1924 : Attended Yale School of Fine Arts, New Haven, Connecticut; Earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in mural decorating and painting (1924)
• 1924 - 1925 : Employed as a commercial artist for Witlock's Book Store, New Haven, Connecticut
• 1925 - 1960 : Employed by North Carolina State College, Raleigh, North Carolina as a professor of architecture and drawing. During his tenure he often did artwork for the college, including the NCS emblem on the floor at the entrance of Reynolds Coliseum. He retired in 1961.
• 1941: Certified to practice architecture in North Carolina
• 1943: Initiated into Sigma Chi Fraternity at North Carolina State College
• 1946: Designed set of six North Carolina State College commemorative plates which were sold by the Alumni Association
• February 13, 1972: Died in Raleigh, North Carolina; Survived by his son George W. Paulson, daughter Mrs. Pat McManus, and six grandchildren

From the guide to the Jehu Dewitt Paulson Papers, 1922-1972, 2011, (Special Collections Research Center)