Shumaker, Ross Edward, 1889-1960.

Ross Edward Shumaker was a professor, architect, and founder of the program in Architecture at North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering, 1920-1955. Ross Edward Shumaker was hired as an associate professor of Architecture in the Department of Engineering in 1920. By 1921 Architectural Engineering became a separate curriculum under Shumaker's direction. Shumaker also designed many of the buildings at North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering, including: Alexander (1939), Becton (1939), Broughton - Diesel Wing (1943), remodeled the kitchen in the Chancellor's Residence (1944), Clark Infirmary (1940), David Clark Lab (1939), Laundry (1940), east balconies of Leazer (1945), Morris (1926), renovations of Patterson (1930 and 1940), Riddick - Annex (1941), renovations of Tompkins (1939), and Turlington (1939).

From the description of Ross Edward Shumaker drawings, [1940?] [manuscript] (North Carolina State University). WorldCat record id: 472486256

From the description of Ross Edward Shumaker papers, [1940?] [manuscript] (North Carolina State University). WorldCat record id: 492185817

Harvey J. Charlton has been a professor of mathematics at North Carolina State University. Ross Edward Shumaker was an architect and a professor at North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering (1920-1955). He began the architecture program there, and he designed several buildings on campus. Owen F. Smith has been an architect based in Raleigh. He designed the award-winning North Carolina Farm Bureau building.

From the guide to the Harvey Charlton Papers on 2731 Rosedale Avenue, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1941 - 2002, (Special Collections Research Center)

Ross Edward Shumaker was a professor, architect, and founder of the program in Architecture at North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering (1920-1955). Ross Edward Shumaker was hired as an associate professor of Architecture in the Department of Engineering in 1920. By 1921 Architectural Engineering became a separate curriculum under Shumaker's direction. Shumaker also designed many of the buildings at North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering, including: Alexander (1939), Becton (1939), Broughton - Diesel Wing (1943), remodeled the kitchen in the Chancellor's Residence (1944), Clark Infirmary (1940), David Clark Lab (1939), Laundry (1940), east balconies of Leazar (1945), Morris (1926), renovations of Patterson (1930 and 1940), Riddick - Annex (1941), renovations of Tompkins (1939), and Turlington (1939).

From the guide to the Ross Edward Shumaker Drawings, [1940?], (Special Collections Research Center)