W. J. Peele Papers 1888-1923

Withers, William Alphonso, 1864-1924.

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Withers received his A.B. and A.M. from Davidson College, and did graduate work at Cornell University. He was a Professor of Pure and Agricultural Chemistry at North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts from 1889-1923 and served as Acting Director of the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station from 1887 to 1899. From 1916 to 1923 he served as Vice President of North Carolina State College, and from 1917 to 1918 was president of the North Carolina Academy of Science. ...

North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station.

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Peele, W. J. (William Joseph), 1855-1919

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William Joseph Peele (1855-1919) was a Raleigh, N.C., lawyer, publisher, and trustee of the state College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (later North Carolina State University). From the description of W. J. Peele papers, 1872-1948 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 24678754 William Joseph Peele (1855 - 1919) was a lawyer, an author, and an active participant in organizing state history agencies. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of North Carolina in...

Riddick, W. C. (Wallace Carl), 1864-1942

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Wallace Carl Riddick (1864-1942). Professor of engineering (1892-1916), Head of Civil Engineering Department (1895-1908), Vice President of the College (1908-1916), President of North Carolina State University (1916-1923), first Dean and organizer of the Engineering School (1923-1937), and a professor of Hydraulics after his 1937 retirement. Riddick graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a B.A. degree (1885) and received his C.E. degree from Lehigh University (1890)....

Williams, Charles Burgess, 1871-1947.

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Charles Burgess Williams (1871 - 1947) was a scientist and an educator. He received a B.A. and M.A. in agriculture from the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. He spent his career at the College as a professor, chemist, department head, dean, and leader in the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station. From the description of Charles Burgess Williams papers, 1895-1953 [manuscript]. (North Carolina State University). WorldCat record id: 466904166 ...

North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts

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Hugh Williams Primrose was one of six sons born to William Stuart Primrose and Ella Williams Primrose. He was born January 21, 1878 and died January 27, 1904. He was a member of the graduating class of 1897. His father, William Stuart Primrose, was a member of the original Watauga Club which helped found the college. William Stuart also served twenty years on the Board of Trustees, acting as chairman from 1887-1895 and 1897-1901. Primrose Hall was named for him From the description o...

North Carolina State University

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Currently, there are 24 University Standing Committees. Members of each of the University Standing Committees are appointed by the chancellor at the beginning of each academic year. The Committee on Committees provides the chancellor with recommendations concerning the composition and charge for each committee, its chair, and its faculty, staff, and student members. These recommendations are in part based on voluntary expressed preferences, on a general principle of rotation, and, whenever appro...

Hill, D. H. (Daniel Harvey), 1821-1889

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Daniel Harvey Hill (1821-1889), soldier and educator, was born in York District, S.C., to Solomon Hill and Nancy Cabeen Hill. He graduated from West Point in 1842. As a United States army officer, he participated in all the major battles of the Mexican War. Hill resigned from the military in 1849 to become professor of mathematics at Washington College (now Washington and Lee University). In 1854, he accepted the chair of the mathematics department at Davidson College, a position he held unti...

Massey, W. F. (Wilbur Fisk), 1839-1923

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Horticulturist, educator and agricultural journalist. Massey was born in Onancock, Virginia. He attended Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland and Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He went west in the late 1850s to work on railroads. Upon his return to Virginia he served in the Civil War. After the war Massey became an administrator in the Kent County, Maryland, school system and developed a nursery and florist business. In 1884 he went to the Miller School near Charlottesville,...

Peele family

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