North Carolina State University, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Department of Crop Science Records 1938-2003

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North Carolina State University, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Department of Crop Science Records 1938-2003

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The North Carolina State University Department of Crop Science Records include correspondence and memoranda, administrative materials, research materials, materials related to its extension program, and publications. Included is information on curricula and teaching, budgets, research projects, professional organizations related to crop science, and research topics. Materials range in date from 1938 to 2003. Series 6 pertains to the Maize Breeding and Genetics Program and contains photographs, records, correspondence, publications, and data pertaining to the program. The material in this series ranges in date from the 1920s to the 1990s. The North Carolina State University Department of Crop Science began as the Division of Agronomy in the School of Agriculture at the beginning of the 1900s. In 1924, reorganization led to the Division of Agronomy becoming the Department of Agronomy. In 1952, a new building, Williams Hall, was opened, designed to house the by then large department. At the beginning of 1956, Agronomy was divided into the Department of Field Crops and the Department of Soil Science. In 1962, Field Crops changed its name to the Department of Crop Science to better reflect its focus. Dr. Major Goodman has been head of the Maize Breeding and Genetics program since 1983. This program improves upon traditional maize breeding through the incorporation of exotic germplasm and qunatitative genetics theory. It is still in operation and headed by Dr. Goodman as of 2013.

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North Carolina State University. Dept. of Crop Science.

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The North Carolina State University Department of Crop Science began as the Division of Agronomy in the School of Agriculture at the beginning of the 1900s. In 1924, reorganization led to the Division of Agronomy becoming the Department of Agronomy. In 1952, a new building, Williams Hall, was opened, designed to house the by then large department. At the beginning of 1956, Agronomy was divided into the Department of Field Crops and the Department of Soil Science. In 1962, Field Crops changed its...

North Carolina State University

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Goodman, Major M.

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Major M. Goodman was born September 13, 1938 and began working with maize as a 14-year old detasseler at Pioneer Hi-Bred International in his hometown of Johnston, Iowa. He earned a Bachelor's Degree in Math with a Minor in Chemistry in 1960 from Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. He continued his education at North Carolina State University, graduating in 1963 with a Master's Degree in Genetics with a Minor in Statistics. In 1965, he received his Ph.D. in Genetics and...