North Carolina State University, College of Natural Resources, School Forests Records 1869 - 2013

North Carolina Forestry Foundation.

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Julius V. Hofmann to set up the forestry program at North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering (now N.C. State University) in 1929, one of his immediate goals was to acquire some forestland for laboratory, research, and demonstration purposes. Unable to secure funding from the university or the state of North Carolina, Hofmann determined the only recourse was to purchase the land on a self-liquidating basis. He and some of the college trustees incorporated the North Carolina For...

North Carolina State University. Dept. of Forestry and Environmental Resources.

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The Department of Forestry began in 1929 and its first director was J.V. Hofmann who served until 1948. In 1951 T. Ewald Maki was appointed to head up the forest management curriculum. He served until 1970 when C.B. Davey was appointed department head. Davey led the department until 1978 when John W. Johnson succeeded him. Following Johnson's death in late 1979, Art Cooper became department head and remained in that capacity until 1994. From the description of North Carolina State Un...

Preston, R. J.

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W. S. Pete Melville

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Ellwood, Eric

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Champion International Corporation

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The earliest predecessor of Champion International Corporation was founded in 1893 as Champion Coated Paper Company in Ohio. The firm underwent a number of business and name changes before emerging as Champion International Corporation in 1972. The company bought St. Regis Corporation in 1984 and was itself bought by International Paper in 2000. From the guide to the Champion International Corporation scrapbooks, 1986-1988, (University of Montana-Missoula Maureen and Mike Mansfield L...

Maki, T. E.

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Blanchard, Harold

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North Carolina State University. College of Natural Resources

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The North Carolina Forestry Foundation and the Pulp and Paper Foundation support the research and educational work of the College of Natural Resources (formerly College of Forest Resources) at North Carolina State University. The Forestry Foundation, created in 1929, is the oldest foundation at the University. The Pulp and Paper Foundation was incorporated in 1954. From the description of North Carolina State University, College of Natural Resources, foundation and development recor...

Poe, Clarence Hamiliton, 1881-1964.

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Clarence Hamilton Poe (1881 - 1964) became the editor of The Progressive Farmer in 1899 and formed the Progressive Farmer Company in 1903. He served as both president and editor of the company from 1903 until 1953, and retired as president in 1954. He then became the chairman of the board of directors and senior editor. Poe advocated better agriculture, health, and education for the people of North Carolina and the South. He was the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees at...

Preston, Richard J. (Richard Joseph), 1905-2001

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Hill, George Watts, 1901-1993

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George Watts Hill (1901-1993) of Durham, N.C., was the son of John Sprunt Hill (b. 1869) and father of George Watts Hill Jr. (1926-2002). He worked in hospital administration, banking, insurance, and other industries. A University of North Carolina alumnus, he served on the University of North Carolina System Board of Trustees and later the University of North Carolina System Board of Governors, and was involved, with other Hill family members, in much financial support for the University of Nor...

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...

Jackson, George E.

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Halifax Paper Company.

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Smith, Walton R.

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Hofmann, J. V.

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W. W. Wicks

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Albemarle Paper Company.

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Hofmann, Julius V.

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Harrelson, J. W. (John William), 1885-1955

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John William Harrelson was born on June 28, 1885, in Double Shoals Community, Cleveland County, North Carolina. He graduated from North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (later North Carolina State University) in 1909 with a bachelor's degree in engineering. In 1915 he received a master's degree in mechanical engineering from the same school. From 1909-1934 Harrelson served as instructor, assistant professor, associate professor, professor, and eventually department head of mathe...

Poe, Clarence

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Norman L. King

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Alex Jacobs

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Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.)

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The Civilian Conservation Corps, a federal agency, was created as part of the New Deal in 1935. From the description of Civilian Conservation Corps photograph collection [graphic]. 1936. (Santa Fe Public Library). WorldCat record id: 38548415 On March 31, 1933, congress passed the Emergency Conservation Work Act, creating the Civilian Conservation Corps. On April 5, the president appointed Robert Fechner of Tennessee as Director of Emergency Conservation Work. Fechner, a vic...

Eddie Jackson

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Lonnie Griffin

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