Frank D. Kern papers, 1900-1972.

Pennsylvania State College

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Pennsylvania state university

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The Pennsylvania Humanities Council designated the year 1985 as "The Year of the Pennsylvania Writer." The PHC funded projects in eight locations throughout the Commonwealth to gain appreciation, understanding, and recognition for past and present Pennsylvania writers. The State College/University Park location held a two-stage conference and related events by five Centre County regional organizations. From the description of The Year of the Pennsylvania writer collection, 1984-1986....

Pennsylvania State University. Graduate School

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Penn State's first graduate students completed their degrees in 1863 under the first President of the Farmer's High School, Evan Pugh; they were Augustus King and Alfred Smith, both of whom earned the Master of Scientific Agriculture degree. Between 1863 and the creation of the Graduate School in 1922, almost nine hundred students began graduate studies at Penn State (although not all of them completed their degrees). President John Thomas established the Graduate School in 1922; Frank D. Kern b...

Kern, Frank D. (Frank Dunn), 1883-1973

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Frank D. Kern joined Pennsylvania State College in 1913 as a professor of botany. In 1922, when Penn State established a graduate school, Kern was named dean. Trustees of the university named the Kern Graduate Building for him in 1971 recognizing his 37 years of service as professor and head of the Department of Botany prior to his retirement with emeritus rank in 1950. He died on September 28, 1973 at the age of 90. From the description of Frank D. Kern papers, 1900-1972. (Pennsylva...