Nash Nicks Winstead

Nash Nicks Winstead

Interim Chief Executive

1975

Born in Durham County, North Carolina, in 1925, Winstead graduated from North Carolina State College with a B.S. in 1948 and an M.S. in 1951. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin in 1953.

Winstead returned to NC State in 1953, joining the faculty as an assistant professor. He was appointed director of the Institute of Biological Sciences and assistant director of agricultural experiment stations in 1965, assistant provost in 1967, and associate provost in 1973.

In 1974 Winstead became provost and vice chancellor. From 1981 to 1982 he served as interim chancellor. Afterward, he continued as provost until his retirement in 1990. Nash Winstead passed away on October 18, 2008.

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