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The Provost's Office: An Informal History

Appendix

DEANS OF FACULTY AND PROVOSTS

John W. Shirley
Dean of the Faculty, 1955-1962

John W. Shirley

A.B. State University of Iowa, 1932
PH.D. State University of Iowa, 1937

Dean Shirley came to North Carolina State College from Michigan State University as Professor of English and Dean of General Studies. Another field of interest was the History of Science. He left in 1962 to become Vice President at the University of Delaware.


Harry C. Kelly
Dean of the Faculty, 1962-1967,
Provost and Vice Chancellor, 1967-1974

Harry C. Kelly

B.S. Lehigh University, 1931
M.S. Lehigh University, 1933
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1936

He taught at Montana State College and at M.I.T. Kelly was Chief of the Scientific and Technical Division, Army of Occupation, Tokyo, Japan. He maintained an active relationship with Japanese Science all of his life. He came to N.C. State College from the National Science Foundation as Dean of the Faculty and Professor of Physics. He retired in 1974.


Nash N. Winstead
Provost and Vice Chancellor, 1974-1990

Nash N. Winstead

B.S. North Carolina State College, 1948
M.S. North Carolina State College, 1951
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, 1953

At NCSU he was Professor of Plant Pathology and Director of the Institute of Biological Sciences. He became Associate Dean of the Faculty in 1967 for two weeks and then the title was changed to Assistant Provost and later Associate Provost. He was Acting Chancellor for 1981-1982. He retired in 1990.


Franklin D. Hart
Provost and Vice Chancellor, 1990-1993

Franklin D. Hart

B.S. North Carolina State College, 1959
M.S. North Carolina State College, 1961
Ph.D. North Carolina State University, 1964

He was Professor of Mechanical Engineering at NCSU. He became Associate Dean of Engineering for Research and later became Vice Chancellor for Research at North Carolina State University. In 1993 he returned to the Vice Chancellor for Research position.


Phillip J. Stiles
Provost and Vice Chancellor, 1993-1998

Phillip J. Stiles

B.S. Trinity College, 1956
Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania, 1961

He came to North Carolina State University as Provost and Professor of Physics from Brown University where he was Professor of Physics and Engineering, Dean of the Graduate School, and Dean of Research.


Provosts Since 1998


PERSONS WHO REPORTED TO THE PROVOSTS

Assistants to the Dean of the Faculty and to the Provost

Kenneth H. Topfer - Shirley 1960-61
William H. Simpson - Kelly, Winstead 1962-1989

Assistant and Associate Provosts

Nash N. Winstead - Kelly 1967-1974
Leroy B. Martin Jr. - Kelly, Winstead 1969-1984
Lawrence M. Clark - Winstead, Hart, Stiles 1974-To date
Murray S. Downs - Winstead, Hart, Stiles 1974-To date
Henry S. Schaffer - Winstead, Hart 1984-1992
Augustus M. Witherspoon - Winstead, Hart, Stiles 1989-To date
Rebecca Leonard - Winstead, Hart, Stiles 1990-To date
William E. Willis - Hart, Stiles 1993-To date

Affirmative Action Officers

Clauston L. Jenkins - Kelly
William H. Simpson - Kelly
Lawrence M. Clark - Winstead, Hart, Stiles

Assistant and Associate Affirmative Action Officers

Barbara Anne Peters - Clark
Claudia Pattison - Clark
Carol Maidon - Clark
Karin Wolfe - Clark
Joanne Woodard - Clark

Coordinators of Institutional Studies and Planning

Clauston L. Jenkins - Kelly
Marvin Gehle - Kelly, Winstead
This position was transferred to Institutional Research in 1976.

Administrative Assistants

Elsie Stephens - Shirley, Kelly, Winstead, Downs
Gloria Johnson - Kelly, Winstead, Hart
Rachel Dupree - Hart, Stiles
Connie Steed - Downs
Carolyn Ingram - Clark
Gayle Hinnant - Downs

Managers of the Personnel Office

S. A. Chick - Shirley, Kelly
K. R. Ganzer - Kelly
Mary Strickland - Kelly, Winstead
Linda Snyder - Winstead, Hart
Karin Wolfe - Hart, Stiles
Beverly Cable - Administrative Officer, Wolfe

Data Processing Coordinators of Academic Personnel

Linda Snyder- Strickland, Winstead
Beverly Cable - Snyder, Wolfe
Tara Britt - Cable, Wolfe

Personnel Responsible for Preparing Trustee Reports and Writing Appointment Letters

S. A. Chick - Shirley, Kelly
K. R. Ganzer - Kelly
Mary Stickland - Kelly, Winstead
Linda Spencer - Winstead
Rebekah Ingle - Winstead, Hart, Stiles

Courses and Curricula

William Simpson - Kelly
Nash Winstead - Kelly
Murray Downs - Winstead, Hart, Stiles

Course and Curricula Records

Elsie Stephens - Kelly, Simpson, Winstead, Downs
Connie Steed - Downs
Gayle Hinnant - Downs
Susan Sherry - Downs

Secretarial and Personnel Staff - Staff Who Were Subject to the Personnel Act

Cornelia Webb, Secretarial - Shirley 1955-1958
Jo Womble, Secretarial - Shirley 1958-1960
Landrum Bennett, Secretarial - Shirley 1960
S. A. Chick, Personnel - Shirley, Kelly 1961-1963
A. J. Harrell, Secretarial - Shirley 1961-1962
Elsie B. Stephens, Secretarial - Kelly, Winstead, Downs 1962-1981
K. R. Ganzer, Personnel - Kelly 1963-1965
Mary Strickland, Personnel - Kelly, Winstead 1965-1989
Gail Brown, Secretarial - Simpson 1967-1968
Florence Baird, Secretarial - Winstead 1967-1968
Zelda Ponder - Secretarial - Kelly 1968-1970
Peggy Price, Secretarial - Kelly 1968-1969
Betty Randall, Personnel - Strickland 1968-1969
Doris Anderson, Secretarial - Kelly 1970-1971
Cecelia Austin, Secretarial - Winstead, Jenkins 1970-1971
Barbara Moore, Personnel - Strickland 1970-1972
Sandy Sturgis, Secretarial - Simpson 1971-1971
Judy Godwin, Personnel - Strickland 1970-1971
Charlotte Hughes, Secretarial - Jenkins 1971-1972
Gloria Johnson, Secretarial - Simpson, Kelly, Winstead, Hart 1971-1991
Siew Tan, Secretarial - Winstead 1971-1972
Sarah Mcginnis, Secretarial - Simpson 1971-1972
Sandra Emerson, Secretarial - Winstead, Clark 1971-1974
Susie Hunter, Personnel - Strickland 1972-1973
Leslie Shelton, Secretarial - Simpson 1972-1976
Lavern Clemmons, Secretarial - Jenkins 1972-1973
Veronica Gooch, Secretarial - Jenkins, Gehle 1973-1975
Gaynell Maynard, Personnel - Strickland 1973-1975
Sylvia Jamison, Secretarial - Clark, Downs 1974-1976
Julia Hale, Secretarial - Simpson 1976-1978
Mary Watson, Personnel - Strickland 1976-1977
Sharon Lawrence, Secretarial - Clark 1976-1977
Becky Sherrill, Personnel - Strickland 1976-1977
Lori McCahan, Secretarial - Simpson 1977-1980
Cindy Wagner, Secretarial - Clark 1977-1980
Linda Snyder, Personnel - Strickland, Winstead, Hart 1977-1992
Susan Moore, Personnel - Strickland 1978-1979
Loraine Wilson, Personnel - Strickland 1978-1979
Sandy Isleib, Secretarial - Downs 1979-1981
Kimberly Bauer Crutchfield, Personnel - Strickland 1979-1984
Connie Steed, Personnel- Strickland, Secretarial - Downs 1979-1991
Lelsie Burrell, Secretarial - Clark 1980-1982
Beverly Cable, Personnel - Strickland, Snyder, Wolfe 1981-To date
Kim Carson Shoulars, Personnel - Strickland, Snyder 1982-1988
Fran Coats, Secretarial - Simpson 1982-1986
Eunice Chappell, Personnel - Strickland 1984-1987
Rebekah Ingle, Secretarial - Downs, Personnel - Snyder, Wolfe 1984-To date
Carolyn Ingram, Secretarial - Clark 1983-To date
Vickie Meyers, Secretarial - Simpson 1986-1990
Tara Britt, Personnel - Strickland, Snyder, Cable, Wolfe 1987-To date
Gail Finch, Personnel - Strickland, Snyder 1987-1992
Kathryn Roddy, Personnel - Strickland 1987-1988
Mary Yohe, Personnel - Strickland, Snyder 1987-1990
Linda Spencer, Personnel - Strickland 1987-1989
Angie Dunn, Secretarial - Winstead, Johnson 1988-1990
Liz Riley, Secretarial - Clark 1988-1990
Lisa Smith, Secretarial - Clark, Witherspoon 1988-1992
Linda Wilkins, Personnel - Strickland ,Snyder, Wolfe 1988-To date
Doris Dupree, Personnel - Strickland, Snyder, Wolfe 1989-To date
Gayle Hinnant, Secretarial - Downs 1989-To date
Marilyn Hardee, Secretarial - Clark 1990-To date
Anne Peters, Secretarial - Winstead, Hart, Johnson, Downs 1990-1992
Vickie Porter, Personnel - Snyder, Wolfe 1990-To date
Anita Johnson, Personnel - Snyder, Wolfe 1991-To date
Kathy Brand, Secretarial - Downs 1991-1992
Rebecca Williams, Secretarial - Leonard 1991-1993
Rachel Dupree, Secretarial - Hart, Stiles 1991-To date
Barbara Leonard, Secretarial - Hart, Stiles 1992-To date
Todd Driver, Personnel - Snyder, Wolfe 1992-To date
Teresa Hall-Fowler, Personnel - Wolfe 1993-To date
Carolyn Cameron, Personnel - Wolfe 1993-1992
Susan Sherry, Secretarial - Downs 1993-To Date
Amy Mullen, Secretarial - Downs 1993-To date
Glenda Johnson, Secretarial - Leonard 1993-To date


OTHERS

Chancellors

Carey H. Bostian - Shirley
John T. Caldwell - Shirley, Kelly, Winstead
Joab L. Thomas - Winstead
Bruce R. Poulton - Winstead
Larry K. Monteith - Winstead, Hart, Stiles

College and School Deans

Agriculture and Life Sciences

Dean W. Colvard - Shirley
H. Brooks James - Shirley, Kelly
J. Edward Legates - Kelly, Winstead
Durward F. Bateman - Winstead, Hart, Stiles

Design

Henry Kamphoefner - Shirley, Kelly
Claude Mckinney - Kelly, Winstead
J. Thomas Regan - Winstead, Hart, Stiles

Education

J. Bryant Kirkland - Shirley, Kelly
Carl J. Dolce - Kelly, Winstead
Joan J. Michael - Winstead, Hart, Stiles

Engineering

John H. Lampke - Shirley
Ralph E. Fadum - Shirley, Kelly, Winstead
Larry K. Monteith - Winstead
James K. Ferrell - (Interim) Winstead, Hart
Wilber L. Meier - Hart
Tildon H. Glisson - (Interim) Stiles

Forest Resources

Richard J. Preston - Shirley, Kelly
Eric L. Ellwood - Kelly, Winstead
Larry W. Tombaugh - Winstead, Hart, Stiles

General Studies

C. Addison Hickman - Shirley

Graduate School

R. James Peeler - (Interim) Winstead
Vivian T. Stannett - Winstead
Jasper D. Memory - Winstead
Debra W. Stewart - Winstead, Hart, Stiles

Humanities and Social Sciences

Fred V. Cahill - Shirley, Kelly
Robert O. Tilman - Kelly, Winstead
William B. Toole - Winstead, Hart, Stiles

Management

Robert L. Clark - (Interim) Hart
Richard J. Lewis- Stiles

Physical and Mathematical Sciences

Arthur C. Menius - Kelly, Winstead
Garrett Briggs - Winstead
Jerry L. Whitten - Winstead, Hart, Stiles

Textiles

Malcom E. Campbell - Shirley, Kelly
David W. Chaney - Kelly, Winstead
Dame S. Hamby - Winstead
Robert A. Barnhardt - Winstead, Hart, Stiles

Veterinary Medicine

Terrence M. Curtin - Winstead, Hart
Oscar J. Fletcher - Hart, Stiles


OTHER UNITS

Academic Skills

Hugh Fuller - Clark, Downs, Anderson

Admissions

Anna P. Keller - Winstead
George R. Dixon - Winstead, Hart, Stiles

Adult Credit Programs and Summer School

Jack Suberman - Shirley, Kelly
This program was transferred to University Extension in 1964.
John F. Cudd - Hart, Stiles
In 1991 this program was returned to the Provost.

Archives

Stuart M. Noblin - Shirley (part- time)
I. O. Schaub - Kelly, (a volunteer)
Maurice S. Toler - Kelly, Winstead
This function was transferred to the D. H. Hill Library in 1989.

Computing Center

Paul E. Lewis - Kelly
Kevin R. Jones - Kelly
Leroy B. Martin - Kelly, Winstead
Henry E. Schaffer - Winstead, Hart
William E. Willis - Hart, Stiles

Continuing Education

Edward W. Ruggles - Shirley, Kelly
Transferred to University Extension in 1967.
In 1990 this program, as a part of Outreach Extension and Continuing Studies, was transferred to the Vice Chancellor for Research which in turn began to report to the Provost.
Sandra L Kirsch - Hart, Stiles

Cooperative Education

William D. Weston - Downs (Winstead, Hart, Stiles)

Fort Bragg

Horace D. Rawls - Kelly
Millard P. Burt - Kelly, Winstead

Institutional Research

Richard Howard - Winstead, Hart-This position was transferred to the Provost in 1989.

International Programs

Jackson A. Rigney - Winstead
J. Lawrence Apple - Winstead, Hart
Edward W. Erickson - Hart, Stiles

Libraries

Harlan C. Brown - Shirley, Kelly
I. T. Littleton - Kelly, Winstead
Susan K. Nutter - Winstead, Hart, Stiles

Radiation Protection

Thomas L. Carruthers - Winstead
D. William Morgan - Winstead-The program was transferred to Research in 1989.

Research

Earl Droessler - Winstead
Henry B. Smith - Winstead
William L. Klarman - (Interim) Hart
Franklin D. Hart - Stiles

Student Affairs

Thomas H. Stafford - Hart, Stiles

Undergraduate Studies

Murray S. Downs - (Interim) Winstead, Hart
James Anderson - Hart, Stiles

University Planning and Analysis

Karen Helm - Hart, Stiles
This function was established by combining the Planning Office and the Institutional Research Office and was assigned to the Provost in 1992.

University Studies (Multidisciplinary)

John R. Lambert - (Acting) Kelly
Albert Carnesale - Kelly
Clayton Stalnaker - (Acting)-Kelly
A. C. Barefoot - Kelly, Winstead
John Riddle - Winstead
The program was transferred to CHASS in 1986.

Faculty Senate Chairmen

W. J. Peterson - School of Agriculture, 1955
W. N. Hicks - School of General Studies, 1956
W. W. Austin - School of Engineering, 1957
W. W. Austin - School of Engineering, 1958
R. J. Monroe - School of Agriculture, 1958-59
L. W. Seegers - School of General Studies, 1959-60
J. S. Doolittle - School of Engineering, 1960-61
D. D. Mason - School of Physical Sciences and Mathematics, 1961-62
A. Holtzman - School of General Studies - 1962
C. H. Bostian - School of Agriculture, 1962-63
J. Fulton Lutz - School of Agriculture, 1963-64
W. J. Block - School of Liberal Arts, 1964-65
H. W. Garren - School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, 1965-66
A. S. Knowles - School of Liberal Arts, 1966-67
J. W. Duffield - School of Forest Resources, 1967-68
F. E. McVay - School of Physical Sciences and Mathematics, 1968-69
L. B. Martin, Jr. - School of Physical Sciences and Mathematics, 1969-70
M. S. Downs - School of Liberal Arts, 1970-71
K. S. Petersen - School of Liberal Arts, 1971-72
J. F. Ely - School of Engineering, 1972-73
J. M. Riddle - School of Liberal Arts, 1973-74
James B. Wilson - School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, 1974-75
Samuel B. Tove - School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, 1975-76
Richard M. Myers - School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, 1976-77
Roger C. Fites - School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, 1977-78
Charles Smallwood - School of Engineering, 1978-79
Ernest E. Burniston - School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, 1979-80
John A. Bailey - School of Engineering, 1980-81
R. D. Mochre - School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, 1981-82
K. L. Moazed - School of Engineering, 1982-83
M. M.. Sawhney - School of Humanities and Social Sciences, 1983-84
R. M. Fearn - School of Humanities and Social Sciences, 1984-85
Sandra L. Kirsch - School of Forest Resources, 1985-86
Thomas L. Honeycutt - School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, 1986-87
James E. Smallwood - College of Veterinary Medicine, 1987-88
Elizabeth Suval - College of Humanities and Social Sciences, 1988-89
Raymond Long - College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, 1989-90
C. Frank Abrams Jr. - College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, 1990-91
Robert H. Dorff - College of Humanities and Social Sciences, 1991-92
Myron W. Kelly - School of Forest Resources, 1992-93

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