{"id":31005,"date":"2022-08-02T08:51:08","date_gmt":"2022-08-02T12:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/75th\/?page_id=31005"},"modified":"2023-01-30T11:36:09","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T16:36:09","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/75th\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History of the College"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
See a few pivotal moments from the College of Design’s 75-year history.<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t <\/div>\n\t \t<\/div>\n\t\t
The Landscape Architecture program begins.<\/p>\n
The first Landscape Architecture program in the South to apply for accreditation, but failed.<\/p>\n
The Architecture Library opened as the first branch library.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Division of Architecture and Landscape Design established.<\/strong><\/p>\n Landscape Architecture program removed from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and\u00a0 Architecture program from the College of Engineering to create new division. <\/span><\/p>\n School of Design established on May 23, 1948. Henry Kamphoefner was brought in as the first dean and serves in the position until 1973.<\/span><\/p>\n Mrs. Harrye Black Lyons serves as the first design librarian from 1947 to 1968. The Design Library inhabits the space that was the original reading room of D. H. Hill Jr. Library. The library was renamed the Harrye B. Lyons design library shortly after her death in 1968 by Dean Kamphoefner.<\/p>\n Landscape Architecture department is initiated, with Edwin G. Thurlow as the department head. The Bachelor in Landscape Architecture is inaugurated as the first five-year undergraduate landscape architecture program in the country. <\/span><\/p>\n Matthew Nowicki serves as the acting architecture department head. <\/span><\/p>\n Matthew Nowicki joins the faculty as the acting architecture department head until his death in 1950.<\/span><\/p>\n Duncan Stuart joins the faculty until 1991.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n George Matsumoto joins the faculty until 1961.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n James W. Fitzgibbon joins the faculty until 1953.<\/span><\/p>\n Edward W. Waugh joins the faculty on\/off until 1961.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The Visiting Lecture Program begins.<\/span><\/p>\n Division of Architecture and Landscape Design Established<\/a><\/h2>
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School of Design is Established<\/a><\/h2>
Harrye B. Lyons is the first design librarian<\/a><\/h2>
Landscape Architecture Department is Established<\/a><\/h2>
Matthew Nowicki is the acting department head of Architecture<\/a><\/h2>
Notable Faculty Join the School<\/a><\/h2>
School of Design Named<\/a><\/h2>