Historical State, 125, NC State University, one hundred twenty-five years of shaping the future

2001-04-26

Gardner Hall (Raleigh, N.C.)
Gardner Hall is named for O. Max Gardner (1882-1947). Gardner was elected governor of North Carolina in 1928. He proposed the three college system, linking the State College (now NC State), the North Carolina Women's College (now UNC at Greensboro) and the University of North Carolina (now UNC at Chapel Hill) into a consolidated University of North Carolina system. The building was constructed in 1952.
Oliver Max Gardner (1882-1947): O. Max Gardner earned a B.S. degree in chemistry from State College in 1903 and joined the staff as a chemistry instructor. He was Democratic Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina from 1917 to 1921, and Governor of North Carolina from 1929 to 1933. Gardner led the movement for the consolidation of State College, the Woman's College at Greensboro and the University at Chapel Hill into the Greater University at North Carolina. Gardner Webb University in Boiling Springs, NC is named for Gardner and his wife, Fay Webb Gardner.

Funkhouser, Edward T. (Edward Truman), 1946- (Photographer)

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