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In 1950, the Tennessee Valley Authority announced that due to budget restrictions, it would discontinue support of the Minerals Research Laboratory. The TVA agreed to give the State of North Carolina the equipment in the laboratory “if the State would continue to operate the Laboratory for the benefit of the mineral producers in the area.” Governor William B. Umstead determined that the Minerals Research Laboratory should become “a function of State College,” and in 1954, the continued operation of the laboratory became the responsibility of the School of Engineering at NC State.
Swimmer Steve Rerych won medals at the Mexico City Olympics for the 4 x 100 freestyle and 4 x 200 freestyle. At NC State, Rerych was a three-time All-American and nine-time ACC champion. He was the only person in ACC swimming and diving history to be three-time champion in three different events. Rerych was inducted into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame in 1993 and the NC State Athletics Hall of Fame in 2014.
McDowall played on the football, men's basketball, baseball, and track & field teams earning 11 varsity letters in the four sports. In 1927 and 1928, he won the Norris Athletic Trophy as NC State's top athlete. He held the school record for the longest punt return at 95 yards. He was considered NC State's top athlete of the first half-century of the college's athletics program. He was named to the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame in 1965, the College Football Hall of Fame in 1975, and NC State's Athletic Hall of Fame in 2014.
Sam Esposito's served as head coach of the baseball team from 1967 to 1987. His career record was 513-253-4, and he was second in career victories at NC State. During this time, the team was 1968 ACC regular-season champions and three-time ACC Tournament Champions (1973-1975). He was ACC "Coach of the Year" in 1984 and 1986. He was inducted into the NC State Baseball Hall of Fame in 2009, the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame in 2012, and the NC State Athletics Hall of Fame in 2014.
Soccer player Thori Staples was named ACC "Rookie of the Year" and "National Freshman of the Year" in 1991. She was a four-time All-ACC selection for 1992 to 1995. She played on the ACC All-Tournament team in 1994 and 1995 and was voted North Carolina Female Athlete of the Year for 1994. After college, Thori became a member of the U.S. National Team from 1992 to 1999. She was a member of the 1995 FIFA Women’s World Cup team and was considered the nation’s top defender during her playing career.
I. T. Littleton joined the library in 1959 as assistant director. He became director in 1964 at first in an acting role, since Harlan Brown remained and served as associate director until his retirement in 1971. During Littlton's long tenure as director from 1964 to 1987, he built the D. H. Hill Jr. Library and its branches into a major university research library system. The book, periodicals, and binding budget rose from $114,000 in 1958 to $3.1 million, and the library's full-time staff and facilities tripled in size. The library added its cataloging records to the international bibliographic network OCLC, and it served as a founding member of several cooperative organizations.
The Wendell H. Murphy Football Center was opened and named after alumnus Wendell Murphy. Murphy graduated with a BS in Agricultural Education in 1960. He later served in the North Carolina House of Representatives and the NC Senate. He was awarded the Order of the Long Leaf Pine by the NC governor. In 1999, he received the Watauga Medal, NC State University's highest honor. He was a Wolfpack Club member for more than 50 years, and he served as president of its board of directors. Murphy made significant contributions to the athletics program and was inducted into the NC State Athletic Hall of Fame in 2014.
D. H. Hill Jr. began his career at North Carolina College of Agricultural and Mechanic Arts upon its opening in 1889. He engaged in the common nineteenth-century practice of serving as both a professor of English and the first college librarian. This responsibility was not a major burden, as the early library occupied only a reading room in the Main Building, and later Holladay Hall. For the first ten years of the college, Hill ordered all books and supervised student assistants. Due to his scholarly interests, the early collection was dominated by the humanities and history, despite the agricultural and mechanical focus of the school. In 1908, Hill became president of the college.
Walter Holmes joined the marching band and the concert band during his first semester at State College in 1956. Holmes's presence in the band complicated segregation laws in stadiums and dining halls throughout the south. In 1957, Holmes dined with the band in the Clemson College dining hall. South Carolina residents circulated a petition asking Governor Timmerman "to see that such racial mixing doesn't occur again, especially when N.C. State visited the University of South Carolina here Nov. 23." Holmes's presence in the band also angered NC State alumni. State alumnus A. W. Boswell wrote a letter to H. W. Taylor, director of alumni affairs, opposing the band's integration. Chancellor Bostian replied to Boswell's letter stating the band director was legally obligated to audition "Negroes." He continued stating, "Two Negroes appeared for tryouts. One was rejected because of only fair performance on his instrument. The individual approved for being in the band is an excellent musician and there was no way the Director of the band could eliminate him."
