Found 34 events matching "1966 "
C. E. Bishop became department head and served in the position until 1966.
In 1966, the university pressured local landlords to rent to African American students. In response, some landlords wrote angry letters to Chancellor Caldwell.
10,203 students entered NC State in the fall of 1966. Tuition was $357 for in-state and $782 for out-of-state students. There were over 1,000 women enrolled.
Norman Sloan was hired as the new head basketball coach at NC State in 1966. Sloan, who was a player on Everett Case's first basketball team at State (1946-1947), went on to become the second highest game-wining coach in NC State men's basketball history behind Case. His record included the 1974 NCAA championship. He was inducted into the NC State Athletics Hall of Fame in 2013.
Doris King became the third woman to serve as a full professor and taught courses in history and education.
Martin Niemoller, a German Lutheran pastor who was imprisoned in a concentration camp for his anti-Nazi views, gave a speech at Erdahl-Cloyd Student Union.
Burley Mitchell graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He later became a Justice on the North Carolina Supreme Court.
Student government sold 25-cent shares to purchase a timber wolf, which was shown during the first game played at what became Carter-Finley Stadium. The animal howled, making it popular, but it was later discovered to be a coyote.
Carter Stadium, as it was originally known, opened as the football team took on South Carolina. Carter Stadium and the A.E. Finley Fieldhouse were dedicated during a halftime ceremony.
NC State received its first National Science Foundation grant to create a science development plan in order to strengthen faculties in the biosciences; support materials, mechanics and electrotechnics in engineering; and support the social sciences.
Solomon "Sol" Hersh joined the faculty of the Department of Textile Technology. Previously, he received his BS from NC State in 1949. In 1995, he became the first faculty member from the College of Textiles to receive the Alexander Holladay Medal for Excellence.
The International Farm Youth Exchange (IFYE) delegates Jane Warren and Karen Brewer joined Filipino President Ferdinand Marcos in planting his nation's new "miracle" rice along with other Filipino delegates.
Men's basketball coach Everett Case passed away on this date. His record at NC State was 378-133, and he led the team to numerous Southern Conference and ACC championships. At his funeral, his last recruiting class of players served as pallbearers. In 2012, he was inducted into the NC State Athletics Hall of Fame.
Paul E. Lewis and John W. Cell of the Department of Mathematics wrote a report recommending the reconstitution of the Computing Center in the Department of Computer Science within the School of Physical Sciences and Applied Mathematics.
The Department of Mechanical Engineering was renamed the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.
Department of Rural Sociology merged with the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, retaining the latter name.
The Center for Occupational Education was established and became one of two such centers nationwide.
