College of Natural Resources

Robert Walter Graeber was hired as the extension forester. He served in this position until 1949.

Julius V. Hofmann came to NC State as the head of the Department of Forestry. He was previously assistant director of the forestry school at Mount Alto, PA. In 1931, he became director of NC State's Division of Forestry, and he held this title until 1948.

Richard J. Preston was the first titled director of the Division of Forestry. The position was changed to dean in 1950, and he served until 1971.

The Division of Forestry became the School of Forestry.

The new building housing the School of Forestry and the Department of Horticulture was formally dedicated as Kilgore Hall. The building was named in honor of the late Dr. Benjamin Wesley Kilgore. He was the former Dean of Agriculture, Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station, and the first head of North Carolina's Agricultural Extension Service.

The forestry extension program was split into extension forest management and extension wood products.

Forestry extension specialists were transferred from the School of Agriculture to the School of Forestry.

Thomas R. Wells graduated with a bachelor's degree. He later became superintendent of the state park system in North Carolina.

The School of Forestry was renamed the School of Forest Resources.

The School of Forest Resources Library opened in Biltmore Hall. It later became the Natural Resources Library.

The School of Forest Resources moved from Kilgore Hall to Biltmore Hall.

He served in the position until 1989.

J. Charles Lee was awarded a PhD. He previously earned a bachelor's degree in 1964. He later became president of Mississippi State University.

The NC State Forestry Team took home the championship at the annual Conclave, an event based around forestry skills such as logging, timer estimation, sawing, and log rolling.

Extension Forest Management was renamed Extension Forest Resources. The name changed again at a later date to Extension Forestry.

Eight of the university's academic schools were designated as colleges.

He served in the position until 2001.

Chavonda Jacobs-Young was awarded a PhD. She previously earned a bachelor's degree in 1989 and master's degree in 1992. She was the first African American woman in the United States to earn a PhD in paper science. She later became Associate Administrator for National Programs for the USDA's Agricultural Research Service.

The School of Forest Resources was renamed the College of Natural Resources.

He served in the position until 2004 when he became provost.

He served in the position until 2012.

The addition significantly increased the amount of office and classroom space for the College of Natural Resources.

The Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, along with the College of Natural Resources, moved into a new wing of Jordan Hall. The new wing was comprised of 10,000 square feet of high-tech classrooms, teaching laboratories, and offices and meeting spaces.

The Department of Wood and Paper Science was renamed the Department of Forest Biomaterials.

The University Center for Earth Observation was renamed the Center for Geospatial Analytics. The Center began as a computing cooperative in the 1970s.

Dr. Myron F. Floyd was appointed as dean of the College of Natural Resources. He first joined the college in 2005 as a professor in the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management.