Background
He was born in Durham County, North Carolina, in 1925 and educated at North Carolina State College, located in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in 1948 and an Master of Science degree in 1951.
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Nash Nicks Winstead
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Education
Bachelor of Science, North Carolina State University, 1948; Master of Science, North Carolina State University, 1951; Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, 1953.
Career
Winstead joined the North Carolina State faculty as an assistant professor in 1953. In 1965, he was appointed director of the Institute of Biological Sciences and assistant director of agricultural experiment stations at North Carolina State. He was then appointed as the university"s assistant provost in 1967 and associate provost in 1973.
In the following year, 1974, Winstead became provost and vice chancellor.
Upon the resignation of Joab Thomas in 1981, Winstead served as interim chancellor until 1982. After the appointment of Bruce Poulton, Winstead returned to the office of provost until his retirement in 1990.
North Carolina State University Libraries Special Collections Research Center serves as the repository for Nash Winstead"s manuscript collection. In 1999, North Carolina State published Winstead"s manuscript The Provost" General’ s Office North Carolina State University An Informal History 1955–1993.
Achievements
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Membership
Member North Carolina Council on Higher Education for Adults, 1967-1975. Institute representative Southern Association for Colleges and Schools, 1967-1974. Member Cooperating Raleigh Colleges, 1968-1990, president, 1971-1973, 83-85.
Chairman interaction between protoplasm and toxicants committee Southern Regional Education Board, 1964-1965. Board directors North Carolina State University Young Men’s Christian Association, 1963-1965. Trustee Methodist Home for Children, 1980-1988, president, 1983-1984, North Carolina Wesleyan College, 1987-1997.
Served with United States Army Air Force, 1943-1946. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Phytopath.
Society (chairman disease, pathogen physiology committee), American Institute Biological Sciences, North Carolina Association Colleges and Universities (executive committee 1974-1980, president 1978-1979), National Association State Universities and Land Grant Colleges (education telecommunications committee 1980-1985, equal opportunity committee 1985-1988), Academy Deans for Southern States, North Carolina Association of Academy Officers (executive committee 1986-1989, vice president, president 1987-1988), Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Omicron Delta Kappa. Clubs: Torch International (secretary).
Connections
Married Geraldine Larkin Kelly, September 17, 1949. 1 daughter, Karen Jewell.
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Nationality
American