Graduate Division Records
Collection
Identifier: UA020
The Graduate Division Records consist of a notebook compiling the various guidelines under which the original graduate division operated. The notebook includes some correspondence, but consists primarily of extractions from Graduate Council meeting minutes.
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The Graduate Division Records consist of a notebook compiling the various guidelines under which the original graduate division operated. The notebook includes some correspondence, but consists primarily of extractions from Graduate Council meeting minutes.
The Graduate Division at Georgia Tech was organized in 1941, in order to offer the possibility of greater specialization and education on higher scientific and professional levels than was possible at the undergraduate level. John L. Daniel served as the first Dean of the Division. At first the two degrees that were offered were the Master of Science and the Doctor of Philosophy. Master's level degrees were available in a number of engineering specialties as well as Physics, and advanced study could be undertaken in several collateral fields such as Mathematics, Mechanics, and Modern Languages. In the years following World War II, the graduate courses at Tech were particularly geared toward war veterans.
In 1968 the Graduate Division was given a new name, the Division of Graduate Studies and Research, with Sam C. Webb as Dean. By that time three master's degrees were available, the Master of Science, Master of Architecture, and the Master of City Planning. Doctorates were also offered in several engineering specialties, as well as Chemistry and Physics. During the late 1970s under President Joseph M. Pettit, the Division came under the leadership of the Vice President for Academic Affairs. Webb remained as Dean until 1977, when James Bynum took over, first as Acting Dean and then as Dean by 1981. Walter O. Carlson became Dean in 1985; Gary W. Pohlhein succeeded him in 1987, as Associate Vice President of the Office of Graduate Studies and Research.
After the reorganization undertaken by President John P. Crecine during the early 1990s, the administration of graduate programs came under the Vice President for Research and Graduate Programs. Under the Clough administration, graduate programs were administered through the Vice Provost for Research and Dean of Graduate Studies.
Sources: Division of Graduate Studies and Research: Graduate Catalogue and Announcements, Georgia Tech Fact Book.
Dr. Helen Grenga donated these records in 1987. Accession #1987.0301 (old #87-03-01).
Christine de Catanzaro encoded this collection summary in March 2006.
Part of the Archives and Special Collections, Library, Georgia Institute of Technology Repository