|
TIME LINE |
| 1927 |
Founded as Buncombe County Junior
College under the aegis of the
Buncombe County Public School system. |
| 1927-1932 |
William H. Jones appointed 1st Chief
Executive Officer of Buncombe Country Junior College. |
| 1927-1933 |
Sinclair B. Conley appointed 1st Dean of
Men. |
| 1928 |
The College of the City of Asheville was
formed. |
| 1928-1947 |
Virginia Bryan appointed 1st Dean of
Women. Soon after her appointment, she began Bluets,
the school's literary magazine, which continued to win acclaim until
it's demise in 1967. |
| 1930 |
Buncombe County Junior College merged with College of
the City of Asheville; name changed to
Biltmore Junior College which becomes the successor to both
Buncombe County Junior College and College of the City of Asheville.
Located on Hendersonville Road in a building that also houses Biltmore
School. An adjacent building on the property will later house the Buncombe
County Sheriff's Department. Both buildings were once referred to as
the Biltmore Schools. |
| 1933-1936 |
Alonzo C. Reynolds elected President of
Biltmore Junior College. |
| 1934-1940 |
The Biltmore Junior College housed in a
wing of David Millard High School, at the northeast corner of Oak
and College Streets. At this time, the authority of the institution, held
for the last three years by the faculty, is secured under the name of Biltmore
College.
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| 1936 |
In 1936 control passes from the trustees of
Biltmore College to the
Asheville City School Board. The city of Asheville then provides
financial support, and the chartered name is changed to
Asheville-Biltmore College. However, following general usage, the
school continues to be called "Biltmore College" in
newspaper articles and other sources until the first catalog using the
chartered name appears in 1946. |
| 1936-1940 |
Charles A. Lloyd appointed Dean of
Asheville-Biltmore College. |
| 1940-1942 |
The Biltmore College occupies a building on the
campus of Asheville College, formerly known as the Asheville Normal
and Collegiate Institute, near the site now occupied by Memorial
Mission Hospital.
|
| 1941-1944 |
J. J. Stephenson appointed Dean of
Biltmore College |
| 1942 |
Biltmore College relocates to the former
Buncombe County Children's Home. The educational building of Grace
Covenant Presbyterian Church on Merrimon Avenue now occupies this
site.
|
| 1944-1946 |
Dr. William H. Morgan appointed Dean of
Asheville-Biltmore College. |
| 1946-1947 |
Clarence Gilbert appointed Dean of A-B
College. |
| 1947-1952 |
William W. Hanaman appointed Dean of Men
and Academic Dean for A-B College |
| 1947-1961(?) |
Cornelia Ann Serota takes Virginia Bryan's
position as Dean of Women for A-B College. |
| 1947 |
Dean Clarence Gilbert adamantly resigns
when the Board of Trustees will not agree with his plans to
eliminate two faculty positions in order to conserve money and expand
basic academic programs. |
| |
R. A. Tomberlin appointed temporary
President of A-B College until a search committee formed by the
Board of Trustees can find a new president. The Board
decides that enrollment numbers suggest the need for a president
rather than a dean. |
| |
Dr. Glenn L. Bushey appointed President of
A-B College. He is the first of the school's chief executive
officers to have both teaching experience and a background in formal
education. |
| 1949 |
As the result of an extensive development campaign on
the part of the Board of Directors, a citizen's committee organized to
implement the plan, contributions from Mrs. Evelyn Seely, and an
enthusiastic response by the general public, the Overlook estate
(known as "Seely's Castle") and additional property on
Sunset Mountain are purchased and occupied as the site of the
college.
|
| 1955 |
The North Carolina legislature gives its first
appropriation for the college in 1955. |
| 1957 |
Asheville-Biltmore College becomes the first
institution to qualify as a state-supported community college under
the newly-enacted state community College Act. At this time,
the Board of Directors is again reorganized, with the City of
Asheville and Buncombe County receiving matching funds from the
state.
|
| 1958 |
In this year A-B College is accredited as a junior
college. As a junior college it quickly outgrows the Overlook
property.
|
| 1959 |
As the result of a 1958 local capital funding bond
issue and further funding by the state, the Asheville-Biltmore
College acquires a 157-acre tract of land in north Asheville in early
1959.
|
| 1961 |
The first two buildings on the North Asheville
property are completed and occupied by the fall term of 1961.
Further funding in 1961 from the legislature and from local bonds
provides for the construction of five additional buildings and the
institution moves in its entirety to the present location in North
Asheville. .
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| |
A-B College enrolls its first black
student in the fall term of this year. |
| 1962-1969 |
William Highsmith appointed President of
A-B College. |
| 1963 |
By an act of the state legislature,
Asheville-Biltmore college becomes a state-supported senior college
under a new Board of Trustees. |
| 1966 |
The school awards its first baccalaureate
degrees in June. |
| 1967 |
Full accreditation as a four-year institution
is
granted in late 1967, retroactive to the graduating classes of 1966
and 1967.
|
| |
Asheville-Biltmore College institutes a joint bachelor of science
program in Engineering Operations with North Carolina State
University beginning in the Fall semester. |
| 1969 |
Asheville-Biltmore College becomes The University of North Carolina
at Asheville, one of six campuses of the Consolidated
University. |
| |
The ten remaining state-supported institutions
are merged into a
unified sixteen-constituent member system, The University of North Carolina. |
| 1969-1977 |
William Highsmith renamed Chancellor of
the University of North Carolina at Asheville |
| 1977 |
Dr. Arnold King appointed Acting
Chancellor while Chancellor Highsmith recovers from an illness. |
| 1977-1984 |
William Highsmith
returns as Chancellor. |
| 1984-1990 |
Dr. David G. Brown
appointed Chancellor of UNC Asheville |
| 1990-1991 |
Roy Carroll
appointed Interim Chancellor until the Board of Trustees can
find a suitable candidate for Chancellor. |
| 1991-1993 |
Samuel Schuman
appointed Chancellor of UNC Asheville. |
|
1992
|
Designated as a Liberal Arts College
I by the UNC Board of Governors. |
| 1994 |
Larry Wilson appointed as Interim
Chancellor. |
| 1994-1999 |
Patsy Bostic Reed
appointed Chancellor of UNC Asheville. |
| 1997-10-06 |
Dedication of Highrise Residence Hall as
Founders Hall [during Founders Day, 70th Anniversary] |
| 1997-10-06 |
Unveiling of Portrait of William E. Highsmith |
| 1999-2005 |
James H. Mullen, Jr.
appointed Chancellor of UNC Asheville. |
| 2005- |
Anne Ponder
appointed Chancellor of UNC Asheville, assumed duties October
1st. |
| 2006 |
Installation
ceremony for Chancellor Ann Ponder, September 15, 2006. |
| 2007-02-17 |
Dedication of the University Seal and the
Quadrangle Clock |
