Lt. George B. Love '1913 (1890 - 1961) and Lt. Robert L. Campbell [Campbell Hall] (1875-1972) in uniform.
Love and Campbell were both instructors at A&T when called to active duty in France during World War I.
Lonnie P. Byarm Sr. '1911 B.S.M - A&T instructor, WWI veteran, A&T's 1st CIAA championship football coach 1923 - 1929. First A&T coach with an undefeated season (1927-28, football).
Dr. William Henry Bryant '1911 B.S. - physician in Goldsboro, NC community, WWI veteran.
Fletcher Decatur Wharton '1912 B.S.A. - instructor in vegetable gardening at A&T 1912-1913, Agr. prof. at Winston-Salem State, teacher in Arkansas, Virginia, and N.C. Donotion of rare campus bulletins to A&T Archives and Special Collections.
George Bishop Love '1913 B.S.M - A&T bursar & register, instructor, WWI veteran, head of A&T Garage off Market Street until 1932. Husband of poet Rose Leary Love.
Dr. Foster F. Burnett '1913 B.S.A - Prominent NC physician. Earned M. D. from Howard University in 1917. Co-founder of the Community Hospital in Wilmington, NC.
S. B. [Sidney Britton] Simmons '1914 B.S.A. - vocational agriculture, longtime head of New Farmers of America (NFA) in NC and director of NC vocational agriculture for African Americans in public schools.
Dr. Roscoe C. Ward '1915 - dentist, philanthropist, namesake of Ward Hall on A&T Campus.
Alfred Mosby '1917 Trade Certificate - campus photographer. Photographer in Philadelphia.
Simon Alexander Haley '1918 B.S.A. - professor of agriculture, WWI veteran, father of Alex Haley author of "Roots". Life depicted in "Roots: The Next Generation" miniseries (1979).
"Arch Erected By Class of 1914 and Alumni". According to some histories, this arch was designed by First Lady Susie B. Dudley.
North Carolina A&T State University is an 1890 Second Morrill Land-Grant Act public university located in Greensboro, North Carolina.
NAME CHANGES TO REMEMBER: In our earliest years, sometimes press articles would alter or incorrectly state the names of the college. The correct name is in bold, and alternative phrasings are listed to help with research.
1891 - 1915 - Agricultural and Mechanical College for the Colored Race - ["A. and M. College for the Colored Race", "A&M College For the Colored Race", "Colored A. and M. College of Greensboro", "North Carolina A. and M. College at Greensboro", "The Greensboro A. and M. College".] *PLEASE NOTE: "A. and M. College" was also the name for what is now NC State University in Raleigh; It was also referred to as the "A. and M. College at Raleigh".
1915 - 1957 - Negro Agricultural and Technical College of North Carolina - [A. and T. College, A & T. College, A&T College of North Carolina]
FOUNDING DATE: March 9, 1891
PRESIDENTS:
Dr. James Benson Dudley (1896 - 1925)
1915
The name of the College was changed to "Negro Agricultural and Technical College of North Carolina" by an Act of the General Assembly.
1917 - 1919
90 percent of students and 1 in 5 faculty/staff serve in World War I. The most famous student veteran was Simon A. Haley '1918, father of author Alex Haley.
1918
Professor William Edward Lew, organizes a 50 piece marching band at A&T, known as the Blue and Gold Marching Machine decades later.
1919
Lieutenant Robert L. Campbell was presented a Distinguished Service Cross on the campus of A&T for his service in France.
The Junior Unit of Army R.O.T.C. was inaugurated. This two-year program continued until the Senior Division R.O.T.C. was begun in 1942.