Edward Richard Merrick '1906 (1888 - 1967) was a longtime supporter of A&T's Alumni Affairs, and a prominent businessman in the Durham, NC community.
Gaston Alonzo Edwards '1901 - architect, president of Kittrell College in Kittrell, NC.
Frances Grimes Bryant '1901 - school teacher, 1st female bachelors graduate from A&T.
Florence A. Garrett - 1902 - teacher, temperance worker, namesake of Garrett House on A&T Campus.
Hannah Bullock '1902 - community nurse for Greensboro, NC.
Albert Leonidas Mebane '1902 B.Agr - agriculturalist, A&T farm supervisor, school leader in Florida, A. L. Mebane Middle School in Alachua, FL.
Edward R. Merrick '1906 - business, insurance, namesake of Merrick Hall on A&T Campus.
Charles Gaston Davis '1907 B.S.M - professor, educator .
Dr. John W.(illiam) Mitchell '1908 - agriculturalist, demonstration agent, teacher, USDA, namesake of John W. Mitchell Drive on the A&T campus.
Neil Alexander Bailey '1908 - farm demonstrator, 1st of color in NC, schoolteacher.
Dr. Boisy Winslow Barnes '1909 bacteriologist, dentist, namesake of Barnes Hall on A&T Campus.
John Dudley Wray '1909 - agriculturalist, first African-American club (4-H) agent in NC, agriculture professor in NC and Florida, president of A&T Alumni Association in 1920s.
Harold Eugene Webb '1909 - extension agent, father of Burleigh C. Webb a future dean of agriculture at A&T.
"East View of Campus" from 1907-1908 Bulletin of the A&M College.
"In September, 1899, I left home to enter school with $1.43. The distance by rail was a hundred miles. I borrowed $5.00 from my brother, who carried me to the station where I took the train for Greensboro. We reached the city about 12:30 P. M. and I was soon on the campus of the A. & T. College. Prof. C. H. Moore was then bursar, and after paying him $3.00 for board, I had fifty cents left for my month's laundry and no books."
- Charles Gaston Davis, '1907 from History of the American Negro and his Institutions, Volume IV North Carolina Edition, by A. B. Caldwell, 1921, pg. 667-668.
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:
Rev. Dr. John Oliver Crosby, Ph.D (1892 - 1896)
Dr. James Benson Dudley (1896 - 1925)
1901
Ms. Frances Grimes of Asheville, NC is the first woman to earn a bachelors degree from the college.
1902
Enrollment was restricted to males only. Florence Garrett and Hannah A. Bullock, class of 1902, are the last female bachelors recipients for another 27 years. Women could only attend the summer school sessions for teachers during that time.
1904
The College developed an 100-acre farm equipped with the latest in farm machinery and labor-saving devices.
1905
The exact year of authorship is unknown, but "Dear A&M", later retitled "Dear A&T" by First Lady Susie B. Dudley is published in the college bulletin.
1907
South Dormitory (later renamed Old Vanstory Hall) was completed. It was designed by Professor Adam Watson, one of the first 7 graduates of the college. In some histories, it was named the first building on the A&T campus designed by a person of color.