Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameCarey Hoyt Bostian 
Birth1 Mar 1907, China Grove, Rowan County, NC
Death22 Apr 2000, Chapel Hill, Orange County, NC
OccupationProfessor, Dean, Chancellor NCSU 1953-1959
FatherWilliam Russell Bostian (1881-1954)
MotherNonie Roseta Cress (1883-1967)
Spouses
Marriage5 Jun 1929, Rowan County, NC
ChildrenRichard Lee (1932-1996)
Lloyd R.
K. Eugene
Notes for Carey Hoyt Bostian
Carey Hoyt Bostian
CHAPEL HILL — Carey Hoyt Bostian, 93, Carol Woods Retirement Community, a Rowan County native, died Saturday (April 22, 2000).
Chancellor of North Carolina State University from 1953-1959, Mr. Bostian was an administrator, scientist and teacher. During his 43 years at State, he won many awards, including the Watauga Medal for outstanding service in 1975.
Reared in China Grove and Salisbury, in 1928, Mr. Bostian received a bachelor of science degree from Catawba College, Salisbury. He received a master’s degree in 1930 and a doctorate degree in 1933 from Pittsburgh University.
In 1930, he joined the NCSU zoology department, where he taught courses before emphasizing his genetics training. During his administrative experience in the College of Agriculture, he was associate dean and director of instruction prior to being selected as chancellor. He was also a naturalist and a master gardener.
Survivors include sons Lloyd R. Bostian, Madison, Wis., and K. Eugene Bostian, Janesville, Wis.; sisters Geneva Kirk, Salisbury, and Sadie Husbands, Clearwater, Fla.; brother Ralph Bostian, Granite Quarry; 14 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
Services: Memorial, 3 p.m. Friday, May 19, at West Raleigh Presbyterian Church; and 2 p.m. Saturday, May 20, at Carol Woods Retirement Community.
Cremation Society of the Carolinas, Raleigh, in charge.
Published in the Salisbury Post, Salisbury, NC.
from Wikipedia:
Carey Hoyt Bostian was born in China Grove, North Carolina in 1907. He was educated at Catawba College, where he earned a Bachelor's Degree in 1928, and at the University of Pittsburgh where he earned a Master's Degree in 1930 and a Ph.D. in 1933.
After teaching at Catawaba, Bostian joined the North Carolina State University faculty in 1930, where he taught zoology. In 1948 he was appointed associate dean of the School of Agriculture at N.C. State. He was then named director of instruction in 1950 and professor of genetics and director of instruction in 1952.
Bostian was appointed chancellor of N.C. State in 1953. During his chancellorship, enrollment at the university surpassed 5000 students for the first time. He resigned from the office in 1959 and returned to teaching until his retirement in 1973.
Bostian died in Chapel Hill, North Carolina in 2000. NCSU's Bostian Hall is named in his memory.
CHAPEL HILL — Carey Hoyt Bostian, 93, Carol Woods Retirement Community, a Rowan County native, died Saturday (April 22, 2000).
Chancellor of North Carolina State University from 1953-1959, Mr. Bostian was an administrator, scientist and teacher. During his 43 years at State, he won many awards, including the Watauga Medal for outstanding service in 1975.
Reared in China Grove and Salisbury, in 1928, Mr. Bostian received a bachelor of science degree from Catawba College, Salisbury. He received a master’s degree in 1930 and a doctorate degree in 1933 from Pittsburgh University.
In 1930, he joined the NCSU zoology department, where he taught courses before emphasizing his genetics training. During his administrative experience in the College of Agriculture, he was associate dean and director of instruction prior to being selected as chancellor. He was also a naturalist and a master gardener.
Survivors include sons Lloyd R. Bostian, Madison, Wis., and K. Eugene Bostian, Janesville, Wis.; sisters Geneva Kirk, Salisbury, and Sadie Husbands, Clearwater, Fla.; brother Ralph Bostian, Granite Quarry; 14 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
Services: Memorial, 3 p.m. Friday, May 19, at West Raleigh Presbyterian Church; and 2 p.m. Saturday, May 20, at Carol Woods Retirement Community.
Cremation Society of the Carolinas, Raleigh, in charge.
Published in the Salisbury Post, Salisbury, NC.
from Wikipedia:
Carey Hoyt Bostian was born in China Grove, North Carolina in 1907. He was educated at Catawba College, where he earned a Bachelor's Degree in 1928, and at the University of Pittsburgh where he earned a Master's Degree in 1930 and a Ph.D. in 1933.
After teaching at Catawaba, Bostian joined the North Carolina State University faculty in 1930, where he taught zoology. In 1948 he was appointed associate dean of the School of Agriculture at N.C. State. He was then named director of instruction in 1950 and professor of genetics and director of instruction in 1952.
Bostian was appointed chancellor of N.C. State in 1953. During his chancellorship, enrollment at the university surpassed 5000 students for the first time. He resigned from the office in 1959 and returned to teaching until his retirement in 1973.
Bostian died in Chapel Hill, North Carolina in 2000. NCSU's Bostian Hall is named in his memory.