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Former MAE department head, John Bailey, works in his lab in this undated photo.

Jan 13, 2025

Former MAE department head John Bailey passes away

Dr. John Bailey, a beloved educator, researcher, and former head of NC State University’s Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, passed away peacefully with family by his side. His legacy in academia and his contributions to the field of engineering will be remembered by colleagues, students, and friends alike.
Dr. Donald L. Bitzer

Dec 20, 2024

Donald Bitzer remembered for groundbreaking career

Dr. Donald L. Bitzer, National Inventors Hall of Fame Member and Distinguished University Research Professor with NC State’s Department of Computer Science, passed away on December 10, 2024 at the age of 90.
Marshall Brain looks up at the sky in the middle of a group of trees.

Dec 17, 2024

Remembering Marshall Brain

Marshall Brain II, professor, director of the Engineering Entrepreneurs Program and founder of the award-winning website HowStuffWorks.com, died on November 20, 2024.

Richard “Dick” Bernhard, left, and his wife Cindy with a view of Fitts-Woolard Hall in the background.

Oct 22, 2024

Richard Bernhard: A life of service and education

Richard “Dick” Bernhard, a treasured member of the NC State community, passed away at the age of 90 on October 10, 2024, while under hospice care for dementia. His life was marked by dedication to education, philanthropy and service, leaving a lasting impact on the university and its students.
Ed Woolard, right, shakes hands with Ed Fitts at the groundbreaking for Fitts-Woolard Hall.

Jul 26, 2024

Woolard leaves legacy of service, leadership

Edgar S. Woolard Jr.’s funeral arrangements included a request that, in lieu of flowers, charitable donations be considered for two worthy causes. One was the Sunday Breakfast Mission in Wilmington, Delaware, Woolard’s longtime home and headquarters for DuPont, the company that he spent a career with and led for six years. The other cause was NC State University’s College of Engineering.
Fitts-Woolard reflects the dusk light and a deep blue sky.

Dec 21, 2023

College mourns the loss of Edgar S. Woolard

Edgar S. Woolard Jr., a renowned business leader and loyal and involved alumnus of North Carolina State University, died on Dec. 4, 2023, at his home in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. He was 89.
NC State Chancellor Larry Monteith stands in front of the Monteith Research Center.

Nov 6, 2023

A Leader Passes: Remembering Chancellor Larry Monteith

Chancellor Larry Monteith devoted his academic career as an electrical engineering professor, a College of Engineering dean and the 11th chancellor of NC State to advancing the university’s role in graduate research and its expansion as a research institution. Following a long decline in health, Monteith died peacefully at his home Thursday, according to his family.…
Scan of a film photo of Perry Grady standing on the bridge from the Wilson College of Textiles.

Feb 10, 2023

Remembering Professor Emeritus Perry Grady

Grady, who had also served as an associate dean with the Wilson College, help paved the way for Centennial Campus.
Color photo of howling wolf metal scuplture.

Feb 2, 2023

Remembering a computer science icon

Carol Miller, an icon of the Department of Computer Science, died on Jan. 26, 2023, in Brevard, NC after a valiant battle with acute myeloid leukemia (AML).