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Nash Nicks Winstead (June 12, 1925 – October 18, 2008) was an American academic.

Early life and education

He was born in Durham County, North Carolina, in 1925 and educated at North Carolina State College, located in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in agronomy in 1948 and a Master of Science degree in plant pathology in 1951. He earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, located in Madison, Wisconsin, in 1953.

Career

Winstead joined the N.C. State faculty as an assistant professor in 1953. In 1965, he was appointed director of the Institute of Biological Sciences and assistant director of agricultural experiment stations at N.C. State. He was then appointed as the university's assistant provost in 1967 and associate provost in 1973. In the following year, 1974, Winstead became provost and vice chancellor. Upon the resignation of Joab Thomas in 1981, Winstead served as interim chancellor until 1982. After the appointment of Bruce Poulton, Winstead returned to the office of provost until his retirement in 1990.

NCSU Libraries Special Collections Research Center serves as the repository for Nash Winstead's manuscript collection.

In 1999, N.C. State published Winstead's manuscript The Provost's Office North Carolina State University An Informal History 1955–1993.

Winstead died on October 18, 2008, aged 83.

See also

• List of North Carolina State University people
• List of University of Wisconsin–Madison people

References

1. Who's who in the South and Southwest: 1971-1972 Volume 12. Marquis Who's Who, Incorporated. 1971. ISBN 9780837908120.
2. "Winstead, Nash Nicks". NC State University Libraries' Rare and Unique Digital Collections. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
3. "Nash Nicks Winstead Papers, 1953-2000 | NC State University Libraries Collection Guides".
4. Historical State: History in Red and White. ""Nash Nicks Winstead: Interim Chief Executive, 1981–1982"". Retrieved December 23, 2011.
5. Historical State: History in Red and White. ""Nash Nicks Winstead Papers, 1953–2000 MC 00187"". Retrieved December 23, 2011.
6. Winstead, Nash (1999). The Provost's Office, North Carolina State University: An Informal History, 1955–1993. Raleigh, North Carolina.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

External links

• Guide to the Nash Nicks Winstead Papers 1953-2000

• 1925 births
• 2008 deaths
• 20th-century American educators
• 21st-century American academics
• Chancellors of North Carolina State University
• North Carolina State University alumni
• North Carolina State University faculty
• People from Durham County, North Carolina
• University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni
• 20th-century American academics