Title
Board of Trustees, circa 1960, photo 1
Description
This image shows the Board of Trustees standing outside at Appalachian State Teachers College (1929-1967) in the 1960s. Standing on the far left is Mr. Gordon Winkler, Mayor of Boone. President Plemmons is seen in the middle of the photograph. The Board of Trustees have been a governing body of the College since it became a state-sponsored institution in 1903. The Board of Trustees was formed of members representing regional areas of Western North Carolina and managed Appalachian policies, finances, and development until 1971, when it became part of the University of North Carolina system. It now oversees Appalachian State under the University System's Board of Governors.
Subject
Administrators
Appalachian State University
Source
News Bureau Faculty and Staff Biographical File, 2004.265, Box 6, Dr. Wm. H. Plemmons and Mrs. Bebe Plemmons, C11.1.2.6.
Publisher
University Archives, Appalachian State University
Comments
Harvey Durham
Standing on the far left is Mr. Gordon Winkler, Mayor of Boone. President Plemmons is seen in the middle of the photograph.