Title
College of Business, event, 1975, photo 3
Description
This image shows the attendees of an event for the College of Business at Appalachian State University (1967-current) held in the Red Carpet Inn in Boone, NC, in 1975. Chancellor Herbert Walter Wey (1969-1979), seen in the background, was presented with a cashier's check from the Bank of North Carolina for five thousand dollars for Appalachian State's College of Business. The College of Business was established in 1970-71 with four distinct departments, including accounting, business administration, business, economic and occupational education, and economics. It occupied Smith-Wright Hall, built 1940, from 1970 to 1976, when John A. Walker Hall, built 1975, was opened. The college was dedicated to John A. Walker, founder of Lowe's Companies, in 1976.
Source
General Picture Files, 2004.040, Box 9, College of Business F1, C14.2.2.3.
Comments
Harvey Durham
The man in the left foreground is Mr. Joseph Freeman, member of the College of Business Advisory Councel. The man in the right foreground is Mr. Robert Allen, Office of Development and Public Affairs.