Dozier, Craig L., 1990 October 20

File — Box: 4, Folder: 2

Identifier: 01-UA112-OH003- Series 2- File Folder 2

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Scope and Contents

Craig Dozier recalls the evolution and growth of the geography department, his opinion of the loss of distinction after the institution became coeducational, the Vietnam War protests and the changes that occurred as Woman's College became a large university. He talks about Dean Mereb Mossman and the chancellors he served under: Gordon Blackwell, William Whatley Pierson, Otis Singletary, James Ferguson and William Moran. He discusses the increase of male faculty. Virginia Dozier discusses the Curry Laboratory School, her relationships with University System President William Friday and various chancellors, their wives and other faculty, and Dean Mereb Mossman. Subjects: Coeducation, losing the national reputation of the school as a women's college, expanding the Geography Department to include city and regional planning, geology and cartography, the demonstrations of the late 1960s and early 1970s, integration, Mereb Mossman, Chancellor Blackwell.

Dates

1990 October 20

Creator

From the Collection: History, Department of (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Biographical Note

Craig Dozier (1920) was a faculty member in the Department of Geography from 1960-1985 at Woman's College of the University of North Carolina, which became The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG). He also served as department head. His wife, Virginia Neely Dozier (1918-2011), received a teaching certificate from UNCG in 1968 and taught at the Curry School on campus.