Fabulous 50: 1st National Academy Member

Fifty years ago Stanley George Stephens (1911-1986) became the first NC State faculty member to be elected to the National Academy of Sciences.  Stephens came to the university in 1949 as a professor of agronomy.  He then served as head of the genetics faculty from 1951 to 1957.  His research focused on cotton and other field crops.  He retired in 1974 as a professor emeritus after 25 years at the university.  The NCSU Libraries' Special Collections Research Center holds a collection of Stephens's papers.