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Herman G. Baity

Herman G. Baity headed sanitary engineering at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill from 1928, was dean of its School of Engineering from 1930 to 1936, and chaired the department in the School of Public Health until 1955. He later directed sanitary engineering for the World Health Organization before returning to Chapel Hill in 1962.

Source: NCpedia: Baity, Herman Glenn

1895–1975 as the Library of Congress records it · On the Friends’ Local Authors roster → · Library of Congress authority record ↗

2 indexed works are connected with this person.

Herman G. Baity, Yackety Yack, 1917
Herman G. Baity, Yackety Yack, 1917

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Presentation of the Herman G. Baity portrait to the University of North Carolina : April 24, 1966, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Coates, Albert · 1966 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Printed program from the presentation of a portrait of engineer Herman G. Baity (1895-1975) to the University of North Carolina on April 24, 1966. Contains Harold B. Gotaas's statement of presentation, Albert Coates's 'A portrait in words' sketching Baity's life and work, and Baity's own remarks titled 'A voice from the tomb'. Published in Chapel Hill by the university, 29 pages with illustrations.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Cardinal record: Baity, Herman G.

Dedication, McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Herman G. Baity Environmental Engineering Laboratory, May 4, 1990, 2:00 pm

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. School of Public Health · 1990

The program for the dedication of McGavran-Greenberg Hall and the Herman G. Baity Environmental Engineering Laboratory at the School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, held on May 4, 1990 at two in the afternoon. Edward G. McGavran and Herman G. Baity are the figures the buildings honor.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Baity, Herman G., 1895-1975.

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Life and Orange County connections

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  1. Herman G. Baity serves as dean of UNC's School of Engineering Baity, head of sanitary engineering since 1928, was dean of the School of Engineering from 1930 until 1936, when the sanitary engineering department moved to the School of Public Health. He chaired it there until 1955.Search the index · NCpedia: Baity, Herman Glenn
  2. Trustees offer land and the PWA approves a grant for an Institute of Government building University trustees agreed to give the Institute a site valued at $15,000 on the western edge of the campus south of the Carolina Inn, the building to go to the university if the Institute ended. The Public Works Administration approved $55,498 for labor, one of 52 grants from 300 applications in the state, toward a building then estimated at $123,000. People: Albert Coates, Frank Porter Graham, Herman G. BaitySearch the index · Howard E. Covington Jr., The Good Government Man: Albert Coates and the Early Years of the Institute of Government (2018), p. 161
  3. The PWA withdraws its grant for the Institute of Government building Coates won two thirty-day extensions, the first from President Roosevelt at Senator Josiah Bailey's request, and in February 1936 was allowed to let a contract on his word that the money was in hand. The promised materials and cash never fully came through, and in the summer of 1936 PWA administrator H. G. Baity rescinded the grant; a brief revival by Interior Secretary Harold Ickes in 1937 also failed. People: Albert Coates, Herman G. BaitySearch the index · Howard E. Covington Jr., The Good Government Man: Albert Coates and the Early Years of the Institute of Government (2018), p. 168
  4. Chapel Hill appoints its first town planning commission After more than a year of urging by the Chapel Hill Weekly, the town named a five-member planning commission to review the design of new and remodeled buildings. It set the Colonial Revival look of downtown for the next decade. People: William D. Carmichael Jr., Herman G. Baity, Joseph Hyde Pratt, Clyde EubanksSearch the index · NC State Historic Preservation Office: Chapel Hill Town Hall, National Register nomination (OR0327), p. 10
  5. UNC dedicates the Herman G. Baity Environmental Laboratory The School of Public Health dedicated McGavran-Greenberg Hall and the Herman G. Baity Environmental Laboratory, with Chancellor Paul Hardin giving the dedication. People: Michel A. IbrahimSearch the index · epidemiolog.net: History of the Gillings School of Global Public Health
  6. Baity Hill graduate and family housing opens on former Baity land UNC completed the Baity Hill housing complex in 2005 on land once owned by Herman G. and Elizabeth Chesley Baity, whose family home stands on the grounds. It replaced Odum Village.Search the index · UNC A to Z: Baity Hill Graduate and Family Housing

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Picture: Herman G. Baity, Yackety Yack, 1917. Public domain. Yackety Yack, 1917 (University of North Carolina yearbook); via the Internet Archive

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