John N. Couch

Life and Orange County connections

Dated events connected with this person, in date order. See these 8 dated events in the chronology →

1. 1920 John N. Couch begins teaching science at Chapel Hill High School Back from army service in France, John N. Couch began teaching at Chapel Hill High School in 1920 while he finished a master's degree in botany at the university, which he received in 1922. Place: Chapel Hill · Also mentions: Chapel Hill High SchoolSearch the index · UNC Libraries, Southern Historical Collection: John Nathaniel Couch Papers, 1924-1985 (#3810)
2. 1928 Botanist John Couch builds an Elizabethan Revival house on Ridge Road Botanist John Couch, a colleague of Coker, built a dormered two-story frame house at 5 Ridge Road in Laurel Hill, its front wing lit by a broad bay window. The 1989 nomination credits the design to the Durham architect George Watts Carr. People: John N. Couch Place: 5 Ridge Road, Laurel Hill, Chapel Hill · Also named: John Couch, George Watts CarrSearch the index · NC Digital Collections: M. Ruth Little, The Town and Gown Architecture of Chapel Hill, 1795-1975 (2004), p. 65 · Also: NC State Historic Preservation Office: Rocky Ridge Farm Historic District Boundary Increase
3. April 1943 Botanist John N. Couch is elected to the National Academy of Sciences John N. Couch, professor of botany at the University, was elected to the National Academy of Sciences for his discoveries on sexual reproduction in the lower fungi. The Weekly noted that the late H. V. Wilson had been the first member from North Carolina and that William de B. MacNider was already a member. Place: Washington; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill · Also named: William de B. MacNider, H. V. WilsonSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, May 7, 1943, p. 6
4. 1944-1960 John N. Couch chairs the university botany department John N. Couch succeeded his teacher William C. Coker as chairman of the botany department in 1944 and led it until 1960. He was given a Kenan professorship in 1945. People: William Chambers Coker Place: Chapel HillSearch the index · UNC Libraries, Southern Historical Collection: John Nathaniel Couch Papers, 1924-1985 (#3810)
5. January 6, 1966 President Friday names a faculty committee to help choose a new chancellor Consolidated University President William C. Friday appointed a seven-member faculty advisory committee, chaired by English professor William S. Wells, to help find a successor to Chancellor Paul F. Sharp. The committee held its first meeting on January 8 and said it would study the office itself before weighing names. People: William C. Friday, John N. Couch Place: Chapel Hill · Also named: William S. Wells, Paul F. SharpSearch the index · The Daily Tar Heel, January 7, 1966, p. 1
6. 1977-1984 A land gift from John N. Couch endows a botany professorship In 1977 John N. Couch gave the university land to be sold for the support of botany. The proceeds established the John N. Couch Professorship in Botany in 1984. Place: Chapel HillSearch the index · UNC Libraries, Southern Historical Collection: John Nathaniel Couch Papers, 1924-1985 (#3810)
7. 1979 The university's Botany Library is renamed for John N. Couch In 1979 the Botany Library at the University of North Carolina was renamed in honor of the mycologist John N. Couch, who had retired from the botany faculty in 1968. Place: Chapel HillSearch the index · UNC Libraries, Southern Historical Collection: John Nathaniel Couch Papers, 1924-1985 (#3810)
8. July 1, 1982 UNC merges its botany and zoology departments over John N. Couch's opposition Chancellor Christopher C. Fordham III approved the merger of the Botany and Zoology departments into a Department of Biology by mid-February 1982, effective July 1, 1982, and professors from both departments objected at the Faculty Council in March. John N. Couch, the retired botany chairman, opposed the merger and worked in the unsuccessful effort to stop it. Place: Chapel Hill · Also named: Christopher C. Fordham IIISearch the index · UNC Libraries, Southern Historical Collection: John Nathaniel Couch Papers, 1924-1985 (#3810) · Also: The Daily Tar Heel, February 15, 1982, p. 1; The Daily Tar Heel, March 23, 1982, p. 2