Deans of Engineering,
NC State University

(Notes: Acting and interim terms are indicated in italics). At NC State, the earlier term was “acting.” This was later replaced by the term we use today, “interim.”)

Wallace Carl Riddick, Jr.
May 28, 1923 – 1937 (14 years)

Blake Ragsdale Van Leer
1937 – 1942 (5 years, then military leave 1942 – 1944)

L. L. Vaughan
1942 – 1945 (Acting, 3 years)

J. Harold Lampe
1945 – 1962 (17 years)

Ralph E. Fadum
1962 – June 30, 1978 (16 years)

Larry K. Monteith
July 1, 1978 – September 30, 1989 (11 years, 3 months)

James K. Ferrell
October 1, 1989 – July 22, 1991 (Interim, 1 yr., 9 mos., 22 days)

Wilbur L. Meier, Jr.
July 23, 1991 – June 30, 1993 (1 year, 11 months, 8 days)

Tildon H. Glisson
July 1, 1993 – June 30, 1994 (Interim, 1 year)

Ralph K. Cavin III
July 1 - July 30, 1994 (Interim 1 month)
Aug. 1, 1994 – Dec. 31, 1995 (1 year, 5 months)

John G. Gilligan
January 1, 1996 – July 31, 1996 (Interim, 7 months)

Nino A. Masnari
August 1, 1996 – August 6, 2006 (10 years, five days)

Louis A. Martin-Vega
August 7, 2006 – present