Administrative History

The College of Applied Science (1922-1954) was an academic college at Brigham Young University.

The College of Applied Science was responsible for administering academic departments and institutes in the area of agriculture, home economics, and industrial arts. In 1954, it split to form the College of Biological and Agricultural Sciences and the College of Family Living.

College deans included Melvin C. Merrill (1922-1925), Christen Jensen (acting dean, 1925-1929), Lowry Nelson (1929-1936), Thomas L. Martin (1936-1950), and R. H. Daines (1950-1954).

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Department of Plant and Wildlife Sciences records, 1956-2010 (Brigham Young University, College of Applied Science)

BYU Organizational History Project website, via WWW, Apr. 22, 2013 (College of Applied Science; est. 1922; split in 1954 to form College of Biological and Agricultural Sciences and the College of Family Living; administered the following units: Agronomy (1922-1954), Animal Husbandry (1922-1954), Horticulture (1922-1940) (1922-1940), Agricultural Engineering (1922-1923), Foods and Nutrition (1922-1930), Clothing and Textiles (1922-1930) (1922-1930), Household Administration (1922-1930), Drafting (1922-1932), Art (1920-1973) (1922-1925), Rural Engineering (1923-1925), Mechanic Arts (1922-1948), Rural Social Economics (1929-1931), Home Economics (1930-1955) (1930-1954), Landscape Architecture (1936-1941), Bacteriology (1937-1954), Horticulture and Landscape Architecture (1940-1954), Industrial Arts (1948-1953), Woodwork (1922-1933), Ironwork (1922-1924))

BYU Organizational History Project website, via WWW, April 21, 2023 (Melvin C. Merrill (1922-1925), Christen Jensen (acting dean, 1925-1929), Lowry Nelson (1929-1936), Thomas L. Martin (1936-1950), and R. H. Daines (1950-1954))

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