Brigham Young University. College of Biology and Agriculture

The College of Biology, previously the College of Biological and Agricultural Sciences, was established within Brigham Young University in 1983 and continued under its name until it was established as the College of Life Sciences in 2008. Between 1983 and 2008, the deans of the college were as follows: Bruce Nephi Smith (1983-1988), Clayton S. Huber (1988-1998), R. Kent Crookston (1998-2005), and Rodney J. Brown (2005-2007).

Description

Established: 1983

Abolished: 2007

Location: Provo, Utah (1983-2007)

Functions

The College of Biology and Agriculture was originally organized to give students a general understanding of the fundamental principles of plant and animal life and their relationship to the world in which they live. In addition, the college facilitated agricultural research, production, marketing, and an understanding of how scientific and technological developments had a solid foundation in the basic sciences.

Assets and Administrative Structure

The College of Biology and Agriculture was the administering body for the following departments: Agricultural Economics, Agronomy and Horticulture, Animal Science, Botany and Range Science, Food Science and Nutrition, Microbiology, Zoology, Biology Teaching, Biology (Composite Teaching), Biology, Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Integrative Biology, Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Physiology and Developmental Biology, Plant and Animal Sciences, and Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Science. The college was administered by a dean under the direction of the president of the university.

Associated Units

Superior unit: Brigham Young University (1983-2007)

Earlier unit: Brigham Young University. College of Biological and Agricultural Sciences (1983)

Later unit: Brigham Young University. College of Life Sciences (2007)

Subordinate unit: Brigham Young University. Dept. of Agricultural Economics (1983-1989)

Subordinate unit: Brigham Young University. Dept. of Agronomy and Horticulture (1983-2003)

Subordinate unit: Brigham Young University. Dept. of Animal Science (1983-2001)

Subordinate unit: Brigham Young University. Dept. of Botany and Range Science (1983-2003)

Subordinate unit: Brigham Young University. Dept. of Food Science and Nutrition (1983-2003)

Subordinate unit: Brigham Young University. Dept. of Microbiology (1983-2003)

Subordinate unit: Brigham Young University. Dept. of Zoology (1983-2003)

Subordinate unit: Brigham Young University. Dept. of Biology (1985-2003) (1985-1994)

Subordinate unit: Brigham Young University. Dept. of Animal and Veterinary Sciences (2001-2003)

Subordinate unit: Brigham Young University. Dept. of Integrative Biology (2003-2007)

Subordinate unit: Brigham Young University. Dept. of Microbiology and Molecular Biology (2003-2007)

Subordinate unit: Brigham Young University. Dept. of Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Science (2003-2007)

Subordinate unit: Brigham Young University. Dept. of Physiology and Developmental Biology (2003-2007)

Subordinate unit: Brigham Young University. Dept. of Plant and Animal Sciences (2003-2007)

Subordinate unit: Brigham Young University. College of Biology and Agriculture. College Advisement Center ( -2007)

Subordinate unit: Brigham Young University. Health Professions Advisement Office (1983-2006)

Subordinate unit: Brigham Young University. Preveterinary Medicine (2003- )

Subordinate unit: BYU Agriculture Station (1987-2002)

Subordinate unit: Ezra Taft Benson Agriculture and Food Institute (1987-2007)

Subordinate unit: M.L. Bean Museum (1983-2007)

Subordinate unit: Brigham Young University. Biology (1982-1985)

Associated Archival Materials

College of Biology and Agriculture annual reports, 1982-1994 (UA 729)

Dean's Office records, 1989-2000 (UA 1337)

Sources

Brigham Young University Bulletin General Catalog, 1983: p. 33 (Bruce Nephi Smith, dean; departments listed as Agricultural Economics, Agronomy and Horticulture, Animal Science, Botany and Range Science, Food and Science Nutrition, Microbiology, Zoology; College of Biology and Agriculture purposes)

Brigham Young University Bulletin General Catalog, 1985: p. 39 (Dept. of Biology Teaching established within the College of Biology and Agriculture)

Brigham Young University Bulletin General Catalog, 1989: p. 33 (Clayton S. Huber, dean; departments listed as Agronomy and Horticulture, Animal Science, Biology (Composite Teaching), Botany and Range Science, Food Science and Nutrition, Microbiology, Zoology)

Brigham Young University Bulletin General Catalog, 1990: p. 37 (Dept. of Biology (Composite Teaching) changes to the Dept. of Biology)

Brigham Young University Bulletin General Catalog, 1994: p. 45 (Dept. of Biology not listed as a department in the College of Biology and Agriculture)

Brigham Young University Bulletin Undergraduate Catalog, 1999: p. 53 (R. Kent Crookston, dean)

Brigham Young University Bulletin Undergraduate Catalog, 2001: p. 74 (Departments listed as Agronomy and Horticulture, Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Botany and Range Science, Food Science and Nutrition, Microbiology, Zoology)

Brigham Young University Bulletin Undergraduate Catalog, 2003: p. 68 (Departments listed as Integrative Biology, Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Physiology and Developmental Biology, Plant and Animal Sciences, and Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Science)

Brigham Young University Bulletin Undergraduate Catalog, 2006: p. 65 (Rodney J. Brown, dean)

Brigham Young University Undergraduate Catalog, 2007-2008, via WWW, Jul. 30, 2009: http://saas.byu.edu/catalog/2007-2008ucat/colleges/LfSci.aspx?lms=14 (College of Life Sciences established within Brigham Young University. See the Addendum for exact date.)

College of Biology and Agriculture Photographs, approximately 1885-2005 (Bruce N. Smith, dean 1983-1988; Clayton S. Huber, dean 1988-1998; R. Kent Crookston, dean 1998-2005).

Maintenance Information

Record ID: EAC-2009-00159

Creator: UPB