前总理布鲁斯·波尔顿模具上

高大，深受，有时喧哗，布鲁斯罗伯特Poulton在NC州立校园施加了一个巨大的影子，负责将大学横跨百年校园的收购和规划扩大大学的林荫大道。

波尔顿，谁负责监督收购和900英亩的校园研究的发展北卡罗来纳州的第10个首席执行官，死在他的家在罗利上周五。他是88。

“我们难以理思听到前总理布鲁斯·帕尔顿的路过，”兰迪伍德森总裁兰迪伍德森说。“他在百年校园的总体规划和开发方面有助于发展，并提出了大学的研究预算的重大扩张。

“代表整个NC国家社区，我想向Poulton家族扩展最深刻的哀悼。”

波尔顿来到北卡罗来纳州在1982年7月1日，在非传统的仪式，其中包括一个为期三天的大学范围研讨会探索“继续教育在高科技社会中的作用在McKimmon中心安装为总理1983年9月。”

他是远程教育的长期倡导者，互联网的发明之前好了，用他的新罕布什尔州大学系统的20世纪70年代成立校长工作开始。他继续在罗利抵达后的工作。

“布鲁斯对满足每个人的需求的土地授予愿景的承诺对他来说，专业地和个人非常重要，”NC州的SACS认证联络人士表示，在新罕布什尔州的Poulton合作。“当时，即使我们现在习惯于远程教育和在线学习，这是显着的。”

Among the achievements during his tenure were the broadening of NC State’s liberal arts offerings, the expansion of the College of Textiles and celebration of the university’s 100th anniversary in 1987. He was also responsible for the expansion of the university’s graduate research programs, and for laying the foundation for NC State acquiring a Phi Beta Kappa chapter.

Poulton’s lasting legacy, however, will be his guidance in more than tripling the size of the campus with the addition of land acquired by the state under governors James B. Hunt and Jim Martin and working with the city of Raleigh to get blanket zoning approval for the campus. He then asked Claude McKinney, dean of the College of Design, to develop a master plan for what became Centennial Campus.

“The decisions that were made in 1984 and ’85 by Chancellor Poulton and the people he surrounded himself with are the kind of forward-thinking decisions that we continue to build on today,” said Michael Harwood, associate vice chancellor of the Centennial Campus Development Office. “Thirty years ago, under his leadership, we were forward-thinking in our approach to corporate-research partnerships and we continue that vision today.”

百周年校园目前被认为是在高级研究公私合作伙伴关系全国模范。

“这对大学和北卡罗来纳州的州是如此重大好处，”乔治·沃尔斯（乔治Worsley）担任Poulton下的副校长。“应该是他最想念的东西。”

知道他的运动的热爱，波尔顿是大学的最强烈的支持者之一。

当地报纸专栏作家在Carter-Finley Stadium撰写了他的第一次邀请，在Carter-Finley体育场，他观察了一个强大的粉丝，激烈地不同意官方的电话。这位作家向他旁边的客人提到的是，在他被要求离开校长之前需要冷静下来。

“你是什么意思？”另一个嘉宾说。“那是校长。“

Poulton总是被那些在荷兰大厅为他工作的人尊严，但有时他的态度可能会粗暴。

“我非常喜欢他，”退休的副校长托马斯斯塔福德斯·斯塔福德说。“他可能是响亮而喧闹的，但他总是支持我，我们在学生事务中所做的事情。”

Poulton resigned in September 1989, becoming the head of the university’s Literacy Systems Center, a position he held until 2010. Since then, he has worked on a 100-page manuscript about the history of Centennial Campus, which will be turned over to the university archives in the next few weeks.

Born in Yonkers, N.Y., Poulton received three degrees from Rutgers University, including his doctorate in endocrinology in 1956. He became an associate professor in dairy physiology at the University of Maine and served as vice president of the school from 1971-75, when he left for the New Hampshire public university system.

Poulton在2011年被他的妻子贝蒂在死亡之前，并在四个孩子和五个孙子孙女幸存下来。该家庭计划在5-7下午5-7次探访。星期三在布朗-Wynne Funeral Home，300圣玛丽圣，罗利。纪念服务计划下午1点。星期四在同一地点。