Dean of the College. Daniel Bunyan Bryan Records
Daniel Bunyan Bryan was a professor of education and Dean of the College at Wake Forest College, who recommended the University begin to admit women. This collection contains materials related to Bryan's role as Dean of the College, particularly materials related to his wartime efforts helping train students for military service.
Biographical and Historical Note
Daniel Bunyan Bryan was born December 23, 1886, in Chatham County, N.C. He received a B.A. from the University of North Carolina (1911), an M.A. from Columbia University (1914), and a Ph.D. from New York University (1916). Bryan taught at Richmond College (1916-1921) and then joined the faculty of Wake Forest College as acting Professor of Education (1921-1922). He went on to become Professor of Education (1922-1958), Dean of the College (1923-1958), and director of the summer program (1924-1949) at Wake Forest. It was Bryan's recommendation to the Wake Forest Board of Trustees (1942) to admit women of junior and senior standing on the same terms as men.
Dean Bryan was married to Euphemia Griffin, and together they had one son, Daniel Bunyan Bryan, Jr. (married to Lillian Anderson Bryan), and four daughters: Euphemia Platte (married to Dr. Edward H. Platte), Helen B. Owen (married to Dr. W. Boyd Owen), Elizabeth B. Smith (married to Dr. A. Heyward Smith), and "Billie B. Holt (married to G. Marvin Holt). Elizabeth Bryan Smith died of polio during the epidemic in 1950. Dean Bryan died December 9, 1963, and is buried in Wake Forest, N.C.
Collection Overview
This collection contains materials related to Bryan's role as Dean of the College, particularly materials related to his wartime efforts helping train students for military service.
Administrative Information
- Publication Information
- Processed by John Woodard; machine-readable finding aid created by Apex, 2004
- Revision Description
- Revised by Stephanie Bennett, 2021
- Revision Description
- Revised by Sam Sfirri, 2026 April
- Access Restrictions
- This collection is open for use.
- Copyright Notice
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- Preferred Citation
- Dean of the College. Daniel Bunyan Bryan Records (RG4.1.6), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.