Dean and Mrs. Durward Bateman

Dean Bateman served as Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at NC State University for over 12 years and spent a total of almost 40 years in higher education. A native of Chowan County, North Carolina, Dean Bateman received a B.S. degree in Botany from NC State in 1956, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Plant Pathology from Cornell University in 1958 and 1960, respectively. In 1979, Dean Bateman returned to NC State as Director of the NC Agricultural Research Service and Associate Dean of the College. He is married to the former Shirley Byrum and they have three daughters. Dean Bateman’s cooperative spirit and strong leadership led to many advancements and accomplishments for the College, as well as, providing a lifetime of devotion to agriculture and the life sciences. In 1996, he received the prestigious “Distinguished Service to Agriculture Award” presented by the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation. The Bateman Scholarship provides scholarship funding for the Thomas Jefferson Scholars Program in the College which was established in 1985 and has more than 40 student participants annually.