College of Textiles
A Gift Cut From A Different Cloth
When he was 14 years old, Duke Kimbrell (’49) started to work at Parkdale Mills in his hometown of Gastonia. After earning his College of Textiles degree from NC State, Kimbrell went back to Parkdale Mills “so I could get a job,” and by 1961, the industrious young man became the CEO of the company that launched his career.
Momentous Achievements - College of Textiles
Lectra, the world’s leading provider of integrated technology solutions for the fashion industry, chose NC State University’s College of Textiles to be a part of its Privilege education programs and gifted approximately $10 million of state-of-the-art CAD software to the College… Steve (’62) and Frosene Zeis of Asheville, NC, have established two Centennial Scholarships with a $500,000 bequest; they also provided an additional $1 million life income gift to establish the Zeis Textile Extension Education for Economic Development Center… Jeter (’38) and Phyllis Brawley willed an estate gift of approximately $1 million to fund four full Centennial Scholarships within the College of Textiles.
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