▁of ▁Bi ological ▁Sciences ▁and ▁assistant ▁director ▁of ▁agricult ural ▁experiment ▁stations ▁at ▁N . C . ▁State . ▁He ▁was ▁then ▁appointed ▁as ▁the ▁university ' s ▁assistant ▁prov ost ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 7 ▁and ▁associate ▁prov ost ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 3 . ▁In ▁the ▁following ▁year , ▁ 1 9 7 4 , ▁W inst ead ▁became ▁prov ost ▁and ▁vice ▁ch an cell or . ▁Upon ▁the ▁res ignation ▁of ▁Jo ab ▁Thomas ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 1 , ▁W inst ead ▁served ▁as ▁inter im ▁ch an cell or ▁until ▁ 1 9 8 2 . ▁After ▁the ▁appointment ▁of ▁Bruce ▁P oul ton , ▁W inst ead ▁returned ▁to ▁the ▁office ▁of ▁prov ost ▁until ▁his ▁ret irement ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 0 . ▁ ▁N CS U ▁L ibr aries ▁Special ▁Col lections ▁Research ▁Center ▁serves ▁as ▁the ▁repository ▁for ▁Nash ▁W inst ead ' s ▁manuscript ▁collection . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 9 , ▁N . C . ▁State ▁published ▁W inst ead ' s ▁manuscript ▁The ▁Prov ost ' s ▁Office ▁North ▁Carolina ▁State ▁University ▁An ▁Inform al ▁History ▁ 1 9 5 5 – 1 9 9 3 . ▁ ▁W inst ead ▁died ▁on ▁October ▁ 1 8 , ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁aged ▁ 8 3 . ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁▁ ▁List ▁of ▁North ▁Carolina ▁State ▁University ▁people ▁ ▁List ▁of ▁University ▁of ▁Wisconsin – Mad ison ▁people ▁ ▁References ▁▁ ▁Category