Irving E. Carlyle

He majored in French and German, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts summa cum laude in 1917.

After having taken a six-week quiz course on law at Wake Forest College, Carlyle passed the North Carolina State Bar in 1920.

Commonly referred to as the "Carlyle Commission", the body produced a set of proposals in August 1962 aimed at increasing college enrollment in North Carolina.

In May 1963 the General Assembly responded by creating a Department of Community Colleges under the State Board of Education.

"[3] Carlyle died from a heart attack early in the morning on June 6, 1971, at his desk in his home in Winston-Salem while working on a speech about the University of North Carolina.