[1] Meanwhile, Caldwell also entered the US Navy as an Ensign in 1942 to serve in World War II and was awarded a Bronze Star for his service in the Battle of Okinawa.

Here, he supervised the development and expansion of the University's Graduate school and saw the beginning of the process of racial integration.

The NC State Alumni Association established the John T. Caldwell Alumni Scholarship Program (later called the Caldwell Fellows) in 1977 to recruit outstanding high school seniors to NC State.

[3] NCSU Libraries Special Collections Research Center serves as the repository for John Tyler Caldwell's manuscript papers and University Archives.

[6] Additionally, the North Carolina Humanities Council named its highest honor after Caldwell.