Department of Zoology admits first students for Ph.D. candidancy

In 1938, the Board of Regents approved a Ph.D. program in the Department of Zoology. It was 1 of only 2 departments granted the privilege of conferring the Doctor of Philosophy degree at the University of Georgia. In order to be allowed to confer this degree, a department had to have at least one professor with a Ph.D. At this time, only the Departments of Zoology and Mathematics met such a requirement.