The Master of Science in Forestry was authorized in 1917, followed by the Master of Science in Economics (later renamed the Master of Science in Commerce and eventually the Master of Business Administration) (1923), the Master of Science in Home Economics (1925), the Master of Arts in Education (1930), the Master of Science in Chemistry (1932), and the Master of Science in Social Work (1934). In 1935, the first Doctor of Philosophy degrees in History, Biological Sciences, and Chemistry were offered. The first Ph.D. degrees were conferred in 1940 to Joseph Simeon Jacob (Educational Psychology) and Horace Montgomery (History). Montgomery went on to author a resolution supporting the university's first minority students and was recognized for his efforts in racially integrating the university.