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PABST,CAPT.FREDERICK

BorninNicolaureith,Germanyin1836,heimmigratedwithhisfamilytoMilwaukee,WIattheageoftwelve.Heservedasabellboyandacabinboy,andattheageof21,hewasmadecaptainofthelakessteamerSunbeam.HemarriedintoabrewingfamilyandsoontookoverthemanagementofPhilipBestandCompany,which,in1889wasrenamedPabstBrewingCompany.In1870hepurchasedthe200-acrefarm,Wauwatosa,inWisconsin,towhichin1885heimportedhisfirstPercheronhorses.HealsobredStandardbredandAmericanSaddleHorsesonthisfarm.HebecameoneoftheleadingPercheronbreedersoftheUnitedStates

PABST,FREDERICK

Noted Holstein breeder and Master Farmer of Wisconsin. Born 1869 in Milwaukee, heattendedMichiganMilitaryAcademyandSchwartzBrewingAcademy,NY.HeprogressedfromwashingkegstopresidentandchairmanoftheBoardofPabstBrewingCo.In1906hepurchasedasizeablefarmnearOconomowocandbuiltahomeonthelake.HebredHackneysandPercherons,thenlaterestablishedaHolsteinherd.Thehigh-producingherdwasbuiltaroundAll-AmericansinthediaryfieldandPabstnamedsirescommandgreatrespect inHolsteinpedigreespastandpresent.PabstFarm,Inc.becamevirtuallyselfsufficient,raisingtheirownfeedandmanufacturingandmerchandisingtheirmilkproducts.HewasadirectoroftheHolstein-FriesianAssnformanyyears.TheUniversityofWisconsinrecognizedhimduringFarmandHomeWeekforhisoutstandingworkdevelopingHolsteins.

PALMER,FOSTERC.

AdvertisingmanageroftheDroversJournalanddirectorofthepurebredfieldstaffoftheCorn Belt Farm Dailies. During his 52 years with the organization, he hired and trainedmanywhobecamethefutureleadersofthepurebredindustryincludingbreedsecretaries,salemanagers,auctioneers,farmandherdmanagers,breedersandpublicationpersonnel.Hewaswidelyknownamongtheleadingpurebredbreedersandwasrespectedandsoughtafterasaconfidantandadvisorforhechampionedtheintegrityofthebusiness.BorninKansasCity,Missouri(1888-1979),hebeganhiscareerinlivestockpublishingwiththeKansasCityDroversTelegrambeforemovingontotheChicagoDroversJournal.Theindustryconsideredhimthe“Dean”ofpurebredadvertising.ThePalmerportraitwaspresentedin1964.

PEARSON,DR.LEONARD

Dean of the School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. Born Evansville,IN (1868-1909) received BSatCornell,VMD1890atUniversityofPennsylvania,ProfessorofVeterinaryMedicineUniversityofPennsylvaniaandDean1897.HewasaleaderofthecontrolofinfectiousdiseasesandwasthefirstinAmericatousetuberculinasadiagnosisoftuberculosisincattle.BecamestateofPennsylvaniaveterinarianin1895;wasSecretaryofState Livestock Sanitary Board; president of American Veterinary Med Assn.; member ofPhiladelphiaBoardofHealth.HewaseditorofVeterinaryMagazine.Hediedin1909.

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PEMBERTON,ROLLIEL.

SecretaryoftheHampshireSwineRecordandtheSwineIndustryCouncilduringWorldWarII.BornGreenville,IA(1891-1958),hebeganafarmingcareeronhisownin1912andthatfallshippedhisfirstcarloadofhogstotheInternational.Hebecamenationallyknownasajudgeofallbreedsofhogsandjudgedfor37consecutiveyears,eighttimesattheInternational.In1929hejoinedEasternIowaMarketAssn.ashogbuyerandin1937hebecameExecutiveSecretaryof IowaSwineProducersAssn.whereheorganizedandconductedcarcasscut-outsincooperationwiththeIowaExtensionServiceandIowapackers. HewasExecutiveSecretaryofWartimeIndustryCouncil,directorNationalSwineGrowersAssn.andwasontheorganizingcommitteefortheNationalBarrowShow.Hewasastaunchsupporterofthemeat-typehogandtheHampshirebreedenjoyedphenomenalgrowthwhilehewasthebreedsecretary.Hisportraitwasaddedtothecollectionin1952.

PETERS,WALTERH.

ProfessorofAnimalHusbandryattheUniversityofMinnesotaandauthorofseverallivestocktextbooks.BorninKeokuk,IA(1885-1949)hereceivedhisBSatIowaStateandstayedonasaninstructor.HiseducationalcareertookhimtoManitobaAgriculturalCollege,NorthDakotaExtension Service and in 1918 to the University of Minnesota where in 1921 he becameChiefoftheDivisionofAnimalHusbandry.Underhistenure,experimentsonbreedingandfeedinglivestockwereexpanded.Outstandingflocks,herdsandstudsweredeveloped.A1947AnimalHusbandrybuildingoncampusbearshisname.HewasanactivedirectorofMinnesotaLivestockBreedersAssn.andwasinvolvedinyouthworkincluding4-HandFFA.In1941heservedaspresidentoftheAmericanSocietyofAnimalScience.In1948America’slivestockproducerssubmittedhisportraittotheSaddleandSirloingallery.

PETRY,N.R.“NICK”

Chairman or President of the National Western Stock Show for over 30 years. Born inWheatland,WYin1918,hemovedtoDenveratanearlyage.GraduatedCU in1940andservedontheCUFoundationBoard for30years.Campus recognitions includethePetryAuditorium, “C”Fob, George Norlin, Golf Hall and Athletic Hall Awards. After three yearsin the USNR, Lt. Petry joined his father and they “built downtown Denver”. In 1958, heestablishedGrizzlyRanches,Walden,COandin1977Mill IronRanches,Saratoga,WY.HisleadershipextendedtomanycityandstateappointmentsandtheboardsofDenverUnionStockYards,UnitedAirlines,EatonCorp.,WestinHotelsandPublicServiceofColorado. In1986hewasnamedCitizenoftheWest,whichsupportstheNWScholarshipFundinitiatedbyPetryin1986.Hisportraitwashungin1995,Hediedin1999.

PEW,WILLIAMH.

PopularmanagerofBriarcliffFarmsandconsideredoneofthegreatestpromotersoftheAngusbreed. Born Dodgeville, OH (1883-1935) raised on father’s farm near Youngstown, OH.AttendedOhioState,BSIowaState.OnstaffUniversityofNewHampshire,IowaStateandheadofDeptofAnimalHusbandryISU1909-12.In1918establishedRavendaleFarminOhioandestablishedtopbreederstatusinShorthornandPolandChinabreeds.In1927hewenttoBriarcliffFarms,PinePlains,DutchessCo,NYaspartowner,vicepresidentandgeneralmanager.Thisexcellentherdshowedbothagrandchampionsteerin1931and1933.Heisknownasthepromoterwhostarted18AngusherdsinDutchessCo,foundedtheDutchessCo4-Hbeefclub,andsoldlabeledBriarcliffAngusbeef.HewasadirectoroftheAmericanAngusAssnandabelovedleaderofhiscommunity.Portraithung1937.


PICKRELL,J.HENRY

Bornin1834inSangamonCounty,IL,hewasearlyidentifiedwithShorthornbreeding.In1865 he purchased for his farm at Harristown, IL, a Rose of Sharon bull from George M.BradfordofKentucky.ThisbullstartedhimonhisprominenceasaShorthornbreeder.HewasactiveintheorganizationoftheAmericanShorthornBreeders’Associationandintheacquisition of the Allen, Ohio and Kentucky registration records with which to form theAmericanShorthornBreeders’HerdBook.Heservedasthefirstpresidentandlaterasthesecretaryfrom1884untilhisdeathin1901.Heportraitwashungin1904.

PIERCE,COL.ABELHEAD

Born 1834, Little Compton, R.I. He arrived in Indianola, TX in 1854 by way of VA. Widelyknownas“ShanghaiPierce”,hewasoneoftheearlyTexastraildriversnorthintoKansas.HissouthTexasLonghornswerepopularlyknownas“sealions”.ThesealionlabelcamefromthefactthathiscattlewereraisednearthecoastofsouthTexas.HisoutfitwasthefirsttoimportBrahmacattleintothiscountry.Heownedlargelandholdingsandmanycattle.Bythetimehediedhehadaccumulatedsome20,000acresinadditiontootherproperty.AlargemarblestatueofhimmarkshisgraveintheHawleyCemeterynearBlessing,TX.Hediedin1900.

PIERCE,BLANFORDR.

Born1832,OneidaupstateNY,movedtoIllinoisforhishealth-firstChicagothenin1857toCreston,IL.Hewasaschoolteacher,carpenterturnedbuilderandintheelevatorandgrainbusinesswhileheaccumulatedland.HeestablishedtheWoodlawnherdin1881withthreefemalesandabull(Rio)importedfromScotland.HebredandshowedBlackWoodlawntothe1902Internationalchampionship.Hebecamealeadingbreedsire.WoodlawnproducedAdvance,thefirstInternationalGrandChampionsteer(1900).The25montholdweighed1430poundsandsoldfor$1.50perpound.“B.R.”wasadirectorandvicepresidentoftheAmericanAngusAssn;wasactiveinthefoundingoftheInternationalLiveStockExpositionandservedasdirectoruntilhisdeathin1909attheageof77.HewasthefirstAngusbreedertohangintheclub.

PIERCE,STANLEYR.

Born1872onWoodlawnFarms,Creston, IL.Hewas intimatelyassociatedwithhis father,BlandfordR.PierceintheownershipandmanagementofWoodlawnFarms.HewasnineyearsoldwhentheAngusherdwasfoundedandduringhislifetimehesawBlackWoodlawn,the1902InternationalchampionandhisgetdominatetheAngusbreedtoalargedegree.Anauctionsalein1906dissolvedthefatherandsonpartnership.PrinceItowaspurchasedinthesaletoheadtheStanleyR.PierceherdtofurthertheWoodlawntradition.HewaspresidentoftheAmericanAngusAssn.in1912,hissonLewisB.whocarriedonWoodlawnwastheassn.presidentin1960.TheStanleyR.Pierceportraitwashungintheearly‘40s.Hediedin1948..


PLAZA,GALO

BornintheUSin1906.TheformerPresidentofEcuador(1948-1952)andSecretary-GeneraloftheOrganizationofAmericanStates(1968-1975).Aformerbullfighterhewasaprominentdairycattlebreederinhiscountryandanexpertonmechanizedagriculture.Duringhistermaspresidentexportsofcacao,bananasandcoffeereachedrecordheights.HeworkedsteadfastlytobettertheruraleconomyofEcuador.Beforehisdeathin1987hebequeathed400acresofhishaciendatohisfarmlaborers.Hischildrenstilloperatethehaciendaraisingdairycattle,sheeppigsandorganicgrainsandvegetables.

PLUMB,C.S.

Noted professor of Animal Husbandry at Ohio State University and prolific author oftextbooksandpublicationmanuscripts.Born(1860-1939)MassachusettsandreceivedBSfromMassachusettsAgrCollege.In1902after20yearsteachingandexperimentstationworkinNewYork,TennesseeandPurduehestartedan18-yeartenureatOhioStateasheadofDept.ofAnimalHusbandry.HeaddednotableteachersGay,Coffey,Kays,Salisbury,Sutton,Kunkleandotherstothestaff.AmongthedozentextbooksheeditedwereJudgingFarmAnimals,TypesandBreedsofFarmAnimals,andBeginningsofAnimalHusbandry.Aleaderinlivestockindustryandaworldtraveler.Hecollectedaprivatelibraryof1000books.HereceivedhonoraryDoctordegreesfromMassachusetts,PurdueandOSU.AwardedChevalierdu Merite Agricole by French ministry of Agriculture in 1929. Portrait was presented in1924.

PLUMMER,O.M.

OrganizerandmanagerofthePacificInternationalLivestockExpositionfor26years.Bornin1869atBradford,MEhemovedtoPortland,ORin1886andattendedPortlandBusinessCollege.In1897hejoinedtheUnionStockYardsinPortland,waselectedsecretary/treasurerin1902andremainedwiththecompanyuntil1917.In1911heorganizedthefirstfatstockshowwhileaffiliatedwith theyards. Hewasamemberofnumerouspurebred livestockassociationsincludingtheOregonCattleandHorseBreedersAssn.,directoroftheNationalLivestockandMeatBoardandexecutivecommitteeofAmericanNationalLivestockAssn.HewasalongtimememberoftheNationalCommitteeon4-Hclubsandanardentpromoterofscholarships.HewasNorthwestFoodAdministerinWorldWarI.Hisportraitwasacceptedin1941.

POLLOCK,R.C.

Firstsecretary-generalmanageroftheNationalLivestockandMeatBoard.Hestimulatedthedevelopmentofmeatsciencecoursesinthenation’sagriculturalcolleges.ThenativeIowan(1888-1968)graduatedIowaStatein1913.ServedextensionserviceMinnesota,NorthDakotaandSouthDakota.WaswithHolstein-FriesianAssn.andAmericanFarmBureauFederation.He was the Meats Board general manager and director of research for 32 years. He wasinstrumental inorganizingtheReciprocalMeatConference (nowAmericanMeatScienceAssn.)andwasaffiliatedwithsome35scientificandagriculturalorganizations. HonoredbyAmericanSocietyofAnimalProduction,theReciprocalMeatConferenceandreceivednumeroushonorsfromIowaState.TheUSArmyandNavycitedhimformeatconsultationduringWorldWarII.Portraithungin1948


POTTER,CHARLESSTEELE

President Chicago Union Stock Yards and Transit Co. Born New York City 1912, studiedSt.Bernard’sSchoolandGrotonSchool. WithChicagoUnionStockYardsandTransitCo1953-1972,becamepresident1957-1972.HewasadirectorandofficeroftheInternationalLivestockExpositionfor15years,memberoftheBoardofDirectors:ArmourandCo.,CentralNationalBank,ContinentalFreezersIllinois,Inc.ServedtoCommanderUSNR(1942-1945)andwasbeachcommanderoftheNorthBeachfortheNormandieInvasionin1944.AmonghiscitationsweretheNavyCross,SilverStar,PurpleHeartandCroixdeGuerrewithpalm,awardedbytheFrenchgovernment.Hisportraitwaspresentedin1967.

PRATHER,J.FRANK

BorninPikeCounty,Ohioin1859,heaccompaniedhisfather,anextensivefeederofmarketcattle, toWilliamsville, Illinois. In1877his fathergavehimafarmandstartedhiminthebreedingofShorthorns.Hestartedabankinhishometown,becameamemberoftheStateBoardofAgriculture,andservedasPresidentoftheAmericanShorthornBreeders’Associationfrom1908to1910.HeownedandoperatedfarmsinIllinois,Kansas,andMissouri.

PRINCE,FREDERICKH.

Prominentfinancier,ChairmanoftheBoardoftheUnionStockYardsandTransitCoandpastChairmanoftheBoardofArmour&Co. BornWinchester,MA(1859-1953). HeattendedHarvardUniversitybutlefttogetmarried.HeestablishedthebrokeragefirmofF.H.Prince&CoinBostonin1885.Hesoonbecameinterestedinrailroadsandbuiltafortunebuyinglargeinterestsinthemandthenselling.Heowned46railroadsinhistime.Hewaslargelyresponsibleforrebuildingthestockyards,theamphitheaterandtheStockYardsInnfollowingthe1934fireinChicago.Hewasalsoheadofthe800acreCentralManufacturingDistrict,whichnotonlyincludedtheyardsbutthevariousabattoirsandprocessingplants.Hediedattheageof93.

PRINCE,WILLIAMH.WOOD

Oneofthenation’slivestock,industrial,andfinancialleaders.PresidentoftheUnionStockYardsandTransitCo,ChairmanoftheBoardoftheInternationalLivestockExposition,andChairmanoftheInternationalDairyShow.Heconstantlystrovetomakethesetwoshowsofgreatereducationalandinspirationalvalue.Mr.PrincewasborninSt.Louis,MOin1914andgraduatedfromPrincetonin1936.HeservedasaCaptainintheInfantryinWorldWarII.HewasresponsiblefortheimportationofpureFrenchCharolais,thefirstsincethatbreedhadbeenintroducedintoTexasbywayofMexico.Prince’sranchinElvetherawasthebreedingandstagingpoint.HewasanenthusiasticpromoteroftheidealsoftheSaddleandSirloinClub.Hisportraitwashungin1954.


PURDY,HERMANR.

BelovedProfessorofAnimalHusbandryandJudgingTeamCoachatOhioStateandPennStateU.Hewasthemostwidelyusedjudgeatmajorcattleeventsforsome40years.Born1919Harris,MO,BSatOhioState.Hestayedoninchargeofbeefcattleandcoachedthelivestockjudgingteam.HisfirstteamwontheInternational(1946).Underhisguidance,theOBardoliermeres,fromthesmallOSUAnguscowherd,attractednationalrecognition.AtPennState(1954),hecontinuedteaching,coaching,breedingbreedleadingcattleandherdconsulting.HejudgedmajorinternationalshowsincludingArgentina(9shows),5inGreatBritain, 7 in Australia, 15 in Canada, 3 each in New Zealand, Brazil and Costa Rica. Hisdescriptionsof34breedsandtheirmerits inhisbookBreedsofCattle isaclassic. Athishome,HuntingdonFarm,hesuccessfullybredpurebredAngusandPolledHerefords.Hediedin1985.Hisportraitwashungin1984.

PURNELL,FREDERICKS.

Congressman from Indiana who sponsored the legislation promoting Home Economics,AgriculturalEconomics,andMeatsResearchinLandGrantInstitutions.

RAGSDALE,JOHNC.“Jack”

MasterShorthornbreeder,managerofSutherlandShorthornsfor31yearsandoneofthefounders of North American International Livestock Exposition. Born in Indiana 1926,attendedFranklinCollege,BSPurdue.TopmanInternationalIntercollegiateJudgingcontest1948.In1955acceptedapositiontobuildtheSutherlandShorthornherdwhichproducedmoreAll-AmericanShorthornsthananyotherherd.Hisprogressiveandinnovativemindmade him a sought-after leader. Chairman of the NAILE Executive Committee (8 years)leadingthemoveoftheInternationalandtheSaddleandSirloinPortraitGallerytoLouisville.Electedforfour(3-year)termsasdirectorofAmericanShorthornAssn.President’67,’69,and‘75.JudgedPalermoandallmajorshowsinUSandCanada.HisportraithangsinPurdueHallofFameandKentuckySeedstockProduceroftheYear.Portraithungin1992.

RATHJE,FRANKC.

BornatBloomington,ILin1882,hestudiedatArmourInstituteandNorthwesternUniversity.Hewaseminentlysuccessfulasalawyerandbanker.HealsobecamealeadingbreederandexhibitorofPercheronhorsesandservedasapresidentofthePercheronHorseAssociationofAmerica.HewasamemberoftheSaddleandSirloinClub.


RENICK,FELIX

A native of Hardy County, VA, he and his brother George moved to near Chillicothe, OHwheretheybecamefamousforgrazingandfeedingcattleforsaleontheAtlanticseaboard.In1833heandothersformedanimportingcompanywhichbroughtfromEnglandtoAmerica7bullsand12femalesoftheShorthornbreed.TheOhioImportingCompanycontinuedinoperationuntil1837.Throughhisenergyandforesight,heaccountedformostoftheearlyimprovementoftheShorthornbreedinAmerica.Hediedin1848.

RENICK,GEORGE

BrotherofFelixRenickandinvolvedwithhimincattlefeedinganddrivingduringtheearlynineteenthcentury.

RENK,WILLIAMF.

Wisconsin master farmer, breeder and Commissioner of Agriculture. Born at the Renkhomestead,Bristol,WI1875. HegraduatedwithhonorsfromtheUniversityofWisconsinShortCourse,winningthesilvermedalforbestsheepjudge.Hecamehome1898andheandhisbrotherHenryboughttheirfirstShropshireherd.ApurebredflockofHampshiresheepwasestablishedin1906with20importsfromEngland.In1907and1909,WilliammadepersonaltripstoEnglandselectingtopswhichlaidthefoundationforthefuturephenomenalrecordsofRenkShropshiresandHampshires.In1908heboughtoutHenryandestablishedWm.RenkandSons.HewaspresidentWisconsinSheepBreedersAssn.,theShropshireandHampshireAssnsandS.WisconsinCattleCreditCo.HisportraitwashungintheWisconsinAgHallin1948andtheSaddleandSirloinClubthesameyear.

RICHARDS,FRANK

Bornona farmnearBevier,MO in1898,hegraduatedfromtheUniversityofMissouri in1919.ForeightyearshefarmedwithhisfatherinproducingqualityShorthornsandPolandChinahogs.In1927hejoinedtheCornBeltFarmDailieswhichheservedforthenext19yearsexceptforoneyearasmanagerofBethelFarmsatPinePlains,NY.From1946through1963heservedassecretaryoftheAmericanAngusAssociation.HistenuretheresawtheassociationmoveintoitsnewheadquartersatSt.Joseph,MO,increaseregistrationsfivefold,andinstituteherdclassificationandAngusherdimprovementprograms.Hediedin1970,andhisportraitwashungin1971.


RITCHIE,HARLAND.

Respectedbystockmanhisacademicpeersasavisionaryeffectingamoreuseful,economicalmeatanimal.Bornin1935inNEIowa.GraduatedIowaStatein1956,PhDMichiganStatein1964.HisassociationwithMichiganStatestartedin1957asagraduatestudent,part-timeinstructor,andjudgingteamcoach.Hisworkwithindustryleaderstoproducealeaner,moremuscularconsumer-acceptableporkandbeefproduct is legendary. Thesituationcalledformajorchangeswhichhesolidlyhelpedimplement.PopularteacheratMSU,respectedresearcherwhocoulddeciphertechnicaldatamakingitusefultostudentsandstockmenalike.Aprolificwriter that iswidely read. HisextensionworkextendedwellbeyondMichiganboundaries.HeparticipatedinAnimalScienceprogramsin34states,alsoinCanada,Mexico,AustraliaandArgentina.HehasofficiatedNationalshowsof13breedsofcattle,7breedsofswine,NationalAngusshowsinArgentinaandAustraliaandNationalswineshowsinMexico.HeservedaschairmanoftheNationalCollegiateJudgingContestfor11years.Portraithungin1994.

RODIBAUGH,JOHNA.“JACK”

JohnA.“Jack”Rodibaughwasborn in1925,servedthreeyears intheUSNavy,attendedPurdueUniversitymajoringinAnimalScience.Hewasonthe1949NationalChampionshipPurdueLivestockjudgingteam.Hissupremeleadershipintheswineindustryhasearnedthetitle“VisionaryMasterSwineBreeder,Pork IndustrySteward”. Jack judgedhogshows in22statesandCanadaandparticipatedinbreedconferencesforsixleadingbreeds;Berkshires,ChesterWhites,Durocs,Hampshires,andPolandChinas.Oneofhistwobarrowsenteredinthe1969Internationalwonthejuniorshowandtheotherwontheopenshow.Breedingstockhasbeensoldinto40statesandfiveforeigncountries.Jack’sskillatbringingdivergentgroupstogetherhasbroughtmanydeservinghonors.Fornearly50years,coacheshavebroughtvanloadsofjudgingteamstoRodibaughsatRensslear,IndianatoseequalityhogsandhavethemdiscussedbyJackRodibaugh.HeandwifeEmily,raisedsevenchildrenandhavehosted18internsforfourtosixmonthseach.Hisportraitwasinductedin2007.

ROSENBAUM,JOSEPH

PioneerChicagocommissionmanandgrainbroker.BornSchwabach,Bavaria1838hecametoAmericawithhisbrotherin1850tojointheirfatherinDubuque,IA.Heopenedageneralstore in Cedar Rapids, enlisted in the 31st Iowa Infantry at the start of the Civil War andafterwardsengagedinthelivestockandgrainbusinessatWaverly.ThebrothersopenedbanksinWaverlyandNashuain1867andin1874soldtheirIowabusinessinterestsandmovedtoChicagotoestablishRosenbaumBrosCommissionCo.Inthebrightestyearsoftherangecattleindustry,theyloanedenormoussumstoanumberofMontanacattlemen.InhislateryearsMr.RosenbaumbecameanextensiveoperatorontheBoardofTrade.Hisdeathoccurredin1919atPasadena,CA.

ROTHROCK,F.M.

He was former president of the American Shorthorn Breeders Association and the mostinfluentialbreederofShorthorns inthePacificNorthwestofhistime. Bornin Indiana,asaboyhewenttotheFarWestandassembledalargeparceloflandnearSprague,WAandestablishedtheHerculesStockFarmunderhismanagement.AherdofpedigreedShorthornswasestablishedin1915andatonetimenumbered1500breedingfemales,thelargestpurebredShorthornherdintheworldatthattime.RothrockpurchasedtheCanadianbullGainfordPerfectionin1915,a“Landmark”sireofhistime,tomatetohistopfemales.Hisherdwasanurseryseedstockforavastterritorythatatthattimewasnotadequatelysupplied.Theheartoftheherdwasdispersedin1934duringthedepressionandaveraged$146.85.


RUNNION,DALEF.

Theowner/publisherInternationalLimousinJournalandInternationalLimousinWorld.Born(1917) Van Wert, OH, BS Ohio State, WWII Major Med Adm Corps, cattle buyer, DroversJournal fieldman, Angus Journal fieldman to general manager, partner Ankony Angus,partner National Livestock Brokers, owner publisher official Limousin breed publications.Hechampionedcurrentnewsinbreedpublicationswithinnovativeproductionefficiencieslikein-housetypesetting.Acolorfulandefficientprofessional,heservedasExecutiveVicePresidentNorthAmericanLimousinFoundation.Notedasaforemostbreedpromoter.EditedandpublishedHistoryofLimousininNorthAmerica.HisportraithangsinOhioStateAnimalScience Hall of Fame. France awarded him the Chevalier de l’Ordre du Merite Agricole.PresidentLivestockPublicationsCouncilandreceiveditsHeadlinerAward.AlphaGammaRhoLittonaward.Portraitpresentedin1988.

RUSK,HENRYPERLY

Born at Rantoul, IL in 1884. He joined the Illinois faculty in 1910 and rose to head ofAnimalHusbandryin1922.HewaspromotedtoDeanofAgriculturein1939andservedinthatcapacityuntilhisretirementin1952.HeservedinleadershiprolesonmanyimportantagriculturalboardsandcommissionsbutisbestrememberedasChairmanoftheAgriculturalTaskForceofPresidentHoover’sCommissiononOrganizationoftheExecutiveBranchoftheGovernmentin1948.HeservedaspresidentoftheAmericanSocietyofAnimalSciencein1926.Hewaswidelyacclaimedasalivestockjudgeandforhisextensiveknowledgeoflivestockproductionandpeople.Hisportraitwashungin1946.Hediedin1954.

RUSK,JEREMIAH

FormerGovernorofWisconsinandthenation’sfirstSecretaryofAgriculturefrom1889to1893.HewasbornatDeerfield,OHin1830.In1853hemigratedtoViroqua,WIwherehewaselectedsheriff,coroner,andstateassemblyman.HeenlistedintheUnionArmy,rosetotherankofLieutenantColonel,andlaterwasmadeBrigadierGeneral.HeservedinCongressforsevenyears,andforthreetermsasGovernor,startingin1880.Hediedonhisfarmin1894.

RUSSELL,H.L.

DeanoftheCollegeofAgriculture,UniversityofWisconsinanddirectoroftheWisconsinAgrExpSta.Born(1866-1954)Poynette,WI,earnedBSandMSatUniversityofWisconsin,studiedatUniversityofBerlin,L’InstitutePasteurinParisandZoologicalStationatNaples,hisPhDfromJohnHopkinsin1892.Heestablishedoneofthefirstdepartmentsofbacteriologyatamajoruniversity.Asascientistheworkedontheprocedureforthethoroughpasteurizationofmilk.WithBabcock,hedevelopedthecoldcuringprocessforcheesemaking.HewasthefirstwestoftheAllegheniestointroducetuberculintestingtoeradicatebovinetuberculosis.He was appointed director of the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (1931) to raisemoneyfromUniversityofWisconsinpatentsforgraduateworkandfurtherresearch.Inthe60’sWARFwascontributingoveramilliondollarsayear.

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RUSSELL,T.A.

CanadianShorthornbreederandmanufactureroffarmmachinery.HeservedasPresidentoftheCanadianShorthornAssn.andservedontheBoardofDirectorsoftheTorontoRoyalWinterFair.HewasalongtimeexhibitorofchampioncattleinboththeUSandCanada.

RUTHERFORD,DR.JOHNGUNION

BornatMountainCross,Peebleshire,Scotlandin1857,hecametoCanadaasayoungmanandgraduatedfromOntarioAgriculturalCollegeandtheOntarioVeterinaryCollege. Hebecameaveterinarian,horsebreeder,armyofficer,agriculturalofficer,andrailroadexecutive.HeservedinthelegislatureatManitoba,andlaterintheCanadianHouseofCommons.In1908hewaselectedPresidentoftheAmericanVeterinaryMedicalAssociation.From1902to1912heservedasVeterinaryDirectorGeneralofCanadaandfrom1906to1912asLivestockCommissionerofCanada.From1912to1918heservedasanofficialoftheCanadianPacificRailway,andlaterontheCanadianBoardofRailwayCommissioners.

RYAN,J.E.G.

BorninCountyClare,Irelandin1869,hebecamearenownedathleteatTrinityCollegeofDublin in track, tennis and golf. He came to America in 1889, and was the first publicitydirectoroftheInternationalLivestockExposition.HewasfirstemployedbytheUnionStockYardsandbeganfree-lancewritingongolfsubjects.HispositionaspublicitydirectoroftheInternationalledtocontractstohandlethepublicityoftheNewYorkHorseShowandtheChicagoAutomobileShow.HewaspressrepresentativeoftheInternationalLiveStockShowuntilhisdeathin1912

SALMON,DR.DANIELELMER

HewasthefirstchiefoftheUSBureauofAnimalIndustry.BornMtOlive,NJ1850.EnteredCornellfirstfreshmanclass,graduatingwithadegreeofVeterinarySurgeonin1876aftersixmonthsofstudyatAlfortVeterinarySchoolinParis,workingwiththegreatPasteur.AftergraduationheopenedaprivatepracticeinNewark,NJandsixmonthslaterCornellgrantedhimaDVMdegree.In1883hewascalledtoWashingtonDCtoestablishaveterinarydivisionintheUSDA.In1884theBureauofAnimalIndustrywasestablishedandfor21yearshewasitschief.Amongthebenefitstothelivestockinterestscreditedtohisserviceistheeradicationofcattlepleuro-pneumonia,federalinspectionofexportedanimalsandtheshipstocarrythem,improvementofanimalquarantine,discoveryof thecauseofTexas feverand itscontrol,establishmentoffederalmeatinspection,andstudyofmanyseriousanimalmaladies.Hereceivedmanynationalandinternationalawardsbeforehisdeathin1914.


SANDERS,ALVINHOWARD

“DeanofAmericanLivestockJournalists”,hewasborn in Iowa in1860, raisedona farm,andgraduatedfromNorthwesternUniversityinLawin1881.ThatsameyearhehelpedtheBreeders’Gazettegetstarted,andin1883hewasmadeeditorandpublisherofthatillustriouslivestockjournal.Heheldthosepositionsthroughouthisactivelifetime.Healsowrotemanybreed histories including History of Shorthorn Cattle (1900), The Story of the Herefords(1914),AttheSignoftheStockYardInn(1915),TheRoadtoDumbiedykes(1916),HistoryofthePercheronHorse(1917),TheBlackSwans(1918),andInWinterQuarters(1919).Hewasawardedseveralhonorarydoctors’degrees.Hewasaprolific,interesting,andwell-informedwriter,andafounderoftheSaddleandSirloinClub.

SANDERS,JAMESHARVEY

BorninSciotoValleyofOhio,hemovedtoIowain1868andbeganbreedingPercheronhorses.Hebroughtthefirstpurebredbull,aShorthorn,intoKeokukCounty,IA.In1876hefoundedandpublishedtheNormanStudBook,whichwastheforerunneroftheAmericanPercheronStudBook.In1881heandhisson,AlvinHowardSanders,establishedtheBreeders’GazettewhichwasfinancedprimarilybyJeromeI.Case,theWisconsinfarmimplementmanufacturer.HewrotebooksonHorseBreeding(1885)andBreedsofLivestock(1888).Hediedin1899.

SCHREINER,L.A.

Oneofthecountry’slargestsheepandgoatraiserswhowasapioneerindevelopingthewoolmarket inTexas. Heattendedschools inKerrville,ComfortandSanAntonioand in1890attendedEastmanBusinessCollege,Poughkeepsie,NYtakingbookkeeping,stenographyandbanking.In1891hereturnedtohisfather’sbankinKerrville,TX.HebecamesoleowneroftheCharlesSchreinerBankin1919andfor71yearswasitschiefexecutive.In1930,hejoinedtheTexasSheepandGoatRaisers’Assn.andaccruedawidespreadreputationduringtimesofdroughtforhisbankinginterestwithfarmersandranches.Hewasanhonorarydirectorforlife.HebecametheonlyTexanamongofficersanddirectorsoftheNationalWoolTradeAssn.HehaddonatedmuchlandandcountlessgiftsofmoneyforKerrCodevelopment.Hediedin1970atage99.Hisportraitwaspresentedtotheclubin1939.

SHAW,RALPHM.

Distinguished Chicago lawyer and legal advisor to the Union Stock Yards and TransitCompany.BornParis,KY1869.HewaseducatedatTransylvaniaUniversityandYale.HeservedontheUniversityofMichiganstaffbeforejoiningtheYardsadministration.


SHAW,ROBERTSIDEY

Professor of Animal Husbandry at Michigan State, Dean of College of Agriculture andPresidentoftheUniversity.BornWoodburn,Ontario1871,graduatedOntarioAgricultureCollege.UnderShaw’sdirectionthelivestockprogramatMichiganStatewasstrengthenedbyincreasingthenumberofbreedsandintroducingpedigreeddrafthorses.Heemphasizedmarketingaswellasproductioninthecurriculum.Recognizedbybreedersasaqualifiedandrespectedjudgeofbothbeefanddairycattle.Developedlivestockextensionprogramsandpromotedthegradingupofnativecattlebytheuseofpedigreedbulls.Hewasamasteratgettingbreeders’supportforuniversityprogramsandthepurebredherds.In1922,hewashonoredwithDoctorateofAgriculturebyMichiganState.Hisportraitwashungin1933.

SHEARER,PHINEASSTEPHENS

HeadoftheAnimalHusbandryDepartmentatIowaStateUniversityandafamousandactivelivestockjudge.BornatMelbourne,IAin1889,heearnedhisBSdegreefromIowaStatein1912andhisMSfromWyomingin1932.AfteroneyearatNebraska,hejoinedthefacultyofIowaStatein1913andcompletedhisactiveservicethere.HeservedasPresidentoftheAmericanSocietyofAnimalSciencein1950.HisportraitwashungbytheSocietyin1953.

SHEPPARD,DR.J.H.

PresidentoftheNorthDakotaStateCollegeandSuperintendentoftheIntercollegiateLivestockJudgingContestattheInternationalfor33years.BornChariton,IA(1869)graduatedDrakeUniversity (1883), Iowa State Agr College (1891), MS University of Wisconsin (1893).Professor of Agr, NDAC Fargo (1893), Dean Division of Agr 1906-1915, Chairman AnimalHusbandryDept1918andfrom1929-1938servedaspresidentofNDAC.IowaStateCollegepresentedhimanhonorarydoctorate in1928. NDSU’s livestockpavilion isnamed inhishonor.Agoodteacher,hetookanabidinginterestinhisstudents.Heconstantlylookedatimprovingstrainsofwheat,oats,barleyandryeandlivestockthatwouldbenefitNorthDakotaranchersandfarmers.Hisportraitwaspresentedin1921.

SHERMAN,JOHNB.

FounderoftheChicagoUnionStockYards.Hewaselecteditspresidentin1866andservedin that role for31years. Bornona farmnearBeekman,NY in1835,hewasasuccessfulparticipantinthegoldrushof1849.HereturnedtoChicagoandpurchasedafarmnearthecityandproceededtogrowcornandfeedlivestock.In1856heundertookthemanagementoftworailroadlivestockmarketsandlaterconvincedallthelinestobuildandpatronizeacommonChicagomarket.Hediedin1902.


SHERWIN,JOSEPH

President of Reid and Sherwin Packing Co. and one of the two founders of the UnionStock Yards and Transit Co. Born in Dublin, Ireland (1825-1904), he spent his youth inMassachusetts thenmovedwithhis family toMadison, INwherehe learnedto“laybrickinthesummerandpackporkinthewinter”.In1854heandachildhoodcompanion,JohnReid,wenttoChicagoandformedReidandSherwin,buildersandpackers.Bothbusinessesprosperedandmanyinstitutionsbenefitedfromhisquietandgenerouscharity.Anactive,diligentcommunityleaderandchurchmember,hewaselectedtotheChicagoCityCouncil,andwasamemberoftheChicagoBoardofTrade.HewasrecognizedbytheCityCouncilforhisphilanthropyandgenerositytothehelplessatthetimeofthegreatChicagofirein1871.

SIEBEN,HENRY

Montanapioneerandoneofthestate’slargestandmostprominentsheepandcattlegrowers.BornAbenheim,Hesse-Darmstadt,Germany(1848-1937)theyoungestofsixchildren.HecametotheUSatage4,settledDutchBottom(Geneseo,IL). Hisfatherdiedin1857andheworkedonlocalfarmsuntil1864,whenhejoinedbrotherLeonardandtwocompanionswithfour-horsehitchandwagontoMeadowCreek(nowMadisonCo,MT).Heworkedasafreighter,withbrothersestablishedtheirownfreightcompanyandgotintostockraising.HewaschartermemberoftheInternationalLivestockExpositionBoard(1892),activememberoftheMontanaStockGrowersAssn.andMontanaWoolGrowersAssn.andreceivedunusualhonors frombothAssns. In1912hewaschosenhonorarypresident for lifebytheWoolGrowers. In later years he was active on the Federal Reserve and Union Bank and TrustBoardsandmanycivicorganizationsinHelena.Atthetimeofhisdeath,SiebenLivestockwasoneofthelargestsheepconcernsinthestate.

SIMPSON,FANNIEM.

FormanyyearsemployedinpublicrelationsbySwiftandCompanywherehedidyeomanserviceindevelopingabetterlivestockproducersandcollegelivestockstaffsunderstandingbetween of the meat packing industry and its problems. His portrait was added to thecollectionin1955.

SKINNER,DEANJOHNHARRISON

HeadoftheAnimalHusbandryDepartmentandDeanoftheCollegeofAgricultureatPurdueUniversity. Born at Romney, IN in 1874, he earned his BS degree from Purdue in 1897.HewasamemberofthePurduefacultycontinuouslyfrom1899untilhisretirement. Hispromotiontodeancamein1907.Hewasaprominentlivestockjudgeandservedinvariousrolesonmanylivestockorganizations.HewasastrongproponentofsilagefeedinginIndianaandbuiltastrongfacultyandherdsatPurdue.


SKINNER,WILLIAME.

BornatWatertown,Ontarioin1864,hejoinedtheUnionStockYardsin1884butleftafterthree months to join the Street Stable Car Line. He accompanied the first stable car toCheyenne,Wyomingin1884.ThreeyearslaterhejoinedtheOmahaStockYardsCompanyandlaterwassenttoFortWorthtoorganizethatstockyards.In1898hereturnedtoChicagotoplanandbuildtheInternationalLivestockExpositionwhichopenedin1900.In1907hewenttoworkfortheDenverStockYardsCompany,butreturnedtoChicagoin1912toorganizeandmanagetheNationalDairyShow.HealsohelpedorganizetheNationalDairyCouncilin1912andservedasitssecretaryforanumberofyears.

SMITH,HOWARDREMUS

Bornin1872,hebecameprofessorofAnimalHusbandryatMinnesotaandNebraska. Hewaslaterinchargeofbovinetuberculosiseradication,whichwasheadedupbytheNationalLivestock Exchange. He also was director of the National Livestock Loss PreventionAssociation.

SMITH,R.LAWRENCE

Breederofharnessandsaddlehorsesandnotedjudgeoflighthorses.

SNYDER,CHARLESEDWIN

BornonafarmatNorwalk,OHin1886.HegraduatedfromOhioStateUniversityin1909withadegreeinagriculture.HeservedaseditoroftheChicagoDailyDroversJournalandeditorial director of the Corn Belt Dailies for 33 years. The Drovers Journal was locatedattheentrancetotheUnionStockYards,Chicago,IL.HewaspresidentoftheSaddleandSirloinClubattheUnionStockYardsfor25yearsandconducteditsnationallivestockessaycontestforstudentsformanyyears.SnyderwasoneofthefirstmembersofAlphaGammaRho,agriculturefraternityandediteditsnationalmagazine,TheSickleandSheaffortwoyears.Knownnationallyforhisincisiveeditorialcommentariesandpopularasaspeakeratlivestockevents.Hechampionedthepurebredbusinessasawayoflife.Hisportraitwashungin1938.


SOULE,ANDREWMACNAIRN

Dean of the College of Agriculture at Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1904-1907) and laterpresidentoftheUniversityofGeorgia.BornHamilton,Ontario(1872-1934).AssoOnt.AgrCollege1892,BSAUniversityofToronto1893,ScDUniversityofGeorgia1910,LLD1916,Dagr 1928. Chairman Agr Faculty University of TN 1899-1904, Dean Coll of Agr VirginiaPolytechnic and Director Virginia Exp Sta; President Georgia State College of AgricultureandMechanicArts(UniversityofGeorgia).Heorganizedco-educationthereandfoundedtheStateExtensionService(1908).Heservedonmanyfederalandstatecommissions.HewasFederalFoodAdministratorforGeorgia1917-1919.Authorednumerousbooksonagriculturesubjects.ReceivedFellowAward,RoyalSocietyofArts(London).

SPOOR,JOHNA.

PresidentoftheUnionStockYardsandTransitCoandchairmanoftheInternationalLivestockExposition. Born 1851 Freehold, NY. He was educated at the Hudson River Institute,Claverack,NYandwenttoChicagoin1886. HebecamegeneralmanageroftheWagnerPalaceCarCo,laterextendinghisintereststootherrailwaysandChicagofinancialinstitutions.TheCentralManufacturingDistrictwasoneofhisimportantworks.Infinancialcircleshewasknownas“J.PierpontMorgan”oftheMiddleWest.HewasatrusteeofNewberryLibraryandamemberofmanycivicandsocialorganizationsinChicago,NYandLondon.Hisprivatelibrarycontainedmanyrarespecimensofbookbindingcollectedonhisworldtravels.Hediedin1926.

STONE,E.C.

Chief organizer of the Hampshire Swine Record and the breeds first full time executivesecretary(1903-1924).HeestablishedtheassociationofficeinPeoria,ILandwastheeditorandpublisherofthebreed’smonthlymagazine,HampshireAdvocate.In1921hebecameownerofthepublication.HewasalsoapurebredHampshirebreederandardentpromoter,knownaffectionatelyasthemanwhoputHampshiresonthemap.Hisportraitwashunginthegalleryin1939.

SWAN,ALEXANDERH.

FounderofSwanLandandCattleCompanyofWyomingandWyomingHerefordCattleandLandAssociation(laterthefamousWHR).Apioneerintheuseofcornbeltfarmsforfinishingcattleformarket,andforthepopularizationofpurebredHerefordsinthenorthwest.Born1831inPA,hesettledinIndianola,IAin1858andfortenyearswasactiveinraising,buying,feeding,sellingandshippingcattle,landspeculationandcommercialenterprises.In1873hemovedtoCheyenne,WYandwithhisbrothersandforeigninvestors,thisspectacularoperatorestablishedvastranchescoveringsome7,500sectionswith120,000cattle.HewasactiveintheformationoftheLaramieCountyStockman’sAssn.andtheWyomingStockGrowersAssn.(president5years).HewasthefifthpresidentoftheAmericanHerefordAssn.


SWEET,ORVILLEK.

Avisionary,influentialleaderwhopropelledtheAmericanPolledHerefordAssoc.(1963-71)andtheNationalPorkProducersCounciltonewheightsunderhisleadership.BornWichitaFalls, TX in 1923. Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross and four Air Metals World War II.BS Oklahoma State University in 1954 and MS in 1960. Vocational Agriculture instructorSnyder,OKandhadtopstateFFAchapterin1954.ManagerWindsweptPolledHerefords,Thomasville, GA before appointment as Extension Beef Specialist U. of GA. where heorganizedtheGeorgiaBeefImprovementAssociation.Membershipgrewby300%whilePresidentandCEOoftheAmericanPolledHerefordAssoc.HejoinedNPPC(1979-1989)asEVP.NPPCbecamethelargestcommodityorganizationintheUnitedStateswith110,000membersand50stateaffiliates.Hisproductpromotionprogramcoinedthemostrecognizablesloganintheindustry–“theotherwhitemeat”.Hisportraitwasaddedin1998.

SWIFT,EDWARDF.

PresidentofSwiftInternational,SAandSwiftRefrigeratedTransportationCompany.BorninChicago,thesonofG.F.Swift.ThecapitalistwasvicepresidentofSwiftandCo;Libby,McNeillandLibby;FortWorthStockYardsCoandservedasdirectorandofficerforseveralnotedbankinginstitutions.Hediedin1932.

SWIFT,G.F.

Founderofthefamousmeat-packingestablishmentofSwift&Co,Chicago,IL.BorninCapeCod,MA(1839-1903),heleftthefamilyfarmtoworkforabutcher.Later,hepeddledmeatonhisownfromhousetohouse.Heopenedasmallslaughterhouseandin1869becameapartnerwithJ.A.HathawayinhisplantnearBoston.HemovedtoChicagoin1875andestablishedSwiftBros.andCointheYards.In1885SwiftandCowasincorporatedwithGustavusasitspresident.Hewasaninnovatorinthebusiness.HeshippedfreshmeatinordinaryboxcarstoNewYorkinthewintersandwasthefirsttouseby-products,using“allbutthesqueal”.Whenhediedin1903,hewastheheadofthe$35,000,000companythathired25,000men.

SWIFT,GUSTAVUSFRANKLINJR.

SonofthefounderofSwiftandCompany,heservedasPresidentandChairmanoftheBoard.AleaderinmeatpromotionthroughtheLivestockandMeatBoard.BornMarch1,1881.


SWIFT,LOUISF.

SucceededhisfatherG.F.SwiftasPresidentofSwiftandCompany.Hebecameknownforpromotionoflivestockloansandhiscompany’sinterestinranchandfeedingoperations.BornCapeCod,MS1861.

TAYLOR,COL.E.H.

NotedKentuckyHerefordbreederwhobuilttheprominentherdofitstimeatHerefordFarminVersailles,Kentucky,startingin1913andendingwithhisdeathin1923.HismostfamousbullwasWoodford,purchasedfromhisbreeder,Col.W.H.Curtice,for$12,400in1913,arecordpriceforaHerefordbulluptothattime.Col.Taylorwasalsoprominentinthedistillingbusiness.

TERRILL,CLAIRE.

Aworldleaderinsheepresearchinincreaseefficiencyofproduction.Hedevelopedfactsaboutharmdonetosheepindustrybypredators.RecognizedasoneofthefoundersoftheTargheebreed.Born1910inRippey,IA,graduatedIowaState1932andreceivedPhDfromUniversity of Missouri in 1936. Scientist US Sheep Research Station, Dubois, ID 1936-55and director for 2 years. Moved to Sheep Branch, Beltsville, MD and became NationalProgramleaderforARS,USDA.Theaccomplishedlecturerheldseminarsandconsultationsonsheep,goatsandotheranimalsinNewZealand,Australiaandmanyothercountries.Anactive member and officer of ASAS and was awarded its Animal Industry Service Award.ReceivednumeroushighhonorsinscientificandlivestockassociationsintheUSandmanyothercountries.Portraithungin1989.Hediedin2001.

THOMPSON,ARTHURW.

Prominentlivestockauctioneerwhobroughtdignityandrespecttothepurebredauction.Born(1887-1970)onafarminYorkCounty,NE,hedecidedonanauctioncareeratanearlyage.HeattendedYorkCollege,LincolnBusinessCollegeandJonesAuctionSchoolinChicago.Hebecameanapprenticeauctioneeratage19withCol.T.W.SmithandlatertookovertheSmithclientelewhenheacceptedapoliticalappointment.In1921ThompsonsoldhisfirstregisteredHerefordsaleandfor20yearssoldallbreeds.In1944,hewassopopularwithhisclientshedecidedtodevotehistimeandtalententirelytotheHerefordbreed.Theeloquent,knowledgeable,innovativeauctioneersetalltimebreedsalesrecordsduringhiscareer.Hisportraitwashungin1951


THORNE,OAKLEIGH

OwneroftheoncefamousAberdeen-Angusbreedingestablishment,BriarcliffFarms,PinePlains,DutchessCo,NY,creditedwiththegreatexpansionofinterestinfeedingblackcalvesbyfarmersandbreedingpurebredAngusintheEast.BornatThorndale,Millbrook,DutchessCo,heleftaprominentNewYorkbusinesslifetobuythe4,000acreBriarcliffin1918.Heexperimentedwithfinishingsteersfortheeasternbeeftrade,furnishedsteerstoboysandgirlswhofedandexhibitedthem,bredtheInternationalGrandChampionsteerin1931and1933andexhibitedchampionshipcarloadsofsteersatseveraleasternshows.HesoldbrandedBlueRibbonBeef,andwasinstrumentalininterestingthegovernmentandpackerstoadoptgovernmentgrading.HewaspresidentAngusAssn.1929-31anddirectoroftheInternationalLivestockExposition.

TILDEN,EDWARD

PresidentofLibby,McNeil&Libbyfrom1903untilhisdeathin1915.ProminentalsointhefinancialaffairsoftheChicagoStockYardsaswellasatseveralothercentralmarkets.BornatUtica,NYin1855,hejoinedLibby,McNeil&Libbyin1897.HeformedEdwardTilden&Company,investmentbankers,in1883,andbecameheavilyinvolvedinmanybusinesses.

TOD,W.J.

AKansascattlefeederandownerofthe56,000acreCrossLRanchinNewMexico.BornatHaddington,Scotland1852,hecametotheUSin1883asmanagerofPrairieLandandCattleCo.LaterhecametoMapleHill,KSandestablishedaranchingoperationpartnershipwithGeorgeFowler.Hebecamewealthyinhischosenbusiness.Agreatbelieverinfinelivestock,hewasasuccessfulbreederformanyyears.HeexhibitedsteersfromhisranchatMapleHillattheleadingexpositionsinthiscountryandalwayspromotedimprovedcattle.Todhelpedorganizethestatelivestockassociationandwaspresidentofthatassn.Hewasalsopresidentof the State Board of Agriculture in Kansas, a member of the American Royal Board ofDirectorsandhelpedpromotetheJuniorLivestockShow,whichwasestablishedinWichita.HewasalsoamemberoftheKansasBoardofRegents.Hediedin1928.

TOLAN,J.GARRETT

FamousbreederofAnguscattleatPleasantPlains,IL.ExhibitedtheGrandChampionfemalesat the 1934, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1941 and 1946 Internationals. Also exhibited the GrandChampionAngusbullsatthe1929,1935,1946,1949and1950Internationals.PresidentoftheAmericanAngusAssn.in1918.Hestartedhisfamousherdin1900.PerhapshismostfamoussirewasEileenmere4th,foundationsireoftheEileenmerefamilythatdominatedthebreedforover20years.HewasthefirstAmericantojudgethefamousPerth,Scotlandsalein1950.Thelovable,astutebreederwasinductedintotheSaddleandSirloinHallin1948.


TOMHAVE,WILLIAMHENRY

HighlysuccessfulsecretaryoftheAmericanAberdeenAngusAssociationfrom1925through1946(nowtheAmericanAngusAssn)andformerlyheadofthePennsylvaniaStateAnimalHusbandryDept.Hetookovertheassociationatacriticalperiodinitshistoryandpositioneditfortheyearsofrapidgrowththatfollowed. Born1881,FergusFalls,MN,hegraduatedfromtheUniversityofMinnesotaandservedonthefacultythere.Helefttowork2yearsinChinadirectingthemodernizationofitsagricultureprogram.Consideredoneofthetopjudgesoftheworld,heofficiatedallovertheUSandSouthAmerica.AlongtimedirectoroftheEasternStatesExposition,healsoservedassecretary-treasureroftheNationalLivestockandMeatBoard.HeauthoredthetextbookMeatandMeatProductsusedbymanycollegesanduniversities.Inductedintothegalleryin1941.

TOMKINS,BENTHEELDER

Bornin1717atCourtHouse,CanyonPyon,EnglandintoanearlyfamilyofHerefordbreeders,heinheritedthecow,Silver,andhercalfwhenhisfather,Richard,diedin1723.BenbecameaverysuccessfulbreederofHerefordsatWellingtonCourtwherehemovedin1758. Hewascreditedasthefirsttoidentifyindividualcattleandselectedforeasykeepingandearlyfatteningqualities.Mostofhisherdwasbuiltfromtwocows,PidgeonandMottle,stronginthesetraits.HediedatWellingtonCourtin1789leavinghisson,BentheYounger,anotedherdofcattle.

TOMSON,CLINTONK.

Cattleman,breedexecutive,internationallivestockambassador,businessmanandfriend.Born1909Waukarusa,KS,homeofpioneerShorthornbreeders,TomsonBros.Histeenyearswerespentfittingandroadingthefamousshowherdatleadingstateandnationalshows.AttendedKansas State where his leadership won him one of the early Union Pacific Agriculturalscholarships.,ShorthornWorldrepin1939andEVPofAmericanShorthornBreedersAssn.in1942,theyoungestmajorbreedexecutiveinUSA.In1952Clint,withboyhoodfriend,FrankHarding,foundedAmericanLivestockInsurance,TomsonandHardinghavebeenmajorforcesofimportingandexportingseedstockofEnglishandcontinentalbreedsforUnitedStatesclients.Heisaworld-respectedjudgehavingofficiatedatthePalermo,CalgaryStampede;Royal Winter Fair; Royal Easter and Perth . Always a colorful, personable gentleman, heattractsacrowdatinternationalaffairsorthelocalsalebarn.Hisportraitwaspresentedin1996.Hediedin2002.

TOMSON,JOHNROSS

BornatDover,KSin1867,hestartedbreedingShorthornswithhisfather(T.K.Tomson)in1886.In1896thefirmbecameT.K.TomsonandSons.JohnR.,anotedlivestockjournalist,andJamesG.becameTomsonBrothersin1910.JamesestablishedtheherdatWakarusa,KSandsubsequentlyboughtoutJohn.HewasinternationallyknownasaShorthornjudge.HeservedasaDirectoroftheAmericanShorthornBreeder’sAssnforsixsuccessivetermsandasitspresidentin1918and1919.HeservedaspresidentoftheAmericanRoyalLivestockShowin1928/1929.


TORR,WILLIAM

AtenantfarmerandShorthornbreederwhorosetothetitleof“FirstFarmerofEngland”.Torr (1808-1874) was born in Lincolnshire, England and began farming in 1833. In 1848hesettledatAylesbyManorFarmwherehefurthereditsreputationforLeicestersheep.Heacquiredfameasahighlysuccessfultenantfarmer,(eventuallymanaging2,400acres)andasaShorthornbreeder.AstudentofBoothandBates,hisShorthornherddispersalin1875attractedover2,000people.The85headtotaled$243,144,anunprecedentedrecordforanybreedatthattime.Heinventedmanyusefulfarmimplements,andwasjudgeofnumerousshowsincludingtheRoyalandthe1867ParisExhibition.Hisportraitwasoneofthefirstthatwentintothegalleryasagroup.

TOTUSEK,DR.ROBERT

Respectedandbelovedteacher,researcherandadministratorofAnimalScienceatOklahomaStateUniversity.Born1926onagenerallivestockandwheatfarminnorthwesternOklahoma.Served US Army Air Corps in World War II. Received BS at OSU in 1949 and PhD fromPurdue.Startedhis38yearsofserviceatOSUin1952,first8yearsasajudgingteamcoach.Histeamswontwonationalandeightothermajormeetsandwerealwaysincontention.Knownasapracticalcattleman,thepopularjudgepresidedovercattleshowsin24statesand3foreigncountries,includingtheInternationalsteershow.HeiscreditedwithmajorchangeincattletypewhenhemadeGreatNortherntheInternationalGrandChampionAngusbullin1969.In1963hewasawardedtheAlphaZetaOutstandingTeacherinAgricultureAward.Hispracticalresearchisreportedin215publications.AsheadoftheOSUAnimalScienceDepartmentfrom1976untilretirementin1990,hesawenrollmentincrease60%,researchfundingdoubleandnewAnimalSciencebuildingandAnimalSciencearenabuilt.Hisportraitwashungin1997.

TROWBRIDGE,EDWINA.

DeanofAgricultureandProfessorofAnimalHusbandryattheUniversityofMissouri.Born1885,graduatedUniversityofWisconsin1906.Ayearlater,hejoinedthestaffatUniversityofMissouriasaninstructor inAnimalHusbandry. Fouryears later,hewasmadeheadofthedepartment,apositionheheldfor31years.Hewasakeenlivestockjudgeofallclassesoflivestock,excellingasanauthorityandjudgeofallclassesofhorses.Afarmownerandlivestockproducerhimself,hewasadirectoroftheAmericanRoyal.Asateacher,associateand friend, he influenced many. He was an ardent advocate of farming as a noble andsatisfyingwayoflifeandameansofmakinganotablecontributiontomankind.Hisportraitwaspresentedin1941.

TROWBRIDGE,DR.PERRYFOX

ProfessorofAnimalHusbandryatNorthDakotaStateCollegeanddirectoroftheExperimentStationthere.BornThreeRivers,MI(1866-1937).GraduateMichiganStateNormalCollegeBPd 1908, PhB University Michigan 1892, AM 1905, graduate study German Sugar TechSchoolandUniversityofMarburg,Germany,PhDUniversityofIllinois1906.HetaughtatKalamazooCollegeandUniversityofMichigan.WasagriculturistandchemistforMichiganandCaliforniasugarbeet factories1902-1904,ProfessorAgricultureChemistryUniversityofMissouri,andMissouriStatechemist1907-1918.HewasDirectorNorthDakotaExpSta1918-1934.Hisspecialtywasanimalnutritionandmeats.HemademajorcontributionstoAmerican Chemists Society, Official Agricultural Chemists, American Society of AnimalProduction.Hisportraitwashungin1937.


TRUE,GORDONH.

ProfessorofAnimalHusbandryatNevadaandCalifornia.HeadofthedepartmentatDavis,CA.HecametoNevadafromWisconsin.Heprovedtobeexpertinplanningandforecastingresultsofdomesticmatings.Throughhisinitiative,theUniversityacquireditsfirstlivestockfarmandpurebredherds.Atthe1910CaliforniaStateFair,theUniversityofNevadatook40prizes;26sheep,11cattle,3hog,5Holsteinchampions.Nevadaanimalstook7ofthe11totalchampionships.In1912hewasnameddirectoroftheNevadaAgriExpSta,thefirstdirectorwhowasnotapresidentoftheUniversity.Ayearlater,hewasselectedtoheadtheDeptofAnimalHusbandryattheUniversityofCalifornia,DaviswhereherosetonationalprominenceasabreederofextraordinarylivestockwhichcompetedsuccessfullyattheNationalLivestockShow.

TRUMAN,JOHNATHANHALL

BornatWhittlesea,Cambridgeshire,Englandin1842,hepurchasedthefirstshipmentoflivefatcattlefromtheUnitedStatesforEngland. TheBritishwerereluctanttouseAmericanbeef,buthepersistedand,beginningin1877,spentninemonthsoutofeachyearintheUnitedStatesbuyingcattleforexport.HethenstartedimportingShirehorsesintoAmericafromEngland,andfoundedTruman’sPioneerStudFarmatBushnell,IL.HelaterreturnedtoEngland,leavingthefirminthehandsofhissonsandsendingthemshipmentsofShiresandHackneys.

TURNER,JACK

SuccessfulmanagerandownerofHerefordbreedingestablishments,hebuiltarenownedherdathisSilverCrestHerefordfarmatFortWorth,TX.Theherdwasdispersedin1946whenheacceptedthepositionofsecretaryoftheAmericanHerefordAssociationatKansasCity,MO.Heretainedthispositionuntil1954.Hehadamostsuccessfulterminoffice,seeingHerefordregistrationsincreasebyabout70percentintheeightyearsthatheserved.Hisportraitwashungin1955.

VANMETER,BENJAMINF.

Born in Clark County, KY in 1834 into an area of pedigreed Shorthorns; his father andgrandfather both were heavy stockholders in the Ohio Importing Company. When hisfather,Isaac,diedin1854,theherdconsistedofapproximately100headofcattle.BenjamincontinuedtoexpandandimprovehisownShorthornswiththeundefeatedRedRosetheEighthbeingoneofhisbestproductions.HealsodevelopedthepopularYoungMaryline.


VANNATTA,WILLIAMS.

ApracticalstockmanwhobecameoneoftheHerefordbreedsgreatestpromoters.Born(1830-1911)inIndiana,formedapartnershipin1877withMosesFowler,abankerwith25,000acresofvirgingrasslandinBentonCounty,IN.VanNattaknewgrazing,feedingandmarketingofbeefcattle.TheirfirstbullwasTregrehan,anEnglishRoyalshowwinner.HesiredFowler,acknowledgedasoneofthebreed’sgreats.VanNattainitiatedaseriesofpublicauctionsasearlyasthemiddle1880’s.Whilethepurebredherdwasgatheringaccoladesoverthecountry,theywerepasturingsome2,500steers.HehadtheforesighttoorganizeabreedassociationandwasthefirstchairmanoftheHerdBookCommitteeoftheAmericanHerefordAssociation.HebecamethesecondpresidentofwhatwaslaterknownastheAmericanHerefordAssociation.Hisson,Frank,andnephew,J.W.“Jack”,werealsoAHApresidents.

VILAS,SENATORWILLIAMFREEMAN

BornatChelsea,Vermont in1840,hemovedwithhis family toMadison,WI in1851. HegraduatedfromtheUniversityofWisconsinandtheAlbanyLawSchoolbeforerecruitingCompany A of the 23rd Wisconsin Volunteers and serving as its Captain during the CivilWar.HebecamearegentandlawprofessorattheUniversityofWisconsinandoriginatedtheideaofwintershortcoursesinAgriculture.HewaselectedtotheWisconsinLegislaturein1885andwaslaterappointedPostmasterGeneralandSecretaryoftheInteriorbyPresidentCleveland.Hediedin1908.

WADSWORTH,JAMESWOLCOTT

AprominentCongressmanfromNewYork,hewasbornin1877andservedinboththeU.S.Senate(1915-1927)andHouseofRepresentatives.Hewasinstrumentalinauthoringadequatedefense legislation including the Draft Act of World War II. Was one of the largest beefcattleproducersofNewYorkandformerlymanagedtheJARanch,oneofthemostfamousinNorthwestTexas, forownerCharlesGoodnight. Hewasadirectorofthe InternationalLivestockExposition.Hisportraitwasaddedtothegalleryin1951.

WALTERS,DR.LOWELLE.

Masterteacherandprolificresearcherwholedarevolutioninthe‘50sand‘60sagainstoverlyfat carcasses. Born in 1919 in Freedom, OK, high school, BS OKA&M ‘40, MSUniv. MA‘42, PhD OKA&M ‘53. He taught animal science (Meats) at OKA&M (OSEU) for 38 years,1946-1984. His influence through 10,000 students (1000 as faculty advisor), his carcassjudgingassignments,involvementwith4-HandFFAmeatscontestsandmeatpackershavehadaprofoundimpactontheindustry.His18yearrecordascoachoftheOSUMeatsTeamisunparalleled...won21contestsandhadhighindividual21timesin48contests.HisMeatEvaluationHandbookisthemostrespectedresourceforteachingmeatidentificationandqualityusingmanyofhisowndevelopedteachingaids.Mostsignificantofhisawardsareeightof“thebest inthenation,oneperyear”kind.HefoundedtheOSUAnimalScienceAlumniFoundationandoverseesitinretirement.Portraithungin2000.


WARFIELD,WILLIAM

FamousShorthornbreederwhoownedGrasmerenearLexington,KY.HismostfamouslinewastheLoudonDuchesses.HewasthesonofCaptainBenjaminWarfieldand,therefore,thenephewofDr.ElishaWarfield,whobredthefamousThoroughbredstallion,“Lexington”.ThisstallionledtheThoroughbredsirelistfrom1861through1877asthepropertyofRobertA.Alexander.WilliamWarfieldwrotethefirstAmericantextonstockbreeding.

WARREN,FRANCISE.

PioneerWyomingsheepmanandaUSSenatorfromthetimehisterritorybecameastateuntilhisdeathin1928(37years).Bornin1844inMassachusetts,hestudiedtwoyearsatHillsdaleAcademy,servedintheCivilWarinfantryandawardedtheCongressionalMedalofHonor.In1877heestablishedWarrenLivestockCo,alargesheepranchnearCheyenne.HispoliticalcareerbeganasaCheyennecitycouncilman,becamemayorandtreasurerofWyomingayearlater.AppointedTerritorialGovernorbytwopresidents,hewaselectedthestate’sfirstgovernorin1890.Heleftthegovernor’spostfortheUSSenate.HewasapowerfulSenatordedicatedtoprotectivetariffsforwoolgrowersandreclamationofaridwesternlands.HeservedasChairmanofMilitaryAffairsCommitteeandCommitteeofAppropriations.Manymonuments,buildingsandparksinWyomingarenamedinhishonor.

WATERS,HENRYJACKSON

He was president of Kansas State Agriculture College (KSU). Born Center, MO (1865-1925), he earned his BSA at University of Missouri in 1886. He remained as instructor attheuniversityfortwoyearsandin1890hewasgiventhechairoftheExpStaofPAStateUniversity. Missourirecalledhimin1895tobedeananddirectorUniversityExpSta. Hewas granted leave to study animal nutrition at the University of Leipzig and Zurich. HebecamepresidentofKansasStateCollegein1909andleftin1917tobecomeeditoroftheWeekly Kansas City Star where he continued to spread his philosophy of rural life in theweeklycolumns.Hisinfluenceextendedbeyondhiscollegeworktomanynationalandstateappointments,leadershipinprofessionalsocietiesandtheseveralagriculturetextbooksheauthored.

WATSON,HUGH

ThefirstgreatimproverofAnguscattleinScotland.Bornin1789atMeigle,Forfar,ScotlandhebecameatenantatKeillorin1808andremainedthereuntilhisdeathin1865.Hestartedwithsixcowsandabull,allblack,andby1815seriouslyundertookthebusinessofbreedingbettercattlebyinbreedingandcarefulselection.Hismostfamouscow,“OldGrannie,”livedtobe36yearsoldandtohave25calves.AtPerthin1829heshowedalltheblackcattlebutone.Hewasnotedforhisaccuratejudgment.


WEAVER,L.A.

HeadoftheDepartmentofAnimalHusbandryattheUniversityofMissouriandanotedjudgeofallbreedsofswine. BornWindsor,MO1886,BSUniversityofMissouriwherehewasamemberofAlphaZeta,SigmaXIandthe1909LivestockJudgingTeam.Hewasastudentassistanthissenioryear,stayedonwiththeAnimalHusbandrystaff,madeprofessorin1919andchairmanofthedepartmentin1945.Wellknownforhisextensiveresearchinswineproductionandfeeding,authorednumerousbulletinsandcirculars.Internationallyrecognizedasaswinejudge,hejudgedallbreedsattheInternationalandselectedthechampionbarrowtheremoretimesthananyotherjudge.WaspresidentofASASin1943.Listedin“Who’sWhoinAmericanAgriculture”and“WhoKnows–andWhat”.PortraitwashungintheClubin1954.

WEBB,JONAS

AmasterEnglishflockmasterofthemid19thcentury.BornatCambridge,England,atenantfarmer,hebeganbreedingsheepin1821.Heboughtthebestanimalsavailableandpracticedcarefulmatingandselection.HewaslargelyresponsiblefordevelopingtheSouthdowntothepointthatitbecametheoutstandingbreedofmuttonsheepinBritainandthroughouttheworld.By1846hewasleasingout200ramsannually.Hisflockwasdispersedin1862butthelandlord,Mr.C.Adeane,continuedtobreedexcellentSouthdowns.HealsobredShorthornsfrom1838untilhisdeathin1862.

WEBER,DR.ARTHURD.

DeanoftheCollegeofAgriculture,KansasState,andDirectorofKansasExperimentStations.HewasthefirstAmericantoselecttheGrandChampionSteerattheInternationalanddiditelevenconsecutiveyears.BornMuscotah,KS(1898-1983)BSandMSKansasStateCollege1924,PhDPurdue1940andhonoraryDScPurdue1950.JoinedKSStateAnimalHusbandrystaff1924,UniversityofNebraska(1926-31),professor,headofthedept,associatedeananddeanoftheCollege.Hejudgedallthemajorlivestockshowsinthiscountryatleastonce,Smithfield twice (England), Palmero (Argentina) and Canadian National (Toronto). Heauthoredover60referredjournalarticles,AgrExpStabulletinsandcirculars.HeledseveralUSadvisoryteamssentabroad. HewaspresidentASASin1945. Themanyrecognitionsthatcamefromawidespectrumoforganizationsattesttohisvariedinterestsandmarkedleadership.Portraithungin1952.

WENTWORTH,COLONELEDWARDN.

DirectoroftheLivestockBureauforArmourandCompany. Born(1887-1959)Dover,NH,BSA Iowa State 1903, MS 1909. Additional graduate work at ISU, Cornell, Kansas StateandHarvard. Taughtanimalbreedingat IowaStateandKansasStateandwasassociateeditorBreeders’Gazette. ServedasCaptainFieldArtilleryoverseas inWWI,participatedin formation AEF school in France after the Armistice. He was decorated by the FrenchMinisterofAgriculturewithOfficierdeMeriteAgricole. He joinedArmourandCo(1919)Public Relations Department and became director of Armour’s Livestock Bureau (1923-1954).Anaccomplishedspeakerandlecturer,hegavetalksinpracticallyeverystateoftheUnion and several foreign countries. Active in many professional, historical and militarysocieties.Authorinmanyprofessional,historicalandmilitarysocieties.AuthorofnumerousbooksincludingAmerica’sSheepTrailsandThePortraitGalleryofSaddleandSirloinClub.Portraithungin1940.


WERTHEIMER,A.

Oneofthebest-knownlivestockcommissionmenofhistimeontheChicagomarket.

WETHERELL,WILLIAM

AnearlydayShorthornbreederwhofarmedatAlsboroughnearDarlington,England.HedevelopedawellspringofcommercialinterestsandoptimisminthefirsthalfofthenineteenthcenturyinEngland’scattleindustries.Hewasanauctioneerofnationwidereputeandservedatmanyanotableoffering.In1847heclosedoutBarclay’ssecondUryherdandwasextremelypopularwithmanyanotheroftheShorthornworthies.Hewasaconstantandliberalbuyer,neverhesitatingtopushpricestothetop.Wetherellwasaggressiveandpersistent,andbothamonghiscolleaguesandtheyoungergenerationofbreeders,hewasaneverfailingsourceoffactsonShorthorncattleandtheirpedigrees.Hisideasoftypewereinflexible;hefoughtthecrazeformereelephantismandpreachedpowerfullyofruggedconstitutions.Hewasoneofthebestjudgesofhisdayandanotableproponentofthered,white,androan.

WHITE,SENATORE.B.

LeadingPercheronbreederandformerpresidentofthePercheronHorseAssociation.HebeganbreedingPercheronsin1903athisSelmaFarm,Leesburg,VAwiththebestanimalsthatcouldbeobtainedinFranceortheUnitedStates.HisbestknownsirewasDragon52155,ChampionattheInternationalin1907.TheUSSenatorbredthenotedInternationalChampion“Laet”ofLynnwoodFarmfameasastudhorse.

WHITE,F.EDSON

PresidentofArmourandCo1923-1932.HesucceededJ.OgdenArmour.Born(1873-1932)Peoria,IL,hecompletedhiseducationinabusinesscollegeandenteredtheemployofE.GobelandSonsandbecameatravelingsalesmanforthelocalmeatpackers.AftertwoyearsasmanageroftheWesternMeatCoofSanFrancisco,hemovedtothecarroutedepartmentofArmourinChicago,dressedbeef,thenmanagerofthelambdepartment,director,vicepresident1914andpresident1923.DuringWWI,allmeatsalestothegovernmentandourEuropeanallieswereunderhisdirectionandaftertheArmisticehewasinchargeofallforeignbusinessforArmour.Duringhispresidency,Armourhadgrownto60,000employees,500branchhouses,20packingplantswhere15millionanimalswereutilizedtoproduce$1,000,000,000worthoffoodandby-products. Heservedontheboardofnumeroussubsidiariesofthecorporationandcivicorganizations.


WILLHAM,DR.RICHARDL.

Dr.RichardLWillhamwasborn in1932–B.S. inAnimalScience,OklahomaState1954–MSAnimalBreeding,IowaState1955afteramilitarytour,includingKorea,returnedtoIowaStateforhisPhD,1960–wenttoOklahomaState1963andreturnedtoIowastatein1966untilretirement,1997.Aprolificwriterandresearcher,WillhamdevelopedandpromotedEPD’s(ExpectedProgenyDifferences)asaselectiontool.Itiswidelyusedinbeefcattleselection.He wrote the Beef Improvement Federation (BIF) guidelines on National Dire EvaluationleadingtothecurrentNationalGeneticEvaluationprogram.Heisnotedasaclassactteacherandmotivatorofstudents.Forty-sevengraduatethesisordissertationscarryDr.Willham’sendorsement.Hisintriguewithartasitrelatestolivestockisscholarlyshowninhis“CenturiesofFascination:ArtAboutLivestock”displayintheIowaStateBrunnierArtMuseum;andhisbook“TheLegacyofAStockman.” Heisco-authoroftheS&Shistoryinthisedition. Hisclass“OurLivestockHeritage”isstilltaughtatIowaStateandColoradoState.In1954hemarriedEstherBurkhart.Hewasinductedin2004.

WILLIAMS,SENATORCHARLESH.

President of the Montana Wool Growers’ Association for a third of a century. Also VicePresidentoftheNationalWoolGrowers’Association,andastatesenator.BornAppanooseCo,IA(1856-1938)studiedintheStateNormalSchool,Kirksville,MO.For6yearshefarmedinthesummerandtaughtschoolinthewinter.In1882hehitchedapairofmulestoawagonandheadedwest.Seventy-ninedayslaterhesettledatDeerLodge,MTandhomesteadedaquartersectionsixmilesnorthoftown.HeeventuallybecamepartnerswithPeterPauly(WilliamsandPauly)andtheranchgrewto30,000acresofpatentedland,handling20,000headofsheepannually.Theywerenotedasbreeders,importersandexportersofRambouilletsheep.Theyalsohadaherdof300purebredShorthorncattle.AMilwaukeeshippingstationwas close by the ranch. Senator Williams was president of Cochrell Implement Co andpresidentoftheDeerLodgeBankandTrustCo.

WILSON,JAMES

Secretary of Agriculture for three successive cabinets of Presidents McKinley, Rooseveltand Taft. Born in Ayrshire, Scotland 1835 and came to America at age 16. His parentsimmigratedtoTamaCo,IA.EducatedatIowaCollege,Grinnell,engagedinfarming,electedtothreetermstotheIowaAssembly,maderegentofStateUniversityofIAandwaselectedtocongressin1873.In1890hewasappointedDirectoroftheAgrExpStationandprofessoratIAAgrCollege(ISU)andheldthispositionuntilPresidentMcKinleycalledhimtoserveinhiscabinet.Retiredin1913,Traer,IAwhereheparticipatedinanumberofnotablemovementsaimedtowardsdisseminatingagriculturalknowledge.SoprominentwerehisservicestheUniversityofWisconsin,CornellandMcGillUniversity,MontrealallhonoredhimwithLLDdegrees.Hediedin1920.

WILSON,THOMASE.

BornatLondon,Ontarioin1868ofScottishdescent,hesettledinChicago,IL.In1890hejoinedthestaffofMorrisandCompanywherehewaselectedvicepresidentin1906. HesucceededEdwardMorrisaspresidentin1913.In1916hejoinedSulzbergerandSons,andthatyearthefirmwasrenamedWilsonandCompany.HeservedasthefirstpresidentoftheInstituteofAmericanMeatPackers.HebredmanyoutstandingShorthornsandClydesdalesonhisEdellynFarm,whichwaslocatedatWilson,IL.HeservedasadirectoroftheInternationalLivestockExpositionandpresidentoftheOklahomaCityStockYardsCompany.


WING,JOSEPHE.

Abrilliantagriculturaljournalist,farmerandlecturerwhodidmuchtopopularizethegrowingofalfalfaonAmericanfarms.HealsowasastrongproponentforfarmflocksintheMidwest.BornHinsdale,NY(1861-1915),atage6settledwithfamilyonafarmnearMechanicsburg,OH.EducatedElmiraAcademy,NY.Workedonfather’sfarm,wentwestin1886,workedasacowboyonRangeValleyRanchonGreenRiverinUtah,becameforemanandpartowner.Hereturnedtohomefarmwithbrothersraisingsheepandgrowingalfalfa.Knownas‘AlfalfaJoe’hewroteAlfalfaFarminginAmerica.Helecturedwidelyatinstitutesandcolleges,wroteforCountryGentlemanandOhioCultivator.In1896hejoinedtheBreeders’Gazettestaffandtraveledextensively.HisbooksincludeSheepFarminginAmerica,MeadowsandPasturesandInForeignFields.

WOODWARD,DR.RAYR.

DirectorofBeefCattleResearch,USRangeLivestockExperimentStation(USRLES)inMilesCity,MTandlaterheadofthestation.HedevelopedtheLineOnestrainofHerefordsandwasoneoftheindustry’sforemostproponents,researchersanddevelopersofperformancetesting.Born on the family ranch (1916) Willow Creek, MT, earned BS and MS (1939) in AnimalBreeding Montana State; PhD from Univ. of MN in 1953. Following a three year tour inWWIIasanAirForcenavigator,he joinedUSRLES,becameBeefCattleBreedingDirector,wherehemademajorcontributionsintheselectionandimportationsofcontinentalbreedstotheUSandCanada.HeistherecipientofnumeroushighhonorsincludingASASFellow,USDASuperiorServiceAward,BIFResearchPioneerAward.Portraithungin1991.

WORKMAN,HAROLD

HaroldF.WorkmanwasbornonafamilyfarminLivingstonCounty,KY.Itwasthebeginningofalifetimeofachievementsinlivestockagriculture,farmrelatedorganizations,expositionmanagementandgovernmentservices.AftergraduationfromtheUniversityofKentuckywithadegreeinAnimalScience(1969)andfiveyearswiththeKy.DeptofAgriculture,DivisionsofShow&Fairs,hewaschosentomanageafallLivestockExpoattheKentuckyExpositionCenter,(KEC).ItbecametheNorthAmericanInternationalLivestockExposition,NAILE,thenation’slargestall-breedpurebredlivestockexpositionattractingmorethan20,00entriesandvisitorseachyearandgeneratingmorethan$15millionannuallyineconomicimpact.AftertheChicagoInternationalclosedin1975,HaroldleaagroupofcommunityandlivestockleaderstonegotiatemovingtheSaddleandSirloinportraitgallerytoKEC.Thegallerywasmovedin1977andtheword“International”becameapartoftheLouisvilleExposition.Workman’sleadershipskillsareevidencedasPresidentandCEOoftheKentuckyStateFairBoardwhichmanagestheKYExpositionCenter,andtheKYInternationalConventionCenter.Hisportraitwasinductedin2003,theClub’s100thAnniversary.

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