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D. Howard "Daddy" Doane (1883-1984)
was a true Renaissance man - a student, a teacher, a writer, a business man, a
poet, a farmer, a public servant, a devout Christian. Most widely known as the
founder and long-time Chairman of the Board of Doane Agricultural Services, which
is the oldest and for decades was the largest farm management, appraisal and agricultural
research organization in the United States. Among his many life accomplishments,
Doane served on an agriculture task force appointed by President Herbert Hoover
that was charged with reorganizing the US Department of Agriculture. He wrote
four books and numerous articles for the leading agricultural journals and magazines.
He provided leadership to dozens of civic and professional organizations throughout
his lifetime. He received a B.S. in agriculture in 1908 and M.S. in agriculture
in 1909 at the University of Missouri. He received three Honorary doctorates as
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Robert F. Howard (1883-1963) spent the first
15 years of his professional career as an educator before owning and running a
large beef cattle operation and commercial pecan farm in Texas for the better
part of his life. Howard was a professor and chairman of the Department of Horticulture
at the University of Nebraska from 1914-24 after teaching previously at the University
of Missouri, Nebraska and Wisconsin. He moved to Wharton, Texas, in 1924, where
he ran a 2,000 acre ranch with cattle and thousands of pecan trees. He provided
leadership to many local and statewide civic organizations and initiatives in
Texas for the last 40 years of his life. Howard received his B.S. in agriculture
from Missouri in 1908, a masters in 1912 while teaching at Nebraska. |
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Claude B. Hutchison (1885-1980) was an educator
for more than 40 years of his life, teaching at the University of Missouri, Cornell
University, University of California-Davis, University of Nevada and spent more
than 20 years as a Vice President (1945-52) and Dean of Agriculture at the University
of California - Berkeley (1930-52). For four years in the 1920s, he was the associate
director of agricultural education for Europe. In 1946, he was the chairman of
an agricultural mission trip to China by the US Department of Agriculture. He
retired from instruction in 1954, serving his last two years as Dean of Agriculture
at Nevada. And from 1955-63 he served as mayor of Berkeley, Calif. Hutchison received
honorary degrees from Missouri, Sofia, Bulgaria and California. |
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Henry H. Krusekopf (1886-1979) was a leading
expert on soils, spending 48 years as a professor and researcher in the College
of Agriculture at the University of Missouri. He received his B.S. in agriculture
in 1908 and his masters in 1916 from Missouri. He did graduate work at Illinois
in 1931-32. He was the author of numerous publications and journals on soil development
and soil survey. "Krusey" was a member of a number of scientific, honorary
and professional societies. He also consulted a number of federal and international
agencies on agriculture, flood control, forestry and Indian land claims. In his
spare time, Krusekopf owned and operated a farm in southeast Missouri. |
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Earl W. "Farmer" Rusk (1885-1968)
spent most of his career as a farmer and farm manager, yet enjoyed a variety of
other professional interests. He briefly taught an Animal Husbandry course and
served in the Farm Loan department of a large insurance company. He was farm service
director of two Chicago radio station for four years, was agricultural agent for
a railroad, and was supervising salesman and farm service director for a rock
phosphate company for 14 years. He raised hogs and cattle on a farm in the Missouri
Ozarks before retiring in California. Farmer Rusk graduated from Missouri in 1909.
His son, William D., was the first son of a FarmHouse man to be initiated into
FarmHouse in 1933. |
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Henry P. Rusk (1884-1954) spent most of his
professional career on staff at the University of Illinois, including the last
13 years of his career as Dean of the College of Agriculture. He received a B.S.
in 1908 and M.S. in 1911, both from the University of Missouri. He served in the
Department of Animal Husbandry at Illinois from 1910-1939. He was head of the
department from 1922-1939. Among numerous accomplishments, he was the chair of
President Hoover's commission on agriculture from 1948-1954. Rusk provided leadership
to multiple national, state and local boards and organizations. He received honorary
doctorates from three universities. |
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Melvin E. Sherwin (1881-1924) was head of
the soils department at what is now called North Carolina State University when
he died at age 42. After graduating with a B.S. in agriculture in 1908, he received
an M.A. in agriculture from the University of California-Berkeley in 1909. He
spent one year as an agronomy instructor at the University of Maine before he
joined the staff at NC State in 1910. |
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