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Home to 378 Livestock industry hall of famers

Explore the innovators, the pioneers, the visionary leaders and notable contributors to the livestock industry. You can use the search bar to select a topic or year. All inductees are listed in chronological order (as best known). Please check out the alphabetical listing of all inductees below.

Arthur G. Leonard | Inducted by 1920

President of the Chicago Union Stock Yards and mastermind behind the Saddle & Sirloin Club and portrait collection. 1862-1949 | Artist:...

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Andrew James Lovejoy | Inducted by 1920

Best known as establishing the swine shows at the International Live Stock Exposition and recognized as a top Berkshire hog breeder and...

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Murdo Mackenzie | Inducted by 1920

Legendary cattleman who ran one of the largest cattle operations in the world and a powerful leader who advocated for his fellow stock...

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Robert Burns Ogilvie | Inducted by 1920

Credited with inspiring the concept of the Saddle & Sirloin Portrait Galley; also a noted Clydesdale breeder and judge. 1852-1923 |...

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Joseph Edward Guinane Ryan | Inducted by 1920

First publicity director of the International Live Stock Exposition 1869-1912 | Artist: Robert Wadsworth Grafton (1876-1936) Impact &...

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John Ross Tomson | Inducted by 1920

Prominent Shorthorn breeder, livestock judge, journalist and president of the American Royal. 1867-1959 | Artist: Robert Wadsworth...

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Henry Jackson Waters | Inducted by 1920

Educator at Pennsylvania State College, Missouri College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts; President of Kansas State Agricultural...

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Thomas Edward Wilson | Inducted by 1920

Canadian-born American businessman who created the third largest meat packing business in the U.S. and in 1926, he created one of the...

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Alonzo Dorus Melvin | Inducted 1918

Distinguished Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and U. S. Bureau of Animal Industry Chief. 1862-1917 | Artist: Robert Wadsworth Grafton...

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John Robbins Mohler | Inducted 1918

First living veterinarian to be inducted into the Saddle & Sirloin Portrait Collection 1875-1952 | Artist: Unknown Impact &...

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Daniel Elmer Salmon | Inducted 1918

Earned the first D.V.M. degree awarded in the United States, and spent his career studying animal diseases for the U.S. Department of...

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John Harrison Skinner | Inducted by 1915

Purdue University's first dean of the school of agriculture. 1874-1942 | Artist: Robert Wadsworth Grafton (1876-1936) Impact &...

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James W. Judy | Inducted by 1915

Illinois agriculture leader who helped establish the Illinois State Fair and a respected Shorthorn auctioneer. 1822-1916 | Artist: Robert...

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Richard Albert Gibson | Inducted by 1915

Famed Canadian farm manager who introduced Shorthorns to New York. 1840-1911 | Artist: Robert Wadsworth Grafton (1876-1936) Impact &...

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J. Frank Prather | Inducted by 1915

Prominent central Illinois Shorthorn breeder and active on the Illinois State Board of Agriculture. 1859-1927 | Artist: Robert Wadsworth...

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Marquis de Lafayette Funk | Inducted by 1915

Illinois statesman and one of the founders of the Union Stock Yards in Chicago. 1834-1919 | Artist: Robert Wadsworth Grafton (1876-1936)...

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Charles E. Leonard | Inducted by 1915

Missouri Shorthorn breeder and leader in helping form the American Shorthorn Record. 1839-1916 | Artist: Robert Wadsworth Grafton...

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Benjamin Franklin Van Meter | Inducted by 1915

Noted Shorthorn breeder and the first vice president of the American Shorthorn Association. 1834-1927 | Artist: Robert Wadsworth Grafton...

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James Henry Pickrell | Inducted by 1915

The first president of the American Shorthorn Breeders’ Association, and later its secretary. 1834-1901 | Artist: Robert Wadsworth...

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Frank W. Harding, Sr. | Inducted 1915

Accomplished Shorthorn breeder and director of the International Live Stock Exposition for fifty years. 1850-1914 | Artist: Robert...

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