Henry C. Ingwersen | Inducted by 1920
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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.
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Farmer, along with his brother, who achieved great success in Chicago and Omaha with Ingwersen livestock commission business and Iowa...
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Emil Henry Ingwersen | Inducted between 1920 and 1941
Part of a livestock commission legacy family, Ingwersen was the head cattle buyer for Swift & Co., president of the National Live Stock ...
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Louis Keefer | Inducted by 1920
Successful Illinois farmer, livestock buyer and one of the largest exporter of sheep and cattle to England. 1844 -1916 | Artist: Robert...
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Mortimer Levering | Inducted by 1920
Tireless livestock farmer and promoter - Levering was also one of the founders of the International Live Stock Exposition and the Saddle...
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William E. Skinner | Inducted by 1920
One of the founders of the International Live Stock Exposition, and the show’s first general manager. 1865-1931 | Artist: Robert...
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Gustavus Franklin Swift, Sr. | Inducted by 1920
Founder and president of Swift & Company, one of the nation's largest meat-packing firms, and inventor of the refrigerated rail car....
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Robert Boyd Thomson | Inducted by 1920
The portrait of Robert B. Thomson—who organized the National Wool Warehouse and Storage Company—was documented in the 1920 catalogue of...
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William Miller, Jr. | Inducted by 1917
Canadian-American who was a noted breeder that became one of the first to market corn-fed Angus beef to Chicago meat packers. 1834-1905 |...
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John Miller, Sr. | Inducted by 1917
Pioneer of the Canadian livestock industry. 1817-1904 | Artist: Robert Wadsworth Grafton (1876-1936) Impact & Accomplishments The Millers...
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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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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 F. Curtiss | Inducted by 1915
Iowa State University's first professor of animal husbandry who went on to become Dean of Agriculture and left a legacy of outstanding...
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Charles Sumner Plumb | Inducted by 1915
Leading animal sciences educator at Ohio State University and helped formed the Indiana State Dairy Association. 1860-1939 | Artist:...
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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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William Levi Carlyle | Inducted between 1903 and 1909
Beloved professor and dean at Colorado Agricultural College, University of Idaho and Oklahoma A&M. 1870-1955 | Artist: Robert Wadsworth...
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George H. Harding | Inducted 1905
Noted Shorthorn cattle and Cotswold sheep breeder and Mayor of Waukesha, Wisconsin. 1840-1909 | Artist: Robert Wadsworth Grafton...
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James Nicholas Brown | Inducted between 1911 and 1915
Noted Illinois farmer and legislator who was instrumental in creating the State Board of Agriculture and the Illinois State Fair....
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Jonas Webb | 1903
Founder of the modern form of the Southdown breed of sheep. 1796-1862 | Artist: Robert Wadsworth Grafton (1876-1936); original portrait...
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Robert Bakewell | Inducted 1903
British agriculturalist, now recognized as one of the most important figures in the British Agricultural Revolution. In addition to work...
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William Arnon Henry | 1903
The very first portrait hung in the Saddle & Sirloin Portrait gallery honors William Henry a professor and dean at the University of...
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