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Iowa State University of Science and Technology

(Encyclopedia) Iowa State University of Science and Technology, at Ames, commonly known as Iowa State University; land-grant with state and federal support; coeducational; chartered 1858, opened 1868…

Straujuma, Laimdota

(Encyclopedia) Straujuma, LaimdotaStraujuma, Laimdotalīmˈdōtä strouˈy&oomacr;mä [key], 1951–, Latvian economist and political leader. Straujuma was a division head (1993–97) at the Agriculture…

New Hampshire, University of

(Encyclopedia) New Hampshire, University of, main campus at Durham; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1866, opened 1868 as the state college of agriculture and mechanic arts, a…

Benson, Ezra Taft

(Encyclopedia) Benson, Ezra Taft, 1899–1994, U.S. secretary of agriculture (1953–61), b. Whitney, Idaho. An extension economist and marketing specialist at the Univ. of Idaho (1930–38) and executive…

Lubin, David

(Encyclopedia) Lubin, DavidLubin, Davidl&oomacr;ˈbĭn [key], 1849–1919, American agriculturist, b. Poland. After prospering as a merchant in California, he devoted himself to helping farmers with…

Kulakov, Feodor

(Encyclopedia) Kulakov, FeodorKulakov, Feodorfyôˈdər k&oomacr;ˈläkôf [key], 1918–78, Soviet political leader. A member of the Communist party after 1940, Kulakov held various agricultural…

Polk, Leonidas Lafayette

(Encyclopedia) Polk, Leonidas Lafayette, 1837–92, American agrarian leader, b. Anson co., N.C. After studying agriculture at Davidson College, he managed a plantation in North Carolina, served with…

Schultz, Theodore William

(Encyclopedia) Schultz, Theodore William, 1902–98, American economist; b. Arlington, S.Dak. He taught at Iowa State College (1930–43) and the Univ. of Chicago (1943–67), but remained active at…

Cioloş, Dacian Julien

(Encyclopedia) Cioloş, Dacian Julien, 1969–, Romanian agricultural engineer and political leader, Ph.D. Univ. of Montpellier, 2006. He served as Romania's minister of agriculture and rural…

Hebrew University

(Encyclopedia) Hebrew University of Jerusalem, at Mt. Scopus, Givat Ram, Ein Karem, and Rehovot, Israel; coeducational. First proposed in 1882, formally opened 1925. It is the world's largest Jewish…