Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1868, June 11 | Born, Lapeer, Mich. |
| 1891 | B.S., State Agricultural College, East Lansing, Mich. |
| 1895 | Married Harriet E. Millard |
| 1902 | M.A., State Agricultural College, East Lansing, Mich. |
| 1903-1906 | President, Rhode Island State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, Kingston, R.I |
| 1906-1924 | President, Massachusetts State College of Agriculture, Amherst, Mass. |
| 1908 | Served on U.S. Country Life Commission Published Chapters in Rural Progress. Chicago: University of Chicago Press |
| 1910 | LL.D., Amherst College, Amherst, Mass. |
| 1913 | Appointed to American Commission to Study Rural Credits and Agricultural Cooperation in Europe |
| 1918-1919 | Member, Army Educational Commission to serve American Expeditionary Forces in Europe |
| 1919 | Helped organize the American Country Life Association Published Chapters in Rural Progress.New York: Macmillan Co. |
| 1920 | Helped organize the World Agriculture Society |
| 1921 | LL.D. Rhode Island State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, Kingston, R.I. |
| 1921-19 | Member, Burton Commission on Christian Education in China |
| 1923 | Elected member, International Institute of Sociology |
| 1924-1928 | President, Michigan State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, East, Lansing, Mich. |
| 1928 | Adviser on rural work to the Jerusalem Conference of the International Missionary Council |
| 1929 | Made a trip to Africa under the auspices of the Carnegie Corp. of New York to study rural conditions in South Africa |
| 1929-1931 | Rural counselor to the International Missionary Council in India and Burma (1929-1930) and in China, Japan, Korea, and the Philippine Islands (1930-1931) |
| 1931 | Published The Rural Mission of the Church in Eastern Asia; Report and Recommendations.New York: International Missionary Council |
| 1935, Nov. 26 | Died, Amherst, Mass. |