History

Dec. 13, 2013
A Poem to Remember
Today, the University of Missouri’s Memorial Union is a campus icon that remembers soldiers from MU who died in battle. The original idea to build the structure came from a poem written by a College of Agriculture graduate who perished in World War I.

Nov. 8, 2013
A Century of CAFNR
Progress of the College of Agriculture in historic photos.

Oct. 11, 2013
Legacy of Success
Mizzou quickly shot to national and international prominence with the study of insects

Sep. 13, 2013
A Whale of a Journey
A Mizzou artifact is slowly moldering in the dirt in the Ag Building's courtyard.

Aug. 9, 2013
Healthy Soil and People
William Albrecht is remembered as the foremost researcher on soil quality and human health. He drew direct connections between poor quality forage crops and ill health in livestock and people.

June 14, 2013
Missouri’s Bug Scientist
Charles Valentine Riley (1843-1895) was Missouri’s first state entomologist (and just the third in the nation) and the first professor of entomology at the new University of Missouri College of Agriculture and Practical Arts.

June 5, 2013
Gentleman Dean
Roger Mitchell didn't follow his dream of becoming a gentleman farmer, but assumed another role of gentleman dean.

May 10, 2013
Mission: Excellence
When Frederick Blackmar Mumford, fifth dean of the Missouri College of Agriculture, faced an entirely different situation than his predecessors did.

April 12, 2013
Missouri Soil in His Veins
Henry Jackson Waters, fourth Dean of the MU College of Agriculture, was no product of a prestigious eastern university.

March 11, 2013
Change Agent
Into a maelstrom came CAFNR's third Dean.