Kenyon L. Butterfield

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Kenyon Leech Butterfield
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Kenyon L. Butterfield c. 1922
President of the Rhode Island College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts, (now the University of Rhode Island)
In office
1903–1906
President of the Massachusetts Agricultural College (now the University of Massachusetts Amherst)
In office
1906–1924
President of
Michigan Agricultural College,
(now Michigan State University)
In office
1924–1928
Personal details
Born June 11, 1868
Lapeer, Michigan
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Amherst, Massachusetts
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Kenyon Leech Butterfield (June 11, 1868 – November 25, 1936) was an American agricultural scientist and college administrator known for developing the Cooperative Extension Service at the Land Grant Universities. He was president of the Rhode Island College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (1903-1906); the Massachusetts Agricultural College (1906-1924), and the Michigan Agricultural College, (later Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science, which is now Michigan State University) from 1924 to 1928.

Butterfield was an early proponent of extension education programming at the Land Grant Colleges rather than extension activities being a direct responsibility of the U.S Department of Agriculture, an idea championed by Extension pioneer Seaman A. Knapp.[1] Using state funds in April 1904, Butterfield created an Agricultural Extension Department at the Rhode Island College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, and later in 1906, he did the same at Massachusetts Agricultural College. The organizational structure of these two colleges formed the basis for developing the Smith-Lever Act of 1914 that authorized federal funding of comprehensive Cooperative Extension programming by Land Grant Colleges and Universities nationwide.[2]

Butterfield Hall at the University of Rhode Island, Butterfield House at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Butterfield Hall of the Brody Complex at Michigan State University are all dedicated in his name.

Selected works

References

  1. Butterfield, K.L. (1901). "VII. Discussions: A Significant Factor in Agricultural Education." Educational Review 21:301-306 (March, 1901).
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External links

Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons

Academic offices
Preceded by President of Michigan Agricultural College
1924–1925
Succeeded by
Himself
Preceded by
Himself
President of Michigan State College
of Agriculture and Applied Science

1925–1928
Succeeded by
Robert S. Shaw