William Marion Jardine (January 16, 1879 – January 17, 1955) was a U.S. administrator and educator. He served as the United States Secretary of Agriculture from 1925 to 1929 and as the U.S. Ambassador to Egypt from 1930 to 1933.
William Marion Jardine was born in Oneida County, Idaho, on January 16, 1879. He graduated from the agricultural college of Utah State University in Logan, Utah. He was married to Effie Lane Nebecker on September 6, 1905....
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William Marion Jardine (January 16, 1879 – January 17, 1955) was a U.S. administrator and educator. He served as the United States Secretary of Agriculture from 1925 to 1929 and as the U.S. Ambassador to Egypt from 1930 to 1933.
William Marion Jardine was born in Oneida County, Idaho, on January 16, 1879. He graduated from the agricultural college of Utah State University in Logan, Utah. He was married to Effie Lane Nebecker on September 6, 1905. Jardine attended graduate school at the University of Illinois. Although Jardine had a strong interest in practical farming, he was also attracted to opportunities in education. He began teaching at his alma mater in Utah, where he soon became a professor of agronomy. In 1910, Professor Jardine moved to Manhattan, Kansas, where he had accepted the position of agronomist at the Kansas State Agricultural College. Three years later, Jardine was made dean of the Division of Agriculture and director of the Agriculture Experiment Station.
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