Henry Hiram Wing items

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: 21-20-144

Scope and content

The collection contains Professor Wing's student course book; his MS thesis; one pamphlet entitled "Dedication Exercises: Henry Hiram Wing Coliseum," 1934; one volume of commendatory letters and clippings, 1928-1937; one leaflet containing faculty resolutions on his death; and one "Holstein-Friesian World," Vol. 33, No. 24, containing an obituary.

Dates

1877-1937.

Creator

Wing, Henry H. (Henry Hiram), 1859-1936. (Person)

Biographical / Historical

Class of 1881, M.S. Cornell University in 1891, Professor Wing was editor of The Nebraska Farmer prior to serving at Cornell University from 1888-1928. He first served as deputy director and secretary of the Experiment Station as well as Professor of Animal Husbandry. In 1934, through the efforts of a group of his former students, he was recognized for his extensive work with Guernsey and Holstein breeds by the naming of the New York State Fair coliseum after him. He was a member of the New York State Grange, president of the New York State Dairymen's Association, and a life member of the New York State Agricultural Society and assisted in the formation of the Cooperative Grange League Federation Exchange. He died in 1936.