| 词条 | Bradford Knapp |
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| name = Bradford Knapp | image = Bradford Knapp.jpg | caption = Bradford pictured in The Glomerata 1929, Auburn yearbook | title = President of the Auburn University | term_start = 1928 | term_end = 1933 | predecessor = Spright Dowell | successor = Luther Duncan | title2 = President of the Texas Tech University | term_start2 = 1932 | term_end2 = 1938 | predecessor2 = Paul W. Horn | successor2 = Clifford B. Jones | birth_date = {{birth date|1870|12|24}} | birth_place = Vinton, Iowa | alma_mater = University of Michigan | death_place = Lubbock, Texas | death_date = {{Death date and age|1938|6|11|1870|12|24}} }}Bradford Knapp (December 24, 1870 – June 11, 1938) was the President of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, now known as Auburn University from 1928 to 1933.[1] BiographyBradford Knapp was born in Vinton, Iowa on December 24, 1870 to Seaman A. Knapp.[1] In 1899, he attended Iowa State College and graduated with a B.A. in chemistry from Vanderbilt University in 1892. In 1894, he attended Georgetown University and received a B.L. from the University of Michigan in 1896.[1] In 1909, he worked as an assistant for his father in the Bureau of Plant Industry of the United States Department of Agriculture.[1] From 1911 to 1915, he took up his father's position as Chief of Farm Demonstration Work.[1] In 1915, he became Chief of Southern Extension Work for the States Relations Service of the USDA.[1] In 1920, he became Dean of the College of Agriculture at the University of Arkansas.[1] From 1923 to 1928, he served as President of the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College.[1] He served as the President of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, now known as Auburn University from 1928 to 1933, of Texas Technological College from 1933 to 1938.[1] At Tech, he enlisted assistance from several New Deal programs to build dormitories, pave streets, add a golf course and swimming pool, and to revitalize and landscape the campus, located on a semi-arid steppe. Knapp Hall is named in his honor.[2] He served on the National Council of Boy Scouts, the federal Farm Board, and the National Economic League.[1] He wrote for the Progressive Farmer.[1] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Auburn biography 2. ^Sarah J. Barwinkel, "Breaking Ground to Keep from Breaking Down: How the New Deal Kept the Texas Tech Campus Moving Forward in the 1930s", West Texas Historical Association, annual meeting in Fort Worth, February 26, 2010 External links
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