Evan Pugh's Penn State: America's Model Agricultural College

by Roger L. Williams

When Evan Pugh became the first president of Pennsylvania's Farmers' High School--later to be known as The Pennsylvania State University--the small campus was in disrepair and in dire need of leadership. Pugh was young, barely into his 30s, but he was energetic, educated, and visionary. During his tenure as president he molded the school into a model institution of its kind: America's first scientifically based agricultural college.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271080175
• ISBN13: 9780271080178
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.2"