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  Butz, Earl Lauer
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NameEarl Lauer Butz
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, Indiana , United States
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Born July 03, 1909
Died February 02, 2008 (98 years)
ContributorThomas Walker
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Feb 02, 2008 05:05pm
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Born in Albion, Indiana, on July 3, 1909. He earned his bachelor's (1932) and doctorate (1937) degrees at Purdue University. He taught there for several years and was head of the Agricultural Economics Department. In 1943 he was a research economist for the Brookings Institute. From 1954 to 1957, he was Assistant Secretary for Marketing and Foreign Agriculture in USDA. He returned to Purdue to become Dean of Continuing Education and Vice President of Purdue's Research Foundation. On December 2, 1971 he was appointed Secretary of Agriculture and served until October 4, 1976, then returned to Purdue.

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Feb 02, 2008 05:00pm Obituary Former Secretary of Agriculture, Purdue dean [Earl] Butz dies  Article RMF 

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  12/01/1971 US Secretary of Agriculture Won 53.68% (+7.37%)
  06/18/1968 IN Governor - R Convention Lost 19.36% (-37.50%)
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