Clifford M. Hardin

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Clifford Hardin
President of the University of Nebraska system (styled "Chancellor")
In office
November 1, 1968 – January 20, 1969
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byDurwood B. Varner
12th Chancellor of the University of Nebraska
In office
July 1, 1954 – October 31, 1968
Preceded byReuben G. Gustavson
Succeeded byJoseph Soshnik
Personal details
Born(1915-10-09)October 9, 1915
Knightstown, Indiana, U.S.
DiedApril 4, 2010(2010-04-04) (aged 94)
Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseMartha Wood
Children5
EducationPurdue University, West Lafayette (BS, MS, PhD)

Clifford Morris Hardin (October 9, 1915 – April 4, 2010) was an American politician and was the Chancellor of the

United States secretary of agriculture from 1969 to 1971 under President Richard Nixon
.

Biography

Hardin was born in Knightstown, Indiana, on October 9, 1915, to J. Alvin and Mabel (née Macy) Hardin. He earned a B.S. (1937), M.S. (1939) and Ph.D. (1941) from Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. On June 28, 1939, Hardin married the former Martha Love Wood. They had two sons and three daughters.

He taught Agricultural Economics at the

University of Nebraska from 1954 to 1968.[2]

On January 21, 1969, Hardin served as the

Earl L. Butz
.

Hardin died from

congestive heart failure in Lincoln, Nebraska, on April 4, 2010, at the age of 94.[2]

His daughter, Nancy H. Rogers, married Douglas L. Rogers, the son of Secretary of State William P. Rogers. His other daughter, Cynthia H. Milligan, was married to Robert Milligan.

References

  1. ^ Sumner, Daniel A. Agricultural Economics at Chicago, in David Gale Johnson, John M. Antle. The Economics of Agriculture: Papers in honor of D. Gale Johnson. University of Chicago Press, 1996 p 14-29
  2. ^ a b Martin, Douglas. "Clifford Hardin, 94, Agriculture Secretary, Is Dead". nytimes.com.
Political offices
Preceded by
Orville L. Freeman
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
Served under: Richard Nixon

1969–1971
Succeeded by
Earl L. Butz