Wilbur O. Hedrick (1868–1954) started as a professor of economics at Michigan State College in 1908.
Life
Born on April 3, 1868, in Elkhart, Indiana. He grew up in northern Michigan near Harbor Springs. He is the brother of
Ulysses Prentiss Hedrick
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and horticulturist.
His main interest was Plant cultivation, cultivated fruit trees and he published a number of volumes dealing with such fruits as cherry, cherries, grapes, plums, ...
. He was married to Lucelia D. Baker. He fathered five children, Prentice Benjamin, Helen, Hester, Amy, and Marian.
He pioneered student co-operatives in East Lansing, and ''Hedrick House'', named after him and opened in 1939, is the oldest student-owned co-operative in the USA.
"No living person in this community has contributed more to M.S.C. than you have in your long period of distinguished service," said
John A. Hannah
John Alfred Hannah (October 9, 1902 – February 23, 1991) was president of Michigan State College (later Michigan State University) for 28 years (1941–1969), making him the longest serving of MSU's presidents. He is credited with transformi ...
in reference to Hedrick's accomplishments over his lengthy employment of 47 years as a faculty member at
M.S.C.
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Bibliography
* ''The history of Railroad Taxation in Michigan: a thesis'', Lansing, 1912
* ''The Economics of a Food Supply'', D. Appleton & Co.: New York, London, 1924.
References
1868 births
1954 deaths
Michigan State University faculty
American economists
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