Alpha Zeta

Alpha Zeta

Infobox Fraternity
letters = ΑΖ
name = Alpha Zeta
crest =
mission = Alpha Zeta is the professional agricultural organization dedicated to the highest levels of scholarship, leadership, integrity and service.
vision = Alpha Zeta is a global network of diverse agricultural professionals recognizing, developing and promoting leaders with common values and integrity.
colors = Mode and Sky Blue
symbol =
flower = Pink Carnation
jewel =
founded = birth date and age|1897|11|4
birthplace = Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
type = Professional and Social
scope = International
address = 16020 Swingley Ridge Road, Suite 300
city = Chesterfield
state = Missouri
country = USA
chapters = 74
members = 3,000 students
lifetime = 115,000
publication= "Alpha Zeta News"
homepage = [http://www.alphazeta.org/ Alpha Zeta Website]
free_label =
free =

Alpha Zeta is a professional fraternity for students and industry professionals in the agriculture and natural resources fields. Founded in 1897 at The Ohio State University, Alpha Zeta is the first and oldest collegiate society for agriculture. Today, Alpha Zeta has more than 117,000 alumni and more than 3,000 student members at 74 universities.

History

The fraternity was founded on November 4, 1897 by Charles Burkett, John Cunningham, and ten other agriculture students at Ohio State University.

Chapters

* Florida - University of Florida - 1922
* Townshend - The Ohio State University - 1897
* Morrill - The Pennsylvania State University - 1898
* Morrow - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - 1900
* Cornell - Cornell University - 1901
* Kedzie - Michigan State University - 1902
* Granite - University of New Hampshire - 1903
* Nebraska - University of Nebraska-Lincoln - 1904
* North Carolina - North Carolina State University - 1904
* Wilson - Iowa State University - 1905
* Green Mountain - University of Vermont - 1905
* La Grange - University of Minnesota - 1905
* Babcock - University of Wisconsin-Madison - 1906
* Maine - University of Maine-Orono - 1906
* Missouri - University of Missouri - 1907
* Elliott - Washington State University - 1907
* Purdue - Purdue University - 1908
* California - University of California-Berkeley - 1908
* Kansas - Kansas State University - 1909
* Dacotah - North Dakota State University - 1909
* Montana - Montana State University - 1912
* Scovell - University of Kentucky - 1912
* Georgia - University of Georgia - 1914
* Delaware - University of Delaware - 1916
* South Dakota - South Dakota State University - 1924
* California Eta - California State University, Chico - 2004
* Cook - Rutgers University - 1922
* Virginia - Virginia Tech - 1932

Famous Members

* President Dwight D. Eisenhower
* Nobel Laureate Norman Borlaug
* Earl Butz - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture (1971-1976) (Purdue, '31)
* Robert C. Baker - Professor Emeritus of Food Science, Cornell University; Inventor of the chicken nugget
* John R. Block - Secretary of Agriculture under Ronald Reagan
* Herman Cain - former chairman and CEO of Godfather's Pizza
* Dr. Walter Clore - Father of the Washington Wine Industury
* Dan R. Glickman - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture (1995-2001); current president of the Motion Picture Association of America
* Henry C. Wallace - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture (1921-1924) (Honorary, '22)
* William Jardine - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture (1925-1929) (Kansas, '11)
* Henry A. Wallace - Vice President of the United States, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture (1933-1940), Founder of Pioneer Hi-Bred, Secretary of Commerce (Wilson, '08)
* Ezra Taft Benson - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture (1953-1961) (Honorary, '53)
* Orville Freeman - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture (1961-1969), Minnesota Governor (Honorary, '62)
* Clifford Hardin - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture (1969-1971) (Purdue, '53)
* Richard Lyng - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture (1986-1989) (Wilson, '74)
* Clayton Yeutter - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture (1989-1991) (Nebraska, '50)

External links

* http://www.alphazeta.org/ - Official Page
* http://www.alphazeta-cornell.org/ - Cornell Chapter Website


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