Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center

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Name
  • Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center
Agriculture
  • Support Activities for Agriculture and Forestry
Educational Services
  • Colleges / Universities / and Professional Schools
Professional and Technical
  • Management / Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
Facts
Founded
  • 1892
    Wooster,Ohio
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Location
    • 1680 Madison Ave, Wooster, 44691, Ohio, United States

Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station

Quick Facts

  • 1882 - Ohio General Assembly enacts legistlation to establish the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
  • 1887 - Hatch Act passed by Congress to establish agricultual experiment stations in each state; Charles E Thorne becomes first full-time director of OAES
  • 1892 - OAES moves to Wayne County by a wagon train via Route 3
  • 1894 - Dairy barn, greenhouses, biology lab completed on new OAES site located on top of Madison Hill south of Wooster
  • 1897 - Administration building completed and dedicated
  • 1908 - Secrest Arboretum established
  • 1914 - Smith-Lever Act enacted by Congress to establish Cooperative Extension Service
  • 1915 - OAES hires first editor, Leo L. Rummell
  • 1917 - OAES held Wheat Field Day, the sations first field day program
  • 1921 - C. G. Williams named director; OSU Board of Trustess and the Ohio Director of Agriculture become OAES Board of Control
  • 1928 - First soil testing lab starts
  • 1937 - Edmund Secrest is appointed director
  • 1948 - Leo L. Rummel is named director; first to hold dual positions of dean and director
  • 1950 - OAES begins a period of expansion in facilites and personnel
  • 1960 - Roy M Kottman is appointed director and dean
  • 1965 - Name is changes from the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station (OAES) to the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC)
  • 1982 - OARDC merges with The Ohio State University, effective March 16

Newspaper articles

  • "Station Plays Vital Role In Agricultural Progress," Daily Record, 6 September 1949, p.18

  • "Experiment Station Brings Farm Progress," Daily Record, 8 September 1953, p.33

  • "Ohio Farm Research Centers In Wooster 66 Years," Daily Record, 20 June 1958, p.14

  • "Ohio Farm Research Centers In Wooster 66 Years," Daily Record, 20 June 1958, p.14

  • "Experiment Station Opening Wood Use Bldg For $50,000," Daily Record, 13 October 1958, p.1

  • "Experiment Station Opening Wood Use Bldg For $50,000," Daily Record, 13 October 1958, p.1

  • "Experiment Station Opening Wood Use Bldg For $50,000," Daily Record, 13 October 1958, p.1

  • "OARDC Director Kottman Talks About Agricultural Challenge," Daily Record, 21 February 1968, p.36

  • "OARDC Director Kottman Talks About Agricultural Challenge," Daily Record, 21 February 1968, p.36

  • "Ag Center Hosts Rhodes," Daily Record, 16 August 1968, p.1

  • "OARDC Dedication Is Tribute To Many," Daily Record, 16 August 1968, p.6

  • "Dedication Highlights At Research Center Open House," Daily Record, 16 August 1968, p.17

  • "Dedication Highlights At Research Center Open House," Daily Record, 16 August 1968, p.17

  • "Center To Dedicate Williams Hall May 5," Daily Record, 29 April 1969, p.5

  • "Center Dedicates Agronomy Addition," Daily Record, 5 May 1969, p.1

  • "Center Dedicates Agronomy Addition," Daily Record, 5 May 1969, p.1

  • "Wayne Countians Work To Get First Station," Daily Record, 15 August 1969, p.50

  • "OARDC To Honor Ralph Fisher," Daily Record, 5 August 1975, p.A1

  • "OARDC To Dedicate Food Animal Research Building," Daily Record, 28 September 1987, p.D1

  • "OARDC Opens Building," Daily Record, 3 October 1987, p.B1

  • "Chamber Harvests Honor For OARDC," Daily Record, 20 March 1992, p.B1

  • "Chamber Harvests Honor For OARDC," Daily Record, 20 March 1992, p.B1

  • "OARDC Gears Up For Big Centennial Celebration Week," Daily Record, 13 July 1992, p.A1

  • "OARDC Gears Up For Big Centennial Celebration Week," Daily Record, 13 July 1992, p.A1

  • "Devastation: 'Fortunate,' despite damage," Daily Record, 17 September 2010, p.A1

  • "Devastation: 'Fortunate,' despite damage," Daily Record, 17 September 2010, p.A1

  • "EMA director: 'We've got a probability of a tornado,'" Daily Record, 17 September 2010, p.A1

  • "EMA director: 'We've got a probability of a tornado,'" Daily Record, 17 September 2010, p.A1

  • "Tornado damage assessed, OARDC research set back," Daily Record, 18 September 2010, p.A1

  • "Tornado damage assessed, OARDC research set back," Daily Record, 18 September 2010, p.A1

  • "Thursday tornado designation confirmed," Daily Record, 18 September 2010, p.A6

  • "Wooster help crews helping around campus," Daily Record, 18 September 2010, p.A6

  • "Strickland tours OARDC, says 'work will continue here,'" Daily Record, 19 September 2010, p.A1

  • "Strickland tours OARDC, says 'work will continue here,'" Daily Record, 19 September 2010, p.A1

  • "Justice / Police order / and Safety, fire departments survey hit area," Daily Record, 19 September 2010, p.A5

  • "Historical & hardy: OARDC landmarks 'stood the test of time, and now a tornado,'" Daily Record, 4 October 2010, p.A1

  • "Historical & hardy: OARDC landmarks 'stood the test of time, and now a tornado,'" Daily Record, 4 October 2010, p.A1

  • "Historical & hardy: OARDC landmarks 'stood the test of time, and now a tornado,'" Daily Record, 4 October 2010, p.A1

  • "Starting road to recovery: USDA officials tour wreckage, damage after September tornado," Daily Record, 5 November 2010, p.A1

  • "Starting road to recovery: USDA officials tour wreckage, damage after September tornado," Daily Record, 5 November 2010, p.A1

  • "New facility adds to OARDC's research reputation," Daily Record, 24 February 2011, p.E2

  • "Recovery at OARDC a long process," Daily Record, 24 February 2011, p.E3.

  • "OARDC remembers tornado, looks to future," Daily Record, 13 September 2011, p.A8

  • "OARDC seeing growth come from devastation," Daily Record, 28 February 2013, p.E12

  • "3 1/2 years later: OARDC almost caught up from 2010 tornado damage," Daily Record, 5 February 2014, p.A7

  • "Damage at OSU-Wooster: Reminder of 2010 storm," Daily Record, 7 November 2017, p.A1

  • "Damage at OSU-Wooster: Reminder of 2010 storm," Daily Record, 7 November 2017, p.A1


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