Difference between revisions of "Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center"

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File:OARDC-gears-up-DR-1992-Jul13-pt1.jpg|"OARDC Gears Up For Big Centennial Celebration Week," Daily Record, 13 July 1992, p.A1
 
File:OARDC-gears-up-DR-1992-Jul13-pt1.jpg|"OARDC Gears Up For Big Centennial Celebration Week," Daily Record, 13 July 1992, p.A1
 
File:OARDC-gears-up-DR-1992-Jul13-pt2.jpg|"OARDC Gears Up For Big Centennial Celebration Week," Daily Record, 13 July 1992, p.A1
 
File:OARDC-gears-up-DR-1992-Jul13-pt2.jpg|"OARDC Gears Up For Big Centennial Celebration Week," Daily Record, 13 July 1992, p.A1
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File:Oardc-devastation-DR-2010-Sep-17-pt1.jpg|"Devastation: 'Fortunate,' despite damage," Daily Record, 17 September 2010, p.A1
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File:Oardc-devastation-DR-2010-Sep-17-pt2.jpg|"Devastation: 'Fortunate,' despite damage," Daily Record, 17 September 2010, p.A1
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File:Oardc-tornado-DR-2010-Sep-17-pt1.jpg|"EMA director: 'We've got a probability of a tornado,'" Daily Record, 17 September 2010, p.A1
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File:Oardc-tornado-DR-2010-Sep-17-pt2.jpg|"EMA director: 'We've got a probability of a tornado,'" Daily Record, 17 September 2010, p.A1
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File:Oardc-assessed-DR-2010-Sep-18-pt1.jpg|"Tornado damage assessed, OARDC research set back," Daily Record, 18 September 2010, p.A1
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File:Oardc-assessed-DR-2010-Sep-18-pt2.jpg|"Tornado damage assessed, OARDC research set back," Daily Record, 18 September 2010, p.A1
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File:Oardc-confirmed-DR-2010-Sep-18.jpg|"Thursday tornado designation confirmed," Daily Record, 18 September 2010, p.A6
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File:Oardc-help-DR-2010-Sep-18.jpg|"Wooster help crews helping around campus," Daily Record, 18 September 2010, p.A6
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File:Oardc-strickland-DR-2010-Sep-19-pt1.jpg|"Strickland tours OARDC, says 'work will continue here,'" Daily Record, 19 September 2010, p.A1
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File:Oardc-strickland-DR-2010-Sep-19-pt2.jpg|"Strickland tours OARDC, says 'work will continue here,'" Daily Record, 19 September 2010, p.A1
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File:Oardc-law-DR-2010-Sep-19.jpg|"Law enforcement, fire departments survey hit area," Daily Record, 19 September 2010, p.A5
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File:Oardc-hardy-DR-2010-Oct-pt1.jpg|"Historical & hardy: OARDC landmarks 'stood the test of time, and now a tornado,'" Daily Record, 4 October 2010, p.A1
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File:Oardc-hardy-DR-2010-Oct-pt2.jpg|"Historical & hardy: OARDC landmarks 'stood the test of time, and now a tornado,'" Daily Record, 4 October 2010, p.A1
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File:Oardc-hardy-DR-2010-Oct-pt3.jpg|"Historical & hardy: OARDC landmarks 'stood the test of time, and now a tornado,'" Daily Record, 4 October 2010, p.A1
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File:Oardc-starting-DR-2010-Nov-pt1.jpg|"Starting road to recovery: USDA officials tour wreckage, damage after September tornado," Daily Record, 5 November 2010, p.A1
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File:Oardc-starting-DR-2010-Nov-pt2.jpg|"Starting road to recovery: USDA officials tour wreckage, damage after September tornado," Daily Record, 5 November 2010, p.A1
 
File:Oardc-new-DR-2011-Feb-24.jpg|"New facility adds to OARDC's research reputation," Daily Record, 24 February 2011, p.E2
 
File:Oardc-new-DR-2011-Feb-24.jpg|"New facility adds to OARDC's research reputation," Daily Record, 24 February 2011, p.E2
 
File:Oardc-recovery-DR-2011-Feb-24.jpg|"Recovery at OARDC a long process," Daily Record, 24 February 2011, p.E3.
 
File:Oardc-recovery-DR-2011-Feb-24.jpg|"Recovery at OARDC a long process," Daily Record, 24 February 2011, p.E3.

Revision as of 15:47, 20 January 2022


Current Contact Information
Address 1680 Madison Ave
City, State, Zip Wooster, Ohio 44691
Phone (330) 263-3700
Contact Person Constance Britton
Contact Title Manager
Last updated 2021-03


Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center
Type Agriculture Research and Development
Industry Agriculture; Educational Services; Professional & Technical
Fate Active
Founded 1892 (1892)
Headquarters Wooster, Ohio, United States
Number of locations 1680 Madison Ave, Wooster, Ohio
Key people
Services Special Libraries
Website http://oardc.osu.edu

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Comprehensive History

Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station

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Timeline

  • 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

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