Turpin, George M. (George Melvin), 1882-1943

George Melvin Turpin was born in 1882 in West Jordan, Utah. He began to attend the Agricultural College of Utah in 1902. In 1906 he was appointed Assistant Station Chemist and one year later he became the Assistant Poultryman. He finished his degree in 1909 and was a lecturer in Poultry and worked for the ACU Extension Office until 1913. He left the ACU to teach at Iowa State University. He returned, however, to Utah and worked for the Utah hatcheries. At some point he also taught at East and West Jordan High Schools in Salt Lake City. At the time of his death in 1943 he was employed by the Utah-Idaho Sugar Company.

From the guide to the Agricultural College of Utah Cyanotypes, 1892-1997, (Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives)