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Louis L. Madsen became the eighth president of Utah State Agricultural College in 1950. An alumnus of the college, President Madsen was born in Salt Lake City in 1907, where he grew up on a farm and attended Granite High School before graduating from USAC in 1930. He received his Ph. D. from Cornell University in 1934, and embarked on various research projects at Cornell, Columbia University and finally at Michigan State College. From 1937 to 1945, Madsen was associated with the United States Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Animal Industry at Beltsville, Maryland. From this position he was selected to head the Animal Husbandry Department at USAC.

Madsen's presidency is exemplified by his continuing effort to expand the role of the institution, particularly with International Programs. Serving during a period of austerity in State government, Madsen at times found himself at odds with the governor and the institution's Board of Trustees. In May 1953, his authority eroding, the Board voted to dismiss the President.

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