timing, Saturday, February 25.1984
UNIVERSITY PARK - Since
Penn State’s earliest days as The
Farmers High School, a cor
nerstone of the insitution has been
agricultural research and
teaching.
“Historically, in what is now the
College of Agriculture, I see a
commitment and loyalty to the
school as key elements in just
where agriculture fits into the total
program of Penn State. There
seems to be a pattern of
dedication, longevity and a core
staff that worked in harmony,
despite many external pressures,”
said Michael Bezilla, a Penn State
historian, currently writing the
history of the college of
agriculture.
Bezilla has been working on the
history of the College for several
months and has completed drafts
of two chapters. As an example of
the commitment and at times
philosophical conflict, he said that
when George Atherton was
president in the 1880’s, he wanted
the College to be at the “beck and
call of farmers.” Henry Armsby,
who was head of the Agricultural
Gxperiitient Station, wanted to
emphasize fundamental research.
Armsby and a team of dedicated
scientists remained on the faculty
at Penn State, despite more
lucrative offers. “He was so well
known that he could have gone to
many other institutions and been a
pure research scientist, yet he and
others stayed,” said Bezilla.
Today, these pioneer agricultural
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Penn State ag college history being written
researchers are known to most by
the buildings or landmarks
bearing their names: Armsby,
Frear, Butz, and Buckhout.
Bezilla is the author of the of
ficial history of the College of
Engineering and is currently
finishing writing the first official
history of Penn State since the
1940’5. "It is the responsibility of
each generation to interpret
history,” said Bezilla. “Since
Wayland Dunaway wrote the last
official history of Penn State over
40 years ago a lot more in
formation has become available.”
This book is expected to go to press
later this year.
Bezilla said that the early
history of Penn State and the
College of Agriculture are one and
the same, however, the early
chapters of the College history will
emphasize commitment to
‘ ‘ scientific agriculture. ’ ’
Bezilla noted that Evan Pugh,
the first president of Penn State,
wrote “the education of the
agriculturalist is almost entirely
neglected.” One of the main goals
of land grant education is the
adoption of scientific knowledge in
making agriculture more efficient.
Bezilla said that this was many
decades in coming.
Bezilla earned his Ph.D. from
Penn State in 1978 majoring in the
history of technology. His thesis
was, “The Development of
Traction on the Pennsylvania
Railroad, 1895-1968.” He has a
master’s in American history from
217 S. Railroad Ave.
New Holland, PA 17557
Penn State and a bachelor’s in
social science from Indiana
University of Pennsylvania.
He has also served as a teaching
assistant in the Department of
History. He was a graduate fellow
of the Pennsylvania Tran
sportation Institute; the recipient
of an Association of American
Railroads Electrification grant.
He is a member of the editoral
board of Pennsylvania History, the
quarterly journal of the Penn
sylvania Historical Association.
He is also a member of the
Organization of American
Historians, the Society for the
History of Technology, the Penn
sylvania Historical Association,
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